Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchChas Smith, "Reports from Hell" (Rare Bird Books, 2020)
Episode 68
While now a prominent and controversial surf journalist, Chas Smith started his career as a war correspondent in the Middle East. Obsessed with Joan …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Future of Dictatorship: A Discussion with Sergei Guriev
Episode 57
Most dictators no longer rule by fear but by spin instead. That’s the contention of Sergei Guriev who has co-authored (with Daniel Treisman) Spin Dic…
3 years, 1 month ago
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right but... US Lies and Media Reporting in the 2003 Iraq War
Episode 116
In this episode of International Horizons, journalist and UN director of Human Rights Watch Louis Charbonneau describes the US's government misinform…
3 years, 2 months ago
Anjan Sundaram, "Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime" (Catapult, 2023)
Episode 158
Anjan Sundaram is an award-winning journalist who has written three books on African people and places: Democratic Republic of Congo in Stringer, Rwa…
3 years, 2 months ago
Chrisanthi Giotis, "Borderland: Decolonizing the Words of War" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 67
Every two seconds a person is displaced, caught in one of the more than 40 active conflicts around the world that show no sign of ending. Since 1994,…
3 years, 2 months ago
Sherine Tadros, "Taking Sides: A Memoir about Love, War, and Changing the World" (Scribe, 2023)
Episode 46
Taking Sides: A Memoir about Love, War, and Changing the World (Scribe, 2023) is a personal memoir by Sherine Tadros, the United Nations Representati…
3 years, 2 months ago
Herman Wasserman, "The Ethics of Engagement: Media, Conflict and Democracy in Africa" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 6
Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series.
In this episode, our host Yuval Katz discusses the book The Ethics of Engagemen…
3 years, 2 months ago
James W. Cortada, "Birth of Modern Facts: How the Information Revolution Transformed Academic Research, Governments and Businesses" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
Episode 65
For over twenty years, James W. Cortada has pioneered research into how information shapes society. In Birth of Modern Facts: How the Information Rev…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Los Angeles Review of Books: A Conversation with Michelle Chihara and Annie Berke
Episode 66
Today I talked to Michelle Chihara, Editor-in-Chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books and Annie Berke, the Film Editor at the Los Angeles Review of …
3 years, 3 months ago
Thomas Kelly, "Bias: A Philosophical Study" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 309
The concept of bias is familiar enough, partly because it is deployed frequently and in different contexts. For example, we talk about biased jurors,…
3 years, 3 months ago