Best Donbas Podcasts (2024)

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News - Ukraine Kursk Invasion and Russia Donbas Assault, New US Sanctions for Venezuela, Philippine-Chinese Confrontation 33:34

23h ago33:34

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The Prestigehead Convention at the Ho-Ho-Kus Inn has drawn a record crowd, but Danny and Derek still find time for your news roundup. This week: in Russia-Ukraine, an update on Ukraine’s Kursk invasion (0:29), reports of cancelled peace talks (3:57), and a continued Russian advance in Donbas (6:32); in Palestine-Israel, an update on Gaza ceasefire …

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E173 - The US Media, Israel, and Palestinian Journalists w/ Séamus Malekafzali 48:56

2h ago48:56

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Danny and Derek speak with Séamus Malekafzali, a Beirut-based journalist focusing on the Middle East, about his recent piece for The Nation, “The Rotten Partnership Between the US Media and the Israeli Military.” They check in about the current atmosphere in Beirut amid exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah, the Biden administration and US media’s…

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Myths about the Nazis: Voting for Hindenburg Would Have Stopped Hitler

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Sadly, every election cycle when the debate about the lesser evil becomes strong, pundits trying to make a point decide that it is time to rehash out already debunked myths about how Hitler could have been stopped via elections. Notwithstanding the fact, that Hitler was made chancellor after a secret backroom-deal with industrialists. This election…

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Bonus - The Biden Administration's Border Policies w/ John Washington 5:31

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome John Washington, staff writer at Arizona Luminaria, to catch us up to date on the state of play in the United States’ policies toward the southern border and asylum. They explore the extremism in the Biden administration’s recent decisi…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 23, 2024 - Crimea has a Fuel Problem 28:10

12h ago28:10

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 22, 2024 - Russian Planes in Flames 23:01

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 21, 2024 - Syrskyi Tells All 17:14

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 20, 2024 - It's True, Ukraine Enters Korenevo 31:05

2h ago31:05

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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E172 - Tricky Strategic Changes w/ Stephen Wertheim 57:37

20m ago57:37

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AP champion Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, returns for a discussion of his recent piece for Carnegie, “Strategic Change in U.S. Foreign Policy.” The group muses on the difficulty of altering established foreign policy paradigms before delving into several case st…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 19, 2024 - Ukraine threatens 600 sq km of Kursk 36:02

2h ago36:02

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Bonus - The End of the Cold War, Ep. 3 w/ Fritz Bartel 5:04

1h ago5:04

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Fritz Bartel, assistant professor at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University, is back for one final episode on his book The Triumph of Broken Promises: The End of the Cold War and the Rise of Neoliberalism. They explore Paul Volc…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 16, 2024 - Russia and Ukraine Trade Gains X2 25:29

1h ago25:29

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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News - New Reports of IDF Using Human Shields, Ukraine Takes More Russian Territory, Sudan Ceasefire Talks 42:30

7d ago42:30

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Danny and Derek are just two guys who, unfortunately, pay their taxes. This week: conditions in Gaza continue to worsen under Israel (1:14), “ceasefire talks” continue to amble along (7:58), the US again to send massive amounts of weapons to Israel (12:59), and the IDF is again reported to be using Palestinians as human shields (17:18); the US lift…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 15, 2024 - Russia and Ukraine Trade Gains 26:26

14h ago26:26

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 14, 2024 - Sudzha is Ukraine 31:31

11d ago31:31

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 13, 2024 - Kursk Invasion Spreads 25:27

1h ago25:27

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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E171 - Police and the Empire City, Pt. 2 w/ Matthew Guariglia 50:24

1d ago50:24

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Danny and Derek are back with Matthew Guariglia, senior policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and visiting scholar of history at Emory University, for the second part of their discussion on the history of policing in New York City. They delve further into the NYPD’s efforts at “ethnic policing,” exploring the Italian squads of the ea…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 12, 2024 - Kursk Invasion Spreads 34:02

3d ago34:02

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Bonus - The End of the Cold War, Ep. 2 w/ Fritz Bartel 4:46

2d ago4:46

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com We return with Danny and Derek’s series on the end of the Cold War with Fritz Bartel, assistant professor at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University. In this second episode, the group gets into the nitty gritty of Fritz’s book Th…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 9, 2024 - Ukraine Rapidly Advances 25:37

4d ago25:37

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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News - Bangladesh Protests Force PM Resignation, Pentagon Rescinds Guantanamo Prisoner Deal, Mali and Niger Cut Ties with Ukraine 42:38

4d ago42:38

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Once again, the Treacherous Two bring word from the world. This week: an update on the horror in Gaza (0:32), Hamas names Sinwar as overall leader (7:07), more ceasefire efforts (9:43), and the wait for a retaliation from Iran continues (13:44); protests in Bangladesh force Sheikh Hasina’s resignation (18:43); rebels in Myanmar make gains in Shan S…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 8, 2024 - Ukraine's Kursk Offensive 26:08

4d ago26:08

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Free Bonus - Danny and Derek Talk "Wag the Dog" on Michael & Us 48:05

5d ago48:05

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Check out Danny and Derek’s recent appearance on the Michael & Us podcast talking about Barry Levinson’s 1997 satire Wag the Dog. In Barry Levinson and David Mamet's WAG THE DOG (1997), a political spin-doctor teams with a movie producer to fake a war and save an incumbent president. You've heard of manufacturing consent, but to what extent can Hol…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 7, 2024 - Ukraine Goes on the Offensive 22:21

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 6, 2024 - It's Bad in Niu York 26:40

17d ago26:40

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Special - What's Happening in the Stock Market? w/ J.W. Mason 3:07

7d ago3:07

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome to the podcast J.W. Mason, associate professor of economics at John Jay College and fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, to help us make sense of the last several days of volatility in global markets and whether it’s time to “crack each o…

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E170 - Police and the Empire City, Pt. 1 w/ Matthew Guariglia 44:53

17d ago44:53

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Matthew Guariglia, senior policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and visiting scholar of history at Emory University, joins the program for a two-part discussion on the history of policing in New York City. They explore NY policing as a case study for how the state studies people in order to inform policy, its initial function in the …

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 5, 2024 - F-16s Arrive in Ukraine 32:03

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Bonus - The Rise and Fall of the American Constitutional Model, Ep. 4 w/ Aziz Rana 5:10

20d ago5:10

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek once again speak with Aziz Rana, the incoming J. Donald Monan, S.J., professor of law and government at Boston College, this time to conclude the series on Americans’ relationship with the Constitution. This episode explores how economic transf…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 2, 2024 - Ukraine Out-Drones Russia 20:56

19d ago20:56

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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News - Israel Assassinations, US-Russia Prisoner Swap, Venezuela Election 28:04

11d ago28:04

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Danny and Derek continue to insist that you be informed. This week: Israel’s assassinations of Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and Fuad Shukr of Hezbollah (1:02); a mini-New Cold War update featuring Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin in East Asia (9:31); Sudan comes close to engaging in ceasefire talks before collapsing at the last minute (12:30); a ceasefir…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for August 1, 2024 - All Eyes on Pokrovsk 20:22

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Special - The 2024 Venezuela Presidential Election w/ Alejandro Velasco 4:31

26d ago4:31

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back to the podcast Alejandro Velasco, associate professor of modern Latin America at New York University, to discuss this week’s presidential election in Venezuela, the results of which have prompted allegations of fraud and corruption…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for July 31, 2024 - Ukraine Air Defense's Fabulous Night 29:16

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. Mu…

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Special - Israel Assassinations in Iran and Lebanon 3:34

24d ago3:34

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek break down what we know about Israel’s killing of Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas as he visited Iran, as well as its drone strike on Fuad Shukr of Hezbollah in Beirut.By American Prestige

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for July 30, 2024 - Russian 2024 Goals are Clear 18:45

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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E169 - The Right Wing in Postcommunist Europe w/ Maria Snegovaya 50:24

14d ago50:24

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Danny and Derek welcome to the pod Maria Sengovaya, senior fellow at the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, to talk about her book When Left Moves Right: The Decline of the Left and the Rise of the Populist…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for July 29, 2024 - It's Tough Near Pokrovsk 29:23

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Bonus - The Modern Olympics w/ Victoria Jackson 4:57

26d ago4:57

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Victoria Jackson, Arizona State University sports historian and Great Game Lab co-director, joins the program to teach Danny and Derek a bit about the modern Olympic Games. They discuss the 1896 revival and the character of the early modern Games, how the even…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for July 26, 2024 - Ukrainian Troops Break Encirclement 20:10

18d ago20:10

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Forces of Labor: The Minimum wage

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In 2007, President George W. Bush signed into law the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007. Buried within this act, under SEC. 8102, was the last minimum wage hike. Within a two-year period, it gradually raised the federal minimum wage to $7.25 per hour. On July 24, 2009, the feder…

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News - Netanyahu in DC, Bangladesh Protests, Hottest Days Ever Recorded 32:39

18d ago32:39

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On the eve of the XXXIII Olympiad, the world remains complicated. This week: Joe Biden suspends his 2024 presidential campaign (0:32); in Palestine/Israel news, Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a fawning US Congress (2:26), the ICJ rules on the legality of Israel’s occupation (6:13), the IDF shrinks the “protected zone” around Khan Younis in Gaza (9:13…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for July 25, 2024 - Russian Drones Strike Romania 30:40

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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AP x Nonzero - Will Kamala Make America Great Again? w/ Robert Wright 33:24

18d ago33:24

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com The bi-monthly collaboration between AP and Nonzero Newsletter continues! Paid subscribers get a discounted membership to Nonzero— just scroll below the paywall near the bottom of the description, where you’ll also find the video for the Overtime segment. 0:00…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for July 24, 2024 - Ukraine Must Fix Its Problems 27:29

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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Special - Documenting the War on Gaza w/ Laila Al-Arian 36:13

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Danny and Derek welcome back to the podcast Laila Al-Arian, executive producer of Fault Lines on Al Jazeera English, to talk about the program’s recent documentary "The Night Won't End: Biden’s War on Gaza," which she also co-wrote. They discuss how the film’s crew was able to make the film despite the immense logistical challenges, the choice to f…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for July 23, 2024 - Harris Administration and Ukraine 26:25

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. To…

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E168 - The Habsburg Empire and the Modern State w/ Natasha Wheatley 53:01

1M ago53:01

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Natasha Wheatley, assistant professor of history at Princeton, sits down with Danny and Derek to talk about the transformation of the Habsburg Empire from a multinational collection of polities to discrete nation-states and how this century of radical change informs our ideas of sovereignty and the subsequent international order. The discussion exp…

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Russia-Ukraine War Report for July 19-22, 2024 - Thanks CrowdStrike 26:29

1M ago26:29

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The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future. On…

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Bonus - The Rise and Fall of the American Constitutional Model, Ep. 3 w/ Aziz Rana 5:07

1M ago5:07

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Aziz Rana, the incoming J. Donald Monan, S.J., professor of law and government at Boston College, once again joins Danny and Derek to continue the discussion about Americans’ relationship with the Constitution. The conversation picks up in the postwar period, …

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