Oxford Political Review Podcast
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -Interview series by the team at the Oxford Political Review with guests ranging from political theorists, journalists, social scientists, politicians, and more. The Oxford Political Review is an Oxford-based publication focusing on current affairs, political theory, and international relations.
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Episodes
Economist Prof. Daron Acemoglu
May 18, 2020 21:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBIn 2019, our Editor-in-Chief Brian Wong spoke to Prof. Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics at MIT about his best selling co-authored books Why Nations Fail and The Narrow Corridor.
Economist Joseph Stiglitz
April 26, 2020 19:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBProfessor Joseph Eugene Stiglitz is an American economist, public policy expert, former Chief Economist at the World Bank, and a professor at Columbia University. He is a 2001 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Keiji Fukuda
April 26, 2020 19:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBDr. Keiji Fukuda is the former Assistant Director-General for Health, Security and Environment at the World Health Organisation, and amongst the leading advisors to the Hong Kong government on the COVID-19 Outbreak.
Former WHO Assistant Director-General David Heyman
April 07, 2020 09:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBDavid Heymann is the former Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organisation and current Special Advisor to the World Health Organisation. David is a foremost expert on infectious diseases and a former Chair of Public Health England.
Former WHO Assistant Director-General David Heymann
April 07, 2020 09:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBDavid Heymann is the former Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organisation and current Special Advisor to the World Health Organisation. David is a foremost expert on infectious diseases and a former Chair of Public Health England.
Former President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
April 07, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBPresident Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson served as the fifth President of Iceland from 1996 to 2016, and the current Chairman of the Arctic Circle.
Political Scientist Ian Bremmer
March 19, 2020 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBIan Bremmer is founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, as well as a prominent political scientist. He is known for his synthesis of academic research with relevant and up-to-date geopolitical risk analysis.
Former US Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson
March 10, 2020 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBSecretary Jeh Johnson was the US Secretary of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama. Prior to that, he served with extensive experience in the fields of homeland security and legal counselling, and is currently - as he puts it - a retired, former politician turned civilian.
Kim Campbell, Former Prime Minister of Canada
January 19, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 42 MBThe Oxford Political Review speaks with former Prime Minister of Canada, Kim Campbell, on her experience as a woman in politics, as a reformist within the Canadian Progressive Conservative Party, and as a leading champion of gender equality and workplace liberation within Canadian politics.
Prime Minister of Bhutan Lotay Tshering
October 19, 2019 03:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBLotay Tshering became Prime Minister of Bhutan on November 7, 2018. OPR Executive Editor Brian Wong speaks with the Prime Minister in a wide-ranging interview.
CNN Host Michael Smerconish
September 13, 2019 02:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBOPR Culture and Ideas Editor Chang Che interviews Michael Smerconish. Smerconish is the host of the weekly Saturday TV program on CNN fittingly called "Smerconish." He is also the host of The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM'S POTUS Channel 124, newspaper columnist, author and lawyer. Prior to joining CNN, Smerconish was an MSNBC contributor and frequent guest-host of Hardball for Chris Matthews. He has been a guest on virtually every television program where politics is discussed, in...