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ROCKING OUR PRIORS — 198 episodes
Are Men & Women Scrolling Apart? John Burn-Murdoch
The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Professor Malika Zeghal
What caused the Islamic Revival? Professor Jared Rubin
"Raised to Obey": Agustina Paglayan
How does Low Fertility Affect Economic Growth, Worldwide? Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
Daron Acemoglu, V4.0: Rebooting Culture & Economics!
How did East Asia Get Rich?
Netflix and Change: Tracking Cultural Flux in Autocracies
Culture isn't a fossil, it's a fist-fight!
PRESTIGE BIAS
Why Is Management So Male?
How Do Men Come To Value Female Talent?
"Mission-Driven Bureaucrats": Dan Honig
What Explains The Great GAY Divergence?
The Islamic Revival: Professor Aaron Rock-Singer
Modern Threats and Religious Backlash
"Islam And Citizenship in Indonesia": Robert Hefner
"A History of the Muslim World": Michael Cook
What's Driving the Global Decline in Trust?
What led to the demise of foot-binding?
Who are the world's most influential philosophers?
What prevents Hindu-Muslim conflict? Saumitra Jha
Is Pakistan becoming more Patriarchal?
The Patriarchal Political Order: Soledad Artiz Prillaman
Slave-Raiding, Solidarity and Status in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Stagnation
What Would Reduce Female Genital Cutting?
Why is female employment low in India? How might that change? Suhani Jalota & Lisa Ho
Does Egalitarianism enable more Gender Equality?
Romantic Love is an Under-Rated Driver of Gender Equality
What’s the Future of the US Labor Movement? Suresh Naidu
Why Do East Asian Firms Value Drinking?
Ideals of Collective Harmony
Ideals of Upward Mobility
How is East Asian culture different?
Hostile Sexism in South Korea: Professor Jouen Kim
What Prevents & What Drives Gendered Ideological Polarisation?
How do Exogamy and Endogamy shape Economics and Culture?
Why are some rich countries conservative?
How East Asia overtook South Asia on Gender
Why do Poor Indian Women Reject Office Jobs?
"Conquest & Rents": Professor Faisal Ahmed
Stopping Sexual Harassment
“The Two-Parent Privilege”
Can We End Alcohol Abuse?
The Rise and Fall of the East, Professor Yasheng Huang
How to Study the Rise of the Far Right?
Why are Gender Pay Gaps so Huge in Japan and South Korea?
Confidence, Competitiveness and Institutions
How does Rural Prosperity affect Marriages in Bangladesh?
Extreme Flooding worsens Early Marriage & Early Motherhood
The East Asian Miracle (for women)
Does Emigration foster Conservatism?
How can rich countries promote gender equality in development cooperation?
Does Fiction Foster Empathy?
Can Social Media Campaigns undo Sexism?
Culture and Jobs in Asia
"Freedoms Delayed": Timur Kuran (review)
"Outsourcing Repression": Professor Lynette Ong
“Putin vs. the People”: Greene & Robertson (review)
The Origins of States
Wartime Patriarchs
Did Gulags make Russians Anti-Gay?
Does Patriarchal Policing Suppress Innovation?
Corruption & Votes for Women
What does "Barbie" get wrong about patriarchy?
The Rise of the Right in Southern Europe
"Conquests & Rents" by Faisal Ahmed (review)
Working-Class Men's Patriarchal Nostalgia
Queens of the Arabs
Imperial Expansion & Female Seclusion in Assyria
Attacks on Women who Rise Up
The Economic & Cultural Causes of Conflict
Does Patriarchy Suppress Cognitive Development?
Why was Ancient Nubia less controlling than Ancient Egypt?
The Roots of Cooperation
Why are East Asians culturally tight collectivists?
Why has Latin American female employment risen in the absence of growth?
Have house prices pushed up female employment?
"Power & Progress": Professor Daron Acemoglu
Toxic Masculinity
Reverse Dominance Coalitions
What’s the biggest human rights abuse in China?
Why dont men want so many kids?
Parenting, violence & fertility: 4 papers from Libertad Gonzalez
What is Patriarchy?
Paternity leave (in feminist Spain) promotes gender equality among kids
Economic Precarity & Cultural Persistence
How Culture Normalises Patriarchy
How Popular is Andrew Tate? And Why?
Depression and low fertility. Coincidence?
How might Generative AI affect patriarchy?
What can Google Trends tell us about secularisation and masculinity in the US, Mexico and India?
Is there a Crisis of Masculinity?
Why isn't Canada a feminist utopia?
The Motherhood Penalty
Does rising income inequality fuel female employment?
What explains uneven progress towards gender equality?
A Unified Theory of Marriage
"Sacred Foundations: The Religious & Medieval Roots of the European State". Prof Anna Grzymala-Busse
Status: Why Is it Everywhere? Professor Celia Ridgeway
Are Women Less Competitive? Professor Alessandra Cassar
"Rule Makers, Rule Breakers" by Michele Gelfand (Review)
Is Joblessness Fuelling Hostile Sexism Worldwide
Why does Rwanda have a Strong State while CAR is war-torn? Professor Louisa Lombard
What Are The Evolutionary Origins Of Homophobia?
Why Are Most Comedians Men?
Why Are Most Humans Religious? Professor Robin Dunbar
Did Alpha Male Alliances Institutionalise Patriarchy over 300,000 years ago?
Fertility, Parenting & Women’s Rights: Professor Matthias Doepke
Mothers, friends, and male violence: Dr Anukriti
Is Paid Work Always Empowering?
What Did Acemoglu Get Wrong?
What Don't We Know About Patriarchy?
Does it Really Matter if Female Labor Force Participation is Miscounted?
3 Things I Got Wrong About Patriarchy
Did transatlantic slavery and colonial borders wreck West African women’s movements?
Ten Thousand Years of Patriarchy, updated!
An Intellectual History of the Patriarchy
Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa: Professor Achebe
"Career & Family": Professor Claudia Goldin
Ten Thousand Years Of Patriarchy
Smash the Fraternity
Did Communism Smash the Patriarchy?
What's Spain's Feminist Secret?
Is xenophobia fuelling female empowerment in the Gulf?
How did East Asia overtake South Asia in gender equality?
Will the BJP save Muslim women?
Did Irrigation Entrench the Patriarchy?
Why Do Gender Inequalities Persist? The Importance of Beliefs!
What Thwarts Feminist Activism in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia?
Why is Feminist Activism Thriving in Latin America?
Why are North & South India so Different on Gender?
"The WEIRDest People in The World": Professor Joe Henrich
How Cities Erode Gender Inequalities
Video: "The Decline and Rise of Democracy"
"The Decline and Rise of Democracy": Professor David Stasavage
Video - The Rise & Fall of the Male Breadwinner
The Rise & Fall of the Male Breadwinner
"China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom & Vast Corruption". Professor Yuen Yuen Ang
"Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy". Professor Emma Griffin
Citizenship & Clientelism across India's Rural-Urban Divide: Dr Gabi Kruks-Wisner
How Cities Erode Gender Inequality: Dr Alice Evans
Labor, Global Supply Chains, and the Garment Industry in South Asia: Professor Sanchita Saxena
"Evidence for Hope": Professor Kathryn Sikkink
"The Narrow Corridor": Professor Daron Acemoglu
"Capitalism, Alone": Professor Branko Milanovic
"Claiming the State": Dr Gabi Kruks-Wisner
"Fish or Steel?": Dr Quynh Nguyen & Professor Eddy Malesky
Norms, state capacity, & elections: Dr Ken Opalo & Dr Dan Honig
"Bayesian Process-Tracing!": Dr Tasha Fairfield
"Trading Barriers": Dr Maggie Peters
Do Women Politicians Inspire Others? Dr Sarah Liu
Feminist Protest and Women’s Economic Empowerment Worldwide: Professor Laurel Weldon
Consciousness Raising: Professor Elisabeth Jay Friedman
"Public & Private Power in Economics": Dr Suresh Naidu
"The New Empirics of Industrial Policy": Dr Nathan Lane
"Manufacturing Revolutions": Dr Nathan Lane
Local Accountability Improves Peace-building: Dr Susanna Campbell
"Why Not Default? The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt": Dr Jerome Roos
"Revolution & Reaction": Professor Kurt Weyland
Can Buyers Reward Compliance? Dr. Matt Amengual
'Legislative Development in Africa': Dr Ken Opalo
"Behavioural Development Economics": Dr Gautam Rao
"Unruly Waters": Professor Sunil Amrith
How Can Aid Agencies Foster "Navigation By Judgment?" - Dr Dan Honig
Why is state capacity so uneven? Professor Anthony Pereira
Does agricultural certification (like Fairtrade) reduce poverty? Dr Carlos Oya
Why did Asian authoritarians democratise? Professor Joseph Wong
"Rules without Rights": Professor Tim Bartley
Tackling Tax Evasion: Professor Dina Pomeranz
Governance & trade unions in Bangladesh: Dr. Jennifer Bair
"Navigation by Judgment": Dr. Dan Honig
How can we prevent another Rana Plaza? Professor Juliane Reinecke
"How To Rig An Election": Professor Nic Cheeseman
Does Violence Increase Risk Aversion? Drs. Pamela Jakiela & Owen Ozier
The World Development Report 2018 on Education: Dr. David Evans
Using RCTs to improve health care: Dr. David Evans
How do we know what works? Professor Michael Woolcock
"Institutions And Democracy In Africa": Professor Nic Cheeseman
"The Struggle for Development": Professor Ben Selwyn
Tackling Son Preference in India: Dr. Sanchari Roy
Gender Revolution & Millennials: Professor Barbara Risman
"Aid Lab: Understanding Bangladesh's Unexpected Success": Dr Naomi Hossain
"Geopolitics in Health": Dr. Ed Gomez
"Ethnicity, national identity and the state": Dr. Elliott Green
Brexit and British Politics: Professor Anand Menon
Does Microfinance Work? Dr. Rachael Meager
"Building State Capability": Dr. Matt Andrews
"How China Escaped the Poverty Trap": Dr. Yuen Yuen Ang
'Politicising Inequality, The Power of Ideas': Dr Evans
'Where Are The Unions?': Dr Sian Lazar
'Neoliberal Affects': Professor Ben Anderson
'Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero': Professor Jason Dittmer
'The ICC's African Dilemmas': Dr. Adam Branch
'Understanding Zimbabwe': Dr. Sara Dorman
'Citizens in the middle class': Dr Charlotte Lemanski
'The Killing Consensus': Dr Graham Denyer Willis