5 Best Richard Wolff Podcasts in 2026

1. 258 - Richard Wolff: Donald Trump’s Tariff War Dissected

Follow Play Aug 31, 2025 2:07:47
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About Episode Support our sponsor, FarmKind, to fix factory farming: https://www.farmkind.giving The code “ROBINSON” will increase your donation by 50% with a bump from large donors. Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School, where he works on economics in the Marxist tradition. This is Richard’s ninth  appearance on Robinson’s Podcast. In this episode, Richard and Robinson discuss the tariffs that President Donald Trump would like to place on goods imported from around the world. More particularly, they cover the real problems America is facing that Trump has to solve, the connection to Russia, China, and the BRICS, Elon Musk and electric vehicles, and more. Richard’s latest book is Understanding Capitalism (Democracy at Work, 2024). Understanding Capitalism (Book): https://www.democracyatwork.info/understanding_capitalism Richard’s Website: https://www.rdwolff.com Economic Update: https://www.democracyatwork.info/economicupdate OUTLINE 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:07 Is Trump’s Tariff Plan Nuts? 00:06:31 Is the United States Unsustainable? 00:15:33 Can Tariffs Solve America’s Debt Problems? 00:19:17 Tesla’s Electric Vehicle Tariff War on China 00:25:19 The Declining American Empire 00:32:53 Exposing the Myths About Trump’s Tariffs 00:44:55 The Empty Promises of American Politics 00:53:54 Why DC Doesn’t Have Representation in Congress 01:00:22 The Bizarre Alliance Between Israel and the United States 01:04:48 Why Russia Is Exempt from Trump’s Tariffs 01:13:48 Are Israel and the United States “Winning” Against Gaza? 01:24:25 How Wealth Now Controls the United States 01:27:52 On The Impending Economic Downturn in the United States 01:31:47 How Trump is Turning Allies into Enemies 01:37:12 America’s Terrible Healthcare 01:42:25 Who Really Rules America? 01:57:04 How Should Trump Solve America’s Real Problems? 02:04:39 What America Can Learn from Britain’s Collapse Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University, where is also a JD candidate in the Law School. MORE Podcast Title Robinson's Podcast
Podcast Description Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between. https://linktr.ee/robinsonerhardtMORE Host Robinson Erhardt
Guest Richard Wolff
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Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 124 min Format Extended Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. “UTTER CORRUPTION!” Cenk Uygur & Richard Wolff on Trump 2.0 &..

Follow Play Jul 29, 2025 1:17:25
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About Episode Eli Hassell talks to Economics Professor Richard Wolff, and host of The Young Turks Cenk Uygur. Go to https://ground.news/eli for access to a powerful tool that gives you full transparency of the news, helping you become a more conscious news consumer. Subscribe through my link for 40% off unlimited access. ____ Find Eli Hassell on social media: Twitter, https://twitter.com/eli_hassell Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/eli.hassell/ ___ SUBSCRIBE NOW for more ? MORE Podcast Title Eli Hassell
Podcast Description Eli Hassell hosts panel discussions and interviews about current affairs with some of the most well known media personalities and influential politicians in the world.
Guest Richard Wolff
Avg Length 69 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. The End of American Empire (w/ Richard Wolff)

Follow Play Jun 03, 2025 56:06
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About Episode ? This episode originally aired on May 30, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs Professor Richard Wolff is the host of the weekly program Economic Update, co-founder of Democracy at Work, and the author of numerous books including Understanding Marxism, Understanding Socialism, Capitalism Hits the Fan, and The Sickness Is the System. He joins Current Affairs to explain how economics is deliberately taught in a way that confuses people and obscures the realities of power and exploitation. He dismantles the myth that capitalism delivers prosperity, showing instead how it generates instability, inequality, and crisis. Wolff also offers a sober analysis of America’s imperial decline, critiques Trump’s economic agenda, and exposes the economic lies behind anti-immigrant rhetoric. ? Subscribe to Richard's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@democracyatwrk/videos ? Buy Richard's Books: https://www.rdwolff.com/books 0:00–11:53 Why Economics Is Designed to Confuse You 11:53–22:26 What Marxism Actually Reveals About Capitalism 22:26–30:55 Capitalism Isn’t What You Think It Is 30:55–36:48 Capitalism’s “Success” Story Is a Lie 36:48–44:35 The End of American Empire 44:35–47:45 Will Trump Cause A Recession? 47:45–57:23 The Economics of Immigration MORE Podcast Title Current Affairs
Podcast Description A podcast of politics and culture, from the editors of Current Affairs magazine.
Hosts Oren Nimni, Pete Davis, Nathan J. Robinson, Briahna Joy Gray
Guest Richard Wolff
Producer/Network Current Affairs
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 170.3KTwitter 166.8KInstagram 7.7K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Episode 223: Richard Wolff

Follow Play Apr 26, 2025 1:05:02
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About Episode Economics professor emeritus and renowned political commentator Richard Wolff joins the show to turn a critical eye on Trump’s trade war with China.
Podcast Title Krystal Kyle & Friends
Podcast Description Krystal Ball, cohost of Breaking Points podcast, and Kyle Kulinski, host of Secular Talk, dive into politics, philosophy and random BS with people they like.
Hosts Kyle Kulinski, Krystal Ball
Guest Richard Wolff
Producer/Network Krystal
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 63.4KTwitter 578.5KInstagram 214.2K Avg Length 72 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. “It’s a Crock!” Richard Wolff on Trump’s Tariffs

Follow Play Apr 11, 2025 50:41
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About Episode Go to groundnews.com/useful for a better way to stay informed. Subscribe for 40% off unlimited access to world-wide coverage through our link. Visit ProlonLife.com/USEFUL to claim your 15% discount and your $40 bonus gift. Go to our sponsor https://venice.ai/useful and use code useful to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at http://betterhelp.com/USEFUL and get on your way to being your best self. Check out DeleteMe and use our code IDIOTS for a great deal: https://joindeleteme.com Support local jobs and get variety of high-quality clothing and activewear at https://www.american-giant.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code USEFUL. Thanks to American Giant for sponsoring the show! Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://avocadogreenmattress.com Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, at selectquote.com/useful. Let CrowdHealth help with your healthcare needs. Get started today for just $99 per month for your first three months by using code USEFUL at joincrowdhealth.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Click here for the full interview with Richard Wolff: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/richard-wolff-on-trumps-tariffs-its?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: Fox News Reluctantly Criticizes Trump’s Tariff "Capitulation" https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/fox-news-reluctantly-criticizes-trumps?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at http://usefulidiotspodcast.com Join us LIVE on Youtube every Monday at 10am EST for Monday Mourning, where we watch the Sunday morning news shows so that you don't have to. In a week of market turmoil, we need a real expert to explain WTF is going on with Trump, tariffs, reversals, and crashes. So we’re talking to Useful Idiot-favorite, economist Richard Wolff, who sheds light on a tumultuous week and gives a fascinating lecture on what Trump should be doing to save the economy, and why he won’t. Useful Idiots: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just gave a speech saying ‘yes, the market is tumbling, but too bad, Wall Street. It's not your turn. This is the era of Main Street.’ This is the Trump administration's message now: The stock market has taken a huge hit, but that's because we're focused on restoring Main Street. How do you respond to that? Richard Wolff: This is all advertising noise. It has nothing to do with anything. The reason that Wall Street is yelling is that they don't want to be pinched. They're perfectly happy to have Mr. Trump do most of the things he wants to do. But they don't want to pay even this much of a fee for the benefits. Let me give you an example. When Mr. Trump was president the first time, the only basic economic achievement was the tax cut of 2017, an enormous tax cut given to corporations and the rich. The thirty years before 2017 were an enormous and unprecedented redistribution of wealth and income from the bottom and the middle to the top. If ever you didn't need a tax cut for those people, it was then. The only opposition to it that the Democrats could achieve was a sunset. It would expire this year, 2025. And so Mr. Trump has an urgent need, which all of Wall Street understands. He can't allow that to happen because they would all blame him. So that's what he's about to do. And the major way he thinks he can do that is by savaging public employment through all the firings, and by income from tariffs. I want people to understand this means that the Republican Party, which for a hundred years has branded itself the anti-tax party, has overnight become the mammoth tax-imposing economy, because a tariff is just a tax. And so what they're achieving is huge increase in taxes and firing large numbers of public employees. That's what it's about. The Main Street/Wall Street nonsense is pure fluff and shouldn't detract anyone from the underlying realities. Useful Idiots: Trump announced [on Wednesday] that he’s authorized a 90-day pause and a substantially lowered reciprocal tariff of 10% during that period. Help us make sense of what he’s doing here. Richard Wolff: I'm mystified. In my wildest imagination. Since I've just explained about uncertainty – I'm blown away – it's just incredible what he's doing. It’s beyond anything I can give you a rational answer for because this is no longer a rational behavior pattern. Useful Idiots: ‘Incredible’ like incredibly stupid? Richard Wolff: Yeah incredibly self-defeating. It undercuts any calculation. Even Jamie Dimon said that the uncertainty is the issue. This is just revving up uncertainty by cutting it down, making it not effective for ninety days. Everybody has to wonder: what happens at the end of ninety days? Another thirty days? Another twelve? I mean, this is beyond words. Share Subscribe to watch or listen to for the full interview with Professor Richard Wolff where he gives his prediction for the future of the US empire, the rise of BRICS, and answers the question: are we headed for a recession? 00:00 Intro 01:01 Fetterman's revenge-porn friend 08:34 Trump's $TRILLION Pentagon 14:40 Pro-Israel protester throws feces at people 19:46 Trump cancels right to free speech for anti-genocide protestors 23:22 Professor Richard Wolff interview 24:30 Why does Trump really want tariffs? 29:41 It's about tax cuts for billionaires 34:18 How does this enrich Trump? 38:17 Why did Trump reverse the tariffs? 47:57 Will there be a RECESSION? 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Guest Richard Wolff
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Apple Rating 4.5/5 Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Get Email Contact