Best Demography Podcasts (2024)

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Beyond Baby Boomers: Exploring Australia's Modern Demographic Tribes 45:11

6h ago45:11

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In this episode of the Demographics Decoded podcast, we explore the various demographic tribes in Australia. After all, we all belong to a demographic tribe. In fact, Australia is a big country with many tribes. If you don't belong to the one, you don't survive. Some are easy to find: it might be your footy team or where you work, the way you vote,…

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Demographic Trends You Can’t Afford to Ignore: How to Profit from the Next Decade 36:49

3d ago36:49

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Welcome to the first episode of “Demographics Decoded,” where Simon Kustenmacher and Michael Yardney explore the demographic trends set to transform our world over the next decade. In this episode, we talk about critical topics such as the impact of an aging population, the Great Wealth Transfer, and the challenges and opportunities of urban growth…

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Demographics Decoded Preview 2:00

2M ago2:00

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Demographics Decoded: Unveiling the Trends Shaping Our Future. Join leading demographer Simon Kuestenmacher and wealth and property investment expert Michael Yardney as they share data-driven insights that help business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors make informed decisions. Each week we bring you in-depth discussions, expert insights, and ac…

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The Dilemma of an Indian Liberal 1:01:48

2M ago1:01:48

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Gurcharan Das is one of India's best-known authors and thinkers. He had a celebrated career in business, most notably as the CEO of Procter and Gamble in India, before devoting his full attention to writing. He is the author of numerous best-selling books, including India Unbound, The Difficulty of Being Good, and India Grows at Night. Most recentl…

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India's 2024 Election—and its Aftermath 54:36

2M ago54:36

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This week on Grand Tamasha, Milan is joined by Grand Tamasha’s India news roundup regulars: Sadanand Dhume of the Wall Street Journal and the American Enterprise Institute and Tanvi Madan of the Brookings Institution. On the show this week, the trio discusses the 2024 Indian general election and its aftermath. They debate the politics, as well as t…

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Making 'Make In India' Come Alive 40:27

2M ago40:27

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On Sunday night, India’s new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was sworn into office, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at its helm once more. We have a new group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allies, a new group of ministers, and a new look in terms of how the Modi government will function in its third term. However, the economic cha…

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Decoding the 2024 Indian General Elections 1:03:07

3M ago1:03:07

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We’ve finally come to the end of the 46-day Indian general election. And we have a surprising result which many experts did not see coming. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to secure a single-party majority in the Lok Sabha in what is being interpreted as a major setback. The BJP-led National Democratic Allian…

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The Emotions of Dyadic Relationships: An Interview with Jenna Wells and Felicia Zerwas 41:48

2M ago41:48

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This episode of the Matrix Podcast features an interview with Jenna Wells and Felicia Zerwas, who at the time of the interview were Ph.D. candidates in the UC Berkeley Department of Psychology. The interview was conducted by Julia Sizek, Matrix Postdoctoral Fellow. Jenna Wells is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at C…

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Sugar and the Transformation of the American West: An Interview with Bernadette Pérez 53:08

3M ago53:08

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For this episode of the Matrix Podcast, J.T. Jamieson, a 2022-2023 Matrix Communications Scholar, interviewed Bernadette Pérez, Assistant Professor of History at UC Berkeley. Pérez is a historian of the United States who specializes in the histories of Latinx and Indigenous peoples in the West. Her current research focuses on migrant sugar beet wor…

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The Lessons of Gujarat Under Modi 56:50

3M ago56:50

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Gujarat Under Modi: Laboratory of Today’s India is a new book by the scholar Christophe Jaffrelot but one that has an old backstory. It is the definitive account of Narendra Modi’s tenure as chief minister of the state of Gujarat. And it helps place into context the changes we’ve seen in national politics, economic policy, and society over the past…

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A Blueprint for India’s State Capacity Revolution 1:04:06

3M ago1:04:06

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Over the last five years, Milan has interviewed authors of big books, that have brought innovative new ideas to the India policy debate. And he’s also interviewed authors of lengthy books. On the show this week, he sits down with an author who’s written a big book in every sense of the term. It is no stretch to say that Accelerating India’s Develop…

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How India's Economy Can Break the Mold 51:02

3M ago51:02

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Breaking the Mould: India’s Untraveled Path to Prosperity is a big new book by the economists Raghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba. The book is both a critique of India’s development model as well as a manifesto for reform. Most notably, it challenges the conventional wisdom that India’s primary goal should be to transform the country into a blue-collar …

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What Rahul Gandhi Wants 47:38

3M ago47:38

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The third phase of India’s 44-day long polls took place this week with voting held in 94 constituencies across 12 states. Thus far, the elections have been marked by lower-than-expected turnout, intensifying communal rhetoric, and a sharp debate about inequality and redistribution. Against this backdrop, the New York Times Magazine recently publish…

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Inside the BJP Campaign 45:10

4M ago45:10

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The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered this election as the clear favorite with every single pre-election survey pointing a decisive victory. However, the party is leaving no stone unturned in its effort to notch a third consecutive parliamentary majority. To discuss the BJP’s campaign, Milan is joined on…

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The Great Indian Poverty—and Inequality—Debate 55:52

4M ago55:52

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As India heads to the polls, a new chapter is being written in a very old debate about poverty and inequality in India. This debate has been stirred up by the release of new data from a government-sponsored consumption survey, which some have argued shows a massive decline in poverty in India. Others believe that this data are not so unequivocal an…

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Previewing India's 2024 General Election 49:46

4M ago49:46

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In just a few days, India’s eighteenth general elections will get underway with voting in the first phase kicking off on April 19. Between April 19 and June 1, India will have seven separate polling days culminating in a final counting of votes on June 4. Every single pre-election survey to date shows the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allianc…

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Storytelling and the Climate Crisis 1:32:19

4M ago1:32:19

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Contemporary writers and activists have described the climate crisis as, in part, a crisis of the imagination, of culture, and of storytelling. Recorded on March 11, 2024, this panel featured a group of authors and scholars of different genres — science fiction, journalism, history, literary fiction, and comedy — discussing how the climate crisis h…

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New Directions in Greening Infrastructure 1:16:13

4M ago1:16:13

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As the effects of climate change become more obvious, moving away from fossil fuels has only become more urgent. But to do so, new energy sources – and new infrastructure – are desperately needed. Recoreded on March 20, 2024, this panel features three early-career scholars from UC Berkeley presenting their research on the greening infrastructure an…

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Is India Ready to Launch? 53:11

4M ago53:11

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On March 11, the Indian Defense Research and Development Organization conducted the maiden test of its Agni-V MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Re-Entry Vehicle) missile. MIRV capability is a complex technology and there are only a handful of countries that have developed it. The test represents a breakthrough for India’s missile program but …

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Conservatorship: Inside California’s System of Coercion and Care for Mental Illness 1:24:47

5M ago1:24:47

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Recorded on March 18, 2024, this panel focused on Professor Alex V. Barnard’s book, Conservatorship: Inside California’s System of Coercion and Care for Mental Illness. The book analyzes conservatorship, a legal system used to take legal guardianship over individuals deemed unable to meet their own basic needs. This controversial system, which has …

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Authors Meet Critics: “Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics,” Salar Mameni 1:37:27

5M ago1:37:27

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Recorded on March 4, 2024, this Authors Meet Critics panel focused on Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics, by Professor Salar Mameni, Assistant Professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Ethnic Studies. Professor Mameni was joined by Mayanthi Fernando, Associate Professor of Anthropology at UC Santa Cruz; Sugata Ray, Associate Professor of South and Southe…

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Decoding the Indian Economy 38:21

5M ago38:21

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It seems wherever you turn these days, there are stories about India’s status as the fastest growing major economy in the world. Its growth rates remain the envy of both the developed—and the developing—world. But what is really happening under the hood? What are the opportunities for India in a world riven by conflict and technological disruptions…

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Savarkar, In His Own Words 50:02

5M ago50:02

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In today’s India, there are few historical figures whose writing and thinking help explain the current ideological zeitgeist more than Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Despite this newfound attention, Savarkar is often viewed in black and white—as a staunch Hindu nationalist who devoted his life to expounding the virtues of conservative, Hindu majority ru…

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Common Sense, Common Cause: Talking Health Care Value with National Alliance CEO Shawn Gremminger 38:15

5M ago38:15

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Shawn Gremminger recently assumed the role of president and CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Associations -- a Council member and frequent ally on health care policy. In this episode, we discuss the National Alliance's unique structure and composition, its policy priorities and the importance of getting value for every health ca…

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The Citizenship Amendment Act's Next Chapter 59:08

5M ago59:08

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A few weeks ago, the Indian government formally notified the rules implementing the controversial 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA. The law provides persecuted religious minorities hailing from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan an expedited pathway to Indian citizenship, provided they belong to the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Parsi,…

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Structural Determinants of Police Violence: Interview with Kimberly Cecilia Burke 27:46

5M ago27:46

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Kimberly Cecilia Burke, a PhD candidate in Sociology at UC Berkeley, researches the relationships between institutional violence and social stratification, utilizing multi-level mixed-methods analysis. Her dissertation uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine how Black-White interracial couples understand and experience police violence in thei…

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The Scandal of Access: An Interview with Zahra Hayat 47:38

5M ago47:38

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This episode of the Matrix Podcast features an interview with Zahra Hayat, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. She obtained her PhD in Anthropology at UC Berkeley, and is also trained as a lawyer with a background in intellectual property. Matrix Content Curator Julia Sizek spoke with Hayat about her research …

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Private Firms and WTO Dispute Escalation: An Interview with Ryan Brutger 30:48

5M ago30:48

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On this episode of the Matrix Podcast, Daniel Lobo, a PhD student in the UC Berkeley Department of Sociology and a 2022-2023 Matrix Communications Scholar, interviewed Ryan Brutger, Associate Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley. Professor Brutger obtained his PhD in politics at Princeton University and was previously an assistant professo…

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Eating India, One State at a Time 1:06:38

5M ago1:06:38

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Zac O’Yeah is a Swedish novelist, rock musician, and author of the Majestic Trilogy—a trio of detective stories set in his adopted home of Bengaluru. And if that were not enough, he’s also the author of the brand-new book, The Great Indian Food Trip: Around a Subcontinent à la Carte. In the book, O’Yeah catalogues his travels crisscrossing India on…

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Dalits in the New Millennium 41:02

5M ago41:02

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Over the last several decades, there have been monumental changes in the social, economic, and political lives of Dalits, who have historically been one of the most oppressed groups in all of South Asia. A new volume edited by three leading scholars of India—Dalits in the New Millennium—examines these changes, interrogates their impacts on Dalit li…

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Understanding Land-based Psychological Trauma in Light of Epistemic Justice 1:13:05

6M ago1:13:05

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Recorded on February 8, 2024, this video features a lecture by Dr. Garret Barnwell, South African clinical psychologist and community psychology practitioner. The talk was moderated and coordinated by Andrew Wooyoung Kim, Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology at UC Berkeley. A transcript of this talk is available at https://matrix.berkeley…

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The End of the Electoral Bond Era 48:05

6M ago48:05

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Two weeks ago, a five-judge bench of India’s Supreme Court ruled that electoral bonds—a controversial instrument of political giving introduced by the Narendra Modi government—violated the Constitution and would immediately cease operating. Under the court’s ruling, the State Bank of India will immediately stop issuing bonds; the Election Commissio…

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Ukraine, two years on 1:24:36

6M ago1:24:36

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Two years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a solution, military or diplomatic, seems as far away as ever. On Worldview, leading historians and commentators reflect on a conflict that has altered the state of global geopolitics. Jade McGlynn, author of Russia’s War, calls in from Kyiv (00:56). Shashank Joshi, defence editor of the Economist and…

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A Fresh Look at India’s Neighborhood First Policy 51:59

6M ago51:59

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With general elections just months away, it is the era of the ten-year retrospective—a chance for India watchers to reflect on what has changed over the past decade under the Narendra Modi government—and what has not. One area especially deserving of scrutiny is India’s relations with the neighborhood. The Modi government came to power with an eye …

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Pakistan's Political Earthquake 40:44

6M ago40:44

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Last Thursday, voters in Pakistan went to the polls in the country’s first general elections since the July 2018 election that brought former prime minister Imran Khan to power. In 2022, Khan was ousted in an unprecedented no confidence vote and now finds himself behind bars. In the months before the election, Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehre…

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Separating Fact From Fiction 41:51

7M ago41:51

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From the Obama “birther” movement in the United States to the fringe politicians who believe congestion pricing in London is part of an international “socialist plot,” it is no exaggeration to say that conspiracy theories have become part of the standard political playbook the world over. But when it comes to outlandish conspiracy theories, India s…

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Authors Meet Critics: "The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall," by Andrew Garrett 1:24:42

6M ago1:24:42

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Recorded on January 19, 2024, this "Authors Meet Critics" panel centered on the book, The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall: Language, Memory, and Indigenous California, by Andrew Garrett, Professor of Linguistics and the Nadine M. Tang and Bruce L. Smith Professor of Cross-Cultural Social Sciences in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Calif…

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India and the Emerging Chip Race 56:05

7M ago56:05

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It seems like you cannot open a newspaper, listen to a foreign policy podcast, or open Twitter/X without somebody somewhere sounding off on the emerging geopolitical battle over semiconductors. Semiconductors, which we colloquially refer to as chips, have quickly moved from the periphery to center-stage of global high politics. To discuss this high…

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Vincent Bevins - "If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution" 1:11:28

7M ago1:11:28

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Recorded on October 17, 2023, this video features a talk by Vincent Bevins, an award-winning journalist and correspondent, focused on his book, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution. The panel was moderated by Daniel Aldana Cohen, Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley and Director of the Socio-Spatial Climate Coll…

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Governing India's Digital Revolution 50:39

7M ago50:39

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This week, Grand Tamasha kicks off its eleventh season with a special return guest to the podcast. The Third Way: India’s Revolutionary Approach to Data Governance is an important new book by the lawyer-scholar-and-author Rahul Matthan. Rahul is a partner at the law firm Trilegal, where he heads their technology practice. Over the past several year…

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Authoritarian Absorption: An Interview with Yan Long 54:11

7M ago54:11

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This episode of the Matrix Podcast features an interview with Yan Long, Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley who focuses on the politics of public health in China. She was formerly an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Indiana University and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society. She obtained he…

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Grand Tamasha Unveils the Best Books of 2023 22:48

8M ago22:48

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Back in 2019, we started the Grand Tamasha podcast on a whim. India’s 2019 general elections were around the corner, and we sensed that there might be a (temporary) marketplace for a weekly audio podcast focused on Indian politics and policy for diehards hoping to keep up with the campaign action. Nearly five years later, the podcast has become a w…

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Trevor Jackson, "Impunity and Capitalism: the Afterlives of European Financial Crises, 1690-1830" 1:23:35

8M ago1:23:35

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Recorded on December 5, 2023, this Authors Meet Critics panel focused on Impunity and Capitalism: the Afterlives of European Financial Crises, 1690-1830 (Cambridge University Press, 2022), by Trevor Jackson, Assistant Professor of History at UC Berkeley. Professor Jackson was joined by Anat Admati, the George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Ec…

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Authors Meet Critics: Sharad Chari, "Gramsci at Sea" 1:18:14

8M ago1:18:14

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Recorded on November 28, 2023 as part of the UC Berkeley Social Science Matrix “Authors Meet Critics” series, this panel focused on Gramsci at Sea, a book by Sharad Chari, Associate Professor in Geography and Co-Director of Critical Theory at UC Berkeley. Professor Chari was joined in conversation by Leslie Salzinger, Associate Professor and Chair …

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Authors Meet Critics: Dylan Penningroth, “Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights” 1:21:21

8M ago1:21:21

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Recorded on November 14, 2023 at UC Berkeley's Social Science Matrix, this "Authors Meet Critics" panel is focused on Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights, by Dylan Penningroth, Professor of Law and Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of History at UC Berkeley, and Associate Dean, Program in Jurisprudence and Social …

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Matrix on Point: New Directions in Gender and Sexuality 1:19:59

8M ago1:19:59

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While the last 20 years have marked a significant change in increased acceptance of varied gender expressions and sexual orientations, these changes haven’t made the importance of gender and sexuality as concepts disappear. If anything, they’ve become more relevant for understanding the world today. Recorded on November 30, 2023, this panel brought…

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Racial and Ethnic Difference in South Africa and the USSR: An Interview with Hilary Lynd 43:34

8M ago43:34

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How did South Africans and Soviets think about how to manage difference--in their home contexts and in decades of conversation with one another? In this episode of the Matrix podcast, Hilary Lynd, a PhD candidate in history, discusses the changing relationship between South Africa and the USSR from the 1960s through the 1980s. In this interview, Ju…

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The Indian Supreme Court in the Modi Era 44:08

9M ago44:08

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Over the past decade, India has witnessed significant conflict within—and around—several democratic institutions meant to act as a check on executive power. One of the most important theatres of conflict has been the judiciary—more specifically, the Supreme Court. A new book by the legal scholar Gautam Bhatia, Unsealed Covers: A Decade of the Const…

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What the 2023 State Elections Tell Us About 2024 50:20

9M ago50:20

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On December 3, votes were finally tallied in four Indian states which went for elections this past month—the last test parties and candidates will face before the general elections in April-May of next year. After much anticipation, Counting Day left very little to the imagination. In a big setback for the Congress Party and the opposition alliance…

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Tackling India’s Air Pollution Crisis 42:06

9M ago42:06

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Anyone who has even casually glanced at the news over the past several weeks would be hard pressed to miss the plethora of headlines about north India’s air pollution crisis. Every year as late Fall rolls around, air pollution across north India—including in the nation’s capital of Delhi—climbs to levels that make life almost unlivable for hundreds…

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