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On today’s show: 0:08 – Khury Peterson-Smith (@kpyes), Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies joins us to discuss the Ukrainian refugee crisis. 0:33 – Andrew Knoll, professor of Natural History and of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard discusses his book A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in … Continued
0:08 – Zoltán Grossman discusses political borders in Eastern Europe and the ethnic and linguistic geographies that have impacted the war in Ukraine, including the rise of conservative ethnic nationalism in the region. Zoltan is a geographer and professor of Indigenous Studies and interethnic relations, and has Jewish-Catholic family roots in Hungary. He studies the … Continued
0:08 – Michael T. Klare (@mklare1), professor emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College and defense correspondent for The Nation magazine, speaks to us about the geopolitical stakes of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in its political relationships to other countries in the area. 0:35 – African students and residents in Ukraine … Continued
0:08 – Tanya Kozyreva (@TanyaKozyreva), investigative correspondent, most recently with Buzzfeed News, joins us from Odesa, a port city in southern Ukraine where Ukrainian forces have stopped the Russian advance from the East for the recent days. 0:21 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), director of Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses access to information about the … Continued
0:08 – Svitlana Krakovska, geophysicist and lead author of the IPCC 6th Assessment report on the physical basis of climate change joins us from Kyiv to discuss the latest report from the IPCC. 0:21 – Dharna Noor (@dharnanoor), a climate reporter for the Boston Globe joins us to discuss the IPCC report. 0:34 – Shaun … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock), managing editor at the English-language edition of Meduza discusses the extinction of Russian independent media. 0:24 – Kseniya Kharchenko, a Kyiv evacuee joins us from Poland. 0:34 – April Glaser (@aprilaser), Senior Internet Policy Fellow at The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at the … Continued
0:08 – Karen Greenberg (@KarenGreenberg3), Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law, discusses President Joe Biden’s State Of The Union Address from yesterday, March 1. Her most recent book is Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump. 0:18 – Olena Gnes, … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – FUND DRIVE SPECIAL 0:17 – Vice News Correspondent Matthew Cassel speaks with us from Kyiv, Ukraine, to describe how he has seen Ukrainians work together to keep each other safe and to build neighborhood-level militant blockades as Russian forces encroach on the capital city. Follow his on-the-ground coverage on Twitter … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), director of Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses most recent updates from the war in Ukraine: Nuclear threats, the Biden Administration’s response, Putin’s NATO fears and the potential outcomes of talks between Ukraine and Russia today. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, and author of Aftershock: A Journey Into Eastern Europe’s Broken Dreams, discusses the most recent updates from the war in Ukraine. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $150 and receive a copy of Yaba Blay’s One Drop: Shifting The Lens on Race. 0:33 – … Continued
