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There's never been a better time to understand what's going on in Asia. That's why we talk to the people who know it best. The Asia In-Depth podcast brings you conversations with the world's leading experts and thought-leaders on the politics, economics, and culture of Asia — and beyond. Subscribe today.
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State of Asia

Asia Society Switzerland

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The STATE OF ASIA podcast brings you exclusive, engaging conversations with leading minds on issues that shape Asia and affect us all. AND: bonus episodes with insights straight from some of the many events organised by Asia Society Switzerland.
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Dr Alice Evans and leading experts discuss growth, governance, & gender inequalities. Alice is a Senior Lecturer at King's College London, and Faculty Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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A weekly Asian & Pacific folklore podcast. Join Kamuela Kaneshiro as he shares tales of people, traditions, and gods from Pacific Island countries, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. These stories influenced films, Marvel and DC comic books, Disney movies, Netflix series, TV shows, and books. Episodes include a featured song, and Hawaiian word. www.LegendsFromThePacific.com
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On Asia Inside Out, experts and guests of the Asia Society Policy Institute take you beyond the policy headlines to provide an insider’s view on regional and global affairs. Featuring interviews with with informed observers and decision-makers from across the Asia-Pacific region, Asia Inside Out gives you a fresh take on Asian politics and policy. Subscribe today.
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Ear to Asia

Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne

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On Ear to Asia, we talk with Asia experts to unpack the issues behind news headlines in a region that is rapidly changing the world. Ear to Asia is produced by Asia Institute, the Asia research specialists at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Celebrating everything about endurance sports, from Ultra Marathons to Mountaineering, from Adventure Races to Ironman. We hear from athletes, explorers and race directors from or based in the Asia Pacific region. Hosted by endurance enthusiasts based in Singapore, we celebrate ordinary people achieving extraordinary things, going beyond the limit of what they once thought possible.
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The rise of AI presents important legal and ethical challenges for society. In this podcast, we invite leaders from different industries and creators of new AI to debate the big questions. From the future of work to the future of our humanity, stay tuned to learn more. Got questions or want to be involved? Email us at contact@aiasiapacific.org
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Climate Impacts Tracker Asia

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Attributions is a podcast from Climate Impacts Tracker Asia. Join us on journeying through some of the most pressing climate-related issues seen through the eyes of experts in the fields and their commentary on the challenges that the globe faces as it attempts to tackle climate change.
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Think news, gossip, drive-time radio and mates bantering at the front bar of the pub but without the fights, and you'll have the essence of TBP. Each week or so join Matt and Mel who have a combined total of almost 30 years of lived experience in Ho Chi Minh City as they chat, debate and laugh about what's new in Vietnam's biggest city and beyond. If you’re a foodie, traveller, history buff or just want to be educated and entertained about Vietnam and Southeast Asia, then The Bureau Asia Pod ...
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Crazy Smart Asia lifts the lid on the unexpected stories behind some of Asia’s boldest disruptors. Every week we talk with a young leader about the crazy-smart approaches they’re taking to achieve success and tackle some of the biggest issues facing Asia today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.
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The Nordic Asia Podcast

NIAS and its academic partners

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The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the following academic partners: -Asia Centre, University of Tartu (Estonia) -Asian studies, University of Helsinki (Finland) -Centre for Asian Studies, Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) -Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University (Sweden) -Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku (Finland) -Norwegian Network for Asian Studies
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Hear our take on the news and enjoy sharp reporting on the big stories every weekday. Tune in as our guest panel reviews the day’s events in Europe, follows developing stories in the Americas and welcomes early risers in Asia and Australasia. Plus: reports and analysis from Monocle’s correspondents and bureaux around the world. Nominated for ‘Best Daily Podcast’ in the 2022 British Podcast Awards.
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THE KOREA SOCIETY is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization with individual and corporate members that is dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea.
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Over the past 25 years, I’ve visited more than 30 countries, working as a researcher, teacher, trainer and consultant for international and government agencies. It’s given me a rare chance to experience a country as few tourists can, through the perspectives of my local colleagues. My essays on travel, history and culture have been published in newspapers, magazines and online media, and collected in three books: Postcards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia, Monsoon Postcards: Indian Oc ...
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Eat Drink Asia

South China Morning Post

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Eat Drink Asia is an award-winning podcast by the South China Morning Post that deep dives into the forgotten history of some of Asia's most popular dishes that have gone global. Discover the human story behind some of Asia's most loved foods, drinks and condiments with SCMP journalists, as they speak with chefs, restaurateurs and food experts from across the region.
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If you love Business Wars, you'll love this! From 1UpMedia, Empires is an immersive storytelling that dives deep into the history of the most successful businesses in Asia. Every Monday, you'll learn the history of its leaders, the decisions that have rippled across the industry, and the factors that allowed them to become the empire's that they are today. From triumph and victories, to monumental failures - Empires gets you behind the scenes of some of the most successful companies in Asia. ...
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The Voice of the Martyrs

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Welcome to The Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network! Join host Todd Nettleton each week as we share testimonies of brothers and sisters suffering for their faith in Christ. The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) is a nonprofit, interdenominational missions organization that offers practical and spiritual help to persecuted Christians around the world.
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On Economics Explained, we take a look at interesting countries, policies, and decisions from the point of view of an economist. The world is an interesting place and we hope to uncover some of this intrigue in our short, informative podcasts.
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How did the planet's richest people make their billions? From celebrities and secretive CEOs to sporting legends and tech titans, Simon Jack and Zing Tsjeng find out, and then decide whether they think they’re good, bad, or just another billionaire. Ever wondered how Taylor Swift went from country singer to money-spinner? How Amazon boss Jeff Bezos came to launch one of the biggest corporations of the internet age? And how six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan made his fortune with Nike? Good ...
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Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast is a monthly program devoted to bringing you quality, engaging stories that explain how capitalism has changed over time. We interview historians and social and cultural critics about capitalism’s past, highlighting the political and economic changes that have created the present. Each episode gives voice to the people who have shaped capitalism – by making the rules or by breaking them, by creating economic structures or by resisting them.
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A podcast for theme park fans who love to travel! We're the longest-running show dedicated to informing you about theme parks in Asia including Tokyo Disneyland and Universal Studios Japan. Come and travel along with us.
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A great many theorists have argued that the defining feature of modernity is that people no longer believe in spirits, myths, or magic. Jason Ā. Josephson-Storm argues that as broad cultural history goes, this narrative is wrong, as attempts to suppress magic have failed more often than they have succeeded. Even the human sciences have been more en…
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#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus sdmire the successful succession protocols in the Julian Claudian empire: regicide; and what lessons for the American empire after the Trump attempts. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos 1682 LondiniumBy John Batchelor
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#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus observe the listless and unoriginal presidential candidate campaigns for a possibly ceremonial office . Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos 1908 HerculaneumBy John Batchelor
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#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus puzzle out the meaninglessness of "democracy" in the American 21st Century.. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos 1718 RomeBy John Batchelor
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VPOTUS CANDIDATE TIM WALZ HAS OPINED THAT SOCIALISM IS "NEIGHBORLINESS." 8/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) 1971 PRC https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the…
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VPOTUS CANDIDATE TIM WALZ HAS OPINED THAT SOCIALISM IS "NEIGHBORLINESS." /78: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) 1966 Red Guard https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived throu…
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VPOTUS CANDIDATE TIM WALZ HAS OPINED THAT SOCIALISM IS "NEIGHBORLINESS." 6/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) 1966 Red Guard https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived throu…
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VPOTUS CANDIDATE TIM WALZ HAS OPINED THAT SOCIALISM IS "NEIGHBORLINESS." 5/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) 1966 Red Guard https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived throu…
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VPOTUS CANDIDATE TIM WALZ HAS OPINED THAT SOCIALISM IS "NEIGHBORLINESS." 4/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) 1958 Kim Il Sung in Beijing https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals wh…
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VPOTUS CANDIDATE TIM WALZ HAS OPINED THAT SOCIALISM IS "NEIGHBORLINESS." 3/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) 1955 Kim Il Sung in China https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who …
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VPOTUS CANDIDATE TIM WALZ HAS OPINED THAT SOCIALISM IS "NEIGHBORLINESS." 2/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) May 24, 1951 US casualty Korean https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individual…
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VPOTUS CANDIDATE TIM WALZ HAS OPINED THAT SOCIALISM IS "NEIGHBORLINESS." 1/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) 1967 Mao https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the…
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How is freshly minted billionaire Sam Altman shaping our future through his company OpenAI and ChatGPT? He made his fortune by investing in huge tech start-ups like Reddit and Airbnb, before turning his attention to artificial intelligence - being fired and re-hired by his own company in the process. Altman believes that OpenAI, with him in charge,…
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Louis, Mikey, Nora, Sina, Alex, and Joe join for our usual therapy session. We talk about the developing Israel-Lebanon war, the difficulty performing everyday life, Macklemore's new song, Hinds Hall 2, and the historical changes we're living through. Watch the episode on the Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patr…
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#OzWatch: Doing well in England one-day (white ball) tests. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/travis-head-untouchable-as-aussies-match-secondbest-streak-in-history/news-story/834ac4a7fc1f6fb04d817f301dcf355d 1884 Australia National Team…
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#OzWatch: Kangaroos prefer KFC takeout and Dalls loves his Magpie friends. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/only-in-straya-staff-customers-left-stunned-as-kangaroo-bounds-through-doors-of-kfc-in-busselton-wa/news-story/596d340bf3392fc1608e2adf9ae7dfdb 1841…
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#OzWatch: Heavy Spring rains from WA to NT to NSW, and likely flooding and buchfires to follow. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-21/weather-september-soaking-wet-spring-break-records/104378252 1867 MelbourneBy John Batchelor
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PREVIEW: ROSATOM: US NUCLEAR POWER FLEET Conversation with colleague Henry Sokolski of NPEC regarding the fact that the US ban on purchasing enriched uranium from Russia's ROSATOM has exceptions that mean the purchasing continues. More details later in the new week. 1890 Bank runBy John Batchelor
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Why do armed groups employ terrorism in markedly different ways during civil wars? Drawing on more than a decade of fieldwork, Dr. Andreas E. Feldmann examines the disparate behaviour of actors including guerrilla groups, state security forces, and paramilitaries during Colombia’s long and bloody civil war. Analysing the varieties of violence in th…
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Why do armed groups employ terrorism in markedly different ways during civil wars? Drawing on more than a decade of fieldwork, Dr. Andreas E. Feldmann examines the disparate behaviour of actors including guerrilla groups, state security forces, and paramilitaries during Colombia’s long and bloody civil war. Analysing the varieties of violence in th…
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Jack Palmer’s Zygmunt Bauman and the West: A Sociology of Intellectual Exile (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023) invites us to reconsider a figure who sociology thought it knew well. Presenting Bauman as occupying an ‘exilic’ position as ‘in, but not of, the West’ Palmer presents a number of paths through Bauman’s sociology which speak to conte…
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COALITION BUILDING VS BEIJING BULLYING. 8/8: The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict, by Elbridge A. Colby @ElbridgeColby. https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434 Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition Elbridge A. Colby was t…
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COALITION BUILDING VS BEIJING BULLYING. 7/8: The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict, by Elbridge A. Colby @ElbridgeColby. https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434 Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition Elbridge A. Colby was t…
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COALITION BUILDING VS BEIJING BULLYING. 6/8: The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict, by Elbridge A. Colby @ElbridgeColby. https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434 Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition Elbridge A. Colby was t…
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COALITION BUILDING VS BEIJING BULLYING. 5/8: The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict, by Elbridge A. Colby @ElbridgeColby. https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434 Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition Elbridge A. Colby was t…
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COALITION BUILDING VS BEIJING BULLYING. 4/8: The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict, by Elbridge A. Colby @ElbridgeColby. https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434 Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition Elbridge A. Colby was t…
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COALITION BUILDING VS BEIJING BULLYING. 3/8: The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict, by Elbridge A. Colby @ElbridgeColby. https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434 Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition Elbridge A. Colby was t…
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COALITION BUILDING VS BEIJING BULLYING. 2/8: The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict, by Elbridge A. Colby @ElbridgeColby. https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434 Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition Elbridge A. Colby was t…
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COALITION BUILDING VS BEIJING BULLYING.1/8: The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict, by Elbridge A. Colby @ElbridgeColby. https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434 Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition Elbridge A. Colby was th…
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PREVIEW: WINSTON CHURCHILL: FDR: CHRISTMAS 1941 Conversation with colleague Conrad Black, writing in the National Post, regarding the profound significance of how Churchill and FDR worked together to defeat the Hitlerites and the Japanese Empire -- how vital Churchill was to rallying the US and Canada in the bleak days of '41-'43. More details in t…
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PREVIEW: CHINA THREAT: PHILIPPINES: TAIWAN Conversation from 2021 with author Elbridge Colby, "THE STRATEGY OF DENIAL," regarding the likely scenario of the PRC seeking to split any coalition formed in opposition (AUKUS, QUAD) by intimidating the weakest member -- which is what Beijing is now doing in the South China Sea against Manila. More detail…
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WAS 2021 A DRY RUN FOR OCTOBER 7? 4/4: Gaza Conflict 2021, by Jonathan Schanzer @JSchanzer @FDD https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JMFWWDV/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 The May 2021 conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas generated headlines around the world. However, much of the reporting ignored the history, funding, poli…
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WAS 2021 A DRY RUN FOR OCTOBER 7? 3/4: Gaza Conflict 2021, by Jonathan Schanzer @JSchanzer @FDD https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JMFWWDV/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 The May 2021 conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas generated headlines around the world. However, much of the reporting ignored the history, funding, poli…
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WAS 2021 A DRY RUN FOR OCTOBER 7? 2/4: Gaza Conflict 2021, by Jonathan Schanzer @JSchanzer @FDD https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JMFWWDV/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 The May 2021 conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas generated headlines around the world. However, much of the reporting ignored the history, funding, poli…
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WAS 2021 A DRY RUN FOR OCTOBER 7? 1/4: Gaza Conflict 2021, by Jonathan Schanzer @JSchanzer @FDD https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JMFWWDV/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 The May 2021 conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas generated headlines around the world. However, much of the reporting ignored the history, funding, poli…
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PREVIEW: HAMAS: EGYPT: CEASEFIRE: JOE BIDEN: conversation from late 2021 with colleague Jonathan Schanzer re his then new book,GAZA CINFLICT 2021: Hamas, Israel and Eleven Days of War, re how Jonathan Schanzer describes Egypt's conduct, and the ceasefire calls fromJoe Biden in the last two days of the rocket fire and IAF counter. Reminding hos Seth…
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PREVIEW: HAMAS: OCTOBER 7 Conversation with colleague Seth Frantzman, FDD, Jerusalem Post, author of the new "THE OCTOBER 7 WAR," regarding the Hamas/Sinwar battle plan and how the platoons of attackers suffered heavy casualties but captured more hostages than anticipated. More details later in the week. undated Jerusalem…
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PREVIEW: HAMAS: YAHYA SINWAR Conversation with colleague Seth Frantzman, author of the new analysis of the Gaza conflict, "THE OCTOBER 7 WAR," just published, regarding the irony that Yahya Sinwar, planner and boss of the Hamas attack, was several times in Israeli custody for mass murder, and was released in the Gilad Shalit exchange of 2011. More …
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This month we are commemorating the 10th Anniversary of The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. This week we look back on one of the most powerful conversations ever shared on VOM Radio airwaves. Sister Amber spent more than a decade in Tibet providing vocational training to local people and sharing the gospel. She felt God’s call especially to work among …
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The Secret Police and the Soviet System: New Archival Investigations (U Pittsburgh Press, 2023) compiles an array of recent scholarship that draws on newly available archival evidence. This interview with the book's editor, Dr. Michael David-Fox, summarizes what these new findings add up to, and highlights specific arguments made by the collection'…
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Dr. Aideen O'Shaughnessy is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Lincoln. She has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, an MA in Gender Studies Research from Utrecht University and a BA in Sociology and French at Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on gender, health, and social movements and she is particularl…
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The open-access edited volume Philosophies of Appropriated Religions: Perspectives from Southeast Asia (Springer, 2023) collects philosophical approaches to Southeast Asian traditions of philosophy and religion. The editors, Soraj Hongladarom, Jeremiah Joven Joaquin, and Frank J. Hoffman, have produced a volume that treats traditional topics in phi…
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Women of the Mafia: Power and Influence in the Neapolitan Camorra (Cornell UP, 2024) by Dr. Felia Allum dives into the Neapolitan criminal underworld of the Camorra as seen and lived by the women who inhabit it. It tells their life stories and unpacks the gender dynamics by examining their participation as active agents in the organisation as leade…
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The open-access edited volume Philosophies of Appropriated Religions: Perspectives from Southeast Asia (Springer, 2023) collects philosophical approaches to Southeast Asian traditions of philosophy and religion. The editors, Soraj Hongladarom, Jeremiah Joven Joaquin, and Frank J. Hoffman, have produced a volume that treats traditional topics in phi…
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