American Prestige
542 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 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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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 - 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...
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...
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.
Bonus - The Vikings and White Supremacy w/ Lauren Poyer
September 11, 2022 16:24 - 4 minutes - 6.82 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back to the program Lauren Poyer, assistant teaching professor at the University of Washington, to discuss the use of viking culture in the context of white supremacy. They explore 19th century efforts to create a Scandinavian and Germanic Volk, the dialogue between viking age archaeology and mythology, Scandanavian immigrants in the early 20th century US, Nazi interest in viking...
Bonus - Tony Stark in Afghanistan w/ Leslie Lee III
September 11, 2022 16:22 - 2 minutes - 4.03 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com **Originally recorded and released in September, 2021** Danny and Derek speak with Leslie Lee III, the host of Struggle Session, about post-9/11 culture and how the United States' imperial adventures influenced movies, TV, and video. They discuss a number of cultural products, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC universe, 24, The Shield, and …
Special - Rescue 9/11 w/ Jim Lobe and Laila Ujayli
September 11, 2022 16:04 - 5 minutes - 6.86 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com **This episode was originally recorded and released in September, 2021** Danny and Derek begin the episode with some reflections on their 9/11 experience. They then interview Jim Lobe, director of LobeLog and contributing editor at the Quincy Institute’s Responsible Statecraft, about the intellectual origins of the coalition that after 9/11 pursued endle…
Special - Ukraine's Kharkiv Counter-Offensive
September 10, 2022 19:03 - 4 minutes - 6.79 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Derek and Danny give an update in light of the ongoing counter-offensive in northeastern Ukraine. Recorded Saturday, September 10, 2022
Special - The Chilean Constitutional Plebiscite w/ René Rojas
September 09, 2022 21:34 - 47 minutes - 65 MBIn lieu of a News Roundup this week, Danny and Derek welcome René Rojas—assistant professor of human development at SUNY Binghamton, member of the editorial board of Catalyst, and contributor to Jacobin—to discuss the September 4 Chilean constitutional plebiscite and what it means for Chilean politics. Check out René’s latest essay in Catalyst, “Chile’s Resurgent Left”. Also, keep an eye out for his piece on the plebiscite in Jacobin this coming weekend, as well as an upcoming book on 21st ...
E61 - Current Conflicts in the Eastern DR Congo w/ Jason Stearns
September 06, 2022 13:35 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBDanny and Derek welcome Jason Stearns, assistant professor at Simon Fraser University and director of the Congo Research Group at NYU, for a discussion of the conflicts currently transpiring in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They unpack a number of topics, including the background of the March 23 Movement (M23), the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), the controversy over UN and East African peacekeeping missions, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the It...
Bonus - The History of Afghanistan, Ep. 8 w/ Tim Nunan
September 03, 2022 11:55 - 3 minutes - 4.94 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 eighth episode on Afghanistan's history. They pick up at the end of the Obama administration, examining the Afghanistan War’s place in the American imagination, why the war was hardly discussed in the 2016 election, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Jalaluddin Haqqani and the Haqqani Network, the push for pea...
News Roundup - September 2, 2022
September 02, 2022 13:36 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MBDanny and Derek discuss flooding in Pakistan (0:30), the Greenland ice sheet melting (3:11), violence in Baghdad (4:39), factional fighting in Tripoli, Libya (8:15), the expansion of the Tigray War in Ethiopia (10:45), IAEA inspectors and the beginning of a counteroffensive in Ukraine (13:31), the EU suspending visas for Russians (17:54), tension in the Solomon Islands (20:11), and the Pentagon’s new initiative to minimize civilian casualties (23:50). Recorded Thursday, September 1, 2022. ...
E60 - The Military-Industrial Complex, Ep. 1 w/ Michael Brenes
August 30, 2022 13:27 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MBDanny and Derek welcome 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 discuss the origins of the military-industrial complex (MIC), the MIC-New Deal connection, NSC-68, the MIC as a tool of social mobility, labor unions’ relation to the security state, and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like...
E60 - For Might and Right, Ep. 1 w/ Michael Brenes
August 30, 2022 13:27 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MBDanny and Derek welcome 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 discuss the origins of the military-industrial complex (MIC), the MIC-New Deal connection, NSC-68, the MIC as a tool of social mobility, labor unions’ relation to the security state, and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like...
All Hailbag the Mailbag 4
August 27, 2022 13:01 - 4 minutes - 6.28 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com It’s time for subscribers’ favorite feature: Danny and Derek divulging their personal financial data! No, our mailbags don’t get quite so transactional, but the two hosts happily respond to questions and comments from our dear subscribers. Topics of this mailbag include: CPAC, Ukraine, the art of regional branding, an update on the Blob, a prognosis on Brazil, and more. Recorded Wednesday, August 17, 2...
News Roundup - August 26, 2022
August 26, 2022 14:55 - 27 minutes - 37.4 MBDanny and Derek discuss fighting between U.S. and Syrian militias, the JCPOA, Imran Khan's legal troubles, the resumption of fighting in Ethiopia, the murder of Darya Dugina, and Joe Biden's $3 billion arms transfer to Ukraine. Recorded Thursday, August 25, 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
E59 - Understanding Modern Iran, Ep. 1 w/ Assal Rad and Poulya Alimagham
August 23, 2022 13:35 - 53 minutesDanny and Derek welcome Assal Rad, research director at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), and Poulya Alimagham, historian of the Middle East at MIT, for the first episode in a series on modern Iran. The crew sets the stage for the 1953 coup against prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, discussing Iranians’ attempts to wrest sovereignty from the hands of foreign powers since the 19th century, the 1890 tobacco concession, the ousting of the Qajars, the rise of the Pahlavis, the 1941 al...
E59 - Understanding Modern Iran, Ep. 1 w/ Assal Rad and Pouya Alimagham
August 23, 2022 13:35 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MBDanny and Derek welcome Assal Rad, research director at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), and Pouya Alimagham, historian of the Middle East at MIT, for the first episode in a series on modern Iran. The crew sets the stage for the 1953 coup against prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, discussing Iranians’ attempts to wrest sovereignty from the hands of foreign powers since the 19th century, the 1890 tobacco concession, the ousting of the Qajars, the rise of the Pahlavis, the 1941 al...
Bonus - The Galactic Vietnam w/ Daniel Immerwahr
August 20, 2022 12:33 - 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 i...
Special - Trump and the Espionage Act w/ Maryam Jamshidi
August 19, 2022 21:28 - 4 minutes - 5.48 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com With the recent FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago and the revelations of this particular investigation into Donald Trump, the Espionage Act is the talk of the town. Danny and Derek spoke with Maryam Jamshidi, professor of law at the University of Florida and specialist in national security law, in order to contextualize the Espionage Act, past cases where it has been implemented, and more. Recorded Friday, August...
News Roundup - August 19, 2022
August 19, 2022 13:48 - 21 minutes - 29.3 MBDanny and Derek talk about the Kenyan presidential election (0:35), the UK prime minister race poll (4:53), Ukraine (7:11), the Iran nuclear talks (14:39), and Biden's decision not to release Afghan central bank funds (18:17). Recorded Thursday, August 18, 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
E58 - Left Internationalism in the Heart of Empire w/ Aziz Rana
August 16, 2022 13:15 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBDanny and Derek welcome back to the show Aziz Rana, Richard and Lois Cole Professor of Law at Cornell University, for a discussion on his recent article in Dissent, “Left Internationalism in the Heart of Empire”. They discuss left foreign policy as it relates to postcolonial movements, transnational programs like the NIEO, the post-Bernie moment, institutional impediments past and present, the post-Cold War era, and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with oth...
Bonus - The History of the Kurds, Ep. 4 w/ Djene Bajalan
August 13, 2022 12:43 - 4 minutes - 5.92 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek are once again joined by Djene Bajalan, associate professor of history at Missouri State University, to continue their miniseries on the history of the Kurds. In this episode, they begin in post-World War I Turkey. They discuss life under the Kamalist regime, the new republic’s changing geostrategic position in the 1920s, the “Kurdish Question”, the Sheikh Said Rebellion and other Kurdis...
News Roundup - August 12, 2022
August 12, 2022 13:54 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBDanny and Derek discuss the Antarctic ice sheet melting (0:34), the attack on Gaza (4:05), election polls in Israel (6:53), JCPOA negotiations (8:29), Russia and New START inspections (12:20), Ukraine (16:00), Sweden & Finland and NATO (20:08), and Antony Blinken's Africa trip & US Africa policy (23:00). Recorded Thursday, August 11, 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
Special - Gaza Under Attack w/ Omar Shakir
August 09, 2022 16:38 - 4 minutes - 5.53 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, for a special discussion contextualizing the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza. Check out Omar’s work at Human Rights Watch. Recorded Tuesday, August 9, 2022
E57 - Technology as a Weapon of Empire w/ Kevin Klyman
August 09, 2022 12:50 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBDanny and Derek welcome Kevin Klyman, researcher at Harvard University’s Belfer Center, to discuss science, technology, and US imperialism. The discussion covers vaccine diplomacy/colonialism, digital democracy and authoritarianism, the role of Big Tech, the Declaration for the Future of the Internet, the Chips and Science Act, and more. Check out Kevin’s (Twitter handle @kevin_klyman) work discussed in the episode: * “Biden's Campaign for ‘Digital Democracy’ is Really a Giveaway to Big Te...
Bonus - The History of Taiwan, Ep. 2 w/ James Lin
August 06, 2022 12:21 - 5 minutes - 7.98 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek welcome back James Lin, assistant professor of international studies at the University of Washington, to continue the discussion of the history of Taiwan. In this episode, they discuss the indigenous peoples who originally inhabited the island, the co-colonization of the Dutch and Han Chinese during the Ming Dynasty, the House of Koxinga, the island under Qing rule, the Japanese occupati...
News Roundup - August 5, 2022
August 05, 2022 13:29 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBDanny and Derek talk about the killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri (1:01), Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan (6:53), the war in Ukraine (14:30), protests and the political situation in Iraq (20:10), and the ceasefire in Yemen (23:19). For a more in-depth analysis of Pelosi’s Taiwan visit, check out our special episode with James Lin. Recorded August 4, 2022 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ameri...
Special - Pelosi in Taiwan w/ James Lin
August 03, 2022 16:52 - 4 minutes - 5.82 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny and Derek picked up the big red phone to James Lin to help us all contextualize Nancy Pelosi’s contentious trip to Taiwan.
E56 - Global Inequality and American Foreign Policy in the 1970s w/ Michael Franczak
August 02, 2022 13:34 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBDanny and Derek welcome Michael Franczak, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House, to discuss his book Global Inequality and American Foreign Policy in the 1970s. The conversation explores the role of the 1970s in US historiography; the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations’ respective responses to the food, oil, and debt crises of that decade; the New International Economic Order (NIEO); figures like Earl Butz, Henry Kissinger, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan...
Bonus - Making the Republic of Vietnam, Ep. 2 w/ Nu-Anh Tran
July 30, 2022 11:58 - 5 minutes - 7.75 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.com Danny welcomes back Nu-Anh Tran, assistant professor at the University of Connecticut, to continue the discussion of her book Disunion: Anticommunist Nationalism and the Making of the Republic of Vietnam. In this episode, they pick things up at the 1954 Geneva Conference and the partition of Vietnam. They discuss the implications of partition, President Ngô Đình Diệm’s struggles to centralize control, t...
News Roundup - July 29, 2022
July 29, 2022 13:26 - 30 minutes - 42 MBDanny and Derek talk about the Tunisian constitutional referendum (1:01), Iraqi protesters storming parliament (2:55), the Iran nuclear deal (7:05), executions in Myanmar (12:26), al-Shabab on the Somali-Ethiopian border (15:14), Ukraine (17:51), Biden's phone call with Xi (27:15), and the melting of the Greenland ice sheet (28:26). Recorded July 28, 2022 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanpresti...
This Week in History - July 24-30
July 28, 2022 14:23 - 3 minutes - 4.97 MBGreetings! We’re trying a new series, “This Week in History” brought to you by Foreign Exchanges (FX). I (Producer Jake) will choose a few interesting historical events each week based on what Derek has compiled for FX, and I’ll turn them into a mini podcast episode. Maybe I’ll end up using some of that ol’ “radio magic”, anything is possible! This will also be a series for paid subscribers, but we’re putting this first one out for everyone. This week we find ourselves at the beginning of ...
This Week in History - July 24-31
July 28, 2022 14:23 - 3 minutesGreetings! We’re trying a new series, “This Week in History” brought to you by Foreign Exchanges (FX). I (Producer Jake) will choose a few interesting historical events each week based on what Derek has compiled for FX, and I’ll turn them into a mini podcast episode. Maybe I’ll end up using some of that ol’ “radio magic”, anything is possible! This will also be a series for paid subscribers, but we’re putting this first one out for everyone. This week we find ourselves at the beginning of F...
E55 - Making the Republic of Vietnam, Ep. 1 w/ Nu-Anh Tran
July 26, 2022 12:54 - 45 minutes - 62.3 MBDanny and Derek welcome Nu-Anh Tran, assistant professor at the University of Connecticut, for a discussion on her book Disunion: Anticommunist Nationalism and the Making of the Republic of Vietnam. In this first episode, they discuss the ideologies of independence movements dating back to the 1920s, the Japanese occupation of World War II, the Việt Minh, the roles of the Cao Đài and Hòa Hảo religious movements in anticolonial resistance, the outbreak of the Anti-French Resistance (First Ind...
News Roundup - July 22, 2022
July 22, 2022 13:33 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBDanny and Derek talk about Biden's Middle East trip (0:33), the apparent Turkish attack in Northern Iraq (4:05), Putin's and Erdoğan's trip to Iran (7:16), Sri Lanka's new president (12:49), Bolsonaro's claims of election fraud (15:36), Draghi's resignation in Italy (19:21), Ukraine (23:02), and the European heatwave (31:02). Recorded July 21, 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....
E54 - Queer Germany, Ep. 1 w/ Samuel Huneke
July 19, 2022 14:11 - 48 minutes - 66 MBDanny 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, discussing the contemporary scholarship on sexuality, German liberalism and the rights available to homosexuals in Germanic states, the influence of the Enlightenment and French Revolution on proto-G...