A Frog Slowly Boiled
March 12, 2018
Joseph Turow— It’s said that a frog placed in a boiling pot of water will escape, but if the water is slowly heated the frog will habituate and eventually die…. READ MORE
Category: Current Affairs
Farming in the Tropics
March 11, 2018
Charles M. Peters— The traditional method of farming used throughout the tropics is called shifting cultivation, roza, tumba y quema, or slash and burn agriculture. A small plot of forest… READ MORE
Why Be an Economist?
March 6, 2018
Niall Kishtainy— If you study economics at university, you mainly learn about those basic economic principles. They’re powerful and useful but you should use them with care. Some people think… READ MORE
Ep. 48 – The History of Modern Iran
March 1, 2018
What events have shaped Iran as we know it today? What lies at the foundation of Iran’s culture and society? Where does it see itself on the global stage? Abbas… READ MORE
Workers of the World
February 13, 2018
Niall Kishtainy— A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of communism.’ This is the first line of The Communist Manifesto, which was written in the middle of the nineteenth century and… READ MORE
The Other Middle East
February 10, 2018
Franck Salameh— Middle East specialists of a hundred years ago have traditionally been philologists trained in a dozen or more Middle Eastern languages, including Latin and Greek, but also the… READ MORE
Ep. 46 – A Foreign Policy for the Left
February 8, 2018
What does a leftist foreign policy look like? Is it on the right track now or is it time for a change? We have Michael Walzer on to discuss. YaleUniversity… READ MORE
Hunting Mobile Shoppers
February 7, 2018
Joseph Turow— “Bricks and mortar is dead; long live bricks and mortar!” This was the surprising theme that emerged from the sprawling 2014 Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition, reported Laura… READ MORE
Struggling and Failing to Break White Supremacy and Injustice
February 6, 2018
Gary Dorrien— Martin Luther King Jr., at the end of his life, fixed on three reform objectives, a movement ambition, and something bigger. The policy objectives were to terminate racial… READ MORE
How We See Big and Small?
February 3, 2018
Lynne Vallone— I see big people. I also see small people. My body tells me who is big and who is small and signals the circumstances when I am larger… READ MORE
From 9/11 to 9/11: The Widening of the Atlantic