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Kara Swisher: Where the Tech Love Story Went Wrong
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Plus, a surprising story about reality TV in Kenya

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
City of Joy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The French author Dominique LaPierre died recently and that made Sandip Roy think of the author's legacy on his hometown of Kolkata.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Un-Word of the Year
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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It’s that time of the year again when dictionaries around the world try to sum up the year in a word or two.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Politically Persuadable But Focused on Jobs? Hispanic American Swing Voters (Part 1 of 3)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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The first of 3 episodes in a mini-series on Hispanic American Swing Voters. During National Hispanic Heritage Month, and in the lead-up to the 20...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 31:21
When Your Country Doesn’t Trust You (AAPI Heritage Month Story)
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we hear from US Congressman Andy Kim about how the power competition between China and the US creates fear and anxiety on the home...

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  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Facing Our Climate Future
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we talk about climate policy with former California Governor Jerry Brown, oceanographer Sylvia Earle and former Colombian president Juan...

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  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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20 Years in Afghanistan: Was it Worth it?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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US military forces have occupied Afghanistan for almost 20 years and now, President Biden says it’s time to end the war. But Afghanistan is still f...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Can We Vaccinate 7.9 Billion People?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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If you live in the United States, there’s a good chance you’ve already been vaccinated, or at least have an appointment booked, but people who live...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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The World Doesn’t Revolve Around You
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we look at what happens when you think you know what you’re doing and don’t listen to the people you are trying to help. Our guest...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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From Nobel Peace Prize to Civil War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we talk with Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations Michelle Gavin about how this happened, Amnesty ...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Exporting America's Gun Problem
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, journalists J Brian Charles and Ioan Grillo join us to talk about how complicated gun violence is, and how tighter gun laws could ...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Filibuster or Bust
From: Jennifer Bassett
Series: Talking Feds
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Senator Whitehouse, Bill Kristol, and Jennifer Rubin, join Harry to break down the most important and challenging topics on the Senate’s plate, inc...

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 50:29
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Why They’re Protesting in Burma
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Burma was supposed to be a transitioning democracy, and the power-sharing agreement between its military and civilian leadership was regarded as on...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Why the Solarwinds Cyberattack Was Inevitable
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week on WorldAffairs, New York Times reporters David Sanger and Nicole Perlroth join us to talk about the threat of cyberwarfare, how the Unit...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Why Farmers are Fighting in Modi's India
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we talk with experts and journalists about India’s new agricultural reforms, why farmers don’t like it, and how platforms like Fa...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Democracy in Peril + A Resurgent Russia
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we’re partnering with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University to talk about the state of dem...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Yemen's Hunger Ward
From: Mateo Schimpf
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After more than five years of civil war, Yemenis are bracing for what could be the worst famine the world has seen in decades. Hunger Ward, a new d...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 17:30
  • Purchases: 2
Security in an Uncertain World: How Intelligence Fights Far-Right Extremism
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, Ray Suarez talks with two intelligence agents, one in Germany and the other in the United States. What have they learned in their ...

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Unraveling the Brexit Divide
From: Mateo Schimpf
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As the UK’s new trade deal with the EU rattles the country’s economy, Teresa Cotsirilos talks with two political activists on opposite sides of the...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 21:23
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Brexit: What Happens Now?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we talk with Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole and two political activists on opposite sides of the Brexit debate.

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
How White Supremacy Fueled the Attack on the Capitol
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, former FBI special agent Michael German explains why the bureau deprioritized the threat posed by white supremacists. Then, historian Ne...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Strongmen: From Mussolini to Trump
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat has spent her career warning about the stealth strategies authoritarian leaders use to gain power. In her new book, Strong...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Global Economy After COVID-19
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we revisit a conversation about the future of the global economy with James Manyika, Chairman and Director of the McKinsey ...

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
New NOT Normal
From: Eric Wayne
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The pandemic has exhausted all of us, but just as we’re letting our guard down it will come to town, just like Santa Claus.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Anand Giridharadas: Are Elites Really Making the World a Better Place?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, compels us to take a deeper look at elite leaders, their i...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3