Episodios

  • News - US-Ukraine Ceasefire Proposal, Duterte Arrested on ICC Warrant, Sea Ice at Lowest Recorded Level

    News - US-Ukraine Ceasefire Proposal, Duterte Arrested on ICC Warrant, Sea Ice at Lowest Recorded Level
    Mar 14 2025
    This week on the news roundup: the Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that global sea ice fell to the lowest level ever recorded in February (1:18); Alawites in northwestern Syria have been massacred over several days (3:19) while the government and SDF cut a deal (6:49); Israel intensifies its blockade of Gaza (9:38) as the US proposes a new compromise for the Strip (10:55); Armenia and Azerbaijan look to be on the cusp of a peace agreement (14:31); the Philippines arrests former president Rodrigo Duterte on an ICC warrant (16:30); Trump and China’s Xi Jinping might hold a summit in June (19:23); the crisis in South Sudan continues to worsen (21:03); the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and M23 armed group look to hold peace talks (23:31); in Russia-Ukraine, the US and Ukraine produce a ceasefire proposal (25:15) while Russia retakes most of Kursk Oblast (29:46); Trump might be preparing to invade Panama (31:45); Canada elects a new prime minister (33:43); Trump continues to escalate the trade war (37:07); and former US national security advisor Jake Sullivan will become Harvard’s inaugural Kissinger professor of the practice of statecraft and world order (39:32). Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and much more content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 m
  • Special - The Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil w/ Spencer Ackerman

    Special - The Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil w/ Spencer Ackerman
    Mar 12 2025
    Spencer Ackerman of Forever Wars joins the program to talk about the arrest by ICE of activist Mahmoud Khalil. Read Spencer's piece on the matter, "Mahmoud Khalil's Detention Is A War on Terror Milestone". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 m
  • Re-Post - Jewish Anti-Imperialism from the 1930s Onward w/ Benjamin Balthasar

    Re-Post - Jewish Anti-Imperialism from the 1930s Onward w/ Benjamin Balthasar
    Mar 12 2025
    Chag Purim Sameach! Enjoy this discussion from 2022 where Danny speaks with Benjamin Balthasar, associate professor of English at Indiana University-South Bend, about the history of Jewish anti-imperialism from the 1930s until today. Subscribe today for more episodes like this and ad-free content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 4 m
  • E201 - Sheriffs as Members of the Security State w/ Jessica Pishko

    E201 - Sheriffs as Members of the Security State w/ Jessica Pishko
    Mar 11 2025
    Independent journalist and lawyer Jessica Pishko sits down with Danny and Derek to talk about sheriffs and the power that they hold. The group explores the rise of sheriffs in the 1820s under Andrew Jackson, their unique position as both law enforcement officers and politicians, their relationship to militias, the rise of “constitutional sheriffs”, figures from Wyatt Earp to Joe Arpaio, sheriffs and border policy, and more. Be sure to pick up a copy of Jessica’s book The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy. Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and much more content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 5 m
  • Bonus - Marx as a Jewish Thinker w/ Paul Reitter (Preview)

    Bonus - Marx as a Jewish Thinker w/ Paul Reitter (Preview)
    Mar 9 2025
    Danny and Derek welcome back to the podcast Paul Reitter, professor of Germanic languages and literature at the Ohio State University, this time for a discussion on Karl Marx through the lens of his Judaism and how that might illuminate new elements of his work or reshape our thinking of it. They talk about Marx’s place among other radical Jewish thinkers from the Rhineland, ideas of Jewish masculinity in his era, Jewish intellectuals becoming prominent atheists, how Marx’s background might have inspired his focus on the proletariat, and more. Be sure to grab the new edition of Capital translated by Paul Reitter and edited by Paul North (on which we did an episode recently). Subscribe now for the full episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 m
  • AP x Nonzero - Trump’s Disruptive Foreign Policy

    AP x Nonzero - Trump’s Disruptive Foreign Policy
    Mar 8 2025
    The bi-monthly collaboration between AP and Nonzero Newsletter continues! Our dear paid subscribers also get access to the additional "Overtime" conversation and a discounted membership to Nonzero, so subscribe now for that and much more content! Video 0:00 What could go right with Trump’s foreign policy? 7:47 Trump’s Bibi-pleasing Middle East path 13:25 How would Europe-led defence of Europe work? 15:31 What most miss about the Oval Office blowup 19:20 Has relying on America doomed Ukraine? 26:29 Heading to Overtime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 m
  • News - PKK Ceasefire, Ukraine Aid in Question, BlackRock Targets Panama Canal

    News - PKK Ceasefire, Ukraine Aid in Question, BlackRock Targets Panama Canal
    Mar 7 2025
    This week in the news roundup: the Gaza truce expires and Israel resumes its blockade (0:29); the Arab League proposes a “day after” plan for the Strip which Trump rejects (5:53); the US is negotiating directly with Hamas (10:30); the PKK declares a ceasefire in Turkey (13:24); fighting breaks out on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan (15:10); a political crisis emerges in South Sudan (20:04); in Ukraine news, Zelensky embarks on a “repentance tour” while Trump suspends arms (22:00); the EU considers the “ReArm Europe” plan (28:59); BlackRock is buying up Panama Canal ports (31:08); and updates on the Trump tariff front (33:55). Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and much more content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 m
  • E200 - The End of the PKK with Gönül Tol and Djene Bajalan

    E200 - The End of the PKK with Gönül Tol and Djene Bajalan
    Mar 5 2025
    Derek welcomes back to the program Gönül Tol, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, and Djene Bajalan, associate professor of history at Missouri State University, to talk about leader Abdullah Öcalan’s call last week for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to disarm and disband. They talk about Öcalan’s history in this conflict, the need to manage his constituencies when announcing this ceasefire, how this fits into Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s plans, whether this move could broaden rights and protections for Kurds in Turkey, the potential implications for Syria, what this means for Kurds elsewhere in the region, and more. Read Gönül’s book Erdoğan's War: A Strongman's Struggle at Home and in Syria. Listen to Djene’s radio show/podcast Talking History. Note: this was recorded before the ceasefire was declared. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 14 m