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Making Sense of the US and Greenland's Relationship
Even by our current standards for presidential news, President Trump’s inquiries into purchasing Greenland this summer were surprising. And while few…
6 years, 11 months ago
Mark and Carrie - Back to School
NOTE FOR LISTENERS: Mark and Carrie will be moving to their own podcast channel in the coming weeks. To subscribe to their new feed, search for 'Mark…
7 years ago
Three Experts, Three Angles on the Immigration Crisis
Immigration is an inherently interdisciplinary subject. On this episode, Sarah talks with three postdoctoral fellows at Watson doing work on immigrat…
7 years, 1 month ago
Mark and Carrie - Getting Carried Away
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Pub…
7 years, 1 month ago
Coming Soon: Trending Globally Presents 'Revolution Revisited'
July 19, 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua. Leading up to the anniversary, the Watson Institute hosted a conf…
7 years, 1 month ago
'Gender, Governance, and Islam' with Nadje Al-Ali
Policy-makers and the media have a problem when it comes to talking about gender in many Muslim-majority nations: too often it’s discussed only in th…
7 years, 1 month ago
From the Academy Awards to Brown University, Brown Students on Gender Equality
On this episode Sarah Baldwin talks with Charlotte Silverman, Sarah Campbell Tucker, and Carly Paul, three students at Brown who are doing fascinatin…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Data Behind 'Good' Parenting with Emily Oster
On this episode of Trending Globally, Sarah Baldwin talks with Emily Oster, an economist at The Watson Institute and author of 'Cribsheet: A Data-Dri…
7 years, 2 months ago
Making Sense of the Crisis at the Mexico-US Border
How has globalization changed the way that borders operate? And how have these changes affected the US's already strained immigration system? On this…
7 years, 3 months ago
Student Spotlight: Luna Floyd '19
This episode of Trending Globally is the third in our 2019 Commencement-Student Spotlight series. As spring semester came to a close, host Sarah Bald…
7 years, 3 months ago