Best Global Economic Press Podcasts (2024)

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Welcome to the Global Economic Press podcast Episode #1 2:28

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In the inaugural episode of the Global Economic Press podcast, host Alex Brady introduces listeners to a new source for trusted, in-depth coverage of global finance and economics. Alex shares what listeners can expect from the podcast, including expert analysis of major financial stories, market trends, and insights from leading economists, investo…

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E. L. Gaston, "Illusions of Control: Dilemmas in Managing U.S. Proxy Forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria" (Columbia UP, 2024) 1:02:07

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Over the last two decades, the United States has supported a range of militias, rebels, and other armed groups in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Critics have argued that such partnerships have many perils, from enabling human rights abuses to seeding future threats. Policy makers, however, have sought to mitigate the risks of partnering with irregul…

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Beth Blum on Self-Help, Dale Carnegie to Today (JP) 29:44

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Beth Blum, Assistant Professor of English at Harvard, is the author of The Self-Help Compulsion (Columbia University Press 2019). In 2020, she spoke with John about how self-help went from its Victorian roots (worship greatness!) to the ingratiating unctuous style prescribed by the other-directed Dale Carnegie (everyone loves the sound of their own…

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Can Earnings Season Calm the Markets After a Surprising September? 33:22

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October 12, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 37 Join us for a captivating exploration of today’s financial landscape with our esteemed guest, Mr. Keith Lenton, as we draw parallels between the voyages of Christopher Columbus and the modern journey through markets. As bond markets take a pause on Columbus Day, the stock exchanges remain active, setting the s…

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Satoru Hashimoto, "Afterlives of Letters: The Transnational Origins of Modern Literature in China, Japan, and Korea" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:13:16

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When East Asia opened itself to the world in the nineteenth century, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean intellectuals had shared notions of literature because of the centuries-long cultural exchanges in the region. As modernization profoundly destabilized cultural norms, they ventured to create new literature for the new era. Satoru Hashimoto offers a n…

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Global Market Dynamics: Demographic Shifts, Geopolitical Tensions, and Economic Indicators 35:32

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October 7, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 36 Unearth the complexities of global markets with us as we explore how demographic shifts are reshaping economic landscapes worldwide. How are events like the anniversary of Hamas's attack on Israel, ongoing regional instabilities, and a robust employment report influencing oil, stock, and bond markets? We'll unc…

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Is the Fed’s 50-Point Rate Cut a Game Changer for Markets? 33:42

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September 23, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 35 Can a 50 basis point rate cut by the Federal Reserve really pave the way for a balanced economic future? Tune in to uncover the implications of this bold move, as Chairman Powell highlights the importance of "recalibration." We’ll break down how the S&P 500, Dow, and NASDAQ have responded, and why investors …

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Andreas E. Feldmann, "Repertoires of Terrorism: Organizational Identity and Violence in Colombia's Civil War" (Columbia UP, 2024) 42:18

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Why do armed groups employ terrorism in markedly different ways during civil wars? Drawing on more than a decade of fieldwork, Dr. Andreas E. Feldmann examines the disparate behaviour of actors including guerrilla groups, state security forces, and paramilitaries during Colombia’s long and bloody civil war. Analysing the varieties of violence in th…

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Immigration Realities: Challenging Common Misperceptions 1:08:46

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Today’s book is: Immigration Realities: Challenging Common Misperceptions (Columbia UP, 2024), by Ernesto Castaneda and Carina Cione, which is a practical, evidence-based primer on immigrants and immigration. Each chapter debunks a frequently encountered claim and answers common questions. Presenting the latest findings and decades of interdiscipli…

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Sheri Chinen Biesen, "Through a Noir Lens: Adapting Film Noir Visual Style" (Columbia UP, 2024) 1:06:25

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Shadows. Smoke. Dark alleys. Rain-slicked city streets. These are iconic elements of film noir visual style. Long after its 1940s heyday, noir hallmarks continue to appear in a variety of new media forms and styles. What has made the noir aesthetic at once enduring and adaptable? Sheri Chinen Biesen's Through a Noir Lens: Adapting Film Noir Visual …

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Will the Fed's Next Move Change Everything? 35:01

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September 16, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 34 Can a disciplined investment plan save you from costly mistakes? Join us as we navigate the turbulent waters of market volatility and the looming Federal Reserve interest rate decision. We spotlight the invaluable role financial professionals play in guiding investors through emotional traps, backed by insig…

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Will the Fed’s Next Move Crash or Boost the Market? 34:57

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September 9, 2024 | Season 6, Episode 33 What if we told you that the 23rd anniversary of September 11th holds profound insights not just into our collective memory but also into the dynamics of September's financial markets? Tune in as we navigate the turbulent waters of recent market movements, with Broadcom's earnings guidance and softer-than-ex…

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Can the Fed’s Soft Landing Plan Survive Rising Global Tensions and Inflation? 36:57

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September 3, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 32 How does the Federal Reserve navigate the stormy seas of high interest rates and inflation? In this episode, we uncover the critical role of the Fed in balancing the economy, especially as we inch closer to their pivotal meeting on September 17th and 18th. Get ready to explore the historical tumult of Septemb…

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Uluğ Kuzuoğlu, "Codes of Modernity: Chinese Scripts in the Global Information Age" (Columbia UP, 2023) 57:37

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In the late nineteenth century, Chinese reformers and revolutionaries believed that there was something fundamentally wrong with the Chinese writing system. The Chinese characters, they argued, were too cumbersome to learn, blocking the channels of communication, obstructing mass literacy, and impeding scientific progress. What had sustained a civi…

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Will the Federal Reserve's Next Move Be a Game-Changer for the Markets? 35:01

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August 19, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 31 What if the Federal Reserve's next move could reshape your financial future? Tune in to our deep dive into the Fed's storied past and its pivotal role in today's market dynamics. We'll uncover crucial moments from the Panic of 1907 to Nixon's influence on Arthur Burns, and explore how these historical events st…

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From Lincoln's Strategy to Modern Markets: Insights on Historical Elections, Financial Trends, and Investment Strategies 35:26

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August 12, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 30 What if the secret to winning one of the most pivotal elections in U.S. history lay in the hands of an underdog with a vision? Join us as we travel back to 1860 and uncover how Abraham Lincoln, a little-known one-term Whig representative from Illinois, rose to prominence as the Republican nominee. We'll break d…

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Arthur Burns: “The smartest guy in the room” 47:38

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More than any other global institution, the US Federal Reserve’s decisions and communications drive capital markets and alter financial conditions everywhere from Seattle to Seoul. While its interest rate are set by an expert committee, for almost a century, the Fed’s core philosophy and operational approach have been moulded by one person: the Cha…

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Unraveling Market Chaos: Insights into the August 5th, 2024 Economic Upheaval 38:19

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August 5, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 29 Ready to unravel the complexities behind one of the most volatile market days of the year? Join us as we dissect the chaos of August 5th, 2024, a day marked by surprising twists and seismic shifts across the global economy. From abrupt Federal Reserve movements to Warren Buffett's latest maneuvers, and from Mars…

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D. E. Osto, "Paranormal States: Psychic Abilities in Buddhist Convert Communities" (Columbia UP, 2024) 54:56

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A number of converts to Buddhism report paranormal experiences. Their accounts describe psychic abilities like clairvoyance and precognition, out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, and encounters with other beings such as ghosts and deities, and they often interpret these events through a specifically Buddhist lens. Paranormal States: Psy…

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Bernard E. Harcourt. "Cooperation: A Political, Economic, and Social Theory" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:12:28

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Liberal democracy is in crisis around the world, unable to address pressing problems such as climate change. There is, however, another path—cooperation democracy. From consumer co-ops to credit unions, worker cooperatives to insurance mutuals, nonprofits to mutual aid, countless examples prove that people working together can extend the ideals of …

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Matthew H. Sommer, "The Fox Spirit, the Stone Maiden, and Other Transgender Histories from Late Imperial China" (Columbia UP, 2024) 1:26:55

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The Fox Spirit, the Stone Maiden, and Other Transgender Histories from Late Imperial China (Columbia University Press, 2024) is a fascinating study of transgender lives and practices in late imperial China. This book takes as its core subject matter six court cases from Qing China that involve people who moved away from the gender they were assigne…

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Are August and September Really the Toughest Months for Equity Markets? 36:22

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July 29, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 28 Can the aging population reshape your investment strategy? Tune in to uncover Jeremy Siegel’s expert insights on how increasing lifespans are impacting the financial world. We discuss the turbulent times of July and August in the equity markets, highlighting significant earnings reports and key economic updates f…

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Christopher T. Fan, "Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility" (Columbia UP, 2024) 1:50:19

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After the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act loosened discriminatory restrictions, people from Northeast Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and eventually China immigrated to the United States in large numbers. Highly skilled Asian immigrants flocked to professional-managerial occupations, especially in science, technology, engin…

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Austin Knuppe, "Surviving the Islamic State: Contention, Cooperation, and Neutrality in Wartime Iraq" (Columbia UP, 2024) 53:49

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How did ordinary Iraqis survive the occupation of their communities by the Islamic State? How did they decide whether to stay or flee, to cooperate or resist? Based on an original survey from Baghdad alongside key interviews in the field Surviving the Islamic State: Contention, Cooperation, and Neutrality in Wartime Iraq (Columbia University Press,…

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Hannah Freed-Thall, "Modernism at the Beach: Queer Ecologies and the Coastal Commons" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:04:32

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Departing from the conventional association of modernism with the city, Hannah Freed-Thall's Modernism at the Beach: Queer Ecologies and the Coastal Commons (Columbia University Press, 2023) makes a case for the coastal zone as a surprisingly generative setting for twentieth-century literature and art. An unruly and elusive confluence of human and …

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Market Impacts of Biden's Exit: From Political Shifts to Retirement Trends 32:55

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July 22, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 27 Can President Biden’s shocking exit from the 2024 election reshape the financial markets? Find out as we dissect this unexpected political move and its broad implications. We'll explore the shift from mega-cap tech giants to value stocks, and what this rotation means for your investment strategy. Aging isn't just…

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Yanagawa Seigan, "The Same Moon Shines on All: The Lives and Selected Poems of Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran" (Columbia UP, 2024) 54:00

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Yanagawa Seigan (1789–1858) and his wife Kōran (1804–79) were two of the great poets of nineteenth-century Japan. They practiced the art of traditional Sinitic poetry—works written in literary Sinitic, or classical Chinese, a language of enduring importance far beyond China’s borders. Together, they led itinerant lives, traveling around Japan teach…

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Arie Perliger, "American Zealots: Inside Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism" (Columbia UP, 2020) 1:03:56

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In an unsettling time in American history, the outbreak of right-wing violence is among the most disturbing developments. In recent years, attacks originating from the far right of American politics have targeted religious and ethnic minorities, with a series of antigovernment militants, religious extremists, and lone-wolf mass shooters inspired by…

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Kevin Loughran, "Parks for Profit: Selling Nature in the City" (Columbia UP, 2022) 1:03:56

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A new kind of city park has emerged in the early twenty-first century. Postindustrial parks transform the derelict remnants of an urban past into distinctive public spaces that meld repurposed infrastructure, wild-looking green space, and landscape architecture. For their proponents, they present an opportunity to turn disused areas into neighborho…

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Ying Qian, "Revolutionary Becomings: Documentary Media in Twentieth-Century China" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:16:51

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Welcome to another episode of New Books in Chinese Studies. Today, I will be talking to Columbia University professor Ying Qian about her new book, Revolutionary Becomings: Documentary Media in Twentieth-Century China (Columbia UP, 2023). The volume enriches our understanding of media’s role in China’s revolutionary history by turning to documentar…

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Market Shocks: Assassination Attempt Impact, Longevity's Financial Toll, and Tech Investment Potential 34:05

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July 15, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 26 Can the shocking news of an attempted assassination on former President Trump really sway financial markets? Find out how this unprecedented event has led to a surge in the dollar and US stock futures while hitting treasuries hard. We'll also explore the profound implications of increased longevity on your financ…

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Anri Yasuda, "Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890-1930" (Columbia UP, 2024) 39:44

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The notion of beauty is inherently elusive: aesthetic judgments are at once subjective and felt to be universally valid. In Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890-1930 (Columbia UP, 2024), Anri Yasuda demonstrates that by exploring the often conflicting yet powerful pull of aesthetic sentiments, major author…

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Catherine Tan, "Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge" (Columbia UP, 2024) 45:41

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Movements that take issue with conventional understandings of autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disability, have become increasingly visible. Drawing on more than three years of ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with participants, Dr. Catherine Tan investigates two autism-focused movements, shedding new light on how members contest expe…

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Navigating Record Highs: Insights from Buffett, Munger, and Today's Market Trends 35:20

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July 8, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 25 What if you could navigate the complexities of today's financial markets with the precision of Warren Buffett and the insight of Charlie Munger? In our latest episode, we promise to arm you with everything you need to know about the recent record highs in the S&P and NASDAQ, driven by large-cap AI stocks, and how …

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Natasha L. Mikles, "Shattered Grief: How the Pandemic Transformed the Spirituality of Death in America" (Columbia UP, 2024) 56:06

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The COVID-19 pandemic left millions grieving their loved ones without the consolation of traditional ways of mourning. Patients were admitted to hospitals and never seen again. Social distancing often meant conventional funerals could not be held. Religious communities of all kinds were disrupted at the exact moment mourners turned to them for supp…

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Jonathan Judaken, "Critical Theories of Anti-Semitism" (Columbia UP, 2024) 1:16:29

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Despite its persistence and viciousness, anti-Semitism remains undertheorized in comparison with other forms of racism and discrimination. How should anti-Semitism be defined? What are its underlying causes? Why do anti-Semites target Jews? In what ways has Judeophobia changed over time? What are the continuities and disconnects between mediaeval a…

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Neena Mahadev, "Karma and Grace: Religious Difference in Millennial Sri Lanka" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:24:28

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Around the turn of the millennium, Pentecostal churches began to pepper majority-Buddhist Sri Lanka, setting off a sense of alarm among Buddhists who saw Christianity as a neocolonial threat to the nation. Rumors of foul play in the death of a Buddhist monk, as well as allegations of proselytizing in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and during the…

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Amanda McMillan Lequieu, "Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt" (Columbia UP, 2024) 41:40

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Half a century ago, deindustrialization gutted blue-collar jobs in the American Midwest. But today, these places are not ghost towns. People still call these communities home, even as they struggle with unemployment, poverty, and other social and economic crises. Why do people remain in declining areas through difficult circumstances? What do their…

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Pierre Sokolsky, "Clock in the Sun: How We Came to Understand Our Nearest Star" (Columbia UP, 2024) 29:03

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On the surface of the Sun, spots appear and fade in a predictable cycle, like a great clock in the sky. In medieval Russia, China, and Korea, monks and court astronomers recorded the appearance of these dark shapes, interpreting them as omens of things to come. In Western Europe, by contrast, where a cosmology originating with Aristotle prevailed, …

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From Generosity to Market Trends: Navigating 2024 with Insights on Human Behavior, Tech, and Investment Strategies 32:31

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07/01/2024 Season 6 | Episode 24 What drives generosity and moral behavior in the shadows of anonymity? Explore the fascinating intersection of human nature and financial markets as we kick off the third quarter of 2024 with a deep dive into how our actions are influenced by the eyes—or lack thereof—watching us. We’ll unpack various studies and exp…

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Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, "An Impossible Friendship: Group Portrait, Jerusalem Before and After 1948" (Columbia UP, 2024) 53:34

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In Jerusalem, as World War II was coming to an end, an extraordinary circle of friends began to meet at the bar of the King David Hotel. This group of aspiring artists, writers, and intellectuals—among them Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Sally Kassab, Walid Khalidi, and Rasha Salam, some of whom would go on to become acclaimed authors,…

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Trish Kahle on the Labor History of Energy Systems 1:01:21

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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks to Trish Kahle, Assistant Professor of History at Georgetown University-Qatar, about Kahle's new project, "Power Up: A Social History of American Electricity," which focuses especially on the labor history of both constructing and maintaining the electricity grid. They also talk about Kahle's forthcoming boo…

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Adrian Johnston, "Infinite Greed: The Inhuman Selfishness of Capital" (Columbia UP, 2024) 1:56:17

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Marxism and psychoanalysis have a rich and complicated relationship to one another, with countless figures and books written on the possible intersection of the two. Our guest today, Adrian Johnston, returns to NBN to discuss his own latest entry into the genre, Infinite Greed: The Inhuman Selfishness of Capital (Columbia UP, 2024). While the book …

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Allison Elias, "The Rise of Corporate Feminism: Women in the American Office, 1960-1990" (Columbia UP, 2022) 49:26

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From the 1960s through the 1990s, the most common job for women in the United States was clerical work. Even as college-educated women obtained greater opportunities for career advancement, occupational segregation by gender remained entrenched. How did feminism in corporate America come to represent the individual success of the executive woman an…

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Alex V. Barnard, "Conservatorship: Inside California's System of Coercion and Care for Mental Illness" (Columbia UP, 2023) 59:36

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Is involuntary psychiatric treatment the solution to the intertwined crises of untreated mental illness, homelessness, and addiction? In recent years, politicians and advocates have sought to expand the use of conservatorships, a legal tool used to force someone deemed “gravely disabled,” or unable to meet their needs for food, clothing, or shelter…

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The Evolution of Tariffs, Tech Titans, and Market Trends: Insights and Opportunities 31:50

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June 17, 2024 Season 6 | Episode 23 Can tariffs shape the future of our economy as much as they've defined our past? Unravel the complex history and modern implications of tariff policies from their origins with George Washington to their current implementation under Presidents Trump and Biden. We'll guide you through the lasting impact of tariffs …

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Lisa M. P. Munoz, "Women in Science Now: Stories and Strategies for Achieving Equity" (Columbia UP, 2023) 36:44

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Women working in the sciences face obstacles at virtually every step along their career paths. From subtle slights to blatant biases, deep systemic problems block women from advancing or push them out of science and technology entirely. Women in Science Now: Stories and Strategies for Achieving Equity (Columbia UP, 2023) examines solutions to this …

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Tessa Hill and Eric Simons, "At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans" (Columbia UP, 2024) 53:01

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At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans (Columbia UP, 2024) takes readers on a journey from California tidepools to Antarctic poles, showcasing myriad efforts to research and protect marine environments. Through insightful interviews, oceanographer Tessa Hill and science journalist Eric Simons offer a compelling exploration of …

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Timothy Morton, "Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology" (Columbia UP, 2024) 1:07:01

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Hell on earth is real. The toxic fusion of big oil, Evangelical Christianity, and white supremacy has ignited a worldwide inferno, more phantasmagoric than anything William Blake could dream up and more cataclysmic than we can fathom. Escaping global warming hell, this revelatory book shows, requires a radical, mystical marriage of Christianity and…

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Midpoint 2024: Unpacking Economic Myths, Technological Advances, and Investment Insights 34:06

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June 10, 2024 |Season 6| Episode 22 Is the economy really teetering on the edge of a recession, or are we all just misreading the signs? Today, we dissect the paradox of choppy economic data juxtaposed with a robust stock market as we approach the midpoint of 2024. We cut through the noise to address public misconceptions about GDP growth and marke…

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