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Climate Change Prophet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On the podcast: A scientist who is also an evangelical Christian wants conservatives to understand the dangers of climate change.
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Why the ‘Five Stages of Grief’ Theory Is a Sham from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinker Hanya Yanagihara and writer Meghan O'Rourke debate the limits of pain, empathy, and romance.
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Does the World Really Need Nation-States? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinker Chigozie Obioma and novelist Taiye Selasi discuss whether the narrative of nationhood is the greatest story ever told.
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The Green Movement and its Inconvenient Truths from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinker Marjan Minnesma and Gasland director Josh Fox debate the best—and perhaps only—way to spurn action on climate change: Terrify people.
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How to Build a Media Industry from Scratch from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From telenovelas to Sesame Street, 2013 Global Thinkers Noura al Kaabi and Saad Mohseni debate the importance of cultural imports in a localized entertainment industry.
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Why Migrants Can No Longer Be Considered Society’s “Fringe” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinker Tobias Zielony and writer Anna Badkhen debate how the West stereotypes—to dangerous effect—the Global South.
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Sweden’s Foreign Minister Has No Time for Giggles from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinker Margot Wallström explains how she took on critics of her “feminist foreign policy"—and why gender equality is a matter of national security.
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From Gender Biases to Extreme Parenting: The Top Questions Women Working in STEM are Sick of Hearing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinkers Zainab Ghadiyali, Erin Summers, and Nina Tandon debate the meaning—and reach—of diversity in the sciences.
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A Deadly Double Standard from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2013 Global Thinker Gulalai Ismail and 2015 Global Thinker Leslee Udwin debate whether the patriarchal mindset so pervasive in South Asia can be reprogrammed—or if women must persevere in a rape cu...
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Can Models Dressed in Trash Save Dakar? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinker Fabrice Monteiro discusses how plastic-bag couture can teach a generation to respect its environment.
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Are Women Still Disconnected From The Connected World? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2011 Global Thinker Robert Zoellick and Jeffrey E. Garten discuss the future of emerging markets, gender equality, and the cyclical nature of globalization.
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Making a War Zone Camera-Ready from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinkers Matthew Heineman and Johanna Schwartz discuss the challenges of making a film—and earning a subject’s trust—amidst guns, violence, and suspicion.
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Does the LGBT Community Have a Trans Problem? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinkers Jim Obergefell and Andreja Pejic discuss divisions in the queer community and the scourge of P.C. culture
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What a Genocide 100 Years Ago Reveals About the War in Syria Today from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinkers Ara Oshagan, Levon Parian, and Vahagn Thomasian discuss how the world hasn’t changed since the slaughter of their Armenian ancestors.
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The Exchange: Erica Chenoweth and David Scheffer on When to Get Violent from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Are guns necessary to topple a dictator?
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What the West Doesn’t Get About Coming Out in Africa from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinkers Robin Hammond and Adejoke Tugbiyele discuss how art can be used to upend the continent's tradition of LGBT persecution.
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Is Myanmar Now Ruled by Tyranny of the Majority? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinker Wai Wai Nu and Fortify Rights executive director Matthew Smith warn that democracy will mean little unless Muslims get a seat at the political table.
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Can the West Fight ISIS Without Forgetting About Assad? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinkers Abdalaziz Alhamza and Hussam Alissa, co-founders of Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, explain how they expose — and evade — atrocities in Syria.
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Can Music Be an Effective Weapon? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinkers Sonita Alizadeh and Helly Luv discuss how they’ve both used music to fight — against the Islamic State and against the institution of marriage.
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How Merkel Gets It Right With Refugees from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinker Chris Catrambone and 2011 Global Thinker Saskia Sassen discuss how Europe will benefit from the influx of migrants — if only it will let them in.
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Why Brain Scientists Should Fail from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinkers Miguel Nicolelis and Anthony Zador discuss the importance of funding creative neuroscience experiments when — and especially when — the outcome is unknown.
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The Power of the Purse from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2015 Global Thinkers Shannon Schuyler and Amy-Willard Cross discuss the importance of supporting women in business — and penalizing those who won’t.
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What Is the Breaking Point for Nonviolent Resistance? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Global Thinkers Erica Chenoweth and David Scheffer debate when — if ever — social and political movements should turn to armed insurgency.
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Epidemics on the Move from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2013 Global Thinker Caroline Buckee and FP Voice Laurie Garrett discuss how human migration — and the refugee crisis — poses an immense problem to treating disease.
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Why Water Is a Fundamental National Security Issue from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2014 Global Thinker Arye Kohavi and writer Charles Fishman explain why the world’s water problems are solvable — if it weren’t for the clunky policies standing in the way.
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Why Won’t Regulators Rein in Big Banks? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2014 FP Global Thinker Anat Admati and the Peterson Institute's Pedro Nicolaci da Costa explain why, even now, no one wants to stand up to Wall Street.
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What Are Africa’s New Missionaries Peddling? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2014 Global Thinker and visual artist Sam Hopkins joins FP contributor Michela Wrong to discuss the aid industry's skewed view of East Africa — and how artists can offer a better picture.
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Is the World Losing a Generation of Syrians to Trauma? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
FP contributor Lauren Wolfe and Wendy Young, head of Kids in Need of Defense, discuss the hardships children endure when they flee war — and when they cross U.S....
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Is God Having a Climate Moment? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe and activist Bill McKibben discuss the pope, global warming, and the making of faith-based environmentalism.
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What Is the Way Out in Yemen? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
FP contributor Elizabeth Dickinson and Yemeni activist Farea al-Muslimi on the reach of Riyadh and how the West could actually help.
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From Bombs to Books from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
David Rothkopf talks to Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, on education equality and the value of dreaming big.
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Global Thinkers: Understanding Genocide’s Perpetrators from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From Indonesia to Syria, just how different are victims from victimizers?
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