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French military hospital during World War I. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H%C3%B4pital_1914-1918.jpg">Yelkrokoyade/Public Domain</a>

APR 3, 2018 Podcast

The Living Legacy of WWI: Hidden Photographic Narratives, with Katherine Akey

Katherine Akey is researching "gueules cassées," soldiers who suffered facially disfiguring injuries on WWI battlefields, focusing on those who were treated at the American ...

APR 2, 2018 Podcast

Liberalism in the Philippines, with Lisandro Claudio

Populist leader President Duterte has killed thousands in his "war on drugs," idolizes Putin, and openly uses fake news and excessive nationalism to consolidate his ...

Indonesian National Police officers & protesters in Jakarta. November 2016. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:411_protests_of_jakarta.jpg">AWG97 (CC)</a>

MAR 29, 2018 Podcast

Normalizing Intolerance in Indonesia, with Sandra Hamid

"Indonesian civil societies and academics are very good at collecting cases of discrimination," says Sandra Hamid, author of "Normalizing Intolerance." "But what we don't have ...

MAR 29, 2018 Podcast

Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy, with William A. Galston

Some unpleasant truths for liberals, from William Galston: The rise of anti-pluralist populist movements is caused by a combination of economic factors and migration; we ...

Robert D. Kaplan. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni.

MAR 27, 2018 Podcast

Clip of the Month: What's America's Brand? It's Naval Power, with Robert D. Kaplan

Best-selling author Robert D. Kaplan describes America’s current role as a function of the immense power of the U.S. Navy. This provides great ...

MAR 22, 2018 Podcast

Piety and Public Opinion: Understanding Indonesian Islam, with Tom Pepinksy

Are there differences in political, social, and economic attitudes among Indonesians--and Indonesian Muslims in particular--based on their levels of religious piety? Intriguingly, Tom Pepinsky and ...

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MAR 21, 2018 Podcast

The Origins of Happiness, with Richard Layard

Today we can accurately measure happiness and we know much more about its causes, says Professor Layard. It turns out that getting richer is often ...

Andrew Yang. CREDIT: Billy Pickett.

MAR 21, 2018 Podcast

The Case for Universal Basic Income, with Andrew Yang

Automation is causing the greatest shift in human history and will put millions of Americans out of work, says entrepreneur and 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang. ...

U.S. and NATO military members, Adazi Military Base, Latvia, June 2017. CREDIT: <a href-"http://www.ramstein.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1228559/us-nato-wrap-up-saber-strike-17/">U.S Air Force/Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh</a>

MAR 16, 2018 Podcast

European Futures in the Shadow of American Disengagement, with Andrew Michta

Europe is going through deep structural changes, says Andrew Michta of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. He argues that it may ...

MAR 16, 2018 Podcast

The Return of Marco Polo's World, with Robert D. Kaplan

If you wish to understand the depth and breadth of the geographical, historical, technological, and political forces that are shaping our world, there is no ...