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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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00:52:35

Asylum and Extraction in The Republic of Nauru

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2023/03/29

Podcast: UNSW Kaldor CentreEpisode: Asylum and Extraction in The Republic of NauruPub date: 2023-03-21Scientia Professor Jane McAdam AO talks to Julia Morris about her new book, 'Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru' on 23 February 2023. This book provides an extraordinary glimpse into Nauru’s offshore processing arrangement and its impact on islanders, workforces, and migrant populations. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Nauru, Australia, and Geneva, as well as the archives of the

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01:38:21

The "Iraq War" did not end w/ Amir Taha

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2023/03/29

Podcast: The East is a Podcast (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: The "Iraq War" did not end w/ Amir TahaPub date: 2023-03-24Amir Taha is a PhD student at the University of Amsterdam. Check out his earlier episode, "Resisting Saddam." Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcastThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist), which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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01:25:22

Ethiopia's New Dam Tilts the Balance of Power / Ann...

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2023/03/22

Podcast: This Is Hell! (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Ethiopia's New Dam Tilts the Balance of Power / Ann NeumannPub date: 2023-03-08We have on Ann Neumann to discuss her new Baffler article: "Hydropower: A dam on the Nile roils democratic relations in the Horn of Africa" Jeff delivers a new Moment of Truth and the Question From Hell Contest freewheels into its cathartic culmination.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from This Is Hell!, which is the property of its

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01:18:58

The rise and destruction of the Jewish fashion industry

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2023/03/22

Podcast: Berkeley Talks (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: The rise and destruction of the Jewish fashion industryPub date: 2023-03-10Uwe Westphal, author of the 2019 book, Fashion Metropolis Berlin 1836-1939: The Story of the Rise and Destruction of the Jewish Fashion Industry, discusses Berlin's once-thriving Jewish fashion industry and how the Nazi confiscations of Jewish-owned companies in the years before World War II led to the industry's demise."The destruction of the entire

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01:22:07

"Our Rights to Self-Determination: a Hawaiian...

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2023/03/22

Podcast: The Green Flame (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: "Our Rights to Self-Determination: a Hawaiian Manifesto" with Anne Keala KellyPub date: 2023-03-10On this episode, Max Wilbert speaks with Anne Keala Kelly about her new short book, "Our Rights to Self-Determination: a Hawaiian Manifesto." In addition to being an author, Keala is a filmmaker, journalist, podcaster, and writer. Her published articles and Op-Eds have appeared in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The Nation, Indian

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00:45:03

Sesame Street and Soviet culture

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2023/03/15

Podcast: Arts & Ideas (LS 54 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Sesame Street and Soviet culturePub date: 2023-03-02Muppets in Moscow is Natasha Lance Rogoff's account of launching a Russian version of the American tv series Sesame Street. If a single announcer supplies the dialogue dubbing when a foreign film is shown in Russia where do you find the technical skills you need? Should you feature exclusively ethnically Russian actors or include nationalities from former Soviet republics? What

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00:36:54

Meeting the Mughals: England’s disastrous first...

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2023/03/15

Podcast: History Extra podcast (LS 70 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Meeting the Mughals: England’s disastrous first embassy to IndiaPub date: 2023-03-06In 1616, when the first English embassy was installed in Mughal India, England was a minor player on the global stage rather than a leading actor. Nandini Das explores what the challenges of this embassy can tell us about England’s unequal relationship with India at the time – and reveals how the future dominance of the British empire

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00:45:18

What it means to be Irish and Ireland’s Identity and...

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2023/03/15

Podcast: Arash's World PodcastEpisode: What it means to be Irish and Ireland’s Identity and Future: Fintan O’Toole on Culture & Religion Amidst a Rapidly Changing WorldPub date: 2023-03-05In this episode, I have the great pleasure to speak with Fintan O’Toole, Irish Times Columnist, Princeton University Professor, and Author of the factual and critically acclaimed historical memoir “We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland”! Fintan talks about the various changes and challenges

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00:20:13

Let’s Talk: The Dystopian Underworld of South...

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2023/03/07

Podcast: Views and News with Clarence FordEpisode: Let’s Talk: The Dystopian Underworld of South Africa’s Illegal Gold MinesPub date: 2023-02-27Zain speaks to Kimon De Greef freelance journalist and researcher from South Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CapeTalk, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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01:33:58

Realignments (w/ Timothy Shenk)

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2023/03/07

Podcast: Know Your Enemy (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Realignments (w/ Timothy Shenk)Pub date: 2023-02-27Early in Timothy Shenk's absorbing, provocative recent book, Realigners: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy, he describes it as "a biography of American democracy told through its majorities, and the people who made them." Looking at American figures from Martin Van Buren to Charles Sumner to Mark Hanna to Phyllis Schlafly and

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00:25:36

Who's behind the Wagner Group?

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2023/03/07

Podcast: The Inside Story Podcast (LS 43 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Who's behind the Wagner Group?Pub date: 2023-02-24A recent row involving the Wagner Group in Ukraine has revealed its role in the war. So, who's behind the private military group that Russia is said to rely on? And how is it serving Russia's global outreach? Join host Tom McRae. Guests: Peter Eltsov - Professor of International Security Studies. Catrina Doxsee - Associate Director and the Center for Strategic and

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01:51:44

Helen Yaffe, "We Are Cuba!: How a Revolutionary...

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2023/03/01

Podcast: New Books in Political Science (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Helen Yaffe, "We Are Cuba!: How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World" (Yale UP, 2020)Pub date: 2023-02-17In the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba faced the start of a crisis that decimated its economy. Helen Yaffe examines the astonishing developments that took place during and beyond this period. Drawing on archival research and interviews with Cuban leaders, thinkers, and

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00:53:01

Behind the News: Indian Capitalism w/ Jairus Banaji

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2023/03/01

Podcast: Jacobin Radio (LS 59 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Behind the News: Indian Capitalism w/ Jairus BanajiPub date: 2023-02-21Anatol Lieven discusses the slim prospects for peace in Ukraine and growing bellicosity towards China. Jairus Banaji, author of an article for Phenomenal World, talks about the politicized structure of Indian capitalism, and the scandal surrounding Gautam Adani.Hindenburg report on the Adani Group: https://hindenburgresearch.com/adani/Behind the News, hosted

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00:49:08

Can Lula fix the Amazon?

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2023/03/01

Podcast: The Real Story (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Can Lula fix the Amazon?Pub date: 2023-02-17Brazil’s newly-elected president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has pledged to protect the Amazon and to reach zero deforestation by 2030. During a recent meeting with US President Biden, Lula said the rainforest had been "invaded" under the previous administration. His predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, relaxed environmental protections, encouraging mining and logging in the Amazon that he

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00:24:06

The Military-NFL Alliance

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2023/02/22

Podcast: The Brian Lehrer Show (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: The Military-NFL AlliancePub date: 2023-02-14Jake Nevins, writer and digital editor at Interview Magazine, talks about his story in New York Review of Books about the history of the alliance between football and militarism -- and how that plays out today, in segments like the one the NFL aired during this year's Super Bowl that featured former player Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan. "Hit the

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01:00:33

The 1990s and the Cancellation of the Future | Chuck...

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2023/02/22

Podcast: Hidden Forces (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: The 1990s and the Cancellation of the Future | Chuck KlostermanPub date: 2023-02-06In Episode 296 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Chuck Klosterman, a bestselling author and essayist whose work focuses on American popular culture. His most recent book about the 1990s describes a decade that happened long ago, but not nearly as long ago as it seems. The 1990s happened between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the

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00:57:28

JUSTIN K. STEARNS | Contagion & Plague in Al-Andalus...

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2023/02/22

Podcast: The afikra Podcast (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: JUSTIN K. STEARNS | Contagion & Plague in Al-Andalus | ConversationsPub date: 2023-02-13Justin K. Stearns talked about his work as professor of Arab Crossroads Studies at NYUAD and his research in contagion and diseases in Al-Andalus and North Africa.Justin Stearns received his BA in English and History from Dartmouth College in 1998 and his PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University in 2007. He is a Professor of

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00:34:03

Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and...

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2023/02/15

Podcast: The US-China Podcast (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA’s Covert War in ChinaPub date: 2023-02-01 Agents of Subversion reconstructs the story of a botched mission into Manchuria, placing it in the context of a wider CIA campaign against China. In the winter of 1952, the CIA flew a covert mission into China to pick up an agent. One of the Americans on the mission, a recent Yale graduate named John T. Downey, ended up a

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00:27:23

Uruguay’s Cash Cow

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2023/02/15

Podcast: The Documentary Podcast (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Uruguay’s Cash CowPub date: 2023-02-02Cattle are part of Uruguay’s DNA. There are around 4 cows to every one of their tiny 3.5 million population of people and beef is their main export. But how do they compete against their mighty, better known neighbours; Argentina and Brazil? In this week’s Assignment Jane Chambers travels to the country’s lush, green pastures to find out about how they keep their cash cow

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01:25:12

Book launch: Marriage Migration and Dispossession of...

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2023/02/08

Podcast: Studies in National and International Development Podcast SeriesEpisode: Book launch: Marriage Migration and Dispossession of Matrimonial Choice in Neoliberal India (26.01.2023) with Dr Reena KukrejaPub date: 2023-01-30Drawing from her recent book, “Why Would I Be Married Here? Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India” (Cornell University Press 2022), Dr. Kukreja examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India who seek brides from

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