Draft:The Dig

{{Short description|Political podcast}}

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{{AfC topic|media}}

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| host = Daniel Denvir

| genre = Political

| updates = Weekly

| length = 1.5 - 2.5 hours

| provider = Jacobin Magazine

| began = 2015

| production = Alex Lewis

| theme_music_composer = Jeffrey Brodsky

| website = https://thedigradio.com/

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The Dig is a leading left-wing intellectual podcast from Jacobin Magazine, featuring lengthy, in-depth interviews with academics, journalists, and organizers on politics and history. In a 2023 article,The Nation suggested that The Dig may be "the most important podcast on the Left".{{cite news |last1=Steinmetz-Jenkins |first1=Daniel |title=Is The Dig the Most Important Podcast on the Left? |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/world/qa-daniel-denvir/ |access-date=22 February 2025 |publisher=The Nation |date=February 9, 2023}}

The podcast is hosted by organizer, journalist, and author Daniel Denvir, who created the show in 2015 with help from producer, Alex Lewis, and senior advisor, Thea Riofrancos. Jacobin soon picked up the show and continues to post all episodes on it's podcast feed and publish transcriptions of Dan's conversations in it's digital magazine.{{cite news |last1=Feldblum |first1=Sammy |title=His socialist podcast became a surprise hit. Now he's an uncommitted Democratic delegate |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/aug/13/dig-podcast-daniel-denvir |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=August 13, 2024}}{{cite web |title=The Dig |url=https://jacobin.com/av/the-dig |website=Jacobin A/V |publisher=Jacobin Magazine |access-date=3 May 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Uetricht |first1=Micah |title=Jacobin's "The Dig" Hits 100 Episodes |url=https://jacobin.com/2018/05/jacobin-radio-the-dig-daniel-denvir |access-date=3 May 2025 |publisher=Jacobin Magazine |date=5 February 2018}}

Denvir is the author of All-American Nativism (Verso Books), former staff writer at Salon and the Philadelphia City Paper, former writer in residence at The Appeal, and former contributing writer at The Atlantic’s CityLab.{{cite web |title='All-American Nativism' with Dan Denvir, Part I |url=https://trending-globally.captivate.fm/episode/all-american-nativism-with-dan-denvir-part-i |website=Trending Globally: Politics and Policy |publisher=The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs |access-date=3 May 2025}} In 2020, Denvir founded Reclaim RI, a volunteer-based progressive organization fighting for social and economic justice in Rhode Island.{{cite news |last1=Russo |first1=Amy |title=Dan Denvir helped to spotlight a landlord's dilapidated properties. Then the AG sued. |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/12/21/dan-denvir-reclaim-ri-fights-landlords-deplorable-conditions-and-lead-paint-24-in-2024/71653040007/ |access-date=3 May 2025 |publisher=The Providence Journal |date=December 21, 2023}} In the 2024 presidential election, he served as a Rhode Island delegate for the uncommitted movement.

Past guests of The Dig have included [https://thedigradio.com/podcast/down-the-rabbit-hole-w-naomi-klein/ Naomi Klein], [https://thedigradio.com/podcast/mike-davis-on-this-moment/?query=Mike%20Davis Mike Davis], [https://thedigradio.com/podcast/ruins-of-neoliberalism-with-wendy-brown/?query=Wendy%20Brown Wendy Brown], [https://thedigradio.com/podcast/bernie-sanders-on-ocasio-cortez-were-seeing-it-all-over-this-country/?query=Bernie%20Sanders Bernie Sanders], [https://thedigradio.com/podcast/rashida-tlaib/?query=Rashida%20Tlaib Rashida Tlaib], [https://thedigradio.com/podcast/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-on-winning-power/?query=Alexandria%20Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], [https://thedigradio.com/podcast/empires-workshop-with-greg-grandin/?query=Greg%20Grandin Greg Grandin], [https://thedigradio.com/podcast/democratic-dealignment-w-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor/ Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor], and [https://thedigradio.com/podcast/hammer-and-hoe-with-robin-d-g-kelley/?query=Robin Robin DG Kelley].{{cite news |title=Donald Trump's Victory, the Elitism of Democrats, and the Need to Build a Hospitable Left |url=https://hammerandhope.org/article/election-trump-democrats |access-date=3 May 2025 |issue=5 |publisher=Hammer and Hope |date=7 November 2024}} Common topics include the labor movement, US foreign policy and imperialism, immigration, Marxism, climate change, European politics, and more. In 2024, The Dig produced [https://thedigradio.com/Thawra/ Thawra], a mini-series with author and scholar Abdel Razzaq Takriti on 20th century Arab radicalism.

The Dig’s operations are financially underwritten by over 3,700 members, collectively contributing over $16,000/month via Patreon.{{cite web |title=The Dig Patreon |url=https://www.patreon.com/thedig |website=Patreon}}