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FEB 27, 2018 Podcast

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, with Timothy Snyder

Can tyranny happen here? asks historian Timothy Snyder. His chilling answer is, "it can happen, it happens to people like us, and it is happening ...

FEB 26, 2018 Podcast

Gandhi's Satyagraha & Social Change, with Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox

Satyagraha, one of Gandhi's most influential teachings, stresses "passive resistance" in the face of injustice. Qunnipiac's Gadkar-Wilcox saw a powerful example of this in regards ...

FEB 26, 2018 Podcast

It's Better than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear, with Gregg Easterbrook

Today, many feel paralyzed by the constant stream of bad news. Yet as Gregg Easterbrook shows, statistics on crime, poverty, and longevity prove that things ...

FEB 22, 2018 Podcast

Does Fake News Matter? with Brendan Nyhan

What are the real facts about fake news? Brendan Nyhan is co-author of an important new study on fake news consumption during the 2016 U.S. ...

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FEB 21, 2018 Podcast

Virtual Reality for Social Good, with Jeremy Bailenson

In this fascinating conversation, Jeremy Bailenson, director of Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab, describes how virtual reality (VR) can be used as a force ...

FEB 21, 2018 Podcast

Dangerous Delegation: Military Intervention & the U.S. Public, with Kori Schake

Are Americans too deferential to the armed forces, becoming increasingly willing to "outsource" judgement to the military? Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev talks with Dr. Kori ...

FEB 8, 2018 Podcast

Clip of the Month: The Mindset of Fascism, with Rob Riemen

Rob Riemen's recent book "To Fight Against This Age" comes at exactly the right moment. For some time now, we have been witnessing the gradual ...

FEB 5, 2018 Podcast

To Fight Against This Age: On Fascism and Humanism, with Rob Riemen

No more euphemisms and denials, says Rob Riemen in this frightening and inspiring talk. Call it by its name: fascism. Neither technology, nor economic growth, ...

JAN 30, 2018 Podcast

"Modern Slavery" with Siddharth Kara

In his third book on slavery, which took 16 years of research, Siddharth Kara calculates that there are roughly 31 million slaves worldwide, at least half of ...

JAN 29, 2018 Podcast

Iran: A Modern History, with Abbas Amanat

There are few countries in the world that are more misrepresented in the West than Iran. By exploring the imperial rivalries that played out there, ...