500th Episode Party w/ Brace and Liz

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Featuring Brace Belden, Liz Franczak, Gabriel Winant, Aziz Rana, Sumaya Awad, Thea Riofrancos, and Alex Lewis. Toasts and roasts celebrating 500 episodes of The Dig. Plus a short speech from Dan. Live at Brooklyn's Littlefield.

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Live Dig in Brooklyn on December 10: Zohran and the Return of Municipal Socialism. Navigating opportunities and contradictions of governance with NYC-DSA leaders Sumathy Kumar and Sumaya Awad alongside the Fiscal Policy Institute’s Nathan Gusdorf. Free entry but please RSVP. Party afterwards! eventbrite.com/e/zohran-and-the-return-of-municipal-socialism-tickets-1972951976472

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0:00.0	This is not an episode of The Dig.
0:10.7	It's our 500th episode party in Brooklyn from two weeks back.
0:14.6	I recorded it all just in case it turned out to be excellent.
0:17.6	And wow, it really did turn out to be excellent really really good huge thanks to
0:24.8	brace and Liz from tru anon and to everyone else who spoke to everyone who has put so much work
0:31.1	into the show over the years and to all of you our listeners all night i was meeting listeners and I was saying over and over again
0:40.9	as I learned what all of you do in the world, wow, I am so grateful that my listeners are the people
0:48.3	doing the things that I believe to be the most important things on earth right now in this historic moment.
0:56.6	If you want to celebrate this big milestone, you know what to do. Make a contribution
1:02.7	annual or monthly at patreon.com slash the dig. That's p-a-t-r-N.com slash The Dig. Also, I'll be back in Brooklyn soon. I'm putting on a live
1:16.8	recording of The Dig with Jacobin on Wednesday, December 10th, at 9 Bob Note, doors at 7 p.m.
1:24.5	We'll be exploring how the socialist left can navigate the opportunities, challenges, and contradictions of governance under Mayor Zoran Mamdani with three amazing and knowledgeable guests.
1:38.8	NYCDSA leaders, Sumaya Awad and Sumathi Kumar, alongside Nathan Gusford, executive director of the
1:46.8	Fiscal Policy Institute. Entrance is free, but space is limited. Please, RSVP. Seating will be first
1:55.0	come, first serve, with extra room for overflow, and the discussion, the live dig, will be followed by a party.
2:03.8	You must be 21 to enter the venue, sorry. A link to RSVP, and with all of this information,
2:11.4	is in the show notes. Hope to see you soon. Okay, here's the party. You'll notice a snafu near the beginning when the venue tried and failed to run a bloopers
2:22.3	reel from producer Alex Lewis.
2:24.6	It plays near the end of the program.
2:29.4	Hello, hello, hello, test.
2:31.8	Hello.
2:32.6	Hello.
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