logo
episode-header-image
Oct 2021
2h 4m

Weekends: Power, Profit, and the America...

JACOBIN
About this episode

Journalist Andrew Cockburn, author of the new book The Spoils of War, explains why the United States’ astronomical Pentagon budget hasn’t led to better national defense and what’s driving the growth of the military industrial complex today.


Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. This is the podcast version of the show from October 22, 2021, with producer Cale filling in for Nando.


Verso book club:https://www.versobooks.com/bookclub


Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10:https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT


Music provided by Zonkey:https://linktr.ee/zonkey


Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag

Up next
Today
Confronting Capitalism: Socialists and Markets
It’s all too common for people to associate the mere existence of markets with capitalism. But because we know markets had a life before capitalism, we can also imagine them having a life after. On this latest episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber and Melissa Naschek c ... Show More
46m 45s
Yesterday
Jacobin Radio: The Machinery of ICE Detention w/ John Washington
A prisoner is held, in theory, for something they did. The people inside America’s roughly 250 immigration detention camps are held for who they are, or where they’re from. That distinction anchors journalist John Washington’s new book, How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fi ... Show More
1h 5m
Sep 14
Behind the News: The Terrors (and Promise) of AI w/ Garrison Lovely
Garrison Lovely, author of Obsolete, discusses the terrors and possible promise of artificial intelligence. Dave Zirin looks back on the life and work of Howard Zinn, the subject of his new biography. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and pol ... Show More
53m 1s
Recommended Episodes
Jun 2024
The Military Industrial Complexity
On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we reflect on how the US military saved democracy from fascism. This week, as the Senate marks up next year’s defense spending bill, Jon sits down with Bill Hartung of the Quincy Institute and Roxana Tiron of Bloomberg to investigate whether our ... Show More
1h 8m
May 2022
Counting the Pieces: Defense Spending and the “Ever Shrinking Fighting Force”
This week, Mike sits down with Major General Arnold L. Punaro (USMC ret.), Chief Executive Officer of the Punaro Group, to discuss his new book, The Ever-Shrinking Fighting Force, which covers the history of U.S. defense spending and why the number of warfighters is declining des ... Show More
40m 5s
May 2021
The Winners And Losers Of America's Economic Transformation
Alec MacGillis' book Fulfillment tells the story of America's three-decade long economic transformation through the lens of Amazon's rise to corporate dominance. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben interviews the author for the latest installment of the Politics Podcast book club.Connect:S ... Show More
16m 14s
Sep 2025
Trump Wages War on American Cities As DOD Gets a Makeover | Michael Grunwald
Michael Kosta breaks down Trump's Department of War, a.k.a. the new billion-dollar nickname for the Department of Defense, and Josh Johnson is hyped up for the president to go to war with America's biggest enemy: America. Thanks to Trump, Canadian tourism is way down, with many c ... Show More
37m 36s
May 2025
Introducing - The General & the Journalist
A new podcast on the intricacies of geopolitics in an age of uncertainty at a time when conflict is never far from the headlines. Patrick and Tom - the General and the Journalist - examine why wars begin, and how they end - and, crucially how they can be prevented. Unparalleled i ... Show More
7m 13s
Feb 2025
How America Turned the World Economy Into a Weapon
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Edward Fishman, Professor at Columbia University, discusses his book Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare. Oskar Lewnowski, Founder and Group CEO at Orion Resource Partners, talks about Pr ... Show More
21m 42s
Mar 2024
Season 3, Episode 5: Norman Solomon, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine
Send us Fan MailJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and political and media analyst Norman Solomon as they discuss Solomon’s important new book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine. Listen in as Solomon and Sachs explore the intricate interplay b ... Show More
51m 56s