Episode
Behind the News: The Greed Driving US Politics w/ Andrew Cockburn
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- Jacobin Radio
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- Apr 13, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 3180
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Summary
Andrew Cockburn, author of Washington Is Burning , examines “the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation’s political system.” Hadas Thier then discusses crypto in the age of Trump. Read Hadas’s article for Jacobin : https://jacobin.com/2026/04/crypto-trump-etfs-stablecoins-regulation/ Behind the News , hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.