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JUL 15, 2020 Podcast

Immigration & the Black Lives Matter Protests, with Kavitha Rajagopalan

How have conversations in the immigration rights community shifted since this round of Black Lives Matters protests started? In this new environment, what are some ...

U.S./Mexico border at Border Field State Park/Imperial Beach, San Diego, California, 2014. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/diversey/15999598736">Tony Webster</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

JUN 24, 2020 Podcast

"Remain in Mexico" & Immigration Policy in 2020, with Molly O'Toole

Molly O'Toole, immigration and security reporter at the "Los Angeles Times," discusses Trump's "Remain in Mexico" asylum policy and its many ethical and legal issues. ...

JUN 15, 2020 Podcast

The Ethics of the Coronavirus Lockdown, with Christian Barry

Due to COVID-19, significant restrictions have been placed on freedoms to move about in many nations. Philosopher Christian Barry explores how the costs of these ...

JUN 10, 2020 Podcast

Climate Change, Migration, & Humanity's Niche, with Tim Kohler & Marten Scheffer

A report found that over the next 50 years, 1 to 3 billion people could be living outside the climate niche that has "served humanity well over the ...

JUN 8, 2020 Podcast

Mysterious Machines: The Road Ahead for AI Ethics in International Security, with Arthur Holland Michel

How do we learn to trust AI systems and what are the implications of this technology as nations confront mass protests in a post-pandemic world?

MAY 29, 2020 Podcast

Vox Populi: What Americans Think About Foreign Policy, with Dina Smeltz & Mark Hannah

What do Americans think about the role the United States should be playing in the world? How do they conceive of the different trade-offs between ...

Aid packages from China are unloaded at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, Philippines on March 21, 2020. CREDIT: <a href=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China_COVID19_test_kit_PH_donation_7.jpg> Philippines Presidential Communications Operations Office (CC)</a>.

MAY 26, 2020 Podcast

China's Changing Role in the Pandemic-Driven World, with Amitai Etzioni & Nikolas Gvosdev

How has the pandemic changed U.S-China relations? How has it altered China's relationship with other nations and its geopolitical positioning? George Washington University's Amitai ...

MAY 22, 2020 Podcast

Agile Global Governance, Artificial Intelligence, & Public Health, with Wendell Wallach

The rapid development of emerging technologies like AI signaled a new inflection point in human history, accompanied by calls for agile international governance. With the ...

Al-Hol camp in Northeastern Syria, October 2019. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VOA_in_Al-Hol_Camp,_Syria,_17_October_2019.jpg">Voice of America/Public Domain</a>

MAY 19, 2020 Podcast

COVID-19 in Conflict Zones, with Kelly Razzouk

Countries like Syria and Libya are facing a "double" emergency right now, says the International Rescue Committee's Kelly Razzouk, as these states are having to ...

MAY 15, 2020 Podcast

Ethical Leadership in Times of Crisis, with Jeff McCausland

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended daily life for everyone. From large corporations to small non-profits to schools to the military, leaders at all types of ...