Category: podcast
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Jonathan Alter: Jimmy Carter, from peanut farmer to President of the U.S.
in podcastAbout Jonathan Alter Jonathan H. Alter is a journalist, best-selling author, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, and television producer who was a columnist and senior editor for Newsweek magazine from 1983 until 2011 Where to find Jonathan Alter WebsiteTwitter His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an enigmatic man of…
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464 Alan Mikhail: How the Ottoman Empire was once the most powerful state on earth
in podcastAbout Alan Mikhail Alan Mikhail, Chace Family Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Yale University, is widely recognized for his work in Middle Eastern and global history. His recent book God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World won the Gold Medal in World…
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463 Omar Mouallem: Living as a Muslim in North America
in podcastAbout Omar Mouallem Omar Mouallem is a writer, journalist, editor, filmmaker, commentator, educator, and small-business owner. As an educator, he teaches the business of freelance journalism at the University of Alberta and is a creative nonfiction virtual mentor at the University of King’s College in Halifax. In 2020, he created Pandemic University “Pop-up” School of…
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462 Jorge L. Contreras: Can a corporation own your DNA?
in podcastAbout Jorge L. Contreras Jorge L. Contreras is a Presidential Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Utah with an adjunct appointment in the Department of Human Genetics. His research focuses on intellectual property, technical standards, and science policy, and he is one of the co-founders of the Open COVID Pledge, a framework…
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461 Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell: Becoming a judge against overwhelming odds of race and gender
in podcastAbout LaDoris Hazzard Cordell LaDoris Hazzard Cordell is a retired judge of the Superior Court of California and former Independent Police Auditor for the city of San Jose, California. She is an advocate for improving transparency into charges of police misconduct. She was assistant dean at the Stanford Law School, where she helped develop a…
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460 George Makari: How Xenophobia has accelerated nationalism, colonialism, mass migration, and genocide
in podcastAbout George Makari George Jack Makari is a historian, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst. He serves as Director of The Institute for the History of Psychiatry, which encompasses the Oskar Diethelm Library at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he is also a Professor of Psychiatry. Where to find George Makari Website Of Fear and Strangers: A History…