This pilot episode focuses on the recent history of bank nationalization efforts following the 2008 financial crisis. My guest is Thomas M. Hanna, the author of “The Crisis Next Time,” a paper on the prospects of bank nationalization efforts in the US.

NationalizeThis! NationalizeTheBanks!

Without something drastic happening, fossil fuel and coal companies appear committed to burning everything in the ground they can get their hands on until the vast majority of flora and fauna on the planet are wiped out of existence. So let's start thinking of something drastic? Thea Riofrancos joins us to talk about nationalizing the grid, the politics of extraction, and the spectre of the Green New Deal.

Nationalize The Grid!

Space, many believe, is the final frontier… 


And like all frontiers, there’s a bunch of rich white men preparing to break free from their home world to colonize it for their own personal benefit.


So how much of space exploration was really meant for the public anyway? And what will it take to reclaim the airless void for the people? We talk with Shalina Chatlani, a science journalist and Nationalize This's resident neeeerd.

Nationalize This! Nationalize Space!

Nationalize This! is a podcast about public ownership, democratic control, and the successes and failures of nationalization projects.