Podcasts by Trending Globally: Politics and Policy
Exploring today's biggest global challenges with the world's leading experts. A podcast from the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
Further podcasts by Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University
Podcast on the topic Nachrichten
All episodes
What We Get Wrong About Safety and Security at the US-Mexico Border from 2022-02-16T09:20
In this episode you’ll hear from Ieva Jusionyte, an anthropologist and associate professor of international security and anthropology at the Watson Institute. In addition to teaching and research, ...
Listen
When It Comes to Russia and Ukraine, Nothing is Simple from 2022-02-02T15:16
Over the past few months, Russian President Vladimir Putin has built up a massive military presence on Russia’s border with Ukraine.
As a result, pundits, politicians, and casual observers of...
For the US Military, Fossil Fuel is the ‘Lifeblood.’ Here's What that Means for the Planet. from 2022-01-19T09:26
The B-2 Spirit, known as the ‘Stealth Bomber,’ is one of the most advanced aircrafts in the US military. It has a fuel efficiency of about 4.2 gallons per mile. (That’s not a typo; it’s less than o...
Listen
January 6: One Year After the Capitol Insurrection, What Have We Learned? from 2022-01-05T09:37
It’s been 12 months since a mob of American citizens, driven by the false belief that the presidential election had been stolen from Donald Trump, attacked the US Capitol. The insurrectionists cou...
Listen
The Politics and Policy of Righting Historical Wrongs with Amb. Keith Harper from 2021-12-15T09:35
In 1996, Keith Harper began to work on a lawsuit against the US government. It was a class action suit filed by Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet Confederacy in Montana. She claimed somethi...
Listen
Less to Lean On: Housing Insecurity in Rhode Island and the US from 2021-12-01T09:39
While there’s a lot to be thankful for this fall and winter (such as an effective Covid-19 vaccine) many Americans are still living in the middle of a crisis when it comes to housing. It’s one that...
Listen
Biden’s Legislative Agenda and the State of US Politics from 2021-11-17T09:37
On November 16, a $1 trillion infrastructure bill was signed into law by President Biden, marking the biggest investment in the country’s infrastructure in decades. At the same time, an even larger...
Listen
Want to Change the World? Let Girls Go to School. from 2021-11-03T10:00
Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute and the founder of Kakenya’s Dream, a female empowerment and education non-profit based in the rural Masai Mara of Kenya.
Kakenya ...
The Origins and The Future of Human Rights from 2021-10-20T10:00
In the world of international affairs, there’s perhaps no concept more fundamental than human rights. Yet despite that, these rights seem to be under greater threat in more places than we’ve seen i...
Listen
Extreme Weather is Getting Worse. How Do We Learn to Live With It? from 2021-10-06T09:45
Remember when talking about the weather was boring? Not so anymore. Extreme weather events are becoming more common, and more extreme, with no sign of letting up.
On this episode Sarah Baldwin...
Expand - Ignite - Invite: What Does a More Inclusive Art World Look Like? from 2021-09-22T09:00
The past 18 months have been a strange time for art lovers. Museums and galleries have sat empty. Artistic communities have, like all of us, learned to live in isolation. At the same time, though, ...
Listen
After 20 Years, Measuring the True Costs of America’s Post-9/11 Wars from 2021-09-08T12:00
This fall marks the 20th year of American military engagement abroad following the events of 9/11. This year Trending Globally is teaming up with scholars at the Costs of War project to explore the...
Listen
From Haiti to Afghanistan to Ethiopia, the Challenge of Supporting Fragile States from 2021-08-25T12:18
It’s been a summer of crisis in some of the world’s most fragile states.
At Trending Globally, we’ve found ourselves asking the same questions over and over lately -- are the world’s rich coun...
How to Make Tough Decisions with Economist Emily Oster from 2021-08-11T10:20
Before the pandemic, Watson economist Emily Oster was best known for her books https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143125702/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1andpd_rd_i=0143125702andpd_rd_w=o0PIpandpf_rd_p=887084a...
Listen
Hindu Nationalism, Contested Histories, and Challenging the Fascism Blueprint from 2021-07-27T00:00
Audrey Truschke is a scholar who has gotten in some very hot water lately. She’s regularly harassed on Twitter, she’s facing a lawsuit, and she’s received death threats. ‘What’s she an expert in?’ ...
Listen
ADHD: Who Gets Diagnosed, Who Gets Overlooked, and What It Means for Kids’ Education from 2021-07-12T00:00
School is about more than just the subjects kids are supposed to learn, it’s an essential part of their social and emotional growth. This is something we all know, but sometimes take for granted. O...
Listen
Less to Lean On: Epilogue from 2021-06-30T00:00
This is the epilogue in a special series from Trending Globally exploring the housing crisis in the United States, and in Rhode Island in particular. The crisis has been exacerbated by the COVID-19...
Listen
Reporting on Race in a Year of Racial Reckoning from 2021-06-22T00:00
Between Covid-19 and America’s racial reckoning over that past 12 months, there’s never been a more important time to understand how race and racism affect both the reporting and the consumption of...
Listen
What Exactly Is 'Bidenomics'? from 2021-06-15T00:00
On this episode, we’re sharing one of our favorite conversations from another podcast produced by the Watson Institute: ‘The Rhodes Center Podcast,’ hosted by political economist Mark Blyth. Mark r...
Listen
Do America’s Political Parties Need Couples Therapy? (And Other Questions About Democracy) from 2021-05-24T00:00
In the past 6 months (or maybe the last 5 years) Americans have been thinking about democracy and its fragility in entirely new ways. At the same time -- whether we’re talking about Poland, Turkey,...
Listen
Will US Withdrawal from Afghanistan Mark the ‘Ebbing of an Imperial Tide’? from 2021-05-11T00:00
In April, President Biden announced that the US will pull all of its troops out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. On this episode Dan talks with Watson Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer about what t...
Listen
Making Public Policy Personal with Anna Lenaker (AB '19, MPA '20) from 2021-05-02T00:00
After getting a master’s degree in public affairs at Watson, it’s common for folks to work in government, or with an NGO, or on a political campaign. Less common is what Anna Lenaker, from the Wats...
Listen
Making Public Policy Personal with Anna Lenaker '19 MPA '20 from 2021-05-01T00:00
After getting a master’s degree in public affairs at Watson, it’s common for folks to work in government, or with an NGO, or on a political campaign. Less common is what Anna Lenaker, from the Wats...
Listen
Even After Derek Chauvin, Prosecuting Police Officers Is an Uphill Battle. Why? from 2021-04-27T00:00
On April 20, 2021, Derek Chauvin was found guilty in the death of George Floyd. But despite the overwhelming evidence -- including the infamous video of him kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for more...
Listen
What’s Missing from the Climate Discussion? from 2021-04-19T00:00
On this episode, Sarah and Dan talk with scholars across Watson about the climate issues they think aren’t getting enough attention. The answers range from how climate change will affect warfare to...
Listen
A Message from Myanmar from 2021-04-13T00:00
In February, a colleague at the Watson Institute forwarded the team at Trending Globally an email from a former student. The subject line read: “I write to you in desperation and with my life at ri...
Listen
Less to Lean On, Part 4 from 2021-04-06T00:00
This is the fourth and final part in a special series from Trending Globally exploring the housing crisis in the United States, and in Rhode Island in particular. The crisis has been exacerbated by...
Listen
Grief, Grievance, and Race in American Politics from 2021-03-30T00:00
2020 was a year defined by loss. Loss of life, of jobs, of opportunities. On this episode Sarah talks with Juliet Hooker, a political theorist and professor at Brown who has been thinking a lot abo...
Listen
'High-Impact’ Tutoring: Why It’s Exactly What America’s Students Need from 2021-03-22T00:00
So many people have suffered as a result of the pandemic. But there’s one group who may pay the price for an especially long time: America’s children. As schools start to reopen this spring, and fe...
Listen
We Finally Have Covid-19 Vaccines. But Will Enough People Take Them? from 2021-03-09T00:00
Scientists have developed vaccines for Covid-19 in record time. Now how do we convince enough people to take them? To get a better understanding of the roots and causes of "vaccine hesitancy," Sara...
Listen
How the US and China Cooperate (and Compete) on Climate, Covid, and More from 2021-03-01T00:00
On this episode Watson’s Director Ed Steinfeld talks with Deborah Seligsohn as part of Trending Globally’s ongoing series on contemporary China. Deborah’s an Assistant Professor of Political Scienc...
Listen
India and the US in a Time of Democratic Erosion from 2021-02-23T00:00
India and the US have both struggled with anti-democratic forces the last few years. What lessons do these countries' struggles have for each other -- and for us?
There’s no better person...
What One State Can Teach Us About American Politics in 2021 from 2021-02-16T00:00
What can one of America’s smallest states teach us about US politics? A lot, it turns out. On this episode Sarah talks with the Boston Globe’s Dan McGowan, a political reporter who covers Rhode Isl...
Listen
What Is Methane, and Why Is It So Bad for the Climate? from 2021-02-09T00:00
On this episode Sarah talks with Watson Senior Fellow and member of Watson’s Climate Solutions Lab Deborah Gordon. Deborah is an expert on one of the most destructive greenhouse gasses in our atmos...
Listen
War and Drugs: The History of a Toxic Relationship from 2021-02-03T00:00
On this episode, the shocking history of one of history’s most toxic relationships. Sarah talks with Peter Andreas about his book ‘Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs.’ In it, he explores th...
Listen
What a Biden Administration Means for America’s ‘Forever Wars’ from 2021-01-26T00:00
The Biden Administration has rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, paused deportation of immigrants, and mandated the wearing of masks on Federal property. But there’s one arena that the administra...
Listen
China’s Mission to the Moon, and the New Politics of Space Exploration from 2021-01-19T00:00
Between the presidential election, spikes in the coronavirus pandemic, and the beginning of mass vaccination, you might have missed this other world-historical event: China landed on the moon.
Listen
Terrorist Group, Armed Militia, or Public Health Provider? In a Pandemic, the Lines Get Blurred. from 2021-01-05T00:00
On this episode Sarah talks with Jori Breslawski, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Watson and expert on one type of organization that’s been on the front lines in the fight against Covid-19: armed non-gove...
Listen
Less to Lean On, Part 3 from 2020-12-14T00:00
This is the third part in a special series from Trending Globally exploring the housing crisis in the United States, and in Rhode Island in particular. The crisis has been exacerbated by the COVID-...
Listen
The Secret History of Presidential Health and Illness from 2020-12-01T00:00
How does a President’s health affect their ability to lead? Do Presidential candidates deserve any privacy in terms of their medical history? How do we define what health issues ‘matter’ for a role...
Listen
How to Grow the Democratic Party with Senator Heidi Heitkamp from 2020-11-17T00:00
On this episode Sarah talks with Watson Senior Fellow and former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp. As the Democratic Party faces a divided government and nation, Senator Heitkamp is someone many...
Listen
Miss Flying? We Have the Book for You. from 2020-11-09T00:00
On this episode Sarah talks with Watson Visiting Associate Professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Erica Durante about her new book ‘Air Travel Fiction and Film: Cloud People,’ which expl...
Listen
Election 2020: Who is Left to Sway? from 2020-10-27T00:00
On this episode Dan talks with Watson Faculty Fellow and Chair of the Political Science Department at Brown Wendy Schiller about the state of the race in its closing days: who has already voted, wh...
Listen
A Climate Agenda for the Next US President from 2020-10-21T13:19
No matter who wins the Presidency this fall, this much we know: human-driven climate change will continue to be one of the greatest threats we face, as a country and as a planet.
On this ...
RBG is Gone: Now What? (With Senator Sheldon Whitehouse) from 2020-10-14T18:07
On this episode, guest host Rich Arenberg talks with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island about some of the most pressing issues in American politics. Rich is the Interim Director of the Taub...
Listen
The Pope, WWII, and the Vatican’s ‘Secret Archives’ from 2020-10-06T00:00
On March 2, 2020, Watson Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Kertzer was granted access to the Vatican Apostolic Archives -- formerly known as the Vatican’s ‘secret archives.’ David used...
Listen
The Sandinista Revolution at 40 Years from 2020-10-03T00:00
Trending Globally will have more coverage of the US election results in the coming weeks, but today, as votes are still being counted, we have something for those who might want a little break from...
Listen
The Promise of Plasma in the Fight Against Covid-19 from 2020-09-27T00:00
On this episode Sarah talks with physician, public health expert, and Watson Faculty Fellow Adam Levine about a new study examining the effectiveness of convalescent plasma treatment for people wit...
Listen
Chinese Power, Interrupted from 2020-09-23T13:50
In the US, we’ve grown accustomed to hearing about China’s transformation into a ‘global superpower’ in the 21st century. But according to journalist and author Michael Schuman, that’s not the only...
Listen
Less to Lean On, Part 2 from 2020-09-06T00:00
This is the second part in a special series from Trending Globally exploring the housing crisis in the United States, and in Rhode Island in particular. The crisis has been exacerbated by the COVID...
Listen
Connecting Farmers and Food (Even If They Have to Drive the Trucks Themselves) from 2020-08-27T00:00
After reading about how supply chains were disrupted by the pandemic, and how American farmers were suddenly left with food they couldn’t sell, Will Collier ‘20 (Architecture and Economics concentr...
Listen
How Good Documentaries Transcend Borders, and Why We Need Them Now More Than Ever from 2020-08-13T00:00
A good documentary doesn’t just tell a story; it makes you question what you think you know, and helps you to understand lives that are different from your own.
Rory Kennedy ‘91 is a cele...
How One Brown Undergrad Became a Frontline Health Worker from 2020-08-04T00:00
This is the second in our ongoing series of conversations with Brown students about life during the pandemic. On this episode: Aaron Gruen ‘22 is a double concentrator in chemistry and music, and h...
Listen
'All-American Nativism' with Dan Denvir, Part II from 2020-07-20T00:00
On this episode, the second part of our interview with writer and Taubman Center Visiting Fellow Dan Denvir about his book ‘All American Nativism: How The Bipartisan War on Immigrants Explains Poli...
Listen
'All-American Nativism' with Dan Denvir, Part I from 2020-07-12T00:00
On this episode guest-host Dan Richards talks with Dan Denvir, a journalist, host of the hit podcast ‘The Dig,’ and Visiting Fellow at the Watson's Institute's Taubman Center for American Politics...
Listen
How to Cover China, with CNBC’s Beijing Bureau Chief from 2020-07-06T00:00
What’s it like working for an American news outlet in China? The short answer: more complicated than you or I can imagine.
On this episode Watson’s director Ed Steinfeld talks with CNBC’s...
Less to Lean On: Housing Insecurity in Rhode Island, Part 1 from 2020-06-26T00:00
This is the first part in a special series from Trending Globally exploring the housing crisis in the United States, and in Rhode Island in particular. This crisis has been exacerbated by the COVID...
Listen
Confused About How to Stay Safe in a Pandemic? Emily Oster is Here to Help from 2020-06-21T00:00
In the last 5 months we have learned a lot about coronavirus and Covid-19. But sometimes it feels like we’re just as confused as we were back in February. What’s safe to do? What activities should ...
Listen
Medical Equipment and Global Supply Chains During Coronavirus from 2020-06-07T00:00
The supply chain that brings medical equipment to your local hospital, health clinic, or pharmacy is one of the world’s most important -- and most complex. On this episode Watson’s Director Ed Stei...
Listen
How Racism, Economic Inequality, and Coronavirus Intersect with Dr. Ashish Jha from 2020-06-01T00:00
On this episode Sarah talks with Dr. Ashish Jha, professor of global health at Harvard University and director of the Harvard Global Health Institute (and soon to be dean of the Brown School of Pub...
Listen
'The 1619 Project' and the Power of Narrative from 2020-05-24T00:00
It's not every day that a fiction writer joins the Watson Institute as a Senior Fellow. But ZZ Packer isn’t your typical novelist. In addition to her 2003 debut short story collection 'Drinking Cof...
Listen
Reimagining Cities with the Mayor of Cambridge, MA from 2020-05-17T00:00
Sumbul Siddiqui is the mayor of Cambridge, MA. Her family moved to Cambridge from Karachi, Pakistan when she was two years old. She studied public policy at Brown and law at Northwestern, before mo...
Listen
The Fight Against Covid-19 in RI’s Latinx Communities from 2020-05-09T00:00
Coronavirus has been called an ‘equal opportunity' virus. But of course... it's not. Communities of color are being disproportionately affected; instead of equalizing anything, this pandemic has t...
Listen
Community Resilience, International Aid, and National Security from 2020-05-04T00:00
The spread of the coronavirus has highlighted how international development affects the well-being of us all. On this episode Sarah talks with someone who has been a leader for decades in rethinkin...
Listen
How States are Taking the Lead in the Coronavirus Crisis from 2020-04-27T00:00
What does it actually mean for a state’s revenue to ‘dry up’? Who’s paying for coronavirus testing sites? How are states working together -- and how are they competing? There’s never been a more im...
Listen
Living Abroad in a Pandemic, and Other Stories from Brown Students from 2020-04-20T00:00
This will be the first in an ongoing series of conversations with Brown students about life during the coronavirus pandemic. On this episode Dan and Sarah talk with Alina Kulman, a junior, and Babe...
Listen
How One Social Entrepreneur is Tackling the Refugee Crisis from 2020-04-15T14:45
On this episode, something you might not be getting a lot of these days: a story to raise your spirits. The second in a special series co-produced with Watson’s Center for Latin American and Caribb...
Listen
Watson and...Tiger King? from 2020-04-14T00:00
On this episode, Watson's Director Ed Steinfeld talks with film music supervisor Randall Poster '83. Randall has worked with many of Hollywood’s most distinguished filmmakers on a wide variety of p...
Listen
Behind the Curtain on US-China Relations from 2020-04-05T00:00
What role do photo ops play in diplomatic negotiations? How much do changing US Presidential administrations affect US-China relations? What’s it like to have dinner with Yao Ming? On this episode,...
Listen
The Four Pillars of Outbreak Preparedness (and How to Rebuild Them) from 2020-04-01T00:00
Adam Levine is the director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Watson and associate professor of emergency medicine at Brown. Much of his work has grown out of an essential ...
Listen
Humanitarian Aid in a Changing World from 2020-03-25T14:00
Peter Maurer is the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross. In early March he came to Watson, and Sarah talked with him about the challenges of humanitarian aid in the 21st centu...
Listen
A Global View of the Coronavirus Pandemic from 2020-03-23T00:00
Mark Lurie is an epidemiologist and expert in infectious disease at Brown University's School of Public Health. On this episode he talks with Sarah about the underlying issues of the coronavirus pa...
Listen
The Coronavirus Pandemic and US Politics from 2020-03-18T20:23
The spread of the coronavirus, and global effort to contain it, have quickly upended every aspect of our lives. We at Trending Globally are going to bring your more conversations and insights about...
Listen
Exploring The Politics of Natural Disasters from 2020-03-11T13:26
This is the first episode in a special series that Trending Globally will be producing this semester with Watson’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (also known as CLACS). Each episod...
Listen
A History of Warfare, and the Drugs That Fuel It from 2020-02-26T16:01
Historians have explored warfare through just about every lens imaginable. But leave it to political scientist and Watson Faculty Peter Andreas to use the lens you haven’t considered: drugs. On thi...
Listen
Getting Brexit Right with Mark Blyth from 2020-02-19T14:45
On January 31, the UK formally left the European Union. But ‘Brexit’ is far from over. On this episode guest host Dan Richards talks with political economist and Watson Professor Mark Blyth about t...
Listen
The 'Anatomy of a Genocide' from 2020-02-12T14:16
This past January marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. On this episode, Sarah talks with Watson Faculty Fellow and historian Omer Bartov about the intimate tragedies that occ...
Listen
China, the US, and Statecraft in the 21st Century from 2020-01-29T15:00
Tensions between China and the US are at a level not seen in decades. But as Chas Freeman, former Assistant US Secretary of Defense and Watson Senior Fellow believes, the tension between these coun...
Listen
India at a Crossroads from 2020-01-22T15:14
On this episode: why protests have erupted across India in the last few months, and why these protests have been, in many ways, a long time coming.
Guest host and producer Dan Richards ta...
Islam and Gender in the 21st Century from 2020-01-15T14:14:10
Observers in the West too often have a one-dimensional view of women in Muslim-majority countries; as subjugated, and in need of help in their liberation. On this episode, Sarah sits down with thre...
Listen
Repression and Surveillance for China's Uyghur Minority from 2020-01-02T15:00:03
This episode is a co-production between Watson's China Initiative and the Center for Middle East Studies at Brown University. This fall, the Center brought to Watson Adeeb Khalid, Director of Middl...
Listen
Are Men Animals? An Anthropologist's Take from 2019-12-18T11:00:23
On this episode, public health scientist and Brown Associate Dean Caroline Kuo talks with Watson Fellow Matthew Gutmann about his newest book ‘Are Men Animals? How Modern Masculinity Sells Men Shor...
Listen
The CIA's 'Poisoner in Chief' with Stephen Kinzer from 2019-12-02T00:00
On Trending Globally's 100th episode, Sarah talks with author and Watson Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer about secret agents, the Cold War, and mind-altering drugs.
Stephen's newest book, 'P...
Revolution Revisited, Part IV from 2019-11-26T00:00
In 1979 a group of young rebels, calling themselves the Sandinista National Liberation Front, overthrew a brutal dictatorship in Nicaragua. 40 years later, Nicaraguans are again living under an opp...
Listen
Veterans and Service Members Talk School, Work, and Service from 2019-11-25T17:30:59
November 11 was Veterans Day, a time to honor and turn our attention to the veterans and service members in our community at Watson. On this special episode, guest host Carrie Nordlund talks with t...
Listen
Revolution Revisited, Part III from 2019-11-22T00:00
In 1979 a group of young rebels, calling themselves the Sandinista National Liberation Front, overthrew a brutal dictatorship in Nicaragua. 40 years later, Nicaraguans are again living under an opp...
Listen
Ecology, History, and Photography with Artist Pamela Petro from 2019-11-17T00:00
At a moment when it feels like there’s an endless stream of breaking news, it’s worth stepping back sometimes, and thinking about things on a longer time scale. On this episode, Sarah spoke with ar...
Listen
Revolution Revisited, Part II from 2019-11-13T00:00
In 1979 a group of young rebels, calling themselves the Sandinista National Liberation Front, overthrew a brutal dictatorship in Nicaragua. 40 years later, Nicaraguans are again living under an opp...
Listen
Revolution Revisited, Part I from 2019-11-05T00:00
In 1979 a group of young rebels, calling themselves the Sandinista National Liberation Front, overthrew a brutal dictatorship in Nicaragua. 40 years later, Nicaraguans are again living under an opp...
Listen
Combatting One of Climate Change’s ‘Stealthiest’ Gases from 2019-10-31T00:00
On this episode Sarah talks with Watson Senior fellow Deborah Gordon. Deborah’s newest paper looks at one of the ‘stealthiest’ and most destructive greenhouse gasses: methane. Specifically, the pap...
Listen
Politics and Fashion in the Revolutionary Cuba from 2019-10-30T00:00
On this episode, guest host Rich Snyder talks with Maria Cabrera Arus, a visiting professor at the Center for Latin American and Carribean Studies at Watson. Maria studies the sociology, politics, ...
Listen
The Psychology of Right Wing Populism from 2019-10-21T00:00
From the industrial revolution to the rise of globalization, human society has changed profoundly since our early days as hunter-gathers. But our brains? Not so much. On this episode, Sarah talks w...
Listen
Mark and Carrie - 'Pumpkin Spice' Constitutional Crisis from 2019-10-09T00:00
NOTE FOR LISTENERS: Mark and Carrie will be moving to their own podcast channel after this episode. To hear new episodes of Mark and Carrie from now on, subscribe to their new feed, 'Mark and Carri...
Listen
Making Sense of the US Census from 2019-10-06T00:00
Cristian Farias is a journalist who's written about law and the Supreme Court for New York Magazine, HuffPost, and The New York Times (among many others). For much of the last two years he’s closel...
Listen
Tackling Discrimination in America’s Schools from 2019-09-23T00:00
On this episode of Trending Globally, Sarah talks with Watson sociologist Jayanti Owens about her research on racial discrimination in one of America’s most important institutions: our schools. The...
Listen
Making Sense of the US and Greenland's Relationship from 2019-09-07T00:00
Even by our current standards for presidential news, President Trump’s inquiries into purchasing Greenland this summer were surprising. And while few people took it seriously, Watson political scie...
Listen
Mark and Carrie - Back to School from 2019-09-02T00:00
NOTE FOR LISTENERS: Mark and Carrie will be moving to their own podcast channel in the coming weeks. To subscribe to their new feed, search for 'Mark and Carrie' wherever you get your podcasts. Tha...
Listen
Three Experts, Three Angles on the Immigration Crisis from 2019-07-29T00:00
Immigration is an inherently interdisciplinary subject. On this episode, Sarah talks with three postdoctoral fellows at Watson doing work on immigration: Aileen Teague, Rawan Arar, and Almita Miran...
Listen
Mark and Carrie - Getting Carried Away from 2019-07-22T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Coming Soon: Trending Globally Presents 'Revolution Revisited' from 2019-07-14T00:00
July 19, 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua. Leading up to the anniversary, the Watson Institute hosted a conference looking at the history of the Revolution ...
Listen
'Gender, Governance, and Islam' with Nadje Al-Ali from 2019-07-11T00:00
Policy-makers and the media have a problem when it comes to talking about gender in many Muslim-majority nations: too often it’s discussed only in the context of religion or culture, and politics i...
Listen
From the Academy Awards to Brown University, Brown Students on Gender Equality from 2019-06-29T00:00
On this episode Sarah Baldwin talks with Charlotte Silverman, Sarah Campbell Tucker, and Carly Paul, three students at Brown who are doing fascinating work on gender and development. They discuss t...
Listen
The Data Behind 'Good' Parenting with Emily Oster from 2019-06-15T00:00
On this episode of Trending Globally, Sarah Baldwin talks with Emily Oster, an economist at The Watson Institute and author of 'Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, fro...
Listen
Making Sense of the Crisis at the Mexico-US Border from 2019-05-31T00:00
How has globalization changed the way that borders operate? And how have these changes affected the US's already strained immigration system? On this episode, Sarah Baldwin talks with former U.S. C...
Listen
Student Spotlight: Luna Floyd '19 from 2019-05-22T14:00:07
This episode of Trending Globally is the third in our 2019 Commencement-Student Spotlight series. As spring semester came to a close, host Sarah Baldwin spoke with a few of Watson’s graduating seni...
Listen
Student Spotlight: Sebastián Otero Oliveras '19 from 2019-05-19T00:00
This episode of Trending Globally is the fourth and final part of our 2019 Commencement Student Spotlight series. As spring semester came to a close, host Sarah Baldwin spoke with a few of Watson’s...
Listen
Making Sense of The US’s Tough Talk With Iran from 2019-05-18T16:39:14
Is war with Iran in the works? With tensions escalating, and U.S. allies skeptical about what the Trump administration calls an ‘imminent threat,’ the potential for armed conflict feels all too rea...
Listen
Student Spotlight: Ethan Shire '19 from 2019-05-17T00:00
This episode of Trending Globally is the second in our 2019 Commencement-Student Spotlight series. As spring semester came to a close, host Sarah Baldwin spoke with a few of Watson’s graduating sen...
Listen
Student Spotlight: Drashti Brahmbhatt '19 from 2019-05-15T15:08:35
This episode of Trending Globally is the first in our 2019 Commencement-Student Spotlight series. As spring semester came to a close, host Sarah Baldwin spoke with a few of Watson’s graduating seni...
Listen
Mark & Carrie - Carrie On Regardless from 2019-05-15T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
A.I., Robots, and Imagining 'The Future of Work' from 2019-05-01T14:00:29
On this episode of Trending Globally, Sarah Baldwin talks with Darrell M . West, Vice President of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and author of ‘The Future of Work: Robots, AI, and...
Listen
'Unlearning Race' with Thomas Chatterton Williams from 2019-04-15T00:00
On this episode of Trending Globally, Watson Economics Professor Glenn Loury talks with writer Thomas Chatterton Williams. Williams’s 2010 memoir ‘Losing My Cool: Love, Literature, and a Black Man...
Listen
Mark & Carrie - Keep Calm and Carrie On from 2019-04-14T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
The Untold Story of Gay Brazilian Revolutionary Herbert Daniel from 2019-04-01T00:00
On this episode of Trending Globally, Sarah Baldwin talks with James Green, a professor of Latin American History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at The Watson Institute [https://watson.brown...
Listen
Making Sense of Brexit from 2019-03-25T00:00
On this week's episode of Trending Globally, Sarah Baldwin talks with Nick Ziegler, an expert in European politics at the Watson Institute [https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/ziegler]. They di...
Listen
Mark & Carrie - College scandals, troubled aircrafts, and agreeing with President Trump(!) from 2019-03-18T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Governing Rio de Janeiro's Favelas from 2019-03-15T00:00
On this episode of Trending Globally, Sarah Baldwin talks with Watson Fellow Nick Barnes about the formal and informal ways Rio de Janeiro’s favelas are governed. Much of his work focuses on Comple...
Listen
Reflections on the Fight for Social Justice in India from 2019-03-10T00:00
On this episode of Trending Globally Sarah Baldwin talks with Aruna Roy [https://watson.brown.edu/southasia/people/aruna-roy], one of India’s most prominent activists. In 1968 Roy joined the Indian...
Listen
Special Episode: Madeleine Albright on The Sanford School's Policy 360 from 2019-03-04T00:00
This week, something a little different. We at Trending Globally came across a great podcast produced by the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University [https://sanford.duke.edu/], and we w...
Listen
Opening the 'Black Box' of Congressional Procedure from 2019-02-23T00:00
*Update: Arenberg's book 'Congressional Procedure' has been named a Foreword INDIES 2018 Book of the Year Finalist [https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/congressional-procedure/] .*
Behind the Numbers of America's Opioid Crisis from 2019-02-16T00:00
On this episode of Trending Globally,: a deep dive into the opioid crisis. Guest host Susan Moffitt, Director of the Taubman Center for American Policy and Politics [https://watson.brown.edu/taubma...
Listen
Mark & Carrie - No Pun This Week from 2019-02-12T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Populism Around the World from 2019-02-10T00:00
On this episode of Trending Globally [https://soundcloud.com/watsoninstitute/sets/trending-globally], Sarah Baldwin speaks with Sam Wilkin, an economist, political risk consultant, and fellow at th...
Listen
The Surprising Politics of...Fish? from 2019-02-04T00:00
Whether it’s the economics of small-scale farming, or the environmental impact of a fast food hamburger, what we eat is about way more than just nutrition. On this episode of Trending Globally, Sar...
Listen
Emily Oster on nutrition, research, and the challenge of identifying healthy habits. from 2019-01-27T00:00
Whether we’re thinking about parenting, pregnancy, or public health, Brown economist Emily Oster [https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/oster] likes to challenge conventional wisdom. One of Oster...
Listen
Mark & Carrie - Post Mark from 2019-01-21T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Thinking Big on Criminal Justice Reform from 2019-01-17T00:00
On this episode of Trending Globally, host Sarah Baldwin speaks with Adaner Usmani [https://watson.brown.edu/people/postdocs/usmani] and Terry-Ann Craigie [https://www.brown.edu/academics/populatio...
Listen
Fixing Medicaid in a Fragmented Democracy from 2019-01-13T00:00
On this episode of Trending Globally, Margaret Weir, a political scientist at the Watson Institute, spoke with Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University Jamila Michener [https://www.j...
Listen
The Power of Transnational Advocacy Networks from 2019-01-09T13:00:06
Sometimes, in the world of social justice organizing, it can seem like there are actually two worlds. One is made up of theoreticians and scholars. The other is made up of organizers on the ground....
Listen
(Re)Defining "Girls' Education" from 2019-01-02T13:00:06
From The United Nations’ 'Decade of the Girl-Child' to the White House’s ‘Let Girls Learn,’ investing in education for girls has become a global priority. On this episode of Trending Globally, Sara...
Listen
Sebastian Junger on Community, Belonging, and His Book 'Tribe' from 2018-12-23T00:00
On this episode, we revisit one of our favorite interviews from 2018. Watson Professor Rose McDermott [https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/mcdermott] spoke with journalist Sebastian Junger abo...
Listen
Mapping Social Mobility in America from 2018-12-17T00:00
In this episode, Mark Blyth talks with Watson economist John Friedman [https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/JFriedman] about his work charting social mobility in America. He and his colleagues h...
Listen
Yule Mark - Mark & Carrie's 2018 End of Year Roundup from 2018-12-08T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Translating Ancient Texts in the Middle of the Desert from 2018-12-04T00:00
Sarah Baldwin talks with Elias Muhanna [https://vivo.brown.edu/display/emuhanna] about an essay he wrote for the New Yorker [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-new-history-of-arabia-w...
Listen
Mark & Carrie [Nov 28, 2018] from 2018-11-26T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Building Watson from 2018-11-13T00:00
The footprint of the Watson Institute community just grew by 30,000 square feet. These are the voices of a few of the many individuals who made it happen.
Special thanks to James Sisson, S...
Making Sense of Brazil's 2018 Presidential Election: Part 3 from 2018-10-29T19:48:25
In part three of this three part series, Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Jim Green, Professor of History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at Watson [watson.bro...
Listen
Domestic Violence Is a Public Health Problem from 2018-10-29T00:00
Vanessa Volz, executive director of Sojourner House [http://www.sojournerri.org], a resource and advocacy organization for victims of domestic and sexual abuse, joins Rose McDermott [https://watson...
Listen
Making Sense of Brazil's 2018 Presidential Election: Part 2 from 2018-10-22T00:00
In part two of this three part series, Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Jim Green, Professor of History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at Watson [watson.brown...
Listen
Mark & Carrie - Stop Complaining And Go Vote Mark from 2018-10-19T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Jeff Weaver – How Bernie Won from 2018-10-15T00:00
Jeff Weaver, campaign manager for the 2016 campaign of US Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States, presents his book, How Bernie Won: Inside the Revolution That's Taking Back Our ...
Listen
California's Education Reform: Lessons From The Last 10 Years from 2018-10-07T00:00
This fall, education policy researchers released Getting Down to Facts II [http://gettingdowntofacts.com], a major report on preK-12 education in California. The findings reveal that reforms adopte...
Listen
Mark & Carrie - Mark It Place from 2018-10-01T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Making Sense of Brazil's 2018 Presidential Election: Part 1 from 2018-09-29T00:00
In part one of this three part series, Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Jim Green, Professor of History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at Watson [https://wats...
Listen
Music of 1968: Social Protest Then & Now from 2018-09-20T00:00
In spring 2018, Brown University's Department of Africana Studies kicked off 50 Years Since '68 [https://www.brown.edu/academics/africana-studies/events-programs/50-years-68], a year-long initiativ...
Listen
X Marks the Spot from 2018-09-15T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Democratic Erosion from 2018-09-11T00:00
Is democracy in decay?
That's the central question animating a [http://democratic-erosion.com/] designed by Robert Blair, a political scientist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and...
Firearm Injury Prevention Is Not Gun Control from 2018-08-31T00:00
Firearm Injury Prevention Is Not Gun Control: A conversation with Dr. Megan Ranney.
From mandatory seatbelts to effective anti-drug use campaigns, we've long used evidence-based approaches...
Growing the Food Movement from 2018-08-14T00:00
Anna Lappé '95 is an expert on food systems, a sustainable food advocate, and the author of “Diet for a Hot Planet.” Dawn King, a lecturer at the Institute at Brown for Environment and ...
Listen
Birthmark – Turkey, Cambodia, US midterms, trade wars, SCOTUS, Greece, Italy, World Cup from 2018-08-14T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
The Climate-Value Paradox: What the Markets Are Getting Wrong from 2018-08-03T00:00
According to political scientist Jeff Colgan, climate change creates risks for oil companies, insurance companies, and property owners. But because governments, firms, and investors are reacting to...
Listen
Gender Inequality, War, and Rape from 2018-07-24T00:00
Dara Kay Cohen '01 is an associate professor of public policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Her research and teaching interests include international security, civil...
Listen
Who's In and Who's Out? Nationalism as a State-Constructed Narrative from 2018-07-17T00:00
Who's In and Who's Out? Nationalism as a State-Constructed Narrative
Sociologists Svenja Kopyciok, Yasemin Bavbek, and Fatma Mu?ge Go?c?ek discuss truth-telling, violence, and nationalism ...
Hostile Takeover from 2018-07-11T17:37:04
When a state takes control of a failing school district, its motives might not be as pure as you think. This week's podcast addresses the intersection between race, education, and power.
...
The Changing Geography of Poverty from 2018-06-23T00:00
When we look at poverty today, we see that it is no longer the blight of urban areas alone. It is thriving, as it were, in many suburbs. In today’s podcast, former Brown University Professor Scott ...
Listen
Changing the world: Innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology from 2018-06-16T00:00
Guest host Danny Warshay '87, executive director of the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship, talks with Michael Slaby '01, executive director of Chicago Ideas, head of Timshel, and forme...
Listen
Global Insecurity: Is there Reason for Hope? from 2018-06-14T19:23:07
For the 50th episode of Trending Globally, we asked 10 scholars at the Watson Institute what they find most worrisome in the world today, and what keeps them going. For more information on this epi...
Listen
Mapping Control from 2018-06-13T00:00
Cathy Lutz, professor of anthropology, gives us insight into the original military technology: maps. Learn how this ancient form of information sharing can define space, ownership, territory, and, ...
Listen
Watermark - The Royal Wedding, North Korea, NFL, Venezuela, Italy and the Eurozone, and Snoop from 2018-05-27T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Making the Case for Corporate Ethics from 2018-05-19T00:00
With Mark preoccupied by the royal wedding, Carrie interviews Alison Taylor, Managing Director, Sustainability Management, BSR & Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School to discuss the intersection ...
Listen
Trump, Tariffs, and the Truth about China from 2018-05-15T00:00
Edward Steinfeld, director of the China Initiative and of the Watson Institute, points out that much of what is considered IP theft is just business as usual--for all countries.
Listen
Mark & Carrie - LIVE! The Fanboy Episode from 2018-04-29T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Can Art Save Us? from 2018-04-28T00:00
In the face of political uncertainty, domestic terrorism, and a polarized culture, it’s often unclear where to turn to for answers. But according to Will Calhoun, Vernon Reid, and Melvin Gibbs, art...
Listen
Jihad & Co. from 2018-04-15T00:00
Between state-building and inciting regional instability, the United States has developed intensely complicated political relationships across the Middle East. But what doesn't make the headlines i...
Listen
Landmark - Bezos v. Trump, Zuckerberg, Paul Ryan, Syria & Russia, China Trade and The Royal Wedding from 2018-04-12T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Remarkable - Putin's re-election, gun protests, digital privacy, census, tariffs, Trump admin chaos from 2018-03-31T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Despair Is Expensive from 2018-03-26T00:00
Angela Blanchard is President Emerita of BakerRipley, the largest charitable organization in Texas and one of the largest in the country. BakerRipley’s work focuses on development in underserved ne...
Listen
Beauty Mark - LIVE! Trade Wars, Gas attack, Trumpism in the EU, Stormy Daniels and Scientology from 2018-03-11T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Italy Is Ticked Off from 2018-03-01T00:00
In the wake of Italy's elections results last weekend, Mark Blyth & David Kertzer put it in historical context and talk populism, nationalism, Five Star Movement and what Italy's next government wi...
Listen
Quotation Mark - Trump's trade wars, gun violence, Brexit, Italian elections and Curling from 2018-02-28T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
From Baghdad to Paris: Pulitzer Prize winner Alissa Rubin '80 from 2018-02-23T00:00
Pulitzer Prize winner and Paris Bureau Chief for the New York Times Alissa Rubin '80 reflects on her career as a reporter and on the American image abroad, from Kabul to Baghdad.
You can r...
Toxic Wars of the Middle East from 2018-02-12T00:00
The Middle East has been ground zero for the major chemical attacks of the past 40 years. From the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), to the Persian Gulf War (1991), to the Syrian Civil War (2011-present), c...
Listen
DeMARKation - The Global Economy, EU & US trade relations, Nunes memo, the Super Bowl... and more from 2018-02-04T00:00
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the wee...
Listen
Is Nuclear War No Longer Taboo? from 2018-02-01T00:00
For the past 70 years, the nations of the world have more or less agreed that the role of nuclear weapons is to discourage aggression: owning them is one thing, but using them is beyond the pale. N...
Listen
Family, Sharia Law, and the Making of the Modern Middle East from 2018-01-31T00:00
Islamists, Arab nationalists and Orientalists have all used notions about the Muslim family and Muslim law—as well as the encounter with Europe in the early 19th century—to explain society in the M...
Listen
Violence, Fear and Upper-Class Seclusion in Mexican Cities from 2018-01-24T00:00
In Mexican cities, the war on drugs has created a culture of such fear that upper class cities within cities are developing, and drawing on both private and public resources for protection.
Earmark - Satan Over A Barrel, Oprah 2020 and North Korea at the Olympics from 2018-01-21T00:00
Happy New Year! Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's MPA, share their take on the week's news and ...
Listen
Stephanie Lopez: National University of Colombia from 2018-01-15T00:00
Stephanie Lopez from Colombia participated in the "Forced Migration, Forced Displacements" Institute at BIARI.
Stephanie’s work focuses on displacement due to the decades-long conflict in ...
Raz Weiner: Royal Holloway - University of London from 2018-01-14T00:00
Raz Weiner is from Israel, Palestine, and participated in the "Forced Population Displacement and the Making of the Modern World" Institute at BIARI. He talks about his unique way of combining rese...
Listen
Natalia Cidade: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro from 2018-01-14T00:00
Natalia Cidade from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and participated in the "Humanitarian Response and Post-Conflict Reconstruction' Institute at BIARI.
Natalia realizes that shelters are just a sm...
Diana Menya: Moi University - Eldoret, Kenya from 2018-01-13T00:00
A conversation with physician, epidemiologist, and public health researcher Diana Menya from Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya, School of Public Health. Diana participated in the "Climate Change" I...
Listen
Can the Common Good Still Prevail in America? from 2018-01-12T19:24:23
In his latest book, Tribe, award-winning war reporter and documentary filmmaker Sebastian Junger examined how, throughout human history, a sense of shared purpose and identity has resulted in altru...
Listen
Tatah Lambed: Ministry of Health - Cameroon from 2018-01-12T00:00
Tatah Lambed is from Cameroon and participated in the "Humanitarian Response and Post-Conflict Reconstruction" Institute at BIARI.
Doctor, researcher, humanitarian response director, Tatah...
Medicine in America from 2018-01-03T17:49:03
Medicine in America: How do we know it works, and why don’t we want more proof?
Erik Patashnik, co-author of the new book Unhealthy Politics, and Mark Peterson, an expert on on the role of...
Discussion with Michael Steele, former RNC chair from 2017-12-16T00:00
Michael Steele, former Republican National Committee chairman, talks about the future of his party, why Trump won, civility in Washington, and the power of the ballot to change the ways things are....
Listen
Mark and Carries end of year roundup, Alabama's Senate race, net neutrality, the latest on Brexit from 2017-12-12T00:00
Mark and Carries end of year roundup, including this years surprising Good Cop and Bad Cop nominees. Also Alabama's Senate race, the repeal of net neutrality, Brexit, Argentina and more.
Mark B...
Civil Society and Human Rights in Peril from 2017-12-07T00:00
All across the world, from Turkey to India, from Venezuela to Russia, not to mention the United States, governments are drifting away from democratic principles that threaten their control and reso...
Listen
Talking tax reform with Mark Blyth and John Friedman from 2017-12-04T20:55:47
Mark Blyth talks with Professor of Economics John Friedman about the Republican tax plan; who wins, loses, and does it really matter in the long run.
You can read a transcript of this epis...
Politics in the Age of Trump: the 2018 Midterms and Beyond from 2017-11-26T00:00
Is the Democratic Party dead? Will the Republican Party survive Trump? Is America’s two-party system over? Democratic strategist Jenny Backus and Republican strategist Brian Jones talk about what’s...
Listen
Question Mark – Cyber Monday, Merkel's coalition, net neutrality, the CFPB, bit coin & Prince Harry from 2017-11-26T00:00
Cyber Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Social Democrats coalition, Net Neutrality, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, debt ceilings, Bit Coin and Prince Harry's proposal. Mark...
Listen
Tom Perez and Denis McDonough from 2017-11-15T19:52:42
DNC Chair Tom Perez and former chief of staff under President Obama Denis McDonough on public service, values, and what makes them proud.
You can read a transcript of this episode here: [h...
Marking Time – Republican tax plan, Paradise Papers, Brazille's DNC allegations, Theresa May from 2017-11-13T20:58:09
Flood gates have opened on sexual assault allegations in Hollywood and in D.C - is backlash coming? The Republican's tax plan and what it means, Paradise Papers, Donna Brazille's new tell-all book,...
Listen
Women's Rights and National Security from 2017-11-06T20:35:38
Jennifer Klein, from Yale Law School’s Center for Global Legal Challenges, explains why women’s issues are of importance to US foreign policy, global security, and economic prosperity. She also de...
Listen
Trump, Truth and the Media from 2017-10-26T18:49:21
In a news environment that's become very he-said, she-said, have journalists forgotten that part of their job is to point out when a politician is actually lying?
Join David Corn, the chief of ...
Europe in the Age of Rising Populism from 2017-10-20T00:00
Romano Prodi, former prime minister of Italy and past president of the European Commission, talks to Watson Faculty Fellow David Kertzer about the the migration crisis, the impact of Brexit, and th...
Listen
The Middle Income Trap and the Politics of Skills from 2017-10-13T18:50:01
What do Brazil, Thailand, Mexico, Turkey and South Africa have in common? They're all so-called "middle-income countries", but they seem to be stuck with that label. Since the mid-2000's, economist...
Listen
Coordinating Humanitarian Relief from 2017-10-03T13:30:17
Earthquakes. Tsunamis. Pandemics. Civil Wars. All around the world at any given moment millions of people are enduring disasters both natural and man-made. Humanitarian assistance comes in all shap...
Listen
Quick Off the Mark – German election, Puerto Rico, Equifax, NFL, Facebook and North Korea from 2017-09-26T15:40:32
German elections, the disaster in Puerto Rico, Equifax hack, Trump and Facebook and the 1st amendment, the North Korea pickle. Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carri...
Listen
High Water Mark – DACA, Hurricanes, Amazon, Brexit and Carrie's trip to Myanmar from 2017-09-12T16:12:06
Trump's DACA repeal, hurricanes and insurance markets, Amazon's growth, Brexit negotiations and Carrie's trip to Myanmar. Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nor...
Listen
Beyond Snowden: Privacy, Mass Surveillance, and the Struggle to Reform the NSA from 2017-09-04T00:00
Cybersecurity expert Timothy Edgar discusses his new book, a detailed account of how the CIA contractor's 2013 leaks changed the discussion about civil liberties and national security.
You...
Know Thy Neighbor: A Look at Our Increasingly Polarized Society from 2017-08-21T00:00
Renowned historian Gordon Wood joins author and Watson Visiting Fellow Marc Dunkelman to discuss the polarized state of politics in America. From Downton Abbey to Trump Tower, Wood and Dunkelman qu...
Listen
Mark My Words – North Korea, UAW vote, Kenyan election and vacationing from 2017-08-07T00:00
The North Korea mess, Nissan plant UAW unionization vote, the contented Kenyan election, climate change "hoax", vacationing and the Premier League. Mark Blyth, economist at Brown's Watson Institute...
Listen
How Solidarity Works for Welfare from 2017-08-05T00:00
India is a huge country, but if you look at it through a social development lens, many of its states appear worlds apart. Some have social outcomes on a par with Sub Saharan Nations while others ha...
Listen
Take Your Mark - Dems "Better Deal," Theresa May, Obamacare repeal, Venzuela, Poland from 2017-08-01T00:00
Empty Slogans or Real Policy? Healthcare repeal, BREXIT, failing states and, even, Ben Affleck. Mark Blyth, economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and assoc...
Listen
Sexual Violence as a Strategy of War from 2017-07-13T00:00
For victims of wartime sexual violence, the relationship between silence and visibility is tricky.
Survivors must bear witness, not only for themselves but for history. And yet too often ...
Intelligence Success and Failure: The Human Factor from 2017-06-18T00:00
Paranoia, Narcissism, Espionage. This potentially dangerous combination might invoke the leadership in North Korea or Russia. It might also call to mind America's 45th President. A new book takes a...
Listen
Iran Embraces Moderation from 2017-05-31T15:24:40
President Trump's Riyadh speech last weekend was heavily anti-Iran, pushing off the radar very big news from Iran itself - the re-election of Hassan Rouhani, who staked his very presidency on the n...
Listen
Job Opportunity Cost of War from 2017-05-25T13:02:03
President Donald Trump’s recent request to increase military spending by $54 billion represents a 10 percent increase to the military budget and comes at the expense of cuts to domestic programs an...
Listen
Mark Blyth talks French election, Comey from 2017-05-01T00:00
Mark Blyth, Professor of Political Science, stops in to give his take on the recent French elections results and what it means for populism, neo-liberalism and the future of the European Union.
Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution from 2017-05-01T00:00
Peter Andreas presents a reading from his new book and discusses his unconventional childhood, rebel mother, and writing memoir.
You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://dr...
Russian hacking and the erosion of internet privacy from 2017-04-17T00:00
We caught up with Timothy Edgar, Faculty Fellow at the Watson Institute, to discuss Russian hacking and the erosion of internet privacy regulations under the Trump administration. Edgar served unde...
Listen
One Woman's Story: Blazing the Trail for Education in Kenya from 2017-04-14T14:35:47
Kakenya Ntaiya, founder of the Kakenya Center for Excellence, and Pamela Reeves, Watson Institute Senior Fellow, discuss genital mutilation, education, and the power of engaging the next generation...
Listen
Climate of Change from 2017-03-27T17:51:34
Former U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern and Edward Steinfeld, director of the Watson Institute and of the China Initiative, discuss global warming, geopolitics, U.S.-China relations...
Listen
Stephen Kinzer on the birth of American imperialism from 2017-03-13T16:05:15
Famed journalist Stephen Kinzer reads an excerpt from his new book, The True Flag, and discusses American imperialism today and yesterday.
You can read a transcript of this episode here: [...
Obamacare: Now What? from 2017-03-02T18:41:50
What will be the fate of Obamacare in the age of Trump? Two health policy experts review the benefits and costs of the Affordable Care Act, and what its repeal could mean for Americans.
Yo...
Upward Mobility: the College Effect from 2017-02-28T14:22:29
Upward mobility: it's the American dream. But over the past 50 years, the prospects of children earning more than their parents has dropped to 50 percent. What has led to this decline, and what can...
Listen
National Review Columnist on Trump's DC from 2017-02-10T20:03:29
Conservative columnist Ramesh Ponnuru discusses politics, policy, and the Trump presidency.
You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wyZ_0yn3ai9Lba...
Fallout from Trump Action on Immigration from 2017-02-07T19:06:10
Postdoctoral Fellow M. Ali Kadivar discusses the impact President Trump's executive order on immigration has had on his work as a scholar.
You can read a transcript of this episode here: [...
Learning to Play by Ear in Tehran from 2017-02-02T14:49:34
Anthropologist and filmmaker Narges Bajoghli reads the words of a former Iranian soldier who, after being severely injured by chemical weapons used by the Iraqi army, finds solace in music.
Trump, Brexit & the rise of global illiberalism from 2017-01-17T20:30:03
Edward Steinfeld, director of the Watson Institute, queries political scientist Margaret Weir and political economist and director of the Rhodes Center [https://watson.brown.edu/rhodes] Mark Blyth ...
Listen
A Lesson in Emotional Geography from 2016-12-29T00:00
Elias Muhanna, an expert in classical Arabic literature at the Watson Institute's Middle East Studies program, remembers a childhood road trip in Lebanon and what it taught him about war and hope.<...
Listen
Sex Work Is Work from 2016-12-16T02:31:02
Sex workers' rights activist Bella Robinson and sociologist and Watson postdoctoral fellow Elena Shih discuss the "trafficking" and "rescue" narratives muddying the reality of what sex work is--and...
Listen
Humanitarian Response in Haiti from 2016-12-02T00:00
Smart Relief: Bridging the academic and humanitarian divide.
Tony Bogues, Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory, Professor of Africana Studies, and Director of the Center for the St...
Whose fault is hunger? from 2016-11-08T00:00
Hunger games: if there's enough food for everyone, why are some people hungry?
You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V9peFY83ToJhxJQVV2dqAAYXSBh...
Gender and the 2016 Election from 2016-10-25T00:00
Listen to Professors McDermott and Moffitt discuss gender and the election on Trending Globally.
You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GHhpSoA6Y...