2024 – Page 3 – Green and Red Podcast

(New York) Yankee Imperialism: The World Series and the economics of baseball

October 26, 2024Materialism and Economics, pop culture

To celebrate the World Series we got together with our frequent-collaborator and great friend Clayton Lust (@claytonlust) to discuss the business of baseball, an appropriate topic since the two most…

Flashpoints’ Dennis Bernstein on Media in an Age of War and Resistance

October 26, 2024Foreign Policy

We had a fantastic interview w/ Dennis Bernstein, host of KPFA's "Flashpoints" and longtime journalist on the Left who's inspired and helped so many of us. Listen in: https://bit.ly/3O5d4mp Dennis…

“Farm to Freedom:” The Vietnamese Diaspora in the U.S. and Their Home Gardens w/ Prof. Roy Vũ

October 20, 2024Peoples' History

In our latest, we dive into the story of Vietnamese immigration to the U.S. following the war through the lens of food with our long time friend and colleague Prof…

“Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down”… Remembering Kris Kristofferson and His Politics

October 14, 2024pop culture

In the third installment of our Arts and Culture series, we talked about the life and politics of the late music legend Kris Kristofferson. Listen in: https://bit.ly/4h9hiX6 We discussed his…

Miracle in the Beanfield: Robert Redford’s “Milagro Beanfield War”

October 14, 2024pop culture

In our second installment in our new "Green & Red Arts and Culture Series" we talked about the book and movie *The Milagro Beanfield War." While is a heartwarming story…

Mad Men and Capitalism: Green and Red’s Arts and Culture Series

October 10, 2024Materialism and Economics, pop culture

Green and Red is starting a new series that talks about how art and culture develop and raise political consciousness. We'll be putting out episodes that talk about the politics…

A Year of Genocide & Resistance: Israel’s war on Palestine, w/ Scholar Fadi Kafeety

October 8, 2024Foreign Policy

To commemorate the first-year anniversary of Israel's onslaught against Gaza (and now Lebanon and Iran) we talked w/ scholar Fadi Kafeety, who provided us with a great overview of the…

Mutual Aid and Disaster Relief in North Carolina w/ Matt from Rural Organizing and Resilience

October 7, 2024Climate, Direct Action

CAT 4 Hurricane Helene hit the southeast U.S. causing billions in destruction and at least 230 deaths. Western North Carolina was hit particularly hard, despite being called a "haven" from…

“De-Escalation Through Escalation”.. Israel’s Wars and All the Politics w/ Journalist Eugene Puryear

September 25, 2024Foreign Policy, politics

Over the past week, Israel has begun a major escalation against Hezbollah in Lebanon with the "pager attack" on the Lebanese population, assassinations of senior Hezbollah leadership and airstrikes in…

America’s Disorder: The Frontier, Violence, Cowboys, and Trump, w/ Richard Slotkin

September 18, 2024Peoples' History, politics

Richard Slotkin has written some of the more important books explaining the way Americans have created myths to justify slavery, repression, and empire, including “Regeneration Through Violence,” “The Fatal Environment,”…