Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMarcus Kreuzer, "The Grammar of Time: A Toolbox for Comparative Historical Analysis" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 21
In The Grammar of Time: A Toolbox for Comparative Historical Analysis (Cambridge UP, 2023), political scientist Marcus Kreuzer synthesises the differ…
1 year, 6 months ago
Postscript: Political Scientists Ring Alarm Bell Over Trump’s Second Administration
Episode 40
After being sworn in as the 47th president, President Donald Trump quickly altered American government – and political discourse. He issued a slew of…
1 year, 6 months ago
Fernanda Gallo, "Hegel and Italian Political Thought: The Practice of Ideas, 1832-1900" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 765
Political Theorist Fernanda Gallo (Homerton College, University of Cambridge) has a fascinating new book, Hegel and Italian Political Thought: The Pr…
1 year, 6 months ago
Agnieszka Pasieka, "Living Right: Far-Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe" (Princeton UP, 2024)
Episode 360
Radical nationalism is on the rise in Europe and throughout the world. Living Right: Far-Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe (Princeton Univ…
1 year, 6 months ago
Political Mythmaking in Nepal
Episode 244
How and why do local political processes in rural Nepal become an arena for political mythmaking? And, how do political myths obscure their own histo…
1 year, 6 months ago
Is Democracy and Peace Possible in Myanmar? A Conversation with Claire Smith
Episode 28
As the civil conflict in Myanmar passes its fourth anniversary, is this ethnically complex country any closer to a peaceful resolution of its interna…
1 year, 6 months ago
Is Liberal Democracy Dying?
Episode 1
Live from the Frontline Club in London, Ctrl Alt Deceit is back for its second season.
Hosts Nina dos Santos and Owen Bennett-Jones host a fascinatin…
1 year, 6 months ago
Engage and Evade in 2025: Asad L. Asad on Latino Immigrants in America
Episode 115
Today I’m speaking with Asad L. Asad, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. He is the author of Engage and Evade: How Latino Immig…
1 year, 6 months ago
Dána-Ain Davis and Christa Craven, "Feminist Ethnography: Thinking Through Methodologies, Challenges, and Possibilities" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
Episode 764
How do we acquire knowledge about societies? Does how we acquire social knowledge shape what we know? How conscious must we be of our own experiences…
1 year, 6 months ago
David Wiles, "Democracy, Theatre and Performance: From the Greeks to Gandhi" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 533
Democracy, argues David Wiles, is actually a form of theatre. In making his case, the author deftly investigates orators at the foundational moments …
1 year, 6 months ago