Weekends: Latin America's Fight Against Imperialism and Neoliberalism w/ Greg Grandin
Jacobin Radio
Jacobin
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2021
⏱️ 123 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Well over a century of US intervention has shaped Latin America in disastrous ways. Historian Greg Grandin discusses that history, and the region's ongoing fight against imperialism and neoliberalism.
Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. This is the podcast version of the show from July 10, 2021, with Paul Prescod filling in for Ana.
Join the Verso book club: https://www.versobooks.com/bookclub
Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello, and it's Saturday morning, which means that it's another episode of Weekends, here |
| 0:20.6 | on the Jacobin YouTube channel. |
| 0:22.1 | I am your host, Nando Villa, and I'm joined as always by my lovely co-host, Anna Kasperian, |
| 0:27.0 | and how are you? |
| 0:28.7 | I'm good. |
| 0:29.7 | I'm changing up my look over to Weekend, so you live there. |
| 0:34.4 | That's a lie. |
| 0:35.4 | That's not Anna Kasperian. |
| 0:36.4 | That's Paul Prescott from the Jacobin Show over on Wednesdays. |
| 0:40.0 | The Weekend crowd, it's a different crowd here on the Weekend. |
| 0:43.9 | It's a little bit looser. |
| 0:45.2 | You'll see the chat. |
| 0:46.2 | They get a little bit. |
| 0:47.2 | People are taking their tops off. |
| 0:48.8 | It's going to be crazy, so always good time to say that Weekends is better than Jacobin |
| 0:54.2 | Show. |
| 0:55.2 | I don't know. |
| 0:56.2 | No, not at all. |
| 0:57.2 | It's a different vibe. |
| 0:58.2 | I would say the Jacobin Show is smarter, more theoretical, you know, here, which I haven't |
| 1:04.6 | been in our chat. |
| 1:05.6 | Our chatbots guess wild, you know? |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jacobin, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Jacobin and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.