Minerva Cast

The twentieth Duck of Minerva podcast features Phil Schrodt of Pennsylvania State University. The interview includes Professor Schrodt's views on a number of interesting topics, including the history of quantitative and computational conflict studies, his "seven deadly sins" project, advice for graduate students in political science, and an explanation of his decision to take up blogging. This is the third podcast to only feature an mp3 version. I don't get the sense that anyone is missing the m4a ("enhanced") enhanced podcasts, but please correct me if I am mistaken on that point. I should reiterate important change to procedures. From now on, the Minervacast feed will always host mp3 versions of the podcasts. The whiteoliphaunt feed will host m4a versions when available--otherwise this feed will also host mp3 versions.  As of now, we’ve slipped into a bimonthly release schedule an apparently random schedule. That may return to a weekly schedule with the start of another academic semester. Or it might not. We’ll see. To subscribe via iTunes go to “Advanced” and then choose “Subscribe to Podcast” and paste the either feed URL. Individual episodes may be downloaded from the Podcasts tab.

The nineteenth Duck of Minerva podcast features Daniel Drezner of Tufts University. Professor Drezner ruminates on, among other things his intellectual and educational background, his experiences as an academic blogger. As was the case with last week’s episode, this podcast is a bit more “bare bones” than usual. I didn’t put in introductory remarks; I have not produced an m4a version at this time. The file located here is the mp3 version. Explanation: I am still a bit pressed for time right now. Also, I am very, very tired. I should reiterate important change to procedures. From now on, the Minervacast feed will host mp3 versions of the podcasts. The Whiteoliphaunt feed will host m4a versions of the podcast [note: see earlier remarks about the m4a version of this podcast]. Unless I hear otherwise, we will continue this approach into the foreseeable future. As of now, we’ve slipped into a bimonthly release schedule an apparently random schedule. That may return to a weekly schedule with the start of another academic semester. Or it might not. We’ll see. To subscribe via iTunes go to “Advanced” and then choose “Subscribe to Podcast” and paste the either feed URL. Individual episodes may be downloaded from the Podcasts tab.

The eighteenth Duck of Minerva podcast features Stefano Guzzini of the Danish Institute for International Studies and Uppsala University . Professor Guzzini discusses, among other things his intellectual and educational background, his important work on power in international affairs, realism, and geopolitics. This podcast is a bit more "bare bones" than usual. I didn't put in introductory remarks; I have not produced an m4a version at this time. Explanation: I am bit pressed for time right now. I should reiterate important change to procedures. From now on, the Minervacast feed will host mp3 versions of the podcasts. The whiteoliphaunt feed will host m4a versions of the podcast [note: there is currently no m4a version of this podcast]. Unless I hear otherwise, we will continue this approach into the foreseeable future. As of now, we’ve slipped into a bimonthly release schedule. That may return to a weekly schedule with the start of another academic semester. Or it might not. We’ll see. To subscribe via iTunes go to “Advanced” and then choose “Subscribe to Podcast” and paste the either feed URL. Individual episodes may be downloaded from the Podcasts tab.

The seventeenth Duck of Minerva podcast features Iver Neumann of the London School of Economics. Professor Neumann discusses his intellectual and educational background and a small part of his copious academic output. Topics incude post-structuralism, policy engagement, the practice turn, popular culture and politics, and the Mongols. I should reiterate important change to procedures. From now on, the Minervacast feed will host mp3 versions of the podcasts. The whiteoliphaunt feed will host m4a versions of the podcast. Unless I hear otherwise, we will continue this approach into the foreseeable future. I’ve heard of output problems on the mp3 versions, but I can’t reproduce As of now, we’ve slipped into a bimonthly release schedule. That may return to a weekly schedule with the start of another academic semester. Or it might not. We’ll see. To subscribe via iTunes go to “Advanced” and then choose “Subscribe to Podcast” and paste the either feed URL. Individual episodes may be downloaded from the Podcasts tab.

The sixteenth Duck of Minerva podcast features Robert Farley of the University of Kentucky and the oxford-comma challenged blog, Lawyers, Guns and Money. Professor Farley discusses his academic work and his role as a prominent scholar-blogger (or is that blogger-scholar?). For better or for worse, DHN talks a lot too. I should reiterate important change to procedures. From now on, the Minervacast feed will host mp3 versions of the podcasts. The whiteoliphaunt feed will host m4a versions of the podcast. Unless I hear otherwise, we will continue this approach into the foreseeable future. When not on hiatus, Duck of Minerva Podcasts generally come out at the end of each week. To subscribe via iTunes go to “Advanced” and then choose “Subscribe to Podcast” and paste the either feed URL. Individual episodes may be downloaded from the Podcasts tab.

The fifteenth Duck of Minerva podcast features Barry Buzan. Professor Buzan discusses his academic and intellectual biography, his major works, and his ongoing projects. For additional background readers might consult the interview at Theory Talks or at the London School of Economics Department of International Relations blog. In short, Buzan is a toweringly influential figure in international relations in general, and outside the US in particular. He is also, among numerous contributions to the discipline, a former editor of the European Journal of International Relations.I should reiterate important change to procedures. From now on, the Minervacast feed will host mp3 versions of the podcasts. The whiteoliphaunt feed will host m4a versions of the podcast. Unless I hear otherwise, we will continue this approach into the foreseeable future.When not on hiatus, Duck of Minerva Podcasts generally come out at the end of each week. To subscribe via iTunes go to “Advanced” and then choose “Subscribe to Podcast” and paste the either feed URL. Individual episodes may be downloaded from the Podcasts tab.

The fourteenth Duck of Minerva podcast features Michael J. Tierney. From his webpage: Professor Tierney received a B.A. from William and Mary in 1987 and a Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego in 2003. He teaches courses on international relations, international organization, and research methods. He has published two books: Greening Aid? Understanding the Environmental Impact of Development Assistance, Oxford University Press, 2008; Delegation and Agency in International Organizations, Cambridge University Press, 2006. Professor Tierney has published articles in a variety of journals including International Organization,International Studies Quarterly, Review of International Organizations, World Development, Review of International Political Economy, Foreign Policy, Journal of IR and Development, Politics and Gender, Environment,International Studies Perspectives, Law and Contemporary Problems, andInternational Journal. He is currently working on principal agent theory as applied to international organizations and a book that explores the relationship between IR as a scholarly discipline and IR as lived by practitioners. The bulk of the interview focuses on the TRIP survey and the state of the field of International Relations. When not on hiatus, Duck of Minerva Podcasts generally come out at the end of each week. As of today, we are bifurcating the podcast streams. This feed will host mp3 versions of the podcast. http://www.whiteoliphaunt.com/duckofminerva/podcast/ will host exclusively m4a versions To subscribe via iTunes go to “Advanced” and then choose “Subscribe to Podcast” and paste the either feed URL. Individual episodes may be downloaded from the Podcasts tab.

The thirteenth Duck of Minerva podcast features Nicholas Onuf. Nick is one of the "founding parents" of contemporary constructivism. His book, World of Our Making: Rules and Rule in Social Theory and International Relation -- which has been reissued by Routledge -- introduced the term to describe an approach to the study of world politics. The podcast is wide-ranging -- part of oral history, part interview, part discussion -- such that I've had difficulty figuring out how to insert chapters. If you're listening via m4a, you'll see that the podcast has only a few chapter titles. "Enter Constructivism," for example, contains not only information about World of Our Making but also about the state of the field in the 1980s, the rise of liberal institutionalism, and so on.When not on hiatus, Duck of Minerva Podcasts generally come out at the end of each week. They appear in our normal RSS feed, but you can subscribe to the podcasts directly via http://www.whiteoliphaunt.com/duckofminerva/podcast/. To subscribe via iTunes go to “Advanced” and then choose “Subscribe to Podcast” and paste the feed URL). Individual episodes may be downloaded from the Podcasts tab.For now, I’m uploading files in both m4a and mp3 format (although this feed only includes the m4a version). If you can’t get the former to play, try the mp3 version. Note that people seem to be having real trouble streaming the audio files from the podcasts tab, so you might try downloading them.Note: that this is now a legacy podcast distribution channel. The new feed is: http://www.whiteoliphaunt.com/duckofminerva/podcast/. I will continue to post Duck of Minerva podcasts here for the time being, but I suggest switching over the new feed.

This is the audio from the Speculative Fiction and Pedagogy panel at the International Studies Association-Northeast 2012 convention. The panel featured Henry Farrell, Dan Nexon, Jennifer Lobasz, and PTJ. Note: that this is now a legacy podcast distribution channel. The new feed is: http://www.whiteoliphaunt.com/duckofminerva/podcast/. I will continue to post Duck of Minerva podcasts here for the time being, but I suggest switching over the new feed.

Dan interviews Janice Bially Mattern of the National University of Singapore. Her first monograph is Ordering International Politics: Identity, Crisis, and Representational Force.

Dan interviews Vincent Pouliot of McGill University. His first monograph is International Security in Practice: The Politics of NATO-Russia Diplomacy.

Dan interviews Kathryn Sikkink of the University of Minnesota and author, most recently, of The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions are Changing World Politics.

Dan interviews Daniel Levine about his new book, Recovering International Relations: The Promise of Sustainable Critique.

Dan interviews Alex Cooley about his work on hierarchy, US basing, incomplete contracting, and his most recent book -- Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia.

Dan and PTJ discuss academic administration before turning to the foreign-policy rhetoric of the 2012 campaign. This leads to under-developed ideas about American cultural identity, liberal order, Europe's troubles, and why supplanting trans-Atlanticism with trans-Pacificism isn't gonna be easy.

Dan interviews Ted Hopf. Topics include his move to Singapore, his books on Russian foreign policy, constructivism and the practice turn, and his thoughts on the "End of IR Theory."

Dan and PTJ discuss their take on the "End of IR Theory" debate. Best suited for academics in the field and academic-curious types. Contents: Against the "Shared Brain" Hypotheses PTJ and DHN Fail to Discuss SF No to Yes. The End of IR Theory? IR Theory: The Original Series Different Flavors of "Theory" International Theory as Scientific Ontology How's IR Theory Doing, Then? IR Theory Lurks Online? Read More, Write Less! New-ish Media Redux End Matter.  

Daniel Nexon interviews Adam Elkus and Kelsey D. Atherton about the national-security social-media scene, speculative fiction and strategic studies, and their new blog, Grand Blog Tarkin.

Phil Arena of FP Arena discusses formal modelling, the relationship between economic wealth and civil war onset, and democratic-peace theory.

Daniel Nexon interviews PTJ about the pedagogical reasoning behind his Social/Science Fiction Course. This was something of a practice run -- and you can definitely hear that it was -- so caveat emptor. Recorded 20 July 2012.