Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAndreas E. Feldmann, "Repertoires of Terrorism: Organizational Identity and Violence in Colombia's Civil War" (Columbia UP, 2024)
Episode 226
Why do armed groups employ terrorism in markedly different ways during civil wars? Drawing on more than a decade of fieldwork, Dr. Andreas E. Feldman…
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Ilias Alami and Adam D. Dixon, "The Spectre of State Capitalism" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Episode 105
After close to three decades of the hegemony of free market ideas, the state has made a big comeback as an economic actor since the 2008 financial cr…
1 year, 7 months ago
Joanna Allan, "Silenced Resistance: Women, Dictatorships, and Genderwashing in Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea" (U Wisconsin Press, 2019)
Episode 198
Spain's former African colonies-Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara-share similar histories. Both are under the thumbs of heavy-handed, postcolonial…
1 year, 7 months ago
Why Almost Everything You Think about Protests in Africa is Wrong
Episode 21
For decades, media and academic analysis of African politics has emphasised instability, political violence, and male dominance. Yet a brilliant new …
1 year, 7 months ago
Celebrating Constitution Day, Part. 2: A Conversation with Julia Mahoney
Episode 120
In this conversation, we dive into key issues shaping the legal landscape today: the complexities of constitutional interpretation, the evolving role…
1 year, 7 months ago
William H. F. Altman, "The German Stranger: Leo Strauss and National Socialism" (Lexington Books, 2010)
Episode 224
Leo Strauss was a German-Jewish emigrant to the United States, an author, professor and political philosopher. Born in 1899 in Kirchhain in the Kingd…
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Kevin J. McMahon, "A Supreme Court Unlike Any Other: The Deepening Divide Between the Justices and the People" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
Episode 737
Many scholars and members of the press have argued that John Roberts’ Supreme Court is exceptional. While some emphasize the approach to interpreting…
1 year, 7 months ago
Meg Rithmire, "Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 161
Developing Asia has been the site of some of the last century's fastest growing economies as well as some of the world's most durable authoritarian r…
1 year, 7 months ago
Jennifer Redmond and Mary McAuliffe, "The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland: A Reader" (Four Courts Press, 2024)
Episode 68
Mary McAuliffe is a historian and lecturer in Gender Studies at UCD. Her latest publications include (is The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn co-authored wit…
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Jennifer L. Lambe, "The Subject of Revolution: Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba" (UNC Press, 2024)
Episode 224
From television to travel bans, geopolitics to popular dance, The Subject of Revolution: Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba (UNC Press, 20…
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