The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights

The fifteenth episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. In this episode, we go over an old relevant interview that highlights what’s going on with UAW workers in the past and what has lead to a strike now, as well […]

The thirteenth episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. This episode is the first in our education series which looks at the origins of capitalism in the early modern period. In part I of the series, I explored early modern […]

The twelfth episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. This episode is the first in our education series which looks at the origins of capitalism in the early modern period. In part I of the series, I explore early modern […]

The tenth episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. In this episode, I discuss the premature re-openings, lifting of mask mandates, and the long-term effects of COVID on people who catch the disease – vaccinated or not. I myself am […]

The ninth episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. In this episode, I kind of go off about my love for Lucille Ball and her groundbreaking work on I Love Lucy in addition to the groundbreaking work her production company, Desilu Productions, […]

The eighth episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. We continue with our new format for this episode and have a special guest – Nina from Riverside Food Not Bombs. Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll find in this episode: Human […]

The seventh episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights.  The seventh episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left follows a new format and features an interview with a former Starbucks employee. Within this interview, he speaks of problematic working conditions within the company, […]

The third episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights.  In this episode, I explore the concepts of mourning within a capitalist state. While this podcast covers similar topics as covered in this post, “Mourning in a Capitalist, COVID, and Necropolitical World,” […]

  The second episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights.  In this episode, special guest Matt Millholand from the Inland Empire Democratic Socialists of America as well as the United Auto Workers Union sits down with me to discuss […]

The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights has put out its first podcast – Exit Capitalism, Stage Left, run by me, Manda Riggle, the new educator for the institute. This podcast explores various subjects related to human rights and democracy under a capitalism system.  The first episode of the podcast is dedicated to […]