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31:32

'Unlearning Race' with Thomas Chatterton Williams

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2019/04/15

On this episode of Trending Globally, Watson Economics Professor Glenn Loury talks with writer Thomas Chatterton Williams. Williams’s 2010 memoir ‘Losing My Cool: Love, Literature, and a Black Man’s Escape from the Crowd,’ [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/304246/losing-my-cool-by-thomas-chatterton-williams/9780143119623/] combined cultural criticism with his own personal story, of falling in (and out) of love with hip hop culture growing up. His forthcoming book ‘Self Portrait in Black and

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26:44

Mark & Carrie - Keep Calm and Carrie On

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2019/04/14

Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the week's news. Today's topics include, the Notre Dame fire, Mueller Report, Bernie, Brexit (and the destruction of the Torre party), "Handsy" Joe, measles and vaccinations in a post-facts world, and Mark & Carrie's take on Coachella. You can read a transcript of this episode here:

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28:21

The Untold Story of Gay Brazilian Revolutionary...

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2019/04/01

On this episode of Trending Globally, Sarah Baldwin talks with James Green, a professor of Latin American History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at The Watson Institute [https://watson.brown.edu/brazil/]. His newest book, 'Exile within Exiles' [https://www.dukeupress.edu/exile-within-exiles], tells the story of Herbert Daniel, a gay Brazilian revolutionary and activist, who fought for wide-ranging social and political rights in Brazil from the 1960s until his death in 1992. **You can

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22:05

Making Sense of Brexit

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2019/03/25

On this week's episode of Trending Globally, Sarah Baldwin talks with Nick Ziegler, an expert in European politics at the Watson Institute [https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/ziegler]. They discuss how Brexit might affect Britain, Europe, and the world, what exactly is making it so difficult to follow through on, and why the idea of the UK leaving Europe gained such momentum in the first place. You can read a transcript of this episode here:

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23:46

Mark & Carrie - College scandals, troubled aircrafts,...

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2019/03/18

Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the week's news. Today's topics include, the tragic mass-shooting in New Zealand, what's wrong with Boeing's airplanes, the college admission scandal, how Captain Marvel brings us hope, and the odd sensation of agreeing with President Trump. You can read a transcript of this episode here:

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27:37

Governing Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

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2019/03/15

On this episode of Trending Globally, Sarah Baldwin talks with Watson Fellow Nick Barnes about the formal and informal ways Rio de Janeiro’s favelas are governed. Much of his work focuses on Complexo Maré, a district in Rio de Janeiro made up of 16 interconnected favelas. In Complexo Maré, gangs have often done the work of governments, from social welfare programs to public safety. But when Rio was chosen to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics, that dynamic began to change. You

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28:09

Reflections on the Fight for Social Justice in India

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2019/03/10

On this episode of Trending Globally Sarah Baldwin talks with Aruna Roy [https://watson.brown.edu/southasia/people/aruna-roy], one of India’s most prominent activists. In 1968 Roy joined the Indian Administrative Service, but left in 1975 to work directly with poor and marginalized communities. In 1987, she and two other activists founded MKSS (The Association for the Empowerment of Labourers and Farmers). They’ve fought for everything from the right to work to food security to government

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24:30

Special Episode: Madeleine Albright on The Sanford...

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2019/03/04

This week, something a little different. We at Trending Globally came across a great podcast produced by the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University [https://sanford.duke.edu/], and we wanted to share it with you. It’s called Policy 360 [https://sites.duke.edu/policy360/]. On it, Sanford School Dean Judith Kelley interviews scholars, policymakers, and politicians about some of the most pressing public policy issues today. So this week on Trending Globally: a special episode from Policy

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23:39

Opening the 'Black Box' of Congressional Procedure

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2019/02/23

*Update: Arenberg's book 'Congressional Procedure' has been named a Foreword INDIES 2018 Book of the Year Finalist [https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/congressional-procedure/] .* Richard Arenberg knows the inner workings of Congress better than almost anyone. He spent over 30 years on Capitol Hill as senior staff for Senators George Mitchell, Carl Levin, and Paul Tsongas. Today he’s a Visiting Professor in Political Science at Brown University, and a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute

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20:54

Behind the Numbers of America's Opioid Crisis

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2019/02/16

On this episode of Trending Globally,: a deep dive into the opioid crisis. Guest host Susan Moffitt, Director of the Taubman Center for American Policy and Politics [https://watson.brown.edu/taubman/], talks with Brandon Marshall, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health [https://vivo.brown.edu/display/bm8]. Marshal is an expert in the epidemiology of substance abuse, and presented on his work this February at a conference hosted by the Watson Institute and

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21:43

Mark & Carrie - No Pun This Week

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2019/02/12

Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the week's news. Today's topics include Trump’s declaration of a ‘national emergency’, Amazon’s Valentine’s Day break-up with NYC, The Green New Deal, insect extinction and humanity's inability to focus on climate change, and the incomprehensible progression of Brexit. You can read a transcript of this episode

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28:10

Populism Around the World

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2019/02/10

On this episode of Trending Globally [https://soundcloud.com/watsoninstitute/sets/trending-globally], Sarah Baldwin speaks with Sam Wilkin, an economist, political risk consultant, and fellow at the Watson Institute [https://watson.brown.edu/people/visiting/wilkin]. In 2015 Sam started to work on a book about the history of populist movements around the world. At the time people weren’t too interested in what he was saying. Then Donald Trump was elected President, and people became very interested

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19:59

The Surprising Politics of...Fish?

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2019/02/04

Whether it’s the economics of small-scale farming, or the environmental impact of a fast food hamburger, what we eat is about way more than just nutrition. On this episode of Trending Globally, Sarah Baldwin talks with Ross Cheit [https://watson.brown.edu/public-policy/people/faculty/ross-cheit], a political science Professor at the Watson Institute who helps Brown students make these connections in a class he designed called ‘Politics of Food.’ But the more time he’s spent on this topic, the more

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19:32

Emily Oster on nutrition, research, and the challenge...

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2019/01/27

Whether we’re thinking about parenting, pregnancy, or public health, Brown economist Emily Oster [https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/oster] likes to challenge conventional wisdom. One of Oster’s most recent papers, posted at the National Bureau of Economic Research, is about a subject that’s full of conventional wisdom: the American diet [https://www.brown.edu/research/projects/oster/sites/brown.edu.research.projects.oster/files/uploads/OsterBehavioralSelection_December2018.pdf]. In it, Oster

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26:05

Mark & Carrie - Post Mark

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2019/01/21

Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the week's news. Today's topics include the continued government shutdown, early thoughts on the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary, what the media got right and wrong about the Covington Catholic story, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's marginal tax rate proposal, Brexit as Greek Tragedy, Venezuela's uncertain

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28:38

Thinking Big on Criminal Justice Reform

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2019/01/17

On this episode of Trending Globally, host Sarah Baldwin speaks with Adaner Usmani [https://watson.brown.edu/people/postdocs/usmani] and Terry-Ann Craigie [https://www.brown.edu/academics/population-studies/people/person/terry-ann-craigie-0] about the web of issues surrounding criminal justice in America. Terry-Ann Craigie is an Associate Professor of Economics at Connecticut College, a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, and a visiting faculty at Brown's

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27:28

Fixing Medicaid in a Fragmented Democracy

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2019/01/13

On this episode of Trending Globally, Margaret Weir, a political scientist at the Watson Institute, spoke with Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University Jamila Michener [https://www.jamilamichener.net/] about her book 'Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism and Unequal Politics' [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fragmented-democracy/9A69DF1567190EF38883D4766EBC0AAC]. Michener explains how Medicaid’s effects go far beyond hospitals and health clinics. A complex federal program

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24:28

The Power of Transnational Advocacy Networks

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2019/01/09

Sometimes, in the world of social justice organizing, it can seem like there are actually two worlds. One is made up of theoreticians and scholars. The other is made up of organizers on the ground. Legal scholar and Dejusticia Executive Director César Rodríguez-Garavito [https://www.dejusticia.org/en/responsible/cesar-rodriguez-garavito-2] and Watson Senior Fellow Peter Evans [https://watson.brown.edu/people/fellows/evans] want us to challenge this distinction. On this episode of Trending Globally,

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17:39

(Re)Defining "Girls' Education"

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2019/01/02

From The United Nations’ 'Decade of the Girl-Child' to the White House’s ‘Let Girls Learn,’ investing in education for girls has become a global priority. On this episode of Trending Globally, Sarah Baldwin talks with Shenila Khoja-Moolji [https://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/skhoja/], Professor of Gender studies at Bowdoin College, about questions regarding girls' education that are often overlooked: which girls do we choose to teach? What sort of subjects should they learn? What do governments

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19:30

Sebastian Junger on Community, Belonging, and His...

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2018/12/23

On this episode, we revisit one of our favorite interviews from 2018. Watson Professor Rose McDermott [https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/mcdermott] spoke with journalist Sebastian Junger about his book 'Tribe,' [http://www.sebastianjunger.com/tribe-by-sebastian-junger/] and about what military culture can teach us when it comes to rebuilding our civic life back home. You can read a transcript of this episode here:

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