Weekends: Power, Profit, and the American War...

David Griscom, author of The Myth of Red Texas, explains how Democrats took over Texas after 30 years of GOP rule. Djene Rhys Bajalan discusses Saudi Arabia’s troubles. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interact ...  Show more

Ruth First is one of the most celebrated figures to have been involved in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. She was a leading member of the ANC and the South African Communist Party who went into exile during the early 1960s. Her husband Joe Slovo was the leader of ...  Show more

On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we reflect on how the US military saved democracy from fascism. This week, as the Senate marks up next year’s defense spending bill, Jon sits down with Bill Hartung of the Quincy Institute and Roxana Tiron of Bloomberg to investigate whether our ...  Show more

This week, Mike sits down with Major General Arnold L. Punaro (USMC ret.), Chief Executive Officer of the Punaro Group, to discuss his new book, The Ever-Shrinking Fighting Force, which covers the history of U.S. defense spending and why the number of warfighters is declining des ...  Show more

Alec MacGillis' book Fulfillment tells the story of America's three-decade long economic transformation through the lens of Amazon's rise to corporate dominance. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben interviews the author for the latest installment of the Politics Podcast book club.Connect:S ...  Show more