Best American Freedom Alliance Podcasts (2024)

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Naosuke Mukoyama, "Fueling Sovereignty: Colonial Oil and the Creation of Unlikely States" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 57:44

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European colonialism was often driven by the pursuit of natural resources, and the resulting colonisation and decolonization processes have had a profound impact on the formation of the majority of sovereign states that exist today. But how exactly have natural resources influenced the creation of formerly colonised states? And would the world map …

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Freedom Alliance (Healing the Wounds of War) 29:51

2d ago29:51

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Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Tom Kilgannon, President of Freedom Alliance, to discuss the programs provided to those who have served and sacrificed for our country, from efforts supporting active-duty servicemembers to their families to veterans.By NewsRadio WFLA (WFLA-AM)

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E61: Parenting Pitfalls: Red Flags and Their Impact on Student Success 20:00

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Send us a Text Message. Have you ever wondered how seemingly small parenting choices can drastically affect a child's performance and attitude in school? On this episode of the Conservative Classroom, you’ll gain eye-opening insights into the red flags teachers notice when interacting with parents and students. We explore the impact of dismissing s…

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Chris Haufe, "Do the Humanities Create Knowledge?" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:05:18

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There is in certain circles a widely held belief that the only proper kind of knowledge is scientific knowledge. This belief often runs parallel to the notion that legitimate knowledge is obtained when a scientist follows a rigorous investigative procedure called the 'scientific method'. In Do the Humanities Create Knowledge? (Cambridge UP, 2023), …

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M. Ramirez and D. Peterson, "Ignored Racism: White Animus Toward Latinos (Cambridge UP, 2020) 59:34

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Although Latinos are now the largest non-majority group in the United States, existing research on white attitudes toward Latinos has focused almost exclusively on attitudes toward immigration. Ignored Racism: White Animus Toward Latinos (Cambridge University Press) changes that. It argues that such accounts fundamentally underestimate the politica…

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Joanna Guldi, "The Dangerous Art of Text Mining: A Methodology for Digital History" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 1:07:40

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The Dangerous Art of Text Mining: A Methodology for Digital History (Cambridge UP, 2022) celebrates the bold new research now possible because of text mining: the art of counting words over time. However, this book also presents a warning: without help from the humanities, data science can distort the past and lead to perilous errors. The book open…

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Stop AAPI Hate & Mental Health Awareness Month 29:51

3d ago29:51

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Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Cynthia Choi, Co-Founder of Stop AAPI Hate. Cynthia Choi joins the show for Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month to discuss her organization’s work raising awareness for AAPI racism and discrimination. Plus, Dr. Stephen Soffer, Psychologist and Co-Chief of the Division of Out…

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E60: Financial Literacy in School and at Home w/ Vince Schorb, Founder of National Financial Educators Council 41:26

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Send us a Text Message. Unlock the door to financial freedom with Vince Schorb, founder of the National Financial Educators Council, as we explore the deep-seated connection between conservative values and financial literacy. Vince's journey from a youthful entrepreneur to a financial education crusader reveals how the principles of personal respon…

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Martin Dusinberre, "Mooring the Global Archive: A Japanese Ship and Its Migrant Histories" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:06:34

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In Mooring the Global Archive: A Japanese Ship and Its Migrant Histories (Cambridge UP, 2023), Martin Dusinberre follows the Yamashiro-maru steamship across Asian and Pacific waters in an innovative history of Japan's engagement with the outside world in the late-nineteenth century. His compelling in-depth analysis reconstructs the lives of some of…

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Mona Simion, "Resistance to Evidence" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 57:09

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We have increasingly sophisticated ways of acquiring and communicating knowledge, but efforts to spread this knowledge often encounter resistance to evidence. The phenomenon of resistance to evidence, while subject to thorough investigation in social psychology, is acutely under-theorised in the philosophical literature. Mona Simion's Resistance to…

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Anna Brinkman, "Balancing Strategy: Sea Power, Neutrality, and Prize Law in the Seven Years' War" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 55:40

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What is the relationship between seapower, law, and strategy? In Balancing Strategy: Seapower, Neutrality, and Prize-Law in the Seven Years' War (Cambridge University Press, 2024) Dr. Anna Brinkman uses in-depth analysis of cases brought before the Court of Prize Appeal during the Seven Years' War to explore how Britain worked to shape maritime int…

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Preventing Hot Car Deaths, The Child Mind Institute & Mental Health America 29:51

1d ago29:51

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Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Laura Dunn, NHTSA Highway Safety Specialist. Laura Dunn joins the show to discuss the partnership between the Ad Council and NHTSA on preventing hot car deaths, the leading cause of non-crash, vehicle-related fatalities for kids 14 and younger. Dr. David Anderson, Senior Psychologist & V…

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Adriana Chira, "Patchwork Freedoms: Law, Slavery, and Race beyond Cuba's Plantations" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 40:15

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In nineteenth-century Santiago de Cuba, the island of Cuba's radical cradle, Afro-descendant peasants forged freedom and devised their own formative path to emancipation. Drawing on understudied archives, this pathbreaking work, Patchwork Freedoms: Law, Slavery, and Race beyond Cuba's Plantations (Cambridge UP, 2022) unearths a new history of Black…

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Kunal M. Parker, "The Turn to Process: American Legal, Political, and Economic Thought, 1870-1970" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:02:07

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In The Turn to Process: American Legal, Political, and Economic Thought, 1870-1970 (Cambridge University Press, 2023), Kunal M. Parker explores the massive reorientation of American legal, political, and economic thinking between 1870 and 1970. Over this period, American conceptions of law, democracy, and markets went from being oriented around tru…

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E59: Reclaiming Education and Culture w/ Melvin Adams, Founder of Noah Webster Educational Foundation 53:43

15d ago53:43

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Send us a Text Message. Unlock the transformative power of education as we journey with Melvin Adams, the visionary behind the Noah Webster Educational Foundation. Together, we tackle the urgent need to intertwine conservative values with learning, discussing the ways informed leadership and grassroots movements can revolutionize school boards and …

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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention & Every Mother Counts 29:51

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Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Vic Armstrong, VP of Health Equity at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Vic Armstrong joins the show for Mental Health Awareness Month to discuss suicide trendlines in recent years, steps to prevent suicide, and its new ‘Talk Away the Dark’ campaign, empowering people to ha…

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David Tal, "The Making of an Alliance: The Origins and Development of the US-Israel Relationship" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 36:16

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Laying the foundation for an understanding of US-Israeli relations, this lively and accessible book provides critical background on the origins and development of the 'special' relations between Israel and the United States. Questioning the usual neo-realist approach to understanding this relationship, David Tal instead suggests that the relations …

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E58: School Board Insights: Empowering Change with Sherri Story of School Board Member Alliance of Virginia 45:01

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Send us a Text Message. Ever wondered about the driving forces shaping the education your children receive? Join us as Sherri Story, the fervent chairman and executive director of the School Board Member Alliance of Virginia, takes us behind the curtain of school board operations. Our riveting conversation navigates the terrain of student safety, a…

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Sean Griffin, "The Liturgical Past in Byzantium and Early Rus" (Cambridge UP, 2019) 55:44

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Dr. Sean Griffin's book, The Liturgical Past in Byzantium and Early Rus (Cambridge UP, 2019), takes on the question of the source materials for the Primary Chronicle, one of the most important texts for the study of medieval Russia. Griffin argues that key portions of the Chronicle have their origin in Byzantine liturgy. This thesis has broad impli…

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Donald Stoker, "Why America Loses Wars: Limited War and US Strategy from the Korean War to the Present" (Cambridge UP, 2019) 46:15

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In this provocative challenge to United States policy and strategy, former Professor of Strategy & Policy at the US Naval War College, and author or editor of eleven books, Dr. Donald Stoker argues that America endures endless wars because its leaders no longer know how to think about war in strategic terms and he reveals how ideas on limited war a…

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Lisa A. Kirschenbaum, "Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists: Ilf and Petrov's American Road Trip" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 1:03:43

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In 1935, two Soviet satirists, Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, undertook a 10,000-mile American road trip from New York to Hollywood and back. They immortalised their journey in a popular travelogue entitled One-storied America (published as Little Golden America in the US), a suite of newspaper articles, and a series of photographs. In Soviet Adventur…

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NAMI & The Jed Foundation 29:51

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Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Jessica Edwards, Chief Development Officer at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Jessica Edwards joins the show for Mental Health Awareness Month to discuss NAMI’s work supporting those impacted by mental illness, along with their awareness and educational efforts as the nat…

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Harris Mylonas and Maya Tudor, "Varieties of Nationalism: Communities, Narratives, Identities" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 45:31

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Nationalism has long been a normatively and empirically contested concept, associated with democratic revolutions and public goods provision, but also with xenophobia, genocide, and wars. Moving beyond facile distinctions between 'good' and 'bad' nationalisms, Varieties of Nationalism: Communities, Narratives, Identities (Cambridge University Press…

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E57: Championing Equality: Constitutional Law, DEI, and Compelled Speech w/ Attorney Dan Lennington 44:54

29d ago44:54

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Send us a Text Message. Attorney Dan Lennington from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty joins us to tackle the tough issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and equality in education. We dive into the shift from critical race theory to DEI in schools, explore the resurgence of race-based policies, and discuss the crucial role parents play …

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Jaume Aurell, "What Is a Classic in History?: The Making of a Historical Canon" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 48:01

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What is a classic in historical writing? How do we explain the continued interest in certain historical texts, even when their accounts and interpretations of particular periods have been displaced or revised by newer generations of historians? How do these texts help to maintain the historiographical canon? Dr. Jaume Aurell's innovative study What…

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Markus Vinzent, "Resetting the Origins of Christianity: A New Theory of Sources and Beginnings" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 43:01

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How do we know what we know about the origins of the Christian religion? Neither its founder, nor the Apostles, nor Paul left any written accounts of their movement. The witnesses' testimonies were transmitted via successive generations of copyists and historians, with the oldest surviving fragments dating to the second and third centuries - that i…

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Natalia Grincheva and Elizabeth Stainforth, "Geopolitics of Digital Heritage" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 56:30

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How are digital platforms transforming heritage? In Geopolitics of Digital Heritage (Cambridge UP, 2023), Dr Natalia Grincheva, Program Leader of the BA (Hons) Arts Management at the University of the Arts Singapore and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and Dr Elizabeth Stainforth, a lecturer in the School of Fine Art,…

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Federal Trade Commission & Children's Miracle Network Hospitals 29:51

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Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Maria Mayo, Associate Director for the FTC’s Division of Consumer Response and Operations & Larissa Bungo, Senior Attorney with the FTC’s Division of Consumer and Business Education. Maria and Larissa explain common scams and frauds, including how to spot them and what to do if you fall …

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Sudev Sheth, "Bankrolling Empire: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 1:12:27

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In this colorful book, historian Sudev Sheth traces how a family of diamond dealers deployed wealth to play off political leaders and survive the collapse of the Mughal Empire. The story highlights the unique role played by Jain and Hindu bankers in the daily affairs of Islamic, Hindu, and early colonial forms of Indian government. Bankrolling Empi…

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E56: Educator Roundtable: Testing, Tenure, and Tradition w/ Teachers Josh Bender and Courtney McHughes 44:09

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Send us a Text Message. As the school year reaches its crescendo, the quiet rumblings of discontent among conservative educators find a voice on our latest episode. Joined by passionate teachers Josh Bender and Courtney McHughes, we peel back the curtain on the trials and triumphs of instilling conservative values amidst the modern educational land…

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Asif Siddiqi on Rockets, Prisons, Pop Songs, and So Much More 1:07:54

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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Asif Siddiqi, Professor of History at Fordham University, about the arc of his career and his wide-ranging interests and work. The pair start by discussing Siddiqi's wonderful book, The Red Rockets' Glare: Spaceflight and the Russian Imagination, 1857-1957 (Cambridge University Press, 2014), a history o…

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Steven Nadler, "Spinoza: A Life" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 35:04

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Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) was one of the most important philosophers of all time; he was also one of the most radical and controversial. The story of Spinoza's life takes the reader into the heart of Jewish Amsterdam in the seventeenth century and, with Spinoza's exile from Judaism, into the midst of the tumultuous political, social, intellectual,…

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National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund & Onward Ops + The PenFed Foundation 29:51

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Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Bill Alexander, CEO of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Bill Alexander joins the show to discuss the upcoming 36th annual candlelight vigil for fallen law enforcement officers, along with information on the organization’s memorial and museum in Washington D.C., and it…

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Nicholas Terpstra, "Senses of Space in the Early Modern World" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 1:00:42

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How did early moderns experience sense and space? How did the expanding cultural, political, and social horizons of the period emerge out of those experiences and further shape them? Senses of Space in the Early Modern World (Cambridge University Press, 2024) by Dr. Nicholas Terpstra takes an approach that is both global expansive and locally roote…

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Plutarch as Philosopher and Political Thinker: A Conversation with Hugh Liebert 50:52

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Plutarch is one of history's most influential authors: his insights were foundational to thinkers ranging from William Shakespeare to Alexander Hamilton, Nietzsche to Montesquieu. Yet, today his writings have fallen out of favor, in part because the genre he pioneered, biography, has fallen out of favor within academia, though it retains popularity…

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Lorenza B. Fontana, "Recognition Politics: Indigenous Rights and Ethnic Conflict in the Andes" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 1:02:22

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Recognition Politics: Indigenous Rights and Ethnic Conflict in the Andes (Cambridge University Press, 2023) by Dr. Lorenza B. Fontana is a pioneering work that explores a new wave of widely overlooked conflicts that have emerged across the Andean region, coinciding with the implementation of internationally acclaimed indigenous rights. Why are grou…

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E55: Teacher Freedom Summit 2024 Sneak Peek w/ Eloise Smith of Freedom Foundation 35:42

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Send us a Text Message. Unlock the potential to transform education from within as Eloise Smith from the Freedom Foundation joins us for a pivotal discussion on the Teacher Freedom Summit 2024. This episode isn't just another conversation; it's a rallying cry for educators with conservative values looking for union alternatives and a sense of commu…

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Lawson R. Wulsin, "Toxic Stress: How Stress Is Making Us Ill and What We Can Do About It" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 28:51

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Our stress response system is magnificent - it operates beneath our awareness, like an orchestra of organs playing a hidden symphony. When we are healthy, the orchestra plays effortlessly, but what happens when our bodies face chronic stress, and the music slips out of tune? The alarming rise of stress-related conditions, such as heart disease, dia…

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Rasmus Winther, "Our Genes: A Philosophical Perspective on Human Evolutionary Genomics" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:09:11

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Situated at the intersection of natural science and philosophy, Our Genes: A Philosophical Perspective on Human Evolutionary Genomics (Cambridge University Press, 2023) explores historical practices, investigates current trends, and imagines future work in genetic research to answer persistent, political questions about human diversity. Readers are…

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Prevent Child Abuse America 29:51

23d ago29:51

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Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Dr. Melissa Merrick, President and CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America. Dr. Merrick joins the show for Child Abuse Prevention Month to discuss the different forms of child abuse, Prevent Child Abuse America’s work in public policy advocacy, and the resources it provides for communities an…

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Jae Hee Han, "Prophets and Prophecy in the Late Antique Near East" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:13:03

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In Prophets and Prophecy in the Late Antique Near East (Cambridge UP, 2023), Jae Han investigates how various Late Antique Near Eastern communities—Jews, Christians, Manichaeans, and philosophers—discussed prophets and revelation, among themselves and against each other. Bringing an interdisciplinary, historical approach to the topic, he interrogat…

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Egor Lazarev, "State-Building as Lawfare: Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 50:47

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State-Building as Lawfare: Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya (Cambridge University Press, 2023) by Dr. Egor Lazarev explores the use of state and non-state legal systems by both politicians and ordinary people in postwar Chechnya. The book addresses two interrelated puzzles: why do local rulers tolerate and even promote non-state le…

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E54: Revitalizing Hope and Preserving American Values w/ Bonnie Snyder, Author of Undoctrinate 54:40

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Send us a Text Message. Unlock the secrets to fostering a new generation of hopeful Americans as we sit down with Bonnie Snyder of Terra Firma Teaching Alliance. Experience a stimulating exchange on the role of education in preserving traditional values and igniting optimism in the heart of every student. Journey through the fabric of America's eig…

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Benoît Crucifix, "Drawing from the Archives: Comics Memory in the Contemporary Graphic Novel" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:00:00

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Following Art Spiegelman's declaration that 'the future of comics is in the past,' Drawing from the Archives considers comics memory in the contemporary North American graphic novel. Cartoonists such as Chris Ware, Seth, Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, and others have not only produced some of the most important graphic novels, they have also turned …

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Rabiat Akande, "Entangled Domains: Empire, Law and Religion in Northern Nigeria" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:30:51

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Set in Colonial Northern Nigeria, this book confronts a paradox: the state insisted on its separation from religion even as it governed its multireligious population through what remained of the precolonial caliphate. Entangled Domains: Empire, Law and Religion in Northern Nigeria (Cambridge UP, 2023) grapples with this history to offer a provocati…

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Prevent Cancer Foundation & Autism Society of America 29:51

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Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Jody Hoyos, CEO of the Prevent Cancer Foundation. For Cancer Prevention & Early Detection Month, Jody Hoyos joins the show to discuss the importance of cancer screenings and prevention strategies and the foundation’s work as the only US-based nonprofit organization solely dedicated to ca…

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E53: The School Board Summit and the Quest for Non-Partisan Governance w/ Cory Brewer, Education Counsel for Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty 38:24

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Send us a Text Message. In this enlightening episode, guest Cory Brewer, Education Counsel with Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), delves into the upcoming School Board Summit. Designed to equip Wisconsin school board members and candidates with the legal and policy knowledge necessary to promote common-sense education, prioritize studen…

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Yuliya Zabyelina, "Between Immunity and Impunity: External Accountability of Political Elites for Transnational Crime" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 52:31

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How do top-level public officials take advantage of immunity from foreign jurisdiction afforded to them by international law? How does the immunity entitlement allow them to thwart investigations and trial proceedings in foreign courts? What responses exist to prevent and punish such conduct? In Between Immunity and Impunity: External Accountabilit…

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FTC Experts on Scams and Frauds & National Nutrition Month 29:50

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Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Maria Mayo, Associate Director for the FTC’s Division of Consumer Response & Operations, and Larissa Bungo, Senior Attorney with the FTC’s Division of Consumer & Business Education. Experts from the FTC offer insight into some of the most common frauds and scams consumers need to be awar…

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Ignacio Cofone, "The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 27:20

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Our privacy is besieged by tech companies. Companies can do this because our laws are built on outdated ideas that trap lawmakers, regulators, and courts into wrong assumptions about privacy, resulting in ineffective legal remedies to one of the most pressing concerns of our generation. Drawing on behavioral science, sociology, and economics, Ignac…

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