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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E74 - World Cup Curiosities w/ Nando Vila
December 06, 2022 15:53 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Nando Vila, host of The Best Soccer Podcast in the World, to discuss the FIFA World Cup. They touch on the ubiquity of soccer around the globe, the structure of FIFA, corruption at the organization’s top levels, the controversies surrounding the 2022 World Cup being hosted in Qatar, 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
Bonus - A History of Modern Palestine, Ep. 6 w/ Rashid Khalidi
December 04, 2022 15:35 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, to discuss his book The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017. In this final episode of the series, they discuss the US ramping up aid to Israel in the 1970s, the factors leading to the PLO conducting operations from Lebanon, the 1982 Israeli invasion of the country, the Sabra and Shatila massacre, and more. Grab a c...
News Roundup - December 2, 2022
December 02, 2022 15:12 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBBack from break and full of boosters (well, Derek is, Danny is using crystals), it’s the News Roundup. This week: the third leader of Islamic State killed in Syria (0:36), protests continue in China (6:29), Russian fertilizer and grain trickles back out to the world (10:59), the US gives Chevron the green light for “limited operations” in Venezuela (15:02), and Monsieur Macron goes to Washington (17:28). Recorded Thursday, December 1, 2022 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discu...
E73 - The Military and the Market w/ Jennifer Mittelstadt and Mark Wilson
November 29, 2022 19:28 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBDanny and Derek welcome Jennifer Mittelstadt, professor of history at Rutgers University, and Mark Wilson, professor of history at UNC Charlotte, to discuss their new edited volume The Military and the Market. They talk about the military welfare state and the all-volunteer force (AVF), mercenaries within the system, 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
Bonus - Contest or Conquest? w/ Daniel Immerwahr
November 26, 2022 14:00 - 5 minutes - 7.51 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Daniel Immerwahr, Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University, to discuss his essay in Harper’s Magazine reviewing Pekka Hämäläinen’s book Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America. They touch on reclaiming the narrative of Native American history, the resistance-focused vs lachrymose conception of American history in liberal historiogr...
UNLOCKED: Bonus - Queer Germany, Ep. 3 w/ Samuel Huneke
November 23, 2022 02:24 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBWe’ve unlocked the first three episodes of our bonus series Queer Germany for the holiday weekend. Find all the episodes at the series page! Like and subscribe if you appreciate the content! 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 continue the discussion of life in Weimar Germany, why it became seen as ...
UNLOCKED: Bonus - Queer Germany, Ep. 2 w/ Samuel Huneke
November 23, 2022 02:18 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBWe’ve unlocked the first three episodes of our bonus series Queer Germany for the holiday weekend. Find all the episodes at the series page! Like and subscribe if you appreciate the content! 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 at the end of World War I, discussing domestic factors in that lo...
UNLOCKED: Bonus - Queer Germany, Ep. 1 w/ Samuel Huneke
November 23, 2022 02:17 - 48 minutes - 66 MBWe’ve unlocked the first three episodes of our bonus series Queer Germany for the holiday weekend. Find all the episodes at the series page! Like and subscribe if you appreciate the content! 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 first episode, they begin in the era of German unification in the 19th century, discuss...
E72 - This Land is Their Land w/ David Silverman
November 22, 2022 14:30 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBDanny and Derek welcome David Silverman, professor of Native American, Colonial American, and American racial history at George Washington University, for a discussion of the historical Thanksgiving holiday. They get into the the origin and proliferation of the holiday’s myth, the historical Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, the Wampanoag Indians, their culture, politics, and relationship with the English settlers, who and what the holiday serves in 2022 America, and more. Be sure to grab...
Bonus - Queer Germany, Ep. 3 w/ Samuel Huneke
November 20, 2022 15:53 - 5 minutes - 7.56 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 continue the discussion of life in Weimar Germany, why it became seen as the birthplace of modern gay politics, material conditions in a country grappling with the War Guilt C...
News Roundup - November 18, 2022
November 18, 2022 17:32 - 26 minutes - 36 MBKing of the News Derek and Baron of Bylines Danny are back for another News Roundup. This week: the G20 convenes in Indonesia (1:46), the NIC releases a report on the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) efforts to influence US politics (6:04), the Ethiopian government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) work to open up Tigray for humanitarian relief (8:26), at least six dead in a bombing in Istanbul (12:18), the Israeli government reacts to the FBI investigation into the killing of reporter ...
E71 - Somalia and the War on Terror w/ Samar Al-Bulushi
November 15, 2022 13:47 - 48 minutes - 66.4 MBDanny and Derek welcome Samar Al-Bulushi, assistant professor of anthropology at UC Irvine, contributing editor at Africa is a Country, and non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute, to discuss the US War on Terror in Somalia. They cover the background of US involvement in the Horn of Africa, the Islamic Courts Union, the 2006 Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, the emergence of Al-Shabaab, AFRICOM, and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge...
Bonus - The History of the Philippines, Ep. 1 w/ Lisandro Claudio
November 12, 2022 12:21 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Lisandro Claudio, associate professor at UC Berkeley, for the first episode in a series on the history of the Philippines. In this episode, they touch on the islands’ societies before the advent of Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the roots of Filipino nationalism, the Philippines in the context of 19th century Asia, Gomburza and the 1872 Cavite Mutiny, José Rizal, and the leadup to the 1896 Philippine Revolution. Grab a copy of Lisandro’s book Liberali...
News Roundup - November 11, 2022
November 11, 2022 15:01 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBThe News makes another star appearance (featuring Danny and Derek). This week: A Ukraine diplomatic (0:50) and military (5:50) update, negotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol (10:13), Responsible Statecraft’s new report on special visas for Afghan auxiliaries (13:54), the new far-right Israeli government (17:53), Ethiopian and Tigrayan negotiations to implement the new peace deal (21:50), Sudan’s junta government begins negotiations for a transfer of power (24:31), and the glory of C...
E70 - The Iran Protests w/ Assal Rad and Pouya Alimagham
November 08, 2022 13:56 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Assal Rad, research director at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), and Pouya Alimagham, historian of the Middle East at MIT, for an episode on the ongoing protests in Iran. They discuss protest tactics, Iranian Student Day, labor power from the bazaar, the state’s reaction, the role of sanctions, the situation in Sistan and Baluchestan, and more. Order your copy of Assal’s book, The State of Resistance: Politics, Culture, and Identity in Modern Iran...
Special - The Israeli Election w/ Udi Greenberg
November 07, 2022 22:15 - 3 minutes - 4.29 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome Udi Greenberg, associate professor of history at Dartmouth College, to discuss the 2022 Israeli legislative election. Grab a copy of Udi’s book The Weimar Century: German Émigrés and the Ideological Foundations of the Cold War. Recorded Monday, November 7, 2022
Bonus - A History of Modern Palestine, Ep. 5 w/ Rashid Khalidi
November 05, 2022 12:12 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, to discuss his book The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017. In this episode, they cover topics including: Israeli regional dominance in the postwar years, the so-called Arab Cold War, changes in the US-Israel relationship between 1956 and 1967, factors leading to the 1967 War, UN Security Council Resolution 242, and mor...
News Roundup - November 4, 2022
November 04, 2022 14:20 - 25 minutes - 35 MBBack from a residency at The Laugh Factory, it’s Danny and Derek! With news! This week: The return of Bibi in Israel (0:40), the Lebanese parliament struggles to elect a president (4:22), the Social Democrats hang onto power in Denmark (5:20), a Ukraine update (7:35), Imran Khan is shot in Pakistan (10:57), the DPRK responds to more Western military drills with missile tests (13:44), a peace deal in Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict (16:23), M23 once again on the move in the Democratic Republic of ...
E69 - The Audit w/ Joshua Olson, David Sirota, and Kate Willett
November 01, 2022 13:35 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBDanny and Derek welcome Joshua Olson, co-host of the new podcast The Audit, David Sirota, founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever, and Kate Willett, stand-up comedian and co-host of Reply Guys podcast, to discuss The Audit. The conversation touches on the state of the post-2016 leftwing media ecosystem, the role and value of independent media, rehabilitating irredeemable figures, the damage done by The West Wing, and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other ...
Special - The 2022 Brazil Presidential Runoff w/ Andrew Fishman and Benjamin Fogel
October 31, 2022 19:01 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBDanny and Derek welcome Andrew Fishman, president and co-founder of The Intercept Brasil, and Benjamin Fogel, contributing editor to Jacobin and historian of Brazil at NYU, to discuss Sunday’s presidential runoff in Brazil in which Lula da Silva narrowly defeated Jair Bolsonaro. Make a donation to support The Intercept Brasil, which just went independent. Also check out the late Michael Brooks’ interview with Lula from 2020. Recorded Monday, October 31, 2022 This is a public episode. If...
News Roundup - October 28, 2022
October 28, 2022 14:00 - 25 minutes - 35 MBOur own Dr. Frankenstein Derek, along with Igor Danny, bring to life another news aggregation creation. This week: Russia accuses Ukraine of a planned dirty bomb (0:33), the UK’s newest (and wealthiest) prime minister (8:12), Iran protests hit 40 days and Shiraz suffers a terror attack (11:01), a Myanmar military airstrike kills at least 80 concertgoers in the country’s north (13:38), Xi announces a third term as the Chinese Communist Party’s 2022 Congress wraps up (16:36), and the UN implem...
UNLOCKED - The Galactic Vietnam w/ Daniel Immerwahr
October 26, 2022 16:49 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Daniel Immerwahr, professor of history at Northwestern University, to talk about about his new essay, “The Galactic Vietnam: Technology, Modernization, and Empire in George Lucas’s Star Wars”. They discuss the ideological projects of Lucas’ early work, Star Wars as a “Vietnam film”, its characters’ real-life counterparts, the franchise’s orientalism, and more. Check out Daniel’s chapter in the volume Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations: New Histories. This is a ...
E68 - For Might and Right, Ep. 2 w/ Michael Brenes
October 25, 2022 13:52 - 45 minutes - 62.1 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 his book For Might and Right: Cold War Defense Spending and the Remaking of American Democracy. They pick up the discussion after the Korean War, touching on Eisenhower’s “military-industrial complex” farewell address, the 1958 National Defense Education Act, Robert McNamara and the Kennedy administration, defense conversion and...
E68 - The Military-Industrial Complex, Ep. 2 w/ Michael Brenes
October 25, 2022 13:52 - 45 minutes - 62.1 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 his book For Might and Right: Cold War Defense Spending and the Remaking of American Democracy. They pick up the discussion after the Korean War, touching on Eisenhower’s “military-industrial complex” farewell address, the 1958 National Defense Education Act, Robert McNamara and the Kennedy administration, defense conversion and...
Bonus - The History of Afghanistan, Ep. 10 w/ Tim Nunan, Pashtana Durrani, and Haroun Rahimi (Pt. 2)
October 23, 2022 14:41 - 5 minutes - 7.1 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com In the second and final part of the two-hour finale to our History of Afghanistan series, Tim Nunan, lecturer in global history at the Free University of Berlin, moderates a panel discussion where he, Danny, and Derek are joined by Pashtana Durrani, founder of LEARN Afghan, and Haroun Rahimi, lawyer and visiting professor at Università Bocconi. Pashtana and Haroun share more personal experiences from Af...
News Roundup - October 21, 2022
October 21, 2022 14:25 - 27 minutes - 38 MBThe number one news update in Dublin, Georgia returns for another weekly roundup. This week: Liz Truss’ farewell (0:40), the EU imposes yet more sanctions on Iran (7:45), a Ukraine update (10:35), renewed tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict (13:38), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress (17:22), a potential intervention in Haiti (19:34), and Joe Biden dips into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (23:07). Recorded Thursday, October 20, 2022 This is a public episode. If you’d like to...
E67 - American Exception w/ Aaron Good
October 18, 2022 15:10 - 53 minutes - 73.1 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Aaron Good, host of the American Exception podcast and author of a book by the same name, for a discussion of American foreign policy education and historiography. They talk about what drove Aaron to write the book, individual actors’ power within the “US regime,” the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the value of highlighting the US’s political dark side for political change, and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other ...
Bonus - The History of Afghanistan, Ep. 10 w/ Tim Nunan, Pashtana Durrani, and Haroun Rahimi (Pt. 1)
October 16, 2022 15:17 - 5 minutes - 7.46 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com In the first part of our two-hour finale to our History of Afghanistan series, Tim Nunan, lecturer in global history at the Free University of Berlin, moderates a panel discussion where he, Danny, and Derek are joined by Pashtana Durrani, founder of LEARN Afghan, and Haroun Rahimi, lawyer and visiting professor at Università Bocconi. In this first part of the discussion, Pashtana and Haroun share experi...
News Roundup - October 14, 2022
October 14, 2022 13:06 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MBDanny and Derek once again deliver The News™. This week: more trouble in the US-Saudi relationship (0:48), the Lebanon-Israel maritime deal (5:47), a new president of Iraq (9:34), the continuing Iran protests (12:50), an Ethiopia war update (15:22), protests in Haiti (17:26), a Ukraine war update (19:58), and a new US national security strategy (24:50). This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanprestige...
Special - The Katie Halper Story w/ Katie Halper
October 13, 2022 16:18 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBDanny and Derek welcome Katie Halper, host of The Katie Halper Show, to discuss her recent dismissal from The Hill’s program Rising due to a segment critical of Israel. They discuss the segment itself, the accusations thrown her way, voices of support in the wake of her firing, and more. Like and subscribe Katie on YouTube or throw her some support on Patreon. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanp...
Special - OPEC+ and the Contemporary Oil Market w/ Greg Brew
October 11, 2022 16:00 - 4 minutes - 6.78 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek speak with Greg Brew, postdoctoral fellow at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, about OPEC+’s oil production cut, the bloc’s history, the state of the global oil market, and the US-Saudi relationship.
Special - OPEC+ and the Contemporary Oil Market w/ Gregory Brew
October 11, 2022 16:00 - 4 minutes - 6.78 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek speak with Gregory Brew, postdoctoral fellow at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, about OPEC+’s oil production cut, the bloc’s history, the state of the global oil market, and the US-Saudi relationship.
E66 - The History of Colombia, Ep. 1 w/ Rob Karl
October 11, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBDanny and Derek speak with Rob Karl, professor of arts and humanities at Minerva University, about the history of Colombia. They discuss wars between liberals and conservatives in the 19th and 20th centuries, the Colombian political structure, the Colombian state, and more, in this first episode of a series. 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 - Lessons of Guerrero, Ep. 2 w/ Alexander Aviña
October 08, 2022 13:00 - 5 minutes - 7.01 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Alexander Aviña, associate professor of history at Arizona State University, to continue the discussion of his book Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside. In this episode, they pick up in the 1970s and discuss President Luis Echeverría, the advent of neoliberalism in Mexico, the 1982 default, the transformation of the drug trade in th...
News Roundup - October 7, 2022
October 07, 2022 13:48 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBDanny and Derek are back with the hottest news update on this side of the dial. This week: a Ukraine update (0:31), the DPRK conducts numerous missile tests over several days (10:22), a Yemen ceasefire expires (15:34), OPEC cuts oil production (18:46), the second coup of the year in Burkina Faso (22:00), and an update on the Brazilian election (25:54). Recorded Thursday, October 6, 2022 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus e...
E65 - The World of Early Islam, Ep. 1 w/ Hamza Zafer
October 04, 2022 13:52 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBDanny and Derek welcome to the program Hamza Zafer, associate professor in the department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of Washington, to discuss the world as it stood in the early days of Islam. The conversation focuses on the material conditions of the Arabian peninsula around the 7th century, touching on culture and economy of Mecca, the Red Sea Wars, early historiography of the Qur’an, pre-Islamic civic cults, ḥunafā’, the controversial ideas of Hagarism, and...
Special - The 2022 Brazilian General Election w/ Benjamin Fogel
October 03, 2022 16:30 - 4 minutes - 6.82 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome Benjamin Fogel, contributing editor to Jacobin and historian of Brazil at NYU, to discuss the results of the first round of the 2022 Brazilian general election, the far right and left in Brazil, what the results portend, and more. Check out Benjamin’s piece on the election in the Daily Maverick and another one in The Nation. Recorded Monday, October 3, 2022
Bonus - The History of Afghanistan, Ep. 9 w/ Tim Nunan
October 02, 2022 13:53 - 4 minutes - 6.39 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back Tim Nunan, lecturer in global history at the Free University of Berlin, for the final narrative episode on Afghanistan's history. The discussion covers the Trump administration’s policy toward Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, the Doha Agreement, the Taliban-Al-Qaeda relationship in the era of the so-called Islamic State (IS), the role of independent contractors in Afghanistan,...
News Roundup - September 30, 2022
September 30, 2022 15:07 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MBDanny and Derek report on the Nord Stream leaks (0:53), Russians’ reaction to the recent mobilization (7:26), referendums in eastern Ukraine and an update on the conflict (9:19), the Italian general election (14:59), economic troubles in the UK (16:33), protests in Iran (18:45), MBS becoming prime minister of Saudi Arabia (22:28), the upcoming Brazilian election (25:35), and a ceasefire in Colombia. Recorded Thursday, September 29, 2022 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss t...
E64 - The Triumph of Broken Promises, Ep. 1 w/ Fritz Bartel
September 27, 2022 15:58 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MBDanny and Derek welcome Fritz Bartel, assistant professor at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University, for a conversation on his book The Triumph of Broken Promises: The End of the Cold War and the Rise of Neoliberalism. They lay the groundwork for the neoliberal era, discussing the particularities of the original Cold War as compared with the new one with China, why great power competition might end peacefully when that’s not anticipated, the social contract p...
Special - The 2022 Italian General Election w/ Paolo Gerbaudo
September 26, 2022 20:47 - 5 minutes - 6.96 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome Paolo Gerbaudo, sociologist at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, to discuss the 2022 Italian General Election, in which the far right Brothers of Italy won a significant portion of the vote. Recorded Monday, September 26, 2022
Bonus - The Currency of Politics, Ep. 2 w/ Stefan Eich
September 25, 2022 14:02 - 5 minutes - 6.9 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 the discussion of his book The Currency of Politics. They focus on the oft-overlooked work of Johann Gottlieb Fichte, state experimentation with fiat currencies in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, parallels with modern crypto currencies, MMT, and more. Check out Stefan’s book here an...
Special - The September 2022 Protests in Iran w/ Sussan Tahmasebi
September 23, 2022 23:59 - 3 minutes - 5.12 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome Sussan Tahmasebi, co-founder and Executive Director of FEMENA, to talk about the ongoing protests in Iran. They discuss the background of the inciting incident, the history and enforcement of dress laws in Iran, government reaction to the unrest, underlying grievances among protesters, and more. Check out FEMENA’s work at their official website. Recorded Friday, September 23,...
News Roundup - September 23, 2022
September 23, 2022 13:18 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBDanny and Derek discuss the UN General Assembly (0:53), the Tigray Conflict in Ethiopia (3:05), protests in Iran (5:02), protests in Haiti (8:55), Ukraine annexation referendums (12:36), the Russian mobilization (15:19), and a Havana Syndrome update (32:24). Recorded Thursday, September 22, 2022 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
E63 - The Crisis in Progressive Foreign Policy w/ Stephen Wertheim
September 20, 2022 13:26 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to discuss his new article in Foreign Affairs, “The Crisis in Progressive Foreign Policy”. They discuss DC’s rhetoric around Ukraine, the schisms within “progressive” foreign policy, Joe Biden and Taiwan, 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.americanpre...
Bonus - States of Liberation, Ep. 2 w/ Samuel Huneke
September 17, 2022 11:43 - 40 minutesThis 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 at the end of World War I, discussing domestic factors in that loss and the narrative around it, the Weimar constitution and Paragraph 175, queer writers of the time s...
Bonus - Queer Germany, Ep. 2 w/ Samuel Huneke
September 17, 2022 11:43 - 5 minutes - 7.16 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 at the end of World War I, discussing domestic factors in that loss and the narrative around it, the Weimar constitution and Paragraph 175, queer writers of the time s...
News Roundup - September 16, 2022
September 16, 2022 13:50 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MBDanny and Derek discuss the Ukrainian counter-offensive (0:58), renewed tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan (9:27), Ethiopia and Eritrea’s Tigray offensive (16:50), Islamic State in the Sahara making gains in Mali (19:36), Sweden’s new far-right majority parliament (21:21), and DPRK legislation codifying itself as a nuclear power (25:06). 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/subs...
E62 - The Blockade of Gaza w/ Omar Shakir
September 13, 2022 12:21 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MBDanny and Derek welcome back Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, to discuss the blockade of Gaza. A follow-up to our special episode on the recent Israeli attacks on the Strip, this episode touches on the 2005 Israeli disengagement from Gaza, the effect of Gaza’s isolation from the West Bank on Palestinian civil society, Israel’s Gaza “policy”, regional enablers of the Strip’s isolation, the Abraham Accords, and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like to...
Special - The Life and Death of Elizabeth II
September 12, 2022 19:19 - 5 minutes - 7.22 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny welcomes Kathryn Lamontagne, lecturer in social sciences at Boston University, to discuss the life and death of Elizabeth II, her vision of empire and the commonwealth, the gender politics surrounding her, King Charles, Princess Diana, Prince Andrew, and more.