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Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights: A Conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Season 1 Episode 24
Born in Somalia, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a women’s rights activist, free speech advocate, and New York Times bestselling author. She joins the show to dis…
3 years, 2 months ago
Samuel Ramani, "Putin's War on Ukraine: Russia's Campaign for Global Counter-Revolution" (Hurst, 2023)
Episode 9
Even as Vladimir Putin massed close to 200,000 troops on Ukraine's border in February 2022, many experts claimed it was a bluff. At worst he would ta…
3 years, 2 months ago
Jade McGlynn, "Russia's War" (Polity, 2023)
Episode 8
A year into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and nine years since its annexation of Crimea and occupation of Ukraine’s far east, why are so many Russians…
3 years, 2 months ago
David I. Kertzer, "The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler" (Random House, 2022)
Episode 92
When Pope Pius XII died in 1958, his papers were sealed in the Vatican Secret Archives, leaving unanswered questions about what he knew and did durin…
3 years, 2 months ago
Mauro Resmini, "Italian Political Cinema: Figure of the Long '68" (U Minnesota Press, 2023)
Episode 161
Traditionally, the definition of political cinema assumes a relationship between cinema and politics. In contrast to this view, author Mauro Resmini …
3 years, 2 months ago
Keir Giles, "Russia's War on Everybody: And What it Means for You" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Episode 229
With the annexation of Crimea in 2014 as well the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia's place in the world is a matter of fierce debate among world l…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Future of Political Time and Space: A Discussion with Jan Zielonka
Episode 56
What is the future of time and space in democracy? It's now widely accepted that Chinese politicians are advantaged by the lack of the short time hor…
3 years, 3 months ago
Robin Prior, "Conquer We Must: A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945" (Yale UP, 2022)
Episode 138
The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914-1945 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of histo…
3 years, 3 months ago
Susan Colbourn, "Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO" (Cornell UP, 2022)
Episode 24
In Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO (Cornell UP, 2022), Susan Colbourn tells the story of the height of nuclear crisis an…
3 years, 3 months ago
"Now maybe we're a bit spoiled" with Klaus Regling
Episode 6
As the man who built and ran Europe's financial "firewalls" (the EFSF and ESM) from 2010-2022, Klaus Regling was a central figure in the euro crisis.…
3 years, 3 months ago