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This podcast episode features Jin Xue of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in conversation with Mona Fawaz and Yvonne Rydin about her article "A critical realist theory of ideology: Promoting planning as a vanguard of societal transformation". This paper was nominated in 2023 by the journal Planning Theory for the AESOP Best Paper Prize. See: A critical realist theory of ideology: Promoting planning as a vanguard of societal transformation.

A discussion with distinguished scholar and educator, Bish Sanyal from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In this podcast, introduced by Yvonne Rydin, Mona Fawaz explores Bish's contribution to planning research and planning theory over the years.

In this episode of the Planning Theory podcast, Catherine Brinkley reflects on the special issue of the journal that she edited looking afresh at the concept of the 'commons' and discusses what the concept offers to planning theory today.

Editora contribuyente del LAP Verónica Silva acompaña el podcast para conversar sobre su nuevo número para Marzo 2023: "El Estado y la Acumulación de Capital en México."  Los temas discutido incluyen el proceso histórico del neoliberalismo y sus efectos en las políticas, la sociedad, y  la económia de México. Además, conversamos sobre la presidencia de Andrés Manuel López Obrador, y los fracasos y succesos de las políticas progresistas en el país. Para más información sobre nuestro publicación, el podcast, o nuestros invitados escribanse a [email protected]

LAP contributing editors James N. Green and Tulio Ferreira join the podcast to discuss the January 2023 LAP issue "Brazil Under Bolsonaro: Social, Political, and Economic Impacts in the Country and in Latin America." Topics covered include the causes, consequences, and tragedies of Jair Bolsonaro's presidency, the political history of the far-right and fascist movements in Brazil, and the fascist tendencies of Brazil's contemporary far-right. For additional information about contacting the journal, podcast host, or guest please contact [email protected]. Be sure to check out James N. Green's podcast 'Brazil Unfiltered' on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Podcasts.

In this episode of the Planning Theory podcast, Yvonne Rydin and Mona Fawaz talk with Thomas Buhler, about this AESOP prize-winning paper on vagueness in plans.     See: When vagueness is a strategic resource for planning actors

Alexander Scott speaks with anthropologist and LAP contributing editor Adrienne Pine to discuss her recent double issue of LAP titled Social Struggle in Neoliberal Central America which was recently released in November of 2022. Topics covered include neoliberalism and the political-economic roots of violence and conflict in Central America, criticism of prominent (mis)representations of the issues confronting the region, and a case study examining psychiatric hospitals and social movement resistance in Honduras. For additional information about contacting the journal, podcast host, or guest please contact [email protected]

Alexander Scott speaks with renowned intellectual and LAP contributing editor Professor Ronaldo Munck to discuss the July 2022 issue of LAP. Topics covered include the ideas and life of twentieth-century Marxist intellectual José Carlos Mariátegui, the critical thinking of some contemporary South American intellectuals, and the relevance of theorizing Andean futures and Utopias. For additional information about contacting the journal, Alexander, and Professor Munck please email [email protected]. 

In this fourth episode of the Planning Theory podcast, Mona Fawaz and Yvonne Rydin talk with Jean Hillier, Professor Emerita in the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University, Melbourne. Jean is well-known to Planning Theory readers as a frequent contributor of papers on collaborative planning, agonism, indigenous communities and more-than-human knowledge. She explores some of these issues in the podcast.

Alexander Scott speaks with LAP founding editor Ronald Chilcote and contributing editor Joana Salem to discuss their recent double issue of LAP titled Reassessing Development: Dependency Theories and Debates that was recently released in January and March of 2022. Topics covered include the founding and origins of the journal Latin American Perspectives, the history of dependency theory, the importance of marxist political-economic analysis, and how scholars have begun to return to marxist theories of dependency. For additional information about contacting the journal, host and guests please contact [email protected]

In this episode, we talk to Nivi Machanda, Katharine Millar, and Chris Rossdale about their recent special issue on militarism, race and coloniality. They explain their motivation for collaborating on a project focused on foregrounding the racial and colonial character of militarism. We discuss in greater detail their respective articles on the political thought of the Black Panther Party and the normative imaginary of violence invested in a military support charity for American snipers. Hosted by Antoine Bousquet.   SD Podcast Number 31: Nivi Machanda, Katharine Millar, and Chris Rossdale on Militarism, Race and the Politics of Coloniality

Our third episode features Pavithra Vasudevan and Sara Smith.  Pavi is Assistant Professor in the Department of African & African Diaspora Studies and the Center for Women's & Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Sara is Professor of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They tell the inside story of researching writing and publishing their article, "The domestic geopolitics of racial capitalism."

LAP podcast host Alex Scott speaks with LAP editors Janet M. Conway and Nathalie Lebon  to discuss "popular feminism" and the diverse forms of gendered agency appearing among Latin America's poor, working-class and racialized communities, and their relation to the politics of feminism and to the broader left in the region.  Among the many topics covered, Conway and Lebon address the question of subaltern subjectivities and the building of collective agency, and examine "popular feminism" as concept. For additional information about popular feminism, the World March for Women and the Grassroots Global Justice alliance please visit: https://marchemondiale.org/ and https://ggjalliance.org/.

For this episode LAP coordinator Alex Scott interviewed LAP contributing editors Kepa Artaraz and Melania Calestan to discuss their May 2021 issue "Vivir bien/Buen vivir and Post-Neoliberal Development Paths in Latin America: Scope, Strategies, and the Realities of Implementation."

For this episode LAP coordinator Alex Scott met with LAP associate managing editor Steve Ellner to discuss his edited book titled Latin America's Pink Tide: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings, recent events in progressive politics in Latin America and the current state of the pink tide

In this episode, we talk to Natalie Koch about her recent article on the food embargo imposed on Qatar by its regional neighbours in 2017 and the wider geopolitics of food it exemplifies. We discuss the long-standing persistence of the idea of "food as a weapon", the entanglement of food security with discourses on territorial sovereignty, nationalism and geography, and the use of mixed methods to investigate complex empirical terrains. Hosted by Antoine Bousquet.

We talk to James Der Derian and Alex Wendt, editors of the Special Issue on Quantizing International Relations. They explain the motivation for their recent collaboration and why they believe International Relations still needs to grapple with the implications of quantum science, both at the level of social theory and the ramifications of resulting technological breakthroughs. We also discuss the origins of their long-standing interests in quantum theory, situating the latest work within their wider scholarly trajectories. Hosted by Antoine Bousquet.

Guest host Michael Richardson speaks to the editors of the Special Issue on Becoming War (Vol. 51, No. 2-3). Drawing on their introductory article and all the contributions to the special issue, Antoine Bousquet, Jairus Grove, and Nisha Shah explain why they believe a new approach to the study of war is required today. The discussion explores the main philosophical principles and methodological dispositions behind their advocacy of a "martial empiricism" and its focus on the domains of war that are mobilisation, design and encounter.

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast, Alexander Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives, Inc., discusses the January 2021 issue, "Violence, Capital Accumulation, and Resistance in Contemporary Latin America" with Guest Editors Andrew R. Smolski and Matthew Lorenzen.

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast, Alexander Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives, Inc., discusses the article "The Rise and Fall of Marcha Verde in the Dominican Republic" with author Emelio Betances.

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast, Alexander Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives, Inc., discusses the July 2020 issue, "Social Movements in Latin America: The Progressive Governments and Beyond Part 1" with Guest Editor Ronaldo Munck.

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast, Alexander Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives, Inc., discusses the May 2015, September 2016, and November 2016 issues, "The Resurgence of Collective Memory, Truth, and Justice Mobilizations" Part I, Part II: Artistic and Cultural Resistance, and Part III: Culture, Politics, and Social Mobilizations with Guest Editor Roberta Villalón.

We talk to Andreas Hirblinger and Dana Landau about their recent article on the prominent notion of 'inclusion' in peacemaking. Through a combination of theoretical conceptualisation, analysis of policy documents and practitioner interviews, they identify three distinct strategies for inclusion with their attendant framings for the included of 'open', 'closed', and 'relational.' They argue in particular for the latter as the best able recognise the power relations from which difference emerges  in the construction of an inherently 'agonistic peace.' Hosted by Antoine Bousquet.

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast, Alexander Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives, Inc., discusses the May 2020 issue, "Reclaiming Paradise: New Dimensions of Power in Puerto Rico" with Guest Editor Jean Díaz and contributing authors Liliana Cotto Morales and Javier Colón Morera.

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast, Alexander Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives, Inc., discusses the January and March 2020 issues, "The Nature of PT Governments: A Variety of Neoliberalism?" Part I and Part II with Guest Editor Alfredo Saad-Filho.

Nicki Kindersley and Oystein Rolandsen talk to us about their latest article on violence against civilians in the wars of South Sudan. Through a broad range of empirical evidence, they trace the practices and norms of war in the region from the onset of the British colonial period in the late nineteenth century to present day. In doing so, they reveal that local populations have long been apprehended as strategic assets to be both targeted and controlled, problematising the categories of civilian and military actors that international agencies rely upon to guide their interventions. Hosted by Antoine Bousquet. SD Podcast Number 26: Nicki Kindersley and Oystein Rolandsen: Who are the Civilians in the Wars of South Sudan?

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast, Alexander Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives, Inc., discusses the November 2019 issue, "Neoliberalism and the Challenges Facing Popular Sectors" with Editor Steve Ellner.

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast, Alexander Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives, Inc., discusses the September 2019 issue, "Politics, Society, and Culture in Postconflict Peru" with Guest Editor (and LAP Film and Media Co-Editor) Kristi M. Wilson.

We talk with Oliver Belcher about his article "Sensing, Territory, Population" in which he analyses the introduction and operation of a computerised pacification reporting system during the Vietnam War, shedding new light on the military-colonial history of computers. We explore at length the history, ramifications, and contemporary legacy of the Hamlet Evaluation System and discuss the author's experience of working with a unique archive. Hosted by Antoine Bousquet. SDI Podcast Number 25: Oliver Belcher: Sensing, Territory, Population: Computation, Embodied Sensors, and Hamlet Control in the Vietnam War  

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast, Alexander Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives, discusses the themes, context and meaning of the July 2019 issue, "Brazil's Crisis of Memory: Embracing Myths and Forgetting History" with LAP Coordinating Editor and resident Brazilian, Paulo Simões.

In this episode of the Political Research Quarterly podcast series, Tiffany Barnes interviews Kendall Funk (Arizona State University, Glendale) and Andy Philips (University of Colorado Boulder), about their PRQ article, "Representative Budgeting: Women Mayors and the Composition of Spending in Local Governments". Kendall and Andy discuss the methodology and findings of their research, as well as future possibilities for their approach.

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast Alexander Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives, discusses the origin, themes of the May 2019 issue, "Israel, Palestine, and Latin America: Conflictual Relationships," with guest co-editor Pablo Pozzi.

We talk with Thomas Gregory about his article "Dangerous Feelings: Checkpoints and the Perception of Hostile Intent" in which he examines the spate of Iraqi civilians killed at Coalition checkpoints between 2006 and 2007 and draws our attention to the role of affect and pre-existing assumptions about the danger posed by certain bodies in the decision to use lethal force.  Hosted by Antoine Bousquet.

In this panel discussion, J. Edwin Benton and Susan Gooden discuss social equity with city and county administrators Bert Lumbreras (Assistant City Manager in Austin, TX), Karen Rahn (director of the Human Services Department in Boulder, CO), Carl Harness (Chief Human Services Administrator in Hillsborough County, FL), and Daryl Delabbio (County Administrator and Comptroller in Kent County, MI).

In case you missed it: in this panel discussion at ASPA 2017, moderated by John Kincaid and introduced by SLGR Editor Michael J. Scicchitano, J. Edwin Benton, Timothy J. Conlan, Justin Marlowe, and Michael Pagano discuss their work prior to the special issue of SLGR, The "Shifting" Sands of American IGR in an Era of Flux and Uncertainty: What's Happening and What to Expect.

In this episode of the Journal of Conflict Resolution podcast series, JCR Editor Paul Huth and Daniel Druckman discuss the article "Justice Matters: Peace Negotiations, Stable Agreements, and Durable Peace," coauthored by Daniel Druckman and Lynn Wagner. They dive into the methodology and findings of the article, as well as next steps and new research on the topic.

In this second installment of the Urban Affairs Review podcast, Jen Nelles and David Miller, alongside a board of regional inter-governmental executive directors, discuss RIGOs in various parts of the United States.

In this Urban Affairs Review podcast, Jen Nelles and David Miller, alongside a board of regional inter-governmental executive directors, discuss RIGOs in various parts of the United States

SD Podcast Number 23: In this special episode, we talk with Mark Salter, the editor of  Security Dialogue, about the journal's past year and its plans for the year of its 50th anniversary in 2019. We also discuss the challenges and opportunities within contemporary academic publishing and Mark offers advice for prospective contributors to Security Dialogue.  Hosted by Antoine Bousquet.

In this episode of the Political Research Quarterly podcast series, Diana O'Brien (Texas A&M University) interviews Michele Swers (Georgetown University) and Danielle Thomsen (University of California, Irvine) on their PRQ article "Which Women Can Run? Gender, Partisanship, and Candidate Donor Networks," and the implications of the 2018 elections for women's representation in politics.

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast Alexander Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives, discusses the themes of the January 2019 issue, "Pink-Tide Governments: Pragmatic and Populist Responses to Challenges from the Right," with guest editor Steve Ellner.

We talk to Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould about their article "An Assemblage Approach to Liquid Warfare: AFRICOM and the 'Hunt' for Joseph Kony" in which they trace the constitution and workings of a transnational military assemblage across East Africa that exemplifies the emergence of a new military interventionism. Hosted by Antoine Bousquet. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0967010618777890  

Dan Öberg speaks to us about his article "Warfare as Design: Transgressive Creativity and Reductive Operational Planning" in which he examines the growing influence of a "design" discourse influenced by post-positivist philosophy on command and planning debates within Western militaries. Hosted by Antoine Bousquet.  http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0967010618795787

In this episode of the Political Research Quarterly podcast series, Tiffany Barnes interviews Heather Ondercin and Erin Cassese on their respective PRQ articles, "Who is Responsible for the Gender Gap? The Dynamics of Men's and Women's Democratic Macropartisanship, 1950–2012" and "American Party Women: A Look at the Gender Gap within Parties." Heather and Erin discuss the findings of their research and what it can tell us about the 2018 Midterm Elections.

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast series Alex Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives Inc., is joined by Lynn Stephens, María L. Cruz-Torres and Seth M. Holmes, to discuss Stephen's article, "Creating Preemptive Suspects: National Security, Border Defense, and Immigration Policy, 1980-Present," and Cruz-Torres and Holmes's commentaries on the subject.

In this Urban Affairs Review podcast, David Miller and Jen Nelles discuss their research article "Order out of Chaos: The Case for a New Conceptualization of the Cross-Boundary Instruments of American Regionalism" with UAR Editor Jered Carr.

In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives podcast Alexander Scott, Outreach Coordinator for Latin American Perspectives, discusses the theme of the September 2018 issue, "Open Veins Revisited: The New Extractivism in Latin America," with guest editors Linda Farthing and Nicole Fabricant.