Disrupt: A Revolutionary Critical Podcast
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsDisrupt is a revolutionary critical podcast that acts as an introduction to international relations (IR) for students, academics, and activists alike
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The Institutionalization of International Politics
March 24, 2022 15:39 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBIn Disrupt’s first episode on institutions, Gabi and Bridgett lay the groundwork for this series by unpacking the nature of institutions in international relations and examining Western orthodox theoretical perspectives on the history and purpose of institutions in contemporary international politics. After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Wars, by G. John Ikenberry Governing the World: The History of an Idea, 1815 to the Present, by Mark ...
Exploring Nuclear Shadows: A People's Atlas of Nuclear Colorado
November 30, 2021 14:59 - 57 minutes - 37.1 MBDr. Shiloh Krupar and Sarah Kanouse join us to discuss their project A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado, which explores Colorado as a microcosm of the U.S. nuclear apparatus. Using art, personal narrative, and scholarly reflections, the Atlas exposes the harmful externalities of the wide range of nuclear activities that Colorado has housed. We also discuss the role of critical theories in nuclear policymaking and their hopeful takes on the future of disrupting the nuclear status quo.
Ward Wilson: A Realist Guide to Eliminating Nuclear Weapons
October 08, 2021 16:33 - 39 minutes - 25 MBIn this episode, we sit down with Ward Wilson, executive director of Realist Revolt, to discuss his pragmatic arguments against nuclear weapons and his ideas about how we can eliminate them permanently. RealistRevolt: Eliminating Nuclear Weapons Why we need a fundamental reappraisal of nuclear weapons policy How to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons: Parts 1-4 African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement | Vincent J. Intondi Music: https://www....
Post-Colonial and Feminist Imaginaries in Nuclear Politics
September 24, 2021 16:59 - 1 hour - 63 MBDr. Catherine Eschle and Dr. Shine Choi join us to discuss the intersection between nuclear weapons, feminism, and postcolonialism. Given that nuclear politics are often centered on great power competition and militarism from the perspective of the Global North, Dr. Eschle and Dr. Choi highlight scholarship from the Global South as the locus for nuclear dialogues centered on alternative understandings of power, positionality, and empathy in global nuclear dialogues. Crossing Borders: a femi...
They Lost Em: The Nuclear Pasts of Libya and South Africa
September 08, 2021 14:56 - 25 minutes - 17 MBThis episode concludes our series on the three different categories of actors when it comes to nuclear states: those that have, those that want, and those that gave up nuclear weapons. Although many countries have pursued nuclear weapons to different degrees, South Africa and Libya are the only two to ever give up their nuclear weapons. In this episode, we walk through the very different contexts behind South African and Libyan disarmament as well as critical perspectives on these decisions....
They Want 'Em: Nuclear Politics and Western Resistance in Iran and North Korea
July 16, 2021 14:18 - 37 minutes - 25.4 MBIn this episode, we continue our series on the three different categories of actors when it comes to nuclear states: those that have, those that want, and those that gave up nuclear weapons. This episode focuses on Iran and North Korea as states in pursuit of nuclear programs despite international pressures to abandon their nuclear aspirations. The Facts Prove Iran Still Wants Nuclear Weapons Iran's Nuclear Program Timeline and History | NTI North Korea Nuclear Weapons Threat | Nuclear Pr...
They've Got 'Em: Russia and China's Nuclear Politics With the West
July 02, 2021 16:41 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MBIn this episode, we begin our series on the three different categories of actors when it comes to nuclear states: those that have, those that want, and those that gave up nuclear weapons. We begin by looking at China and Russia as states that have nuclear weapons and how their nuclear politics with the West can be understood from critical perspectives. The Threats That U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy Must Address - Proportionate Deterrence: A Model Nuclear Posture Review Nuclear coercion skeptic...
Explosive Art: Creativity, Justice, and Nuclear Weapons
June 11, 2021 16:40 - 45 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this episode, we interview Molly Hurley, a Wagoner Fellow from Rice University in Houston, TX, a Nuclear Program Fellow with The Prospect Hill Foundation, and Fellowship Associate with Beyond the Bomb. She currently works as an independent researcher studying nuclear weapons issues, their intersectionality with many other social justice issues, and the role that artwork could play in carrying on stories and messages about the atrocities committed for the sake of nuclear development and dom...
Sex and Gender in Nuclear Dialogues
May 24, 2021 18:17 - 22 minutes - 18.8 MBIn this episode, we continue unpacking the history of nuclear issues in international relations and traditional (Western) conceptions of nuclear weapons/technology. Utilizing feminism and queer theory, we look at the ways in which nuclear dialogues have been gendered and sexed throughout American foreign policy. Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals Slick 'Ems, Glick 'Ems, Christmas Trees, and Cookie Cutters: Nuclear Language and How We Learned to Pat the Bomb A Feminis...
Weapons, Waste, and Technology: Nukes, Oh My!
April 30, 2021 19:22 - 33 minutes - 28.2 MBThis week’s episode looks at nuclear issues such as proliferation, technology, and energy from critical perspectives. We unpack the history of nuclear issues in international relations and traditional conceptions of nuclear weapons/technology in Western foreign policies. However, critical perspectives such as Marxism, Green Theory, Decolonialism/Postcolonialism, and Critical Race Theory highlight why traditional nuclear policy is detrimental to marginalized communities and why nuclear issues ...
Critical Environmental Studies on Racism, Sexism, and Homophobia: A Conversation with Dr. Priscilla Wald
April 16, 2021 14:59 - 28 minutes - 19.2 MBJoin us for a conversation about the intersection between environmental justice and critical race, queer, and feminist theories with Dr. Priscilla Wald, Professor of English and former Director of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University. In her research, her teaching, and her professional activities, Dr. Wald is committed to promoting conversations among scholars from science, medicine, law, and cultural studies in order to facilitate a richer understanding of how informa...
Dialogue, Trauma, and Policy: Interview with Marisol Maddox
April 03, 2021 15:31 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBJoin us for a conversation with Marisol Maddox about climate change, the role of critical theories in policymaking, and how grief and trauma manifest in our current political climate. Marisol is an Arctic analyst at the Polar Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC, a non-resident research fellow at the Center for Climate & Security, a member of Foreign Policy for America’s NextGen Initiative, and a part-time master’s student at George Mason University studying international...
Climate Change: Queer, Feminist, and Critical Race Theories
March 12, 2021 17:50 - 23 minutes - 20.1 MBIn this episode, we look at how Feminism, Queer Theory, and Critical Race Theory are used to unpack climate change and environmental degradation in international relations. Links to resources on critical theories and climate change are listed below! Feminism: Kimberlé Crenshaw and Intersectionality Feminist Perspectives on the Environment | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies Queer: Nicola J. Smith, “Capitalism’s Sexual History” Critical Race: Beth Gardiner, “Unequal Imp...
Climate Change: SmartICE Interview
March 01, 2021 19:44 - 42 minutes - 34.7 MBSmartICE Sea Ice Monitoring and Information Inc. is a community-oriented organization offering climate change adaptation tools that are designed to incorporate sea-ice monitoring data with local indigenous knowledge of sea ice conditions, which can contribute to more informed decision making with regards to land, water and sea ice travel. Climate change is impacting northern Indigenous communities faster than anywhere in the world. As sea ice is vital to life in the north, connecting commu...
Climate Change: Decolonial, Indigenous, and Green Theories
February 04, 2021 00:40 - 25 minutes - 22.1 MBIn this episode, we look at how different IR lenses are used to unpack climate change and environmental degradation. Conventional theories such as realism and liberalism see climate change as a problem of power--especially because of its potential to incite conflict over resources. However, critical IR theories highlight different considerations and consequences of climate change that are important to discuss. Links to resources on critical theories and climate change are listed below! Decol...
Disrupt: Introduction
January 20, 2021 19:44 - 5 minutes - 4.93 MBWelcome to Disrupt! We're two political science graduate students seeking to analyze international relations from non-western perspectives. This episode is an introduction to the two of us and what you can expect to hear on Disrupt. If you're interested in being featured as a critical scholar or activist, we'd love to have you! We'll be addressing theories like postcolonial and decolonial theory, queer theory, feminist theory, and green theory (just to name a few) to cover broad issues lik...