This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our supporters on Patreon and by Verso Books, which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you.

One that you might like is radical happiness,

moments of collective joy, by Lynn Siegel.

Why are we so obsessed by the pursuit of happiness.

With new ways to measure contentment, we are told that we have a right to individual joy.

But at what cost?

In an age of increasing individualism, we have never been more alone and miserable. But what if the true

nature of happiness can only be found in others? In radical happiness, leading feminist

thinker Lynn Siegel, argues that we have lost the art of radical happiness, the art of transformative collective joy.

She shows that it is only in the revolutionary potential of coming together that we can

come to understand the powers of flourishing.

Radical happiness is a passionate call for the rediscovery of the political and emotional joy that emerge when we learn to share our lives together.

Radical happiness, moments of Collective Joy, by Lynn Siegel. Out podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

Saving Capitalism is a new quasi-autobiographical documentary about the origins of contemporary political economic inequality from my guest today Robert Reich

I certainly don't agree with the premise that capitalism ought to be saved, of course.

But I do think that Reich, who as Secretary of Labor fought the Rubonite neoliberal's

who dominated the Clinton administration

is one of the smartest voices on the liberal left.

And I think that it's important for the socialist left

to have an ongoing dialogue with those smart voices on the liberal

left as we share an enormous amount of common interest and vision in the fight against

neoliberal's and the conservative right.

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