Best Agan Podcasts (2024)

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Cami D. Agan, "Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien's Legendarium" (Mythopoeic Press, 2024) 39:10

18d ago39:10

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The 13 essays collected in Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien's Legendarium (Mythopoeic Press, 2024) foreground processes of making and constructing Arda -- either within the Secondary world or for readers/viewers -- and thus continually assert that the habitations form a vital part of the tales within that…

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Why Is This Happening To Me? 36:05

4h ago36:05

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Have you ever wanted to ask God "Why"? Listen to this episode as Gordon Cloud shares his insights on Romans 8:28-29 and shares how to discover God's purpose in your suffering. Visit the GraceFlow website: www.graceflowministries.orgBy Gordon Cloud

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Jerry Brotton, "Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024) 53:50

4h ago53:50

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North, south, east and west: almost all societies use the four cardinal directions to orientate themselves, to understand who they are by projecting where they are. For millennia, these four directions have been foundational to our travel, navigation and exploration and are central to the imaginative, moral and political geography of virtually ever…

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Erika Engelhaupt, "Go to Hell: A Traveler's Guide to Earth's Most Otherworldly Destinations" (National Geographic, 2024) 55:58

1h ago55:58

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With Go to Hell: A Traveler's Guide to Earth's Most Otherworldly Destinations (National Geographic, 2024) by Erika Engelhaupt, you can go to hell and back with the help of this one-of-a-kind illustrated travel guide to real-life underworld destinations around the globe. Full of intrigue, lore, and plenty of brimstone and fire, each of the 54 destin…

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Erika Engelhaupt, "Go to Hell: A Traveler's Guide to Earth's Most Otherworldly Destinations" (National Geographic, 2024) 55:58

23m ago55:58

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With Go to Hell: A Traveler's Guide to Earth's Most Otherworldly Destinations (National Geographic, 2024) by Erika Engelhaupt, you can go to hell and back with the help of this one-of-a-kind illustrated travel guide to real-life underworld destinations around the globe. Full of intrigue, lore, and plenty of brimstone and fire, each of the 54 destin…

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Dariusz Wojcik et al., "Atlas of Finance: Mapping the Global Story of Money" (Yale UP, 2024) 1:17:25

15m ago1:17:25

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From the emergence of money in the ancient world to today’s interconnected landscape of high-frequency trading and cryptocurrency, the story of finance has always taken place on an international stage. Finance is one of the most globalized and networked of human activities, and one of the most important social technologies ever invented. Atlas of F…

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Patience In Suffering 28:11

6d ago28:11

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Suffering can be extremely difficult to endure. Thankfully, for the children of God, there is a wealth of grace that is more than enough to get us through the hard times of life. Listen to this episode and hear Gordon Cloud share from the Bible about the hope that God gives us during our trials. Visit our website, www.graceflowministries.org, for a…

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Omer Aijazi, "Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) 39:02

12d ago39:02

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Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) grapples with the afterlife of environmental disasters and armed conflict and examines how people attempt to flourish despite and alongside continuing violence. Departing from conventional approaches to the study of disaster and conflict that have dominated academic s…

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Technical Difficulties 1:45

6d ago1:45

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We are very sorry to announce that technical difficulties have occurred that prevent us from providing a new episode this week. Please pray that these issues will be resolved soon. In the meantime, feel free to catch up on earlier episodes or visit our ministry website, www.graceflowministries.org. God bless!…

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Episode 109: Anjali Adukia on restorative justice practices in schools 44:30

17d ago44:30

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Anjali Adukia talks about how using restorative justice practices in schools affects student behavior. “From Retributive to Restorative: An Alternative Approach to Justice in Schools” by Anjali Adukia, Benjamin Feigenberg, and Fatemeh Momeni. OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE: “Breaking Schools’ Rules: A Statewide Study of How School Discip…

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Kevin Sanson, "Mobile Hollywood: Labor and the Geography of Production" (U California Press, 2024) 39:22

12d ago39:22

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What is the future of the film industry? In Mobile Hollywood Labor and the Geography of Production (U California Press, 2024), Kevin Sanson, Professor of Media Studies and Head of the School of Communication at Queensland University of Technology, examines the way Hollywood film production has become a global industry. The book theorises Hollywood …

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Suffering With a Partner 31:10

25d ago31:10

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Do you ever feel alone in your suffering? Even if everyone has forsaken or forgotten you, you can rest assured that God hasn't. Listen to this episode as Gordon Cloud shares some insights from the Bible that will help you to see how God is at work in your suffering.By Gordon Cloud

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Alastair Bonnett, "40 Maps That Will Change How You See the World" (Ivy Press, 2024) 43:51

14d ago43:51

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40 Maps That Will Change How You See the World (Ivy Press, 2024) by Dr. Alistair Bonnett is a meticulously curated selection of 40 maps that spans the ages, from ancient parchment scrolls to cutting-edge digital creations. Each map is a window into a different facet of our world, shedding light on the complex interplay of geography, geopolitics, ar…

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Jamie Furlong and Will Jennings, "The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales" (Oxford UP, 2024) 50:22

15d ago50:22

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What is the connection between where people live and how they vote? In The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales (Oxford UP, 2024), Jamie Furlong a Research Fellow at the University of Westminster and Will Jennings Associate Dean Research & Enterprise and Professor at the University of Southampton, analyse the continuities and changes in hist…

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P. Djèlí Clark on Why He Writes 29:55

23d ago29:55

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P. Djèlí Clark is the author of acclaimed and award-winning speculative fiction, including the much-loved Dead Djinn universe books, Ring Shout, and his most recent, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins. We speak with him about why he writes, how he sees speculative fiction as a genre, whether we can expect to see more Dead Djinn books, the origins of his a…

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Sharad Chari, "Apartheid Remains" (Duke UP, 2024) 1:20:32

17d ago1:20:32

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Over the course of the 20th century, the South African state attempted to construct a “White Man’s Country” on the African continent using the biopolitical tools and spatial and economic planning strategies that characterized modern statecraft. My guest today, the geographer Sharad Chari, examines how racialized subaltern populations of Blacks, Ind…

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Cami D. Agan, "Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien's Legendarium" (Mythopoeic Press, 2024) 39:10

18d ago39:10

39:10

The 13 essays collected in Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien's Legendarium (Mythopoeic Press, 2024) foreground processes of making and constructing Arda -- either within the Secondary world or for readers/viewers -- and thus continually assert that the habitations form a vital part of the tales within that…

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Cami D. Agan, "Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien's Legendarium" (Mythopoeic Press, 2024) 39:10

18d ago39:10

39:10

The 13 essays collected in Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien's Legendarium (Mythopoeic Press, 2024) foreground processes of making and constructing Arda -- either within the Secondary world or for readers/viewers -- and thus continually assert that the habitations form a vital part of the tales within that…

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Kanupriya Dhingra, "Old Delhi's Parallel Book Bazaar" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 55:01

19d ago55:01

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Old Delhi's Parallel Book Bazaar (Cambridge UP, 2024) looks at Old Delhi's Daryaganj Sunday Book Market, popularly known as Daryaganj Sunday Patri Kitab Bazaar, as a parallel location for books and a site of resilience and possibilities. The first section studies the bazaar's spatiality - its location, relocation, and spatialization. Three actors p…

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Glorious Suffering 37:53

1M ago37:53

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How can suffering turn into something glorious? Listen as host Gordon Cloud shares insights from the Bible as to how God's grace works in our suffering to produce something extraordinary. www.graceflowministries.orgBy Gordon Cloud

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Ryan Emanuel, "On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice" (UNC Press, 2024) 45:35

21d ago45:35

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Despite centuries of colonialism, Indigenous peoples still occupy parts of their ancestral homelands in what is now Eastern North Carolina--a patchwork quilt of forested swamps, sandy plains, and blackwater streams that spreads across the Coastal Plain between the Fall Line and the Atlantic Ocean. In these backwaters, Lumbees and other American Ind…

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Yolonda Youngs, "Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon" (U Nebraska Press, 2024) 1:05:41

21d ago1:05:41

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Perhaps no American landscape is as iconic as the rainbow rocks of Arizona's Grand Canyon. Yet, as the geographer Yolonda Youngs argues, the Grand Canyon many people think they know is but one sliver of the story of the wider Grand Canyon as a historical and physical place. In Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon (U …

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Bananapocalypse: Plantation Southeast Asia and Its Many Afterlives 46:22

24d ago46:22

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This episode focuses on a cluster of issues of longstanding significance in Southeast Asia and in Southeast Asian Studies – plantation agriculture, global commodity chains or supply chains, exploitation of labour and environmental degradation, and resistance. To discuss these issues, we are joined by Dr. Alyssa Paredes, an environmental and economi…

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Surviving the Processing 29:43

1M ago29:43

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We all go through trials that seem life-altering. What is the point of these trials? Rest assured that God is at work, even when you can't see Him. Learn how you can have faith, even when it feels as if you are being "processed".By Gordon Cloud

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Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, "The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places" (MIT Press, 2024) 42:59

28d ago42:59

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An expressive book of prose and photographs that reveals the powerful ways our everyday places support our shared belonging. Where would you take someone on a guided tour of your neighborhood? In The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places (MIT Press, 2024), photographer and urbanist Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani introduces us to the comple…

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Grace Overcomes Depression 35:54

2M ago35:54

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GraceFlow host, Gordon Cloud, shares his personal experience with depression. Listen as he shares how depression came on him, how it made him feel, and how it very nearly caused him to make a fatal mistake. Hear how God's grace overcame his depression and brought him through the darkness.By Gordon Cloud

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Episode 13: Ariel White on short jail spells and subsequent voting behavior (REBROADCAST) 44:08

1M ago44:08

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Ariel White talks about the effect of short jail spells on subsequent voting behavior. This episode was first posted in October 2019. "Misdemeanor Disenfranchisement? The Demobilizing Effects of Brief Jail Spells on Potential Voters" by Ariel White. OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE: "Turnout and Party Registration among Criminal Offenders …

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Amir Alexander, "Liberty's Grid: A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 1:00:11

1M ago1:00:11

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Seen from an airplane, much of the United States appears to be a gridded land of startling uniformity. Perpendicular streets and rectangular fields, all precisely measured and perfectly aligned, turn both urban and rural America into a checkerboard landscape that stretches from horizon to horizon. In evidence throughout the country, but especially …

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David Kroening Seitz, "A Different Trek: Radical Geographies of Deep Space Nine" (U Nebraska Press, 2023) 59:20

1M ago59:20

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A different kind of Star Trek television series debuted in 1993. Deep Space Nine was set not on a starship but a space station near a postcolonial planet still reeling from a genocidal occupation. The crew was led by a reluctant Black American commander and an extraterrestrial first officer who had until recently been an anticolonial revolutionary.…

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Andrea E. Pia, "Cutting the Mass Line: Water, Politics, and Climate in Southwest China" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024) 1:17:06

1M ago1:17:06

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On the podcast today, I am joined by anthropologist Andrea Pia (London School of Economics and Political Science) to talk about his new book, Cutting the Mass Line: Water, Politics and Climate in Southwest China (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024). In recent years, the People’s Republic of China has seen an alarmed public endorsing techno-political sustainabi…

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Lisa Fletcher and Elizabeth Leane, "Space, Place, and Bestsellers: Moving Books" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 1:02:34

2M ago1:02:34

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From airport bookstores to deckchairs, as audiobooks downloaded by commuters, and on Kindles and other portable devices, twenty-first century bestsellers move in old and new ways. In Space, Place, and Bestsellers: Moving Books (Cambridge University Press Elements in Publishing and Book Culture series, 2024), Lisa Fletcher and Elizabeth Leane examin…

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When Depression Meets Grace 29:38

2M ago29:38

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Many of us struggle with the darkness of depression. The good news is that we are not alone in that darkness, God is with us and His grace can give us the light and hope we need to make it until we see the dawn that scatters our night. Listen to this episode to discover how God can help you overcome depression.…

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Jason Ramsey, "Reckoning with Change in Yucatán: Histories of Care and Threat on a Former Hacienda" (Routledge, 2023) 1:32:40

2M ago1:32:40

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A perpetual tension exists between history and change, which is an issue long explored by historians and social scientists. Reckoning with Change in Yucatán: Histories of Care and Threat on a Former Hacienda (Routledge, 2023) engages with how best to look upon and respond to change, arguing that this debate is an important arena for negotiating loc…

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The Deceptive Side Of Suicide, Mark Agan Interview 33:21

2M ago33:21

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Pastor and writer, Dr. Mark Agan, shares his insights on the topics of depression and suicide. He discusses some of the factors that can push someone in that direction, as well as some wisdom on how to deal with it. If you have been contemplating this desperate step, or you know someone who may be thinking about ending their life, don't miss this p…

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Greg Eghigian, "After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:01:45

2M ago1:01:45

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Roswell, 1947. Washington, DC, 1952. Quarouble, 1954. New Hampshire, 1961. Pascagoula, 1973. Petrozavodsk, 1977. Copley Woods, 1983. Explore how sightings of UFOs and aliens seized the world's attention and discover what the fascination with flying saucers and extraterrestrial visitors says about our changing views on science, technology, and the p…

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David Zeitlyn, "Mambila Divination: Framing Questions, Constructing Answers" (Routledge, 2021) 1:05:12

2M ago1:05:12

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Professor David Zeitlyn’s book offers a major contribution to the study and analysis of divination, based on continuing fieldwork with the Mambila in Cameroon. It seeks to return attention to the details of divinatory practice, using the questions asked and life histories to help understand the perspective of the clients rather than that of the div…

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Removing the Stigma From Mental Illness 34:50

2M ago34:50

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Many who suffer with mental illness are hesitant to seek help because a stigma has been placed upon their condition. Learn how you, as a believer in Christ, can help remove that hindrance and make a difference in someone's life.By Gordon Cloud

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Julia Kindt, "The Trojan Horse and Other Stories: Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 46:37

2M ago46:37

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What makes us human? What, if anything, sets us apart from all other creatures? Ever since Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, the answer to these questions has pointed to our own intrinsic animal nature. Yet the idea that, in one way or another, our humanity is entangled with the non-human has a much longer and more venerable history. In the Wes…

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Fabio Rambelli, "Spirits and Animism in Contemporary Japan" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019) 57:24

2M ago57:24

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In Japan, a country popularly perceived as highly secularized and technologically advanced, ontological assumptions about spirits (tama or tamashii) seem to be quite deeply ingrained in the cultural fabric. From ancestor cults to anime, spirits, ghosts, and other invisible dimensions of reality appear to be pervasive. In Spirits and Animism in Cont…

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James P. Leary, “Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946” (U Wisconsin Press, 2015) 58:07

2M ago58:07

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Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946 (University of Wisconsin Press) first appeared in 2015 when it comprised of a hardback book, five CDs, and one DVD. It went on to win the “Best Historical Research in Folk or World Music” award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, was nominated for a Gr…

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How To Forgive 31:56

2M ago31:56

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There is a powerful method that enables us to forgive others that is found in God's Word. Listen to this episode to discover what it is.By Gordon Cloud

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Episode 7: Jeff Weaver on the effects of parental and sibling incarceration (REBROADCAST) 1:05:41

2M ago1:05:41

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Jeff Weaver talks about the long-term effects of parental and sibling incarceration. This episode was first posted in July 2019. "The Effect of Parental and Sibling Incarceration: Evidence from Ohio" by Samuel Norris, Matthew Pecenco, and Jeffrey Weaver. OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE: “Disrupted Childhoods: Children of Women in Prison” …

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The Roots Of Bitterness 31:24

3M ago31:24

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Discover how to eliminate bitter roots from your life, and what happens when you let them grow.By Gordon Cloud

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The Dragon and the Nguzunguzu 20:08

2M ago20:08

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Nguzunguzu is the traditional figurehead which was formerly affixed to canoes in the Solomon Islands. In this episode, Julie Yu-Wen Chen talks to Rodolfo Maggio, a senior researcher at the University of Helsinki about his book project on the dragon and the nguzunguzu, namely the relationship between China and the Soloman Islands. The dragon and the…

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Jeremy Black, "Rethinking Geopolitics" (Indiana UP, 2024) 41:37

2M ago41:37

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Amid the bloody Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2021 and the escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait, the geopolitical balance of power has changed significantly in a very short period. If current trends continue, we may be witnessing a tectonic realignment unseen in more than a century. In 1904, Halford Mackinder delivered a seminal lecture en…

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Stuart Elden, "The Birth of Territory" (U Chicago Press, 2013) 1:02:26

2M ago1:02:26

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Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. Yet territory has not received the critical attention afforded to other crucial concepts such as sovereignty, rights, and justice. While territory continues to matter politically, and terr…

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Abbey Stockstill, "Marrakesh and the Mountains: Landscape, Urban Planning, and Identity in the Medieval Maghrib" (Penn State UP, 2024) 57:58

3M ago57:58

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Over the course of the Almoravid (1040–1147) and Almohad (1121–1269) dynasties, mediaeval Marrakesh evolved from an informal military encampment into a thriving metropolis that attempted to translate a local and distinctly rural past into a broad, imperial architectural vernacular. In Marrakesh and the Mountains: Landscape, Urban Planning, and Iden…

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Why Should I Forgive? 28:53

3M ago28:53

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Why is it necessary to forgive? Can't we just go on avoiding those who offend us? Can't we just act as if it never happened? Gordon and Amy share three reasons why we should forgive in this latest edition of GraceFlow.By Gordon Cloud

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Miguel Montalva Barba, "White Supremacy and Racism in Progressive America: Race, Place, and Space" (Policy Press, 2024) 53:27

3M ago53:27

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White Supremacy and Racism in Progressive America: Race, Place, and Space (Policy Press, 2024) examines the connections between race, place, and space, and sheds light on how they contribute and maintain racial hierarchies. Dr. Miguel Montalva Barba focuses on the White residents of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, which, according to the Cooks Politi…

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Catherine Boone, "Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa: Regionalism by Design" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 1:12:06

3M ago1:12:06

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Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa: Regionalism by Design (Cambridge University Press, 2024) by Dr. Catherine Boone integrates African countries into broader comparative theories of how spatial inequality shapes political competition over the construction of markets, states, and nations. Existing literature on African countries has found e…

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