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Back to SearchRob Goodman, "Words on Fire: Eloquence and Its Conditions" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 661
Why is political rhetoric broken – and how can it be fixed? Words on Fire: Eloquence and Its Conditions (Cambridge University Press, 2022) returns to…
1 year, 2 months ago
Georgiy Kasianov et al., "From 'the Ukraine' to Ukraine: A Contemporary History, 1991-2021" (Ibidem Press, 2021)
Episode 108
In 2021, Ukraine celebrates its thirty-year independence anniversary. During this relatively short period of time—when considered in historical terms…
1 year, 2 months ago
What Makes for Successful Civil Resistance?
Episode 36
As authoritarian leaders attack democracy from all sides, and the rights of women, ethnic minorities and the LGTBQI+ community are increasingly threa…
1 year, 2 months ago
Georgiy Kasianov et al., "From 'the Ukraine' to Ukraine: A Contemporary History, 1991-2021" (Ibidem Press, 2021)
Episode 108
In 2021, Ukraine celebrates its thirty-year independence anniversary. During this relatively short period of time—when considered in historical terms…
1 year, 2 months ago
Enrique Dussel, "The Theological Metaphors of Marx" (Duke UP, 2024)–A Conversation with Camilo Pérez-Bustillo and Eduardo Mendieta
Episode 657
The Theological Metaphors of Marx (Duke UP, 2024) by Enrique Dussel – A Conversation with Camilo Pérez-Bustillo and Eduardo Mendieta
In The Theologic…
1 year, 2 months ago
Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman, "Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 106
Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning a…
1 year, 2 months ago
Kevin P. Donovan, "Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 219
In his book, Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2024), Kevin Donovan argues that Ea…
1 year, 2 months ago
Federico Marcon, "Fascism: The History of a Word" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Episode 249
The rise and popular support for authoritarianism around the world and within traditional democracies have spurred debates over the meaning of the te…
1 year, 2 months ago
Jacob F. H. Smith, "Waves of Discontent: Electoral Volatility, Public Policymaking, and the Health of American Democracy" (U Michigan Press, 2025)
Episode 217
After a period of relative calm in congressional elections prior to 2006, America has experienced a series of highly competitive, volatile national e…
1 year, 2 months ago
Rita Kiki Edozie and Moses Khisa, "Africa's New Global Politics: Regionalism in International Relations" (Lynne Rienner, 2022)
Episode 218
The African Union's threat to lead African states' mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court in 2008 marked just one of many encounters t…
1 year, 2 months ago