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Back to SearchPaul Johnson, "Challenging Inequalities: How We Got Stuck and Where We Go Next" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Episode 988
There is a widespread sense throughout the developed world that progress towards a better society has stalled. Many countries, including the UK, ha…
2 months ago
After Putin: A Discussion with Political Scientist Julian G. Waller
Episode 987
Russian leader Vladimir Putin, at 73 years old, is still very much alive, yet the “After Putin” conversation is an active one inside and outside of R…
2 months ago
Edward Goldring, "Purges: How Dictators Fight to Survive" (Cornell UP, 2026)
Episode 986
Purges: How Dictators Fight to Survive (Cornell University Press, 2026) by Dr. Edward Goldring delves into one of the key tactics that autocrats de…
2 months ago
Mark Leonard, "Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail" (Polity Press, 2026)
Episode 985
"Expansive visions. Universal institutions. Ideas of progress. It was on the back of these that the West surged ahead and built a global order. I w…
2 months, 1 week ago
Seth Masket, "The Elephants in the Room: How Trump Voters Seized the Party from Republican Leaders" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Episode 984
Political Scientist Seth Masket’s new book, The Elephants in the Room: How Trump Voters Seized the Party from Republican Leaders (Cambridge UP, 2026…
2 months, 1 week ago
Deborah Mayersen, "Genocide Prevention: An Evidence-Based Approach" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Episode 983
There has never been a more promising time for genocide prevention. More resources and research are being focused on prevention than ever before. Yet…
2 months, 1 week ago
Elizabeth Tynan, "Nuclear Archipelago: Secrets, Power and the Biggest Atomic Blast in Australia" (NewSouth, 2026)
Episode 982
Nuclear Archipelago: Secrets, Power and the Biggest Atomic Blast in Australia (NewSouth, 2026) tells the shocking story of the two British atomic …
2 months, 1 week ago
Matias E. Margulis, "Shadow Negotiators: How UN Organizations Shape the Rules of World Trade for Food Security" (Stanford UP, 2023)
Episode 981
Shadow Negotiators: How UN Organizations Shape the Rules of World Trade for Food Security (Stanford University Press, 2023) by Dr. Matias E. Marguli…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Hossam el-Hamalawy, "Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic (Verso Books, 2026)
Episode 980
Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic (Verso Books, 2026) is a rare and comprehensive examination of the structures, hierarchies, and met…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements" (1951): A Discussion with Jay Garfinkel
Episode 117
A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, who eventually taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophic…
2 months, 2 weeks ago