Ranked #1
39: Yellow Vests; The Red Nation’s Melanie Yazzie & Nick Estes
39: Yellow Vests; The Red Nation’s Melanie Yazzie & Nick Estes
Great show this week! We talk with Melanie Yazzie and Nick Estes of The Red Nation, an important new revolutionary organ... Read more
20 Dec 2018
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #2
03 Dave Zirin On Justice For Michael Bennett
03 Dave Zirin On Justice For Michael Bennett
03: Sportswriter Dave Zirin on justice for Michael BennettWe talk to The Nation’s sports editor, Dave Zirin, about NFL p... Read more
2 Apr 2018
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #3
25: Attack on Jeremy Corbyn; Justin Akers Chacón on Radicals in the Barrio
25: Attack on Jeremy Corbyn; Justin Akers Chacón on Radicals in the Barrio
This week we bring out a bonus conversation with author and immigrant justice activist Justin Akers Chacón (who talked w... Read more
11 Sep 2018
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #4
08: Anti-imperialism, Internationalism, and Palestine with Sumaya Awad
08: Anti-imperialism, Internationalism, and Palestine with Sumaya Awad
08: Anti-imperialism, Internationalism, and Palestine with Sumaya AwadIn this week’s episode, we speak with Sumaya Awad,... Read more
30 Apr 2018
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #5
02: Brian Jones on the epic class(room) struggle / Bonus episode!
02: Brian Jones on the epic class(room) struggle / Bonus episode!
In this bonus episode, we talk to Brian Jones about how public schools have historically been a place where ruling-class... Read more
27 Mar 2018
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36mins
Ranked #6
17: Ocasio-Cortez victory; Alex Vitale on the end of policing
17: Ocasio-Cortez victory; Alex Vitale on the end of policing
In our intro, we talk about DSA member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ stunning defeat of Democratic incumbent and party boss ... Read more
3 Jul 2018
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1hr 28mins
Ranked #7
40: LA Teachers; Women’s March; Holly Lewis on The Politics of Everybody
40: LA Teachers; Women’s March; Holly Lewis on The Politics of Everybody
In this episode, we talk to Holly Lewis about her book the The Politics of Everybody: Feminism, Queer Theory and Marxism... Read more
16 Jan 2019
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1hr 17mins
Ranked #8
24: Capitalism’s Climate Catastrophe; Marx and Colonialism with Pranav Jani
24: Capitalism’s Climate Catastrophe; Marx and Colonialism with Pranav Jani
In a wide-ranging conversation, we talk to Pranav Jani about Marxism and colonialism. Pranav is an associate professor o... Read more
27 Aug 2018
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1hr 15mins
Ranked #9
28: Hadas Thier explains how capitalism doesn’t work
28: Hadas Thier explains how capitalism doesn’t work
In the opener to episode 26 we discussed the political impact of the Great Recession and promised to soon have a guest t... Read more
3 Oct 2018
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #10
06: Cops are bad for mental health, Paul Heideman on Class Struggle and the Color Line
06: Cops are bad for mental health, Paul Heideman on Class Struggle and the Color Line
06: Cops are bad for mental health, Paul Heideman on Class Struggle and the Color Line In this week’s episode we talk to... Read more
16 Apr 2018
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #11
38: Socialists in Congress; David Renton on Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League
38: Socialists in Congress; David Renton on Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League
This week we talk to British socialist David Renton about the history of Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League. R... Read more
10 Dec 2018
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1hr 20mins
Ranked #12
20: Stop the far right; Danny Katch on American (un)democracy
20: Stop the far right; Danny Katch on American (un)democracy
This week we turn the tables on one of our co-hosts and interview Danny about his latest book, Why Bad Governments Happe... Read more
30 Jul 2018
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #13
07: Trump’s Lies and Dominique Morisseau’s Truths about Race and Class
07: Trump’s Lies and Dominique Morisseau’s Truths about Race and Class
07: Trump’s Lies and Dominique Morisseau’s Truths about Race and Class Please subscribe to us on iTunes (bit.ly/BetterOf... Read more
23 Apr 2018
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1hr 15mins
Ranked #14
09: Happy B'day, Karl Marx; The New Scramble for Africa with Lee Wengraf
09: Happy B'day, Karl Marx; The New Scramble for Africa with Lee Wengraf
*Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts (bit.ly/BetterOffRediTunes) and share with friends. If you like Better Off Red, cons... Read more
7 May 2018
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #15
32: Right turn in US politics, Aldo Cordeiro Sauda on Bolsonaro’s Brazil
32: Right turn in US politics, Aldo Cordeiro Sauda on Bolsonaro’s Brazil
32: Right turn in US politics, Aldo Cordeiro Sauda on Bolsonaro’s BrazilIn this week’s episode, we discuss Brazil’s Pres... Read more
30 Oct 2018
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1hr 22mins
Ranked #16
27: #MeToo vs Kavanaugh; Ashley Dawson on Climate Change and Capitalism
27: #MeToo vs Kavanaugh; Ashley Dawson on Climate Change and Capitalism
This week we talk to Ashley Dawson about capitalism and climate change. In our intro, we talk about the unfolding and ca... Read more
26 Sep 2018
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1hr 15mins
Ranked #17
18: Justin Akers Chacón on the violence of borders
18: Justin Akers Chacón on the violence of borders
18: Justin Akers Chacón on the violence of bordersWith Jen out of town, Episode 3 guest Lupita Romero steps in to join D... Read more
16 Jul 2018
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #18
19: SCOTUS vs Roe; Sharon Smith on intersectionality
19: SCOTUS vs Roe; Sharon Smith on intersectionality
19: SCOTUS vs Roe; Sharon Smith on intersectionality This week, Sharon Smith joins us to talk about a Marxist approach t... Read more
23 Jul 2018
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1hr 19mins
Ranked #19
14: Naomi Klein on the battle for Puerto Rico and life under Trump
14: Naomi Klein on the battle for Puerto Rico and life under Trump
The author of The Shock Doctrine, No is Not Enough, and This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate sits down wi... Read more
12 Jun 2018
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #20
10: Sarah Jaffe, #MeToo, Gender, and the Working Class
10: Sarah Jaffe, #MeToo, Gender, and the Working Class
This week we talked to socialist journalist Sarah Jaffe about the U.S. working class—real and perceived. Sarah is the au... Read more
14 May 2018
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1hr 10mins