ourVoices podcast
ourVoices is a podcast which explores the crisis of our economic system – and promotes intelligent debate about what should replace it.
Documentaries
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Published in:Podcasts: AnalysisPodcast: How Democrats won Georgia – and what happens nowTravelling across Georgia, we saw a radically different way of doing politics. The violence in DC should not obscure...
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Published in:ourEconomy: InterviewPodcast: Andra Gillespie on Georgia’s Senate runoffsIn an extended conversation, the Atlanta based political scientist outlines why the traditionally Republican state...
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Published in:Podcasts: AnalysisPodcast: Who will win Georgia’s Senate races?Biden’s presidency hinges on this crucial vote – and it’s too close to call.
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Published in:Podcasts: AnalysisUS election podcast: Can Biden deliver?On the road across middle America, voters told us they want the country to heal. But is this even possible?
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Published in:Podcasts: AnalysisUS election podcast: ‘We want change, not Biden’From race to a broken political system, the story of Louisville is in many ways the story of America.
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Published in:PodcastsPodcast: US election special #4 – Why does the US not have universal healthcare?In the latest ourVoices documentary, we place the movement for Medicare-for-All in the context of decades of...
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Published in:PodcastsPodcast: Is capitalism racist?
With Black Lives Matter protests raging around the world, the latest ourVoices documentary asks how we can build an...
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Published in:Podcasts: AnalysisPodcast: US election special #1 – the military-industrial complex
In the first part of ourVoice’s special series on the US election, we explore the influence of the...
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Published in:PodcastsPodcast: US election special #2 – the Green New Deal
In the second part of our podcast series on the US election, we explore the influence of the fossil fuel industry...
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Published in:Podcasts: AnalysisPodcast: US election special #3 – the housing crisis (part 1)
In the third installment of our podcast series on the US election, we explore the history of discrimination and...
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Published in:PodcastsPodcast: US election special #3 – the housing crisis (part 2)
In the latest ourVoices documentary, we explore how social movements are reshaping the political discourse on...
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Published in:PodcastsourVoices podcast: Decolonising the global economyIs our global economic order rigged to produce inequality and underdevelopment?
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Published in:PodcastsourVoices Episode 1: Whose data? Our data!
In the first episode of ourVoices we explore the rise of big tech, and imagine a future where our data is used to...
Interviews
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Published in:ourEconomyJecorey Arthur: I grew up in the ‘capital of American racism’Podcast: The youngest person ever to be elected to the Louisville City Council calls for reparations for the...
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Published in:ourEconomyCharles Mills: "There is an opening for a transracial class alliance"In the latest episode of ourVoices podcast, Charles W. Mills speaks to us about racism, capitalism, and 'the racial...
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Published in:ourEconomyGargi Bhattacharyya: "racism is a state-sponsored predilection to early death"In the latest episode of ourVoices podcast, Gargi Bhattacharyya talks to us about racial capitalism.
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Published in:ourEconomyOur hour with Michael BrooksThis week the US and international left lost a vital voice.
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Published in:ourEconomyourVoices podcast: Vijay Prashad on “is capitalism racist?”In the latest episode of ourVoices, we ask historian Vijay Prashad if racial hierarchies are a necessary component...
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Published in:ourEconomyourVoices podcast: Tom Steyer on Joe Biden’s new climate planFormer presidential candidate Tom Steyer discusses the future of the environmental justice movement in the US.
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Published in:ourEconomySamelys López: “The South Bronx has a spirit of resiliency that defines us as a community”Running for Congress to represent the South Bronx, Samelys López tells ourEconomy that political representation...
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Published in:ourEconomyBhaskar Sunkara on democratic socialism and the 2020 electionOn the latest episode of ourVoices, we spoke with Jacobin founder Bhaskar Sunkara about the future of the Democratic party.
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Published in:ourEconomyShahid Buttar: “Nancy Pelosi stands, as she always has, on the side of the past”Seeking to unseat the most powerful Democrat in DC, Shahid Buttar discusses the urgency of overhauling a corrupt US...
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Published in:ourEconomyAlex Morse: “We're going up against the party and DC establishment”The four term mayor of Holyoke MA, Alex Morse, is primarying the powerful Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee,...
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Published in:ourEconomyKshama Sawant on taxing Amazon to solve Seattle’s housing crisisIn an exclusive interview, Councilmember Sawant outlines the stark economic inequities in Seattle and across the country.
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Published in:ourEconomyRaj Patel: “The New Deal emerged from a decade of worker struggle”In an extended interview with ourVoices, Raj Patel discusses why diverse labor coalitions are imperative to...
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Published in:ourEconomyJen Perelman: “Of all developed nations we are the least equipped to deal with a pandemic”Florida congressional candidate Jen Perelman tells ourVoices why she is primarying former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Shultz.
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Published in:ourEconomyLawrence Hamm: "The progressive movement must continue to push forward within the electoral arena"Longtime activist Lawrence Hamm discusses the Black Lives Matter protests across the US and his bid to unseat...
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Published in:ourEconomyLauren Ashcraft: “This is the home of billionaire row and thousands of people are sleeping on the street”Seeking to represent New York’s 12th congressional district, Lauren Ashcraft is challenging long serving Democratic...