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JUN 12, 2018 Podcast

Edge of Chaos, with Dambisa Moyo

Why is democracy under siege around the world? Economist Dambisa Moyo cites a host of reasons, such as short-term thinking, low voter turnout, the huge ...

Nadine Strossen. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni.

JUN 11, 2018 Podcast

HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship, with Nadine Strossen

Nadine Strossen gives a rousing, detailed, and convincing defense of free speech as it is laid out in the First Amendment. "American law really is ...

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JUN 4, 2018 Podcast

Golden Visas, Dreamers, & Ethics in Immigration, with Ayelet Shachar

There is a global surge in "golden visas" for the super-rich, who often have "no connection to the country other than a wire transfer, the ...

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JUN 1, 2018 Podcast

Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the U.S. Together, with Andrew Selee

"Mexico is very present in our daily lives, sometimes even in ways we don't realize," says Andrew Selee. Did you know, for example, that some ...

MAY 31, 2018 Podcast

Why Ethics Matter in International Affairs

How can you ensure that ethics are a core component, not only of an international affairs education, but of graduates' performance once they go out ...

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MAY 24, 2018 Podcast

Roadmap to Hell: Sex, Drugs and Guns on the Mafia Coast, with Barbie Latza Nadeau

Rome-based journalist Barbie Latza Nadeau tells the horrifying story of the thousands of Nigerian women and girls duped into being trafficked to Italy, where they ...

Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. November 2017. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfid/37930256914">UK Department for International Development</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

MAY 22, 2018 Podcast

The Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh, with BRAC's Muhammad Musa

Muhammad Musa is executive director of BRAC, which is working with the one million Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh. He describes the problems ...

L to R: Nikolas Gvosdev, Adrian A. Basora, Maia Otarashvili. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni.

MAY 22, 2018 Podcast

Democracy Promotion in the Age of Trump

In this panel Adrian Basora makes a strong case for democracy as not only promoting American values but also serving U.S. interests, while Maia ...

American War Correspondent, Germany, 1915. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_War_Correspondent,_Germany_LCCN2014701695.jpg">Bain News Service/U.S. Library of Congress</a>

MAY 22, 2018 Podcast

The Living Legacy of WWI: The Legacy of American Press Censorship in World War I, with Charles Sorrie

The popular memory of WWI today was basically engineered through propaganda and censorship during the war itself, says Charles Sorrie. Those involved in any war ...

MAY 17, 2018 Podcast

Climate Change and the Power to Act: An Ethical Approach for Practical Progress

We are already living with climate change; and although countries have pledged to limit global warming to 2 °C, success seems highly unlikely. This panel explores ...