Best MIT Capitals Podcasts (2024)

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Lucia Hulsether, "Capitalist Humanitarianism" (Duke UP, 2023) 1:12:46

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The struggle against neoliberal order has gained momentum over the last five decades – to the point that economic elites have not only adapted to the Left's critiques but incorporated them for capitalist expansion. Venture funds expose their ties to slavery and pledge to invest in racial equity. Banks pitch microloans as a path to indigenous self-d…

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Felicia Langer: "Israel und der palästinensische Krieg." 12:35

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Stefan Fuchs (audio archiv) im Gespräch mit Felicia Langer. Felicia Langer (1930-2018), Trägerin des Alternativen Nobelpreises, in einem kurzen Interview aus dem Jahr 2004. Felicia Langer fordert die Anerkennung und Umsetzung der UN Resolutionen durch Israel als Voraussetzung für einen Friedensprozess im Nahen Osten. Stefan Fuchs (audio archiv) in …

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#182 - Prinzipien hinter Erfolg mit Marc Weindinger von Schema M 1:10:41

18m ago1:10:41

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Mit Expertise, Erfahrung und persönlichem Engagement begleiten wir Dich bei der erfolgreichen Finanzierung und zum ergiebigen Verkauf Deines Unternehmens. 🔗 https://eser.capital/erstgespraech/ ________________________________________________________________________ SichtbarerWerden GmbH ist unser Exklusivpartner im Digital Business Podcast und hilf…

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Deb Goodkin, Executive Director at The FreeBSD Foundation 46:55

6d ago46:55

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Ever wondered how the backbone of streaming giants like Netflix or gaming consoles like Sony PlayStation ticks? Dive deep with us in this episode as we unravel the legacy and impact of FreeBSD, one of the unsung heroes of the tech world. Join us in an insightful conversation with Deb Goodkin, the Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation, as we …

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Kristen R. Ghodsee, "Second World, Second Sex: Socialist Women's Activism and Global Solidarity during the Cold War" (Duke UP, 2019) 1:11:29

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Last week, I had the privilege to talk with Dr. Kristen R. Ghodsee about her most recent book Second World, Second Sex: Socialist Women's Activism and Global Solidarity during the Cold War (Duke University Press, 2019) and the behind-the-scene details of its making. Ghodsee is a professor in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pe…

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Carl Öhman, "The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 41:02

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A short, thought-provoking book about what happens to our online identities after we die. These days, so much of our lives takes place online—but what about our afterlives? Thanks to the digital trails that we leave behind, our identities can now be reconstructed after our death. In fact, AI technology is already enabling us to “interact” with the …

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Maya Wind, "Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom" (Verso, 2024) 48:30

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Israeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as liberal bastions of freedom and democracy. Drawing on extensive research and making Hebrew sources accessible to the international community, Maya Wind shatters this myth by documenting how Israeli universities are directly complicit in the violation of Palestinian rights. In Towers of Ivory an…

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Alfred Schmidt: "Über Theodor W. Adorno - About Theodor W. Adorno." 43:28

1d ago43:28

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Karin Beindorff (audio archiv) im Gespräch mit dem Philosophen Alfred Schmidt (1931-2012). Karin Beindorff (audio archiv) in conversation with the philosopher Alfred Schmidt (1931-2012). Alfred Schmidt lehrte an der Universität Frankfurt a.M. Seine Forschungsgebiete waren u.a. die Kritische Theorie. In diesem Gespräch berichtet Alfred Schmidt von s…

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Maya Pagni Barak, "The Slow Violence of Immigration Court: Procedural Justice on Trial" (NYU Press, 2023) 49:29

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Each year, hundreds of thousands of migrants are moved through immigration court. With a national backlog surpassing one million cases, court hearings take years and most migrants will eventually be ordered deported. The Slow Violence of Immigration Court: Procedural Justice on Trial (NYU Press, 2023) by Dr. Maya Pagni Barak sheds light on the expe…

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From the Parking Lot Workout to Fitness Empire: Empowering Women Through Fitness with Morgan Kline, Co-Founder of Burn Boot Camp 49:52

3d ago49:52

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In this episode of Raw and Real Entrepreneurship, Susan Sly sits down with Morgan Kline, Co-Founder of Burn Boot Camp. Morgan shares her inspiring story of transitioning from parking lot boot camps to leading a thriving fitness franchise with over 400 locations and a best-selling book. The conversation touches on: Entrepreneurship & Career Transiti…

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Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert, "The Secret Life of Data: Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance" (MIT Press, 2024) 39:27

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What is data, and why does it matter for us to care about the data traces we leave behind? What are the implications for our lives of how this data is used by other people in other times and places? In a conversation with Joanne Kuai, authors Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert introduce their new book and talk about how we can rethink our relationshi…

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Laura Robson, "Human Capital: A History of Putting Refugees to Work" (Verso, 2023) 51:01

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When Americans and other citizens of advanced capitalist countries think of humanitarianism, they think of charitable efforts to help people displaced by war, disaster, and oppression find new homes where they can live complete lives. However, as the historian Laura Robson argues in her book Human Capital: A History of Putting Refugees to Work (Ver…

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#906 Want to Be a Better Psychiatrist? Enter a Beauty Pageant!

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Canadian (Nova Scotia) Psychiatrist Dr. Patricia Celan’s personality type is INFJ-T (Advocate). When she's not working on improving the mental health of her patients or advocating for human and non-human victims of abuse, Patricia enjoys creative writing, photography, film, travel, music, singing, dancing, yoga, and spending time with her cats, fri…

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Jean Ziegler: "Afrika: Kulturen gegen Kapitalismus - Cultures against capitalism" 23:35

8d ago23:35

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Jean Ziegler im zweiten Gespräch (erstes Gespräch siehe Sendung vom 7.Juni 2024) mit Christoph Burgmer. Jean Ziegler in the second conversation (For the first interview, see the broadcast of June 7, 2024) with Christoph Burgmer. Jean Ziegler (born 1934), politician, political scientist and well-known non-fiction author has long been regarded as Swi…

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Unlocking Growth: Insights from HPE Growth's Tim van Delden on Private Equity Success, EN #24 47:34

10d ago47:34

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In this week's podcast episode, we are excited to welcome Tim van Delden, Founder and Managing Partner of HPE Growth. Established in 2010, HPE Growth is a leading pan-European private equity firm specialising in early to mid-growth capital investments in technology companies, with over EUR 600 million in assets under management. HPE focuses on high…

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Ailbhe O'Loughlin, "Law and Personality Disorder: Human Rights, Human Risks, and Rehabilitation" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:07:49

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In Law and Personality Disorder: Human Rights, Human Risks, and Rehabilitation (Oxford UP, 2024), Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin considers the controversial and under-researched concern of what to do with dangerous people with severe personality disorders. She brings together scientific evidence, law and policy, to consider risk prevention, public security a…

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Michelle Gordon and Rachel O ́Sullivan, "Colonial Paradigms of Violence: Comparative Analysis of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Mass Killing" (Wallstein, 2022) 1:07:08

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In recent years, scholars have rediscovered Hannah Arendt`s "boomerang thesis" – the "coming home" of European colonialism as genocide on European soil – as well as Raphael Lemkin`s work around his definition of genocide and the importance of its colonial dimensions. Germany and other European states are increasingly engaging in debates on comparin…

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Sean Redmond, "The Loneliness Room: A Creative Ethnography of Loneliness" (Manchester UP, 2024) 52:42

15d ago52:42

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The Loneliness Room: A Creative Ethnography of Loneliness (Manchester University Press, 2024) by Dr. Sean Remond is a remarkably unique book takes the conceit of the loneliness room to show how everyday artistic practice opens up loneliness to new definitions and new understandings. Refusing to pathologise loneliness, the book draws on the creative…

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Hans-Peter Dürr: "Das Ende der Erkenntnis: Kopieren & Zerstören - The end of knowledge: Copy & Destroy." 32:14

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Stefan Fuchs (audio-archiv) im Gespräch mit dem Physiker und Schriftsteller Hans-Peter Dürr. Stefan Fuchs (audio-archiv) in conversation with physicist and author Hans-Peter Dürr. Hans-Peter Dürr war Leiter des Max-Planck Instituts für Physik, ehemaliger Mitarbeiter von Werner Heisenberg, im Vorstand von Greenpeace Deutschland und ein einflussreich…

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Unlocking the future of GP Stakes: A conversation with Paul Kucerin, Managing Director at Armen, DE #23 43:28

17d ago43:28

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In der dieswöchigen Podcast-Episode freuen wir uns, Paul Kucerin, Managing Director bei Armen, begrüßen zu dürfen. Armen ist ein führender europäischer Pionier in GP Stakes-Transaktionen und konzentriert sich darauf, Anteile an Managementgesellschaften in der alternativen Industrie zu erwerben, um deren Wachstum zu unterstützen. Mit Büros in Paris,…

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Stephanie DeGooyer, "Before Borders: A Legal and Literary History of Naturalization" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022) 49:26

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How can the novel be a way to understand the development of nation-state borders? An important work in the intersections of law, literature, history, and migration, Stephanie DeGooyer's Before Borders: A Legal and Literary History of Naturalization (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022) offers fascinating insight into understanding naturalization. Tracing the id…

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Navigating Obstacles and Building High-Performing Teams with Karen Gordon, Founder of Simpli5 46:51

26d ago46:51

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In this Raw and Real Entrepreneurship episode, Susan Sly talks to Karen Gordon, Founder of Simpli5. Karen shares her journey from managing a thriving business with $1 million in monthly revenue to navigating that customer's bankruptcy. Her story highlights the importance of perseverance and strategic pivoting. Karen shares the practical implication…

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Siobhan Angus, "Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography" (Duke UP, 2024) 51:56

22d ago51:56

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In Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography (Duke UP, 2024) Siobhan Angus tells the history of photography through the minerals upon which the medium depends. Challenging the emphasis on immateriality in discourses on photography, Angus focuses on the inextricable links between image-making and resource extraction, revealing how the mi…

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Hans Schiler: "Tausend und ein arabisches Buch - A thousand and one Arabic books - ألف كتاب عربي وألف كتاب عرب." 19:12

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Christoph Burgmer im Gespräch mit dem Verleger Hans Schiler. Christoph Burgmer in conversation with the publisher Hans Schiler. كريستوف بورجمير في حوار مع الناشر هانز شيلر. Hans Schiler ist der deutsche Pionier als Verleger arabischer Literatur und Sachbücher zur arabischen Welt und zum Islam. Zu einer Zeit, als man die Islamwissenschaft noch als u…

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Noam Chomsky: "Krieg gegen den Terror - War on terror." 27:34

30d ago27:34

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Stefan Fuchs im Gespräch mit Noam Chomsky über den 11. September 2001 und die Folgen. Stefan Fuchs in conversation with Noam Chomsky about September 11, 2001 and its consequences. Im März 2024 haben wir das erste Gespräch mit Noam Chomsky, dem bekanntesten amerikanischen Intellektuellen, auf audio archiv gesendet. Das Thema war die Konkurrenz zwisc…

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Investing in a Sustainable Future with Dr. Terhi Vapola, Managing Partner and Founder at Greencode Ventures, EN #22 40:23

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In this week's podcast episode, we are excited to welcome Dr. Terhi Vapola, Managing Partner and Founder at Greencode Ventures and Investor and Board Observer at LiveEO. Green Code Ventures is a digital-first venture capital firm focused on the green transition by supporting startups that generate positive environmental and social impacts while bui…

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Julia Wojnowska-Radzińska, "Implications of Pre-Emptive Data Surveillance for Fundamental Rights in the European Union" (Brill Nijhoff, 2023) 35:21

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In Implications of Pre-Emptive Data Surveillance for Fundamental Rights in the European Union (Brill Nijhoff, 2023) Julia Wojnowska-Radzińska offers a comprehensive legal analysis of various forms of pre-emptive data surveillance adopted by the European legislator and their impact on fundamental rights. It also identifies what minimum guarantees ha…

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#905 Jungian Lisa Marchiano on Reclaiming Your Outlaw Energies

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Lisa Marchiano, LCSW, is a Jungian analyst, author, and podcaster. She is the cohost of the popular depth psychology podcast This Jungian Life. She is on the faculty of the C. G. Jung Institute of Philadelphia, and she lectures and teaches widely. Lisa is the author of Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself published by Sounds True in 2021. She li…

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Eddie Jaoude, Open Source Consultant 51:07

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Success is not just about focusing on the grind. It is also about applying yourself every single day and letting your efforts compound over time. In this episode, open source consultant Eddie Jaoude shares how he applied this mindset in his own career path. Joining Ben Rometsch, he explains how he successfully built a strong online following throug…

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Michele Goodwin, "Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood" (Cambridge UP, 2020) 1:04:10

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Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood (Cambridge University Press, 2020) a brilliant but shocking account of the criminalization of all aspects of reproduction, pregnancy, abortion, birth, and motherhood in the United States. In her extensively researched monograph, Michele Goodwin recounts the horrific contempora…

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Jean Ziegler: "Afrika: Wider moderne Sklaverei - Against modern slavery." 24:17

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Jean Ziegler im Gespräch mit Christoph Burgmer. Jean Ziegler in conversation with Christoph Burgmer. Jean Ziegler (geb. 1934), Politiker, Politologe und bekannter Sachbuchautor gilt lange als das "enfant terrible" der Schweiz. Von 2000 bis 2008 war Jean Ziegler UN-Sonderberichterstatter für das "Recht auf Nahrung". Mit seinen Büchern über die Schwe…

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Navigating the European Credit Market with Blair Jacobson Partner and Co-Head of European Credit in the Ares Credit Group, EN #21 43:57

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In this week's podcast episode, we are excited to welcome Blair Jacobson, Partner and Co-Head of European Credit in the Ares Credit Group. Ares Management Corporation is a prominent global alternative investment manager that offers a range of primary and secondary investment solutions across credit, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure a…

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The Future of Content Creation and AI with Cody Schneider, Co-Founder of Swell AI 59:38

1M ago59:38

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In this Raw and Real Entrepreneurship episode, host Susan Sly sits down with Cody Schneider, Co-Founder of Swell AI. Together, they explore the dynamic landscape of startups, highlighting the rising trend of remote work and the power of global talent pools. Cody shares invaluable insights on scaling companies through innovative strategies like podc…

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Wendy Pearlman, "The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora" (Liveright, 2024) 44:23

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In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora (Liveright, 2024) takes Syria’s refugee outflow as its point…

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#904 Dr. Alexey Tolchinsky on Narrative Fallacy in Clinical Diagnosis

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Alexey Tolchinsky, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Maryland. He specializes in trauma work and anxiety disorders. He works in psychotherapy with neurodiverse patients, including individuals with Asperger’s disorder, dyslexia, and other conditions. A part of his practice includes working with immigrants struggling with adapt…

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Ari Zilka, CEO of MyDecisive.ai 44:26

1M ago44:26

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In this episode of The Craft of Open Source, Ari Zilka describes his transition from his previous projects to founding a new company that aims to improve control over observability data in IT. He identifies issues with current observability tools, such as high costs and lack of flexibility, and propose using OpenTelemetry to offer a more customizab…

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We Should Not Take the UN For Granted: A Discussion with Abiodun Williams 33:54

1M ago33:54

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In times where conflicts around the globe are an everyday topic, the place of the United Nations in resolving these conflicts is constantly being questioned. In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey discusses this issue with Professor Abiodun Williams, Professor of the Practice of International Politics at Tufts Universit…

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Sima Samar: "Afghanistan: Das große Versagen - The great failure - ستره ناکامي." 49:35

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Sima Samar (*1957) im Gespräch mit Christoph Burgmer. Sima Samar in conversation with Christoph Burgmer. سیما سمر له کریسټوف برګمر سره په خبرو کې. Die Ärztin Sima Samar war ab 2001 Ministerin für Frauenangelegenheiten in Afghanistan und ab 2002 Vorsitzende der afghanischen Menschenrechtskommission. 2021, kurz vor der Machtübernahme der "Neuen Talib…

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Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp, "Disability Worlds" (Duke UP, 2024) 1:25:38

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In Disability Worlds (Duke UP, 2024), Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp chronicle and theorize two decades of immersion in New York City’s wide-ranging disability worlds as parents, activists, anthropologists, and disability studies scholars. They situate their disabled children’s lives among the experiences of advocates, families, experts, activists, a…

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Gary J. Bass, "Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia" (Knopf, 2023) 49:21

2M ago49:21

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In December 1948, a panel of 12 judges sentenced 23 Japanese officials for war crimes. Seven, including former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, were sentenced to death. The sentencing ended the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, an over-two-year-long trial over Imperial Japan’s atrocities in China and its decision to attack the U.S. But u…

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Channel’s take on short-term private debt and the role of sustainability with Walter Gontarek, CEO and Chairman of Channel Digital - Part 2 EN #20 2/2 38:43

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In this week's podcast episode, we are excited to welcome Walter Gontarek, CEO and Chairman of Channel Digital. This week's episode is the second part out of two. Channel Digital is a premier funding partner in the alternative finance sector, helping SME-focused alternative lenders grow their B2B lending portfolios with financing from $5 million to…

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Redefining Private Markets: A Conversation with Walter Gontarek, CEO and Chairman of Channel Digital - Part 1 EN #20 23:21

2M ago23:21

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In this week's podcast episode, we are excited to welcome Walter Gontarek, CEO and Chairman of Channel Digital. This week's episode is the first part out of two. Channel Digital is a premier funding partner in the alternative finance sector, helping SME-focused alternative lenders grow their B2B lending portfolios with financing from $5 million to …

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Vanessa Walker, "Principles in Power: Latin America and the Politics of U.S. Human Rights Diplomacy" (Cornell UP, 2020) 1:04:37

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Vanessa Walker's Principles in Power: Latin America and the Politics of U. S. Human Rights Diplomacy (Cornell University Press, 2020) explores the relationship between policy makers and nongovernment advocates in Latin America and the United States government in order to explain the rise of anti-interventionist human rights policies uniquely critic…

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Cem Özdemir: „Migration, EU & Türkei - Migration, EU & Turkey.“ 31:27

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Cem Özdemir im Gespräch mit Christoph Burgmer. Cem Özdemir in conversation with Christoph Burgmer. Cem Özdemir war der erste Bundestagsabgeordnete mit türkischem Migrationshintergrund. Der Politiker wurde 1965 in Urach geboren, seine Eltern stammen aus Pazar in der Türkei. Er absolvierte eine Erzieherausbildung und ein Sozialpädagogikstudium, trat …

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Marc Weindinger spricht über seine Erfolgsgeheimnisse hinter dem Aufbau seiner Agentur SCHEMA M und seinem Software StartUp TRACIFY mit Matthias Walter Eser (#181) 57:45

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Mit Expertise, Erfahrung und persönlichem Engagement begleiten wir Dich bei der erfolgreichen Finanzierung und zum ergiebigen Verkauf Deines Unternehmens. 🔗 https://eser.capital/erstgespraech/ ________________________________________________________________________ SichtbarerWerden GmbH ist unser Exklusivpartner im Digital Business Podcast und hilf…

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From Startup to Starbucks: How Chris Hunter Navigated The Crash of Four Loko and Landed On Top 41:19

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Ever wondered how a kid selling coloring books door-to-door could end up co-founding one of the hottest plant-based protein drink brands? In this Raw and Real Entrepreneurship episode, Susan Sly sits down with Chris Hunter, the unstoppable force behind KOIA. From hustling coloring book pictures in Youngstown, Ohio, to navigating the chaos of Four L…

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#903 UK Prof Brett Kahr Celebrated Psychoanalysis Historian Returns

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Professor Brett Kahr has worked in the mental health profession for well over forty years.He is Senior Fellow at the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology in London and, also, Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis and Mental Health at Regent’s University London.Kahr is the Chair of the Scholars Committee of the British Psychoanalytic Council, an…

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Image as Form in a Transpositional Grammar 1:02:12

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Listen to Episode No.10 of All We Mean, a Special Focus of this podcast. All We Mean is an ongoing discussion and debate about how we mean and why. The guests on today's episode are Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, professors at the University of Illinois, and as well, John Jones, assistant professor at SUNY Cortland. In this episode of the Focus, our…

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Gore Vidal: "Die USA im Ewigen Krieg - The USA in perpetual war." 38:56

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Stefan Fuchs (audio-archiv) im Gespräch mit dem amerikanischen Schriftsteller Gore Vidal (1925-2012) über die paramilitärische amerikanische Gesellschaft und ihren nie endenden globalen Krieg. Stefan Fuchs (audio-archiv) in conversation with the American writer Gore Vidal (1925-2012) about the paramilitary American society and its never-ending glob…

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Unchained Ambition: Breaking Free from Debt to Build Dreams With Nick Fogle, Founder of Chunkey 52:16

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In this raw and riveting episode of the Raw and Real Entrepreneurship Podcast, Susan Sly sits down with Nick Fogle, the resilient founder of Churnkey, to unpack the gritty truth of turning financial chaos into entrepreneurial gold. Their conversation dives deep into the whirlwind journey from crippling student loans to groundbreaking business succe…

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