Best Paris Marx Podcasts (2024)

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JD Vance: Silicon Valley's puppet? w/Paris Marx 44:21

4d ago44:21

44:21

J.D. Vance has tailored his political image to suit an all-American, blue-collar model. There's just one problem. While the Yale-educated Vice Presidential candidate may be from Appalachia, his journey has also taken him under the patronage of the decidedly elite Peter Thiel, who helped launch Vance's venture capital career. Thiel has been a longti…

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Balls to the Walz with Laurie Kilmartin & Paris Marx (Ep 243) 1:30:36

6d ago1:30:36

1:30:36

Could it be that we have a reason to celebrate? Kamala Harris chooses Governor Tim Walz, a guy who's enacted a progressive wishlist in the state of Minnesota, signaling she's listening to the base. And the other side has... crypto-fascist billionaires bankrolling their couch-loving veep, JD Vance. Comedian Laurie Kilmartin joins Francesca to take s…

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No Tech for Apartheid w/ Mohammad Khatami & Gabi Schubiner 56:05

20m ago56:05

56:05

Paris Marx is joined by Mohammad Khatami and Gabi Schubiner to discuss the complicity of Google, Amazon, and Microsoft in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and how tech workers are organizing to stop it. Mohammad Khatami and Gabi Schubiner are former Google software engineers and organizers with No Tech for Apartheid. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a cr…

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Ellen Hampton, "Doctors at War: The Clandestine Battle Against the Nazi Occupation of France" (LSU Press, 2023) 58:41

12m ago58:41

58:41

Ellen Hampton's Doctors at War: The Clandestine Battle Against the Nazi Occupation of France (LSU Press, 2023) tells the stories of physicians in France working to impede the German war effort and undermine French collaborators during the Occupation from 1940 to 1945. Determined to defeat the Third Reich's incursion, one group of prominent Paris do…

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Kamala Comedown? with Alex Shephard & Karinda Dobbins (Ep 246) 1:37:38

2h ago1:37:38

1:37:38

The DNC is over and the good vibes campaign can only last so long even though it's better than Trump's creeptastic candidacy. Alex Shepard of The New Republic Magazine joins Francesca to assess whether the DNC reflects the Democrats are becomig more progressive, and the pivot of the Harris campaign toward positive messaging, despite their clear fum…

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Remembering the Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War 43:18

1h ago43:18

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On August 29, 1970, the Chicano Moratorium Against the Viet Nam War mobilized the largest Chicano protest and the largest anti-war protest led by a community of color at the time. Combining a critique of US imperialism abroad and racism at home, the Chicano Moratorium was the result of years of organizing and consciousness raising by Chicano libera…

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Michelle Tusan, "The Last Treaty: Lausanne and the End of the First World War in the Middle East" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:03:21

26m ago1:03:21

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In The Last Treaty: Lausanne and the End of the First World War in the Middle East (Cambridge UP, 2023), Michelle Tusan profoundly reshapes the story of how the First World War ended in the Middle East. Tracing Europe's war with the Ottoman Empire through to the signing of Lausanne, which finally ended the war in 1923, she places the decisive Allie…

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Kamala's Centrist Speech, Palestinians Cast Aside FRANTASTIC FRIDAY 1:36:13

2h ago1:36:13

1:36:13

Francesca is back from Chicago and ready to dive in to all the DNC post mortem. Why wasn't a Palestinian asked to speak? Was Kamala Harris inspiring? Why wasn't Francesca allowed in as a creator?! *** The Bitchuation Room Podcast is available everywhere you get your podcasts. It streams LIVE every TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTub…

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Laurien Vastenhout, "Between Community and Collaboration: 'Jewish Councils' in Western Europe under Nazi Occupation" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 1:28:15

1h ago1:28:15

1:28:15

The first comprehensive, comparative study of the 'Jewish Councils' in the Netherlands, Belgium and France during Nazi rule. In the postwar period, there was extensive focus on these organisations' controversial role as facilitators of the Holocaust. They were seen as instruments of Nazi oppression, aiding the process of isolating and deporting the…

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Christopher Beckman, "Twist in the Tail: How the Humble Anchovy Flavoured Western Cuisine" (Hurst, 2024) 44:14

1h ago44:14

44:14

A Twist in the Tail: How the Humble Anchovy Flavoured Western Cuisine (Hurst, 2024) by Christopher Beckman takes readers on a tantalising voyage through European and American gastronomic history, following the trail of a small but mighty fish: the anchovy. Whether in ubiquitous Roman garum, mass-produced British condiments, elaborate French haute c…

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Crypto Is Spending Millions to Sway the US Election w/ Molly White 57:35

4d ago57:35

57:35

Paris Marx is joined by Molly White to discuss why the crypto industry is spending millions on this election cycle and Coinbase’s potential breach of election finance law. Molly White writes the Citation Needed newsletter. She is the creator of Web3 Is Going Just Great and Follow the Crypto. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech,…

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Progressives in Power LIVE in Chicago (Ep 245) 1:36:57

2h ago1:36:57

1:36:57

Forget the DNC, TBR was the only show in town! Francesca and Matt Lieb make it to Chicago for a live podcast to talk real progressive power in the windy city with some amazing guests: Alderman Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, editor of In These Times Miles Kampf-Lassin and comedian Walter Masterson. Together they tackled Kamala's economic plan and the ri…

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Joachim C. Häberlen, "Beauty Is in the Street: Protest and Counterculture in Post-War Europe" (Penguin, 2023) 1:19:17

1h ago1:19:17

1:19:17

In post-war Europe, protest was everywhere. On both sides of the Iron Curtain, from Paris to Prague, Milan to Wroclaw, ordinary people took to the streets, fighting for a better world. Their efforts came to a head most dramatically in 1968 and 1989, when mass movements swept Europe and rewrote its history. In the decades between, Joachim C. Haberle…

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Bill Ayers on the Chicago DNC | The Marc Steiner Show 24:56

3d ago24:56

24:56

It's a presidential election year, and a deeply divisive imperialist war has split the public. As the Democratic National Convention gathers in Chicago, anti-war organizers vow to be in the streets to protest US responsibility for a genocide overseas. No, this isn't 2024. It's 1968. And the police riot that follows in the city of Chicago has effect…

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Will the next president free more prisoners? w/Andrea James | Rattling the Bars 28:37

1d ago28:37

28:37

The issue of mass incarceration has been far less central to the 2024 election thus far in comparison to the 2020 presidential race. However, that doesn't make the matter any less pressing for incarcerated people, their loved ones, or the activists fighting tirelessly to free prisoners. There are a range of ways presidential candidates could commit…

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Ending Narco Violence with Ioan Grillo FRANTASTIC FRIDAY 8/16 1:17:02

18m ago1:17:02

1:17:02

How will Mexico's new president Claudia Sheinbaum tackle the spiral of cartel violence and political corruption? We know that the U.S. keeps outsourcing drug violence and guns to its Latin American neighbors, a fact that destabilizes the region and leads to more migration. Author and journalist Ioan Grillo is back on the podcast to talk about the b…

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Lesley Smith, "Fragments of a World: William of Auvergne and His Medieval Life" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 41:44

11d ago41:44

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Lesley Smith of Oxford University joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, Fragments of a World: William of Auvergne and His Medieval Life (University of Chicago Press, 2023). It has been 140 years since a full biography of William of Auvergne (1180?-1249), which may come as a surprise, given that William was an important gateway of Greek and A…

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Better Work, Better Pay, Better Patient Outcomes: Keck-USC Healthcare Workers Fight for a Fair Contract 39:09

31m ago39:09

39:09

Since the start of the pandemic (and really, before that), frontline healthcare workers have been rightfully lauded for the tireless work that they have done to keep the healthcare system from cratering in this country. This is no easy task, as we have seen the devastation that the pandemic has wrought among our communities, and especially within t…

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Is Social Media Fueling Far-Right Riots? w/ Hussein Kesvani 1:08:07

24m ago1:08:07

1:08:07

Paris Marx is joined by Hussein Kesvani to discuss the far-right attacks that happened after the Southport stabbing in the UK and how larger structural issues in media, politics, and tech laid the groundwork for violence against visible minorities. Hussein Kesvani is a co-host of Trashfuture and Ten Thousand Posts. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a criti…

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Celebrating 300 episodes of 'Working People' 55:36

23m ago55:36

55:36

In 2024, Working People officially crossed the 300 episode mark! Since we published our first episode back in 2018, the show has grown in ways we never could have imagined, and the world itself has changed in radical, hopeful, terrifying ways, the labor movement has undergone incredible changes, and we’ve done our best to document that change and t…

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Unlearning Zionism with Simone Zimmerman & Eliza Skinner (Ep 244) 1:54:28

37m ago1:54:28

1:54:28

It takes honesty and humility to de-program from Israel's propaganda. Co-founder of IfNotNow Simone Zimmerman explains her journey, the pressure on Kamala Harris, and the sickening bedfellows between high-powered Zionists and white nationalists. And comedian Eliza Skinner joins Francesca to talk about Olympic boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yun-Ting bo…

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J.D. Vance, MAGA don't represent Appalachia w/Beth Howard & Hy Thurman | The Marc Steiner Show 33:14

9d ago33:14

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J.D. Vance's rise to the GOP ticket has opened up scrutiny into the junior senator's past and roots. Before he entered politics, Vance entered the public spotlight as the author of a best-selling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. While often marketed as an authentic glimpse of Appalachian working class life, what Elegy really offers is a portrait of a man w…

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It's been 10 years. When will we get justice for Michael Brown? | Rattling the Bars 36:24

15d ago36:24

36:24

On Aug. 9, 2014, Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. Police left Brown's lifeless body in the hot sun for four hours, plainly demonstrating the contempt of law enforcement for the local community. The righteous rebellion that followed in Ferguson shook the nation and the world, turning the Black Lives Matter movemen…

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The Legacy of Monroe | Under the Shadow, Bonus Episode 4 1:04:11

2h ago1:04:11

1:04:11

In December 1823, US president James Monroe delivered his State of the Union address in which he coined what would become known as the Monroe Doctrine. It was a framework that would later be used to legitimize US intervention up and down the hemisphere. But in those early days, Monroe’s statements were applauded by Latin American leaders as support…

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Dit ansigt er en nummerplade, USB og QR-koder som tillidsøvelse og Chromebooksag revisited 49:25

36m ago49:25

49:25

Aflyttet er tilbage med nyt om totalitær ansigtsgenkendelse som værktøj mod bander, brug af USB-stick og QR koder i forskning og en opdatering af Chromebook-sagen ved Jesper Graugaard. Medvirkende: Jesper Lund, IT-politisk forening. Johannes Nordskov, civilingeniør og Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering. Ansigtsgenkendelse: https:…

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March on DNC organizers fight Chicago for the right to protest w/Hatem Abudayyeh 29:41

18h ago29:41

29:41

Next week, from Aug. 19-22, the much anticipated Democratic National Convention will kick off in Chicago, and protestors from Chicago and around the country are preparing to descend on the DNC in full force. For organizers and the over 200 organizations that comprise the Coalition to March on the DNC, Palestine is at the top of the agenda—and the c…

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Rats Jump Trump's Ship & Israel Defends Abusers FRANTASTIC FRIDAY AUGUST 6 1:01:05

6d ago1:01:05

1:01:05

All the white nationalists walk like this...away from Donald Trump's campaign? Oh no! Plus, Francesca reminds us all of Rep. Cori Bush's roots on this 10th anniversary of Mike Brown's murder. And Kamala's terrible response to anti-genocide protesters needs a whole lot of work. Then, Israel puts a criminal on television to explain away sexual assaul…

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Yes, Maduro won Venezuela's elections—what the media won't tell you 51:02

5d ago51:02

51:02

Within hours of polls closing in Venezuela, the US began to circulate claims that incumbent President Maduro had stolen the election. There was just one problem—these claims emanated from outside the country before election results were even announced. The absence of evidence didn't stop corporate media outlets from running with the story. The acco…

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Shopify’s Right-Wing Inner Circle w/ Luke LeBrun & Rachel Gilmore 58:44

13d ago58:44

58:44

Paris Marx is joined by Luke LeBrun and Rachel Gilmore to discuss Shopify's connection to right-wing politics, through its interpersonal connection to a far-right news outlet and its reluctance to enforce its content policy on users selling hateful merchandise through their platform. Luke LeBrun is the editor of PressProgress and Rachel Gilmore is …

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What it Means to 'Walk the Walk': the NEA Staff Lockout w/Rowena Shurn and Ambereen Khan-Baker 46:44

6d ago46:44

46:44

Today we have an urgent and important conversation with members of the NEA Staff Organization, the union of staffers at the National Education Association, who have been locked out of their workplace by NEA management for the past four weeks. The NEA, representing over 3 million members, is the largest union in the country. Staffers working for the…

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Andrew Denning, "Automotive Empire: How Cars and Roads Fueled European Colonialism in Africa" (Cornell UP, 2024) 1:12:38

22d ago1:12:38

1:12:38

In Automotive Empire: How Cars and Roads Fueled European Colonialism in Africa (Cornell University Press, 2024), Dr. Andrew Denning uncovers how roads and vehicles began to transform colonial societies across Africa but rarely in the manner Europeans expected. Like seafaring ships and railroads, automobiles and roads were more than a mode of transp…

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Venezuela, Media War | Under the Shadow, Bonus Episode 3 1:00:08

7d ago1:00:08

1:00:08

On Sunday, July 28th, President Nicolas Maduro won reelection there. According to the country’s national electoral council, he took 51% of votes over 44% for his rival Edmundo González Urrutia. But the opposition called fraud, claiming that they actually won the vote. Most international media have been on board with that narrative. In fact, the Uni…

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A Palestinian and an Israeli fight together—for peace | The Marc Steiner Show 28:34

7d ago28:34

28:34

The images of members of US Congress giving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu multiple standing ovations during his recent visit to Washington DC are certain to go down in history. While Netanyahu spoke of "finishing the job" in Gaza, to raucous applause, peace activists Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon also recently addressed members of Congre…

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Fadi Deeb, Gaza’s only Paralympian, has a message for the world | Edge of Sports 10:43

7d ago10:43

10:43

Fadi Deeb is the only member of the Palestinian Olympic delegation from Gaza, and he is the only Paralympian athlete from Palestine to compete in the 2024 Summer Games. While he has experienced great personal tragedy due to Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, Deeb has come to the Paris Olympic Games to represent the people and the indomitable spiri…

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How poor and working-class voters navigate an electoral system that doesn't serve them 29:43

23d ago29:43

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The 2024 US elections are just three months away, and with polls showing a tight race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the outcome may come down to voter turnout—and data show that there is a direct correlation between income level and voter turnout. As Katherine Hapgood recently wrote in an article for the Washington City Paper, "Of the rou…

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Israel Tries to Start World War 3 w/Trita Parsi Frantastic Friday August 2 51:46

9d ago51:46

51:46

Israel assassinates both a Hamas' political leader in Tehran (the guy who was working on a ceasefire deal) and a Hezbollah leader inside of Beirut, begging for a regional war with Iran and Lebanon. What will the United States do? Trita Parsi of The Quincy Institute joins Francesca to discuss the implications of this week and whether World War Three…

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LYDBILLEDE: Bier(og forsigtige sommerfugle) i Lavendelbed 11:58

28d ago11:58

11:58

Lille hørebillede med en flok meget arbejdsomme bier i et lavendel-bed som jeg har aflyttet med en Sony pcm-d100. Der er også en masse sommerfugle, men dem kan man næsten ikke høre - deres vingeslag er for bløde, tror jeg? Optaget nær Bogen Sø, Mols.By Anders Kjærulff

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'Sacrifice Zones' are fighting back: East Palestine to Toledo | Working People 39:38

19d ago39:38

39:38

From East Palestine, Ohio, to South Baltimore and beyond, we’ve been connecting you with residents living in the toxic wastelands left by private and government-run industry—ordinary working people who have been thrust into extraordinary fights for their lives. In the latest installment of our ongoing Sacrificed series, we go to Toledo, Ohio, a cit…

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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, August 1, 2024 8:07

20d ago8:07

8:07

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, August 1, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk…

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Escaping the Processed World w/ Chris Carlsson 1:01:22

28d ago1:01:22

1:01:22

Paris Marx is joined by Chris Carlsson to discuss Processed World, a tech-critical, anti-capitalist magazine that satirized the absurdity of work in its publishing run between 1981 and 2005. Chris Carlsson is the author of many books, including most recently When Shells Crumble. He’s the director of Shaping SF and a cofounder of Critical Mass. He w…

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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, July 31, 2024 8:02

13d ago8:02

8:02

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, July 31, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk…

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Ain't Nuthin But A Centrist Party with Nina Turner & Michael Walker (Ep 242) 1:24:02

29d ago1:24:02

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We're talking Democrats and UK's Labour Party in an episode all about the push and pull between status quo and progressive change. Senator Nina Turner joins to talk Veep Kamala Harris now at the top of the ticket and the need to beat Trump while never taking off the pressure on Democrats. And Sonya Massey, another Black woman is killed in her home …

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