Materialism and Economics – Green and Red Podcast

Clean Up on Aisle Five: Essential Work and Poverty Wages at America’s Grocery Stores w/ Ann Larson

June 10, 2026Materialism and Economics

In our latest, we talk with activist and writer Ann Larson (@annllarson) about her experience working in a Salt Lake City grocery store during the early part of the pandemic.…

Why the Yellow Vests Defy Politics as Usual w/ Prof. Ida Susser

May 19, 2026Direct Action, Materialism and Economics

The Yellow Vest, or gilets jaunes, are grassroots worker movement that have defied politics as usual in France and the rest of the world. In our latest, Scott talks with…

Populism vs. Oligarchy: Prof. Charles Derber on How to Reclaim America from the Billionaires

April 29, 2026Materialism and Economics, Peoples' History, politics

In our latest, Scott discusses the roots of populist politics in American history, from the anti-robber baron movements of the Gilded Age to the New Deal era to the current…

“Don’t Believe Your Own Eyes”… State of the Free Press w/ Project Censorship’s Mickey Huff

February 17, 2026anti-capitalism, Materialism and Economics, politics

In our latest, we talk again with the great Mickey Huff, director of Project Censored ( @ProjectCensored ) and professor of journalism at Ithaca College. We talk about Project Censored on its…

Mexico Between Feast and Famine w/ Prof. Enrique Ochoa

January 25, 2026Materialism and Economics, Peoples' History

Mexico is at the crossroads of an elite culinary destination and extreme social and economic injustice. The corporate takeover of Mexico's food sector has polarized the nation's diets and food…

How Billionaires Burn the Rest of Us w/ Author Chuck Collins

November 4, 2025Materialism and Economics

The economy the past 5 years have been really rough. High food prices. Skyrocketing housing prices. Unemployment rates are creeping up. The government shutdown has escalated economic precarity even more.…

How Communities are Resisting San Diego’s Housing Crisis w/ Organizer Jose Lopez

September 20, 2025anti-capitalism, Materialism and Economics, politics

In part two of our series on private equity giant Blackstone, Scott talks ACCE San Diego director Jose Lopez about housing crisis in San Diego and Blackstone’s role in it.…

Best of G&R: Happy Scrappy Labor Day!! The Ruling Class vs Radical Organizing

September 1, 2025anti-capitalism, Labor, Materialism and Economics, Peoples' History

Encore of our 2023 Labor Day episode. Listen in: Green & Red celebrates (American) Labor Day . . . we talk a little about the history of the day,…

How Corporate Landlord Blackstone Perpetuates the Housing Crisis w/ Jordan Ash of PESP

August 21, 2025Materialism and Economics

Since 2008, and even more since 2018 and 2023, private equity firms have been buying up real estate and rental properties across the U.S. No firm has preyed up on…

Panel: Frontline Resistance to Fossil Fuel Finance From the Gulf South the Richmond, CA

August 20, 2025Climate, Materialism and Economics

We’re living in challenging times with an escalating climate disaster devastating communities from Texas and Louisiana to Richmond, CA. Few institutions are as responsible for these crisis as Wall Street…