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Scholars’ Circle – Reforming Federal Emergency...

The Scholars" Circle ·

2025/02/03

Climate change is intensifying natural disasters such as hurricanes, storms, and wildfires and making them more frequent. Yet President Trump has proposed eliminating the federal emergency management agency, FEMA, that responds to disasters. Why was FEMA created and how effective has it been? [ dur:58mins. ]Timothy Kneeland, History, Politics, Law, Director, Center of Public History, Nazareth University. He's the author of Declaring Disaster, Buffalo's Blizzard of 77, and the creation of FEMA,

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Scholars’ Circle – US orders withdrawal from WHO ; ...

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2025/01/29

The United States has announced its intention to leave the World Health Organization. What does this mean for the US, for the WHO and for campaigns to maintain global health? [ dur: 29mins. ]Sofia Gruskin is a Director of IIGH and Distinguished Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences and Law at USC. She is a co-author of Listening is Believing: Can Oral History Catalyze Greater Investment in Health and Human Rights?. Laura Ferguson is a Director of Program on Global Health & Human

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Scholars’ Circle – Dr. Martin Luther King Legacy and...

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2025/01/22

To commemorate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. we discuss Dr King's life, his work, his legacy and his memory. We then explore the impact of Dr King and his memory on contemporary issues, including the role of women on the movement and the security of people of color as embodied in the Black Lives Matter movement. What is the meaning of Dr King's dream today? [ dur: 58mins. ]David Garrow is Professor of History and Law at the University of Pittsburgh and Former Senior Research Fellow at

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Scholars’ Circle – Sober view on Wildfire mitigation...

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2025/01/12

Western US is ablaze with intense and widespread fires. What role does climate change, forest management, overpopulation, and resource management play in the increasingly devastating fire seasons worldwide? How can climate mitigation and adaptation complicate forest management? [dur: 58mins. ]George Perry is a Professor at the School of Environment at the University of Auckland. He studies the effects of humans on forest ecosystems. He is the co-author of many publications including, Positive

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Scholars’ Circle – Author interview – The Digital...

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2025/01/06

The fourth amendment has protected privacy for Americans. But with new technologies, smart phones, the internet, and other devices, our protections are easily compromised. Will protecting privacy in the digital age require a new Digital 4th Amendment? We interview Orin Kerr author of The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in our Online World [ dur: 58mins. ] Orin Kerr is a professor of law at Stanford Law school. His new book titled The Digital Fourth Amendment Privacy and policing in

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Scholars’ Circle – Samuel Ringgold Ward: A life of...

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2024/12/28

The history of anti-slavery activism is a rich and important period in American history. But there are so many stories that still have yet to be written.Samuel Ward is one of those activists; an important figure in the African-American activist community working against slavery and racism, whose story is largely lost. Our guest R. J. M. Blackett is addressing this need to tell Ward’s story in a new book, Samuel Ringgold Ward: A life of Struggle. [ dur: 58mins. ] R. J. M. Blackett is Andrew

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Scholars’ Circle – Why voters should strike down Dark...

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2024/12/22

Money can distort politics. And the lack of transparency where this money comes from can further distort politics and invite corruption. Since much of the money in campaign finance is not subject to transparency laws, it has taken the name dark money. This specifically references spending by nonprofit organizations created for political spending. How much has dark money skewed American democracy? What role does transparency in spending play in ensuring the legitimacy of democracies? [ dur: 58mins

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Scholars’ Circle – Determining Genocide ; Dark side...

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2024/12/14

Tuesday December 10 , 2024 was a Human Rights Day. When human rights are denied, we view genocide with two specific questions: Who internationally makes a determination that violence and atrocities are in fact genocide? And what if anything changes when there is a finding that atrocities are genocide?We explore whether a legal approach is the best way to determine whether political violence and atrocities are genocide or is a political or social approach more effective. And does discourse on

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Scholars’ Circle – Meskhetian Turks, their struggle...

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2024/12/10

History of Meskhetian Turks who are stateless and struggling to exist as people among nations like Turkey, Georgia, Romania and Armenia. We will discuss this population and its unique challenges in Russia and its population also has a unique and important position within the United States. [ dur: 32mins. ] Steve Swerdlow, Esq. is Associate Professor of the Practice of Human Rights in the Department of Political and International Relations at the University of Southern California. He writes

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Scholars’ Circle – COP29 , its outcome and looking...

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2024/12/03

COP 29 in Azerbaijan has just ended. These annual meetings are intended to advance the cause of combating climate change. And while the meetings did result in an agreement, there has been intense criticism both within the attendees and critics from outside the halls of the meetings about this agreement. And of course the United States just elected a President who considers climate change to be a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese. On this show, we explore what developed at COP 29, and what this means

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Scholars’ Circle – Moldova Election 2024 – November...

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2024/11/25

The small Southeastern European nation of Moldova sits at a crossroads. Once a part of the former Soviet Union, the nation has long ties to Central Europe (and in particular Romania). And recent political developments expose this tension. In October, the nation -reelected President Maia Sandu, despite allegations of Russian interference to aid her opponent Alexandr Stoianoglo. And the nation passed a referendum advocating membership in the European Union, but with a very slim majority. And it has

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Scholars’ Circle – Abortion/reproductive rights &...

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2024/11/18

In the 2024 election, voters reaffirmed the right to abortion in many states while the nation still elected an anti-abortion president, and anti-abortion majority in both the senate and the house of representatives. What does this mean for abortion rights in the US.Aziza Ahmed is Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. She is the author of The Future of Facts: The Politics of Public Health and Medicine in Abortion Law, Informed Decision Making and Abortion: Crisis Pregnancy Centers,

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Scholars’ Circle – Insights on 2nd Trump Presidency –...

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2024/11/10

Election Day 2024 has come and gone. And the US elected Donald Trump and a huge red wave that turns every branch of government and every lever of power to the Trump-dominated Republican Party. What does this mean for the nation and the world? We look forward today at the US and the world in 2025 and beyond. Jeremi Suri is Professor in the Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. He holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in

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Scholars’ Circle – LGBTQ communities and their impact...

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2024/11/03

LGBTQ communities are marginalized in so many places around the world. While their presence in international politics is growing, they still face quite a lot of threats and challenges. We explore LGBTQ communities and their impact on global politics.S. N. Nyeck is Associate Professor of Africana Studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author of African(a) Queer Presence: Ethics and Politics of Negotiation (Palgrave 2021) and co-author of

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Scholars’ Circle – Election by gerrymandering and a...

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2024/10/28

First, we discuss gerrymandering and redistricting and what it means for the upcoming elections on First Tuesday of November 2024. Christian Gross is the professor of political science and public policy at the University of Southern California. He is also the academic director of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy. He is the author of Congress in Black and White, Race and Representation in Washington at Home, and co-author of numerous pieces, including campaign finance

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Scholars’ Circle – Election issues of Tariff on...

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2024/10/21

I “the most beautiful word in the English language is tariff.” That is a direct quote from former President and current Republican candidate for President Donald Trump. On most issues that involve funding, when the former President is asked how he intends to pay for a proposal, his response is to increase tariffs. In 2018 the US initiated a round a tariffs and a trade war with China. And after his election in 2020, President Biden has left most of the tariffs in place and increased tariffs in other

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Scholars’ Circle – Water issues and challenges faced...

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2024/10/13

As part of our ongoing series on the important issues that confront the US in the 2024 election we look at access to safe water and lessons learned from the Ellicott city floods. Segment 1: Although Access to safe drinking water is a human right, millions of people in the United States do no have access to safe water. Lead in the pipes is the most well-known cause but there are many others. What can be done to fix the nation's water delivery systems? What have we learned from the Flint case? [ dur:

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Scholars’ Circle – Foreign Policy differences of...

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2024/10/06

From now until November’s American election, we will cover issues that confront the nation and the world and on which we expect people will vote. For today’s show, we will explore the differences between Vice-President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s nominee for President, and former President Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s nominee for President in their foreign policies. What are likely the different ways each candidate would address foreign policy issues if elected President. It was

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Scholars’ Circle – Cyber killing of targeted...

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2024/10/01

Israel used devices loaded onto personal communications devices like pagers to launch attacks against the Lebanese group Hezbollah. The bombs detonated throughout Lebanon, and killed several Hezbollah members while wounding countless others. What was Israel’s motivation in using such an unorthodox approach to attack its adversaries? Is it acceptable to use these devices under international humanitarian and human rights law? And what does this attack indicate for the future of conflict between

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Scholars’ Circle – Unleashing of Cyber-attacks that...

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2024/09/24

Cyber operations and cyber threats have become a greater fear in world politics and everyday life. But just how much of a threat are they? And how have they changed the way nations interact and conduct diplomacy? Hosted by Doug Becker. [ dur: 26mins. ]Brandon Valeriano is Assistant Professor at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University. He is the co-author of Cyber Strategy: The Evolving Character of Cyber Power and Coercion and Cyber War versus Cyber

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