The Lowy Institute is an independent, nonpartisan international policy think tank located in Sydney, Australia. The Institute provides high-quality research and distinctive perspectives on foreign policy trends shaping Australia and the world. We host podcasts with high-level guest speakers as well as our own experts. Essential listening for anyone seeking to better understand foreign policy challenges!
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The Axe Files with David Axelrod
The Institute of Politics & CNN
David Axelrod, the founder and director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, and CNN bring you The Axe Files, a series of revealing interviews with key figures in the political world. Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Red Menace is a podcast that explains and analyzes revolutionary theory and then applies its lessons to our contemporary conditions. Hosted by Alyson Escalante and Breht O'Shea.
Everything you need to know about Australian public policy in just 20 minutes. Grattan Institute is dedicated to developing high quality public policy for Australia’s future. Our podcasts cover a range of public policy topics focusing on the main issues facing Australia. Our podcasts concentrate on budget policy, economic growth, energy, health, institutional reform, household finances, school education, transport and cities.
For more than two decades the Hoover Institution has been producing Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, a series hosted by Hoover fellow Peter Robinson as an outlet for political leaders, scholars, journalists, and today’s big thinkers to share their views with the world.
Michelle Grattan, Chief Political Correspondent at The Conversation, talks politics with politicians and experts.
A podcast produced by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). ASPI is an independent, non-partisan think tank that produces expert and timely advice for Australia’s strategic and defence leaders.
Undercurrents is a regular podcast series featuring interviews with Chatham House experts - and others - about the critical underlying issues which are shaping modern society. Hosted by staff from across the institute, each episode goes in-depth on a topic, looking beyond the news to explore the issues shaping global politics.
The 21st century may be the Pacific Century, and China appears poised to become America’s greatest rival for global power and influence. Host Michael Auslin and his guests broadly address developments in China and Asia. They discuss the latest politics, economics, law, and cultural news, with a focus on US policy in the region.
The United States is in the midst of a dramatic political realignment with shifting views on national security, economics, technology, and the role of government in our lives. Saagar Enjeti and Marshall Kosloff explore this with thinkers, policymakers, and more.
Matters of Policy & Politics is a Hoover Institution podcast devoted to matters of governance and balance of power at home and abroad. It is hosted by Hoover fellow Bill Whalen.
At a time when our nation is portrayed as increasingly polarized, media often ignore viewpoints and stories that are worthy of attention. American Thought Leaders, hosted by The Epoch Times Senior Editor Jan Jekielek, features in-depth discussions with some of America’s most influential thought leaders on pertinent issues facing our nation today.
Power Problems is a bi-weekly podcast from the Cato Institute. Host John Glaser offers a skeptical take on U.S. foreign policy, and discusses today’s big questions in international security with distinguished guests from across the political spectrum. Podcast Hashtag: #FPPowerProblems. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution


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GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution
Hoover Institution
In uncertain times what’s needed is not just clarity about today’s pandemic, but insight into the challenges that lie ahead as America recovers and returns to normal. GoodFellows, a weekly Hoover Institution broadcast, features senior fellows John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, and H.R. McMaster discussing the social, economic, and geostrategic ramifications of this changed world.
Audio recordings of Mises Wire articles, offering contemporary news and opinion through the lens of Austrian economics and libertarian political economy.
The Libertarian podcast features a weekly conversation with Hoover senior fellow Richard Epstein on the issues of the day.
A weekly discussion of national security and foreign policy matters featuring Lawfare senior editors Scott R. Anderson, Quinta Jurecic, and Alan Rozenshtein. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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.
Interviews with Political Scientists about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science
The Cato Daily Podcast allows Cato Institute scholars and other commenters to discuss relevant news and libertarian thought in a conversational, informal manner. Hosted by Caleb O. Brown. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Scott Horton Show from The Libertarian Institute


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The Scott Horton Show from The Libertarian Institute
Whatever it is, we're against it.
The Lawfare Podcast features discussions with experts, policymakers, and opinion leaders at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. On issues from foreign policy, homeland security, intelligence, and cybersecurity to governance and law, we have doubled down on seriousness at a time when others are running away from it. Visit us at www.lawfareblog.com. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ear to Asia is produced by Asia Institute, the Asia research specialists at the University of Melbourne, Australia. In Ear to Asia, we talk with Asia experts to unpack the issues behind news headlines in a region that is rapidly changing the world. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
The Modern War Institute podcast is the flagship podcast of the Modern War Institute at West Point. Featured guests include senior military and defense leaders, scholars, and others who discuss the most important issues related to modern conflict.
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Democracy Works


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Democracy Works
Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy/The Democracy Group
Examining what it means to live in a democracy
The leading think tank working to make government more effective.
Radio Rothbard is a weekly podcast featuring a cast of Mises Institute voices and special guests. The show tackles politics, current events, culture, media, and of course the predatory state, all from an uncompromising Rothbardian perspective. Radio Rothbard is the weekly anti-politics podcast you won't want to miss!
Hosted by Emily Jashinsky and The Federalist’s team of fearless journalists, this is a daily podcast featuring engaging and in-depth conversations with reporters, scholars, authors, politicians, and thinkers of all stripes. Along with guest hosts Mollie Hemingway, Christopher Bedford, Joy Pullmann, and others, the show delivers smart and compelling dialogues on politics, culture, religion, and the news of the day. Support the show by subscribing, rating, and writing a review! Follow Federali ...
Since 2010, siblings and journalists Abby Martin and Robbie Martin have been doing Media Roots Radio, a political podcast with a critical eye on US foreign policy, political partisanship and what people can do to fight back. Conversational, controversial, passionate and explicit, Media Roots stands apart from the majority of podcasts coming from a similar point of view. Listen to all previous episodes on soundcloud, itunes, spotify and stitcher. All $5 and up patrons get an exclusive bonus e ...
Go beyond the headlines with thoughtful commentary from policy-makers and policy thinkers, firmly rooted in facts.Visit uctv.tv/publicaffairs
Policy Options is a digital magazine published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) in Montreal, Quebec. It features daily articles on issues of public policy by contributors from academia, research institutions, the political world, the public service and the non-profit and private sectors. We’re committed to introducing our listeners to a diversity of viewpoints on the important public policy challenges of our time. Twitter: https://twitter.com/IRPP Facebook: https://www.f ...
The Current brings you smart, timely, and quick analysis from Brookings experts on breaking news and changing policies. In under ten minutes, learn not only what happened, but why, and how to make sense of it.
The MERICS China Podcast, brought to you by the Mercator Institute for China Studies, a show that analyses current affairs in China and the latest developments in EU-China relations.
First Things is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society. Learn more: www.firstthings.com/learnmore
A podcast from the Institute of Economic Affairs
The Australia Institute’s Follow the Money podcast explains Australia’s big economic issues in plain English. We bust myths, dissect politics, interpret econobabble and help you sound really smart at your next dinner party, with host Ebony Bennett.
The Michael Steele Podcast is a podcast hosted by former Republican National Committee Chairman and Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele. Each week, Michael moderates a barbershop style discussion about the key political and cultural issues of the day. Michael brings his experience as an MSNBC political analyst and from a lifetime in politics to a podcast which transcends traditional political boundaries in order to dig deep and find real solutions.
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The Libertarian Institute - All Podcasts


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The Libertarian Institute - All Podcasts
Whatever it is, we're against it.
Professor of Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London. This podcast focuses on nationalism, ethnicity and religion, and their interaction with immigration and population change. Also issues of academic freedom and left-modernism.
Ever wondered how automation will change the world? Maybe you puzzle over what India could do to ease traffic congestion, or how China's aircraft carriers will transform Indian Ocean geopolitics? All Things Policy, a daily podcast brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, brings you all the answers. Every weekday, our researchers break down complex economic and geopolitical ideas through the lens of current events. For everyone from the busy executive to the curious student, All Things ...
The Daily Friend Show is a 30-minute current affairs podcast featuring our analysts and writers. It presents a liberal perspective on the political, social and economic issues of the day. No topic is taboo, nothing is off-limits. Our team of analysts and writers from South Africa's fastest-growing liberal news site - dailyfriend.co.za. #InNoUncertainTerms
A podcast from the Foreign Policy Research Institute examining America’s role on the world stage. Every two weeks we’ll talk to experts about policy relevant news from around the world and why it matters for U.S. foreign policy. Please note this podcast was named the Middle East Brief prior to 2021.
The United States of Anxiety is a show about the unfinished business of our history, and its grip on our future. Each week, host Kai Wright invites listeners to gather for intimate conversations and deeply reported stories about the choices we’ve made as a society -- and the new choices we can imagine now. We’re learning from our past, meeting our neighbors, and sharing the joy (and the work!) of living in a plural society. Our inbox is also open for your voice memos—send them to anxiety@wny ...
Mark Blyth, political economist at The Watson Institute at Brown University, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the news. Subscribe now to hear Mark and Carrie cut through the media haze, and provide a thought-provoking, topical, and often hilarious conversation about the world today.
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Trending Globally: Politics and Policy


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Trending Globally: Politics & Policy
Exploring today's biggest global challenges with the world's leading experts. A podcast from the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
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New Books in Political Science


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Ehud Olmert, "Searching for Peace: A Memoir of Israel" (Brookings Institution, 2022) Part 2 of 2
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The John Batchelor Show


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#Iran: Food security in the Shia crescent in Iran. David Schenker, Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Program on Arab Politics. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 ...
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Photo: The Shia Crescent. The numbers shows the percent of Shia in the population #Iran: Food security in the Shia crescent in Iran. David Schenker, Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Program on Arab Politics. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/lebanon-election-new-faces…
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Michael Senger: The Pandemic Power Grab and the Rise of a Global Biosecurity Regime
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“With monkeypox, we’re really seeing this entire sort of international biosecurity state, with the World Health Organization at its head, able to declare an emergency any time they want, with an entire planned out bureaucracy.” I sit down with Michael Senger, an anti-lockdown activist and author of “Snake Oil: How Xi Jinping Shut Down the World.” W…
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The John Batchelor Show


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#Mars: Zhurong naps for winter. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: Descent phases of the Chinese Mars probe Tianwen-1 #Mars: Zhurong naps for winter. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/zhurong-goes-into-hibernation/ .. Permissions Description: Abstiegsphasen der chinesischen Marssonde Tianwen-1 Date | 16. Oktober 2021 (Erstveröffentlichung) So…
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The John Batchelor Show


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#CommercialSpace: Satellite cornucopia as the PRC trash-talks Starlink. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com.
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Photo: "With high speeds and latency as low as 20ms in most locations, Starlink enables video calls, online gaming, streaming, and other high data rate activities that historically have not been possible with satellite internet. Users also have the option to take Starlink with them via the Portability feature or Starlink for RVs service." #Commerci…
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The John Batchelor Show


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2/2: #Energy: Port of Corpus Christi preps for global demand. Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, Contributing Editor, & author, Spaceport Earth. @PappalardoJoe
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Photo: Coast Guard crews respond to dredge fire in the Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel 2/2: #Energy: Port of Corpus Christi preps for global demand. Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, Contributing Editor, & author, Spaceport Earth. @PappalardoJoe https://www.ccredc.com/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=News&refno=43…
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The John Batchelor Show


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1/2: #Energy: Port of Corpus Christi preps for global demand. Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, Contributing Editor, & author, Spaceport Earth. @PappalardoJoe
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Photo: Ship going through drawbridge entering port of Corpus Christi, Texas 1/2: #Energy: Port of Corpus Christi preps for global demand. Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, Contributing Editor, & author, Spaceport Earth. @PappalardoJoe https://www.ccredc.com/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=News&refno=43…
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Photo: Postage stamp of the USSR. 1985. Caracal 8/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Otherlands-Journeys-Earths-Extinct-Ecosystems/dp/0593132882/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/139-3114007-6820565?pd_rd_w=q9bMH&content-id=amzn1.sym.6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99…
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The John Batchelor Show


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7/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: The Paleocene, or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago. It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. 7/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Otherlands-Journeys-Earths-Extinct-E…
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The John Batchelor Show


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6/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: "The refilling of the Mediterranean about five million years ago may have been the biggest flood in our planet’s history. By one estimate, the cascade of water that filled the cavernous basin was about 500 times larger than the flow of the Amazon River." The Mediterranean Sea's only connection to the world's oceans is through a narrow strip …
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The John Batchelor Show


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5/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: The Vertebrata of the Pliocene deposits of Britain. By E. T. Newton. Pub. by order of the lords commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. 5/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Otherlands-Journeys-Earths-Extinct-Ecosystems/dp/0593132882/ref=pd_bxgy_img_…
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The John Batchelor Show


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4/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: "The Great Barrier Reef extends for 2,000 kilometers along the northeastern coast of Australia. It is not a single reef, but a vast maze of reefs, passages, and coral cays (islands that are part of the reef)." 4/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Oth…
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The John Batchelor Show


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3/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: From 1922: A Short History of the World; here, Cambrian. (This image very likely has been superseded.) 3/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Otherlands-Journeys-Earths-Extinct-Ecosystems/dp/0593132882/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/139-3114007-6820565?pd_rd_w…
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The John Batchelor Show


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2/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: Eocene-- Primobucco mcgrewi (Brodkorb) from the Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation, collected from Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. 2/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Otherlands-Journeys-Earths-Extinct-Ecosystems/dp/0593132882/…
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The John Batchelor Show


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1/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday
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Photo: Miocene: Rhynchotherium 1/8: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds, by Thomas Halliday Hardcover – February 1, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Otherlands-Journeys-Earths-Extinct-Ecosystems/dp/0593132882/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/139-3114007-6820565?pd_rd_w=q9bMH&content-id=amzn1.sym.6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_p=6b3eef…
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The John Batchelor Show


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#Topgun: Tom Cruise and the Skunkworks Darkstar. Tyler Rogoway, The War Zone / The Drive
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Photo: #Topgun: Tom Cruise and the Skunkworks Darkstar. Tyler Rogoway, The War Zone / The Drive https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/skunk-works-helped-create-the-darkstar-jet-for-top-gun-maverick.By John Batchelor
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The John Batchelor Show


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#Markets: Delayed creative destruction in a bear market; “What is spoofing?" Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barron's Magazine.
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Photo: #Markets: Delayed creative destruction in a bear market; “What is spoofing?" Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barron's Magazine. https://www.wsj.com/articles/gas-prices-are-surging-demand-is-slipping-ahead-of-memorial-day-weekend-11653598928By John Batchelor
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#PacificWatch: Drought settles on Southern California. @JCBliss
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Photo: #PacificWatch: Drought settles on Southern California. @JCBliss https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-24/california-bans-watering-of-non-functional-grassBy John Batchelor
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The John Batchelor Show


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#Markets: Biden Administration advocates a "transition" in a time of fossil fuel want. Dan Henninger, @WSJOpinion. WSJ editorial board and Wonder Land columnist
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Photo: #Markets: Biden Administration advocates a "transition" in a time of fossil fuel want. Dan Henninger, @WSJOpinion. WSJ editorial board and Wonder Land columnist https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-asia-trip-tokyo-economy-inflation-stagflation-recession-tax-increase-2022-midterm-election-approval-rating-covid-green-energy-11653510825…
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Australian Politics


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Can Labor do anything to fix the problems in our economy?
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The Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, discusses the election result and the country’s economic situation with economics columnist Greg Jericho and the senior economics correspondent for the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, Shane Wright.By The Guardian
Misha talks to Joel Kotkin, uber-geographer, about the coming neo-feudalism and “zaibatsuization” of America’s economy, how Chinese and American economic models are converging, and how to preserve liberty in an age of oligarchic tech dominanceBy Hoover Institution
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Federalist Senior Editor and RightForge Co-Founder Christopher Bedford joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss how social media muddles conversations after tragedies such as the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.By Radio America
How the FDA characterizes aging plays a large role in how the agency looks at drugs to mitigate or reserve the aging process. Economist Arthur Diamond comments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
There are a range of risks associated with the increased militarization at the U.S. border. Economist Nathan Goodman offers details. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Libertarian Institute - All Podcasts


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Treason! Biden Admin. Provoking War w/ China, Russia, and Iran. (Weekly Roundtable)
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The Lawfare Podcast


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Phil Klay on Citizenship in an Age of Endless Invisible War
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Bryce Klehm sat down with Phil Klay, the author of the new book, “Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless Invisible War.” Klay is a winner of the National Book Award for fiction and a veteran of the war in Iraq. His latest book is a collection of essays from the past ten years that deal with the consequences of America's endless wars. Hi…
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New Books Network


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Chiara Camarda et al., "The Venice Ghetto: A Memory Space That Travels" (U Massachusetts Press, 2022)
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The Venice Ghetto was founded in 1516 by the Venetian government as a segregated area of the city in which Jews were compelled to live. The world's first ghetto and the origin of the English word, the term simultaneously works to mark specific places and their histories, and as a global symbol that evokes themes of identity, exile, marginalization,…
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Ehud Olmert, "Searching for Peace: A Memoir of Israel" (Brookings Institution, 2022) Part 2 of 2
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New Books Network


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Amanda Phillips, "Sea Change: Ottoman Textiles Between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean" (U California Press, 2021)
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Textiles were the second-most-traded commodity in world history, preceded only by grain. In the Ottoman Empire, in particular, the sale and exchange of silks, cottons, and woolens generated an immense amount of revenue. They touched every level of society, from rural women tending silkworms to pashas flaunting layers of watered camlet to merchants …
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Jafari S. Allen, "There's a Disco Ball Between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life" (Duke UP, 2022)
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In There's a Disco Ball Between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life (Duke UP, 2022), Jafari S. Allen offers a sweeping and lively ethnographic and intellectual history of what he calls “Black gay habits of mind.” In conversational and lyrical language, Allen locates this sensibility as it emerged from radical Black lesbian activism and writing during th…
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Anjanette Delgado, "Home in Florida: Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness" (UP of Florida Press, 2021)
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Today I spoke to Anjanette Delgado, a Puerto Rican writer and journalist based in Miami who has compiled emblematic stories and essays by writers from many countries who congregate in the city of Miami and the state of Florida. The stories are about those who have been touched by the Florida and Miami experience, and who have made the state their h…
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Dean Sluyter, "The Dharma Bum's Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics" (New World Library, 2022)
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Today I talked to Dean Sluyter about his book The Dharma Bum's Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics (New World Library, 2022). Suppose we could read Hemingway as haiku . . . learn mindfulness from Virginia Woolf and liberation from Frederick Douglass . . . see Dickinson and Whitman as buddhas of poetry, and Huck Finn and Gat…
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Cheryl Collins Isaac, "Spin," The Common magazine (Spring, 2022)
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Cheryl Collins Isaac speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her story “Spin,” which appears in The Common’s new spring issue. “Spin” is about two Liberian immigrants making a new life in Appalachia. In this conversation, Cheryl talks about the inspiration behind this story: writing from music and toward beautiful, sensual language. She also …
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Andrew Hunt, "We Begin Bombing in Five Minutes: Late Cold War Culture in the Age of Reagan" (U Massachusetts Press, 2022)
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Ronald Reagan’s hagiography has created an entire mythology around the 40th president of the US; anticommunism and the fight against the ‘Evil Empire’ are the central tropes of the Reagan story to this day. The culmination of this narrative arc is the collapse of the Soviet Union, an event which is still routinely attributed to Reagan and, particul…
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248 | Yoram Hazony: Realigning Conservatism
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SUBSCRIBE & SUPPORT THE SHOW: realignment.supercast.com This episode and our expanded coverage are made possible thanks to our Supercast subscribers. If you can, please support the show above. REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email us at: realignmentpod@gmail.com Yoram H…
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Ariela Marcus-Sells, "Sorcery or Science?: Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts" (Pennsylvania State UP, 2022)
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In Sorcery or Science? Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2022) Ariela Marcus-Sells examines two Sufi Muslim theologians, known as Kunta scholars, who rose to prominence in the western Sahara Desert in the late eighteenth century. Sīdi al-Mukhtār al-Kuntī (d. 1811) and his son and …
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Andrew Doig, "This Mortal Coil: A History of Death" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
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Causes of death have changed irrevocably across time. In the course of a few centuries we have gone from a world where disease or violence were likely to strike anyone at any age, and where famine could be just one bad harvest away, to one where in many countries excess food is more of a problem than a lack of it. Why have the reasons we die change…
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Brandon T. Jett, "Race, Crime, and Policing in the Jim Crow South" (Louisiana State UP, 2021)
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In this groundbreaking work, Professor Brandon T. Jett unearths how police departments evolved with the urbanization of the Jim Crow South, to target African Americans through a variety of mechanisms of control and violence, such as violent interactions, unjust arrests, and the enforcement of segregation laws and customs. Race, Crime, and Policing …
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Jonathan Fulton, "Routledge Handbook on China–Middle East Relations" (Routledge, 2021)
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Have you ever read Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises? When asked how he went bankrupt, a character replies, “Gradually, then suddenly.” In this conversation, Julie Yu-Wen Chen, professor of Chinese studies at the University of Helsinki, discusses with Jonathan Fulton about his newly edited Routledge Handbook on China–Middle East Relations. Jonathan Fu…
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Jonathan Fulton, "Routledge Handbook on China–Middle East Relations" (Routledge, 2021)
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Have you ever read Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises? When asked how he went bankrupt, a character replies, “Gradually, then suddenly.” In this conversation, Julie Yu-Wen Chen, professor of Chinese studies at the University of Helsinki, discusses with Jonathan Fulton about his newly edited Routledge Handbook on China–Middle East Relations. Jonathan Fu…
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Chiara Bonacchi, "Heritage and Nationalism: Understanding Populism through Big Data" (UCL Press, 2022)
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What are the connections between the past and modern politics? In Heritage and Nationalism: Understanding Populism through Big Data (UCL Press, 2022), Chiara Bonacchi, a Chancellor's Fellow in Heritage, Text and Data Mining and Senior Lecturer in Heritage at History, Classics & Archaeology and Edinburgh Futures Institute at University of Edinburgh,…
Kim talks to Amy Wong, Ronjaunee Chatterjee, and Alicia Christoff about ‘Undisciplining’, a term they borrowed from Christina Sharpe’s In the Wake and have used in an article and a journal issue to signify a heuristic that would help bring modes of knowledge and methodologies to Victorian Studies that are unfamiliar or would be considered unnatural…
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Richard Seymour, "The Disenchanted Earth: Reflections on Ecosocialism and Barbarism" (Indigo Press, 2022)
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In The Disenchanted Earth: Reflections on Ecosocialism & Barbarism (Indigo Press, 2022), Richard Seymour, one of the UK's leading left-wing writers, gives an account of his 'ecological awakening'. A search for transcendence, beyond the illusory eternal present. These essays chronicle the kindling of ecological consciousness in a confessed ignoramus…
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Chiara Bonacchi, "Heritage and Nationalism: Understanding Populism through Big Data" (UCL Press, 2022)
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What are the connections between the past and modern politics? In Heritage and Nationalism: Understanding Populism through Big Data (UCL Press, 2022), Chiara Bonacchi, a Chancellor's Fellow in Heritage, Text and Data Mining and Senior Lecturer in Heritage at History, Classics & Archaeology and Edinburgh Futures Institute at University of Edinburgh,…
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Conversations: Europe and Australia in the Indo-Pacific
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In this episode of Conversations, Lowy Institute Research Director Hervé Lemahieu talks to Gabriele Visentin, EU Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific, and Susannah Patton, Research Fellow in the Lowy Institute’s Power and Diplomacy Program, about the European Union's Indo-Pacific Strategy. How will Canberra’s burgeoning regional collaboration with Br…
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Policy, Guns & Money


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Climate insurance, AUKUS and non-proliferation, Philippines election
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The floods in South-East Queensland and New South Wales earlier this year were some of the most extreme disasters in Australian history, with the Insurance Council of Australia highlighting the event as the country’s costliest flood ever. Dr Robert Glasser speaks to Dr Annika Dean about recent analysis by the Climate Council on the links between cl…
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Kay Muhr and Liam Ó. hAisibéil, "The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland" (Oxford UP, 2021)
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The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland (Oxford UP, 2021) contains explanations of over 3,800 family names, of any origin, that are established in Ireland, both in the Republic and in Northern Ireland. It provides an entry for every family name that has more than 100 bearers in the 1911 Census of Ireland. The entries bring together a varie…
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The BRI and the war in Ukraine, with Francesca Ghiretti and Jacob Mardell
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Rail freight between China and Europe is probably the main symbol of the Belt and Road Initiative for many in Europe. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, however, the steady flow of trains and goods has been disrupted. In this episode will look the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the BRI, how China is changing and adapting the BRI, and what th…
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#California: $23,000.00 surplus per household; & What is to be done? Lee Ohanian. Hoover Institution
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Photo: Homeless person on Church Street in San Francisco. #California: $23,000.00 surplus per household; & What is to be done? Lee Ohanian. Hoover Institution https://www.hoover.org/research/despite-spending-11-billion-san-francisco-sees-its-homelessness-problems-spiral-out-controlBy John Batchelor
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#HotelMars: Starliner succeeds glitchily. Douglas Messier is Managing Editor of ParabolicArc.com, a daily blog that covers commercial space and more. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
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Photo: Boeing's Starliner CST-100. Engineers work with the solar array for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at Spectrolab in Sylmar, California. The solar arrays will power the Starliner as it flies through space and while it is docked to the International Space Station. Photo credit: Boeing #HotelMars: Starliner succeeds glitchily. Douglas Me…