Best International Political Scenario Podcasts (2024)

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Special Edition: Two Crystal Balls And The Death Of The Washington World Order 1:03:46

9h ago1:03:46

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This week, a special edition. Two relatively short term scenarios, with very long term implications. Presented in audio essay form, by our two hosts. In Part One, Philip Pilkington outlines his take on what could happen after the US election. An extended sketch on the possibilty of violent Trussification. He thinks that bond market bullying of the …

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Episode 74: Mexico's Post-Presidential Election Scenarios (Guest: Javier Martin Reyes) 25:22

2h ago25:22

25:22

In this episode we sit down with Javier Martin Reyes, researcher at the Institute for Legal Research at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) for a conversation on Mexico's post-presidential election scenarios and their possible legal consequences. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit ou…

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Xi Came In Through The Belgrade Window, Egypt's Pyramid Scheme, Per Capita No Cap 56:06

6h ago56:06

56:06

Belgrade. Budapest. It’s not the classic tourist itinerary – but by his very footprints, Xi Jinping’s historic state visit is redrawing the power map of Europe. What does the continent look like once he’s done stomping about? Meanwhile, the Pound is in deep trouble - the Egyptian Pound, that is. As the land of the pharaohs takes a 45 % haircut on i…

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Making Modern Maternity 21:50

44m ago21:50

21:50

Introducing their forthcoming special issue of Medical Humanities, Drs. Whitney Wood, Heather Love, Jerika Sanderson, and Karen Weingarten discuss the political significance of “making” our “modern maternity” with Editor-in-Chief Brandy Schillace. Whitney Wood is Canada Research Chair in the Historical Dimensions of Women’s Health at Vancouver Isla…

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Special Edition - Q&A 24:46

4d ago24:46

24:46

This week, as advertised on Twitter dot com, the lads are answering your questions. Among other topics, they cover: Rent-seeking behaviour in the West. Airbus. The German elite. The Mexican-American standoff Book recommendations. The life-changing magic of JM Keynes And memes. Of course, this is also a premium week. So to get the full two hour show…

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Episode 73: Mexico's Presidential Elections, the Candidates, Continuity and the Binational Relation (Guest: Carlos Bravo Regidor) 22:18

10d ago22:18

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As Mexico's current presidential administration approaches its final days, key questions about the country’s future arise. Some of the critical challenges facing Mexico range from political to democratic principles, such as the growing poverty rate, the state of public safety, and the U.S.–Mexico binational relationship. How will the next president…

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Yuan Way Or Another, Korea Advice, Dollar Save Club 59:37

21d ago59:37

59:37

Like Germany hiding in the Euro, China have long played the game of keeping their currency soft, to juice their exports. But now, with the accelerator still jammed to the floor on US inflation, it seems that the powers in Beijing might be looking to devalue the Rimimbi even further. Everyone plays currency games - the trick is not to get caught. An…

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Bananageddon, We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat, Enter The Draghi 54:26

18d ago54:26

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A diplomatic incident in Latin America has somehow become the focal point for an ever-expanding range of stories - from the Venezuelan elections, to US energy policy to Ecuadorian banana exports to Russia. Leading even coolheaded observers to ponder the question: are we approaching the Latin American embassy incident singularity? Meanwhile, there a…

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Special Episode: Big Trouble With Little Rocket Man 53:05

1M ago53:05

53:05

Little Rocket Man has a new toy. This month, Kim Jong Un unveiled a Bond-villain-like missile with an extending tip. On that tip was what looks to be a hypersonic glide vehicle. A hypersonic glide vehicle is the real deal. They're extremely fast. They can manoeuvre at those high speeds. And we don’t yet know if it’s possible to shoot them down. On …

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Talkline With Zev Brenner on the Bar Mitzvah Suicide in Williamsburg With Community Askan, Yonasan Schwartz & Rabbi Dr. David Fox, Dir. of Chai Lifeline's Crisis Services 57:18

29d ago57:18

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Talkline With Zev Brenner on the Bar Mitzvah Suicide in Williamsburg and Parental alienation especially in divorce cases. Guests are Community Askan, Yonasan Schwartz, owner of Brooklyn’s Toys-2-Discover toy store chain, magazine columnist, Badchan & Public Speaker & Rabbi Dr. David Fox, Dir. of Chai Lifeline's Crisis Services This podcast has been…

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Talkline With Zev Brenner with Alan Dershowitz on his call to halt donations to Cardozo Law School & a scenario where he would defending Hamas Leader Sinwar 30:33

29d ago30:33

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Talkline With Zev Brenner with Alan Dershowitz on his call to halt donations to Yeshiva University's Cardozo Law School and perhaps be divested from Yeshiva University. In this far ranging interview he discusses a scenario where he would defend Pro Bono, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and talks about defending Shlomo Carlebach. This podcast has been gra…

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Premium Episode: The Atlanticists vs The Autonomists 19:53

1M ago19:53

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The Atlanticists versus the Autonomists - the European civil war coming soon to a bureaucracy near you. It’s long been a theme of this show that the continent is being slowly capsized by its long term problems, related to energy and productivity. We’ll be picking through three news items that tell the short term story of the continent’s woes. Terri…

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Sino More, A Bridge Too Far, America's Trussification 49:47

1M ago49:47

49:47

New research from Bloomberg says that Beijing is steering the Chinese economy away from the recent real estate boom, and into high tech manufacturing. It’s a drive estimated to be worth 19% of GDP by 2026. Running the numbers, not only is China Collapse Theory once again proved false, the market may even have under-priced how much gas there still i…

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Black and Brown in Bioethics: A new Medical Humanities Research Forum 25:24

1M ago25:24

25:24

In this podcast, our Editor-in-chief Brandy Schillace sits down with Matimba Swana and Kumeri Bandara of Black and Brown in Bioethics to discuss how they started, why it is important to build community when challenging disparities in academia, and how Medical Humanities and Black and Brown in Bioethics are joining forces to transform the academic p…

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Episode 72: The 2024 Presidential Elections in Mexico (Guests: Tony Payan, Ivan Rodriguez Sanchez; Edward M. Emmett) 23:24

2M ago23:24

23:24

We're back! After a hiatus of almost 2 years the Mexico Centered podcast returns...and just in time for Mexico's 2024 presidential elections. In this episode, a crossover with the Baker Institute's Baker Briefing podcast, host and Baker Institute fellow Edward M. Emmett sits down with Tony Payan, director, and Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, scholar, …

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Special Edition: The Economic Consequences Of The War 1:16:53

2M ago1:16:53

1:16:53

This is a special edition of Multipolarity on The Economic Consequences Of The War. In 1919, JM Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Predicting the death of the old world order after Europe’s first unsuccessful attempt at suicide. We aren’t yet at peace, but the economic consequences of the present war in the middle of Europe are st…

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Machine Learning Difficulties, Don't Hate-O The NATO, Britain's Shrivelling Equities 54:13

2M ago54:13

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NVIDIA has become a stock market behemoth on the back of their AI-friendly graphics chips. Last week saw them hit a $2.19 trillion market capitalisation. So are they the future of the globe’s most info-critical resource - or a sign that we’re entering the Pets.com era of the AI age? Meanwhile, after months of delays and diplomatic blocking operatio…

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Talkline With Zev Brenner with Dov Hikind Fuming at Rabbi's Cancellation of Israel R/E Show in Flatbush due to Hamas Protests 17:39

2M ago17:39

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Talkline With Zev Brenner with Dov Hikind Fuming at Rabbi's Cancellation of Israel R/E Show in Flatbush due to Hamas Protests This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donatio…

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Scenario Planning, Healthcare, and the Humanities 24:55

2M ago24:55

24:55

In this podcast, Brandy Schillace (EIC) and Cristina Hanganu-Bresch (Blog and Associate Editor) talk to Matt Finch and Matthew Molineux about how scenario planning can help inform decisions about healthcare and the role of narrative in building scenarios that teach and humanize the health professions. Read more: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humani…

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Premium Edition: The YIMBY Defence League, Nuland Goes, Galloway Comes 15:05

2M ago15:05

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Does the housing market obey the laws of supply and demand? We say no. Join us for a controversial, possibly mind-blowing journey into the heart of darkness, into an upside-down-world that set Twitter on fire this week. Victoria Nuland has fallen on her sword. Or someone else’s sword. Whatever happened to America’s third-ranking diplomat, suddenly …

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Special Edition: The Burger Theory Of History (feat. Malcom Kyeyune) 1:11:03

2M ago1:11:03

1:11:03

"Hamburgers will decide America's future". So says Malcolm Kyeyune in a recent essay ruminating on the American journalist Tucker Carlson's recent visit to Moscow where he famously - or, perhaps, infamously - purchased a burger at Russia's new McDonald's clone, 'Tasty, that's it'. Kyeyune sees Carlson's culinary adventure as reminiscent of Mikhail …

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Israeli Economy Contracts 20 Percent, Nagorno-Karabakh To The Future, Bailey Out-y 1:04:33

2M ago1:04:33

1:04:33

The numbers are finally in. Israel’s economy has contracted 20 per cent year on year. It seems the only consolation is that it’s still doing better than the economy of Gaza. How long can this level of decline go on? With no end to the war in sight, and a new front in Lebanon cracking open, are we witnessing Israel’s fall from the first rank of the …

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Deutschland Unter Alles, Chinese Crackers, War Like An Egyptian 52:17

3M ago52:17

52:17

Bloomberg says “Germany’s Days as an Industrial Superpower Are Coming to an End”. Which poses at least one serious question - has Bloomberg been listening to Multipolarity? As the industrial decline narrative goes mainstream, it seems like the copium has finally run out in the Chancellories of Europe. Meanwhile, reports in the West of a Chinese bus…

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Premium Edition: How To Invade Iran with Malcom Kyeyune 43:12

3M ago43:12

43:12

The US is now bombing Iranian targets, via B1 bombers that have to be flown direct from Texas to perform the task. This is an interesting new form of madness. As the West is pulled ever-deeper into the quagmire, we're taking a low road/high road approach to prediction: attempting to model the potential for serious conflict right up to an Iraq-style…

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From America With Love, Your Country Needs THEM, Self-Immolate After Reading 1:02:19

3M ago1:02:19

1:02:19

All the greatest romances are love/hate. As The Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor of geopolitics, Iran and America have always danced a dance of angry fascination with each other. Now, as the Middle East burns, their kismet is truly aflame. With an overstretched Joe Biden about to call in the airstrikes, we’re in the foxhole, figuring out if they…

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Poseidon With The Enemy, WWIII Pt. 2, Weimargentina 57:43

3M ago57:43

57:43

As the 8th round of Tomahawk missiles hit the Houthis in ten days, a senior White House official caused guffaws when he proclaimed the attacks aren’t working - but that we should keep on doing them anyway. That senior official’s name? Joseph P Biden. So if the President himself can’t come to a logical line on what’s going on, what hope is there for…

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The Price Isn't Right, Lloyd Austin's Day Off, The Magnificent 17 46:35

4M ago46:35

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With the world's biggest container ships presently rounding the Cape of Good Hope, Vasco da Gama-style, the Lads are calling it: inflation is coming back. This could prove to be a sticky situation for the West's leaders. After all, we were supposed to have seen out the worst by now. Everything was wagered on turning the page in anticipation of elec…

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Premium Episode 5: The GAE Strikes Back 17:27

4M ago17:27

17:27

The Global American Empire has had its honour impugned by the Houthi Rebels, sometimes called a 'ragtag army'. But as The Lads point out, that characterisation just doesn't work. High-end weapons, Iranian training, and a capacity to melt into the landscape will make 'winning' the war for control of the Red Sea an operational nightmare. With no clea…

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Canal Plus, Lebanon and On, WFH WTF 50:52

4M ago50:52

50:52

Remember the Ever Given? The boat that got stuck in the Suez Canal? Well, thanks to the Houthis, traffic in the canal is down by almost as much as when it was plugged. It seems the red sea crisis is about to inject an inflation spike much like the one the Ever Given gave us. Only, this time, the memes will be much less jolly. North of Israel, the w…

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Talkline With Zev Brenner on the Crown Heights Tunnel Riot with eyewitness Moshe 16:09

4M ago16:09

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Talkline With Zev Brenner on the Crown Heights Tunnel Riot with eyewitness Moshe This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/d…

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Talkline With Zev Brenner- Are Neturei Karta Jews? Rabbi YY Jacobson noted lecturer & Jake Turx Senior White House correspondent df Ami Magazine discuss and debate how we should relate to the small number ... 1:15:16

4M ago1:15:16

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Talkline With Zev Brenner- Are Neturei Karta Jews? Rabbi YY Jacobson noted lecturer & Jake Turx Senior White House correspondent df Ami Magazine discuss and debate how we should relate to the small number of members of our community that belong to the anti Israel group that supports Hamas and other enemies of the Jewish people. This podcast has bee…

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Talkline With Zev Brenner with Rabbi Aharon Kotler Former CEO of Lakewood Yeshiva on Rabbi Matisyahu Solomon ZTL's passing, his opposition to the Internet & the growth of BMG,. 33:06

4M ago33:06

33:06

Talkline With Zev Brenner with Rabbi Aharon Kotler Former CEO of Lakewood Yeshiva on Rabbi Matisyahu Solomon ZTL's passing, his opposition to the Internet, the growth of BMG, the Mussar movement revitalized and the Kollel Initiative worldwide. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this s…

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Special Edition with Malcom Kyeyune: Red Sea or dead sea? 1:26:31

4M ago1:26:31

1:26:31

This week, we're pulling the scheduled predictions for 2024 episode, to do some century-wide predicting. The Houthi incursion into the Red Sea, that we've been reporting for a couple of months, has reached a new peak. It now seems as though it is more than simply a new front in a regional war. It may even threaten the Pax Americana. US attempts to …

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Talkline With Zev Brenner EXCLUSIVE interview with Satmar Convert (Ger) Yechiel Yisroel Bloyd. He discusses why he left his Christian faith to become a Satmar Chassid learning the whole Talmud and Zohar ... 1:18:13

5M ago1:18:13

1:18:13

Talkline With Zev Brenner EXCLUSIVE interview with Satmar Convert (Ger) Yechiel Yisroel Bloyd. He discusses why he left his Christian faith to become a Satmar Chassid learning the whole Talmud and Zohar. Bloyd also talks about his wife's and his decision to just now leave Judaism and his rebuttal of internet attacks calling him an imposter and chal…

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Special Edition: Carlos Roa - A Washington DC Rake's Progress 57:09

5M ago57:09

57:09

This week on Multipolarity, something a bit different. We want to map the DC brain, from the inside. Somewhere, inside the Washington Beltway, are a bunch of very smart people who often think alike. Be they at the State Department, the Pentagon, CIA, other parts of the Federal government, or think tanks, they have been tasked with projecting the gl…

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Venezuela vs Guyana, The Great Oil Market Gunge Up, Middle East Still On Fire 44:55

5M ago44:55

44:55

Most people have never heard of Guyana. Many think it’s in Africa. But Venezuelans know their CIA World Factbook inside and out. They’ve long claimed that its Western regions are rightfully theirs. And now that the Guyanese have struck oil, the Maduro regime want to take those areas by conquest. The question isn’t can Venezuela - population 30m - k…

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The War for the Soul of the Bank of England, New Hungarian Phrasebook, Holy Land Hotline 53:37

5M ago53:37

53:37

The Bank of England is at risk of going broke — and it wants both a bailout from the taxpayer and the ability to raise taxes all of its own. Exsqueeze me, baking powder? We’ll be digging into the modern model of Central Bank Independence the B of E represents. And asking whether the big brains of monetary policy have actually invented much more tha…

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Premium Episode Four: Broken British Isles 14:00

5M ago14:00

14:00

Ireland erupts in 'the biggest riots since 1916'. The United Kingdom government dishes out its final budget before oblivion beckons, confirming what we've known for a while. With interest repayments now nearly 10 per cent of spending, there is an Argentinian world of pain just over the horizon. There's something irredeemably broken about the Britis…

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El Presidente AnCap, The Case of the Missing Bonds, New Model Houthi 58:34

6M ago58:34

58:34

Goalkeeper, rock singer, sex guru, anarcho-syndicalist libertarian strongman El Presidente: Javier Milei has lived the life twelve year old boys dream of. So what happens when a true force of nature meets the iron law of Argentinian decline? Can Captain Ancap defeat the spectre of El Peronismo? The Chinese may be dumping US Treasuries. We’ve heard …

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A memorial tribute to David Dollar 24:16

6M ago24:16

24:16

David Dollar, the host of Dollar and Sense, passed away on October 6, 2023. In this final episode of his podcast, David’s friends and colleagues pay tribute to his work as a U.S. official and scholar, as a mentor and colleague, as a podcast host, and ultimately as a family man. Show notes and transcript Dollar & Sense is part of the Brookings Podca…

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Special Edition: The US Military Comes Under Attack In The Middle East 47:28

6M ago47:28

47:28

The U.S. and coalition troops have been attacked at least 40 times in Iraq and Syria since early October. Initially, we were told there were only a handful of injuries. Now we hear there are scores. Why did they lie? As the US fumbles the bag on its response to the Gaza Crisis, regional actors are scenting blood. This week, in a special edition, we…

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Twitter Spaces with Malcom Kyeyune: The Scariest Scenarios 2:16:36

6M ago2:16:36

2:16:36

Halloween is when the freaks come out. So, this year, we're establishing our own fright night with Malcom Kyeyune, formerly Twitter's terrible infant. Tinkzorg, until his account was nixed. Now easily findable under another, NK-enjoying, moniker. The lads put him through his paces in a two hour fifteen Twitter Spaces session, that covered everythin…

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Erdogan Enters The War, Sanctions Busting, Land of Hopeless Tories 51:39

6M ago51:39

51:39

Recep Erodogan gave an inflammatory speech last week, in which he effectively backed the Hamas position, proclaiming them mujahideen - freedom fighters. Turkey, the lads suggest, is now openly trying to become a multipolar rallying-point for the muslim world. New polling suggests that Europeans think the Russian sanctions have been a disaster. Yet …

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Live Bonus Episode 49:11

7M ago49:11

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The United States Library of Congress selected Dr. Strangelove as one of the first 25 films in the National Film Registry. As we approach the 60th anniversary of Dr. Strangelove (in Jan 2024), our live podcast panel takes a critical look at the dark comedy and reveals how the satire is uncomfortably realistic, even to this day. Using dialogue from …

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Premium Episode Three: The War In Six Months Or A Year 20:38

6M ago20:38

20:38

In the next six weeks, anything can happen between Israel and Gaza. But in the next six months or two years, the consequences become in some ways more predictable. It is to this medium-range gaze that the lads now turn: looking at the US Presidential election, the EU's turn against Atlanticism, and the next energy shock, in a chock-full third premi…

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Poetry, Disability, and the Power of Medical Humanities with Kimberly Campanello 26:27

7M ago26:27

26:27

Making connections through poetry, disability, and medical humanities. Brandy Schillace, Medical Humanities' Editor-in-Chief, interviews Kimberly Campanello, Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Leeds University, UK. Read the related blog including the transcription of this podcast: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2023/10/26/on-poetr…

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Signs for the Future 39:53

6M ago39:53

39:53

Some questions fall far outside the scope of what governments are designed to answer. How will we explain ourselves to extraterrestrials? What can we say to warn humans 10,000 years in the future about the nuclear waste we’re leaving behind? Assuming we develop the proper technology, would it be beneficial to breed glowing cats? Two decades after N…

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The Coming Gaza Migrant Crisis, The Battle for Gaza City, The Golden Tusk 58:44

7M ago58:44

58:44

As Israel moves its artillery in to level Hamas, a new migrant crisis is brewing. Their Arab neighbours won’t take them - so with 2.1 million Gazans falling under every ECHR definition of refugee, is Europe’s always fractious migration politics about to fully fall off its perch? And while we’re on the subject, how is the war hotting up? After some …

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An Illegal Floating City 31:53

7M ago31:53

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Fishermen dying mysteriously off the coast of Japan. Entire populations of sea animals disappearing. Despite decades of work by the international community, the high seas remain law enforcement’s biggest blind spot, and the site of environmental crimes whose effects reach around the world. But some people are attempting to stop these crimes: We fol…

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