Aug 14

Destruction of the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple

Featuring Molly Crabapple on her book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. The second in a two-part interview. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Buy Decolonizing Money at Plutobooks.com Buy Femmephilia at Haymarketbooks.org

2h 8m

Aug 5

Making the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple

Featuring Molly Crabapple on her book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. The first episode of a two-part interview. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Buy Unions of Our Own and Femmephilia at Haymarketbooks.org

2h 24m

Jul 22

Nusantara Ep. 8 – Reform Stalls, Oligarchy Triumphs

The eighth and final episode in a series on the history of Indonesia: a hinge in the world system where colonialism and revolution have decisively shaped the trajectory of global history. This last installment picks up with the 2014 election of Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, to the pres ... Show More

2h 15m

Nov 2021

The Dig: The Dawn of Everything w/ David Wengrow

Astra Taylor interviews archaeologist David Wengrow on The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, his new book co-authored with the late David Graeber. Support us at <a href="http://Patreon.com/TheDig" rel="nofollow">Patreon.com/TheDig</a> < ... Show More

1h 37m

Dec 2021

DAWN OF EVERYTHING: The True History of Humanity

What if everything we think we know about the history of our species is wrong? That’s the provocative question at the heart of a new book by today’s guest, David Wengrow. Hailed as fascinating, brilliant, and potentially revolutionary, “The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Hu ... Show More

1h 20m

Dec 2021

237. David Wengrow on The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike — either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. D ... Show More

1h 33m

May 2023

49. The Dawn of Everything

Is slavery hardwired into society? Is hierarchy inevitable? Who built the pyramids? Listen as William and Anita are joined by David Wengrow to discuss slavery in the world’s most ancient civilizations. Sign up to The Knowledge here: www.theknowledge.com/empire/ LRB Empire offer ... Show More

57m 22s

Jul 2022

A new understanding of human history and the roots of inequality | David Wengrow

What if the commonly accepted narratives about the foundation of civilization are all wrong? Drawing on groundbreaking research, archaeologist David Wengrow challenges traditional thinking about the social evolution of humanity -- from the invention of agriculture to the formatio ... Show More

17m 57s

Mar 2025

The Origins of Abundance

To mark the release of our new book “<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Abundance/Ezra-Klein/9781668023488">Abundance</a>,” my co-author Derek Thompson had me on his podcast, “<a href="https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/plain-english-with-derek-thompson">Plain Eng ... Show More

1h 12m

May 2021

David Wallace-Wells

New York Magazine Journalist David Wallace-Wells joins Dr. Drew this week to discuss his extensive work on climate change and his book 'The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming'. Learn more about David by following him on Twitter @DWallaceWells. Visit AirMedCareNetwork.com/dre ... Show More

1h 1m