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A curated playlist of the best new podcasts on international affairs. Powered by The Syllabus. (To see the articles, books, reports and videos that are also part of the Cosmopolitan, check out our site: the-syllabus.com)

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00:55:37

Ep59: Isabella Hammad on Palestinian identity, art...

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2024/01/10

Podcast: The Diverse Bookshelf (LS 34 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Ep59: Isabella Hammad on Palestinian identity, art and the power of wordsPub date: 2024-01-02This week's guest on the show is the hugely talented Isabella Hammad, author of The Parisian, and most recently, Enter Ghost. I love Isabella’s work, which is always so thoughtful, beautifully written, multi-layered and hugely informative and insightful. As a British Palestinian, Isabella tells stories of Palestinian families,

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01:26:23

US Instrumental in Brazil's "Long Coup" / Brian Mier

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2023/12/20

Podcast: This Is Hell! (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: US Instrumental in Brazil's "Long Coup" / Brian MierPub date: 2023-11-30Brian Mier returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his recent publication, "Anticorruption and Imperialist Blind Spots: The Role of the United States in Brazil’s Long Coup," in Latin American Perspectives. This is the first peer-reviewed study confirming that the United States played a crucial role in Brazil's long coup, which threw the left out of power in 2016

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00:38:52

Episode 512: Putting Javier Milei in Historical...

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2023/12/14

Podcast: Diet Soap - a podcast (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Episode 512: Putting Javier Milei in Historical Context (ft. Arturo Desimone)Pub date: 2023-12-01Arturo Desimone is an Aruban-Argentine writer, poet and visual artist. In this interview he explains the history of Peronism and the meaning of Javier Milei.Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoapThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Douglas Lain, which is the property of its owner and

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00:40:54

Sarah E. Stoller, "Inventing the Working Parent:...

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2023/12/06

Podcast: New Books in Economic and Business History (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Sarah E. Stoller, "Inventing the Working Parent: Work, Gender, and Feminism in Neoliberal Britain" (MIT Press, 2023)Pub date: 2023-11-24Sarah E. Stoller, Inventing the Working Parent: Work, Gender, and Feminism in Neoliberal Britain (MIT Press, 2023) is the first historical examination of working parenthood in the late twentieth century--and how the concepts of "family-friendly" work culture and

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00:40:25

Jonathan Tehusijarana - Indonesian Student Armies

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2023/12/06

Podcast: Talking Indonesia (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Jonathan Tehusijarana - Indonesian Student ArmiesPub date: 2023-11-26The Indonesian word ‘pemuda’, or young person, has a complex meaning and history. Like in other languages and cultures, the term conjures up images of change and vitality. But in Indonesia, it also carries militaristic and masculine connotations which are coloured by the way it was used during the New Order era. In his PhD thesis at the University of

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00:28:09

How American Radicalism Inspired the Most Homophobic...

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2023/11/21

Podcast: On Shifting Ground (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: How American Radicalism Inspired the Most Homophobic Law on EarthPub date: 2023-11-13This year, Uganda enacted one of the harshest anti-LGBT+ laws in the world, making homosexuality punishable by death. Ugandan Human Rights activist Dr. Frank Mugisha joins Ray Suarez to share how American Christian evangelicals radicalized the East African country, and how the fight for human rights has turned deadly. Guest: Dr. Frank

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00:40:59

194. Industrial policy detectives: China’s subsidies...

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2023/11/14

Podcast: Trade Talks (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 194. Industrial policy detectives: China’s subsidies for shipbuildingPub date: 2023-11-05A new way to measure China’s subsidies for shipbuilding reveals how much they transformed the industry for the country and world.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chad P. Bown, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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00:22:37

Rodrigo Duterte’s Deadly Promise

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2023/11/08

Podcast: The Political Scene | The New Yorker (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Rodrigo Duterte’s Deadly PromisePub date: 2023-10-16When Rodrigo Duterte ran for the presidency of the Philippines and won, in 2016, the Western press noted the similarities between this unconventional candidate and Donald Trump—who also liked to casually espouse violence on the campaign trail and beyond. Duterte used provocative and obscene language to tap into the country’s fears about a real, albeit

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00:30:55

Caroline Cornier on Economic Sovereignty in Africa

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2023/10/31

Podcast: A Correction Podcast (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Caroline Cornier on Economic Sovereignty in AfricaPub date: 2023-10-19Caroline Cornier has studied Political Science at Sciences Po Paris and the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was a lecturer at the Department of Development and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Kassel between December 2021 and September 2022 and is currently a doctoral researcher at the Global Devwlopment Institute of the University of

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00:59:58

The Technological and Ideological Tools of Occupation

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2023/10/25

Podcast: KPFA - Against the Grain (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: The Technological and Ideological Tools of OccupationPub date: 2023-10-17Israel’s military power has been on display following Hamas’s attack and Israel’s continuing assault on Gaza. Israel is one of the world’s most important producers of military hardware and surveillance technology, honed in its occupation of Palestine, and exported around the globe to various brutal regimes. Antony Loewenstein traces the history of

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00:52:28

Historic Amnesty Law for Catalunya

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2023/10/18

Podcast: The Sobremesa Podcast (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Historic Amnesty Law for CatalunyaPub date: 2023-11-16In today's episode Eoghan is joined by historian Andrew Dowling to discuss the ongoing efforts to form a government in Spain, with negotiations currently centred on the possibility of a sweeping amnesty law for the Catalan independence movement. Pro-independence Junts' pragmatic turn since September suggests a confidence and suppy deal can reached to give Pedro Sanchez

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00:55:07

141/ How the EU Criminalizes Solidarity with Migrants...

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2023/10/11

Podcast: The Fire These Times: Voices from the Periphery (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: 141/ How the EU Criminalizes Solidarity with Migrants w/ Border Violence Monitoring NetworkPub date: 2023-09-26Joey is joined by Anas & Elena from the Border Violence Monitoring Network to talk about the way in which the European Union is criminalizing solidarity with migrants and how the EU has turned the Mediterranean into a giant graveyard for people who look like me. You can support The

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00:49:56

The Saddam Hussein of the Caucasus

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2023/10/03

Podcast: Angry Planet (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: The Saddam Hussein of the CaucasusPub date: 2023-09-25Aram Shabanian stops by this week to talk to us about the strong men of the Caucasus.We start with a deep dive into what’s going on in Armenia and Azerbaijan right now with a focus on the 1990s. Shabanian calls Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyevl, the “Saddam Hussein of the Caucasus” and comes to grip with the realpolitik of the conflict.Then we turn our attention to Chechen

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00:56:10

Ep. 60: On Szikra & Hungarian Politics

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2023/09/27

Podcast: SPS (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Ep. 60: On Szikra & Hungarian PoliticsPub date: 2023-09-17In this episode of SPS, Tamas sits down with Aram Shakkour (@ShaqArama) of the Szikra Movement (@SzikraMozgalom), an oppositional movement based around Budapest, Hungary. They discuss the state of leftist politics in Hungary after the oppositional coalition which Szikra supported, United for Hungary, failed to stop Viktor Orbán’s FIDESZ from winning a two-thirds parliamentary

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00:46:53

High-Risk Feminism in Colombia - with author Dr Julia...

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2023/09/27

Podcast: Breaking Down Patriarchy (LS 50 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: High-Risk Feminism in Colombia - with author Dr Julia ZulverPub date: 2023-09-19Amy is joined by Dr. Julia Zulver to discuss her book, High-Risk Feminism in Columbia, and learn about feminist organizations striving for justice in Colombia and El Salvador. Dr. Julia Zulver is a feminist researcher studying women's mobilization in communities affected by conflict and violence in Latin America. She is passionate about

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00:46:53

Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of a...

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2023/09/21

Podcast: The San Francisco Experience (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of a Failing State. Talking with author, Professor Danny Dorling, Oxford UniversityPub date: 2023-09-13Shattered Nation, written by Oxford Professor Danny Dorling, demonstrates how the United Kingdom has been fundamentally damaged by 40 years of neoliberal policies of successive Conservative and Labour governments. Inequality is on the rise while life expectancy is

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00:22:19

City & Community - Contested Infrastructures: Water,...

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2023/09/14

Podcast: Sage Sociology (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: City & Community - Contested Infrastructures: Water, Privatization, and Place-Based Protest in Greater Buenos AiresPub date: 2023-09-05Author Maria Akchurin discusses the article, "Contested Infrastructures: Water, Privatization, and Place-Based Protest in Greater Buenos Aires", published in the September 2023 issue of City & Community.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from SAGE Publications Ltd., which is the

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00:17:15

How Dubai is reshaping the global oil trade

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2023/09/07

Podcast: Behind the Money (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: How Dubai is reshaping the global oil tradePub date: 2023-08-09For decades, the global centre for oil trading has been Geneva, Switzerland. But Russia’s war in Ukraine changed that. Sanctions have made it harder for western traders to move Russian oil. Now, traders are flocking to a new trading hub that has no restrictions on oil from Russia: the United Arab Emirates. The FT’s energy correspondent Tom Wilson explains how this

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01:14:29

Clearing the Air: The Political Economy of Jakarta's...

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2023/09/07

Podcast: Reformasi Dispatch (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Clearing the Air: The Political Economy of Jakarta's Pollution (with Katherine Hasan)Pub date: 2023-08-27Tell us what you think about the pod!The Indonesia analyst for the Helsinki-based NGO Crea joins the Reformasi Dispatch podcast to cut through the haze concerning the world's worst smog. We examine SO2, NOx and 2.5ug particulates in Jakarta's 'airshed' and consider the urgency of revamping regulations

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02:24:07

THIS IS REVOLUTION＞podcast Ep. 483: Ireland,...

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2023/08/15

Podcast: THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcast (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: THIS IS REVOLUTION＞podcast Ep. 483: Ireland, Neoliberalism, Austerity and Crisis ft. Nicolas KierseyPub date: 2023-08-09TIR speaks with professor Nicholas Kiersay about the 2008 crash and its impact on the Republic of Ireland. https://webapps.utrgv.edu/aa/dm/#/user/nicholas.kiersey https://www.occupyirtheory.info/ About TIR Thank you for supporting the show! Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. Also,

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