A podcast that critically examines the working-class struggle through the lens of MMT or Modern Monetary Theory. Host Steve Grumbine, founder of Real Progressives, provides incisive political commentary and showcases grassroots activism. Join us for a robust, unfiltered exploration of economic issues that impact the working class, as we challenge the status quo and prioritize collective well-being over profit. This is comfort food for the mind, fueling our fight for justice and equity!
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Modern Monetary Theory Podcasts
The MMT Podcast offers economic analysis on current issues from a Modern Monetary Theory perspective. Aimed at anyone who has ever felt lost in the jargon used by mainstream economics commentators. We believe economics is for everyone. You can help sustain this podcast via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast
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a brief discussion on government spending and currency production.
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Money on the Left is a monthly, interdisciplinary podcast that reclaims money’s public powers for intersectional politics. Staging critical conversations with leading historians, theorists, organizers, and activists, the show draws upon Modern Monetary Theory and constitutional approaches to money to advance new forms of left critique and practice. It is hosted by William Saas and Scott Ferguson and presented in partnership with Monthly Review magazine. Check out our website: https://moneyon ...
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Call Me Limbo is your weekly dose of comedic therapy where pop culture and politics get tossed in a blender with personal stories, improv games, and zero chill. Hosted by Dai and David—two queer best friends with more opinions than filter—the show tackles everything from reality TV and music videos to capitalist hellscapes and Bad Bunny’s underwear. It’s entertainment with a little revolution on the side. Sometimes you’ll laugh until you cry. Sometimes you’ll cry until you’re organizing a un ...
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Progressive politics and economics. Will covers political issues from around the world and Arliss does the same for financial news and monetary policy with special emphasis on modern monetary theory. Each week they are joined by a special guest for the interview. Both Will and Arliss are fond of carrots.
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More a life journey than a show, Ron Placone goes on a quest to interview 1000 different people who have piqued his interest in some way. One conversation. One time. Fans of lefty politics, punk rock, folk, garage, cats, comedy, film, horror, REJOICE! From Ren Faire Professionals to Academics to Porn Stars to Journalists, all of the guests are united by having a story the world needs to know.
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Is bitcoin a macro asset? Over the course of 2019, there has been growing focus on the role of bitcoin in the larger global economy. Is it becoming a safe haven asset, akin to digital gold? Is it something even larger - a generational hedge against the rise of modern monetary theory? This pop-up podcast, produced in conjunction with CoinDesk's Invest: NYC conference, talks to some of the markets leading thinkers to explore bitcoin in the macro economic context. To hear more from these speake ...
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The University of Billy confers only one degree - A PHD in common sense. Today's political environment is void of common sense debate on key issues. Hear 3 minutes of genius with each episode.
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Talking all things finance from cryptos to retirement we want to make the world of finance more accessible to everyday people.
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Join us for a series of insightful and thought-provoking discussions led by technologist and thought leader Chris Westland. In these conversations, Chris tackles a broad spectrum of contemporary technological issues, offering expert analysis on the rapid advancements that are reshaping industries, economies, and society at large. From artificial intelligence to blockchain, cybersecurity, and the ethical dilemmas posed by emerging technologies, Chris Westland brings a scholarly yet accessible ...
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Independent leftist radio show. Hosted by Estlin Hiller, Anthony Parker, and Jon Walton.
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I am Liam Kelly—owner and editor of The Weekly Input. I am writing this bio in an attempt to give you some background on this podcast and myself. The Weekly Input is a podcast centered around three main areas of study: politics, economics, and big questions/events affecting the world. I feel it is my duty to hold those who represent the American people accountable, and to offer honest feedback on world events. Modern America is a polarized place, not because we hate each other, but because w ...
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The Supply Side Podcast is for everyone who believes economies flourish when people produce goods and services that other people actually want. We talk low taxes, stable money, entrepreneurship and business development with the best thinkers on banking, investment and markets in the world. We prepare you for what happens when the bubbles finally pop.
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The Sunday Letters Podcast is the weekly audio newsletter on the meaning & purpose of daily work from work and business psychologist Larry Maguire and philosopher Dmitri Belikov. We explore how human beings may break free from tiresome means-to-an-end labour and take command of their own working lives. Topics include daily work, jobs and careers, self-employment, socialism, capitalism, economics, slavery, colonialism, and society & culture. Content follows the written newsletter, which goes ...
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Ep 356 - Scotland's Economic Suicide Pact? with Will Thomson
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1:07:01Steve and his guest, Scottish political economist William Thomson, use the fight over Scotland’s independence to dissect how class power hides inside “neutral” economic rules. Will, founder of SCOTONOMICS, talks about his journey from neoclassical training to a heterodox, political-economy perspective grounded in MMT, ecological economics, and clas…
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This week, Dai and David put on their best performances as heterosexuals, share thoughts on the Wicked movie, celebrate corporate behemoth downfalls, gather their sense of direction, debate Apple Maps vs. Google Maps, diversify their data storage, discuss AI created music, express what they are thankful for this year, and much much more. We Are Cha…
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Italian-American Leftist History That the Powers-That-Be Suppress, Steve Cerulli - 115
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1:20:00Steve Cerulli is an Italian-American Historian. Like Steve, I’m an Italian-American, too. The Italian-American identity seems to be very right-wing-presenting, at least in the mainstream. But, that is far from reality. Steve’s work has exposed why that is the case in the contemporary United States, the scam that is Columbus Day, and so much more. I…
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#203 Zackonomics and the budget with Phil Armstrong (part 2)
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47:48(Part 2) Patricia and Christian talk to Dr Phil Armstrong about the upcoming UK budget, and Green Party leader Zack Polanski's positive views of MMT. Full conversation here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/142975558 Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast …
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Ep 355 - Dialectics of Dominance with Aaron Good
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1:06:33“We’re at an inflection point – a civilizational crisis. Western imperial dominance is ending, and its dying spasms are only accelerating the collapse.” Aaron Good Aaron Good, author of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State, is back to talk with Steve about the crisis of the US-led imperial order and the manufactured “common sense” that kee…
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This week, Dai and David don't know what they don't know, meet the lizard people in the underground tunnels at Denver International Airport, forgive but never forget, generate megawatts of power, eat at the food forest, figure out how to say and spell amortization, feed the naked (and the hungry), find love, discharge dishonorably, and discuss nucl…
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Carving a Lefty Niche Out of the Bernie Movement, Collaborating in Film with a Spouse, Leila Leigh - 114
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1:09:17Leila Leigh is an actress, writer, and podcaster. We first met amidst the online Lefty Bernie Movement. She’s the co-host of one of my favorite Lefty YouTube Shows, PunchUp Pod. In addition to podcasting, she’s done a ton in the indie film space, some of it with her husband, Josh Stolberg, who was Episode 98.…
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Ep 354 - The Fed As a Weapon of Class Power with L. Randall Wray
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55:39Randy: “We’re supposed to believe the central bank manages inflation by using interest rates?" Steve: “It’s ridiculous.” L. Randall Wray, one of the original MMT economists, recently wrote a paper with Yeva Nersisyan entitled, No, the Fed is NOT Independent – It is a Creature of Congress. Steve invited Randy for a conversation about how the Federal…
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This week, Dai and David promote the benefits of contributing to their fall fundraiser, demand over the top laughter even with vocal nodules, believe in karma, wish for more lunch restaurants to open at 10 AM, recap a tour of the landfill, discuss their own mental health struggles, and much much more. This episode discusses themes of mental illness…
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#202 Zackonomics and the budget with Phil Armstrong (part 1)
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54:45(Part 1) Patricia and Christian talk to Dr Phil Armstrong about the upcoming UK budget, and Green Party leader Zack Polanski's positive views of MMT. Full conversation here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/142975558 Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast …
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Surviving Anorexia, Stigmas Around the Eating Disorder, Dave Chawner - 113
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50:38Dave Chawner is a speaker, comedian, and anorexia survivor. I first met Dave at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival because we had a similar timeslot and our venues were near each other. I think most people don’t understand how anorexia works, or even what it actually is. I include myself in this. Well, I wanted to learn more...…
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Ep 353 - Dollars for Oligarchs, Austerity for Argentina with Daniel Kostzer
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1:00:01** Want to take a deeper dive into this podcast? Join us on Tuesday evenings for Macro ‘n Chill, where we listen to the most recent episode together. Ask questions, share your insights, or just hang with us. 8pm ET/5pm PT. Find the registration link at realprogressives.org. And while you’re there, sign up for book club. It’s not too late – there ar…
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To celebrate 140 episodes, Dai and David are releasing this week's episode a day early, so you can hear their immediate thoughts on election results from across the country from New York City to Virginia to Colorado. Join them as they put pronouns back in their email signatures, start implementing Shakira and Shania law, experience some political h…
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What REALLY Happened With The Young Turks' Alleged Union Busting? Hank Thompson - 112
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1:25:51Hank Thompson is a video editor, writer, and comedian. Hank and I both worked at The Jimmy Dore Show, and overlapped a little bit. Hank also worked at The Young Turks, and was heavily involved in the Union efforts there. Hank was laid off. The TYT Union effort was a national story. For the past 2 years and counting, Hank’s been fighting to get his …
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Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance” (DPF). According to this paradigm, money is public credit, a capacious tool for mobilizing everyone’s capacities to meet our needs and build a desirable future. DPF redefines politics as the process of coordi…
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Ep 352 - Nothing to Hide with Heidi Boghosian
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1:00:02Heidi Boghosian is an attorney, author, and co-host of Law and Disorder podcast and radio show. She joins Steve to discuss how the US surveillance state is a tool of class discipline and repression. From the Federalist Society pipeline to post-9/11 “safety” theater, both parties helped build a digital police state that criminalizes poverty, protest…
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Call Me A Surveillance Villain Origin Story
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42:17This week, Dai and David really honor God on Sundays by letting you fast, download raunchy bootleg songs on dial up internet, learn how to drive a stick shift, tell David's surveillance villain origin story, share therapy epiphanies and feelings, recap last week's Denver community town hall event about Flock Surveillance Technologies, propose chart…
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What is Modern Monetary Theory? Christian Reilly - 111
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1:04:05Christian Reilly is a musical comedian and self-proclaimed "MMT lover." Are you familiar with Modern Monetary Theory? Honestly, I don’t even know if it’s accurate to call it a 'theory' because it’s basically just the actual way money works. Christian breaks it down, and shares what got him into MMT in the first place. More MMT Stuff: (5-min read) E…
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Ep 351 - Born on Third Base with Steve Hall
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59:54"The self-made man is a lie that we have taught people to keep them from complaining, to keep them from whining, to keep them from asking for better from their government, to keep them from asking for better from their employer." The two Steves – Hall and Grumbine – get together to dismantle the myth of the self-made man, exposing it as a centuries…
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This week, Dai and David hoot and holler at an eight year old's soccer game, chomp and faunch at the bit, become members of group seven, communicate using secret hand signals and Pig Latin, beg Wendy's to bring back sweet and sour sauce, manipulate the economy and gas prices, break plastic crowns in half, allegedly steal scaffolding in downtown Den…
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The Hard Times Co-Founder Says Goodbye, Bill Conway - 110
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55:09Bill Conway is a comedian, writer, and co-founder of The Hard Times. The Hard Times is basically the Onion, but for punk rock. You’ve probably heard of the Hard Times, you’ve definitely seen one of their headlines. Recently, after over a decade, Bill decided it was time for him to step down from The Hard Times. How do we know when it’s time to say …
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Ep 350 - Naked Corruption with Bill Black
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1:00:29Do you know what kakistocracy means? You’ll find out in this episode with guest Bill Black. Because, yeah, this is an educational podcast. A lot of us learned the term ‘elite control fraud’ from Bill in past episodes and you’ll hear more about it here. Bill is a great storyteller. His experience as a regulator trying to enforce laws against the gre…
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This week, Dai and David celebrate grey sweatpants season, start the war on Christmas, pick out their Halloween costumes, figure out the difference between condemn and condone, see glimmers and flickering porch lights, unpack the nonexistent ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, highlight the inflatable resistance in Portland and the Chicago ICE …
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Betsy Cox is a comedian, writer, and solo performer. Her Fringe show, “Broke B*tch Got Rich”, was among the most popular and talked about shows of the festival. At the award ceremony, she wore a cape that said “ADHD is my Super Power.” At a time when Eugenics is on the rise in the United States, it was powerful and encouraging to see. We talk about…
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Ep 349 - Cultural Syndromes of Capitalism with David Fields
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57:59**This week’s Macro ‘n Chill gathering should be a lively one. Whenever we dive into the topic of cultural hegemony, it sparks a thoughtful discussion. Join us on Tuesday, October 14, 8pm ET/5pm PT. Click here to register This is the 349th episode of our podcast. Just sayin’. Steve’s guest is David Fields, talking about his recent article, The Cult…
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This week, Dai and David exchange pleasantries, enter their truth telling era, recap a trip to Iowa, get civically engaged, attempt to demonstrate accountability, work through people pleasing tendencies, create art, celebrate National Coming Out Day, become a martyr, discuss running for office, figs, billionaires, City of Denver budget woes, furthe…
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Taking Back "Building Better Men" From the Bigots, Chris Smith - 108
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Ep 348 - Gaza: Digital Colonialism & Resistance with Omar Zahzah
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59:10The Palestinian liberation struggle is a fundamental class and anti-colonial issue. First-time guest to the podcast, Professor Omar Zahzah, talks with Steve about the active collaboration of Silicon Valley tech giants with the US and Israeli governments to censor and suppress anti-Zionist narratives. "What these companies are doing is digitally amp…
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This week, Dai and David buy a VCR to record Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show, cheer on the new Mr. International, share a communal experience, center themselves, promote Santa being a socialist, settle the online feud between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, promote Doja Cat and Mariah Carey's new music, preview Taylor Swift's new album, and much much…
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