Tag: The LRB Podcast

• The LRB Podcast: On Politics: Iran and the Oil Crisis

  April 5, 2026

  Listen: https://ift.tt/ZJkuUwh Trump’s war on Iran has highlighted recent dramatic changes in the politics of oil. While the United States still guarantees maritime security in the Middle East, it is… more ›

• The LRB Podcast: Where does our waste go?

  November 19, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/CJwxWiG Since the 1980s, Brett Christophers wrote recently in the LRB, ‘firms have made vast amounts of money by sending the rich world’s waste to the global South’ – hazardous… more ›

• The LRB Podcast: Is this fascism?

  August 15, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/Jvwabsp ‘How useful is it,’ Daniel Trilling asked recently in the LRB, ‘to compare the current global resurgence of right-wing nationalism to fascism?’ In this episode of the podcast Daniel… more ›

• The LRB Podcast: Trump’s War by Executive Order

  April 9, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/8XHM6qU Judith Butler and Aziz Rana join Adam Shatz to discuss Donald Trump’s use of executive orders to target birthright citizenship, protest, support of Palestinian rights, academic freedom, constitutionally… more ›

• The LRB Podcast: Have we surrendered to climate breakdown?

  February 12, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/d31RKyu In 2015, a vigorous response to climate change seemed possible: even fossil fuel companies talked about transitioning to cleaner energy. But exploration and exploitation of oil and gas… more ›