Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGregory J. Goalwin, "Borders of Belief: Religious Nationalism and the Formation of Identity in Ireland and Turkey" (Rutgers UP, 2022)
Episode 215
Despite theories to the contrary, religious nationalism, and the use of religion to determine membership in the national community, has continued to …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Future of the State: A Discussion with Graeme Garrard
Episode 89
The Reagan-Thatcher neoliberal era started the retreat of the state. Privatisation and deregulation meant power was handed over to corporations and m…
2 years, 6 months ago
Anna M. Grzymała-Busse, "Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State" (Princeton UP, 2023)
Episode 214
In Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State (Princeton University Press, 2023), political scientist Anna Grzymała-B…
2 years, 6 months ago
Charles S. Maier, "The Project-State and Its Rivals: A New History of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries" (Harvard UP, 2023)
Episode 82
We thought we knew the story of the twentieth century. For many in the West, after the two world conflicts and the long cold war, the verdict was cle…
2 years, 7 months ago
Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel, "Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States" (Polity, 2023)
Episode 23
Russia and Ukraine have alternative histories and alternative destinies. After the Soviet Union collapsed - depending on who you spoke to – they were…
2 years, 7 months ago
Leonard Grob and John K. Roth, "Warnings: The Holocaust, Ukraine, and Endangered American Democracy" (Cascade Books, 2023)
Episode 203
Old friends--one a Jew, the other a Christian--Leonard (Lenny) Grob and John K. Roth are philosophers who have long studied the Holocaust. That exper…
2 years, 7 months ago
Antonis Klapsis et al., "The Greek Junta and the International System: A Case Study of Southern European Dictatorships, 1967-74" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 1379
The Greek Junta and the International System: A Case Study of Southern European Dictatorships, 1967-74 (Routledge, 2020) examines the international d…
2 years, 7 months ago
Political Polarisation: Have We Got It Wrong?
Episode 6
What is political polarisation? How different is it from ‘normal’ democratic conflict? And why have we been getting it wrong? Listen to Andreas Sched…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Future of World Disorder: A Discussion with Peter R. Neumann
Episode 86
Do confusions in the West threaten a new world disorder? It’s a question asked by Professor Peter R. Neumann of Kings College, London. He is the auth…
2 years, 7 months ago
Elizabeth Anderson, "Hijacked: How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic against Workers and How Workers Can Take It Back" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 142
What is the work ethic? Does it justify policies that promote the wealth and power of the One Percent at workers' expense? Or does it advance policie…
2 years, 7 months ago