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A weekly podcast on world politics, culture and economics, hosted by Eric Draitser.

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Building the Worlds that Kill Us w/ David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz

Jan 30 2025 64 mins  
This week on CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk to David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz about their new book, "Building the Worlds that Kill Us: Disease, Death and Inequality in American History" (Columbia University Press). David Rosner is the Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and professor of history in the Graduate School of Arts and S

Labor in the Age of Trump w/ Kim Kelly and Hamilton Nolan

Jan 10 2025 51 mins  
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg talk with Kim Kelly and Hamilton Nolan about what to expect in the next four years of Trump and how to build labor power in a world dominated by billionaires. Kim Kelly is a writer and labor activist based in Philadelphia. She is the author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor. Hamilton No

Environmentalism from Below w/ Ashley Dawson

Dec 29 2024 68 mins  
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg talk to Ashley Dawson about his new book, Environmentalism from Below: How Global People's Movements Are Leading the Fight for Our Planet (Haymarket Books). Ashley is a Professor of English at the Graduate Center / City University of New York and the College of Staten Island. He is the author of several books

The Battles Ahead w/ Silky Shah and Eman Abdelhadi

Dec 16 2024 48 mins  
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Silky Shah and Eman Abdelhadi join Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg to discuss how we should gear up to take on the Trump administration, and the best way to empower our movements going forward, from immigration to Palestine. More

The Battle in Seattle, 25 Years On w/ Jeffrey St. Clair

Dec 05 2024 57 mins  
In this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Jeffrey St. Clair, editor-in-chief of CounterPunch, and author of many books, including Been Brown so Long it Looked like Me and Grand Theft Pentagon, is interviewed by Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank about the 25th anniversary of the WTO protests in Seattle. They discuss Jeffrey's dispatches from the streets of Seattle and the book that was

COP29, Leonard Peltier and the Future of Indigenous Resistance w/ Janene Yazzie

Nov 26 2024 69 mins  
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Janene Yazzie, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the NDN Collective, joins Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg to talk global climate policy, the plight of Leonard Peltier, and the push for clemency from President Biden. Janene, who just returned from COP29, also addresses how we move forward under a second Trump term. As a bonus, we've included

Acción Palestina Chiapas: From Resistance to Revolution

Nov 21 2024 71 mins  
In this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with members of Acción Palestina Chiapas, grassroots organizers in southern México raising awareness around Palestinian resistance within their communities. They discuss the vínculos, the connections, between local Indigenous struggles against displacement, forced migration, and narco-violence and the Palest

American Tragedy w/ Ralph Nader

Nov 13 2024 33 mins  
This week on CounterPunch Radio, the tenacious Ralph Nader talks to Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank about why Kamala Harris lost, Israel's influence in American politics, and demise of working class America. More

Why Harris Lost w/ Joshua Frank

Nov 08 2024 17 mins  
CounterPunch co-editor Joshua Frank explains why abandoning the working class sunk the Harris campaign - blowback for 30 years of neoliberal capitalism. More

Zionism’s Tenuous Future w/ Ramzy Baroud

Oct 10 2024 39 mins  
This week Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg talk to Ramzy Baroud about the genocide in Gaza, Zionism's shaky future and the role of the international left in helping shape its future. Ramzy is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books. His latest is “These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli P