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June 2025

Modi and the rise of the Hindu Right
Author and scholar Rohit Chopra discusses Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's lurch to Hindu nationalism, and what it tells us about Trump's America.
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Jeremy Goldkorn
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Maria Repnikova
51:05
The horrors of European history and today's America
Marci Shore is a scholar and author of books about Central and Eastern European history—and not the fun parts. She has much to say about the current…
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Jeremy Goldkorn
43:15
Lessons for America from the Milk Tea Alliance
Prof. Jeffrey Wasserstrom has studied protest movements in East Asia from the 18th Century until today. We discussed what the U.S. can learn from the…
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Jeremy Goldkorn
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Maria Repnikova
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45:38
If we had learned the lessons of Italy's Berlusconi, we would not have Trump
Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an author and leading scholar of authoritarians. We discussed what Berlusconi and Mussolini can tell us about Trump and…
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Jeremy Goldkorn
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Maria Repnikova
44:35
Paul Kagame's Rwanda, big men of Africa, and Trump
Michela Wrong has been reporting from Africa for decades. She has written a handful of books about Zaire, Eritrea, Kenya, and Rwanda—the main topic of…
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Jeremy Goldkorn
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50:41

May 2025

"Don’t open the door to nobody!” Life in Pinochet's Chile and Trump's America.
Stacy Torres' Chilean father advised her to be extremely suspicious about anyone who wanted information from her. She now knows why he seemed so…
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Jeremy Goldkorn
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Maria Repnikova
50:08
How should we live in Erdoğan's Turkey and Trump's America?
The author Kaya Genç is the most compelling chronicler of Istanbul and Turkey of our times. We talked about his country, and the U.S.A. under Trump.
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Jeremy Goldkorn
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Kaya Genç
51:34
Rhyming News: Trump and Musk's "white genocide" scam
South African investigative journalist Richard Poplak explains the unedifying spectacle of Trump ambushing South African president Cyril Ramaphosa on…
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Jeremy Goldkorn
18:23
The fall of Saigon and the fall of D.C.
Vietnamese-American author Andrew Lam left Saigon on April 28, 1975. We talk about his childhood, his family's flight to the U.S., and how he sees…
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Jeremy Goldkorn
47:40
Don’t shoot your neighbors, invite them to dinner
Filip Noubel has been training journalists and lawyers in authoritarian countries for decades. We asked him how we should handle Trump and Musk's…
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Jeremy Goldkorn
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Maria Repnikova
57:25
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