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Iceland, Switzerland, Europe

Lebanon's Electricity Crisis is Not New - It Started in 1952! | Prof. Ziad Abu-Rish

Emeka Umejei, "China in African Media: Between Influence Operations and Decolonization" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

631: Colombian Mercenaries in Sudan

Reclaiming Land in Casiavera w/ David E. Gilbert (E223)

Simon Sebag Montefiore: How the Modern Middle East Was Made

Indigenous Kenya: The Power of Luhya Knowledge to Protect Biodiversity with Dr. Nelly Masayi

Labors of Division: Disha Karnad Jani Interviews Navyug Gill

Author Arundhati Roy on rise of India's youth-led protests

E258 - How the New Deal Invented the National Security State w/ Andrew Preston

Diana T. Kudaibergen, "What Does It Mean to Be Kazakhstani?: Power, Identity and Nation-Building" (Oxford UP, 2024)

How to Make a Fascist: Part 4

E255 - The History of Iran’s Nuclear Program w/ Sina Azodi

Alex Boodrookas, "Comrades Estranged: Labor and Citizenship in the Twentieth-Century Persian Gulf" (Stanford UP, 2026)

Interregnum - Peace in the Gulf?

The ecological continuation of empire in the Arab world

How International Institutions and Structures Failed Palestine

New Thinking: Chinese Firms in Africa w/ Elisa Gambino

Mengqi Wang, "Anxious Homes: Inflexible Demand and China's Housing Market" (Cornell UP, 2026)

How The British Made The Far Right Acceptable / Daniel Trilling

Weekend Listen: Writer Amitav Ghosh on Why India Has Lost Its Way

EP. 872: TUPAC: FORGED IN REVOLUTIONARY FIRE ft. HAMZA SHEHRYAR

The French Colonial Tourism Industry in Ifrane, Morocco

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 95: On Crisis and the Origins of Modern Iran

Long Reads: Decoding the French Left w/ Sebastian Budgen (Part 1)

'Mar-a-Lago face:' MAGA's aesthetic loyalty test

Epstein Files: Inside the Slovakia Connection | Karin Kőváry Sólymos

Gendering the Archive: A Catalyst for Change in Women’s Rights in Egypt

Long Reads: Trump’s Nation-Breaking War w/ Afshin Matin-Asgari

LSE: The Ballpark | China’s Three Personality Problem with Professor Todd Hall

#474 - A Modern History of Syria: A Dialogue with Daniel Neep

Homeland Empire w/ Nikhil Pal Singh

Red Pill or Blue Pill? China's K-Visa Examined

Imagining Wastelands: Turkey's Waste and Recycling Policy at the Periphery with Adnan Khan

Ep 357 - Socialism with Chinese Characteristics with Yan Liang

MAGA’s other immigration battle

Can Feminism be African?: A Conversation with Minna Salami

Is China's "Engineering State" the New Development Model for the Global South?

Liliana López Ruelas: Building Community in Tucson´s News Desert

Power, Policy, and Privatization with Simon Enoch

Living Minerals of Chile’s Atacama: Ecosystems vs. Mining with Javiera Barandiarán

Mali: Fuel tankers set ablaze

Profit, Politics, and the Future of Indonesia's Rainforests

Can the Bad Bunny effect save Puerto Rico?

LSE: The Ballpark | The Administrative State with Professor Kimberley S. Johnson

Audrey Truschke, "India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent" (Princeton UP, 2025)

India’s Big Cat Strategy: Balancing Conservation and Conflict Pt.1

Long Reads: The Legacy of Greece’s Oxi Referendum w/ Yanis Varoufakis

How Trump Became a Neocon

The Unfolding Genocide in Sudan

Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood President

E213 - South Sudan’s Failed Peace Deal w/ Joshua Craze

E289: Freedom Zone of Interest w/ Malek Rasamny

Is the Israeli Military on the brink of Collapse? Dr. Shir Hever

What went wrong with Britain? w/ Daniela Tepe

Project 2025 is happening

Teaser - State Building, Development Ideology and Debt in the West Bank w/ Kareem Rabie

EP. 722: ONE IDEA TO RULE THEM ALL: THE REVERSE ENGINEERING OF AMERICAN PROPAGANDA ft. Michelle Stiles

The Business of Big Law in the United States

The Situation in Congo - From Mobutu to M23 Rebels Today w/ Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja (AR&D Ep. 6)

Weaponising Antisemitism

A Project 2025 Update with Lisa Graves

#274 The Original Green New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps w/ Neil Maher

The U.S. Border Patrol

A National Heist? Evaluating Elon Musk’s March Through Washington

Wolfgang Streeck on Trump, fascism, Europe, the left, the end of capitalism… and a lot more!

Ep.112: Resisting Nazi-era Narratives at the European Parliament

Ronald Reagan’s Make-Believe

Child soldiers and capoeira

Why is the Democratic Republic of Congo suing Apple?

Political Economy and Development in Africa with Prof. Henn

Lawfare Daily: Deploying the Military at the Southern Border, with Chris Mirasola

Sovereignty and Extortion in Mexico

Anatomy of the Great Replacement Panic feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips

Scott J. Weiner, "Kinship, State Formation and Governance in the Arab Gulf States" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)

Germany’s Culture of Remembrance – Is it enough?

Oligarchy, Empire, Revolution w/ Hilary Goodfriend & Jorge Cuéllar

The Fight for The Congo w/ Vijay Prashad

Episode 45: Georgia's Neoliberal Lock-in with Tato Khundadze

One Year of Genocide: Diana Buttu on Israel's Brutality and the Fight for Justice

The Creation of Modern China

From Rockefeller Republicanism to Trumpism: How Did We Get Here?

Making Gender Great Again? The Legacy of Colombia’s Historic Agreement

Episode 39 - Dill & Haque: IHL and the IDF's Conduct of Hostilities in Gaza

Lobbying for Zionism: A History

Episode 61 – Land and Identity in Africa with Kevin C. Dunn

Transfeminism in Brazilian Literature | prof. Luciana Namorato (Indiana University)

3392 - The Profit Seekers Between Government and The People w/ Anne Kim

Long Reads: Israel's Triple Jeopardy w/ John Reynolds

Ibrahim Shikaki on the Political Economy of Palestine

What is Populism? From the Farmers' Alliance to Trump

Downstream: The Israel Lobby Is Real. Here’s Exactly How It Works w/ Illan Pappé

Commune to Capitalism - Decollectivization of Agriculture in China w/ Zhun Xu

Behind the News: The Hindu Right w/ Siddhartha Deb

Part One: Fábricas Ocupadas: When Workers In Argentina Took Over Their Factories

Mark Mazzetti on ‘How Extremists Took Over Israel’

How Latin America Fits into the Biden-Trump Battle

Consider the Cranks (w/ David Austin Walsh)

Mateo Jarquín, "The Sandinista Revolution: A Global Latin American History" (UNC Press, 2024)

Ep. 198: AFCON and the Politics of Southern African Football