Emma hosts Noah Kulwin, co-host of the Blowback podcast, to discuss his recent piece in The Baffler entitled ”Tales from the Thrifts.” First, Emma dives into Biden’s recent executive moves, from codifying DACA to the 10-20k student debt cancellation, and explores the absolutely wild takes from th...

Sam and Emma host David Dayen, Executive Editor at The American Prospect, to discuss his recent project ”The Great Escape”, about the mass quitting trend in the labor market, as well as his new piece “Lina Khan Cashes in Her Chips.” They begin by confronting the numbers of the recent wave of resi...

Economist Mike Konczal explains, why we focus to much on the Lehman Brothers collapse when we talk about the financial crisis, the broader roots of the economic implosion, how Wall Street manipulates “stress tests”, why Wall Street fails and never pays a price, how the financial sector holds back...

Renowned economics professor Richard Wolff discusses the collapse of capitalism, Roosevelt’s action during the Great Depression and measures to stabilize our economy.  And austerity in Greece, projections for what’s ahead.  In the better half, Goldman Sachs resignation rats out corporate practice...