Best UW Jackson School Podcasts (2024)

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Q&A with Tasha Kimball, Latin American & Caribbean Studies '01 32:53

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A Jackson School interview with Latin American and Caribbean Studies Alum ‘01 Natalie “Tasha” Kimball, Associate Professor of History at the College of Staten Island, and affiliated faculty at the Graduate Center, both within the City University of New York, on their career and research trajectory in reproductive health care with a particular focus…

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Regional Repercussions of the War 1:19:51

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Regional Repercussions of the War is a public talk and discussion featuring Marc Lynch, faculty and director of the Project on Middle East Political Science at George Washington University. The event was held and recorded on Feb. 13, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. in Architecture Hall at the University of Washington in Seattle.This event is part of our Winter 2…

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'New Elites' of X: Identifying the Most Influential Accounts Engaged in the Hamas/Israel Discourse 1:18:03

6M ago1:18:03

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The 'New Elites' of X: Identifying the Most Influential Accounts Engaged in Hamas/Israel Discourse is a public talk and discussion featuring UW Center for an Informed Public faculty Kate Starbird, Mert Bayar and Mike Caulfield. The event was held and recorded on Feb. 6, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. in the HUB South Ballroom at the University of Washington in …

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The Question Of Palestine and the Evolution of Solidarity and Resistance in the U.S. 1:34:00

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The Question of Palestine and the Evolution of Solidarity and Resistance in the U.S. is a public talk featuring Karam Dana, Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professor; Associate Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. The event was held and recorded on Jan. 30, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. in the HUB South …

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Hope and Despair in Israel/Palestine 1:24:49

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Hope and Despair in Israel/Palestine is a public talk featuring Mira Sucharov (Carleton University) and Omar M. Dajani (University of the Pacific) in a conversation moderated by Liora Halperin (Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington). The event was held and recorded on Monday, Jan. 22 at 7:00 p.m. in Kane Hall at the Univ…

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On The Ground In Israel Now 1:26:44

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On the Ground in Israel Now is a public talk that was held on Jan. 16, 2024, featuring Joel Migdal, Professor Emeritus, UW Jackson School of International Studies in a pre-recorded conversation with Reşat Kasaba, Professor, UW Jackson School of International Studies. It was followed by remarks and Q&A with Alan Dowty, UW Stroum Center for Jewish St…

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China-Taiwan tensions: Interview with David Bachman 12:55

2y ago12:55

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David Bachman, Henry M. Jackson Professor of International Studies and Associate Director of the Jackson School of International Studies, shares perspectives on the growing tension between China and Taiwan in an interview with Morning Wave in Busan. The 14-minute interview aired Oct. 26, 2022.By UW Jackson School

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NPR interviews James Lin on Taiwan National Day (Oct 10, 2022) 4:29

2y ago4:29

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James Lin, a Taiwan historian and assistant professor of international studies at the University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies, is interviewed in an episode of NPR's The World on Taiwan's National Day celebrations.By UW Jackson School

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Will the US and China go to war over Taiwan? | BBC interviews James Lin 23:07

2y ago23:07

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James Lin, UW Jackson School assistant professor of international studies and a historian of Taiwan, is interviewed about latest US-China tensions over Taiwan in a BBC World Service "The Inquiry" podcast episode. This segment aired on August 11, 2022.By UW Jackson School

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Spanish & Portuguese Citizenship Oral Histories: Colette Capriles 5:32

2y ago5:32

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Spanish & Portuguese Citizenship Oral Histories: Colette Capriles by UW Stroum Center for Jewish StudiesBy UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies

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Space Junk And Ukraine | NPR interview with Saadia Pekkanen 4:22

2y ago4:22

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Saadia Pekkanen, a Jackson School professor of space security, law, and policy, speaks with NPR about debris threatening satellites in space. This segment aired on March 30, 2022.Pekkanen also co-directs the Space Policy and Research Center (SPARC) at the University of Washington.By UW Jackson School

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NPR interview on Myanmar situation with Mary Callahan 3:50

3y ago3:50

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In "As Resistance To Myanmars Coup Grows The Country Slips Further Into Chaos" Mary Callahan, Jackson School faculty and an expert on Myanmar, is interviewed on the latest situation following the February coup in this 3-minute episode.By UW Jackson School

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BBC interviews Mary Callahan on why Myanmar’s military is killing civilians? 49:39

3+ y ago49:39

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Mary Callahan, an expert on Myanmar politics and associate professor at the Jackson School of International Studies, gives a first-hand account and context to the unfolding civil war in Myanmar following a military coup there on Feb 1, 2021. (segment begins at 45:00).By UW Jackson School

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KUOW | Inside The Biden Administration's Policy On China And Taiwan 3:30

3+ y ago3:30

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James Lin, an assistant professor on modern Taiwan and Associate Chair of Taiwan Studies at the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, talks about President Biden's foreign policy toward Taiwan in this interview with KUOW on Feb. 5, 2021.By UW Jackson School

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Episode 5: Before Zionism 31:26

3+ y ago31:26

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Present-day discussions of anti-Semitism often involve Israel and the Zionist movement... but before the 20th century, Jews' and Jewish scholars' understandings of anti-Semitism were completely connected with Europe and Christianity.In the final episode of the season, guest Liora R. Halperin looks at how 19th-century Jewish settlers to Palestine we…

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Episode 4: Jewish Anti-Semitism? 31:53

3+ y ago31:53

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Can Jews be anti-Semitic against other Jews? In this episode, guest Devin E. Naar looks at the history of Jewish prejudice against other Jews in the United States, from the very first American Jewish settlers in the 1600s to twentieth-century efforts to exclude Jews from the Muslim world from Jewish institutions — as the American Jewish community s…

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Episode 3: Being Jewish in Medieval Spain 28:27

3+ y ago28:27

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Has anti-Semitism always been the same, or have ideas about Jewishness, and suspicion towards Jews, changed over time? In this episode, guest Ana Gómez-Bravo explores these questions by looking at the lives of Jews and "conversos" (Jewish converts to Christianity) in medieval Spain, explaining how Catholic authorities tried to define and restrict t…

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Episode 2: The Rise of Nazi Germany 30:19

3+ y ago30:19

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We generally connect Germany with anti-Semitism, but in the early twentieth century, Germany was actually considered one of the best places in the world to be Jewish. How and why did the progressive Weimar Republic give way to the genocidal Nazi regime... and could it happen here?In this episode, guest Laurie Marhoefer explains the rise of the Nazi…

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Episode 1: Anti-Semitism in the United States 30:43

3+ y ago30:43

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The United States was the country where Jews came to finally be free from anti-Semitism... or was it? Historians of the modern era tend to think of the U.S. as an exceptional place for Jews — a place where Jewish people have been able to exist in relative freedom from violence and prejudice.But is this common understanding of the United States as "…

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BBC interviews Daniel Chirot on starting a revolution and radical idealism 28:49

4y ago28:49

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In the BBC Sounds podcast "Thinking Allowed" UW Jackson School Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies Daniel Chirot is interviewed about his book "You Say You Want a Revolution? Radical Idealism and Its Tragic Consequences" (Princeton University Press, March 2020).By UW Jackson School

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KUOW: What’s really going on in US-Iran relations? 12:08

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By UW Jackson School

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Introducing ReligioPolitics: Independence and Orthodoxy in Ukraine 21:36

4+ y ago21:36

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Our introductory episode focuses on the successful campaign in early 2019 to create a Ukrainian Orthodox Church, independent from the Moscow Patriarchate. This religious nationalism formed a major plank of then-President Poroshenko’s platform for re-election. However, in the 2019 elections, he lost in a landslide to Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian t…

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ReligioPolitics Episode 2: India and Hindu nationalism 42:53

4+ y ago42:53

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Narenda Modi, Prime Minister of India, rules in the name of hindutva or Hindu Nationalism. His party’s shared vision for India has resulted in massive violence between Muslims and Hindus, as it did during his rule as Chief Minister in Gujarat. Most recently, Modi’s values of Hindu strength have led to the occupation of Kashmir, a massively popular …

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ReligioPolitics Episode 1: Ukraine 21:36

4+ y ago21:36

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Our introductory episode to ReligioPolitics, our six-part podcast series, focuses on the successful campaign in early 2019 in Ukraine to create a Ukrainian Orthodox Church by then-President Poroshenko who later lost in a landslide to Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian that had impersonated him on a popular show. Joining the program to explain its impli…

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Analysis | Vanessa Freije on Mexico's elections 3:34

6y ago3:34

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Jackson School of International Studies Assistant Professor Vanessa Freije gives an interview with KOMO Radio from Mexico City about the results of the country's July 1, 2018 elections. Freije served as an international election observer.By UW Jackson School

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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder 56:27

6+ y ago56:27

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Timothy Snyder, the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University, speaks at UW Kane Hall about ways to resist and create change in times of political trouble in On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. April 26, 2018.By UW Jackson School

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Washington Lieutenant Governor Cyrus Habib at the Jackson School | April 12 2018 30:29

6+ y ago30:29

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Washington Lieutenant Governor Habib gives a talk to UW students, faculty and the wider community about global opportunities for Washington, from trade to foreign relations, and the role of the Lieutenant Governor's Office in creating a more prosperous Washington for all.About the speakerBefore being elected as Washington state’s 16th Lieutenant Go…

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Daniel Bessner on his new book Democracy in Exile | New Books | Apr 11, 2018 1:03:04

6+ y ago1:03:04

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Daniel Bessner the Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies provides a fascinating account of Hans Speier, an oft forgotten yet highly influential figure within the mid-century national security state. Listen to a podcast interview of his latest book Democra…

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Alumna Elise Carlson-Rainer on bureaucrats in foreign policy and LGBTI rights | NPR 2:30

6+ y ago2:30

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Alumna Elise Carlson-Rainer discusses the role of bureaucrats in foreign policy and LGBTI rights under an a republican administration.By UW Jackson School

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Assistant Professor Sasha Senderovich on Seattle Russian consulate | NPR 2:52

6+ y ago2:52

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Assistant Professor Sasha Senderovich interviewed by NPR to share how he was personally affected by the order to close the Russian consulate in Seattle.By UW Jackson School

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A talk with Harvard Kennedy Prof. Arne Westad - The Cold War: A Global History 48:43

6+ y ago48:43

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In a talk in Jackson School as part of the 2018 U.S. in the World Speaker Series, Harvard Kennedy School Professor Arne Westad explored an alternate, ideological interpretation of the Cold War. According to him, the Cold War may have begun on the perimeters of Europe, but it had its deepest reverberations in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, where…

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Prof Anand Yang on Gandhi | 2018 History Lecture Series 58:13

6+ y ago58:13

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Golub Professor of International Studies in the Jackson School and Chair of the History Department in the University of Washington, Anand Yang speaking on “The Origins and Influence of Gandhi’s Ideas of Nonviolence” as part of the 2018 History Lecture Series on “Speaking Truth to Power: Protest & Dissent,” at UW’s Kane Hall on January 10, 2018.…

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Prof. Reşat Kasaba on Trump's plans of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel | KOMO Radio 3:27

6+ y ago3:27

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Jackson School Director and Professor Re?at Kasaba discusses possible implications of President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in an interview with KOMO News radio.By UW Jackson School

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Professor Reşat Kasaba discusses Trump's plans on Iran deal | KOMO Radio 5:45

6+ y ago5:45

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Jackson School Director and Professor Re?at Kasaba discusses President Trump's threat to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, and possible implications, in an interview with KOMO News radio.By UW Jackson School

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Hellmann summerizes President Trump's 12-day visit to Asia | KOMO Radio 4:03

6+ y ago4:03

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Korea expert Professor Don Hellmann, was interviewed by KOMO Radio to discuss the key take-aways from President Trump's 12-day Asia visit. Hellmann said while some advances where made on the economic front, there no concrete agreements on the issue of North Korea.By UW Jackson School

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Professor David Bachman discusses President Trump's visit to China on KOMO Radio 4:07

6+ y ago4:07

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Henry M. Jackson Professor of International Studies David Bachman discusses President Trump’s visit to China in this interview by KOMO Radio. Bachman said Trump delivered appeasing statements in his public addresses but behind the scenes there were tough talks on trade relations and North Korea. Overall, he added, the visit went well and will resul…

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Prof. Don Hellmann discusses the latest developments revolving N.Korea 3:23

7y ago3:23

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Korea Expert Prof. Don Hellmann comments on President Trump's dismissal of possible negotiations talks with North Korea.By UW Jackson School

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Sabine Lang on German elections | KOMO Radio 4:30

7y ago4:30

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Germany expert and Director of the Center for West European Studies, Prof. Sabine Lang, discussed with KOMO Radio the results of the elections in Germany that saw Chancellor Angela Merkel continuing to a fourth term.By UW Jackson School

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Prof. Anand Yang on President Trump's comments on Pakistan | KOMO Radio 4:13

7y ago4:13

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Prof. of History and India-Pakistan expert, Anand Yang interviewed by KOMO Radio to discuss comments made by U.S. President Trump accusing Pakistan of assisting the Taliban.By UW Jackson School

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Prof. Daniel Bessner interviewed on recent U.S. Russia tension | KOMO NEWS 3:43

7y ago3:43

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Daniel Bessner, the Anne H. H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy, discusses Russia's decision to order hundreds of U.S. diplomats to leave the country following sanctions passed by the U.S. against Russia.By UW Jackson School

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Prof. Joel Migdal interviewed by KOMO News on Trump's Presidential visit to Israel 5:09

7y ago5:09

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Israel and Middle East expert, Prof. Joel Migdal, was interviewed by KOMO News radio to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Israel. Migdal said that the Israelis were overall pleased by the visit but expressed some anxiety particularly following Trump's meetings with Russian Foreign Minster last week. Reports said that sensitive intellig…

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Former Rep. Jim McDermott on Trump's record low approval ratings in his first 100 days | KOMO News 9:14

7+ y ago9:14

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Former Congressman and Affiliate Faculty member Jim McDermott discusses President Trump's record low approval ratings nearing the completion of his first 100 days in office.By UW Jackson School

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