Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad

Epstein and The Thrill of Domination

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Harriet Fraad discusses how the saga of the release of the Epstein files is producing a "falling out among the ...

The Violent Crimes of Lost, Angry Men

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Harriet Fraad explores how rape and mass murder become some men's reactions to their reduced status as pr...

Today's Family Structure Extolled and Endangered

02 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Harriet Fraad explores the repressed history of the family structure we know today. It explores the force...

The State of Women in the U.S. in 2025

18 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Women in the U.S. are under political, economic, social, and reproductive siege. The rights we fought for, like abortion rights, are now fully availab...

If Children Are Our Future, Americans Are out of Luck

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The UN's latest assessment of children in the developed world puts children in the U.S. at the bottom in intellectual achievement, physical health, me...

Labors of Love

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Women labor intensively and extensively to create and maintain human life. Women's labor in Creating and raising children, establishing order and clea...

A Different Kind of Power

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jacinda Ardern was the Socialist Labor Party Prime Minister of New Zealand for 8 years. She led with a politics of empathy, delivering her nation from...

Epstein — A Marriage of Capitalist Corruption and Misogyny

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested and charged with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors in New York in 2019, w...

Social Reproduction Theory Illuminates the Issues of Our Time

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There has been an extensive study of workers and the commodities they produce. When it comes to who produces those workers, or who produces people, g...

Out With The Old, In With The New: Mamdani's Win is for All

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Zohran Mamdani's recent victory in the Democratic primary for New York City's mayor has shaken up the old establishment and is becoming a symbol of pr...

Social Reproduction Theory: A Tool for Changing U.S. Society

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It examines the types of labor that shape human beings outside of waged work, both before and after they enter the waged workforce. Social Reproductio...

How Economic Transformations Impact America's Mental Health

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad examines the impact of recent global economic losses on the personal lives of Americans, from marr...

Can The Left Deal With America's Mental Health Crisis?

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad examines loneliness as a major driver of America's mental health crisis. We explore how socialist a...

Why Some Americans Still Support Trump

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad explores how the Frankfurt School of Marxian Theory and the Marxist Philosopher Louis Althusser can...

The Love Lost by the Left

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Harriet Fraad points out how the Left has turned away from the love of community that helped fuel ...

How Capitalism Breeds Sociopathic Mental Illness

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad discusses how the profit motive that defines capitalism is that no one hires you unless they make more mo...

What's In Store For Women Under Trump?

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad delves into the striking parallels between the Trump administration's strategies and the tac...

What's Love Got to Do With It?

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad delves into the concept of "Love," coming just a few days after Valentine's Day. She examine...

Marriage and Capitalism

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad explores the global shift in household structures, which stands in stark contrast to traditi...

Prolific Rapists Exposed and Prosecuted: Why Do These Men Rape?

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Dr. Fraad reflects on 2024, a year in which there were several high-profile sexual assault cases featured in mainstream media....

Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Trump and his Supporters

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Dr. Fraad discusses what the Trump administration means for the American people.  All but the wealthiest American men, women,...

Patriarchy and Capitalism: Joint Partners in Sexual Abuse

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Dr. Fraad discusses the prevalence of sexual assault allegations and crimes committed by powerful and wealthy men. The news is...

Why Did Trump Win?

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Dr. Fraad explores why and how a convicted felon who was found liable for sexual assault was chosen to lead America. Americans...

History of Childhood

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr. Fraad discusses the history of childhood. To quote the most well-known historian of childhood, Lloyd deMause, "The history of chi...

Whole Societies Can Be In Denial, Ours Certainly Is...

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Dr. Fraad discusses how the American Empire is Falling. That truth which is recognized throughout the rest of the world and in U.S. fi...

A Crime of Domination, Denial of Need & Dis-Connection from Other Human Beings

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr. Fraad juxtaposes our capitalist system with sexual assault. Capitalist exploitation, like rape, requires a lack of connection and...

Birth Strike in the USA

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

American women are on a birth strike. The U.S. leads the developed world in reducing the global birth rate. Only well-funded government programs for f...

The Spirit Level of the United States

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2009 Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett wrote their best-selling book,  "The Spirit Level" which showed how economic inequality spawned extensive ...

Whither Family-Withered Families

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Family was a mainstay of child development and emotional sustenance for both adults and children. US families are now falling apart. Today's episode a...

Marriage Is No Longer A Rite of Passage in American Adulthood

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Today's times, most marriages end in legal or extra-legal separation or divorce. Why is this happening? What are its social political and personal ...

A Revolution in the Family Is Already Happening

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There is a worldwide revolution that is already happening. It's in the family, the primary site of creating and sustaining human life. Just as the nuc...

Trump As Totem

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

  Donald Trump has morphed from a transgressive man into a "Totem", a symbol and embodiment of the rage of Americans at the erosion of white male pri...

Voluntary Childlessness Is A Worldwide Trend. Why?

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

[S07 E12] Women with access to birth control are increasingly opting out of bearing children worldwide. Women are now economically forced into labor o...

Women's Traditional Labor, Skills and Strengths Are Learned Behaviors

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

[S07 E11]  What are the Skills and Strengths Learned In Performing Women's Traditional Labor of Caring and Creating Order and Cleanliness? Why Are Th...

The Family - Does It Work? Did It Ever?

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

[S07 E10]  The Family Does It Work? Did It Ever? The family is a sacred cow, It is presented as instinctual, and eternal. It isn't. Family is breakin...

"The UN World Happiness Report": Where Does America Stand?

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

[S07 E09] "The UN World Happiness Report": Where Does America Stand and How Do We Raise Our Satisfaction With Our Lives?   The United States has lost...

How Do We Change For A More Hopeful Egalitarian America?

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

[S07 E08] How Do We Change For A More Hopeful Egalitarian America? We need to add to the powerful emerging union movement and unite it with all of our...

World Transformations Have Hit Our Homes Hard

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

[S07 E07] World Transformations Have Hit Our Homes Hard The time for colonialism and settler colonialism is over! Whether it's in South Africa, Americ...

Positive Changes: Connections & Community Development

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

[S07 E06] Positive Changes: Connections & Community Development Despite the sometimes depressing and unnerving problematic state of affairs we are see...

Definitions & Intersections of White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, Hetero-Patriarchy & Capitalism

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

[S07 E05] Definitions & Intersections of White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, Hetero-Patriarchy & Capitalism What exactly do these terms mean- White ...

Addiction, Suicide and Psych Drugs: Life Is Painful In Today's USA: Part 2 of 2

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

America's changing global posiAmerica's Big Picture and Its Impact on Individual lives and escaping sadness in ways that are tragic and also ways that...

Addiction, Suicide and Psych Drugs: Life Is Painful In Today's USA: Part 1 of 2

09 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Addiction, Suicide, and Psych Drugs are all heavily marketed. Opioid medications like Oxycontin induce addiction, guns facilitate suicide, and pills ...

Is the Nuclear Family An Eternal Ubiquitous Way of Organizing Personal Life?

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is the Nuclear Family An Eternal Ubiquitous Way of Organizing Personal Life? The nuclear family form we recognize as the "traditional family" began wi...

What Are Some Life Supports for America's Failing Isolated Nuclear Families?

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We can support our failing families. We can learn from attempts abroad and from our own history.     Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad (CH...

US Empire Falls. Families Fail? Why?

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

All Empires rise and fall. America's Empire is no exception. We need to admit it, cut the military budget and make a good life for Americans.   Capit...

Capitalism's Impact on Our Personal Lives

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues speaking about the impacts of a corrupt capitalism system on mental health and personal l...

BRICS & The End of US Dominance

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The US is out of control and we are in denial. The proof is abundant: Mass shootings, extreme inequality, lost wars, weak currency, high suicide rat...

Signs of a Declining Empire

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The US is out of control and we are in denial. The proof is abundant: Mass shootings, extreme inequality, lost wars, weak currency, high suicide rate...

All Empires Rise and Fall, The US Is No Exception

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad traces a brief history of the rise and fall of the American empire. Throughout much of the 20th cen...

The Impact of Gender Roles - Care Work, Mass Violence & the Way Forward

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues to explore the ways our upbringing within gender roles impact our relationship to societ...

Where do Gender Roles Come From?

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of CHH, Dr. Harriet Fraad traces back the origin of gender roles to the beginning of civilization to explore how and why certain types...

Inflation & Manufactured Poverty

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of the personal effects of inflation. In a country that bombards al...

What Are The Personal Costs of Inflation?

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad is joined by Prof. Richard Wolff, host of Economic Update to discuss inflation and the collateral d...

Ukraine War & Our Coping Mechanisms

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Denial is a way the brain copes with a painful reality." In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of how Americans...

Waking Up to the Falling American Empire

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Season 6! In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad dissects a harsh reality: the American empire is falling and the signs of its ...

Broken Social Bonds

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of the impact of broken social bonds on our mental health. This week she f...

How Disconnection Harms Us

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad speaks on the value of connection for our emotional, political, psychological and social lives as h...

Family - A Feminist, Class Analysis

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad traces the history of the traditional family unit and offers a class analysis of how it has shifted...

Individualism is a Capitalist Deception

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad argues against capitalist values like individualism and freedom. Too often those in charge, the "gr...

Adoring the Monarchy

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad dissects the bizarre American adoration of the British monarchy following Queen Elizabeth II's deat...

System-Driven Loneliness

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

**CW: This episode contains discussions of rape** In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad takes a look at capitalist-driven loneliness. Cri...

Trauma & Survival Mechanisms

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

**CW: This episode features discussions of sexual assault and police brutality** In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad draws on her thera...

United We Win, Divided We Fall

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of the recent Supreme Court decisions and asks: why were these decisions m...

Roe v. Wade Overturned - How Did We Get Here?

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad looks at the recent dramatic US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. She argues that all...

US Militarism & Domestic Terrorism

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"We have to accept that empire and militarism is not what's going to save the world, it's what's going to destroy the planet." In this episode of Capi...

America's Problem With Mass Shootings - An Analysis of Uvalde

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad looks at mass shootings in the US and in particular the most recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas. She e...

Connection - The Foundation of Mental Health

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"Capitalism is really bad for our health." In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad discusses mental health through the lens of a 4-legged t...

The Right vs. Gender Freedom

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With rising inflation rates, mass resignations, poor working conditions, and expensive housing, it's clear that capitalism in the US is falling apart....

Mental Health in a Profit-Driven, Isolated Society

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of mental health. She argues that we need to do away with the medical mode...

The Business of Mental Health

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"One out of four American women take antidepressant drugs." In this episode, Dr. Fraad addresses how mental health is diagnosed and treated in the US....

Why The Women's Liberation Movement Fractured

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

During its inception, the Women's Liberation Movement was rooted in anti-capitalist and anti-racist ideals, pushing for equality for all. Today, howev...

The Origins of Racism - An Untold History

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our nation's racism was a deliberate policy developed in response to rebellions in the 1600s when white indentured servants, free black men and women ...

Sex Work - A Marxian Class Analysis

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

**CW: RAPE, SEX TRAFFICKING** In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad brings a Marxian class analysis to a highly controversial topic: sex ...

Political Right v.s. Abortion Rights

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

**CW: THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES ABORTION AND FORCED STERILIZATION**  Control of women's reproduction is a common weapon in the hands of the Right Wing. ...

How Americans Cope With Falling Living Standards

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Declining living standards, joblessness and pronounced inequality are leaving Americans feeling disconnected, helpless and depressed. In this episode,...

Capitalism and Opioids - A Deadly Combination

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues an ongoing critique of the for-profit health care system in the US and examines some of i...

Identity Politics, Intersectionality, and Unity

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Season 5 of Capitalism Hits Home! In this episode, Dr. Fraad explores identity politics by looking into the many facets of her own identity...

Addiction and Desperation

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad looks at the epidemic of deaths in the United States. She examines the five interlocking forces of ...

What Can Americans Do To Be Happier?

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The UN released its 2021 World Happiness Report. In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad answers why as world's richest nation, the US is not even one of th...

US Workers Strike

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad talks about the strikes sweeping the nation. The mass resignations, demonstrations and work stoppages reveal a huge ...

Americans Face Mass Evictions

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad talks about the 40 Million Americans face eviction after Oct. 31, 2021. What kind of society treats the right to she...

Why Does the US Lead the World in Rape?

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rape is a hate crime. This podcast analyses the forces that shape US rape in gender, culture, psychology and capitalism.

Capitalism & Patriarchy - Cuomo, Cosby, Weinstein & Epstein

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Capitalism is a class system of a small employer class making profit from the labor of a huge class of employees, who depend on employers for survival...

The Labor History We Need to Celebrate - The One We Never Hear About

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad talks about the importance of celebrating Labor, which is essential to life. But she argues that we need to go beyond...

Why Are 9.2 Million US Jobs Open?

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad addresses the "labor shortage" in the US today. 9.2 million jobs remain open. Republicans and Democrats differ on wh...

Cruel Optimism

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad explores the concept of cruel optimism from Lauren Berlant's book. American culture teaches us to look on the bright...

Why Has Britney Spears' Pain Riveted America?

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's CHH, Dr. Fraad is joined by psychotherapist and author Tess Fraad-Wolff to talk about celebrity pop artist Britney Spears. Spears' plig...

Class Transformation in the Household

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad talks about the revolutionary class transformation experienced n the household from feudalism to other class forms, ...

What is Class?

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad defines what class is and explores where it has hit in America. America has included 4 class formations: slavery, fe...

Identity Politics - Class Politics

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We are back with a new season of CHH! In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad explores the question of identity politics. Identity politics can be liberatin...

Violence - A Shield for Emotional Vulnerability

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad discusses the most virulent examples of American violence: our world dominance in mass shootings and rape. She argue...

Children in the US Today

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

America's Children are the source of omnipresent sentimental solicitude. At the same time, they are in fact massively neglected and in trouble. Dr. Fr...

The American Family

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Where did our family form come from and how is it doing now? This episode of Capitalism Hits Home looks at what is happening in America's families. As...

The Socialist Feminist Way To Beat the NRA and Militarism

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's CHH, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano take on the NRA and militarism. The massive well funded lobbying of the NRA, disguised as a non-profit...

Capitalism's Connection to America's Mass Shootings

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's CHH, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano talk about the intersection of capitalism with mass shootings. Why has the US had more than one mass s...

Should Andrew Cuomo be Impeached?

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The movement to impeach New York's Governor Cuomo raises complex issues. Cuomo's sexually inappropriate gestures towards 10 of the women he employed, ...

Caring: The Crucial Infrastructure of Human Life

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Biden's 2 trillion dollar "American Jobs Plan" includes a $400 billion dollar commitment to support America's care economy. This plan lifts the salari...

Shelter As a Human Right

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is part 4 of the 8-part series on capitalist commodification, Fraad and Forlano talk about shelter as a basic human need. 500,000 Americans are h...

Healthy Food- A Basic Need for Human Survival

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this part 3 of the 8-part series on capitalist commodification, Fraad and Forlano talk about the need for healthy food for basic human survival. Ma...

Water is a Human Right

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this second episode of the 8-part series on capitalist commodification, Fraad and Forlano discuss water rights. 8.8 million people in Texas are sti...