Macro N Cheese
A podcast that critically examines the working-class struggle through the lens of Modern Monetary Theory. Host Steve Grumbine, founder of Real Progressives, provides incisive political commentary and showcases grassroots activism. Join us for a robust, unfiltered exploration of economic issues that impact the working class, as we challenge the status quo and prioritize collective well-being over profit. This is comfort food for the mind, fueling our fight for justice and equity!
Macroeconomics for the People!
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Latest Episodes
Episode 381 – Disinformation Nation with Mickey Huff
Steve and Project Censored’s Mickey Huff discuss how a handful of billionaire supervillains use corporate media and Big Tech algorithms to manufacture consent, surveil the working class, and enforce a dictatorship of capital. They argue that critical media literacy is an essential weapon of resistance.
Episode 380 – Struggle & Resistance: Retelling Vietnam with Luna Nguyen
Luna Nguyen, also known as Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist YouTuber Luna Oi, joins Steve to retell Vietnam’s anti-imperialist struggle through a historical materialist lens, exposing US betrayal and sharing her family’s personal trauma from the “Resistance War Against Imperialist USA.”
Episode 379 – The Real Cost of War with L. Randall Wray
MMT economist Randy Wray exposes the real cost of Trump’s war on Iran – not dollars (which the federal govt can always create), but stolen labor, gutted social programs, and a starving Global South. Steve warns that neither party will ever reallocate resources from bombers to bread.
Episode 378 – Revisiting the Stalin Eras Part 2 with Jeremy of Proles Pod
Jeremy of Proles Pod joins Steve on a trek through the most ideologically mined landscape of the 20th century. How many clichés do they detonate?
