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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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00:37:38

Sarah-Neel Smith on art and development in mid-20th...

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2022/05/17

Podcast: Turkey Book Talk (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Sarah-Neel Smith on art and development in mid-20th century TurkeyPub date: 2022-05-09Sarah-Neel Smith on “Metrics of Modernity: Art and Development in Postwar Turkey” (University of California Press). The book paints a vivid portrait of Turkey's art world in the 1950s and how it reflected early Cold War ideas of national development, individual enterprise and global integration. Become a member to support Turkey Book Talk

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01:29:40

Will China & Russia create an alternative financial...

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2022/05/11

Podcast: The Global Gambit (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Will China & Russia create an alternative financial system to evade sanctions over Ukraine?Pub date: 2022-05-02Episode OutlineWill the events in Ukraine result in a new Cold War between the West and an intensified Russo-Sino Axis? Could China offset the sanctions imposed upon Russia? Will Russia become a vassal state to China? What is the prospect of Russia using cryptocurrencies to bypass the financial constraints against

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00:57:56

Global Covid-19 vaccine inequality | Karrar Karrar,...

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2022/05/11

Podcast: Global Development Institute podcast (LS 25 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Global Covid-19 vaccine inequality | Karrar Karrar, Lara Dovifat & Ken ShadlenPub date: 2022-05-03While the Covid-19 pandemic has caused enormous devastation and disruption in health, social and economic terms, the remarkably quick development of Covid-19 vaccines is an enormous achievement. Yet despite frequent statements that “it's not over anywhere, until it’s over everywhere”, the distribution of

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01:25:38

W. African Women's Development (Part 1) w/ Takiyah...

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2022/05/11

Podcast: Guerrilla History (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: W. African Women's Development (Part 1) w/ Takiyah Harper-ShipmanPub date: 2022-04-29In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on the fantastic Africana studies scholar, Professor Takiyah Harper-Shipman, to talk about West African women's development, Sankara, AFRICOM, and more! Due to time constraints, this episode will act as an introduction to these topics for our next conversation with Professor Harper-Shipman,

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00:35:56

Emily Hoge on the Strange Evolution of Russian...

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2022/05/04

Podcast: The Lawfare Podcast (LS 68 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Emily Hoge on the Strange Evolution of Russian Veterans OrganizationsPub date: 2022-04-25Emily Hoge is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, writing a dissertation on Russian veterans groups from the Afghan war and their evolution over time. She wrote a recent piece in Lawfare about how these groups, which started as anti-war, anti-state, pro-veterans activist organizations, morphed into a big part of

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00:54:13

Marta Dyczok and Andriy Kulykov on the Media,...

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2022/05/04

Podcast: Democracy Paradox (LS 43 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Marta Dyczok and Andriy Kulykov on the Media, Information Warriors, and the Future of UkrainePub date: 2022-04-26I heard a verified story of a person who made his way with his family from an occupied town listening to our broadcast, because we were telling them where it was dangerous for them to go and where it was more or less safe to go. So, radio actually saves lives. I probably cannot save lives otherwise. But I can with

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00:54:03

What's in your cup? Coffee production in Colombia

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2022/05/04

Podcast: 13 (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: What's in your cup? Coffee production in ColombiaPub date: 2022-04-25Join Professor of Geography Peter Klepeis, Co-Owner of the downtown Hamilton coffee roaster Fojo Beans Dan Joseph, and professor and coffee expert from the Universidad of the Andes Andres Guhl for an in-depth discussion about coffee production, a Colgate Sophomore Residential Seminar trip to the country, and the real meaning behind coffee labels Organic and bird safe in

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01:08:18

Kishore Mahbubani: The Return of Asia in the 21st...

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2022/04/27

Podcast: Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Kishore Mahbubani: The Return of Asia in the 21st CenturyPub date: 2022-04-14Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Kishore Mahbubani, discusses his latest book, The Asian 21st Century, in which he relates US decline to the rise of plutocracy and Asia's renewed rise - after having fallen behind in the last 200 years - to its growing sense of dynamism,

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00:56:26

Temur Umarov: The Economic Relationships of Central...

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2022/04/27

Podcast: The Arts of Travel (LS 34 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Temur Umarov: The Economic Relationships of Central Asia, Russia & ChinaPub date: 2022-04-17I spoke to policy expert Temur Umarov on the economic relationships between Central Asia, Russia & China as well as how regional policies (Xinjiang, One Belt One Road, The War in Ukraine) are impacting capitalism throughout the region. It's a fascinating conversation on Neoliberalism, Shock Therapy, and the global importance of

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00:50:43

Chris Coyne on Manufacturing Militarism

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2022/04/27

Podcast: The Great Antidote (LS 34 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Chris Coyne on Manufacturing MilitarismPub date: 2022-04-15Send us a Text Message.Chris Coyne is an economics professor at George Mason University and the author of several books, including Manufacturing Militarism: US Government Propaganda in the War on Terror, coauthored with Abigail Hall. Today we talk about the US war on terror, propaganda, and its implications for free society. Never miss another AdamSmithWorks

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01:08:45

Darren Byler, "Terror Capitalism: Uyghur...

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2022/04/20

Podcast: New Books in Gender (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Darren Byler, "Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City" (Duke UP, 2022)Pub date: 2022-04-13The continuing crisis in Xinjiang has, thanks to the work of many scholars and reporters, led to greatly increased awareness of the region's history and Uyghur population among publics outside China. But so far less appreciated have been the specific ways in which the targeted regime of

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00:25:32

The Objects That Made Britain

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2022/04/20

Podcast: Dan Snow's History Hit (LS 75 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: The Objects That Made BritainPub date: 2022-04-10What can art tell us about a country's history? Well, a lot! In today's episode, Dan is joined by Art Historian Temi Odumosu and popular historian James Hawes to discuss the cultural works they think reveal something vital about the history of Britain.James enthuses about the Staffordshire Hoard- the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found and what it tells us

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01:09:16

Episode 99: Historicizing the Search for Roots

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2022/04/20

Podcast: The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life. (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 99: Historicizing the Search for RootsPub date: 2022-04-10Do you do genealogical research? In this episode, historian Francesca Morgan talks about her new book A Nation of Descendants: Politics and the Practice of Genealogy in U.S. History. She discusses Americans' fascination with tracking family lineage through three centuries and how the

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01:01:13

Pedro Sanchez and Western Sahara with Nazha Elkhalidi...

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2022/04/13

Podcast: The Sobremesa Podcast (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Pedro Sanchez and Western Sahara with Nazha Elkhalidi #SaharalibrePub date: 2022-03-30Alan and Eoghan (the new co-host!) discuss recent events linked with Pedro Sanchez and Western Sahara, the last part of Africa to have not been through the decolonization process that Spain is still responsible for. We talk about how it is related to Spain's monarchy and the history of its occupation. Following this Eoghan interviews

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00:56:31

Sa'ed Atshan and Katharina Galor, "The Moral...

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2022/04/13

Podcast: New Books in Anthropology (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Sa'ed Atshan and Katharina Galor, "The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians" (Duke UP, 2020)Pub date: 2021-12-17Berlin is home to Europe’s largest Palestinian diaspora community and one of the world’s largest Israeli diaspora communities. Germany’s guilt about the Nazi Holocaust has led to a public disavowal of anti-Semitism and strong support for the Israeli state. Meanwhile, Palestinians in Berlin report

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00:59:15

The High Price of American Exceptionalism on the Earth

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2022/04/13

Podcast: Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: The High Price of American Exceptionalism on the EarthPub date: 2022-03-31Do you buy into American Exceptionalism? Politicians of both parties do. But what does it mean to the planet? On this show professor Aviva Chomsky sheds light on the aspects of exceptionalism we don’t want to see. Technical tweaks alone are not going to address our carbon debt which the less wealthy nations are now forced to

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01:13:24

12 Wayne Au - Beyond Neoliberal Multiculturalism:...

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2022/04/07

Podcast: Collective Intellectualities (LS 23 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: 12 Wayne Au - Beyond Neoliberal Multiculturalism: Social Justice Education in a Post-Trump AmericaPub date: 2022-03-24Wayne Au, Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington-Bothell, joins us this episode to discuss the tensions present in the practice of multicultural and social justice education in the contemporary moment. Wayne’s scholarship and activism engages issues of

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00:50:32

Ana Yolanda Ramos-Zayas, "Parenting Empires: Class,...

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2022/04/07

Podcast: New Books in Gender (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Ana Yolanda Ramos-Zayas, "Parenting Empires: Class, Whiteness, and the Moral Economy of Privilege in Latin America" (Duke UP, 2020)Pub date: 2022-03-28In Parenting Empires: Class, Whiteness, and the Moral Economy of Privilege in Latin America (Duke University Press, 2020), Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas focuses on the parenting practices of Latin American urban elites to analyze how everyday experiences of whiteness, privilege, and

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00:27:50

The house that Viktor built

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2022/04/07

Podcast: The Documentary Podcast (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: The house that Viktor builtPub date: 2022-03-29The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, is running for a fourth consecutive term. The election is on 3 April. But now it is taking place against the background of a war on Hungary’s border, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Mr Orban is proud of the personal relationship he has established with Vladimir Putin, and proud of what he calls the “Hungarian Model”,

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00:58:46

SEPADPod With Mohammad Kalantari

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2022/03/30

Podcast: Richardson InstituteEpisode: SEPADPod With Mohammad KalantariPub date: 2022-03-22On this episode Simon speaks with Dr Mohammad Kalantari, Research Fellow in International Relations and Co-Director of Centre for Islamic & West Asian Studies at Department of Politics and International Relations. Mohammad’s research lies in the International Relations of the Middle East with a particular focus on the interaction of regional doctrines, elite ideologies, and political Islam. He is the author of

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