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Behind the News: The Canard of Cultural Marxism w/ A.J.A. Woods

Podcast: Jacobin Radio
Published: Jun 1, 2026
Duration seconds: 3100
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Summary

Greg Grandin, author of a recent article for the New York Review of Books , looks at how Pope Leo was shaped by his time in Peru. A.J.A. Woods, author of The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy , explains why the right sees the Frankfurt School as the root of modern decay. Behind the News , hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.