Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTrump’s Mass Deportation Plan: Can He Really Do It?
Episode 155
Kitty Calavita, Chancellor’s Professor Emerita of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine, discuss the historical contex…
1 year, 4 months ago
Daniel J. Mallinson and A. Lee Hannah, "Green Rush: The Rise of Medical Marijuana in the United States" (NYU Press, 2024)
Episode 750
Political Scientists Dan Mallinson and Lee Hannah, both experts on state-level politics and the policy making process, have a new book that focuses o…
1 year, 4 months ago
Nick Butler, "The Trouble with Jokes: Humour and Offensiveness in Contemporary Culture and Politics" (Policy Press, 2023)
Episode 142
In this podcast, Nick Butler explores humour's complex and often controversial role in shaping modern political discourse, examining how jokes can ch…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sandipto Dasgupta, "Legalizing the Revolution: India and the Constitution of the Postcolony" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 250
Anticolonial movements of the twentieth century generated audacious ideas of freedom. Following decolonization, the challenge was to give an institut…
1 year, 4 months ago
Daniel S. Goldberg, "Tackle Football and Traumatic Brain Injuries: Law, Ethics, and Public Health" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024)
Episode 749
Football is the national game in the United States – and many families and friends bond over their love of the sport. While few people play professio…
1 year, 4 months ago
Public Healthcare Under Decentralized Governance in Indonesia and the Philippines
Episode 14
Today’s episode focuses on the policy challenges and politics of public healthcare in Southeast Asia, a topic which has become increasingly visible a…
1 year, 4 months ago
Jennifer Denbow, "Reproductive Labor and Innovation: Against the Tech Fix in an Era of Hype" (Duke UP, 2024)
Episode 245
In Reproductive Labor and Innovation: Against the Tech Fix in an Era of Hype (Duke UP, 2024), Jennifer Denbow examines how the push toward technoscie…
1 year, 4 months ago
Infrastructure, Development, and Racialization
Episode 112
International development projects supported by governments of wealthy countries, international financial institutions, and influential NGOs like the…
1 year, 4 months ago
Middle East on the Brink: Escalation, Diplomacy, and the Search for Stability
Episode 155
Recent developments in the Middle East have raised concern about the potential for a wider regional war. What do escalating tensions in Gaza, Lebanon…
1 year, 4 months ago
Talking Thai Politics: Why Thai Politics isn’t All About China
Episode 7
How far does geopolitics relate to domestic political leanings? Are politically progressive Thais more likely to be pro-US, and more politically cons…
1 year, 5 months ago