American Prestige
575 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 594 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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Introducing Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder & Pegasus Spyware
March 14, 2023 14:27 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBThis is the first episode of PRX and Exile Content Studio’s Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder & Pegasus Spyware entitled “What Really Happened to Murdered Journalist Jamal Khashoggi?”, as the crew discussed on this week’s episode of AP. Check out the show (without Danny chiming in) wherever you get podcasts! 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
AP 88 - Fly, Pegasus, Fly w/ Rose Reid and Nando Vila
March 14, 2023 14:12 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBDanny and Derek welcome Rose Reid and Nando Vila, co-hosts of the new podcast Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder & Pegasus Spyware. They discuss mass surveillance, (the totally legal) Pegasus spyware, how the grisly murder of Jamal Khashoggi fits into this, the vulnerability of journalists, and more. Check out the first episode of the podcast, which we put on our feed, and other episodes on Apple Podcasts or wherever you download your podcasts. This is a public episode. If you’d like...
Bonus - Ukraine Endgame: AP vs. NonZero w/ Bob Wright
March 12, 2023 13:52 - 5 minutes - 6.3 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Bob Wright, of the Nonzero Newsletter and the Nonzero podcast, to discuss Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine War. The discussion also veers into ideology, discussing leftist vs. left liberal views of the conflict, the utility of the United Nations and international law, and more. Checkout the Nonzero Newsletter and podcast! Recor…
News Roundup - March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023 16:22 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBIt’s not quite Top Gun, but Danny, Derek, and Producer Jake fly high with a special theme song. Otherwise, in news this week: the situation in Bakhamut, Ukraine and a new narrative around the Nord Stream explosion (2:13), a Turkish politics update (8:45), Havana Syndrome is not the greatest threat to US citizens’ health (13:50), the USA is #1 [in arms deals] (16:06), a New Cold War update featuring South Korea patching things up with Japan (18:53), AUKUS making moves (21:27), Biden’s budget ...
E87 - The New Canon w/ Sarah Dunstan and Katharina Rietzler
March 07, 2023 15:11 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBHappy Women’s History Month! Danny and Derek welcome Sarah Dunstan, lecturer in the international history of modern human rights at the University of Glasgow, and Katharina Rietzler, senior lecturer in American history at the University of Sussex, to discuss their new co-edited volume (along with Patricia Owens and Kimberly Hutchings), Women’s International Thought: Towards a New Canon, which is part of a larger multi-disciplinary project, “The History of Women’s International Thought”. They...
Bonus - Queer Germany, Ep. 7 w/ Samuel Huneke
March 05, 2023 15:04 - 4 minutes - 5.62 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Samuel Huneke, assistant professor of history at George Mason University, to discuss queer life in Germany from the 18th century through the Cold War, and it’s Judgment Day: we’ve reached the Cold War. The crew discusses the quick transformation of Germany in the early Cold War period, queer life under the new Grundgesetz (e…
News Roundup - March 3, 2023
March 03, 2023 14:47 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBDerek’s your brave captain, Danny your loyal steward…it’s another News Cruise. This week: an update on the tense situation in Palestine (0:31), a welcome bit of happy news from Yemen (4:18), Tunisia sees mistreatment of asylum seekers and Saied arrests critics (6:13), the election in Nigeria (9:00), Sweden and Finland amble along toward NATO accession (13:00), a Russia-Ukraine update (18:18), and the UK and EU reach a Northern Ireland deal (22:50). Recorded Thursday, March 2, 2023 This is...
Special - Israeli Violence in Huwara, Palestine, Ep. 2 w/ Jalal Abukhater and Udi Greenberg
March 01, 2023 02:22 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBDanny and Derek are back with a two-part special episode on the violence in Huwara, Palestine. In the first half, Derek speaks with Jalal Abukhater, a Palestinian writer based in Jerusalem, about the background of recent settler violence in the West Bank, the details we know of the Huwara attack, the impunity with which settlers and the Israeli government act, and the Palestinian Authority and international community’s reaction to Huwara. Danny and Derek then speak with Udi Greenberg, associ...
E86 - Syria's Earthquake Response w/ Adrien Zakar
February 28, 2023 14:59 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBDerek welcomes Adrien Zakar, assistant professor of history at the University of Toronto and co-host of the virtual lecture series Technologies of Power, to discuss the response in Syria to the recent earthquake in Turkey which affected the former’s northwestern region. They cover Syria’s current political situation, what it means for opposition- and Turkish-controlled enclaves regarding relief efforts, the role of sanctions, what this all means for Syrian refugees at home and abroad, and mo...
Special - Israeli Violence in Huwara, Palestine, Ep. 1
February 27, 2023 01:54 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBDanny and Derek give a quick update on today’s Israeli attacks in Huwara, a town just south of the West Bank city of Nablus. We will have a follow-up special with experts on this as soon as possible. Recorded Sunday, February 26, 2023 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
Bonus - The Manchurian Candidate w/ Josh Olson
February 26, 2023 14:40 - 5 minutes - 5.99 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome Josh Olson, podcaster and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, to discuss the 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate and its 2004 remake. They explore the idea of brainwashing, the influence of the respective geopolitical atmospheres’ influence on each film, what makes the original so brilliant and the remake so baffling, glean insi…
News Roundup - February 24, 2023
February 24, 2023 14:40 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBDanny tees it up, Derek hits it out of the park, that’s the way it works at the News Roundup! This week: a New Cold War update (0:37), tension at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border (6:52), the DPRK conducts another ICBM test (9:39), Russia sees Putin giving a speech marking one year in Ukraine plus tension between the Wagner Group and Russian military (12:20), Biden makes a surprise visit to Ukraine (16:43), an Israel-Palestine update (18:22), higher uranium enrichment reported in Iran (25:30),...
Bonus - The Currency of Politics, Ep. 3 w/ Stefan Eich
February 23, 2023 00:08 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Stefan Eich, assistant professor of government at Georgetown University, to continue their series on the politics of money. This episode focuses on the work of the King of All Socialists himself, Karl Marx. The crew touches on his political economic approach to currency, distills an explanation of “capital” into a 20-minute sequence, explores how the 1857 Panic affected his work, and more. Check out all episodes at the series page! This is a public episode. If...
E85 - Haiti Primer w/ Pascal Robert
February 21, 2023 14:57 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBDanny and Derek welcome Pascal Robert, co-host of This is Revolution podcast, for a discussion on Haiti. Pascal gives a breathtaking, uninterrupted 200-year history of the country in 30 minutes, while also broaching US evolving interests in Haiti, the prosecution of the Jovenel Moise assassination case, current prime minister Ariel Henry, and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanprestigepod.c...
The Currency of Politics, Ep. 7 w/ Stefan Eich
February 19, 2023 15:00 - 5 minutes - 5.73 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Stefan Eich, assistant professor of government at Georgetown University, to conclude their series on the politics of money. They pick up in the 1970s, discussing the end of the Bretton Woods system, petrodollars and eurodollars, democracy’s relation to finance, the collapse of the Soviet Union’s effect on currency politics, …
News Roundup - February 17, 2023
February 17, 2023 16:03 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBIf news was a watermelon, Derek would be a prop comic smashing it with a mallet for Danny’s benefit. This week: an update on the earthquake in Turkey and Erdoğan’s response (1:16), Russia makes gains in Ukraine’s Bakhmut (6:11), the fate of Finland’s NATO membership may lie with Turkey (12:54), a series of political arrests in Tunisia (15:41), o senhor Lula vai para Washington (18:12), and a New Cold War Update featuring The Balloon (22:09) and US moves in the South Pacific (26:56). Record...
Special - Offer Rescinded w/ James Cavallaro
February 17, 2023 02:49 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBDanny and Derek welcome James Cavallaro, professor of law and executive director of the University Network for Human Rights, for a discussion of the State Department’s recent decision to withdraw his nomination to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights over comments categorizing the treatment of Palestinians by Israel as “apartheid”. They discuss James’ work in human rights advocacy, the weaponization of anti-Semitism, the US goverment’s particular aversion to the word “apartheid”, an...
E84 - One Year of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine w/ Emma Ashford and Anatol Lieven
February 14, 2023 14:58 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Emma Ashford, senior fellow with the Reimagining US Grand Strategy program at the Stimson Center, and Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, for a discussion examining the Russian invasion of Ukraine one year into the conflict. They discuss the present circumstances of the war and how they compare with initial expectations, the response of Europe and the US, negotiations and what a potential endgame migh...
Bonus - Tooze Day w/ Adam Tooze
February 12, 2023 18:17 - 4 minutes - 5.71 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome to the program Adam Tooze, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis professor of history at Columbia University and author of Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy. They discuss the phenomenon of the public intellectual, the role of intellectuals in the 2023 North Atlantic world, the current debate around fascism, the polycrisis, …
News Roundup - February 10, 2023
February 10, 2023 16:59 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBDerek descended from Mount News and Danny received The Message. This week: the balloon saga (1:17), Israel continues killing Palestinians and ignores US pleas to pause settlement construction (10:00), Peru protests continue amid calls for an election (14:41), a Ukraine update (18:16), and the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria (24:05). *Note: This episode was recorded earlier than typical News Roundups, on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discu...
E83 - The Decline of the History Profession w/ Erin Bartram
February 07, 2023 16:08 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBDanny and Derek welcome to the program Erin Bartram, school programs coordinator at the Mark Twain House and co-founder of Contingent Magazine, for a discussion of the decline of the history profession and humanities programs in general. They discuss the effect of consistent loss of knowledge production on a given field, the American Historical Association’s (AHA) response to the state of the academic job market, organizing in academia, moving on to non-academic fields after leaving the acad...
News Roundup - February 3, 2023
February 03, 2023 13:37 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBDanny and Derek are hot off the presses, albeit with serious injuries. Stories this week: violence in Israel and the threat of a Gaza war looms (0:32), Iran reacts to an (allegedly) Israeli drone strike on the city of Isfahan (5:40), Russia makes gains in Ukraine and Biden rejects prospect of supplying F-16s (9:10), the Sweden-Finland-Turkey NATO saga continues (17:34), the Tuareg Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) pulls out of the constitutional process plus other developments in Mali (...
E82 - Hell of Hinge Points w/ Matt Christman and Chris Wade
January 31, 2023 14:37 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBDanny and Derek welcome American Prestige champion Matt Christman and first-timer Chris Wade—hosts of Chapo Trap House’s Thirty Years’ War spinoff series, Hell on Earth—for a special AP-Hinge Points-Hell on Earth mashup episode. What if Henry IV of France was not assassinated? What if there was no defenestration of Prague? What if Gustavus Adolphus lived? Check out Hell on Earth and Hinge Points! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...
Bonus - Davos Divas w/ Ken Klippenstein
January 29, 2023 17:01 - 4 minutes - 5.7 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome Ken Klippenstein, investigative reporter for The Intercept, for a discussion of the hottest ticket for Bond villains: the 2023 World Economic Forum at Davos. They touch on what exactly the World Economic Forum is, the recurring themes among the participants’ commentaries, the ideology of the event, the warm welcome to gulf state …
News Roundup - January 27, 2023
January 27, 2023 14:51 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBDerek, along with his trusty lackey Danny, again conquers the news. This week: the US restricts the flow of dollars into Iraq, the dinar collapses (0:33); Israel sees Netanyahu firing Deri and the IDF kills more Palestinians in the West Bank (2:45); NGOs threaten to withdraw from Afghanistan over Taliban restrictions on women’s rights (5:02); Eritrean soldiers are seen leaving the Tigray Region in Ethiopia as the peace deal is implemented (7:53); Burkina Faso gives France one month to withdr...
E81 - State of the Sahel w/ Lamin Keita and Alex Thurston
January 24, 2023 14:43 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBDanny and Derek welcome Lamin Keita, PhD candidate in political science at Northwestern University, and Alex Thurston, assistant professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati, for a discussion on the situation in the Sahel, namely Mali and Burkina Faso. They talk about the 2022 coups in each country, the role of jihadist conflicts in the region, where the respective junta governments currently stand, the role of the United States in the coups and the Sahel in general, and mo...
Bonus - Queer Germany, Ep. 6 w/ Samuel Huneke
January 22, 2023 15:22 - 5 minutes - 6.27 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Samuel Huneke, assistant professor of history at George Mason University, to discuss queer life in Germany from the 18th century through the Cold War. In this episode, they pick up at the end of WWII and situate us in the era of Germany’s partition, exploring socialism’s relationship with homosexuality, queer life in Allied …
News Roundup - January 20, 2023
January 20, 2023 14:22 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBDerek plugged into the mainframe, Danny mined the data…It’s the weekly News Roundup. This week: the Israeli Supreme Court orders Netanyahu to dismiss his interior minister (0:31), Israel is averaging about one Palestinian killing per day in West Bank so far this year (3:32); China’s population declined last year for the first time since 1961 (6:18), Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand (10:16); an update on the implementation of the peace deal in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region (...
E80 - The F-35: A Biography w/ Michael Brenes
January 17, 2023 14:44 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Michael Brenes, associate director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and lecturer in history at Yale University, to discuss the undisputed greatest use of taxpayer dollars in our great nation’s history: the F-35. They discuss its war-fighting purpose, Lockheed’s business strategy with the jet, the effect of consolidation and privization on the arms industry, and more. Check out Michael’s article on the F-35 in Jacobin: “The F-35 Is Everything Wrong ...
The Currency of Politics, Ep. 4 w/ Stefan Eich
January 15, 2023 15:53 - 5 minutes - 6.45 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Stefan Eich, assistant professor of government at Georgetown University, to continue their conversation of the politics of money. In this episode, they continue their discussion of John Maynard Keynes, his reaction to the the Great Depression, his seminal 1936 work The General Theory Of Employment Interest And Money, his per…
News Roundup - January 13, 2023
January 13, 2023 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBAnd we’re back! Happy New Year, Prestigeheads and Haters alike, it’s Danny and Derek with the News Roundup. This week: Wagner Group activity in Ukraine and a leadership reshuffle for Russia (1:31), progress made in the Tigray Conflict peace plan in Ethiopia (10:17), a little dust-up in Brazil (12:30), more protests in Peru (21:19), and the “Three Amigos” summit in Mexico (25:23), Recorded Thursday, January 12, 2022 Check out our Brazil special with Benjamin Fogel! This is a public epis...
E79 - Ideology in US Foreign Relations w/ Christopher McKnight Nichols
January 10, 2023 14:51 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBDanny and Derek welcome Christopher McKnight Nichols, Wayne Woodrow Hayes chair in national security studies and professor of history at Ohio State University, to discuss the volume he co-edited, Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations: New Histories. They define ideology vs. ideas, their effect on US foreign relations since colonial times, and more. Grab a copy of the book here! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visi...
Special - The January 8, 2023 Riot in Brasília w/ Benjamin Fogel
January 09, 2023 20:10 - 2 minutes - 3.31 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Benjamin Fogel, contributing editor to Jacobin, to discuss the events of Sunday, January 8, 2023 in Brazil’s capital Brasília as crowds of people attacked all three branches of government. Recorded Monday, January 9, 2023
Bonus - Queer Germany, Ep. 5 w/ Samuel Huneke
January 08, 2023 16:31 - 5 minutes - 5.84 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Samuel Huneke, assistant professor of history at George Mason University, to discuss his book States of Liberation: Gay Men between Dictatorship and Democracy in Cold War Germany. In this episode, they focus on the Holocaust, how it affected queer people, the perceived “internal” threat of gay men vs. the “external” threat of Jews, the infamous pink triangle, and more. Che...
UNLOCKED - The End of History from the Other Shore w / Jacob Bacharach and Matt Christman
January 06, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBDanny and Derek are joined by the writer Jacob Bacharach and Matt Christman, co-host of Chapo Trap House and Hell of Presidents, about the "New Chronology" Soviet/Russian conspiracy theory. The four explore everything from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the history of chronology, Mormonism, and more. 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
E78 - An Unwritten Future w/ Jonathan Kirshner
January 03, 2023 13:48 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBDanny and Derek welcome Jonathan Kirshner, professor of political science and international studies at Boston College, to discuss his book An Unwritten Future: Realism and Uncertainty in World Politics. They touch on structural realism/neorealism, the importance of classical realism, Mearsheimer, Thucydides, and more. *Producer’s note: Due to a technical error, we unfortunately do not have audio for the beginning of this conversation, so the discussion picks up about 15 minutes in. Grab ...
Bonus - Music and American War w/ Catherine Bateson
January 01, 2023 14:01 - 5 minutes - 5.73 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Happy New Year! Danny, Derek, and Producer Jake welcome Catherine Bateson, associate lecturer of American history at the University of Kent, to discuss the music of American wars. They touch on music’s multifaceted role in different conflicts, musical literacy before mass media, appropriation and recycling of familiar melodies, the ideology of war music, protest songs, and more. Be sure to grab a copy...
UNLOCKED - Going Ballistic w/ Will Menaker
December 30, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBGrab your flight suit, aviators, and baby oil: Will Menaker is in the house. The host of the Chapo Trap House podcast joins Danny and Derek for a discussion of the classic action flick Top Gun. The crew discusses Vietnam Syndrome, the lost trope of the fighter pilot, Tony Scott, and homoeroticism, as all three hosts revisit what may be the most “California” film franchise to date. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
E77 - Evangelicals and US Foreign Policy w/ Lauren Turek
December 27, 2022 15:37 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBDanny and Derek welcome Lauren Turek, associate professor of history at Trinity University, to discuss the influence of evangelical Christians on US foreign policy throughout the country’s history. They touch on the contentious definition of what an “evangelical” is, prominent thinkers in the evangelical tradition, the gender dynamics of evangelical organizing, the effect on evangelicals on human rights discourse, and more. Grab a copy of Lauren’s book To Bring the Good News to All Nations:...
Bonus - The Sino-Soviet Split Primer w/ Jeremy Friedman
December 25, 2022 14:00 - 5 minutes - 5.77 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome Jeremy Friedman, Marvin Bower associate professor at Harvard Business School, for a discussion about the Sino-Soviet split. They talk about the early days of the revolutionary states’ relationship, the differences in their ideologies, the external forces shaping each nation’s trajectory, the heyday of their cooperation, and the beginning of the fissure in the mid-1950s. Grab a...
UNLOCKED: The Christmas Truce of World War I w/ Terri Blom Crocker
December 23, 2022 17:23 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBMerry Christmas! Danny and Derek speak with the historian Terri Blom Crocker to discuss the famous Christmas Truce of 1914, when soldiers in World War I made various agreements to cede fighting. We talk about the reality of the various truces and how the truce has been memorialized and remembered since 1914. Please find Terri's book here! 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/subsc...
News Roundup - December 23, 2022
December 23, 2022 17:12 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBSeason’s greetings! It’s the jolliest of episodes: The News Roundup. This week: Netanyahu forms a government in Israel, the Taliban bans women from university in Afghanistan, fears of a COVID wave in China, election results and a possible coup in Fiji, elections in Tunisia, a Russia-Ukraine update, Sweden-Turkey extradition, a Peru update, and Brandon Biden makes a profit on oil sales. Recorded Thursday, December 22, 2022 Don’t forget about our special year end offer for 15% off annual su...
E76 - AMLO: A Portrait w/ Alexander Aviña
December 20, 2022 16:48 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Alexander Aviña, associate professor of history at Arizona State University, for a discussion focusing on the career of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of Mexico. They touch on his unsuccessful bids for president, the MORENA party, the current Mexican political culture, his relationship to neoliberalism, his administration’s foreign policy, COVID response, and more. Remember, we have a 15% discount on annual subscriptions deal running through Januar...
Bonus - Queer Germany, Ep. 4 w/ Samuel Huneke
December 18, 2022 16:20 - 5 minutes - 5.77 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Samuel Huneke, assistant professor of history at George Mason University, to discuss his book States of Liberation: Gay Men between Dictatorship and Democracy in Cold War Germany. In this episode, they pick up after the Nazis take power, examining the effect of the Nuremberg Laws on gay, lesbian, and trangender life, Nazi notions of gender roles, the concept of third gender ...
News Roundup - December 16, 2022
December 16, 2022 15:32 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBWhen not slinging NFTs featuring Producer Jake’s likeness, Danny and Derek give you one thing: The News. This week: ongoing protests in Peru (1:41), constitutional struggles in Chile (6:34), tensions in northern Kosovo (9:27), the mayor of Istanbul is convicted of insulting public officials in Turkey (13:45), a Ukraine update (16:47), the US-Africa Leaders Summit in DC (19:45), and Bernie caves on the Yemen war powers resolution (23:08). Recorded Thursday, December 15, 2022 This is a publi...
E75 - Intro to Oil w/ Gregory Brew
December 13, 2022 14:23 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Gregory Brew, AP’s resident “oil man” and postdoctoral fellow at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, to discuss oil: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems. They touch on the markets for oil beyond gasoline, international legal structures around the commodity, its effect on US foreign policy, emerging oil markets, the current Russian price cap, and more. Pre-order your copy of Gregory’s book Petroleum and Progress in Iran: Oil, Development, ...
E75 - Intro to Oil w/ Greg Brew
December 13, 2022 14:23 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Greg Brew, AP’s resident “oil man” and postdoctoral fellow at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, to discuss oil: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems. They touch on the markets for oil beyond gasoline, international legal structures around the commodity, its effect on US foreign policy, emerging oil markets, the current Russian price cap, and more. Pre-order your copy of Greg’s book Petroleum and Progress in Iran: Oil, Development, and th...
Bonus - All Hailbag the Mailbag 5: Return to Sender
December 11, 2022 15:37 - 5 minutes - 5.92 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Prestigeheads: The Mighty Mailbag. Producer Jake tees up subscribers’ questions, theories, and prompts, and Danny and Derek knock them all out of the park (mixing sports metaphors, blah blah). Thanks to everyone who participated!
Special - The Peru Crisis w/ Javier Puente
December 09, 2022 19:00 - 5 minutes - 5.76 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek speak with Javier Puente, associate professor of Latin American and Latino/a Studies and chair of Latin American and Latino/a Studies at Smith College, about the ongoing political crisis in Peru. Recorded Friday, December 9, 2022
News Roundup - December 9, 2022
December 09, 2022 16:01 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBAll the news that’s fit for large print…it’s the News Roundup. This week: rumors of Iran doing away with the “morality police” (0:35), President Xi visits Saudi Arabia (5:49), an update on Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict (11:34), a far right plot is foiled in Germany (22:52), and the arrest of President Castillo in Peru (25:13). Recorded Thursday, December 8, 2022 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.american...