The Dig

A left wing podcast dedicated to critical analysis of both history and current events that has given me new understanding of what it means to be in solidarity.

The most important, comprehensive, and accessible left political education project / podcast- think tank hybrid (it’s unique, folks!) today. Sophisticated and sharp analysis and commentary that is an absolutely indispensable resource for activists, scholars, and anyone interested in the conditions of possibility for the resurgence of an organized and effective Left

Daniel Denvir does an incredible job digging deep into a variety of topics. If you want to hear an interesting prespective and truly learn something when you listen to podcast this is for you!

After listening to the 40 hours of Thawra, I cannot but thank Dan and all The Dig radio team for putting together this inspiring and brilliant series. The story told by the guest, Abdel Razzaq Takriti, is the story of colonization and resistance in the Middle East, focusing on the twentieth century but giving enough historical context to make the audience understand why things developed the way they did. Razzaq Takriti makes available to the non-Arabic English-speaking audience a story that otherwise would be impossible to know at such depth and which (oh surprise!) resembles to that of other regions in the Third World such as Latin America. I particularly appreciate how the specificities of the Arab world are contextualized in a larger conversation and how the incredible in-depth historical analysis is complemented with some allusions to Arabic literature and culture. This series is an indispensable piece to understand what is happening in Palestine today and what is the role of the global left in it (other great episodes of The Dig about the Middle East and the Muslim world are the interviews with Ussama Makdisi and Tariq Ali); it also demonstrates what a powerful political and pedagogical tool a podcast can be, and how dialogue and conversation is in itself an epistemological device to understand the past.