Best David Hao Podcasts (2025)

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The Antichrist Playbook: Peter Thiel & Silicon Valley Apocalypse Hype 52:25

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What’s behind Silicon Valley’s sudden obsession with the Antichrist, demons, and apocalypse? Why is Peter Thiel launching a secret four-part lecture series on the Antichrist—and why are figures like Nicole Shanahan calling Burning Man “demonic”? We pull back the curtain with two heavyweight thinkers: • Dr. Robert Fuller, author of "Naming the Antic…

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Genocide Scholar: I Know It When I See It, with Omer Bartov 1:33:26

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The Palestinian people are being killed en masse, they are being starved, and many are dying of preventable disease. More and more people are beginning to understand that it’s Israel’s intention to eliminate the entire Palestinian population of Gaza. Yet as untold thousands are dying, there are still people who insist that this is not “genocide” de…

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9 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - David Wu KataGo Interview & IRL Habits with TelegraphGo 47:03

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Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC David Wu Interview A blogpost on David’s beginnings with Katago KataGo AlphaZero The most difficult Go problem ever, the Igo Hatsuyōron and the blogpost on it by David KataGoBooks which has the ideal openings currently for different-sized boards Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGam…

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From Oyster Farming to Running for Senate with Graham Platner 50:55

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Campaigns for the 2026 midterm elections are officially kicking off and candidates are starting to roll out their intro bios and platforms. One ad in particular, went viral online. It featured Graham Platner, a marine and army veteran and oyster farmer. He’s running for U.S. Senate in Maine to unseat five-term Republican Senator Susan Collins. He j…

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Talking with Karen Hao About Empire of AI and the Colonizing Logic Behind AI 41:19

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In this episode of Speaking Out of Place, investigative journalist Karen Hao explains that OpenAI is anything but “open”—very early on, it left behind that marketing tag to become increasingly closed and elitist. Her massive study, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI had a rather different subtitle in its UK edition: “Inside …

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Why Strength Training Kicks Dieting’s Ass with Casey Johnston 1:19:10

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Being in “good shape” doesn’t just mean changing your diet in pursuit of unrealistic standards of thinness; it means challenging your body to be more capable today than it was yesterday. In recent years, weight lifting has been catching on as a primary exercise focus for both men and women who are trying to live healthier lifestyles. This week, Ada…

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Arabic Literature in the Time of Genocide: A Conversation with Huda Fakhreddine 45:38

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Today I talk with Huda Fakhreddine, writer, translator, and scholar of Arabic literature. Among the many topics we touch upon are the challenges of teaching Arabic literature, especially Palestinian literature, in a time of genocide, when universities, professional organizations, and political groups militate against any honest discussion of these …

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8 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Ben Teuber AI Sensei Interview, Ding Hao & AI with Gazza & Losing Streaks/Winning with TelegraphGo 55:31

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Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC Ben Teuber Interview AI Sensei Some of the YouTube video playlists to peruse with tips on how to get stronger at Go Ben’s teacher and mentor, Hans Pietsch Hans’ teacher, Kobayashi Chizu Ding Hao Conversation with Gazza White Ding Hao Shin Jin-seo - the world #1 player Show your support her…

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Protests, Political Violence and Its Alternatives with Erica Chenoweth 57:59

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We are resharing this episode, which originally published on May 6th, 2025. You’ve probably seen footage or photos of people protesting the Trump regime. Some data suggests that the volume of protestors is higher than in Trump’s first term. But at the same time, you might be wondering if we’re seeing enough civil resistance to preserve American dem…

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How The Naked Gun Saved Comedy 1:34:15

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The world is getting less funny. Not just out there in the geopolitical hellscape of every day life, but at the movie theater as well. While comedy films once dominated the box office, in recent years there’s been a sharp drop-off in theatrical comedies. The communal experience of sitting in a room with people and sharing one of the most fundamenta…

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7 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Go & Psychoanalysis with Timothy Tamim & Dr. Arthur Mary 1:16:06

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Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC Timothy Tamim Interview A primer on Freudian psychology - link French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan Dr. Arthur Mary Interview Dr Mary’s book, which we reviewed during the interview Reference to painter Edward Hopper’s quote: "If I could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint." Sh…

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'Here Comes The Sun' with Bill McKibben 54:17

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Amid all of the political turmoil and global crises, one source of hope stands out: our ability to power modern life with zero emissions. Scientists warn that to limit global warming, emissions need to be cut significantly in the coming years to reach net-zero by mid-century. Bill McKibben, founder of climate justice organization 350.org and Third …

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The Poetics and Pedagogy of Toni Cade Bambara, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and Adrienne Rich in the Era of Free College: A Conversation with Danica Savonick 42:46

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Today it’s my honor to speak with Danica Savonick about her marvelous book entitled Open Admissions: The Poetics and Pedagogy of Toni Cade Bambara, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and Adrienne Rich in the Era of Free College. This is a riveting and deeply inspiring story of how each of these luminaries in the fields of literature and feminism found their…

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Neoliberals meet MAGA: A Conversation with Quinn Slobodian on Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right 52:11

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Today I'm delighted to talk with Quinn Slobodian about his new book, Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right. We take a deep dive into the genesis of a weird and powerful merging of two seemingly different groups the Far Right and neoliberals. Slobodian writes, “as repellent as their politics may be these radical think…

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Vivian Wilson Bullies Adam Conover for 74 Minutes 1:10:03

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One of Elon Musk’s most insightful critics is his own daughter. Vivian Wilson came into the limelight last year after her father deadnamed her in an interview with Jordan Peterson, and she responded by systematically dismantling Musk in a now infamous post. Having publicly rejected her father, Wilson suddenly found herself as an icon of trans visib…

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6 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Go Fiction Author Jessie Janowitz Interview, Isaac Machado's "one Dan in one year" & Different Playing Styles with TelegraphGo 1:09:36

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Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC Interview with Author Jessie Janowitz Her website which includes the book we discussed: All The Ways to Go A YouTube video of Paul Lockhart Paul Lockhart’s book referenced in the interview Isaac Machado Interview - One dan in one year - r/baduk post TelegraphGo Conversation TelegraphGo’s Y…

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Unpacking the US-China Trade War with Bill Bishop 57:29

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When President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on all Chinese imports, China retaliated back with tariffs of its own. Since February 2025, the US and China have engaged in a renewed trade war – and to this day, no agreement is in sight. Bill Bishop, a China expert and former media executive with more than a decade experience living and working in …

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Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide--A Conversation with Yousef Aljamal 31:12

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Today we are deeply honored and privileged to speak with journalist-activist Yousef Aljamal, one of the editors of a remarkable, gripping, and altogether inspiring collection, Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide, 27 stories written by Palestinians in Gaza. We talk about the conception behind the book, and concentrate on certain keywor…

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On the Significance of US Sanctions on the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese: Three Former UN Special Rapporteurs Weigh In 43:01

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Recently, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposed sanctions on the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, saying, “The United States has repeatedly condemned and objected to biased and malicious activities of Albanese that have long made her unfit for service as a Special Rapporteur.” Today we are joine…

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Everything in America is a Pyramid Scheme Now with Bridget Read 1:26:21

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Pyramid schemes have been a comedic punchline for ages now, but they’ve never been more relevant. Not only is there still a thriving culture of multi-level exploitation in this country, but the dark spirit of pyramid schemes has wormed its way into countless aspects of American life. This week, Adam speaks with Bridget Read, writer at New York Maga…

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5 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Tuerda Interview & TelegraphGo on Popularizing Go in the West 57:01

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Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC Interview with Tuerda (Nico) Tuerda’s Reddit post for his Go school Vital Point Go Kiseido Go Server (KGS) Tuerda’s last fight in Chile game marathon Spirit Animal Go channel on YouTube Takao Shinji Tuerda’s YouTube channel TelegraphGo Conversation TelegraphGo’s YouTube channel Online-go.c…

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Baltimore's Violent Crime Perception vs. Reality with Mayor Scott 51:10

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This week, President Trump called Baltimore “so far gone” amid the deployment of the National Guard in DC. In reality, Baltimore has seen record low rates of violent crime the past few years. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott joins WITHpod to talk about the perception versus reality for crime stats in in Baltimore, the city’s Comprehensive Violence Pre…

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Every Monument Will Fall: Talking with Dan Hicks About the Present’s Responsibility to Itself 55:51

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How do not only monuments, but also the very idea of monumentality, serve to mystify and perpetuate beliefs that maintain social orders that deserve to be strenuously re-evaluated? Archaeologist and anthropologist Dan Hicks traces the development of a particularly virulent strain of monument-worship, that which emerges out of what he calls “militar…

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Mark Zuckerberg’s $300M Doomsday Fortress: Bunkers, Burial Grounds & Big Tech’s Apocalypse Plan 41:01

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Why is Mark Zuckerberg building a $300 million mansion fortress on Kauai with underground bunkers, blast-proof doors, and room for over 100 people? In this episode of the Nerd Reich Podcast, host Gil Duran is joined by journalists Guthrie Scrimgeour and Taylor Lorenz to unpack the chilling reality of Silicon Valley’s “apocalypse insurance.” We dive…

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Fighting Back Against ICE: Grupo Auto Defensa’s Courage and Love 54:47

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Today we speak with Daniela Navin and Jeanette de La Riva, two members of Grupo Auto Defensa, a community organization based in Pasadena CA which has come about in response to attacks by ICE which have violently disrupted everyday life and led people to form new relations of mutual support and care. We hear their stories of how Trump lieutenant Ste…

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What’s Wrong with Capitalism? with John Cassidy 1:16:21

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While we’re certainly in a uniquely bad time for our capitalist society, we’re definitely not the first people to be having the thought, “what if things weren’t quite so terrible for 99% of people?” From the beginning, capitalism has justifiably had critics. Today Adam is joined by John Cassidy, New Yorker writer and author of Capitalism and Its Cr…

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4 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - LGBTQIA Roundtable with Alexandra, In Sente, Paige & Cece 1:00:52

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Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC In Sente’s YouTube channel where I first learned how to play Go Paige LeMaster’s OGS profile with links to her YouTube channel, Twitch, and other links Where Paige first learned how to play Go: Fly or Die Top European player Lukas Podpera The Go (Baduk, Weiqi) Players on Facebook page Alex…

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'Not My Type' with E. Jean Carroll 50:51

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Author and journalist E. Jean Carroll successfully sued Donald Trump in two civil suits, one for sexual abuse and another for defamation. The two suits resulted in a total of $88.3 million in damages awarded to Carroll, both of which are under appeal. She has written five books including her latest, “Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President." She joi…

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Zohran Is Teaching the Left How to Win 17:21

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(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast audience as well. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for your regularly scheduled episode of Factually!…

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From Indefensible Spaces, Police, and the Struggle for Housing, to the Case of Abolitionist Housing: A Conversation with Rahim Kurwa 43:14

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Today I talk with Rahim Kurwa about a powerful study of housing rights and police repression in Southern California. Tapping into a vast historical archive as well as oral histories with residents of Antelope Valley, California, Rahim traces the complex relationship between this region and the City of Los Angeles. Using David Harvey’s famous notion…

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The Final Phases of Genocide: What Global Civil Society Must Do. A Conversation with International Jurists Lara Elborno, Penny Green & Richard Falk 40:06

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On May 15, international legal experts Lara Elborno, Richard Falk, and Penny Green joined me to discuss the work of the Gaza Tribunal, a group devoted to creating an archive of facts and a set of documents and arguments to help international civil society fight against the genocide in Gaza and the Zionist regime that, along with the United States, …

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Spotify Is Even Worse Than You Think with Liz Pelly 1:24:00

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It’s no secret that Spotify pays artists extremely poorly, but it turns out they don’t treat their customers much better. Author and journalist Liz Pelly’s new book, Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, investigates how Spotify has accelerated the collapse of the music industry, along with their shady practices s…

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3 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - C. Thi Nguyen Interview, TelegraphGo & Pixel Go, Learning Themes with Nathan Harwit & Cheating in Chess vs Go with Gazza 1:01:32

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Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC C. Thi Nguyen Interview C. Thi Nguyen’s website The main subject of our conversation, Nguyen’s book Games: Agency as Art The excellent interview Thi did on The Ezra Klein Show; highly recommended Thi’s game recommendations: El Grande, Tigris & Euphrates, & Root Gazza - Cheating in Chess vs…

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The United States' Standing in the Global Economy with Aya Ibrahim 56:07

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The state of the U.S. economy will come into full view this week as a wave of crucial economic data is set for release, including the jobs report, inflation, consumer confidence and corporate earnings. Where is the U.S. in terms of the global economic order? And how did we get to this point? Aya Ibrahim served as senior advisor on the Secretary of …

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What’s Left?—Addressing the Disaster of Capitalism with Malcolm Harris 40:10

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Today we welcome Malcolm Harris back to the show. Previously he talked with us about his mammoth study, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World. This time we are looking not at a history of Capitalism and the World, but our possible futures under the threat of catastrophic climate change. We talk about not only failed policies…

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We’re not ready for what’s coming. 19:04

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(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast audience as well. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for your regularly scheduled episode of Factually!…

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Abolishing Silicon Valley, Building the Commons--A Different Way to Spend Your Life: A Conversation with Wendy Liu 48:41

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Ever since its publication, Abolish Silicon Valley—How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism has proven to be more urgent and insightful. Today I talk with author Wendy Liu about how developments like AI and LLM, further erosions of intellectual property, and increased invasions of privacy make the case for abolishing Silicon Valley even more impo…

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The Secret Agent Organizer of the Starbucks Union with Jaz Brisack 1:24:57

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Companies are infamous for their union busting tactics, but that doesn’t mean union organizers don’t have their own strategies. This week, Adam speaks with Jaz Brisack, an undercover organizer, or union “salt”, who took a job as a barista in a Starbucks in Buffalo, NY with the explicit intention of organizing Starbucks employees. Thanks to the effo…

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2 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Eunkyo Do Interview & Why TelegraphGo Likes Top Pro Park Junghwan 49:51

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Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC Intro with Cameron Honolulu Go Club The “Month of Go” Proclamation by the governor of Hawaii Eunkyo Do Interview Eunkyo’s English YouTube channel Go Inside The Korean interview referenced when Eunkyo turned professional in 2018 TelegraphGo Conversation Korean professional Park Junghwan Sho…

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The Resistance vs. Trump 2.0 with Omar Wasow 52:57

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We’ve seen a good number of protests during Trump 2.0. What role does our ability to organize and protest play in this moment as we see the erosion of democracy right in front of us? Omar Wasow, associate professor of political science at UC Berkley, joins to discuss how he’s making sense of American politics at this moment, protests in this era an…

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Is Pride Dead? 20:23

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(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast audience as well. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for your regularly scheduled episode of Factually!…

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War-Making as Worldmaking: A Discussion with Samar Al-Bulushi on Kenya and the Workings of Blackness, Place, and International Politics 39:46

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Today we talk with Samar Al-Bulushi about her rich and complex work on Kenya, which, across multiple scales of time and place, discovers how the War on Terror both tapped into colonial ideologies of the past and present-day political calculations at the intersection of the local and global. We find out how the War has taken many different forms tha…

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Lina Khan: How to Fight Corporate Power Under Trump 1:19:42

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Until recently, Lina Khan was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission. Under her leadership, the FTC went after the anti-competitive tactics of tech giants, finalized rules to ban non-compete clauses, enforced the right to repair, and even took on ever-loathsome junk fees. Despite the limit resources of her department, Chair Khan made such undeni…

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1 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Fact vs Fiction in The Match, The LG Cup Fiasco with Gazza & Playing Go Seigen with TelegraphGo 1:03:21

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Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC The Match Interview The Korean film “The Match” Baduk TV where Mr. Kim worked for many years Main characters of the film, Cho Hun-hyun and Lee Chang-ho Cho Nam-chul, the father of Korean Baduk, who was credited for saying “I suck…I’m going to lose” in the interview Sakata Eio, the Japanese…

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The Supreme Court’s Power Grab Under Trump 59:35

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Well, it was another consequential Supreme Court term. So, we had to have Chris's wife Kate Shaw, along with the other co-hosts of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, Melissa Murray and Leah Litman back to break down some of the biggest SCOTUS decisions including Medina v. Planned Parenthood, U.S. v. Skrmetti, and Trump v. CASA. There's a lot to discuss a…

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ICE’s “Photo-Op” Military Attack on MacArthur Park and Community Pushback: Talking with Journalist Mel Buer 23:18

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Last week, over 100 agents from nine federal agencies stormed a bucolic public park in Los Angeles, claiming it was a hotbed of terrorism and lawlessness. In fact, heavily armed soldiers in camouflage found a group of young children attending a summer camp. This was a show of force meant to intimidate, shock, and awe, but just like Trump’s military…

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Crypto vs Democracy: How Bitcoin Billionaires Are Buying Congress w/ Molly White and Dave Troy 58:19

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Is crypto just digital money—or a tool to undermine American democracy? In this explosive debut episode of the Nerd Reich Podcast, host Gil Duran is joined by crypto critics Molly White (Web3 Is Going Just Great) and Dave Troy (America 2.0) to expose the political underbelly of cryptocurrency—and how it's infiltrating both parties in Washington. We…

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Bombs Will Never Liberate Iran: Persis Karim and Manijeh Moradian in Conversation 1:03:34

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Today on Speaking Out of Place we have a special episode on Israeli attacks on Iran that resulted in 12 days of bombings and culminated with the US dropping bunker bombs on Iran's nuclear facilities. Scholars and activists Persis Karim and Manijeh Moradian discuss both the Iranian national issues involved as well as the regional context, connecting…

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RFK is Shortening Our Lifespans, with Dr. Eric Topol 1:15:34

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When it comes to medical science, there’s never been a better time to be alive than now… other than maybe a few months ago before the new Trump administration. Americans today are living longer than ever before, and that’s owed in no small part to the National Institutes of Health—a government organization that has been responsible for some of the …

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Crypto in Trump 2.0 with Zeke Faux 49:15

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Note: this episode originally published on 02/11/25. A lot of things are changing. And there’s a lot of things that the new White House administration wants to do differently. One of the areas where we’ve seen a lot of attention is cryptocurrency. Some of the latest developments are pretty confounding, to say the least. Lucky for us, our guest this…