Best Pipeline Intelligence Company Podcasts (2025)

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Baku’s latest ‘biggest enemy’. Journalist Orkhan Mammad explains how Azerbaijani propaganda weaponized the ongoing diplomatic crisis with Russia

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Coffins containing the bodies of the Safarov brothers at the Baku airport terminal. June 30, 2025. Russia and Azerbaijan are embroiled in an ongoing diplomatic row. In late June, Russian authorities carried out mass arrests targeting members of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg that left two people dead. Baku responded in an unexpectedly sh…

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Russia moves to ban ‘international Satanism movement’ as extremist group

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The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has filed legal proceedings seeking to outlaw the “international Satanism movement” as an extremist group, the state news agency TASS reported on Friday. The lawsuit, which is now slated for a court hearing on July 22, marks the second time Russian authorities have moved to ban an “extremist movement” that do…

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The prime minister versus the church. Why Armenian leader Nikol Pashinyan is arresting priests over an alleged coup plot

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Shirak Diocese head Mikael Adjapakhyan (in light-colored clothing) shortly before his arrest. Catholicos Karekin II is in the left corner. June 27, 2025. On June 27, officers from Armenia’s National Security Service attempted to storm the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, a monastic complex near Yerevan that serves as the residence of Catholicos Kare…

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Trump and Zelensky discuss combat situation, Russian airstrikes, and joint production in 40-minute phone call

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone call on Friday. Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president’s office, described it as a “very important and substantive conversation,” though he initially did not say who Zelensky had spoken with. Zelensky later confirmed the call was with Trump. In a post on Tel…

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Schrödinger’s Kadyrov. Why Chechnya’s leader keeps saying he’ll resign, but never does

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Each time Chechnya’s longtime ruler, Ramzan Kadyrov, disappears from the public eye, it fuels fresh speculation about whether he's still capable of leading the republic. A recent public call to “pray for Ramzan,” made by the region’s deputy information minister, was instantly interpreted as a veiled reference to the Chechen leader’s declining healt…

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Vice president of Russian pipeline company Transneft dies after falling from window

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Andrey Badalov, the vice president of the Russian state-controlled oil pipeline monopoly Transneft, has died after falling from the window of his apartment in Moscow. Badalov’s death was first reported by the Telegram channels Baza and Mash, both of which have ties to law enforcement, and was later confirmed by the state-controlled outlets TASS and…

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(National) identity crisis. A Moldovan journalist grapples with her home country’s post-independence transformation

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A traditional Moldovan tapestry in the former home of Natalia Jidovanu’s grandparents More than 20 years after moving abroad, multimedia journalist Natalia Jidovanu found herself grappling with Moldova’s struggles over national identity. The following personal essay, first published in The Beet, offers a first-person perspective on her home country…

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Trump says he made ‘no progress’ with Putin on ending the war in latest call

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U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin has no intention of ending the war in Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing Trump’s remarks. “I’m very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin, because I don’t think he’s there, and I’m very disappointed,” Trump told reporters. “I don’t think he’s …

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Russian authorities designate 14-year-old boy as ‘terrorist’

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The Russian authorities have designated a 14-year-old boy from Orenburg as a terrorist, according to a Telegram channel that tracks updates to Russian financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring’s official list of “terrorists and extremists.” “For the first time, a person born in 2011 has been added to the list. He is now its youngest member,” the channel’…

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Didi Kuo, "The Great Retreat: How Political Parties Should Behave and Why They Don't" (Oxford UP, 2025) 55:10

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As the crisis of democratic capitalism sweeps the globe, The Great Retreat: How Political Parties Should Behave and Why They Don't (Oxford University Press, 2025) makes the controversial argument that what democracies require most are stronger political parties that serve as intermediaries between citizens and governments. Once a centralizing force…

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Ukrainian drone attacks hit multiple Russian regions, causing casualties and power outages

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Russian air defenses shot down or intercepted 48 Ukrainian drones across five regions overnight, the country’s Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. According to the ministry, 26 drones were downed in the Rostov region, 12 in the Kursk region, six in the Belgorod region, three in the Oryol region, and one in the Lipetsk region. In the Rostov regio…

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More than 20 injured in Kyiv as Russia launches 550 drones and missiles at Ukraine

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Russian forces carried out a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine, using 539 drones and 11 missiles, according to Ukraine’s Air Force Command. The military said 478 aerial targets were either successfully intercepted or “lost from radar tracking or suppressed by electronic warfare systems.” Kyiv was once again among the targets. Ukraine’s interi…

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Russia becomes first country to recognize Taliban government in Afghanistan

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Russia has formally recognized Afghanistan’s Taliban government, Russia’s Foreign Ministry told TASS. According to the outlet, the Taliban flag has been raised over the Afghan embassy in Moscow — the first time it has flown there since the group seized power in 2021. Russia’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov, said President Vladimir Putin …

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Reading the room. Russian pop star Instasamka denounces fellow performers in apparent bid to prove patriotic credentials

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Russia’s celebrities are bickering again. Earlier this week, blogger and singer Instasamka (Daria Zoteeva) posted politically charged allegations against two other performers, Dora (Daria Shikhanova) and Maybe Baby (Victoria Lysyuk). Specifically, she accused Dora of covering music by the Ukrainian rock band Valentin Strykalo and the emigre rapper …

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Russia’s Oscar rigging, Solovyov’s praise for Zelensky, and a Putin ideologist’s Obama portrait. What we learned from Ukrainian producer Alexander Rodnyansky’s new memoir

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Russia’s Oscar rigging, Solovyov’s praise for Zelensky, and a Putin ideologist’s Obama portrait What we learned from Ukrainian producer Alexander Rodnyansky’s new memoir In late 2024, Meduza’s publishing house released a memoir by Ukrainian film producer Alexander Rodnyansky titled Loveless: Putin's Russia in Nine Films. In the book, Rodnyansky rec…

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Trump and Putin reportedly discuss Ukraine, Iran, and ‘traditional values’ films in hourlong phone call

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call on Thursday, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, who shared details of the conversation. Ushakov said Trump “raised the issue of ending hostilities in Ukraine as soon as possible.” Putin, he added, expressed Moscow’s readiness to continue negotiation…

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Pushing west. Russian forces breach Ukrainian defenses in the Dnipropetrovsk region, raising the risk of a deeper advance

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Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments on the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the very start, and our detailed military analyses are part of our commitment to objective reporting on a war we firmly oppose. O…

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Former mayor of Russian-occupied Luhansk killed in city center explosion

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Manolis Pilavov, the former mayor of Russian-occupied Luhansk, was killed in an explosion in the city center, the Russian state news agency TASS reported, citing emergency services. The blast reportedly occurred around noon on July 3 on Taras Shevchenko Street. Officials in the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s Republic” said one person was killed …

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Russian missile strike on Odesa kills two and injures six, including Syrian nationals

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Russian forces launched an Iskander ballistic missile strike on the port of Odesa on Thursday afternoon, the Odesa regional military administration reported. According to Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba, the missile struck one of the port’s piers while metal was being unloaded from a foreign cargo ship flying the flag of São Tomé and…

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Russian Navy deputy head killed in Kursk region, Moscow confirms

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Mikhail Gudkov, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, has been killed in the country’s Kursk region, Primorsky Krai Governor Oleg Kozhemyako announced on Thursday. According to Kozhemyako, Gudkov died “fulfilling his duty as an officer alongside his comrades.” Among the other casualties, the governor named officer Nariman Shikhaliyev. …

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‘Ten million people read us — I’ll talk to them’. Meduza’s co-founder Galina Timchenko on reaching readers in times of brutal censorship

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Galina Timchenko (left) and Polina Aronson On June 11, at Berlin’s Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien gallery, Meduza publisher Galina Timchenko sat down with sociologist Polina Aronson for a conversation about the emotional toll of today’s news cycle — on both readers and journalists. The talk was part of the event series accompanying Meduza’s 10th ann…

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Patient with knife attacks medical staff at Russian hospital, leaving two women critically injured

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A patient armed with a knife and a gas canister attacked medical staff at a hospital in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Thursday morning, according to Governor Igor Kobzev. The hospital’s deputy chief physician and a secretary were hospitalized in serious condition. Police arrested the attacker at the scene. The Russian Investigative Committee has …

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Secrets of the Killing State 1:13:40

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In the popular imagination, lethal injection is a slight pinch and a swift nodding off to forever-sleep. It is performed by well-qualified medical professionals. It is regulated and carefully conducted. And it provides a “humane” death. In reality, however, not one of those things is true. Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal In…

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The attack on democracy in the United States, and the new resistance 37:16

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The attack in democracy under President Donald Trump in the United States is both broader and deeper than you think. In this timely conversation with Carl LeVan, Professor and Chair of Politics, Governance, and Economics at American University – but speaking only in his personal capacity – we hear about the way that the government has attempted to …

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Two dead after back-to-back explosions in northern Ukraine ‘completely destroy’ industrial facilities and homes

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Explosions rocked two industrial facilities near the village of Berezyna in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr region on Wednesday evening, killing two people and injuring 24 others, including four children, according to regional military administration head Vitaly Bunechko. He said the two people killed were employees of one of the facilities, while the injured w…

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As Washington halts critical interceptor-missile shipments, U.S. State Department insists that America hasn’t ended weapons assistance for Ukraine

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At a press briefing on Wednesday, U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce rejected media reports suggesting that Washington has halted all weapons supplies to Ukraine. She argued that the suspension of shipments through Poland is more limited in scope than reports suggest, telling journalists, “This is one aspect, one situation, one event th…

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Out of the woods. A Siberian tiger broke into his cabin and ripped off his arm. Then the cousin who saved him was prosecuted for poaching.

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In February 2023, 19-year-old Sergey Kyalundzyuga and his 23-year-old cousin Alexander Sigde set off for a fishing trip in the Russian taiga. At the end of the day, they settled into the rudimentary winter cabin where they planned to spend the night. Late in the evening, Sergey heard a noise outside. As soon as he turned to look out the window, an …

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‘What did I say? Go up, grab her ass’. Harassment campaign targeting Moscow women linked to ‘sex trainer’ involved in Deripaska scandal

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Dozens of women in Moscow have reported being groped and propositioned for sex by strangers in the city center — incidents now linked to a “body training” course run by Alexander Kirillov, a.k.a. Alex Leslie. A self-styled “seduction coach” and “pickup artist,” Leslie was arrested in 2018 after becoming embroiled in a scandal involving an escort wh…

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Russia warns citizens to ‘carefully consider current situation’ before traveling to Azerbaijan amid diplomatic crisis

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has urged Russian citizens who are planning to travel to Azerbaijan or currently there to “carefully consider” the escalating diplomatic dispute between the two countries. “For those asking us whether they should plan their trips, what they should do, and how to behave given what Azerbaijani TV …

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North Korea preparing to triple number of troops fighting for Russia, Ukrainian intelligence says — CNN

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North Korea plans to triple the number of troops it has fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, CNN reported Wednesday. Ukrainian intelligence estimates cited by the network suggest Pyongyang will send between 25,000 and 30,000 soldiers to join the war in the coming months. The Ukrainian report says there’s a “great possibility” that North Korea…

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Timothy Stacey, "Saving Liberalism from Itself: The Spirit of Political Participation" (Bristol UP, 2022) 58:33

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Saving Liberalism from Itself: The Spirit of Political Participation Bristol UP, 2022) By Timothy Stacey In the wake of populism, Timothy Stacey’s book critically reflects on what is missing from the liberal project with the aim of saving liberalism. It explains that populists have harnessed myth, ritual, magic and tradition to advance their ambiti…

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Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson, "Why America Didn't Become Great Again" (Routledge, 2025) 40:04

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Examining the conditions that not only blocked attempts to make America great again, but actively made the country worse, Why America Didn't Become Great Again (Routledge, 2025) identifies those organizations, institutions, politicians and prominent characters in the forefront of the economic and social policies - ultimately asking who is responsib…

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Hospital damaged in Kherson as Russian strikes hit multiple regions of Ukraine

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On Tuesday evening, Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian city of Kherson using artillery, hitting a hospital building, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin. The hospital sustained damage in the attack. Eight people were injured: five patients and three nurses. On Wednesday morning, Russian troops shelled Kherson again and attacked the nearby se…

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U.S. suspends Patriot missile shipments to Ukraine

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a halt to the delivery of certain munitions to Ukraine, including dozens of missiles for the Patriot air defense system, NBC News reported. Several thousand 155-millimeter artillery shells will also not be sent, along with more than 100 Hellfire missiles, over 250 precision-guided GMLRS rockets, sever…

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Eric Blanc, "We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big" (Univ of California Press, 2025) 55:47

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Eric Blanc is an assistant professor of labor studies at Rutgers University, researching new workplace organizing, strikes, digital labor activism, and working-class politics. He is the author of Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Verso 2019) and his writings have appeared in journals such as Politics & Society,…

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Ross A. Kennedy, "The United States and the Origins of World War II in Europe" (Taylor & Francis, 2025) 1:27:00

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The United States and the Origins of World War II in Europe (Taylor & Francis, 2025), spans 1914–1939 to provide a concise interpretation of the role the United States played in the origins of the Second World War. It synthesizes recent scholarship about interwar international politics while also presenting an original interpretation of the sources…

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Bryan D. Jones, The Southern Fault Line: How Race, Class, and Region Shaped One Family's History" (Oxford UP, 2025) 58:29

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The Southern Fault Line: How Race, Class, and Region Shaped One Family's History (Oxford University Press, 2025) explores the under-appreciated division in the South between the oligarchic rule of plantation owners and industrialists on the one hand, and the more democratic mindset of the mountain-dwelling small farmers on the other. These two mind…

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Louis P. Masur, "A Journey North: Jefferson, Madison, and the Forging of a Friendship" (Oxford UP, 2025) 38:02

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Between May 21 and June 16, 1791, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison went on a trip together through Upstate New York and parts of New England on horseback. This "northern journey" came at a moment of tension for the new nation, one in whose founding these Virginians and political allies had played key roles. The Constitution was ratified and Presi…

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Philip Kadish, "The Great White Hoax: Frauds, Forgeries, and 200 Years of Selling Racism in America" 1:11:14

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Fake news, outright political lies, a shamelessly partisan press, and the collapse of truth, civility, and shared facts, Dr. Philip Kadish argues, are nothing new. The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America (The New Press, 2025), a masterpiece of historical and literary sleuthing, reveals that the era of Fox News and Donald Tr…

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Maraam A. Dwidar, "Power to the Partners: Organizational Coalitions in Social Justice Advocacy" (University of Chicago Press, 2025) 30:00

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A vital examination of how social and economic justice organizations overcome resource disadvantages and build political power. Why do some coalitions triumph while others fall short? In Power to the Partners: Organizational Coalitions in Social Justice Advocacy, Maraam A. Dwidar documents the vital role of social and economic justice organizations…

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Kevin J. Hayes, "Undaunted Mind: The Intellectual Life of Benjamin Franklin" (Oxford UP, 2025) 40:23

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An exploration of the mind of one of America's most beloved Founding Fathers and most brilliant minds, through the books he read and his social circles in the United States and Europe. Arguably the most intellectual, creative, cosmopolitan, and curious of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin is the only top-tier Founder not to have served as pre…

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Stephan Kieninger, "The Diplomacy of Détente: Cooperative Security Policies from Helmut Schmidt to George Shultz" (Routledge, 2018) 48:32

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The Diplomacy of Détente: Cooperative Security Policies from Helmut Schmidt to George Shultz (Routledge, 2020) investigates the underlying reasons for the longevity of détente and its impact on East–West relations. The volume examines the relevance of trade across the Iron Curtain as a means to facilitate mutual trust, as well as the emergence of n…

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A Book Imprint from The Nation Magazine Launches with Bhaskar Sunkara and Colin Robinson 40:01

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The Nation Magazine, known for its long and storied history as a publisher of in-depth political and cultural analysis, has launched a new book imprint with OR Books. The Nation’s president, Bhaskar Sunkara, and OR Books publisher, Colin Robinson, joined editor Caleb Zakarin to discuss the project and the upcoming slate of books set for publication…

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, "Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays and Writings" (Harper, 2025) 44:47

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The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois and The Age of Phillis makes her nonfiction debut with this personal and thought-provoking work that explores the journeys and possibilities of Black women throughout American history and in contemporary times. Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is at a cr…

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EP 174: How to streamline operations and drive sustainable growth with Rachael Becker, Founder & CEO of RB Builds 45:18

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Rachael Becker, Founder & CEO of RB Builds, joins host James Mackey to discuss business efficiency, tech transformation, and creating standout user experiences. With a unique blend of expertise across operations and technology, Rachael shares actionable insights on how organizations can streamline processes, improve internal alignment, and scale su…

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Prema Kurien, "Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization Among New Americans" (Oxford UP, 2025) 39:18

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Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization Among New Americans (Oxford UP, 2025) looks at Indian Americans, currently the second-largest group of immigrants in the United States, and a group that has seen significant representation in the three most recent presidential administrations. Prema Kurien asks how Indian Americans ha…

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Atinuke O. Adediran, "Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress" (Cambridge UP, 2025) 33:46

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The 2020 murder of George Floyd sparked mass protests that challenged many institutions, including large for-profit companies, to reflect on how to address racial inequality. Large corporations began making systematic public statements to show alignment with causes that impact people of color. These statements were also used to protect corporate re…

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Rob Edwards, "Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls" (Stranger Comics, 2025) 33:03

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At the height of the Civil War, on May 12, 1862, Robert Smalls—an enslaved harbor pilot in Charleston, South Carolina—carried out one of the most courageous and cunning acts in American history. He disguised himself as a captain and, in the dead of night, commandeered the ship he worked on and sailed it to freedom. By the time Confederate soldiers …

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David Zweig, "An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions" (MIT Press, 2025) 57:39

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An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions (MIT Press, 2025) is a devastating account of the decision-making process behind one of the worst American policy failures in a century—the extended closures of public schools during the pandemic. In fascinating and meticulously reported detail, David Zweig shows how…

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Accents, Complex Identities, and Politics 42:08

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In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Nicole Holliday. Dr. Holliday is a sociophonetician and Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkely in the United States. Today, Dr. Holliday discusses her 2023 paper “Complex Variation in the Construction of a Sociolinguistic Persona: t…

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