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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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01:02:40

The Fight for The Congo w/ Vijay Prashad

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2024/10/30

Podcast: Upstream (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: The Fight for The Congo w/ Vijay PrashadPub date: 2024-10-22Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe Democratic Republic of Congo, or The DRC, is—despite being in one of the most resource-rich regions on the planet—one of the poorest countries in the world. It sits atop a wealth of minerals that form the central components to much of our technology in the 21st century, and yet, none

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01:17:23

Episode 45: Georgia's Neoliberal Lock-in with Tato...

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2024/10/29

Podcast: Reimagining Soviet Georgia (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Episode 45: Georgia's Neoliberal Lock-in with Tato KhundadzePub date: 2024-10-17Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationGeorgia’s trade dynamics with the EU have not improved, even though it signed a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) in 2014. The Georgian export basket deteriorated qualitatively since that time. Specifically, Georgia’s export basket

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00:58:38

One Year of Genocide: Diana Buttu on Israel’s...

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2024/10/19

Podcast: The Mondoweiss Podcast (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: One Year of Genocide: Diana Buttu on Israel’s Brutality and the Fight for JusticePub date: 2024-10-11Today’s episode was recorded just before the one-year anniversary of October 7th, the date marking the beginning of the most recent iteration of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. Unfortunately, we missed the release date, but we still felt it was crucial to share this conversation as events continue to unfold. Since

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00:35:45

The Creation of Modern China

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2024/10/09

Podcast: Dan Snow's History Hit (LS 75 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: The Creation of Modern ChinaPub date: 2024-09-29On the 1st of October 1949, a huge crowd gathered in Tiananmen Square. In the shadow of Beijing's imperial Forbidden City, they listened as Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, proclaimed the birth of the People's Republic of China. The trials and tribulations of the Chinese people were over, he told them, and their liberation from the shackles of

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00:59:10

From Rockefeller Republicanism to Trumpism: How Did...

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2024/10/04

Podcast: Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: From Rockefeller Republicanism to Trumpism: How Did We Get Here?Pub date: 2024-09-27“People think of Nelson Rockefeller as the epitome of moderate Republicanism.” But what appears to be a clean break from this tradition is really an evolution. Author Professor Marsha E. Barrett explains how the shift to the right was something in which the “moderate” actually participated.The

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00:46:46

E176 - The United States vs Social Democracy in...

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2024/09/26

Podcast: American Prestige (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: E176 - The United States vs Social Democracy in Ecuador w/ Ryan Grim and Jose OlivaresPub date: 2024-09-17Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site News, and investigative journalist José Olivares join the show to talk about their recent piece for Drop Site revealing how Ecuador’s US-linked attorney general is using her office to attack the country’s left. The group gives the background of Rafael Correa and his left-wing

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01:07:29

Free Bonus - A Progressive China Policy w/ Jake Werner

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2024/09/18

Podcast: American Prestige (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Free Bonus - A Progressive China Policy w/ Jake WernerPub date: 2024-09-09Danny and Derek speak with Jake Werner, acting director of the East Asia Program at the Quincy Institute, about his recent brief, “A Program for Progressive China Policy.” They define the current state of US policy toward China before exploring the background of US-China alignment starting in the neoliberal turn, the fundamental misconception of what’s

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00:29:49

Making Gender Great Again? The Legacy of Colombia’s...

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2024/09/13

Podcast: The World Stage Episode: Making Gender Great Again? The Legacy of Colombia’s Historic AgreementPub date: 2024-09-02In 2016 in Havana, the Colombian government signed a peace agreement with the FARC-EP guerilla, after several years of first secret, and then official, negotiations. The Havana talks and peace agreement have been acclaimed as the most gender inclusive in history. 8 years later, what is happening with the implementation of the agreement, and what are women’s roles in peace

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01:34:20

Episode 39 - Dill & Haque: IHL and the IDF's Conduct...

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2024/09/05

Podcast: JIB/JAB Podcast (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 39 - Dill & Haque: IHL and the IDF's Conduct of Hostilities in GazaPub date: 2024-08-15Janina Dill of the University of Oxford and Adil Haque of Rutgers Law School return to the podcast to address the question of whether it is possible now, while hostilities are still ongoing, to assess whether some aspects of the IDF's conduct of hostilities may be in violation of IHL. The question is germane because many argue that one

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00:59:58

Lobbying for Zionism: A History

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2024/09/05

Podcast: KPFA - Letters and Politics (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Lobbying for Zionism: A HistoryPub date: 2024-08-14Guest: Ilan Pappe is Professor of History at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of several books, including the bestselling The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine; A History of Modern Palestine; and his latest, Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the

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00:45:00

Episode 61 – Land and Identity in Africa with Kevin...

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2024/08/18

Podcast: Unpacking 1619 - A Heights Libraries Podcast (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Episode 61 – Land and Identity in Africa with Kevin C. DunnPub date: 2024-07-23Kevin C. Dunn, the Donald R. Harter ’39 Professor of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Hobart and William Smith Colleges talks about his book, Politics of Origin in Africa: Autochthony Citizenship, and Conflict. Prof. Dunn discusses how concepts of origins and land help define African politics, both consolidating and

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00:32:17

Transfeminism in Brazilian Literature | prof. Luciana...

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2024/08/11

Podcast: NeoTalkEpisode: Transfeminism in Brazilian Literature | prof. Luciana Namorato (Indiana University)Pub date: 2024-08-02In 2016 Brazilian transgender activist and writer Amara Moira published her memoir titled “What if I was a prostitute” in which she wrote about her experiences as a prostitute in the city of São Paulo and raised questions related to transphobia and prostitution. Published in a country that, statistically, is considered one of the most transphobic in the world, the book

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01:13:42

3392 - The Profit Seekers Between Government and The...

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2024/08/11

Podcast: The Majority Report with Sam Seder (LS 64 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: 3392 - The Profit Seekers Between Government and The People w/ Anne KimPub date: 2024-07-29Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Anne Kim, contributing editor at Washington Monthly magazine, to discuss her recent book Poverty For Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump-Harris polling, the fight over Harris’ platform, continuing Israeli escalation

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01:03:28

Long Reads: Israel's Triple Jeopardy w/ John Reynolds

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2024/07/31

Podcast: Jacobin Radio (LS 59 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Long Reads: Israel's Triple Jeopardy w/ John ReynoldsPub date: 2024-07-25Last week, the International Court of Justice issued a landmark ruling on the status of Israel’s occupation of Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. Israel is currently facing several challenges through the international legal system. The ICJ has also been hearing a South African case that accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. And the prosecutor of the

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00:47:25

E167 - The Early Days of Imperial America w/ Emily...

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2024/07/27

Podcast: American Prestige (LS 54 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: E167 - The Early Days of Imperial America w/ Emily Conroy-KrutzPub date: 2024-07-16Danny and Derek sit down with Emily Conroy-Krutz, historian of nineteenth-century America specializing in the global history of the early American republic, to talk about the volume she co-edited with Michael Blaakman and Noelani Arista, The Early Imperial Republic: From the American Revolution to the U.S.–Mexican War. They explore the

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01:15:01

Ibrahim Shikaki on the Political Economy of Palestine

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2024/07/17

Podcast: Conjuncture (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Ibrahim Shikaki on the Political Economy of PalestinePub date: 2024-07-08In this episode, Jordan T. Camp speaks with economist Ibrahim Shikaki about the political economy of Palestine, the economic impacts of prolonged occupation, and waves of protests against the war in Gaza in this turbulent conjuncture. Conjuncture is a web series and podcast curated and co-produced by Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton with support of

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00:36:28

What is Populism? From the Farmers' Alliance to Trump

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2024/07/12

Podcast: American History Hit (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: What is Populism? From the Farmers' Alliance to TrumpPub date: 2024-07-04In the long unanswered question of whether the established elite truly support the concerns of ordinary people, a supposed hero arises: Populism.But what is Populism? Where did it come from? And is this political approach from the late 19th century reflected anywhere in today's politics?Don speaks to Steve Babson, author of seven books including

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01:30:40

Downstream: The Israel Lobby Is Real. Here’s Exactly...

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2024/07/05

Podcast: Novara Media (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Downstream: The Israel Lobby Is Real. Here’s Exactly How It Works w/ Illan PappéPub date: 2024-06-26If you mention the Israel lobby in the mainstream media then, more often than not, you’ll face accusations of antisemitism. There are of course people who talk about the Israel lobby in antisemitic terms, but that doesn’t undermine the fact that it exists, and has existed for well over a century.This week’s guest is Israeli

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01:49:07

Commune to Capitalism - Decollectivization of...

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2024/06/27

Podcast: Guerrilla History (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Commune to Capitalism - Decollectivization of Agriculture in China w/ Zhun XuPub date: 2024-06-21In this episode of Guerrilla History, we once again have our great friend and comrade Zhun Xu, whom you should remember from two previous episodes of the show, North Korea & Industrial Agriculture as well as Sanctions Against China & Their Political Economy. Here, we discuss Zhun fantastic book From Commune to Capitalism:

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00:53:01

Behind the News: The Hindu Right w/ Siddhartha Deb

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2024/06/20

Podcast: Jacobin Radio (LS 59 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Behind the News: The Hindu Right w/ Siddhartha DebPub date: 2024-06-10Siddhartha Deb, author of Twilight Prisoners, dives into the Hindu right and its poor showing in India’s elections. Sean Jacobs, professor at the New School and publisher of Africa Is a Country, explains the ANC’s poor showing in South Africa’s elections.Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex

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