Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAnita R. Gohdes, "Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State Violence" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 446
Global adoption of the Internet has exploded, yet we are only beginning to understand the Internet's profound political consequences. Authoritarian s…
2 years ago
William Bain, "Political Theology of International Order" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 203
Is contemporary international order truly a secular arrangement? Theorists of international relations typically adhere to a narrative that portrays t…
2 years ago
Lisa A. Baglione, "Understanding Comparative Politics: An Inclusive Approach" (CQ Press, 2024)
Episode 710
Research in political science shows that collections and textbooks often mention race, gender, ethnicity, and religion – but they don’t consistently …
2 years ago
George S. Takach, "Cold War 2.0: Artificial Intelligence in the New Battle between China, Russia, and America" (Pegasus Book, 2024)
Episode 229
A vivid, thoughtful examination of how technological innovation—especially AI—is shaping the tensions between democracy and autocracy during the new …
2 years ago
Jeffrey A. Javed, "Righteous Revolutionaries: Morality, Mobilization, and Violence in the Making of the Chinese State" (U Michigan Press, 2022)
Episode 89
In an era where states and politicians regularly weaponize moral emotions to foment intergroup conflict and violence, understanding the dynamics of v…
2 years ago
Patryk I. Labuda, "International Criminal Tribunals and Domestic Accountability" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 214
In the 1990s, the promise of justice for atrocity crimes was associated with the revival of international criminal tribunals (ICTs). More recently, h…
2 years ago
Karl Widerquist, "Universal Basic Income" (MIT Press, 2024)
Episode 179
Karl Widerquist's Universal Basic Income (MIT Press, 2024) is an accessible introduction to the simple (yet radical) premise that a small cash income…
2 years ago
Kalika Mehta, "Strategic Litigation and Corporate Complicity in Crimes Under International Law: A TWAIL Analysis" (Routledge, 2023)
Episode 213
Kalika Mehta's book Strategic Litigation and Corporate Complicity in Crimes Under International Law: A TWAIL Analysis (Routledge, 2023) provides a co…
2 years, 1 month ago
How to Be a Good Statesman: Johnny Burtka on Political Leadership from Xenophon to Churchill
Episode 100
We have a preponderance of books on leadership in business; yet, despite broad dissatisfaction with our political leaders, almost none on how to be a…
2 years, 1 month ago
Alke Jenss, "Selective Security in the War on Drugs: The Coloniality of State Power in Colombia and Mexico" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
Episode 210
Paramilitaries, crime, and tens of thousands of disappeared persons—the so-called war on drugs has perpetuated violence in Latin America, at times pr…
2 years, 1 month ago