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Defendants at the Nuremberg trials, including Hermann Göring (at the left edge on the first row of benches), 1945/1946. <br>CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nuremberg_Trials_retouched.jpg">U.S.Government/Public Domain</a>

MAR 13, 2018 Podcast

The Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes, with Dan Plesch

Before Nuremberg--indeed, long before the end of the war--there was the United Nations War Crimes Commission, a little-known agency which assisted national governments in putting ...

Detail from book cover of <i>The Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxis Drivers, Mobility, and Politics in Bangkok</i>

MAR 9, 2018 Podcast

Motorcycles & the Art of Politics in Thailand, with Claudio Sopranzetti

Anthropologist Sopranzetti's new book discusses the surprising role of motorcycle taxi drivers in a recent coup in Thailand, and their important place in everyday Thai ...

Melanne Verveer. CREDIT: Billy Pickett.

MAR 8, 2018 Podcast

Economics, Peace, Security, and "Women's Issues" with Ambassador Melanne Verveer

We have made tremendous progress, but there's still a long way to go, says Melanne Verveer, head of Georgetown's Institute for Women, Peace and Security ...

Amy Chua. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni

MAR 7, 2018 Podcast

Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations, with Amy Chua

"The United States today is starting to display destructive political dynamics much more typically associated with developing countries: ethno-nationalist movements, the erosion of trust in ...

MAR 6, 2018 Podcast

Is Indonesia Becoming Like Pakistan? with Andreas Harsono

The maximum penalty for blasphemy in Pakistan is death, and public protest is not allowed. Indonesia is nowhere near as bad as this--yet. "Indonesia is ...

Detail from book cover

MAR 5, 2018 Podcast

Necessary Evil: How to Fix Finance by Saving Human Rights, with David Kinley

Rich and poor, we're all dependent on the global financial system and it can be a force for good, says human rights law professor David ...

Timothy Snyder. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni.

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. ...