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Episode 51: In this week’s episode, Melanie sat down to talk with Lorel Donaghey, a former Program Director at a refugee resettlement agency in Tuc...
- Added: Dec 19, 2019
- Length: 04:31
Author and scholar Dr. Priyamvada Gopal discusses her latest book, Insurgent Empire, which examines a history of abolition and rebellion under col...
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- Added: Dec 11, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 3
WorldCanvass guests address questions about the power and indispensability of strong, imaginative, and critical reading in today’s complex world. ...
- Added: Apr 03, 2019
- Length: 51:57
WorldCanvass guests address questions about the power and indispensability of strong, imaginative, and critical reading in today’s complex world. ...
- Added: Apr 03, 2019
- Length: 25:45
WorldCanvass guests address questions about the power and indispensability of strong, imaginative, and critical reading in today’s complex world. S...
- Added: Apr 03, 2019
- Length: 27:27
Host Joan Kjaer interviews Howard Kerr, 2016 recipient of the University of Iowa International Impact Award, about his national and international c...
- Added: Nov 30, 2016
- Length: 28:05
This audio documentary was produced by Jehad (JeJe) Rajab for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The ...
- Added: Dec 30, 2015
- Length: 09:56
An urban studies professor explores some of the problems shared by cities around the globe.
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 10:00
Kolbert discusses the powerful and possibly catastrophic mass extinction unfolding right in front of us. Her book won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for N...
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 30:01
Richard is the National Security columnist for Forbes and is a New York Times best-selling author.
- Added: May 09, 2014
- Length: 50:30
An immigrant adjusting to new life in a new country has many challenges including how the community accepts them. Immigrants may feel they are on t...
- Added: Jun 14, 2013
- Length: 05:58
In a country with a high divorce rate, immigrants have a different view of marriage.
- Added: Jun 14, 2013
- Length: 03:30
It can be hard being the new kid in school. It can be even harder being the new kid in a new country.
- Added: Feb 04, 2010
- Length: 07:25
Should you ever deal with dictators? Two American journalists held hostage in North Korea were released as a result of Bill Clinton's recent meetin...
- Added: Sep 16, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Policies are often debated along three dimensions: effectiveness, efficiency, and expediency. In place of a fourth dimension—applied ethics—we usua...
- Added: Sep 16, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Is it ever ethical to violate a democratic constitution? If the rationale for military intervention is to save democracy, does that make it legitim...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
When are elections legitimate? What about Iran? Elections assume that losers accept results. Because many disagree, can they overturn an election? ...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Fairness is a universal concept, but its application depends on time and place. The three pillars of ethical choice—pluralism, rights and responsib...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Balancing rights and responsibilities is one of the pillars supporting ethical choice. How far do our rights extend? Do responsibilities diminish o...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
How do we celebrate differences without falling into the trap of cultural relativism?
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
According to Dambisa Moyo, large foreign aid flows to Africa disenfranchise Africans and prop up corrupt African leaders. If we follow Moyo's advic...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Can public discussion of issues acknowledge gray areas despite being polarized by the media and single issue groups?
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
What are the ethics of global sports development? Now that America's favorite pastime has gone global, is baseball watched and played for the love ...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Do we respect the wishes of anti-Castro Americans, to restrict trade, or the wishes of agriculture and medical sales interests, to open Cuban marke...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Should foreign companies fudge a commitment to free speech to gain early market access? Is some information better than none, or is censorship a bl...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
