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20:26

Mapping Social Mobility in America

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2018/12/17

In this episode, Mark Blyth talks with Watson economist John Friedman [https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/JFriedman] about his work charting social mobility in America. He and his colleagues have created the “Opportunity Atlas,” [https://opportunityinsights.org/] an interactive tool that uses U.S. Census Bureau data to map social mobility in great detail. It measures the likelihood of moving up in society based on where people live -- down to the block they grew up on [Read more:

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24:31

Yule Mark - Mark & Carrie's 2018 End of Year Roundup

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2018/12/08

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. In our 2018 year end wrap-up, Mark and Carrie discuss new twists in the Mueller investigation, state government lame-duck power grabs, the latest on Brexit, the riots in France, Angela Merkel's successor, gun control in the US, the 2020 presidential race, and the fate of one of Mark's favorite

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25:55

Translating Ancient Texts in the Middle of the Desert

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2018/12/04

Sarah Baldwin talks with Elias Muhanna [https://vivo.brown.edu/display/emuhanna] about an essay he wrote for the New Yorker [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-new-history-of-arabia-written-in-stone] in May 2018 in which he describes recent advances in translating pre-Islamic Arabic texts. The conversation focuses on the groundbreaking translations of Muhanna's friend and colleague Ahmad Al-Jallad and how his work has changed our understanding of life on the Arabian peninsula before

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18:54

Mark & Carrie [Nov 28, 2018]

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2018/11/26

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 California wildfires and the recent government climate report, the latest on Brexit, US midterm election postmortem, Facebook's continued existence as a platform for disinformation, the Trump tariffs and GM plant closings, Amazon and your personal data, DNA profiling,

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09:37

Building Watson

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2018/11/13

The footprint of the Watson Institute community just grew by 30,000 square feet. These are the voices of a few of the many individuals who made it happen. Special thanks to James Sisson, Senior Construction Manager, for his help in producing this episode. You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://watson.brown.edu/files/watson/imce/news/podcast/trending-globally/transcripts/E67_The%20Building%20Podcast_mixdown.pdf]

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13:27

Making Sense of Brazil's 2018 Presidential Election:...

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2018/10/30

In part three of this three part series, Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Jim Green, Professor of History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at Watson [watson.brown.edu/brazil], explore the implications of the 2018 Brazilian Presidential Election Comments by Jim Green in The Guardian: [www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/…idential-latest] You can read a transcript of this episode here:

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23:56

Domestic Violence Is a Public Health Problem

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2018/10/29

Vanessa Volz, executive director of Sojourner House [http://www.sojournerri.org], a resource and advocacy organization for victims of domestic and sexual abuse, joins Rose McDermott [https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/mcdermott], a political scientist and author of The Evils of Polygyny [https://www.amazon.com/Evils-Polygyny-Evidence-Society-Lectures/dp/1501718045], to talk about why everyone should care about safe and equitable relationships between men and women. Watch The Evils of Polygny

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14:15

Making Sense of Brazil's 2018 Presidential Election:...

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2018/10/22

In part two of this three part series, Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Jim Green, Professor of History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at Watson [watson.brown.edu/brazil], explore the implications of the upcoming 2018 Brazilian Presidential Election Comments by Jim Green in The Guardian: [www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/…idential-latest] You can read a transcript of this episode here:

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20:52

Mark & Carrie - Stop Complaining And Go Vote Mark

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2018/10/19

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 politicization of Jamal Khashoggi's murder, the 2018 midterm elections, Kanye's visit to the White House, Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Party identity, Trump's Trans-gender and Immigrant polices as "costless signals", more on Brexit, Prince Harry and Meghan announce

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54:35

Jeff Weaver – How Bernie Won

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2018/10/15

Jeff Weaver, campaign manager for the 2016 campaign of US Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States, presents his book, How Bernie Won: Inside the Revolution That's Taking Back Our Country -- and Where We Go from Here [https://www.amazon.com/How-Bernie-Won-Revolution-Country/dp/1250144752]. Weaver was also the campaign manager for Sanders' 2006 U.S. Senate election and chief of staff of Sanders' House and Senate offices. Moderated by James A. Morone

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15:28

California's Education Reform: Lessons From The Last...

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2018/10/07

This fall, education policy researchers released Getting Down to Facts II [http://gettingdowntofacts.com], a major report on preK-12 education in California. The findings reveal that reforms adopted since the original report was released in 2007 have put California on the right track, but funding challenges and student achievement gaps remain. Susanna Loeb [https://news.brown.edu/articles/2017/08/loeb], director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University

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19:35

Mark & Carrie - Mark It Place

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2018/10/01

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 Brett Kavinaugh, political polarization and the direction of the Supreme Court; The US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement, aka "New NAFTA"; China's election interference and trade negotiations (or lack thereof); Florida's red tide scare; Removal of MPG fleet requirements;

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13:16

Making Sense of Brazil's 2018 Presidential Election:...

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2018/09/29

In part one of this three part series, Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Jim Green, Professor of History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at Watson [https://watson.brown.edu/brazil], explore the implications of the upcoming 2018 Brazilian Presidential Election Comments by Jim Green in The Guardian: [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/04/brazil-election-explained-key-issues-candidates-bolsonaro-haddad-presidential-latest] You can read a transcript of this

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29:29

Music of 1968: Social Protest Then & Now

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2018/09/20

In spring 2018, Brown University's Department of Africana Studies kicked off 50 Years Since '68 [https://www.brown.edu/academics/africana-studies/events-programs/50-years-68], a year-long initiative that reflects on the meaning and significance of that year and examines the state of the world a half-century later. One of the events in the initiative was Music of 1968: A Change is Gonna Come, a four part series highlighting the music and movements of 1968. We interviewed several participants in that

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17:41

X Marks the Spot

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2018/09/15

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 Hurricane Florence and climate change rhetoric; Mark Tweets WWII German propaganda, and Hungary's modern day populism similarities; Nike's Kapernick Campaign and its backlash?; Anonymous OP-ED was NOT Mark, but is it a mis-aligned "hero", "protector" or a possibly a

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19:49

Democratic Erosion

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2018/09/11

Is democracy in decay? That's the central question animating a [http://democratic-erosion.com/] designed by Robert Blair, a political scientist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and colleagues in universities across the United States. The course, which has garnered [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/trumps-presidency-has-prompted-a-new-nationwide-college-course-on-why-democracies-collapse/2018/03/19/0b483652-165b-11e8-b681-2d4d462a1921_story.html?utm_term=.6dc9e68cbc25]

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28:38

Firearm Injury Prevention Is Not Gun Control

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2018/08/31

Firearm Injury Prevention Is Not Gun Control: A conversation with Dr. Megan Ranney. From mandatory seatbelts to effective anti-drug use campaigns, we've long used evidence-based approaches to make people safer--without infringing on their rights. Despite the near absence of federal funding for firearm safety research, Megan Ranney wants to bring science to bear on the issue of gun safety, bridging the gap between gun control and Second Amendment concerns. Ranney is a professor of emergency

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25:56

Birthmark – Turkey, Cambodia, US midterms, trade...

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2018/08/14

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 Trump's spat with Turkey; Cambodian Elections; the upcoming U.S. midterm elections; trade wars and Chinese IP theft; SCOTUS and the travel ban; Italy's bridge collapse, Greece, and the costs of austerity; 1 year anniversary of Charlottesville and the recent KKK rally; the

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22:19

Growing the Food Movement

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2018/08/14

Anna Lappé '95 is an expert on food systems, a sustainable food advocate, and the author of “Diet for a Hot Planet.” Dawn King, a lecturer at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, specializes in the study of local and US food policy and politics, climate change, and agriculture. Together they discuss local food economies, big food corporations, and how policy can help improve what's on our plate. Anna Lappé bio / "Diet for a Hot Planet" / Institute at Brown for

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11:58

The Climate-Value Paradox: What the Markets Are...

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2018/08/03

According to political scientist Jeff Colgan, climate change creates risks for oil companies, insurance companies, and property owners. But because governments, firms, and investors are reacting to climate forecasts in different ways, we can't rely on financial markets to accurately evaluate those risks. And taxpayers are most likely to pay the price. Jeff Colgan bio: [https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/colgan] Read More:

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