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Welcome to the dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine.

My name is Daniel Denver and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

Everyone, it seems, feels pretty bad right now.

And while every unhappy person might be unhappy in their own way,

the general reason why is not a mystery.

Conditions are really bad and the prospects for them getting better often feel elusive.

We're starting off this year of the dig, which will be our sixth full year in operation,

with an interview attempting to get to the bottom of the question of what the hell is going on and what might happen next,

including some hopeful thoughts about what might move us out of this morass.

Today, I'm interviewing returning champions Aziz Rana, Nikhil Paul Singh, and Wendy Brown.

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