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  • Re-Post - The Medievalist's Guide to Christmas w/ Eleanor Janega

    Re-Post - The Medievalist's Guide to Christmas w/ Eleanor Janega
    2024/12/24
    Danny and Derek welcome back to the podcast Eleanor Janega, medieval historian, author, and broadcaster, to get down to brass tacks: What is Christmas? They discuss its practice in early and medieval Christian societies, mummers’ plays and gambling, Saint Nicholas providing dowries and resurrecting boys killed for their meat, the post-Reformation treatment of Christmas, and more. Subscribe at Supporting Cast! Grab a copy of Eleanor’s book The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society.
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    1 時間
  • E190 - 20th Century Iraq, Ep. 1 w/ Brandon Wolf-Hunnicutt

    E190 - 20th Century Iraq, Ep. 1 w/ Brandon Wolf-Hunnicutt
    2024/12/24
    Danny and Derek speak with Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt, associate professor of history at California State University, Stanislaus, for the first episode in our series on his book The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq. In this episode, they lay the groundwork of 20th century Iraq, covering the Hashemite monarchy, sectarianism and the country and the role of Western actors, the Iraqi Petroleum Company, the origins of the communist movement in Iraq, Rashid Ali and anti-British movements, and more until World War II.
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    50 分
  • Bonus - US-China Relations Under Biden and Going Forward (Preview)

    Bonus - US-China Relations Under Biden and Going Forward (Preview)
    2024/12/22
    Jake Werner, acting director of the East Asia Program at the Quincy Institute, is back on the program, this time to talk about the current state of US-China relations and where they might be heading under Trump 2.0. They talk about the Biden administration's bimodal approach of collaborating with China while trying to threaten it, the regional alliance structure, how Trump appears to be positioning himself toward China in his new administration, how the US might navigate trade upheaval given the lack of domestic manufacturing, consumption and climate change, and more. Don't forget to listen to our episode on Jake's brief "A Program for Progressive China Policy".
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    10 分
  • News - Russian General Assassination, Turkey-SDF Tensions, Israel in Syria

    News - Russian General Assassination, Turkey-SDF Tensions, Israel in Syria
    2024/12/20
    Our last roundup before the holidays, but stay tuned for other fun AP programming! This week: in Palestine-Israel, yet more Gaza ceasefire talks (1:16) and two new reports on Israeli conduct in the Strip (6:37); in Syria, reports of reprisal attacks (12:02), the US fails to broker a Turkey-SDF ceasefire (16:07), and Israel occupies the country's south (20:24); Russia appears to have moved military assets from Ukraine to Libya (23:16); the RSF carries out more attacks in Sudan's Al-Fashir (26:57); South Korea's Yoon is impeached again (28:05); in Russia-Ukraine, a prominent Russian general is assassinated (30:30), Russian forces close in on Pokrovsk (32:31), and Zelenskyy is in Brussels to talk peacekeepers (34:36); and a New Cold War update featuring the US and China extending a research agreement (37:03), a US naval vessel docking in Cambodia (38:10), and the Trump FP team targeting China (40:43).
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    43 分
  • E189 - The Financialization of Modern Media w/ Andrew deWaard

    E189 - The Financialization of Modern Media w/ Andrew deWaard
    2024/12/16
    Danny speaks with Andrew deWaard, assistant professor of media and popular culture at UC San Diego, about his book Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture. The two discuss how the falling rate of profit shapes the modern media landscape, the increased drive toward consolidation in entertainment companies, the big movers like private equity firms, hedge funds, asset managers, and venture capitalists, artists' limited ability to defend themselves, the rise of IP, and more.
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    1 時間 2 分
  • Bonus - Political Violence w/ Rachel Kleinfeld (Preview)

    Bonus - Political Violence w/ Rachel Kleinfeld (Preview)
    2024/12/15
    Danny and Derek speak with Rachel Kleinfeld, senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about her recent article co-authored with Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, "How to Prevent Political Violence". They explore different types of political violence, the connection between online threats and real life action, the rise of political violence in the US since 2015, "violence entrepreneurs", polarization, the role of ideology, and more. Subscribe now for the full episode! Note: This interview was recorded December 3, 2024, i.e. one day before UHC CEO Brian Thompson was shot. Recommended reading: Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality by Renee DiResta
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    10 分
  • News - Hottest Year on Record, Syria's Transition, Biden Migrant Detention Facilities

    News - Hottest Year on Record, Syria's Transition, Biden Migrant Detention Facilities
    2024/12/13
    The news roundup is once again delivered to your temporal lobe. This week: 2024 is officially the hottest year on record (0:57), particularly because the Arctic is no longer a carbon sink, but rather a net carbon emitter (2:40); regarding the situation in Syria, an update on the political transition (5:16), renewed fighting between the SDF and Turkish proxies (10:56), and Israel makes a land grab for an extended "buffer zone" (15:01); in Israel-Palestine, Hamas makes a major ceasefire concession (18:22); rebels in Myanmar seize the Bangladesh border (21:29) while other factions call for a ceasefire (22:51); President Yoon of South Korea survives his first impeachment vote and chaos ensues (24:30); Ethiopia and Somalia strike a deal to settle their recent tensions (30:14); in Russia-Ukraine, Trump's demand for a ceasefire panics Zelenskyy (33:22); Romania's constitutional court annuls the first round of its presidential election (37:14); an armed group commits a massacre in Haiti (40:25); and the Biden administration is building migrant detention facilities (42:00). Subscribe today and check out our in-depth specials on stories from this week: South Korea, Martial Law, and President Yoon w/ Eun A Jo The Fall of Bashar Al-Assad w/ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
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    44 分
  • E188 - US Sanctions as Economic Warfare w/ Jeff Stein

    E188 - US Sanctions as Economic Warfare w/ Jeff Stein
    2024/12/10
    Danny and Derek speak with Jeff Stein, White House economics reporter for The Washington Post, about his series on US sanctions for the Post, "The Money War". They talk about the function of economic sanctions for the US and how that's changed over time, broader cases like Iran to targeted ones like Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg, how sanctions can "disconnect" war from the public, the humanitarian impact, and more. Subscribe now at Supporting Cast! Also check out Jeff's podcast on John Brown, American Carnage. And be sure to take a look at Jeff's work in "The Money War": Part I: How 4 U.S. presidents unleashed economic warfare across the globe Part II: Sanctions crushed Syria's elite. So they built a zombie economy fueled by drugs. Part III: Trump White House was warned sanctions on Venezuela could fuel migration Part IV: Washington targeted 'corrupt' mines. Workers paid the greatest price. Part V: A new Washington influence industry is making millions from sanctions Part VI: How a Russian oligarch's $90 million megayacht landed in US custody
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    57 分