Latest Government Social Sciences Podcast Episodes

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102: Gathering of Tribes 2024

Political Hope - April 19, 2024 03:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
www.cosmiclabyrinth.world ... Audrey Fillon and Victor Vorski are regenerative leaders producing the Gathering of Tribes Festival in Portugal in 2024. They are cooperating on an incredible regenerative festival in the forests of Portugal, inviting leaders from around the world to experience ...

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101: Radical Pragmatism with Jess Yupanqui Feingold

Political Hope - April 19, 2024 01:15 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Donate to www.CultivatingSelf.org to support the Food As Medicine certification project for Health Justice & Equity ... Jess Yupanqui Feingold is an incredible leader, facilitating collaboration and potential through impact investing and community activation efforts. She is a co-CEO at Commo...

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100: Complementary Brothership with Adam Uribe

Political Hope - April 08, 2024 17:58 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
https://redearthmovement.org/ ... https://www.cosmiclabyrinth.world/ ...

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Far Right Women Influencers on YouTube and Instagram, with Dr. Eviane Leidig

Social Media and Politics - April 07, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Eviane Leidig, Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at Tilburg University, discusses her book "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization."  We break down the role of social media for the alt-right movement, and how platforms like Instagram and YouTube work to...

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099: Culturally Curious Environmentalism with Isaias Hernandes

Political Hope - March 26, 2024 03:11 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Isaias Hernandez a dedicated descendant of ancestors, devoted to improving environmental literacy though creativity, storytelling, and embodied education. His media platform is called QueerBrownVegan and he studied environmental science at UC Berkeley. Check out either or both web series: Sustai...

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Bridging Adaptive Algorithms and the Public Good

Human Centered - March 25, 2024 15:12 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Pulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist John Markoff chats with 2022-23 CASBS fellow Nathan Matias about often-overlooked public interest questions and concerns regarding the deployment of tech platform algorithms and AI models. Specifically, Matias is a player in filling the two-way knowledge ga...

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Wikipedia Public Relations for Politics, Brands, and Crisis Communication, with Rhiannon Ruff

Social Media and Politics - March 24, 2024 08:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Rhiannon Ruff, Wikipedia Expert and Founding Partner at Lumino, discusses how politicians and brands can effectively manage their Wikipedia presence. We discuss why Wikipedia is important for Google Search and AI like ChatGPT, and how the tone, norms, and editors of Wikipedia make editing your o...

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One Fifth

Freedom's Creed with Rex Reed - March 22, 2024 20:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Borrowing, when there is no reasonable chance to pay back the funds, is not even close to what most of us would consider sound economic advice.  Unfortunately, this is how the government has been operating for quite some time now.  And Social Security, among other taxpayer funded programs...is i...

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1 - A ‘Nuclear Umbrella’ for Ukraine?

The International Security Podcast - March 20, 2024 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Guest: Matthew Evangelista is President White Professor of History and Political Science at Cornell University. International Security Article: This podcast is based on Matthew Evangelista, “A ‘Nuclear Umbrella’ for Ukraine? Precedents and Possibilities for Postwar European Security,” Intern...

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098: Faith in Elections with Rollie Olson

Political Hope - March 07, 2024 22:57 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
https://www.cosmiclabyrinth.world/ ... Rollie Olson is a democratic activator. He is a program manager at Interfaith America, facilitating and sharing the Faith in Elections Playbook grant. Rollie also served with Congressman Dean Phillips practicing the civic approach of “radical hospitalit...

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A Social Science of Caregiving

Human Centered - February 26, 2024 15:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Recorded before a live audience, Margaret Levi, Alison Gopnik, & Anne-Marie Slaughter discuss a CASBS project, "The Social Science of Caregiving," which is reimagining the philosophical, psychological, biological, political, & economic foundations of care and caregiving. The goal is a coherent e...

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Race, Racism, and Resistance on Social Media, with Dr. Rob Eschmann

Social Media and Politics - February 25, 2024 08:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Rob Eschmann, Associate Professor of Social Work at Columbia University, discusses his latest book When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age (University of California Press).  We cover how social media works to unmask everyday experiences of racism, and how this affe...

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#18 – Stefan Dercon: Gambling on Development - Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose

F-World: The Fragility Podcast - February 20, 2024 16:46 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Stefan Dercon is Professor of Economic Policy at Oxford University, where he also directs the Center for the Study of African Economics. The author of 5 books and many studies, Stefan has had a distinguished career as an academic and policy advisor on economic development. His accomplishments ar...

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097: PsychoSocial Fractals with Jeremy Lent

Political Hope - February 12, 2024 21:42 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
https://suzannetaylor.substack.com/p/an-essay-contest-its-january-1-2050 ... Jeremy Lent is an author and activist, opening windows of insight into patterns that lead to destruction and regeneration. The Web of Meaning is an amazing book integrating perspectives from modern science and traditi...

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Data-Driven Campaigning: How Political Campaigns use Data, Analytics, and Technology

Social Media and Politics - February 11, 2024 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Prof. Kate Dommett, Professor of Digital Politics at the University of Sheffield, and Dr. Simon Kruschinski, Postdoctoral Researcher in Communication at the University of Mainz, discuss their new book: Data-Driven Campaigning and Political Parties. We discuss the book's theoretical framework on...

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Data-Driven Campaigning: How Political Campaigns use Data, Analytics, and Technology, with Prof. Kate Dommett and Dr. Simon Kruschinski

Social Media and Politics - February 11, 2024 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Prof. Kate Dommett, Professor of Digital Politics at the University of Sheffield, and Dr. Simon Kruschinski, Postdoctoral Researcher in Communication at the University of Mainz, discuss their new book: Data-Driven Campaigning and Political Parties. We discuss the book's theoretical framework on...

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Scam Artists

Freedom's Creed with Rex Reed - February 07, 2024 23:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
It takes some really despicable people to take advantage of vulnerable people in our society.  These scammers seem to have no conscience, they attempt to steal whatever they want.  And in many cases, unfortunately, they are successful.  I have little tolerance for such people!

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096: The Age of Henoscene with Asher Jay

Political Hope - February 03, 2024 21:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
https://casmallconference.sched.com/event/1VeMd/transforming-rural-healthcare Asher Jay is the quintessential modern seer, mystic, intuitive, channeling her art for goodness. She is the Founder of Henoscene, a community-driven blockchain application driving integrity into corporate and environ...

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China's Digital Strategy for Information Control, with Dr. Andrew MacDonald

Social Media and Politics - January 28, 2024 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Andrew W. MacDonald, Assistant Professor of Social Science at Duke Kunshan University, shares research from his new book Directed Digital Dissidence in Autocracies: How China Wins Online.  We discuss the Chinese digital and social media context, citizens' perceptions of online propaganda, a...

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Government Overreach

Freedom's Creed with Rex Reed - January 24, 2024 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
When we submit to the will of an out-of-control government, that takes advantage of our liberty and freedom, indeed actively attempts to minimize our liberty and freedom; then we have succumbed to the control of tyranny.  Our Constitution, and we the people, deserve so much more.

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095: The Ahimsa of War with Raj Balkaran

Political Hope - January 20, 2024 21:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Raj Balkaran is a scholar, seeker, and librarian of wisdom. He is the author of The Stories Behind the Poses, an amazing book about the mythology connected to the asanas. Raj is a Chaplain at McMaster University, a teacher with the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, a podcast host for the Indian R...

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The Shadow of Cybersecurity Expertise

Human Centered - January 17, 2024 16:02 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Pulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist & 2017-18 CASBS fellow John Markoff chats with 2022-23 CASBS fellow Rebecca Slayton on how the field of computing expertise evolved, eventually giving rise to the niche of professionals who protect systems from cyber-attacks. Slayton's forthcoming book expl...

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Unchecked Power

Freedom's Creed with Rex Reed - December 26, 2023 22:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
If we're not careful, not paying attention, or simply don't care, we'll find ourselves in a country that resembles totalitarianism, not freedom and liberty.  And then it will be too late to do anything about it.  We must preserve the Constitution if we expect our children and grandchildren to ha...

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2023 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

Social Media and Politics - December 23, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
The 8th Annual Social Media and Politics Year in Review!  This year, we cover the platforms' year in review reports, AI for political communication, the creator economy, and EU concerns around disinformation and cyberattacks.  Here are links to resources discussed in the episode, and see you i...

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Observations

Freedom's Creed with Rex Reed - December 16, 2023 23:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Stopping to think about what's really important is something we should all do on a regular basis.  We have to be willing to stand up for what we believe, and continue to respect the rights of all people to believe what they will.

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Challenging History Erasures to Expand Possible Futures

Human Centered - December 13, 2023 23:22 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Two-time CASBS fellow Fred Turner engages CASBS board of directors chair Abby Smith Rumsey before a live audience to discuss her new book "Memory, Edited: Taking Liberties with History." When the erasure or distortion of collective memory through storytelling hijacks fact, truth, and history its...

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094: To Wild or Not to Wild with Mackenzie Feldman

Political Hope - December 13, 2023 02:18 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Mackenzie Feldman is a guardian of nature and humanity. She is the Founder of Re:Wild Your Campus, which is on a mission to eliminate synthetic and harmful pesticide use at universities, colleges, and grade schools and to transition to organic land stewardship. She Is currently a Food and Sustai...

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Borders, Black Markets, Firearms

Freedom's Creed with Rex Reed - December 04, 2023 23:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
We live in a very open country, to be sure.  And for that reason, the "powers that be" need to ensure that they have the safety of the American people as a top priority.  Unless we want to end up like Israel, and experience a terror attack that dwarfs 9/11, our borders must be protected. 

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093: Inform. Connect. Activate. with Samuel Underhill

Political Hope - November 28, 2023 19:53 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Samuel Underhill is a genz activator. He is the executive director of ActivateGenZ, which is a student-led organization connecting young Americans to civic opportunities ranging from internships to volunteering to scholarships and paid opportunities. Samuel was a student fellow with the Bill of ...

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Toward a Society of Shared Recognition

Human Centered - November 28, 2023 17:40 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Renowned sociologist Michèle Lamont (CASBS fellow, 2002-03) discusses her new book, Seeing Others, with former CASBS director Woody Powell. The book assembles decades of Lamont’s scholarship, engaging some of contemporary society’s most elemental challenges and advancing key building blocks towa...