Best Ramtin Podcasts (2024)

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We The People: Legal Representation 49:43

9h ago49:43

49:43

The Sixth Amendment. Most of us take it for granted that if we're ever in court and we can't afford a lawyer, the court will provide one for us. And in fact, the right to an attorney is written into the Constitution's sixth amendment. But for most of U.S. history, it was more of a nice-to-have — something you got if you could, but that many people …

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Tested: Questions of a Physical Nature 35:17

23m ago35:17

35:17

In 1966, the governing body of the Olympic track and field event started mandatory examinations of all women athletes. These inspections would come to be known as "nude parades," and if you were a woman who refused the test, you couldn't compete. We're going back almost a century to the first time women were allowed to compete in Olympic track and …

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We the People: Gun Rights 48:29

1h ago48:29

48:29

The Second Amendment. In April 1938, an Oklahoma bank robber was arrested for carrying an unregistered sawed-off shotgun across state lines. The robber, Jack Miller, put forward a novel defense: that a law banning him from carrying that gun violated his Second Amendment rights. For most of U.S. history, the Second Amendment was one of the sleepier …

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We The People: Free Speech 48:52

10h ago48:52

48:52

The First Amendment. Book bans, disinformation, the wild world of the internet. Free speech debates are all around us. What were the Founding Fathers thinking when they created the First Amendment, and how have the words they wrote in the 18th century been stretched and shaped to fit a world they never could have imagined? It's a story that travels…

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The Creeping Coup 50:25

17d ago50:25

50:25

Sudan has been at the center of a deadly and brutal war for over a year. It's the site of the world's largest hunger crisis, and the world's largest displacement crisis. On the surface, it's a story about two warring generals vying for power – the latest in a long cycle of power struggles that have plagued Sudan for decades. But it's also a story a…

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The Roots of Poverty in America 49:53

1M ago49:53

49:53

The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet over 10 percent of people – nearly 40 million – live in poverty. It's something we see, say, if we live near a tent encampment. And it's also something we feel. More than a third of people in the U.S. say they're worried about being able to pay their rent or mortgage. Medical bi…

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Radical Therapy 28:11

24d ago28:11

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In a fast-paced society that often privileges work, wealth, and individual success, where there isn’t always time or space to process, how can we do social justice oriented work while taking care of ourselves?In Radical Therapy, we speak with Claudia Morales, an LA-based therapist whose work exists at the intersection of social justice and mental h…

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Road to Rickwood: The Holy Grail of Baseball 57:25

1M ago57:25

57:25

Birmingham, Alabama was one of the fiercest battlegrounds of the Civil Rights Movement. And in order to understand the struggle, you don't have to look any further than Rickwood Field, the oldest baseball stadium in the country. Over more than a century it's hosted Negro League baseball, a women's suffrage event, a Klan rally — and eventually, the …

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Pop Music's First Black Stars 49:29

1M ago49:29

49:29

Today, the U.S. popular music industry is worth billions of dollars. And some of its deepest roots are in blackface minstrelsy and other racist genres. You may not have heard their names, but Black musicians like George Johnson, Ernest Hogan, and Mamie Smith were some of the country's first viral sensations, working within and pushing back against …

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Remembering Rev. James Lawson Jr. - Soul Force Part II 33:26

2M ago33:26

33:26

Rev. James Lawson Jr. passed away on June 9, 2024. Rev. Lawson was one of the civil rights movement’s most prominent leaders and a lifelong advocate of nonviolence, soul force. He co-taught a UCLA labor studies class on nonviolence for over 20 years with our previous labor center director Kent Wong, and our building, the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worke…

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The Lavender Scare (Throwback) 51:19

2M ago51:19

51:19

One day in late April 1958, a young economist named Madeleine Tress was approached by two men in suits at her office at the U.S. Department of Commerce. They took her to a private room, turned on a tape recorder, and demanded she respond to allegations that she was an "admitted homosexual." Two weeks later, she resigned. Madeleine was one of thousa…

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A History of Zionism 51:35

2M ago51:35

51:35

Since October 7th, the term Zionism has been everywhere in the news. It's been used to support Israel in what it calls its war against Hamas: a refrain to remind everyone why Israel exists and why it must be protected. Others have used Zionism to describe what they view as Israel's collective punishment of civilians in Gaza, and its appropriation o…

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The Whiteness Myth (Throwback) 49:59

2M ago49:59

49:59

In 1923, an Indian American man named Bhagat Singh Thind told the U.S. Supreme Court that he was white, and therefore eligible to become a naturalized citizen. He based his claim on the fact that he was a member of India's highest caste and identified as an Aryan. His claims were supported by the so-called Indo-European language theory, a controver…

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The Rules of War 51:57

2M ago51:57

51:57

International courts investigating alleged war crimes have made headlines often in recent months. An arrest warrant has been issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin; arrest warrants have also been requested for senior Hamas and Israeli officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. What are these…

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Mythos and Melodrama in the Philippines (Throwback) 51:52

3M ago51:52

51:52

Welcome to the "Epic of Marcos." In this tale of a family that's larger than life, Ferdinand Marcos, the former dictator of the Philippines, is at the center. But the figures that surround him are just as important: Imelda, his wife and muse; Bongbong, his heir; and the United States, his faithful sidekick. The story of the Marcos family is a bluep…

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The Mandela Effect 54:58

3M ago54:58

54:58

For nearly thirty years, the South African government held a man it initially labeled prisoner number 46664, the anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. But in 1994, Mandela transformed from the country's 'number one terrorist' into its first Black president, ushering in a new era of democracy. Today, though, many in South Africa see Mandela's part…

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Re:Work presents "Reclaiming, part 1: Home is Little Tokyo" (from State of the Human) 33:39

3M ago33:39

33:39

It’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we’re sharing an episode about gentrification in Little Toyko from State of the Human, a podcast of the Stanford Storytelling Project.Little Tokyo is a small neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles. Since 1905, it has been home to generations of Japanese Americans. Today, g…

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The Labor Of Love (Throwback) 51:50

3M ago51:50

51:50

There's a powerful fantasy in American society: the fantasy of the ideal mother. This mother is devoted to her family above all else. She raises the kids, volunteers at the school, cleans the house, plans the birthday parties, cares for her own parents. She's a natural nurturer. And she's happy to do it all for free.Problem is? She's imaginary. And…

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The 4th Amendment: Search and Seizure 48:50

3M ago48:50

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The Fourth Amendment is the part of the Bill of Rights that prohibits "unreasonable searches and seizures." But — what's unreasonable? That question has fueled a century's worth of court rulings that have dramatically expanded the power of individual police officers in the U.S. Today on the show, how an amendment that was supposed to limit governme…

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The Ghost in Your Phone (Throwback) 51:58

4M ago51:58

51:58

It's hot. A mother works outside, a baby strapped to her back. The two of them breathe in toxic dust, day after day. And they're just two of thousands, cramped so close together it's hard to move, all facing down the mountain of cobalt stone.Cobalt mining is one of the world's most dangerous jobs. And it's also one of the most essential: cobalt is …

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Ralph Nader, Consumer Crusader 47:11

4M ago47:11

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Whether it's pesticides in your cereal or the door plug flying off your airplane, consumers today have plenty of reasons to feel like corporations might not have their best interests at heart. At a moment where we're seeing unprecedented product recalls, and when trust in the government is near historic lows, we're going to revisit a time when a ge…

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The 14th Amendment 49:34

4M ago49:34

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Of all the amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 14th is a big one. It's shaped all of our lives, whether we realize it or not: Roe v. Wade, Brown v. Board of Education, Bush v. Gore, plus other Supreme Court cases that legalized same-sex marriage, interracial marriage, access to birth control — they've all been built on the back of the 14th. Th…

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The Land of the Fee (Throwback) 45:08

4M ago45:08

45:08

Tipping is a norm in the United States—and it's always been controversial. The practice took off after the Civil War, as employers sought cheap labor from formerly enslaved people: if tips were expected, companies could get away with paying laughably low wages. But the practice was always controversial, and has been vehemently challenged since it f…

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A History of Hezbollah 49:57

5M ago49:57

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Hezbollah is a Lebanese paramilitary organization and political party that's directly supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the wake of the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, and Israel's invasion of Gaza, Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging missile fire across the border they share, causing growing fears of a regional confli…

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The Great Textbook War 47:40

5M ago47:40

47:40

What is school for? Over a hundred years ago, a man named Harold Rugg published a series of textbooks that encouraged students to confront the thorniest parts of U.S. history: to identify problems, and try and solve them. And it was just as controversial as the fights we're seeing today. In this episode: a media mogul, a textbook author, and a batt…

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Radiolab: Worst. Year. Ever 38:37

5M ago38:37

38:37

What was the worst year to be alive on planet Earth? We make the case for 536 AD, which set off a cascade of catastrophes that is almost too horrible to imagine. A supervolcano. The disappearance of shadows. A failure of bread. Plague rats. Using evidence painstakingly gathered around the world - from Mongolian tree rings to Greenlandic ice cores t…

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A Symphony of Resistance (Throwback) 55:31

5M ago55:31

55:31

In 2011, the world was shaken by the Arab Spring, a wave of "pro-democracy" protests that spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa. The effects of the uprisings reverberated around the world as regimes fell in some countries, and civil war began in others. This week, we revisit the years leading up to the Arab Spring and its lasting impac…

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Re:Work by the UCLA Labor Center

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We The People: Legal Representation 49:43

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Tested: Questions of a Physical Nature 35:17

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We the People: Gun Rights 48:29

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We The People: Free Speech 48:52

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The Creeping Coup 50:25

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The Roots of Poverty in America 49:53

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Radical Therapy 28:11

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Road to Rickwood: The Holy Grail of Baseball 57:25

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Pop Music's First Black Stars 49:29

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Remembering Rev. James Lawson Jr. - Soul Force Part II 33:26

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The Lavender Scare (Throwback) 51:19

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A History of Zionism 51:35

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The Whiteness Myth (Throwback) 49:59

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The Rules of War 51:57

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Mythos and Melodrama in the Philippines (Throwback) 51:52

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The Mandela Effect 54:58

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Re:Work presents "Reclaiming, part 1: Home is Little Tokyo" (from State of the Human) 33:39

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The Labor Of Love (Throwback) 51:50

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The 4th Amendment: Search and Seizure 48:50

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The Ghost in Your Phone (Throwback) 51:58

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Ralph Nader, Consumer Crusader 47:11

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The 14th Amendment 49:34

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The Land of the Fee (Throwback) 45:08

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A History of Hezbollah 49:57

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The Great Textbook War 47:40

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Radiolab: Worst. Year. Ever 38:37

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A Symphony of Resistance (Throwback) 55:31

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