Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDavid T. Beito, "The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR's Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance" (Independent Institute, 2023)
Episode 183
The legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt enjoys regular acclaim from historians, politicians, and educators. Lauded for his New Deal policies, l…
2 years, 3 months ago
Thomas A. Schwartz, "Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography" (Hill and Wang, 2020)
Episode 184
Over the past six decades, Henry Kissinger has been America's most consistently praised--and reviled--public figure. He was hailed as a "miracle work…
2 years, 3 months ago
Devrim Adam Yavuz, "Democracy and Capitalism in Turkey: The State, Power, and Big Business" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Episode 248
While a positive correlation between capitalism and democracy has existed in Western Europe and North America, the example of late-industrializing na…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Future of Migration: A Discussion with Hein de Haas
Episode 92
Immigration has become one of the biggest issues in all western democracies. And the debate is so charged it's hard to know who to believe. Which is …
2 years, 3 months ago
Reading the Stars: When Divination Meets Politics in Thailand
Episode 208
What does astrology, palm-reading and fortune telling have to do with politics in Thailand, and how can we make sense of these divination practices a…
2 years, 3 months ago
Christine Abely, "The Russia Sanctions: The Economic Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 25
February 2024 will mark the tenth anniversary of Russia’s seizure of Ukrainian territory in Crimea and the Donbas and two years since its full-scale …
2 years, 3 months ago
Tom Buitelaar, "Assisting International Justice: Cooperation Between UN Peace Operations and the International Criminal Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 175
Although the International Criminal Court (ICC) - as the only permanent international court that addresses crimes against humanity, genocide, and war…
2 years, 4 months ago
Speech Unbound: A Conversation with Nadine Strossen
Episode 92
What (and why) can and can't we say? What do empirical examples both at home and abroad tell us about how we should protect freedom of speech? How do…
2 years, 4 months ago
António Costa Pinto, "An Authoritarian Third Way in the Era of Fascism: Diffusion, Models and Interactions in Europe and Latin America" (Routledge, 2021)
Episode 1394
António Costa Pinto's book An Authoritarian Third Way in the Era of Fascism: Diffusion, Models and Interactions in Europe and Latin America (Routledg…
2 years, 4 months ago
Yasser Kureshi, "Seeking Supremacy: The Pursuit of Judicial Power in Pakistan" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 213
Seeking Supremacy: The Pursuit of Judicial Power in Pakistan (Cambridge University Press, 2022) discusses the emergence of the judiciary as an assert…
2 years, 4 months ago