Finally got around to listening to it, and this is the best podcast episode I've listened to in ages! Best analysis I've seen of AI and global politics hands down.

How has Minneapolis remained so non-violent in the face of Trump's horrific provocations? JaNaé Bates Imari explained to @thedigradio.bsky.social how MN's deep progressive orgs set a tone of non-violent discipline for the movement as a whole

In this episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social, Host Dan Denvir speaks with Minneapolis organizers about the impact of the Jan. 23, 2026, work stoppage amidst the continued ICE occupation of Minnesota. inthesetimes.com/article/the-...

Tens of thousands shut down work, school, and shopping in subzero Minneapolis to protest the ICE occupation. How did January 23 happen, and what comes next? @thedigradio.bsky.social talks with organizers on the fight ahead. inthesetimes.com/article/the-...

if you haven't listened to this yet, please do

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

This is what democracy sounds like: three Minneapolis organizers chart the process that built an effective multiracial fight back against federal occupation. Moving beyond a brave and nimble minority to a "popular front" majority to beat back fascism and win democratic victories for all

One of the best things about this episode is the attention to fractions of capital which are—and have to be—in tension with each other. There is no capital “T” Tech as there is no capital “C” Capital... Mapping the fissures, finding present and coming contradictions is critical work.

Only 25 minutes in, but already appreciating the clarity of this discussion around the organizing going on in Minnesota and the fight against the regime.

New Dig: interview w/ organizers Emilia González Avalos, Greg Nammacher, and JaNaé Bates Imari on the Minneapolis fight back against ICE/Border Patrol occupation. Critical lessons on the importance of structure-based orgs/mass base plus flexibility amid crisis www.thedigradio.com/podcast/minn...

An outstanding inquiry into the nature of Trump’s foreign policy—how it represents both an intensification of previous practices and a decisive break with them, how it arises from and compounds domestic inequalities, the prospects for a form of domination actively opposed to hegemony.

Asli is on fire here. 1.5 hours in is a bracing series of points about how much precedent there is for Trump’s lawlessness. If we’re going to rebuild we need to confront the long pattern and not just Trump’s insane variations thedigradio.com/podcast/maga...

Fruktansvärt relevant. Det här är besten.

This piercingly sharp summary of immigration politics is doomed to become more and more relevant the longer we allow it to fester. From @danieldenvir.bsky.social's 2020 book "All-American Nativism"

Consistently one of the best podcasts out there!

This is excellent. On the full force of what we’re up against. For the AI haters and aspiring Luddites like me, a reminder to guard against armchair contempt for the bubbling slop machine.

liberals: listen to @thedigradio.bsky.social The soothing and steady voice of Daniel Denvir will remind you of NPR *and* you’ll learn a lot of new stuff!

The timing was suspiciously perfect: the interview appeared the exact moment the book hit my hands. I’ll start with the book and then the interview… unless curiosity wins!

This is really one of the best political podcasts out there. This episode lays out so much history and context for the present situation in Venezuela. It’s clear-eyed about the Maduro government‘s abuses without once letting that justify this ugly new chapter in US imperialism. I learned a lot.

Very much looking forward to this - Silicon Empires by @nsrnicek.bsky.social is the best book I've read on the political economy of AI

The Dig is one of my favourite podcasts, so it was a real honour to be able to chat with Daniel about all things AI

30m in, fantastic so far. it's everything the left needs to hear. taking notes, will have more to say later. I expected no less of @danieldenvir.bsky.social and @nsrnicek.bsky.social

The Dig you’ve been waiting for to understand the political economy of AI as it becomes fulcrum of global contests and conflicts over economic and military dominance. My interview w/ @nsrnicek.bsky.social on his book Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI www.thedigradio.com/podcast/sili...

Highly recommend — and it takes up many of the analytical frameworks and conjunctural analyses elaborated by @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social in @thedigradio.bsky.social’s 5 part history of modern Iran from 2022 thedigradio.com/History%20of...

Very illuminating discussion!

This is an excellent episode and continues the deeper connections, explanations and continuity lens to piece together much of what we're seeing now and also how we need to pivot to address it.

Review of a fascinating new book that demonstrates that we’ve never had an energy transition but rather just accumulation and agglomeration: more and more and more. What’s missing from this is an analysis of capitalism as a social relation and of its corollary the capitalist state.

This is good analysis, making sense out of chaos. Trumpism is both rupture from the neolib/neocon past, and continuation but without the pretenses. "America First" has always been internationalist.

i'm ready for another 4 part series on @thedigradio.bsky.social with Aziz Rana tbh

I reviewed MORE AND MORE AND MORE which argues that there’s no historical precedent for an “energy transition”; instead, we see symbiotic linkages between wood, coal, oil, and now renewables. I’m convinced. But the book’s analysis of capitalism falls short @thebaffler.com Link ⬇️

thedigradio.com/History%20of... Good time for people who haven’t to listen to @thedigradio.bsky.social 5 part series on the political and social history of modern iran with @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social and golnar nikpour

A really excellent analysis of imperialism, gangsterism and regionalism under Trump 47 - and some sobering thoughts about the connections between violence abroad and the white nationalist agenda at home thedigradio.com/podcast/maga...

The analysis in this episode is evergreen and *extremely* right now, especially because we need to get real about where we are, where we must go, and what it will take to get there.

This is as good as one would expect given that it features Aslı Bâli and Greg Grandin

Always always always listen to anything with Asli Bali

Trump is clearly not the isolationist many believed he was. From the wreckage of bipartisan imperialist consensus, Trump's creating a new MAGA model empire. New Dig episode analyzing MAGA Empire and the history that made it with Aslı Bâli and Greg Grandin www.thedigradio.com/podcast/maga...

The Labubu factory is as much of a nightmare as you would expect

Excellent episode. The discussion of the Venezuelan opposition is great, including an observation I haven't seen elsewhere, that the domestic opposition has largely united in opposition to the war. The closing assessment of the overall course of Chavismo is very helpful

Great episode on Venezuela, exactly why @thedigradio.bsky.social is so essential

Really interesting piece.

Excellent analysis...

Excited to give a book talk at @utoronto.ca tomorrow. This kicks off my winter and spring events tour. I’ll be coming through NYC (again), Chicago, London, Cambridge, Oxford, Boston, Baltimore, Seattle, Santa Cruz and more! Come say hi ☺️ theariofrancos.com/upcoming-events

New Dig covering the US attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro. An expansive conversation analyzing Trump’s imperialist project and assessing Chavismo and its oppositions from Chávez through Maduro with Alejandro Velasco, Gabriel Hetland, and Yoletty Bracho. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/vene...

Those of us in NYC's electorally organized Left have known and learned from Tascha for to close a decade; Z's justly famous field operation introduced her work to a much wider world. Check out this @thedigradio.bsky.social interview for a great primer on her approach. bsky.app/profile/dani...

@danieldenvir.bsky.social “world-historic rizz” made me lol

I have shit to do and I've spent the first week of vacation doing absolutely nothing, so we're putting on the @thedigradio.bsky.social and letting @danieldenvir.bsky.social voice be our background motivation to get these chores done

Andrew Epstein and a team of strategists, speechwriters, designers, filmmakers wrote a big love letter to NYC and inoculated voters against a big money attack campaign. A behind the scenes look at masterful comms operation by guest host @micahuetricht.bsky.social. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/zohr...

A highlight of my year was @iliasalami.bsky.social & I chatting with @danieldenvir.bsky.social on how America First may very well end up with America Alone. Global Conjuncture, Part 1: thedigradio.com/podcast/glob... Part 2: thedigradio.com/podcast/new-...

It was an honor to be interviewed in-depth by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @proteanmag.com A key theme: how to analyze “extractive frontiers” from a world-systemic perspective attentive to both the structures of colonialism and capitalism—and to socio-ecological struggle proteanmag.com/2025/12/22/e...

In this wide-ranging interview, Laleh Khalili (@lalehkhalili.bsky.social) speaks with Thea Riofrancos (@triofrancos.bsky.social) about her new book, "Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism"—on lithium mining, prospects for a just climate transition, and more. proteanmag.com/2025/12/22/e...