Dems Who Didn't Vote: Celinda Lake; Summer Reading: John Powers; Springsteen v. Trump: Alan Minsky
Six million Democrats who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 did not vote in 2024. What’s wrong with them? Pollster and strategist Celinda Lake explains who they are, and what it would take to get them back to the polls in the 2026 midterms – and in 2028.
Also: a suggestion for summer reading: M: Son of...
Trump and Texas go after Dem. House seats: Harold Meyerson; after the sixties: Robert Reich; 'From Dictatorhip to Democrcy': Alan Minsky
Trump's scheme to maintain control in the House in the midterms? Eliminate Democratic seats in Texas by redistricting. Texas House Democrats have responded by fleeing the state to block the necessary quorum on the proposed district map – now, the FBI might be deployed to arrest those Democrats;...
Jacobin Radio: The People’s World Cup
The show’s co-producers Alan Minsky and Meleiza Figueroa fill in for Suzi with a special installment of their quadrennial podcast series, The People’s Game, which covers the world's most popular spectacle from a socialist internationalist perspective.
Alan and Mel talk with their fellow People’...
Jacobin Radio: Football Fandom w/ Ryan McKnight
On this edition of Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman, guest co-hosts Alan Minsky and Mel Figueroa present another installment of The People's Game, a quadrennial series that looks at the economic and political subtexts of the world’s most popular sport. They are joined by Ryan McKnight, a doctoral...
The Supremes and Us: Harold Meyerson and David Cole; 'Common Sense' for Today: Alan Minsky
On the Supreme Court today there is a 6 to 3 majority—I hesitate to call them 'conservatives' because they have been ripping apart tradition so drastically—right-wing Republican rule; Harold Meyerson comments on the "week of do this but don't do it here decisions".
Trump's biggest losses in the ...
Jacobin Radio: The Surreal Contradictions of the World Cup w/ Ron Placone
In another installment of The People’s Game on Jacobin Radio, co-hosts Alan Minsky and Meleiza Figueroa speak with eminent sports historian David Goldblatt, who lays out all the ways in which, despite the corruption and controversy surrounding FIFA’s oligarchic nature and Trump’s bumbling attempt...
Sinking Republicans: Harold Meyerson; Rising Democrats: John Nichols: 'Blonde on Blonde": Alan Minsky
The Dems vs. the GOP in the 2026 Midterms: in the latest Fox News poll, 53% of Americans said they'd vote Democrat; but will that hold until November? "Assuming Donald Trump continues to be Donald Trump... these gaps may grow larger" – in the Dems' favor – Harold Meyerson comments.
John Nichols o...
Jacobin Radio: The World Cup’s Impact and FIFA’s Mendacity
In a jam-packed final installment of The People’s Game on Jacobin Radio, Mel and Alan speak with five distinguished guests. The feature interview is with Jules Boykoff, author of Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine. Boykoff, speaking on the day before the final...
How To Win the Midterms
With the midterm elections just over the horizon, Ralph makes his impassioned pitch for how the Democrats can beat MAGA Republicans to Democratic pollster, Celinda Lake and executive director of Progressive Democrats of America, Alan Minsky. Plus, the team takes a brief moment to analyze Donald T...
Voters Turn Against Trump: Alan Minsky and Harold Meyerson; Election Protection: Rick Hasen
Midterm Elections Roundup: California ballot initiatives – starting with the proposed 5% wealth tax in California – where if passed, 90% of the collected wealth tax would go to healthcare: What do supporters say about why the billionaire tax is a good idea? PDA executive director Alan Minsky comm...
