Welcome to the War Studies podcast. We bring you world-leading research from the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, the largest community of scholars in the world dedicated to the study of all aspects of security, defence and international relations. We aim to explore the complex realm of conflict and uncover the challenges at the heart of navigating world affairs and diplomatic relations, because we believe the study of war is fundamental to understanding the world we live ...
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Scholars At Risk Podcasts
This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ ...
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We are in uncharted waters. Intimidation threatens media practitioners worldwide, and disinformation campaigns destabilize public trust. The Center for Media at Risk convenes scholars and practitioners to strategize in response to the multiple risks threatening media freedom. We believe that knowledge is power: Knowing how media practitioners work under the uneven power dynamics posed by authoritarian, racist, misogynist, homophobic, classist and settler-colonialist regimes helps us to defen ...
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We’re a team of doctors with a combined 100 years of experience and a passion for helping patients find long-term vitality using our new approach to medicine. Instead of just trying to lengthen your lifespan, we aim to lengthen your healthspan.
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Free to Think features conversation with interesting, thoughtful, and inspiring individuals whose research, teaching, or expression falls at the always sensitive intersection of power and ideas. We'll be speaking with those who have the courage to seek truth and speak truth, often at great risk, as well as with those who support them and share their stories. Free to Think is a podcast presented by Scholars at Risk, where we celebrate people with the courage to think, question, and share idea ...
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Europe Today is Euronews’ daily podcast hosted by Maria Tadeo and Méabh Mc Mahon, broadcasting directly from Brussels, at the heart of Europe. Every morning, we deliver the top and exclusive stories shaping the European Union (EU) and beyond. Stay ahead with the key news and insights that matter in Europe today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Join Michelle Lampl and members of Emory University's groundbreaking Center for the Study of Human Health as they discuss how our health impacts every facet of our lives. From world-renowned scholars covering timely topics to student leaders exploring the cause and effect of health on society at large. Health truly is everything.
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Arth Niti | Conversations with Shekhar Tomar is a series hosted by Prof. Shekhar Tomar, who worked as an economist at the Reserve Bank of India and is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at the ISB. It presents candid discussions with scholars and thought leaders to bring forth nuances about the issues currently affecting India and its policy making.
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THE DEMOCRACY TEST with Heather Cox Richardson and Neal Conan The presidency of Donald Trump has sparked a national conversation .Is our democracy at risk? Across the country, scholars, activists and citizens are taking stock. With an eye on how democracies have failed throughout history, and on the rise of authoritarian leaders across the globe, they ask the question … can it happen here? The Democracy Test gives a broad and diverse national platform to this work as we seek to understand wh ...
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Decision Points is a Washington Institute podcast hosted by David Makovsky on key moments in Israel’s history and present. The first season focused on the history of U.S.-Israel relations, the second season examined key Israeli and Arab leaders, the third season explored Israel's contemporary policy dilemmas, and the fourth season highlighted books essential to understanding Zionism, Israel, and U.S.-Israel relations. Season 5 dives into the Gaza war and explores the long-term implications f ...
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Do you feel alone in your own head when it comes to navigating life’s big and small problems? Do you find self-care language a little too self-focused but know you still need to do the work? Join us on Reframeables and eavesdrop your way into some new perspectives — we promise you'll feel less alone as you listen. We are Nat and Bec, two very different sisters who come together each week to reframe some of life's big and small stuff. Nat's a PhD whose favourite phrase is “let’s reframe that! ...
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Shlomo Pereira, "Monuments de Papel E Pergaminho: Hebrew Printing in Portugal at the End of the 15th Century" (Chabad Portugal Press, 2025)
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51:39Rabbi Professor Shomo Pereira discussed his book "Monuments of Paper and Parchment: Hebrew Printing in Portugal in the Late 15th Century." He explained that while Portugal lacks physical Jewish monuments due to natural disasters, earthquakes, and persecution, the book highlights the country's rich Jewish history through its manuscript and printing …
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90 billion loan for Ukraine and EU-Mercosur trade deal on hold
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14:46On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we have a special edition zooming in on the European Council summit that lasted 16 hours long. Our EU news editor Maria Tadeo brings the latest on the 90 billion loan for Ukraine that will be raised by joint debt. We also speak to Sasha Vakulina, our Ukraine correspondent, o…
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Tense summit underway in Brussels, but Luxembourg PM says he cannot be nervous
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14:46On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we zoom straight into the high stakes European Council summit taking place today in Brussels. From saving face on Ukraine, to stopping the Mercosur trade deal from falling off a cliff- big decisions on key issues will have to be made today. Our EU editor Maria Tadeo speaks t…
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The Helsinki Brief: Inside Finnish Intelligence and Security
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48:49This episode introduces The Helsinki Brief, a podcast mini-series on Finnish intelligence and security. Hosted by Dr Paul McGarr of King’s College London, the discussion features Hannamiina Tanninen, an analyst at Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO), about the role and structure of civil intelligence in Finland. The discussion covers S…
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Europe is our "destiny," says Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani
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14:50On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we are joined by Vjosa Osmani, the president of Kosovo who is in Brussels for an EU-Western Balkans summit. We also travel to Strasbourg where MEPs are meeting for an action-packed session ahead of the Christmas holidays. Our Euronews EU editor Maria Tadeo speaks to EU Commis…
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#68 – Dr. Stefanos N. Kales | Mediterranean Diet, Lifestyle Medicine & Disease Prevention | Harvard Professor
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57:26Send us a text A Harvard professor explains why Mediterranean lifestyle principles—nutrition, sleep, and culture—may be our most powerful tools for preventing chronic disease, especially in high-stress professions. Join Dr. Sandra Cammarata and Dr. Giovanni Campanile as they speak with Dr. Stefanos N. Kales, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical…
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"Don't sacrifice the farmers for the profit of some multinationals" says MEP Thomas Waitz
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14:31On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we travel to Strasbourg to hear from Maria Tadeo, our EU news editor about how Rome is stuck between protecting farmers and maintaining exports to South America. We are also joined by Thomas Waitz, Austrian MEP for the Greens who is an ecological farmer by trade. For an updat…
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Trump "is very damaging" for climate, says architect of Paris Agreement
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14:51On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we are joined by Laurence Tubiana, the architect of the 2015 Paris Agreement. We also get the latest news on talks to end the war in Ukraine from our EU editor Maria Tadeo. Finally, our political correspondent, Stefan Grobe, brings us the latest on the shooting in Bondi Beach…
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Europe is the start up incubator of the world, says EIB president Nadia Calviño
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15:02On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we have an exclusive interview with Nadia Calviño, the president of the European Investment Bank - the EU’s lending arm. We also travel to Bulgaria to speak to our correspondent Raya Stoyanova a day after the government dramatically resigned due to mass protests. We also have…
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Russia is preparing a new generation of Putin soldiers
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14:36On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we are joined by Oleksandra Matviichuk -a human rights defender from Ukraine who leads the organisation Center for Civil Liberties, which was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Together with our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina they help us understand the latest attempts…
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The European economy is weak - US ambassador justifies Us national security document
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14:43On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we welcome Andrew Puzder, US ambassador to the EU, during a very intense week for the US-EU relationship. Our EU correspondent Maria Tadeo briefs us about the latest developments over this once easy and now bumpy relationship. We also travel to Finland with our correspondent …
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Commissioner Dombrovskis says "next week is crunch time" to decide on frozen assets
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14:28On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we are joined by the EU Commissioner for the economy Valdis Dombrovskis. Our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina also brings us up to speed about last night's dinner between Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy, the Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte and EU Commission President U…
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Dictators are "testing the borders of Europe" - Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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14:41On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we are joined by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled opposition leader of the Belarusian democratic movement. We also have an update from our EU editor Maria Tadeo on the US paper that shows President Trump's preference for Europe’s far right. We finish today's episode with …
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EU commissioner for Energy plans hails historic proposal to wean off Russian oil
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14:51On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast presented by Méabh Mc Mahon, we are joined by Dan Jørgensen, the EU commissioner for Energy and Housing to speak about the big deal clinched this week to end the addiction on Russian gas. We also hear from our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina on the latest attempts to end the war in Ukraine and we tr…
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European Commission Vice President "absolutely shocked" by scandal involving Federica Mogherini
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14:33On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we speak to Roxana Minzatu, the EU Commission executive vice president for social skills. She gives us a sneak preview of her new proposal for quality jobs. We also get the latest news from the Ukraine peace talks with our correspondent Shona Murray and travel all the way to China for Emmanuel Macron's …
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"We over regulate in Europe" - 2025 Nobel economics prize winner tells Euronews
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14:42On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we speak to the 2025 Nobel prize in economics co-winner Philippe Aghion on what can Europe do to boost innovation. We also have the latest details on the alleged fraud scandal involving the former EU's foreign chief Federica Mogherini and take you to the NATO headquarters with our correspondent Shona Mu…
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"We need to have our own plan", EU defence commissioner Kubilius
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14:46On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we speak to Andrius Kubilius, EU commissioner for defence after his first year in office. We are also joined by our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina and our EU editor Maria Tadeo to discuss the latest attempts to end the war in Ukraine. We also hear about a major controversy in Belgium over the Chri…
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Americans want money, not peace -former top US General warns
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14:16On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we speak to General Ben Hodges, a former Commanding General of US Army Europe and hear from our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina on the peace talks in Florida. For any frequent flyers in Europe, we have an update on the negotiations on EU's passengers rights law and we have a question for our listen…
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Victim-centred peacemaking: How victim inclusion shaped Colombia’s Santos-FARC peace process
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45:26In this episode, Professor Roddy Brett, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of the Global Insecurities Centre at the University of Bristol, joins Dr Nafees Hamid, Co-PI of the XCEPT research programme, to discuss his new book, ‘Victim-Centred Peacemaking: Colombia's Santos-FARC-EP Peace Process’. Professor Brett reveals how the vic…
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EU top police woman takes on the war on drugs and Black Friday bonanza thrills consumers
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14:02On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we have an exclusive interview with Europol's chief, Catherine de Bolle. Our EU editor, Maria Tadeo, brings us the latest news over Viktor Orbán's visit to Moscow and we have an update on the blackouts in Ukraine from EU ambassador Katherina Mathernova. We also have some tips for the biggest shopping da…
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'Americans believe everything Putin says,' top former general tells Euronews
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14:44On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we bring you a packed episode. Our EU editor, Maria Tadeo joins us from Strasbourg with MEP and former military general Riho Terras for analysis on Ukraine's path to peace. We speak to our US politics expert Stefan Grobe about last night's shooting in Washington and we travel to the Vatican to hear from…
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The appeasement of the aggressor only creates more aggression
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14:55On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we catch up with the EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis who is in Strasbourg this week. The Latvian politician said EU leaders need to agree on a reparations loan to Ukraine as soon as possible. We also have some updates on the chronic antibiotics shortage and tell you what the former President of Franc…
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Vestager on tariffs and tense EU-US talks on trade
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14:17Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, brings the former EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager to discuss tariffs and the EU-US relationship. And to answer the big question: did she overregulate the EU's digital market? Europe Today is Euronews’ daily podcast hosted by Maria Tadeo and Méabh Mc Mahon, broadcasting directly from Brussels, at the hea…
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Yolanda Aixelà-Cabré, "African Women’s Histories in European Narratives: The Afropolitan Krio Fernandino Diaspora (1850-1996)" (Leuven UP, 2025)
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44:01Little is known about the African women who came to Europe from the 1870s onwards, nor do we dare to imagine them as wealthy, elegantly dressed individuals with refined tastes and fluent in several languages. The Krio Fernandino represented a multisited, multilocal, transnational, transcontinental and Afropolitan community that lived between Africa…
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On our first episode of Europe Today, our hosts Méabh Mc Mahon and Maria Tadeo discuss the 28-point US-Russia peace plan for Ukraine and the European response. We will also speak with the Polish Minister of Trade, Michal Baranowski, here today in Brussels for some talks between the EU and the US on a trade deal. Europe Today is Euronews’ daily podc…
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Tim Seiter, "Wrangling Pelicans: Military Life in Texas Presidios" (U Texas Press, 2025)
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39:50A richly detailed history of daily life for colonial Spanish soldiers surviving on the eighteenth-century Texas Gulf Coast. In 1775, Spanish King Carlos III ordered the capture of American pelicans for his wildlife park in Madrid. The command went to the only Spanish fort on the Texas coast—Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía in present-d…
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#67 – Dr. Sharon J. Parish | Women’s Sexual Health |Professor of Clinical Medicine & Psychiatry at Weill Cornell
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1:37:41Send us a text Join Dr. Sandra Cammarata and Dr. Giovanni Campanile as they speak with Dr. Sharon J. Parish, a nationally recognized leader in women’s sexual health, menopause care, and the integration of emotional and physical well-being. Dr. Parish is a Professor of Clinical Medicine and Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and has played a key r…
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Vanesa Rodríguez-Galindo, "Madrid on the Move: Feeling Modern and Visually Aware in the Nineteenth Century" (Manchester UP, 2021)
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55:01In her new book Madrid on the Move: Feeling Modern and Visually Aware in the Nineteenth Century (Manchester UP, 2021), Vanesa Rodríguez-Galindo explains how the modernization of this great city shaped and was shaped by print media and mass culture. A growing population, industrial immigration, mass connection with the wider world (making it both sm…
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Rick A López, "Rooted in Place: Botany, Indigeneity, and Art in the Construction of Mexican Nature, 1570-1914" (U Arizona Press, 2025)
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50:26Since the first moment of conquest, colonizers and the colonized alike in Mexico confronted questions about what it meant to be from this place, what natural resources it offered, and who had the right to control those resources and on what basis. Focusing on the ways people, environment, and policies have been affected by political boundaries, in …
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A Risk Too Far: The Psychology Behind Operation Market Garden
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1:10:40In this episode, Dr Gary Buck, author of A Risk Too Far: A Psychological Autopsy of the Planning for Arnhem, joins Dr Huw Dylan to explore the human factors behind one of WWII’s most daring operations. Drawing on his expertise in operational psychology, Dr Buck reveals how stress, ambition and personality shaped the decisions of commanders like Mon…
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Ada Ferrer, "Cuba: An American History" (Scribner, 2021)
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53:27“No country is ever just one thing.” In her new book Cuba: An American History (Scribner, 2021), NYU historian Ada Ferrer shows this again and again. In clear and engaging prose, Ferrer narrates five centuries of history from a decidedly different angle than previous one-volume studies; the main drivers of history in this book are not just familiar…
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Kelley Helmstutler Di Dio, "Shipping Sculptures from Early Modern Italy: The Mechanics, Costs, Risks, and Rewards" (Brepols, 2025)
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54:54Shipping Sculptures from Early Modern Italy: The Mechanics, Costs, Risks, and Rewards (Brepols, 2025) by Dr. Kelley Helmstutler Di Dio focuses on enormous amounts of sculptures moved from Italy to Spain from ca. 1500-1750. An analysis of an important body of unpublished archival documentation regarding the practical issues involved in making and tr…
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#66 – Dr. William Li | Angiogenesis & “Food as Medicine” Authority | President of the Angiogenesis Foundation
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1:06:36Send us a text Join Dr. Sandra Cammarata and Dr. Giovanni Campanile as they interview Dr. William Li, a pioneering physician-scientist, bestselling author, and global leader in the “food as medicine” movement. Dr. Li is the President and Medical Director of the Angiogenesis Foundation, where his groundbreaking work has redefined how we understand f…
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Inside cyberwarfare: Navigating the digital battlefield
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45:59In this episode, Dr Tim Stevens, co-editor of the Research Handbook on Cyberwarfare, explores the evolving realities of cyber warfare and its growing impact on global security. He discusses the challenges of defining cyberwarfare, tracing its development from early military computing to today’s complex cyber operations across a distinct digital bat…
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Adrian Pole, "Making Antifascist War: The International Brigades' Transnational Encounters with Civil-War Spain, 1936-1939" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
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55:06Making Antifascist War: The International Brigades' Transnational Encounters with Civil-War Spain, 1936-1939 (Cambridge UP, 2025) is a study of the 35,000 antifascists who joined the International Brigades in order to defend the Second Spanish Republic and of their encounters with civil-war Spain. Dr. Adrian Pole offers the first in-depth history o…
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Martin Austin Nesvig, "The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
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1:04:49The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico (Cambridge UP, 2025) by Dr. Martin Austin Nesvig tells the stories of women from Spain, North Africa, Senegambia, and Canaries accused of sorcery in sixteenth-century Mexico for adapting native magic and healing practices. These non-native women – the mulata of Seville…
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Brian A. Stauffer, "Victory on Earth or in Heaven: Mexico’s Religionero Rebellion" (U New Mexico Press, 2019)
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1:02:15In Victory on Earth or in Heaven: Mexico’s Religionero Rebellion (University of New Mexico Press, 2019), Brian A. Stauffer reconstructs the history of Mexico's forgotten "Religionero" rebellion of 1873-1877, an armed Catholic challenge to the government of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada. An essentially grassroots movement--organized by indigenous, Afro-…
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The untold story of Chinese naval officers in D-Day
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46:50In this episode, Professor Andrew Lambert FKC, Laughton Professor of Naval History, Geoff Browell, Head of Heritage Collections, and Angus Hui, curator of the D-Day Hong Kong, explore the untold story of 24 Chinese naval officers who trained with the Royal Navy during World War II and took part in the D-Day landings.Angus discusses the fascinating …
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Reframing the Good Life One Experiment at a Time with Derek Sivers
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1:14:18Bec first heard Derek Sivers on the Tim Ferriss podcast, and was immediately interested in this countercultural person who sold a multimillion dollar company and then moved to New Zealand to do something completely different. He’s interested in learning and iterating, and he did say he would answer every email — so we decided to test him. He answer…
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Raymond Jonas, "Habsburgs on the Rio Grande: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire" (Harvard UP, 2024)
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1:05:12For a few years in the middle of the nineteenth century, Mexico was ruled by an Austrian and defended by a French army. This often neglected story is more than just historical trivia - it's a way of understanding 19th century imperial politics, and global insurgencies today. In Habsburgs on the Rio Grande: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Em…
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#65 - Dr. Mark Mattson | Neuroscience, Intermittent Fasting, and Brain Health
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1:06:48Send us a text Join Dr. Sandra Cammarata and Dr. Giovanni Campanile as they interview Dr. Mark Mattson, one of the world’s leading neuroscientists and a pioneer in the study of aging, brain health, and neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Mattson is Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging and Professor of Neuroscience…
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"Somebody wanted me in prison…" Paul Chambers and Tyrell Haberkorn on laws silencing scholars in Thailand
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37:08Dr. Tyrell Haberkorn and Dr. Paul Chambers join Free to Think to discuss the use of Thailand's lèse-majesté law to intimidate and silence scholars. After three decades living and working in Thailand, Professor Paul Chambers was arrested in April 2025 and charged under Article 112 of the Thai Criminal Code with lèse-majesté, or insulting the monarch…
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Giles Tremlett, "The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
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53:27When civil war broke out in Spain in 1936, tens of thousands of young men and women from across the world flocked there to fight against the Nationalist uprising. Though their history has been told before, Giles Tremlett’s The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War (Bloomsbury, 2021) draws upon previously unavailable mat…
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Sasha D. Pack, "The Deepest Border: The Strait of Gibraltar and the Making of the Hispano-African Border" (Stanford UP, 2019)
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1:00:54In his new book, The Deepest Border: The Strait of Gibraltar and the Making of the Hispano-African Border(Stanford, 2019), Sasha D. Pack considers the Strait of Gibraltar as an untamed in-between space—from “shatter zone” to borderland. Far from the centers of authority of contending empires, the North African and Southern Iberian coast was a place…
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Reframing Risk and Reinvention with Emma Donoghue
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58:39Reframeables’ first ever live recording! Writer Junot Diaz said: “When the world is burning, spending a little time with one’s people — in our case: book lovers — is no small gift, precisely because the world is burning.” So that’s what we did with our live podcast recording a few weeks ago. We spent time with our people: fellow book lovers and the…
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