Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAmelia Frank-Vitale, "Leave If You Can: Migration and Violence in Bordered Worlds" (U California Press, 2026)
Episode 2057
The consequences of U.S. border policies through the experiences of Honduran migrants. Hondurans have been at the heart of some of the most visible m…
7 months ago
The Gen Z Revolution in Bangladesh and Its Fallout
Episode 2058
What role did Gen Z play in the popular uprising that led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime in the summer of 2024? And what marks have the upri…
7 months ago
Vojta Hybl, "Rocks: A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell" (Frances Lincoln, 2026)
Episode 2056
What is that rock you’ve just picked up? Which minerals is it made of, what’s unique about it and what can it reveal about Earth’s deeper story?
Rocks…
7 months ago
Kristin Ciupa, "The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market" (Brill, 2026)
Episode 2054
The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market (Brill, 2026) is the latest book from Dr. Kristin Ciupa, …
7 months ago
David Ost, "Red Pill Politics: Demystifying Today's Far Right" (New Press, 2026)
Episode 2055
Around the globe, far-right political parties and movements are on the march, winning popular support, legislative seats, and presidencies--and stoki…
7 months ago
On Our Continuing Age of Oil with Journalist Stanley Reed
Episode 2053
Stanley Reed has been covering energy and the Middle East from London for more than three decades, most recently for The New York Times. With the wa…
7 months, 1 week ago
Joanna Siekiera ed., "NATO Stability Policing: Beneficial Tool in Filling the Security Gap and Establishing the Rule of Law, and a Safe and Secure Environment" (NATO Stability Policing Centre Of Excellence, 2024)
Episode 2052
Since the end of the Cold War and the resurgence of great power competition on the world stage, NATO has been in a period of transition to adapting t…
7 months, 1 week ago
On Trump as a “World Historical Individual” with author John B. Judis
Episode 2051
The philosopher G.W.F. Hegel “viewed history as consisting of stages punctuated by times of upheaval,” the author John B. Judis wrote in a recent ess…
7 months, 1 week ago
How Authoritarians Exploit Gender
Episode 2050
Gender is becoming a central battleground in contemporary authoritarian politics, but how do autocrats manipulate these debates to their own advantag…
7 months, 1 week ago
Nana Osei-Opare, "Socialist De-Colony: Black and Soviet Entanglements in Ghana's Cold War" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Episode 166
Led by the charismatic Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana won its political independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. It precipitated both the dying spiral of …
7 months, 1 week ago