Hitting Left Podcast
1) With Carlos Martinez.
We're closing out the year with a compelling guest. Carlos Martinez, London‑based writer, researcher, and co‑founder of Friends of Socialist China. Martinez is known for his sharp analysis of global p...Show More
2) With Ilya Sokolov
On this edition of Hitting Left Mike is joined by Ilya Sokolov, the manager behind two powerhouse acts: the Roma punk energy of Fugu Dugu and the legendary klezmer innovators The Klezmatics. They talk...Show More
3) With Prexy Nesbitt
Joining Mike on this edition of Hitting Left is Prexy Nesbitt. Prexy is a veteran activist, educator, and internationalist whose decades of work have connected Chicago's struggles with global movement...Show More
4) With Martha Biondi.
Joining MIke on this edition of HItting Left is Martha Biondi. Martha is a historian and the Lorraine H. Morton Professor of African American Studies and Professor of History at Northwestern Universit...Show More
5) Wirth Meredith Shiner.
Joining Mike in the Lumpen Radio studio is nationally recognized journalist and communications expert, Meredith Shiner. We'll be unpacking the widening rift within the Democratic Party over the vote t...Show More
6) With Bob Reiter, Jr.
Joining Mike on Hitting Left this week is President of the Chicago Federation of Labor, Bob Reiter, Jr. to discuss the role of organized labor in Chicago and nationally and the fight against Trumpism ...Show More
7) With brother Fred Klonsky.
Joining Mike in the Hitting Left studio this week is brother Frerd Klonsky Zooming in from Brooklyn, taking a deep dive into last week's No Kings protests.
8) With Jimmy Garrett and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
Joining Mike on this edition of Hitting Left are veteran civil rights activist/educator Jimmy Garrett and movement historian Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz. Â Jimmy Garrett, A founding force behind the Black ...Show More
9) With Colin Kramer.
Joining Mike in the Lumpen Radio studio is Colin Kramer, an environmental scientist with the EPA’s Region 5 office in Chicago, where he monitors pollution, enforces cleanups, and responds to hazardous...Show More
10) With Kathy Tholin and Laura Tanner.
Mike's  guests on this edition of Hitting Left show are two militant voices from Chicago’s grassroots resistance. Kathy Tholin and Laura Tanner of Indivisible. Kathy is the Board Chair of Indivisible ...Show More