American Prestige
528 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 578 ratingsA podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world.
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Special - Iran's Red Line With Israel w/ Sina Toossi
April 22, 2024 22:30 - 8 minutes - 9.64 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Derek sits down with resident AP Iran expert Sina Toossi, senior non-resident fellow at the Center for International Policy, to discuss the recent escalations between Israel and Iran. They recap the events of the last several weeks, how domestic politics of Iran, Israel, and the US play into things, the thinking behind the scope of the strikes, how this…
Bonus - Christian Zionism, Ep. 4 w/ Daniel Hummel
April 21, 2024 09:01 - 6 minutes - 7.41 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek once more speak with Daniel Hummel, director of the Lumen Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Upper House, to finish our series on Christian Zionism in the United States since 1948. This episode picks up at the beginning of the Obama Administration, touching on Netanyahu’s deepening ties with American Christian Zionists, the …
Special - Israel Attacks Iran
April 19, 2024 16:32 - 3 minutes - 3.45 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek update you with what we know so far about Israel’s strikes on Iran last night. Recorded late morning Eastern Time, Friday, April 19, 2024.
News - Israel Prepares Retaliation on Iran and Rafah Invasion, Mass Coral Bleaching, US Allegedly Refuses to Leave Niger
April 19, 2024 02:31 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBProducer’s note: This was recorded on Thursday, April 18, before Israel’s strike on Iran, hence us releasing this earlier than usual. It’s the world news roundup with the ever loyal Danny and Derek. This week: Israel plans a retaliation for Iran’s strike last week, Iran floats the possibility of developing nuclear weapons in response (0:31), and plans for an IDF Rafah operation in Gaza are underway (8:09); the US is still pursuing Saudi normalization with Israel (10:40) and vetoes a Pale...
E144 - Patriots on Broadway w/ Michael Stuhlbarg
April 16, 2024 09:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBDanny and Derek welcome to the podcast actor Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man, Call Me By Your Name, “Boardwalk Empire”) to discuss his role in the new play Patriots, which portrays billionaire Boris Berezovsky’s (Stuhlbarg) relationship with Vladimir Putin (Will Keen) in 1991. The group discusses the challenges in nuanced portrayals of Berezovsky and Putin, how preparing for the character pushed Michael to reframe his perspective on the end of the USSR, the resonance between the events of t...
Special - Iran Strikes Israel, Ep. 2
April 14, 2024 18:06 - 2 minutes - 2.7 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek are back with updates on the situation after last night’s bombardment on Israel, including international reactions, the potential Israeli response, and more. Recorded early afternoon ET, April 14, 2024
Bonus - The TikTok "Ban" w/ Tianyu Fang
April 14, 2024 09:00 - 4 minutes - 5.19 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek speak with Tianyu Fang, MacArthur tech and democracy fellow at New America and contributing editor at Reboot, about the current discourse and legislation around “banning” the social media app TikTok. They explore the previous actions against the company taken by the Trump administration, the TikTok-focused Protecting Americans from Forei…
Special - Iran Strikes Israel
April 14, 2024 00:12 - 2 minutes - 3.4 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek give an update on what we know about Iran’s attack against Israel in response to Israel’s April 1 strike on an Iranian embassy in Syria. Recorded early evening ET, April 13, 2024
News - US and Israel Await Iran Response, Mexican Embassy Raid in Ecuador, New Cold War Update
April 12, 2024 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBDanny and Derek bring you stories from around the globe. This week: Iran warns of an imminent response to Israel bombing the IR’s embassy in Syria (0:31); Gaza ceasefire talks remain tenuous (6:15) while the IDF’s “withdrawal” has not yet enabled sufficient aid to enter the Strip (10:47); in Myanmar, rebels seize a key border town (15:27); battlefield dynamic shifts in Sudan with a supply of Iranian drones (19:00); in Ukraine, Russia strikes destroy a major power plant (21:17) and the Ukrain...
E143 - The Cold War's Afterlife, Pt. 2 w/ Penny Von Eschen
April 09, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBDanny and Derek again chat with Penny Von Eschen, William R. Kennan Jr. professor of American studies and professor of history at UVA, about her book Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder since 1989. This second part of the conversation picks up with Cold War nostalgia in American pop culture, the 90s search for a new “bad guy” in places like the DPRK/North Korea and the Balkans, the “kitschification” of the Cold War, ways this nostalgia manifested throughout the ...
Bonus - Biden in a Box w/ Jonathan Guyer
April 07, 2024 09:00 - 5 minutes - 6.12 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek speak with Jonathan Guyer, contributing editor at The American Prospect, about the eponymous piece he recently wrote for the magazine on Biden’s ideological commitment to Israel and his administration’s handling of the current crisis. The group discusses his obstinacy in changing his approach Israel/Palestine, the domestic and global pol…
Special - Havana Syndrome Update w/ Natalie Shure
April 06, 2024 09:00 - 3 minutes - 3.83 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Natalie Shure, writer and researcher whose work focuses on history, health, and politics, for an update on where we stand with Havana Syndrome. When Natalie (along with Bob Wright) first chatted with us in December 2021, little was known about the condition. It turns out, we still don’t know much, but stories contending conn…
AP x Nonzero - Biden’s Israel Problem w/ Robert Wright
April 05, 2024 18:08 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Welcome the fourth episode of the collaboration between AP and Nonzero Newsletter! Paid subscribers get a discounted membership to Nonzero— just scroll below the paywall near the bottom of the description, where you’ll also find the video for the Overtime segment. 0:02 Derek and Danny stumble into Bob’s Zoom room 1:01 Israel’s doubly out-of-control week10:02 How Biden's Gaza failures will shape the Dem...
News - IDF Kills More Aid Workers, IRGC Hit in Damascus, Moscow Terror Attack
April 05, 2024 15:26 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBDerek and Danny return with the news. This week: In Gaza, the IDF kills members of the World Central Kitchen organization (0:31), Biden follows up with Netanyahu (6:18), more reports on the IDF’s AI targeting systems (10:35), and more; Israeli airstrikes hit Iranian IRGC officers in Syria (20:59); a drone strike in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw (25:04); the DPRK/North Korea tests a hypersonic missile (26:51); the results of Senegal’s election (29:01); Somalia expels the Ethiopian ambassador (3...
Special - Resigning from the State Department w/ Annelle Sheline
April 04, 2024 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Annelle Sheline, former foreign affairs officer at the State Department, to discuss her resignation over the Biden Administration’s handling of Israel and Gaza. They discuss her role at State, what changed there after October 7, her interactions with superiors and administration officials, how the response to Gaza differs from that of Ukraine, the efficacy of dissent channels, and more. Check out Annelle’s piece at CNN about her resignation. This is a pub...
E142 - The Cold War's Afterlife, Pt. 1 w/ Penny Von Eschen
April 02, 2024 09:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBDanny and Derek chat with Penny Von Eschen, William R. Kennan Jr. professor of American studies and professor of history at UVA, about her book Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder since 1989. In this first part of the discussion, the group explores the affective dimension of nostalgia, how the “end of history” and “clash of civilizations” narratives influenced U.S. policy starting in the 1990s, the post-Cold War malaise that took hold, and the proliferation of a...
Bonus - The History of Brazil, Ep. 1 w/ Bryan Pitts
March 31, 2024 09:00 - 4 minutes - 5.61 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Believe it or not, Brazil’s story didn’t start with Lula and Macron’s iconic photo shoot, and Bryan Pitts, assistant director of the Latin American Institute at UCLA, has graciously agreed to help Danny and Derek tell that story! In this first episode of the History of Brazil series, the group explores the indigenous civilizations populating the land th…
Free Bonus - Rethinking U.S. World Power w/ Michael Brenes and Stephen Wertheim
March 29, 2024 09:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBSince Derek is out of town, an unsupervised Danny welcomes back AP friends Michael Brenes, co-director of the Brady-Johnson program in grand strategy at Yale University and publisher of Warfare and Welfare, and Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to discuss the new volume Danny and Michael edited, Rethinking U.S. World Power: Domestic Histories of U.S. Foreign Relations. They talk about the current tenor in DC ...
E141 - Prabowo and the 2024 Indonesia General Election w/ Michael G. Vann
March 26, 2024 09:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBDanny and Derek speak with Michael G. Vann, professor of history at California State University, Sacramento, about Indonesia, which recently held an election resulting in Prabowo Subianto as president-elect. They discuss the country’s era of reform (Reformasi) since the end of Suharto’s rule in 1998, the composition of its elite class, Prabowo’s controversial career long predating his 2024 campaign, the issues motivating voters in this election, and potential legal challenges to him ultimate...
UNLOCKED - Nakba in the Age of Catastrophe w/ Sherene Seikaly
March 25, 2024 21:52 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBBy popular demand, we’re unlocking this episode that was originally released January 28, 2024. Thank you to subscribers who gave feedback! Danny and Derek speak with Sherene Seikaly, associate professor of history at UC Santa Barbara and historian of Palestine, about the eponymous piece she wrote for Jadaliyya at the beginning of 2023. They discuss the framing of “the age of catastrophe”, where Palestine endures an ongoing Nakba as the climate crisis accelerates, how people find simple ways...
Bonus - Ian Fleming, Frantz Fanon, and Decolonization w/ Daniel Immerwahr
March 24, 2024 09:01 - 4 minutes - 5.21 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Daniel Immerwahr, Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University, is back on the pod to discuss his recent piece for The New Yorker, “What Frantz Fanon and Ian Fleming Agreed On”. After a Dune 2 update (see Daniel’s Dune episode with us), the group discusses revolutionary intellectual Frantz Fanon and James Bond author Ian Fleming, …
News - Famine in Gaza and Sudan, Niger Kicks Out US Forces, Pakistan Airstrikes
March 22, 2024 09:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBAntony Blinken plays the blues while Danny and Derek bring you the news. This week: in Gaza, famine sets in (0:29), U.S.-Israel tensions rise over a potential Rafah invasion (3:52), and more; Pakistan conducts airstrikes in Afghanistan (12:11); Indonesia’s general election results are confirmed (14:37); the DPRK/North Korea tests a hypersonic missile engine (17:28); there’s new evidence of coral bleaching in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (19:15); a Sudan humanitarian update (20:55); Niger’s...
E140 - Ariel Henry and Foreign Intervention in Haiti w/ Jemima Pierre
March 19, 2024 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBDanny and Derek speak with Jemima Pierre, professor of global race in the Institute of Race, Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) at the University of British Columbia, about foreign intervention in Haiti—namely instances led by the U.S. and European powers— from the country’s inception to PM Ariel Henry’s resignation last week. They delve into the early history of Haiti’s relationship with the U.S. and Europe, America’s 1915-1934 occupation of Haiti, the Ottawa Initiative and Jean-Be...
Bonus - Christian Zionism, Ep. 3 w/ Daniel Hummel
March 17, 2024 09:01 - 4 minutes - 5.34 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Daniel Hummel, director of the Lumen Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Upper House, is back to discuss Christian Zionism in the United States since 1948. This episode picks up in the 1990s with the Oslo Accords, the push for a “Greater Israel”, the Left Behind books and the rise of apocalypticism, Christians United for Israel, and more unt…
News - Biden's "Red Lines" for Gaza, Ukraine Hits Oil Facilities, US Leads Global Arms Sales
March 15, 2024 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBDerek and Danny are back, the latter without any rubles. This week: Russian kicks off its presidential election (1:47); a Gaza humanitarian update (4:29) and Biden speaks on a Rafah invasion (11:24); more Israeli strikes in Lebanon (15:30); U.S. policy potentially shifts on DPRK/North Korea (17:17); in Sudan, the military makes gains in Omdurman (20:20); Ukraine attacks Russian oil facilities (24:26) and receives a U.S. stopgap aid package (26:54); the right surges in Portugal’s election (29...
E139 - Masters of the Air w/ John Orloff
March 12, 2024 09:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBDanny and Derek welcome writer and co-executive producer John Orloff to the pod to discuss Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air miniseries. They go into John’s background, his work on HBO’s seminal Band of Brothers, the distinct horror of WWII aerial warfare, how MOTA tackled the POW experience, the challenge of writing and shooting such a massive production, and how a WWII-era drama is informed by the current global climate. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other sub...
Bonus - The New York Times' October 7 Exposé w/ Ryan Grim
March 10, 2024 09:01 - 4 minutes - 4.74 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek speak with Ryan Grim of The Intercept about the piece he co-authored with Jeremy Scahill and Daniel Boguslaw about The New York Times’ exposé of the October 7 attacks alleging systematic use of sexual violence by Palestinian militants. They discuss the piece itself, the role of Israeli volunteer group Zaka, the journalistic standards at …
News - Haiti Gang Offensive, Sudan Crisis, Gaza
March 08, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBDanny and Derek bring you the world. This week: in Gaza, the U.S. makes airdrops while Biden announces a temporary port (0:30), some countries restore UNRWA funding (4:02), and more; a cargo ship is sunk and data cables cut in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen (12:26); the parliament of Pakistan elects a new prime minister (16:15); a renewed attempt at a ceasefire in Myanmar (18:02); an update on the crisis in Sudan (20:17); a new date is set for Senegal’s presidential election (23:16); an ...
Special - The Humanitarian Situation in Gaza w/ Omar Shakir
March 05, 2024 23:58 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBDerek welcomes back Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), to discuss the humanitarian situation Gaza since the International Court of Justice’s rulings at the end of January in South Africa’s case against Israel. They get into what the court actually ordered, Israel’s response, the current humanitarian catastrophe, the “Flour Massacre”, U.S. aid airdrops, the undercutting of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (...
UNLOCKED - Duned if You Do, Duned if You Don't w/ Daniel Immerwahr
March 05, 2024 16:03 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBThis episode originally aired October 29, 2021 Danny and Derek speak with Daniel Immerwahr, professor of history at Northwestern University, about all things Dune. They discuss the importance of culture to understanding U.S. empire, the history of imperial U.S. fiction, the life and times of Frank Herbert, and how Herbert's particular vision of technology, empire, and indigenous politics informed the writing of Dune. Check out Daniel's articles on Dune, in the Los Angeles Review of Books, ...
E138 - Democracy and the Left Turn in Latin America w/ Gabriel Hetland
March 05, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBDanny and Derek speak with Gabriel Hetland, associate professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latina/o Studies and Sociology at the University at Albany, about his book Democracy on the Ground: Local Politics in Latin America’s Left Turn. They discuss the regional shift to the Left, how right-wing forces reacted to this trend, the ways democracy has been shaped by these conditions, and the different tacks taken by leftist movements (particularly in Bolivia and Venezuela). This is a publ...
Bonus - Nazis in Video Games w/ Trevor Strunk
March 03, 2024 04:11 - 4 minutes - 5.45 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek speak with Trevor Strunk of No Cartridge Audio podcast about the Third Reich in the gaming world, from action blockbusters like Medal of Honor to cerebral indies like Heal Hitler. They discuss the background of militarism in video games, different roles Nazis have played in games over the years, how World War 2 video games reflect the co…
Special - The Self-Immolation of Aaron Bushnell w/ Lyle Jeremy Rubin
March 01, 2024 19:11 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Lyle Jeremy Rubin, veteran of the war in Afghanistan and author of the memoir Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body: A Marine’s Unbecoming, to discuss his new piece in The Nation, “Taking Aaron Bushnell at His Word (and Deed)”. The group delves into Bushnell’s act of protest, what we know of his ideology and work as a member of the US Air Force, the public response to and framing of his death, and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with ot...
News - Gaza City Massacre, Darfur Aid Crisis, Sweden Joins NATO
March 01, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBDanny and Derek work on leap days. This week: in Gaza, a massacre in Gaza City (0:29), ceasefire talks (5:20), and Netanyahu’s postwar plan (8:35); the U.S. and U.K. launch more joint airstrikes against Yemen (10:25); North Korea trades arms for food with Russia (11:54); in Sudan, military groups block aid shipments to Darfur (14:13); a new date is set for a presidential election in Senegal (15:58); a Ukraine War update (19:04); Sweden’s NATO accession is finally ratified (26:08); Colombia r...
Special - Arab Americans and the Michigan Primary w/ Malak Silmi
February 29, 2024 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4.56 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek speak with Malak Silmi, a freelance journalist based in Michigan, about the state’s Arab American community, its relationship to the Democratic Party, organizing efforts in response to the Biden Administration, and the future of the “uncommitted” vote. Read Malak and Joseph Stepansky’s piece in Al-Jazeera, “Birth of a Movement, Michig…
E137 - Christian Zionism, Ep. 2 w/ Daniel Hummel
February 27, 2024 10:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBDaniel Hummel, director for university engagement at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Upper House, returns to continue the discussion on Christian Zionism in the United States since 1948. In this episode, the group picks up with the rise of the new Christian right in the 1970s and the role of Zionism therein, dispensationalism and its notion of Jews and Israel, the Israeli right’s concurrent rise to power, Jimmy Carter as a non-Zionist evangelical, the Camp David Accords, Ronald Reagan’...
Bonus - The State of Affairs in Russia and Ukraine w/ Mark Ames
February 25, 2024 10:00 - 5 minutes - 5.91 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome returning champion Mark Ames, co-host of Radio War Nerd, to give us a update on Russia and Ukraine. The get into the death of Alexei Navalny in Russia, the firing of General Valerii Zaluzhnyi in Ukraine, the latter country’s manpower issues, and the state of the war now.
Special - The 2024 Pakistani General Election w/ Umair Javed
February 23, 2024 19:28 - 4 minutes - 4.69 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek speak to Umair Javed, assistant professor of politics and sociology at Lahore University of Management Sciences, about this month’s general election in Pakistan. They discuss the major issues facing the country, the struggles of PTI and jailed candidate (and former prime minister) Imran Khan, the role of the U.S., and more.
News - Gaza War, Ansar Allah (Houthi) Attacks, Russia Advances in Ukraine
February 23, 2024 10:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBDanny and Derek are just the messengers. This week: in Gaza, ceasefire talks may be heating up again, America assesses the UNRWA allegations, and more (0:42); Yemen’s Ansar Allah (Houthi) militants potentially sink a cargo ship, damage another ship, and attack Eilat (12:11); a potential governing coalition is formed in Pakistan (14:31); tensions between Taiwan and China over the Kinmen Islands (17:13); in Senegal, Macky Sall agrees to reschedule the election, but hasn’t offered a new date ye...
E136 - UFO Mythology w/ David Halperin
February 20, 2024 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBDanny and Derek speak with David Halperin, retired professor of Jewish studies at UNC Chapel Hill, about his book Intimate Alien: The Hidden Story of the UFO. The group looks at the phenomenon of UFO encounters as part of a longer tradition of mythology, examining their relationship to the historical epochs in which they occur, their place in politics and culture, and what ultimately the search for aliens says about our own views of humanity. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discu...
Bonus - Gerontocracy in U.S. Politics w/ Samuel Moyn
February 18, 2024 10:01 - 4 minutes - 4.62 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com In the second half of a double header, Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale, speaks with Danny and Derek about our aged political leaders. The group touches on the history of gerontocracy in politics, what about it specifically reflects American culture around aging and mortality, why anyone would want to spend their final y…
News - Gaza War, Pakistan Election, Venezuela-Guyana Tensions
February 16, 2024 10:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBNeither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays Danny and Derek from the headlines. This week: Global military spending reached new heights in 2023 (0:31); a Gaza update (3:51); a major exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah (12:12); contentioius election results in Pakistan (14:38); reports of the military in disarray in Myanmar (19:08); Indonesia holds a general election (22:36); protests continue in Senegal (25:11); allegations of a massacre in Ethiopia (27:19); Russia migh...
Special - The Imminent Israeli Offensive in Rafah w/ Mohammad Alsaafin
February 15, 2024 01:57 - 49 minutes - 45 MBMohammad Alsaafin, journalist at AJ+, speaks with Danny and Derek about Israel’s imminent attack on Rafah in southern Gaza, the state of the Palestinian diaspora four months into this war, the prospect of a lasting ceasefire, and more. Mohammad’s latest for AJ+. Recorded Wednesday, February 14, 2024 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe
E135 - US Security Assistance to Africa w/ Elizabeth Shackelford
February 13, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBDerek speaks with Elizabeth Shackelford, former U.S. diplomat and current foreign affairs columnist for The Chicago Tribune, about U.S. involvement across Africa. They talk about Elizabeth’s own history in Somalia and South Sudan, America’s understanding of the places in which it’s involved, the generational timeline needed to change the trajectory of foreign policy, where the securitized view of Africa began, how the U.S. has approached places like Burkina Faso and Cameroon, and what a bett...
Bonus - Liberalism vs. Liberalism w/ Samuel Moyn
February 11, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 5.66 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale, makes his return to the pod to discuss his book Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times. The group examines the Cold War liberal intellectuals featured in the book like Isaiah Berlin, Gertrude Himmelfarb, and Karl Popper, the interwar roots of Americ…
News - US Strikes in Iraq and Syria, Sudan Humanitarian Disaster, Zelensky Fires Top General
February 09, 2024 10:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBDanny and Derek are just the messengers. This week: the U.S. hits targets in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for the American troops killed in Jordan (0:30); Israel refuses Hamas’ terms for a ceasefire as IDF troops enter Rafah (6:06); in the Philippines, a feud between Sebastian Duterte and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. escalates (11:46); in Sudan, humanitarian assistance is cut off and telecom services are down as the catastrophe intensifies (15:04); President Macky Sall postpones elections...
Special - US Base "Tower 22" in Jordan w/ Ken Klippenstein
February 07, 2024 17:36 - 2 minutes - 3.4 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Ken Klippenstein, investigative reporter for The Intercept, to discuss his recent piece detailing the situation at Tower 22, a U.S. garrison in Jordan that was struck by drones last month wherein three troops were killed. They discuss the site’s purported purpse, its inadequate defenses, and service members’ frustration with…
E134 - The Queer State w/ Samuel Huneke
February 06, 2024 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Samuel Huneke, assistant professor of history at George Mason University, to talk about his new book, A Queer Theory of the State. The group discusses the various notions of queer theory and the state, how queer politics and activism can engage in state power, the neoliberal contingent of the queer community, where thinkers from Michel Foucault to Judith Sklar fit into this, and Sam’s vision of what a queer state might look like. Be sure to check out Sam’s past ...
Bonus - The History of the Kurds, Ep. 7 w/ Djene Bajalan
February 03, 2024 22:09 - 5 minutes - 5.84 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek are again with Djene Bajalan, associate professor of history at Missouri State University, discussing Kurdish history. This episode takes a step back to catch up on the situation for Kurdish peoples outside of Turkey after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Picking up at the end of the first World War, the conversation focuses on Kurds in t…
AP x Nonzero - What’s Next for Gaza and Israel? w/ Robert Wright
February 02, 2024 16:42 - 33 minutes - 31 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Welcome to the third installment of the collaboration between AP and Nonzero Newsletter! Paid subscribers get a discounted membership to Nonzero— just scroll below the paywall near the bottom of the description, where you’ll also find the video for the Overtime segment. 0:00 Another high-synergy collaborative episode1:14 Do mainstream Israelis support ethnic cleansing?10:28 Biden’s electoral (mis?)calc...