Latest Oxford political review Podcast Episodes

Economist Prof. Daron Acemoglu

Oxford Political Review Podcast - May 18, 2020 21:00 - 35 minutes
In 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

Oxford Political Review Podcast - April 26, 2020 19:00 - 32 minutes
Professor 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

Oxford Political Review Podcast - April 26, 2020 19:00 - 32 minutes
Dr. 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

Oxford Political Review Podcast - April 07, 2020 09:00 - 16 minutes
David 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

Oxford Political Review Podcast - April 07, 2020 09:00 - 16 minutes
David 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

Oxford Political Review Podcast - April 07, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutes
President 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

Oxford Political Review Podcast - March 19, 2020 15:00 - 34 minutes
Ian 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

Oxford Political Review Podcast - March 10, 2020 00:00 - 29 minutes
Secretary 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

Oxford Political Review Podcast - January 19, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour
The 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

Oxford Political Review Podcast - October 19, 2019 03:00 - 55 minutes
Lotay 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

Oxford Political Review Podcast - September 13, 2019 02:00 - 22 minutes
OPR 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. Pri...