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The Cosmopolitan

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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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01:26:00

Nataša Jagdhuhn, "Post-Yugoslav Metamuseums:...

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2023/08/02

Podcast: New Books Network (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Nataša Jagdhuhn, "Post-Yugoslav Metamuseums: Reframing Second World War Heritage in Postconflict Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)Pub date: 2023-07-22Nataša Jagdhuhn's Post-Yugoslav Metamuseums: Reframing Second World War Heritage in Postconflict Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) analyzes the reframing of Second World War heritage in the memorial

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00:57:36

GHASSAN ZEINNEDINE | Dearborn & The Post 9/11 Arab...

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2023/07/25

Podcast: The afikra Podcast (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: GHASSAN ZEINNEDINE | Dearborn & The Post 9/11 Arab American Experience | ConversationsPub date: 2023-07-17Dearborn, capturing the diverse voices of Dearborn’s residents, and doing justice to the myriad Arab-American lived experiences post 9/11. We discuss the complexities of faithfully depicting a multi-layered community through short-stories, the history of Arab-American immigration, and more with author and assistant

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01:04:43

Long Reads: Japan's Socialist Tradition w/ Kenji...

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2023/07/25

Podcast: Jacobin Radio (LS 59 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Long Reads: Japan's Socialist Tradition w/ Kenji HasegawaPub date: 2023-07-13Japan may be a powerhouse of global capitalism. But it also developed a powerful socialist movement in the twentieth century. During the Cold War, the Socialist Party led the opposition to the ruling Liberal Democrats. Japan today still has a Communist Party with a mass membership and a serious electoral base.Kenji Hasegawa joins Long Reads for a

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00:58:38

Joscha Abels, "The Politics of the Eurogroup:...

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2023/07/11

Podcast: New Books in Political Science (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Joscha Abels, "The Politics of the Eurogroup: Governing Crisis and Conflict in the European Union" (Routledge, 2023)Pub date: 2023-06-30Before this century's first global financial crisis struck Europe in 2007-2012, only people in the Brussels bubble had heard of the Eurogroup. By then, finance ministers from countries using the euro had been meeting in this format every month for ten years but – as Joscha Abels

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01:04:41

Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus

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2023/07/04

Podcast: The Lawfare Podcast (LS 68 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American ColossusPub date: 2023-06-28The United States in the early 21st century has been involved in a so-called “forever” war involving military threats, interventions, occupations, counterinsurgencies, and the like. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the United States engaged in an at least superficially analogous many-decades series of interventions in the Western

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00:45:54

Britain vs. Brexit

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2023/07/04

Podcast: Crash Course (LS 43 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Britain vs. BrexitPub date: 2023-06-27When British voters decided back in June 2016 to end their 43-year membership in the European Union, it seemed the most surreal political and economic event imaginable. The European Union was a statement of purpose as much as a trade relationship: It symbolized European countries putting centuries of hostility and two world wars behind in the interest of economic cooperation, and it

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01:24:41

Economist Keyu Jin on her new book, "The New China...

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2023/06/29

Podcast: Sinica Podcast (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Economist Keyu Jin on her new book, "The New China Playbook"Pub date: 2023-06-15This week on Sinica, Kaiser is joined by Keyu Jin, associate professor of economics at LSE, who talks about her new book, The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism, a wide-ranging, ambitious, and accessible book that explains the unique Chinese political economy, emphasizing both its successes to date and how it must change to meet the

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00:54:07

Timothy McLaughlin on Leila de Lima and the cost of...

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2023/06/20

Podcast: A Public Affair (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Timothy McLaughlin on Leila de Lima and the cost of criticism in The P...Pub date: 2023-06-08 “The Philippines is under a new administration, but still the government’s case against de Lima hobbles along, a symbol of the country’s degradation from the Duterte years of violent populism and autocratic slide.” This is from Timothy McLaughlin’s recent piece in the Atlantic. He joins us to tell the story of Leila

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01:03:41

The American South and Country Capitalism

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2023/06/13

Podcast: Professor Buzzkill History Podcast (LS 48 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: The American South and Country CapitalismPub date: 2023-06-06Why do so many big and iconic American corporations come from the US South, a region traditionally considered a backwater? Dr. Bartow Elmore explains how Coca-Cola, WalMart, and FedEx used “country capitalism” to change the United States and the planet. Fascinating listening, and very illuminating analysis! You won’t shop the same way again! Episode

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00:53:19

How the AR-15 Became the Most Popular Gun in the US

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2023/06/06

Podcast: A Public Affair (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: How the AR-15 Became the Most Popular Gun in the USPub date: 2023-05-24 About 16 million people in the US own one or more AR-15s according to The Washington Post and Ipsos. That is one in 20 people who own the semi-automatic weapon. A new reporting series by The Washington Post title AMERICAN ICON explores how the AR-15 became America’s favorite gun. Joining us on today’s program is Alex Horton, National security

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00:59:14

Battlegrounds w/ H.R. McMaster: Latin America:...

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2023/06/06

Podcast: Battlegrounds w/ H.R. McMaster: International Perspectives (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Battlegrounds w/ H.R. McMaster: Latin America: Perspective from Peru on Politics and Economics | Hoover InstitutionPub date: 2023-05-17In this episode of Battlegrounds, H.R. McMaster and Julio Guzmán discuss Peruvian politics, increasing Chinese influence in Latin America, and political, security, and economic trends in the region. Insights from a Peruvian policy scholar and

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01:04:20

Kathryn J. McGarr, "City of Newsmen: Public Lies and...

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2023/06/01

Podcast: New Books in Communications (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Kathryn J. McGarr, "City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington" (U Chicago Press, 2022)Pub date: 2023-05-19Kathryn McGarr’s City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington (U Chicago Press, 2022) explores foreign policy journalism in Washington during and after World War II—a time supposedly defined by the press’s blind patriotism and groupthink. McGarr

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00:49:51

Gold Mining And Resource Nationalism In Kyrgyzstan

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2023/05/09

Podcast: Majlis (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Gold Mining And Resource Nationalism In KyrgyzstanPub date: 2023-04-30A recent Oxus Society report on Kyrgyzstan’s resource nationalism raises questions concerning officials’ messaging about the economic value of extracted mineral wealth and environmental conservation. The report finds that Kyrgyzstan’s vast gold reserves have enriched only a select few, and mining has caused irreparable ecological damage. Authorities often target

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00:27:46

Alcohol Central: Don't Drink Gachagua's Myth

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2023/05/03

Podcast: The African TrumpetEpisode: Alcohol Central: Don't Drink Gachagua's MythPub date: 2023-04-22In recent weeks, lawmakers and politicians in Kenya, including Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua have decried the alleged spectre of widespread alcoholism and sparked a nationwide hysteria. There is only one problem; all available data from state agencies, civil society, and global health firms do not back up their alarming claims about an alcoholism problem in Kenya. So what is the so-called war on

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00:33:28

How Waco Became a Right-Wing Rallying Cry

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2023/04/26

Podcast: The Political Scene | The New Yorker (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: How Waco Became a Right-Wing Rallying CryPub date: 2023-04-13Donald Trump recently staged the first major rally of his 2024 Presidential campaign in Waco, Texas. Thirty years ago, a botched federal raid on the compound of the Branch Davidians—a heavily-armed splinter group of the Seventh-day Adventist Church dominated by the charismatic David Koresh—led to a harrowing fifty-one-day siege. Just twenty

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00:58:00

From Mali to Dubai: The United Arab Emirates &...

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2023/04/19

Podcast: Voices of the Middle East and North Africa (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: From Mali to Dubai: The United Arab Emirates & African goldPub date: 2023-04-07Now approaching seventy tons annually, gold has replaced cotton as Mali’s leading export, turning that country into Africa’s third-largest gold producer. The primary destination of artisanal gold seems to be the United Arab Emirates. By all evidence, the gold that shines in the souks of Dubai is the product of a complex web

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01:10:19

Environmentalism in Russia after the Invasion of...

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2023/04/19

Podcast: Chatter (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Environmentalism in Russia after the Invasion of Ukraine with Laura HenryPub date: 2023-04-06Since the days of the USSR, the Russian people have expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of the country's environment. The post-Soviet years witnessed an explosion of grassroots, professional, and government-affiliated groups to advocate in this space, but widespread public support and lasting impact on government policy haven't developed

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00:58:28

The Maoist legacy in Chinese private enterprise, with...

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2023/04/12

Podcast: Sinica Podcast (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: The Maoist legacy in Chinese private enterprise, with Chris MarquisPub date: 2023-03-30This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Chris Marquis, a professor at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School, and formerly at Cornell’s business school, about the book he co-authored with Kunyuan Qiao,Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise.In it, they examine how even in China's private sector, socialization into the

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01:09:52

CLIVE HOLES | History of Standard Arabic | Conversations

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2023/04/12

Podcast: The afikra Podcast (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: CLIVE HOLES | History of Standard Arabic | ConversationsPub date: 2023-03-31Clive Holes talks about the relationship between standard and non-standard Arabic, cultural myths of the history of Arabic, and the vectors impacting the evolution of Arabic.Clive Holes received his education from High Arcal Grammar School, Trinity Hall (Cambridge University), Wolfson College (Cambridge University), and Birmingham University. He

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00:38:38

Ep. 40 Guatemala: Indigenous Struggles Against The State

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2023/04/05

Podcast: Latin America Review (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Ep. 40 Guatemala: Indigenous Struggles Against The StatePub date: 2023-03-26We speak to Cindy Forster, Professor at Scripps College, about her work in Guatemala and the struggles of the country’sThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Kawsachun News, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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