Podcasts Other The World Beyond the Headlines from the University of Chicago
The World Beyond the Headlines from the University of Chicago

The World Beyond the Headlines from the University of Chicago

87 episodes

The World Beyond the Headlines series is a collaborative project of the Center for International Studies, the International House Global Voices Program, and the Seminary Co-op Bookstores and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Its aim is to bring scholars and journalists together to consider major international issues and how they are covered in the media.

Podcasts

Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the U.S. and Started Prospering

Published: Feb. 10, 2012, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 30 seconds

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All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals

Published: Jan. 13, 2012, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 22 seconds

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"Venezuela Speaks!"

Published: April 14, 2011, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 8 seconds

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"Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It"

Published: Jan. 25, 2011, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 19 seconds

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Afghanistan and the Future of Peace Operations

Published: April 8, 2010, 8 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 55 seconds

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Asian Carp Invasion: Potential Economic and Ecological Impacts in the Great Lakes

Published: April 6, 2010, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 8 minutes 35 seconds

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The Consequences of the Escalation of War in Afghanistan

Published: March 10, 2010, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes

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Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty

Published: March 3, 2010, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 44 seconds

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Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy

Published: Feb. 19, 2010, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 28 seconds

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The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa

Published: Feb. 5, 2010, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 20 seconds

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"Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization"

Published: Nov. 18, 2009, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 50 seconds

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"With Immediate Effect: The Events of 1989 Revisited"

Published: Nov. 5, 2009, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 3 seconds

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"The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East"

Published: Oct. 29, 2009, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 20 seconds

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"The U.N. Security Council and the Making of the Modern World"

Published: Oct. 8, 2009, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 52 seconds

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The Future of the South African Dream: Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, and the South African Elections

Published: May 26, 2009, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 45 seconds

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"Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East"

Published: March 10, 2009, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 48 seconds

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"Dignity and Defiance, Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization"

Published: Feb. 25, 2009, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 14 seconds

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"The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry, and What We Must Do to Stop It"

Published: Jan. 21, 2009, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 50 seconds

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"The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power"

Published: Nov. 21, 2008, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 44 seconds

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"Challenges for the New Administration in Iraq and Afghanistan"

Published: Nov. 13, 2008, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 56 seconds

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"India: The Emerging Giant"

Published: Nov. 6, 2008, midnight
Duration: 53 minutes 45 seconds

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"Prescription for Survival: A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness"

Published: Oct. 28, 2008, 11 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 30 seconds

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"Putin's Labyrinth: What Russia Won in Georgia; Why the U.S. Will Continue to Lose"

Published: Oct. 22, 2008, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 2 seconds

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"Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power"

Published: Oct. 16, 2008, 11 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 53 seconds

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"Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia"

Published: June 10, 2008, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 11 seconds

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"Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror"

Published: June 6, 2008, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 57 seconds

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"Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War"

Published: May 15, 2008, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 55 seconds

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"Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They are Making"

Published: April 28, 2008, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 53 seconds

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"Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"

Published: April 22, 2008, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 8 seconds

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"The Next Great Clash"

Published: April 15, 2008, 11 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 2 seconds

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"Muslim Peace Building in Conflict Regions of Southeast Asia"

Published: April 10, 2008, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 18 seconds

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"The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order"

Published: March 20, 2008, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 58 seconds

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"The Closing of the ICTY and its Effect on Justice and Accountability in the Former Yugoslavia"

Published: March 7, 2008, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 58 seconds

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"The Sixth Anniversary of the Gujarat Riots"

Published: March 5, 2008, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 51 seconds

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"One Hundred Years, One Hundred Voices"

Published: Feb. 28, 2008, midnight
Duration: 49 minutes 8 seconds

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"Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy"

Published: Feb. 1, 2008, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 46 seconds

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"New Partnership Paradoxes in U.S.-China Relations"

Published: Jan. 26, 2008, 5 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 34 seconds

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"Human Rights in Mexico: Inside the Labyrinth of Drugs, Elections and Billionaires"

Published: Jan. 24, 2008, midnight
Duration: 47 minutes 25 seconds

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"The Mind of the Market"

Published: Jan. 15, 2008, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 46 seconds

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"China's Brave New World and Other Tales for Global Times"

Published: Nov. 16, 2007, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 24 seconds

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"The Oil and Glory"

Published: Nov. 1, 2007, 11 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 36 seconds

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"The Talibanization of South Asia: Can it Be Stopped?"

Published: Oct. 30, 2007, 7 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 59 seconds

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"Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq"

Published: Oct. 26, 2007, 7 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 32 seconds

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"Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror"

Published: Oct. 17, 2007, 7 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 16 seconds

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"Legal Defense and Human Rights in Russia"

Published: Oct. 3, 2007, 3:35 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 17 seconds

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"The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy"

Published: Sept. 28, 2007, 3:35 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 3 seconds

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Chicago Humanities Festival: Wangari Maathai

Published: Sept. 23, 2007, 6:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 3 seconds

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"The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor"

Published: May 15, 2007, 3:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 seconds

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"The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future"

Published: May 9, 2007, 8:28 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 24 seconds

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"Failing Americas Faithful: How Todays Churches are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way"

Published: April 27, 2007, 8:28 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 2 seconds

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"Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America"

Published: April 19, 2007, 8:22 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 14 seconds

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"The Current Security and Economic Situation on the Korean Peninsula"

Published: April 12, 2007, 10:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 13 seconds

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"The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression"

Published: March 8, 2007, 9:43 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 27 seconds

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"Ending Global Poverty"

Published: Feb. 12, 2007, 8:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 33 seconds

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"Islam in America: A Conversation with Paul Barrett and Umar Abd-Allah"

Published: Feb. 8, 2007, 9:12 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 59 seconds

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"Reading 'Legitimation Crisis' in Tehran"

Published: Jan. 11, 2007, 9:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 59 seconds

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"Newsrooms in Conflict: Journalism and the Democratization of Mexico"

Published: Oct. 26, 2006, 2:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 18 seconds

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"Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope"

Published: Oct. 23, 2006, 8:39 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 18 seconds

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"Monsters to Destroy: Bush's War on Terror and Sin"

Published: Oct. 17, 2006, 6:47 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 34 seconds

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"Blind Into Baghdad: America's War in Iraq"

Published: Sept. 26, 2006, 4:22 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 13 seconds

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"The Mighty and the Almighty"

Published: May 17, 2006, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 29 seconds

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"Is the Commander-in-Chief Subject to the Rule of Law?: On Torture, Spying, and Detention in the War on Terror"

Published: April 17, 2006, 4:56 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 34 seconds

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"Paul Rusesabagina: An Ordinary Man"

Published: April 17, 2006, 4:56 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds

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"Dying to Win: On the Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism"

Published: April 3, 2006, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 18 seconds

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John Comaroff's Introduction of Zackie Achmat

Published: March 31, 2006, 5:57 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 17 seconds

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Realizing Human Rights: Access to HIV/AIDS Medication and the Role of Civil Society in South Africa

Published: March 31, 2006, 5:56 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 35 seconds

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Ahmed Kathrada on his "Memoirs"

Published: March 27, 2006, 5:55 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 13 seconds

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"Water Resources in the Middle East, part 2"

Published: Nov. 8, 2005, 5:55 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 13 seconds

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"Water Resources in the Middle East, part 1"

Published: Nov. 8, 2005, 5:55 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 44 seconds

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"A Brief History of Neoliberalism"

Published: Oct. 26, 2005, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 51 seconds

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response to: "Feeling the Heat: Simmering National Security Threats"

Published: Oct. 7, 2005, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 1 second

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"Feeling the Heat: Simmering National Security Threats"

Published: Oct. 7, 2005, 4:56 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 11 seconds

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"The Prospects for Transatlantic Relations at the Beginning of the Presidents Second Term"

Published: March 7, 2005, 5:55 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 56 seconds

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"Global Chicago, pt. 5"

Published: Oct. 25, 2004, 4:56 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 37 seconds

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"Global Chicago, pt. 4"

Published: Oct. 25, 2004, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds

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"Global Chicago, pt. 3"

Published: Oct. 25, 2004, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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"Global Chicago, pt. 2"

Published: Oct. 25, 2004, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 49 seconds

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"Global Chicago, pt. 1"

Published: Oct. 25, 2004, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 34 seconds

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"Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past"

Published: Oct. 19, 2004, 4:56 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 20 seconds

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"Resurrecting Empire: America and the Western Adventure in the Middle East"

Published: May 20, 2004, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 10 seconds

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"American Foreign Policy and Amnesia: The Case of Iraq"

Published: May 13, 2004, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 10 seconds

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"Interactions Between the Press and Foreign Policy"

Published: May 2, 2004, 4:56 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 57 seconds

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"Whatever Happened to Globalization?"

Published: April 27, 2004, 4:56 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 32 seconds

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"Reform in the Arab World: A Journalist's Perspective"

Published: April 19, 2004, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 23 seconds

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"The United States and the Arab World: Sources of Antagonism, Prospects for Accommodation"

Published: March 9, 2004, 5:55 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 33 seconds

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"Inventing the Axis of Evil: The Truth about North Korea, Iran, and Syria"

Published: Feb. 10, 2004, 5:56 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 12 seconds

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"The Making of Chechen Terrorists: The Clash of Forces and Discourses"

Published: Jan. 27, 2004, 5:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 14 seconds

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