<![CDATA[The D&S Debrief]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief Economic analysis from Dollars & Sense magazine.

]]> RSS.com 2026.428.112250 Fri, 01 May 2026 17:32:09 GMT en 2c853606-4e37-5092-b3e4-62fd3f6f4226 https://media.rss.com/the-d-s-debrief/20260402_120434_124263c8cc4a6a536d5d86994f8d05c3.png The D&S Debrief https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief yes (c) Economic Affairs Bureau, Inc. 2026 Dollars & Sense Dollars & Sense false episodic podcast false <![CDATA[Interview: The Economics of Trump's War on Iran]]> Chris Sturr, co-editor of Dollars & Sense, interviewed D&S columnist John Miller about his feature article "The Economics of Trump's War with Iran," from our May/June 2026 issue. The interview was conducted on April 21, and airs on the April 23rd episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2761650 f3b19883-0d40-4adf-b9e1-51895b414fa0 960 full false Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:43:56 GMT <![CDATA[Interview: Trump's Foreign Policy]]> Chris Sturr, co-editor of Dollars & Sense, interviewed Sasha Breger Bush, associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado, Denver. Sasha is author of our March/April 2026 cover story, Raw Materials and Raw Power: Greenland, Venezuela, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy. The interview was conducted on March 10, a couple of weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, so much of our discussion focused on how the lessons about Trump's foreign policy outlined in Sasha's article apply to the war. This segment aired as part of the March 26 episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2682832 325c5147-1081-46a7-a660-9a3b1725ddc6 1148 full false Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:47:26 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: Rent Control]]> Chris Sturr, co-editor of Dollars & Sense, interviewed Stephen Barton, former Housing Director for the City of Berkeley and former deputy director of the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Program. Steve is working on an article on rental housing for an upcoming issue of D&S and is author of this 2019 article on the economics of residential rent control. This segment aired as part of the February 26 episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2682903 31b5920a-816c-4434-9ba5-eb87b5c4eb1e 900 full false Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:05:00 GMT <![CDATA[Interview: Insurance and Climate Change]]> Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, interviewed Kenny Stancil, a senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project, about his article for the January/February 2026 issue, "Forsake Some, Fleece the Rest," This segment aired as part of the January 22, 2026 episode (episode #27) of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2682923 a990b9f3-b1ab-4632-9385-cb453a9cef5e 900 full false Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:08:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: Starving the Safety Net]]> Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, interviewed economist Kalena Thomhave about her article for the January/February 2026 issue, "Starving the Safety Net." This segment aired as part of the December 25th, 2025 episode (episode #26) of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2682938 b0852f5d-3b94-45e4-9929-271ce3b50706 900 full false Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:11:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: The Consumer Credit Oligopoly]]> Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, interviewed economist Rob Larson about his article for the November/December 2025 issue, "Discredited: The Ham-fisted Tyranny of the Credit Agency Oligopoly." This segment aired as part of the November 27 episode (episode #24) of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2682947 4499c1a4-fb22-4154-b973-3d0f9b521cab 900 full false Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:14:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: Deportees in Tijuana]]> On October 15, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed David Bacon, journalist, photographer, and frequent D&S contributor, about his cover story for our November/December issue, "Poverty and Deportees on the Streets in Tijuana." This segment aired as part of the October 23rd episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2690405 3f549ab8-d69f-463a-a09a-7597f82f3e14 922 full false Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:46:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: Municipal Socialism]]> Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, interviewed labor historian Shel Stromquist about his article for the September/October 2025 issue, "Mamdani's Municipal Socialist Inheritance." A shorter version of this interview aired as part of the September 25 episode (episode #22) of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2682960 9d355f1f-5d96-4fc7-b867-d21bf25b9fc5 1118 full false Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:17:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: Military Keynesianism, Then and Now]]> On August 22, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Rick Wolff, author of Military Keyensianism, Then and Now, from our July/August issue. This episode of The D&S Debrief aired as part of the August 28th episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2682986 c97cfd37-45a4-4504-8f22-656873dcb4bd 900 full false Sun, 31 Aug 2025 13:22:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: Crypto, the Financial System, and Trump]]> On July 16, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Gerald Epstein, author of Crypto: What Is It and What Is All the Fuss About?, the latest post on our new blog, Left Hook Economics (available here on the D&S website and also on Substack).

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2683023 b6543314-c672-496d-83d5-1d8f33545e80 900 full false Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:29:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: Asian Garment Worker Uprisings]]> Listen to our "D&S Debrief" interview with Amanda Page-Hoongrajok on the recent history of organizing and militancy among garment workers from Vietnam, China, and Bangladesh. Click here to read Amanda's article from our May/June 2025 issue, "Worker Power Comes from Workers."

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2683082 a3aa78ef-92a3-4d9b-8c0f-761d6d228aa2 900 full false Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:37:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: Short Staffing and Work Intensification]]> On May 14, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Mike Prokosch, veteran Boston-area popular economics organizer, about his article from our May/June issue on "short staffing"--when employers intentionally hire too few workers as a menthod of work intensification.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2690030 b144e6ca-572a-451d-b104-666d7bf0d8e9 900 full false Thu, 22 May 2025 16:59:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: Trump's Tariffs and Stagflation]]> D&S columnist John Miller explains how the Trump tariffs risk stagflation—inflation combined with economic stagnation, in this interview from April 10, 2025.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2690044 427caa20-96e8-4b45-8e56-0593ee4b51bc 1099 full false Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:06:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: Migration on the Mon]]> The Mon Valley, an area ravaged by deindustrialization just outside of Pittsburgh, has attracted thousands of new immigrants in recent years, a fact President-elect Donald Trump exploited in his successful campaign for the White House.

D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Kalena Thomhave, author of the feature in our January/February 2025 issue, Migration on the Mon, about what she found when she visited the town of Charleroi.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2690068 e1776908-159f-4fc5-953c-9d60fdeded65 900 full false Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:13:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: From Nixonomics to Trumponomics]]> An interview with Nick French about his article on the 50-year evolution of the GOP. This segment was part of the November 28, 2024 episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2690396 8a0a7f38-5bb9-4876-98ba-66ac010bac38 900 full false Thu, 28 Nov 2024 21:41:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: Just Follow the Money]]> D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Chris Maisano about his cover article in our Sept/Oct 2024 issue, Just Follow the Money (subtitle: "To see whose interests the two parties represent, look at who their billionaire funders are." Chris Maisano is a trade unionist and an active member of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2785940 798cb514-d238-4b61-9b5d-f34ee995d196 1080 full false Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:06:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: The Economics of Hosting the World Cup]]> An interview with Saurav Sarkar, author of "Is the World Cup Worth It?" from the September/October 2024 issue of Dollars & Sense.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2785955 00dada38-3338-4cb5-a734-dd9ebb050be3 900 full false Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:14:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: A Battle Over Copper in Colombia]]> An interview with independent journalist Austin Landes about her article from the July/August 2024 issue of Dollars & Sense, A Battle Over Copper in Colombia (subtitle: "In the fertile heart of the Andes, a local tug-of-war reveals the dilemmas of mining for metals critical to decarbonization.").

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2785975 475026fa-14d8-48dd-adb2-f540b02f952d 900 full false Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:25:00 GMT false Jericó, Cabecera Municipal Jericó, Jericó, Antioquia, 056017, Colombia <![CDATA[Interview: Forced Labor vs. Forced Idleness]]> D&S co-editor Chris Sturr spoke with incarcerated writer Tyler Bowman, author of Forced Labor vs. Forced Idleness, from our March/April 2024 issue.

This D&S Debrief segment aired as part of the March 2024 episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City. Listen to the full episode here.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2786008 6e461632-95ff-4289-bb97-1b8737d5b621 900 full false Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:45:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: Marie Duggan on Boeing]]> D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Marie Duggan about the accident with an Alaska Airlines Boeing-built plane in January 2024, and what Boeing's safety problems have to do with the issues Duggan addressed in her July/August 2021 article in D&S.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2786023 f13764ae-6f4b-4c45-8e3e-4ebde4930778 899 full false Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:56:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: The Heavy, Unequal Burden of Student Debt]]> Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, speaks with Nick French about his article "The Heavy, Unequal Burden of Student Debt," from the January/February 2024 issue.

This segment aired as part of the January 25, 2024 episode of Economics for the People on KKFI FM in Kansas City.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2786041 758a077a-7943-4451-a4ba-72583435ea22 594 full false Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:05:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: AI and the Future of Work]]> D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed political scientist Robert Ovetz about his cover story for our November/December 2023 issue, AI and the Future of Work.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2786054 d461625d-4b5c-4652-a67a-3074812d0b74 915 full false Wed, 01 Nov 2023 17:12:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: The Myth of Millionaire Tax Migration]]> An interview with D&S columnist John Miller about his article Millionaires' Tax Reality Back at You, from our September/October 2023 issue.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-d-s-debrief/2786064 8f657e2c-5674-4043-89d3-8476765ae3b4 893 full false Thu, 26 Oct 2023 17:17:00 GMT false <![CDATA[Interview: The Economic Conditions of Black People in the United States]]> An interview with Arthur MacEwan about his article from our September/October 2023 issue, "The Economic Conditions of Black People in the United States."

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