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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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Cuba in Africa with Piero Gleijeses

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2023/02/08

Podcast: Cosmopod (LS 43 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Cuba in Africa with Piero GleijesesPub date: 2023-01-30Rudy joins Piero Gleijeses, author of Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington and Africa, 1959–1976 and Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976–1991 for a short discussion on Cuba's internationalist efforts in Africa. We discuss the start of Piero's project, and how he was allowed access to the Cuban archives and his

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00:39:20

Logan Gates, Human Rights in the Latin American...

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2023/02/08

Podcast: C4eRadio: Sounds of EthicsEpisode: Logan Gates, Human Rights in the Latin American TraditionPub date: 2023-01-27Logan Gates, Human Rights in the Latin American Tradition by Centre for Ethics, University of TorontoThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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01:29:36

Uprising In China: The Roots, Nature, and Trajectory...

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2023/02/01

Podcast: Haymarket Books Live (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Uprising In China: The Roots, Nature, and Trajectory of the ResistancePub date: 2023-01-23Join Spectre for a discussion of the roots of the uprising, the various struggles expressed in it, and its impact and possible trajectory. An unprecedented, national wave of protests and labor actions have swept China. This Spectre Live panel moderated by David McNally and featuring Eli Friedman, Stephanie Wang, Rayhan Asat, and

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00:43:39

A Tunisia Without Ennahda? — with Monica Marks and...

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2023/02/01

Podcast: The Lede (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: A Tunisia Without Ennahda? — with Monica Marks and Erin Clare BrownPub date: 2023-01-20Two years after his 2021 power grab, Tunisian President Kais Saied is still struggling to consolidate his rule. His appeal to supporters was largely predicated on his promises to fix the country’s economic crisis — a promise he has failed catastrophically to deliver on. And yet despite rising inflation and shortages of basic goods, no coherent

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00:43:03

This is Democracy – Episode 225: Brazil

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2023/02/01

Podcast: This is Democracy (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: This is Democracy – Episode 225: BrazilPub date: 2023-01-24This week, Jeremi and Zachary are joined by Professor Seth Garfield to discuss Brazil’s history and current political climate. Zachary sets the scene with his poem entitled, “Brazilia Lament” Seth Garfield is a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of: Indigenous Struggle at the Heart of Brazil: […]The

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01:00:48

Benjamin Hegarty, "The Made-Up State: Technology,...

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2023/01/24

Podcast: New Books in Political Science (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Benjamin Hegarty, "The Made-Up State: Technology, Trans Femininity, and Citizenship in Indonesia" (Cornell UP, 2022)Pub date: 2023-01-15In The Made-Up State: Technology, Trans Femininity, and Citizenship in Indonesia (Cornell UP, 2022), Benjamin Hegarty contends that warias, one of Indonesia's trans feminine populations, have cultivated a distinctive way of captivating the affective, material, and spatial

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00:34:06

Peter Frankopan: China’s New Silk Roads

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2023/01/24

Podcast: Faith Angle (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Peter Frankopan: China’s New Silk RoadsPub date: 2023-01-16This episode is lifted directly from one of the most fascinating sessions of November’s Faith Angle Europe, where Dr. Peter Frankopan opened a two-and-a-half-hour session available in its entirety below. Peter is the Professor of Global History at Oxford University’s Worcester College, and alongside Theresa Fallon, the founder of a Brussels think tank focusing on Russia

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00:28:32

"In the Storms of Transformation": History of Balkan...

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2023/01/18

Podcast: The Slavic Connexion (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: "In the Storms of Transformation": History of Balkan Migration and Globalization with Ulf BrunnbauerPub date: 2023-01-08On this episode, Cullan sits down with lauded historian Ulf Brunnbauer, managing director of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies in Regensburg, Germany, whose research on the social history and anthropology of Southeast Europe reveals that the Balkan region is in many ways more

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00:16:09

Making Space(s) for Arts and Culture in Libya

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2023/01/18

Podcast: Maghrib in Past & Present | Podcasts (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Making Space(s) for Arts and Culture in LibyaPub date: 2023-01-05Episode 152: Making Space(s) for Arts and Culture in Libya In this episode, Hadia Gana, founder of Bayt Ali Gana, and Faraj Alsileeni, Cultural Manager at Tanarout Organization for Libyan Creativity, share their experiences opening community spaces for art and culture in Libya. Providing two generations of perspective, the speakers find

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01:32:31

Texas and the Roots of U.S. Fascism w/ Gerald Horne

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2023/01/18

Podcast: Guerrilla History (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Texas and the Roots of U.S. Fascism w/ Gerald HornePub date: 2023-01-06In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back returning fan favorite Professor Gerald Horne to discuss his latest book The Counter-Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U. S. Fascism. As always, the conversation with Prof Horne is incredibly enlightening and very entertaining. We hope you get some use from it! Gerald Horne

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00:48:52

The Death of Covid Zero?

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2023/01/10

Podcast: The Little Red Podcast (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: The Death of Covid Zero?Pub date: 2022-12-15Finally, China’s sloughing off the Zero Covid policy it’s embraced for three years. This followed a spasm of discontent, with people taking to the streets to demonstrate against Zero Covid, in protests that quickly spilled over to demand democracy and Xi Jinping's resignation. Beijing’s adaptive authoritarianism is in full sight, as the state eases Covid controls and reverses

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00:57:18

TALK | The Northern Sea Route: The Anthropology of...

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2023/01/10

Podcast: The Ellison Center at the University of WashingtonEpisode: TALK | The Northern Sea Route: The Anthropology of Russian Arctic Mega InfrastructurePub date: 2023-01-02The Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the University of Washington presents the first talk (12/1/2022)in the 2022-2023 REECAS Lecture Series on Russia in the Arctic. Valeria Vasilyeva (Ph.D. in Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences) is a research fellow at the Center for Arctic Social

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00:58:34

Sean Metzger, "The Chinese Atlantic: Seascapes and...

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2023/01/10

Podcast: New Books in African Studies (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Sean Metzger, "The Chinese Atlantic: Seascapes and the Theatricality of Globalization" (Indiana UP, 2020)Pub date: 2022-12-16In The Chinese Atlantic: Seascapes and the Theatricality of Globalization (Indiana University Press, 2020), Sean Metzger proposes a new analytical frame through which to understand discourses of globalization: the so-called Chinese Atlantic. Elaborating on and complicating various Atlantic

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01:11:40

Episode 88: Christopher L. Miller

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2022/12/21

Podcast: Tourist Information (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 88: Christopher L. MillerPub date: 2022-12-09Christopher L. Miller is retired professor in the Department of French and the Department of African American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of Blank Darkness: Africanist Discourse in French, published by the University of Chicago Press. His new book "Impostors: Literary Hoaxes and Cultural Authenticity" examines a series of literary hoaxes, deceptions that

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00:27:44

Feminist Revolution in Egypt, with Yasmin El-Rifae

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2022/12/21

Podcast: The Gateway - A Podcast from the Middle East (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Feminist Revolution in Egypt, with Yasmin El-RifaePub date: 2022-12-14In this episode, we hear from Yasmin El-Rifae, writer and author of Radius: A Story of Feminist Revolution (Verso, 2022). Radius is the story of the women and men who formed Opantish—Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment—who deployed hundreds of volunteers, scouts rescue teams, and getaway drivers to intervene in the spiralling cases

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00:53:01

Behind the News: The Italian Bourgeoisie w/ Paolo...

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2022/12/21

Podcast: Jacobin Radio (LS 59 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Behind the News: The Italian Bourgeoisie w/ Paolo GerbaudoPub date: 2022-12-12Natalia Petrzela, author of Fit Nation, discusses the history of physical culture in the US. Then Doug interviews Paolo Gerbaudo on the weakness of the Italian bourgeoisie.Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here:

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01:01:56

Sports and Society in the Maghreb (Webinar)

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2022/12/13

Podcast: LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Sports and Society in the Maghreb (Webinar)Pub date: 2022-12-02This panel, co-organised with the Society for Algerian Studies, explored the relationship between sports and society in the Maghreb. Panellists from across academia and the media discussed the historical development of sport in the region, as well as the relationship between gender and sport. With Morocco and Tunisia qualifying for the 2022 Men's

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00:44:14

RASHID AL RAHMANI | Arab Animation: From Japan to the...

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2022/12/13

Podcast: The afikra Podcast (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: RASHID AL RAHMANI | Arab Animation: From Japan to the Arab World | ConversationsPub date: 2022-12-11Rashid Al Rahmani talked about his work as an animator and illustrator. Al Rahmani discussed the superhero projects that AC Comics AE are working on.Created and hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikraEdited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/About the afikra Conversations:Our long-form

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00:51:34

Gated Communities and Peripheral Growth in Latin...

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2022/12/13

Podcast: Sur-Urbano Episode: Gated Communities and Peripheral Growth in Latin American Cities with Nora Libertun de DurenPub date: 2022-12-07In this episode, returning cohost Aurora Echeverría and I talk to Nora Libertun on her article, “Peripheral Growth in Latin American and Caribbean Metropolis: Gated Communities and Path Dependence”. Nora was great to talk to because she is a practitioner – currently working in the Inter-American Development Bank – but has also taught at numerous universities,

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00:40:20

Echoes of 1989: where the protests go next

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2022/12/07

Podcast: Chinese Whispers (LS 50 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Echoes of 1989: where the protests go nextPub date: 2022-11-29Comparisons with 1989’s Tiananmen Square protests are too often evoked when it comes to talking about civil disobedience in China. Even so, this weekend’s protests have been historic. It’s the first time since the zero Covid policy started that people across the country have simultaneously marched against the government, their fury catalysed by the deaths of ten

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