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'If you can't be anti-war without ... literal Nazis and transphobes, then that's not the anti-war movement I want'
Listen now (25 min) | Part II of my Q&A with Molly Conger
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The sad, strange death of Teddy Von Nukem
Listen now (21 min) | A Q&A with Molly Conger, part I
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Inside the chapter: Shanghai
Listen now (69 min) | In which we talk about China’s transformation, a bad walking tour of China’s richest city, and a deleted scene
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Gangsters Movie Night 5: White Zombie
In this episode we go to Haiti via the 1932 horror cult classic White Zombie. Starring Bela Lugosi as “Murder Legendre" and set during the then-ongoing…
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Inside the chapter: Nicaragua
We’re turning the tables this week, as Racket researcher Annie Malcolm interrogates me about the making of a chapter of Gangsters of Capitalism…
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Subscriber thread: Russia, Ukraine ... and a world war?
Listen now | Click the play button above to hear my reflections on a global crisis in a place my family fled from (long ago). Then please share your…
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Gangsters Movie Night 4: Hands of Stone
Panama! Boxing! Colonialism! De Niro! De Armas! This week we're exploring the heart of America's historic "sphere of influence" through Jonathan…
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