Best Jessica Levy and Dylan Gottlieb Podcasts (2024)

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Andrew Kahrl on Inequality, Theft, and Taxation in Modern America 51:01

1h ago51:01

51:01

Taxes. Is there anything Americans like to complain about more? This episode takes a deep dive into the U.S. tax system, paying particular attention to the property tax. Exploding a popular myth that purports Black Americans pay little to no taxes, historian Andrew Kahrl reveals how Black Americans have long paid more than their fair share of prope…

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Andrew McKevitt on Gun Capitalism 48:50

29d ago48:50

48:50

450 million. According to our best estimates, that’s how many guns there are in the United States. To put that in perspective: if you gave a firearm to every single person in the nation—including babies and young children—you’d still have at least 100 million guns left over. Why did we amass such a large stockpile of guns? How did the US become an …

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Rachel Gross on How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America 41:54

2M ago41:54

41:54

In 2022 and 2023, an estimated 50 million Americans went camping. Many others participated in outdoor recreation activities ranging from mountain-climbing to sailing. According to the U.S. Department of Congress, in 2022, the outdoor recreation economy was worth $563.7 billion or 2.2 percent of GDP. In this episode, historian Rachel Gross takes us …

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Margot Canaday on Queer Workers in Modern America 51:20

3M ago51:20

51:20

In today's episode, Margot Canaday reveals the not-so-hidden history of LGBT workers in modern America. In the absence of state protections, she finds, some employers actually appreciated queer workers precisely because they were contingent, unattached, and exploitable. In many ways, that employment relationship augured the way all workers would co…

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Elizabeth Ingleson on the Past and Present of Made in China 49:45

4M ago49:45

49:45

Today, China is the U.S. third largest trading partner and second-largest source of imports. This wasn’t always the case. Indeed, in the 1970s, when the United States first began trading with communist China after several decades, few could have foreseen such a scenario. In this episode, guest Elizbeth Ingleson reveals the surprising story of how t…

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Teresa Ghilarducci on the Past and Future of Retirement 44:12

5M ago44:12

44:12

When we study capitalism, we usually focus on the active time in people’s lives: the moments where things like work, consumption, production, trade, accumulation, and exchange all happen. But Teresa Ghilarducci, the guest on this week’s episode, argues that capitalism also shapes what happens next, in that period after people’s working lives have c…

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Cheryl Narumi Naruse on Singapore, Postcolonial Capitalism, and Becoming Global Asia 31:28

6M ago31:28

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In this month's episode, co-host Jessica Levy and guest Cheryl Narumi Naruse examine popular narratives surrounding Singapore's "miraculous" journey from Third to First world nation, currently ranked third in the world in terms of Gross Domestic Product per capita. The episode takes a particular look at the period leading up to and following the 19…

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Ben Waterhouse on the Dream and Reality of Self Employment 39:50

7M ago39:50

39:50

One recent study found that 81% of businesses in the United States have zero employees. That is, they are run by sole proprietors, working for and by themselves, The ideal of self-employment has become dominant in our culture, too. More Americans than ever dream of becoming an entrepreneur, an independent owner, a founder. But for all of its preval…

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Brent Cebul on Business, Inequality, and American Liberalism 45:06

8M ago45:06

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Most scholars would date the origins of neoliberalism to the 1970s, when a range of crises gave rise to new forms of market-oriented governance. But Brent Cebul, our guest on this month's episode, argues that liberalism’s sharp turn towards neoliberalism wasn’t so sharp after all. In fact, as early as the New Deal, liberals tried to realize their p…

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Tim Keogh on Suburban Poverty and the Roots of Postwar Inequality 46:00

9M ago46:00

46:00

In 2022, roughly one in 10 suburban residents lived in poverty (9.6%), compared to about one in six in primary cities (16.2%), according to a recent study by the Brookings Institute. The issue of suburban poverty has garnered significant attention, prompting more than a bit of nostalgia for the good ole days of when suburbs were prosperous, living …

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Premilla Nadasen on the Care Economy and the Potential for Radical Care 41:06

10M ago41:06

41:06

Today, discussions of care are ubiquitous. From employer-programs promoting self-care to the $800 billion healthcare industry, care forms a central part of our lives and the economy. But, are the systems and structures currently in place to care serving those who need it the most? This month's episode, featuring historian and activist Premilla Nada…

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Hannah Forsyth on the Rise and Fall of the Professional Class in the Anglophone World 46:38

12M ago46:38

46:38

Are you a professional living and working in an English-speaking country? If so, this episode is for you. Teachers, doctors, nurses, accountants, engineers, lawyers, social workers, the list goes on, professionals play an important role in our society. This wasn't always the case. This episode explores the rise of the professional class in the Angl…

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Bart Elmore on Southern Companies Remaking our Economy and the Planet 36:49

1y ago36:49

36:49

An iced cold Coca-Cola. A cross-country flight on Delta to visit friends. A much-needed medication overnighted via Fed-Ex. Bulk toilet paper purchased at Wal-Mart. What do these items have in common? In today’s modern economy, each of these can be purchased from the comfort of the couch, frequently with a credit card pioneered by Bank of America. T…

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Mark Erlich on the Way We Build and Restoring Dignity to Construction Work 31:12

1+ y ago31:12

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This month's episode gives a nod to one of the figures in our logo: the construction worker. Our guest, Mark Erlich has worked in the construction industry as a carpenter and union leader for a half century. In this episode, he shares his insights on the industry's past, present, and future, paying particular attention to the politics and material …

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Chelsea Schields on Oil, Intimacy, and the Offshore 49:03

1+ y ago49:03

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In this month's episode, guest Chelsea Schields discusses oil refining and intimacy, illuminating the social ties and affective attachments engendered by oil in the Dutch islands of Aruba and Curaçao. Known today for their gorgeous beaches and sunny weather that attract tourists year-round, during the mid-twentieth century these islands were home t…

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Joan Flores-Villalobos on How Black Women's Labor Made the Panama Canal 49:18

1+ y ago49:18

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When it was completed in 1914, the Panama Canal nearly halved the travel time between the U.S. West Coast and Europe and revolutionized trade and travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It’s construction, overseen by the U.S. government-Isthmian Canal Commission (ICC), has long been hailed as a marvel of American ingenuity. Less well-known …

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Christy Thornton on Mexico, Development, and Governing the Global Economy 42:19

1+ y ago42:19

42:19

In this month's episode, Christy Thornton discusses the surprising influence of post-revolutionary Mexico on some of the twentieth century's most important international economic institutions, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Triangulating between archives in Mexico, the United States, and Great Britain, Thornton traces…

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Special Episode on the Military and the Market 46:20

1+ y ago46:20

46:20

This month, we welcomed Jennifer Mittelstadt back to the show, joined by Mark Wilson, to discuss their new edited volume, The Military and the Market. Moving beyond familiar topics like defense spending, the volume takes an expansive approach to examining military-market relations in a wide range of contexts--from family business in the Civil War t…

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Allan Lumba on Monetary Authorities in the American Colonial Philippines 38:17

2y ago38:17

38:17

In this episode, historian Allan Lumba explores how the United States wielded monetary authority in the colonial Philippines, including the role of money as a tool for countering decolonization, entrenching racial and class hierarchies, and directing the profits of colonialism towards the U.S. and Wall Street, in particular, with long-lasting conse…

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Chad Pearson on Klansmen, Employer Vigilantes, and Labor Suppression in the Long Nineteenth Century 35:24

2y ago35:24

35:24

This month’s episode takes listeners back in time to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a time of significant labor unrest. At the time, employers, often with government support, went to great lengths to put down dissent, including employing violent tactics such as whippings, kidnappings, shootings, and imprisonment. Among those that helped to…

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Ghassan Moazzin on Foreign Banks and the Making of Modern China 33:21

2y ago33:21

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This month’s episode picks up on a theme previously explored on the podcast: international finance. Drawing on a broad range of German, English, Japanese, and Chinese sources, Ghassan Moazzin traces the rise of foreign banking in China during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a period that saw a dramatic increase in international trade and in…

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Claire Dunning on Nonprofit Neighborhoods and Urban Inequality 49:53

2+ y ago49:53

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In this month's episode, Claire Dunning explains how and why non-profits came to play such an important role in U.S. cities after World War II. In doing so, she explores the emergence of non-profit neighborhoods amid various changes in urban policy, starting with urban renewal and continuing through the War on Poverty and the rise of community deve…

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Mircea Raianu on Tata and Global Capitalism in India 49:40

2+ y ago49:40

49:40

In this episode, Mircea Raianu traces the rise of the Tata Group, one of India's largest and oldest companies, from its early days involved in cotton and opium trading to multinational conglomerate invested in everything from salt to software, and, notably, steel. Among the topics discussed, include Tata’s involvement with colonial and anti-colonia…

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Holger Droessler on Coconut Colonialism, Labor, and Globalization in Samoa 46:00

2+ y ago46:00

46:00

This month's episode centers Samoa, including the Pacific islands comprising the present-day independent country of Samoa and American Samoa, examining capitalism, globalization, and coconut colonialism at the turn of the 20th century. In doing so, it pays close attention to the lives of workers, including plantation laborers, ethnographic edutaine…

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Keith Wailoo on Racial Marketing and the Rise of Menthol Cigarettes 47:05

2+ y ago47:05

47:05

In 2020, George Floyd was killed by police outside a store in Minneapolis known as “the best place to buy menthols.” Of Black Americans who smoke, eighty-percent smoke menthol cigarettes. In this episode, Keith Wailoo explores the history of menthol cigarettes and their marketing to Black Americans. In doing so, he ties together the history of toba…

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Jessica Levy And Dylan Gottlieb Podcasts

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Jessica Levy and Dylan Gottlieb

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Andrew Kahrl on Inequality, Theft, and Taxation in Modern America 51:01

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Andrew McKevitt on Gun Capitalism 48:50

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Rachel Gross on How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America 41:54

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Margot Canaday on Queer Workers in Modern America 51:20

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Elizabeth Ingleson on the Past and Present of Made in China 49:45

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Teresa Ghilarducci on the Past and Future of Retirement 44:12

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Cheryl Narumi Naruse on Singapore, Postcolonial Capitalism, and Becoming Global Asia 31:28

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Ben Waterhouse on the Dream and Reality of Self Employment 39:50

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Brent Cebul on Business, Inequality, and American Liberalism 45:06

1
Tim Keogh on Suburban Poverty and the Roots of Postwar Inequality 46:00

1
Premilla Nadasen on the Care Economy and the Potential for Radical Care 41:06

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Hannah Forsyth on the Rise and Fall of the Professional Class in the Anglophone World 46:38

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Bart Elmore on Southern Companies Remaking our Economy and the Planet 36:49

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Mark Erlich on the Way We Build and Restoring Dignity to Construction Work 31:12

1
Chelsea Schields on Oil, Intimacy, and the Offshore 49:03

1
Joan Flores-Villalobos on How Black Women's Labor Made the Panama Canal 49:18

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Christy Thornton on Mexico, Development, and Governing the Global Economy 42:19

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Special Episode on the Military and the Market 46:20

1
Allan Lumba on Monetary Authorities in the American Colonial Philippines 38:17

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Chad Pearson on Klansmen, Employer Vigilantes, and Labor Suppression in the Long Nineteenth Century 35:24

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Ghassan Moazzin on Foreign Banks and the Making of Modern China 33:21

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Claire Dunning on Nonprofit Neighborhoods and Urban Inequality 49:53

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Mircea Raianu on Tata and Global Capitalism in India 49:40

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Holger Droessler on Coconut Colonialism, Labor, and Globalization in Samoa 46:00

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Keith Wailoo on Racial Marketing and the Rise of Menthol Cigarettes 47:05

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