Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMartha C. Nussbaum, "Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility" (Simon & Schuster, 2022)
Season 2 Episode 45
A revolutionary new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum.
Animals are in trou…
2 years, 10 months ago
Justin Marceau, "Beyond Cages: Animal Law and Criminal Punishment" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Season 2 Episode 30
For all the diversity of views within the animal protection movement, there is a surprising consensus about the need for more severe criminal justice…
2 years, 10 months ago
Claudia Smith Brinson, "Stories of Struggle: The Clash over Civil Rights in South Carolina" (U South Carolina Press, 2020)
Season 2 Episode 61
In Stories of Struggle: The Clash over Civil Rights in South Carolina (U South Carolina Press, 2020), longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson detai…
2 years, 10 months ago
David 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)
Season 2 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, 10 months ago
The Future of Migration: A Discussion with Hein de Haas
Season 2 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, 10 months ago
Emily Horowitz, "From Rage to Reason: Why We Need Sex Crime Laws Based on Facts, Not Fear" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Season 2 Episode 207
In her book From Rage to Reason: Why We Need Sex Crime Laws Based on Facts, Not Fear (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023), Emily Horowitz shows how current se…
2 years, 10 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)
Season 2 Episode 175
Although the International Criminal Court (ICC) - as the only permanent international court that addresses crimes against humanity, genocide, and war…
2 years, 10 months ago
Speech Unbound: A Conversation with Nadine Strossen
Season 2 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, 10 months ago
Sara Chatfield, "In Her Own Name: The Politics of Women’s Rights Before Suffrage" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Season 2 Episode 696
We often narrate the history of women’s rights in the United States by focusing on the fight for suffrage. Yet starting as early as 1835, states expa…
2 years, 10 months ago
Yasser Kureshi, "Seeking Supremacy: The Pursuit of Judicial Power in Pakistan" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Season 2 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, 10 months ago