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Shanghai Selfie, March 2015. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/uketeecee/22500830257">Terry Chapman</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

AUG 19, 2016 Podcast

What the Realities in China Mean for U.S. Policy

A frequent visitor to China, Professor Eisenman is an astute observer of the cataclysmic changes taking place there, from the emptying-out of the countryside to ...

AUG 18, 2016 Podcast

Impact Podcast Preview: The Conscious Company

In part two of Impact's three-part series on conscious capitalism, we focus on the companies. How do corporate leaders effectively prioritize social benefit while still ...

CREDIT: Nick Royer https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

AUG 16, 2016 Podcast

Interview with Robert Sparrow on Autonomous Weapon Systems and Respect in Warfare

Professor Sparrow works on ethical issues raised by new technologies. Here he discusses Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS), often referred to as "killer robots." Unlike drones, ...

AUG 15, 2016 Podcast

The Conscious Consumer

Part one of this three-part series on conscious capitalism examines the role of the conscious consumer. In this episode, hear the story of a victim ...

AUG 11, 2016 Podcast

Impact Podcast Preview: The Conscious Consumer

In the next Impact podcast, we hear the dramatic, stranger-than-fiction story of a victim of capitalism at its worst--and how one shopper is helping him ...

JUL 26, 2016 Podcast

Japan's Relationship with its Past and Future

Prime Minister Abe is the leading member of the small but powerful group Nippon Kaigi, which wants to turn its back on the international community ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/csis_er/8509604657">CSIS</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>

JUL 14, 2016 Podcast

Japan's Politics: A Move toward Nationalism or more of the Status Quo?

Was Prime Minister Abe's landslide victory in the July elections a vote of confidence in his ability to jump-start Japan's stagnant economy, or simply a ...

CREDIT: <a  href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikeman04/15855236526/sizes/l">Gerry Lauzon</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC</a>)

JUN 30, 2016 Podcast

A World History of Political Violence

Rachel Kleinfeld discusses with Devin Stewart her research--which took her to five continents over the past three years--and forthcoming book on how violence is perpetuated ...

JUN 24, 2016 Podcast

The Needs of Refugee Women and Children in the Global Humanitarian Crisis

In this powerful talk, executive director Sarah Costa explains the work of the Women's Refugee Commission, and discusses the current crisis. The numbers are staggering: ...

JUN 24, 2016 Podcast

Islam and Pluralism in Indonesia

"It's going on 20 years that Indonesia has been engaged in a very important experiment, which is to create a democracy in a Muslim-majority place," explains ...