Podcast: War in the Middle East, Again
Shadi Hamid and Damir Marusic at Wisdom of the Crowds: “War, or something resembling war, is breaking out in the Middle East,” says Shadi Hamid. A year after the October
If You Can’t Win One War, Start an Even Bigger One
Peter Beinart at The Beinart Notebook: Given the growing chance of a regional war in the Middle East, our guest will be one of the best analysts of Palestinian and
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Podcast: Documenting the Rise of Nazism
Sonny Bunch at The Bulwark: I’m joined this week by Thomas Doherty, Brandeis professor and author of Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939, and Maria Elena de las Carreras, assistant professor at
Dan Carlin on Podcasting, History, and Hero Worship
Nick Gillespie at Reason: In March, Reason‘s Nick Gillespie talked with one of the great pioneers of podcasting:Dan Carlin, the host of Hardcore History. Carlin’s deeply researched and urgently delivered takes on
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Documenting ‘How to Rob a Bank’
Sonny Bunch at The Bulwark: On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Stephen Robert Morse and Seth Porges, the producers and directors of How to Rob a Bank. Streaming now
J. P. Mallory: Indo-Europeans Found?
Razib Khan at Razib Khan’s Unsupervised Learning: J. P. Mallory, discusses his reaction to the recent preprint The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans. Mallory is the author of In Search
Can a War Ever Be Just?
Phil Klay shares his views at Wisdom of Crowds: Morality and War: Two words that seem to have nothing to do with each other. Yet as recent events have shown,
Can Chameleons Change Color in Their Sleep?
The Conversation’s Curious Kids Podcast: Have you ever wondered how chameleons change color? And can they do this while they’re asleep? What about if they are able to dream? Does
If an Asteroid Hit Earth and All the Humans Died, Would the Dinosaurs Come Back?
at The Conversation‘s Curious Kids series: Many, many years ago dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Six-year-old Aga knows that a meteorite wiped them out… but could another meteorite bring them back?
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Death of a President: What a Helicopter Crash Means for Iran, the U.S., and the World
Mehdi Hasan at Zeteo: This past weekend, a helicopter crash in the northwest province of East Azerbaijan left no survivors, including Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. His death comes not only
12 Republican Senators Letter to ICC Prosecutor Over Possible Netanyahu Arrest Warrants
by Team Zeteo and Mehdi Hasan: A group of influential Republican senators has sent a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan, warning him not to issue
The Fall and Rise of ‘Scarface’
Sonny Bunch at The Bulwark: This week, I’m rejoined by Glenn Kenny to discuss his new book The World Is Yours: The Story of Scarface. Among the topics discussed: What