Why are some places affected by violence and disorder while others enjoy peace and stability? From the University of Chicago Public Policy Podcasts, “Root of Conflict” analyzes violent conflict around the world, and the people, societies, and policy issues it affects. We meet with leading experts to discuss what can be done to create more peaceful societies. This series is produced in partnership with the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts at the Harris School ...
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Vol. I: The Colonial Period. Charles Austin Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898, where he met and eventually married Mary Ritter Beard, one of the founders of the first Greek-letter society for women, Kappa Alpha Theta. Many of his books were written in collaboration with his wife, whose own interes ...
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An actual play podcast focused on two-player roleplaying experiences. Each week, host Jeff Stormer sits down with friends to play a two-player game, share some laughs, maybe a few tears, and have a really good time.
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A weekly NFL podcast hosted by Super Bowl Champion Willie Colon and Barstool's Sr. NFL Analyst, Steven Cheah. You'll get to know past and present NFL players underneath the helmet on this interview based podcast. They deliver the real stories from players that you won't hear on TV
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427 - A Weekend in the Country with Eleanor Hyde
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Eleanor is a member of Audacious Machine Creative, and executive producer of Unwell, an award-winning audio drama about conspiracies, ghosts, and unusual families of blood and choice. Her new podcast, World Gone Wrong, is a fictional chat show about friendship at the end of the world, focused on two longtime friends on opposites sides of a country …
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426 - Friendly Neighborhood Superhero with AJ Ray
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AJ is an Actual Play performer, video editor, cosplayer, and (like me) a wearer of many hats; you can most recently hear them on the latest arc of One Shot, playing Machine Impossible, and as a player on The Lurking Legends (a rotating GM, One Piece-inspired Actual Play series). We sat down for a game of Friendly Neighborhood Superhero, a game abou…
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Wealth in People | James Robinson
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How can the West learn from Africa? Professor James Robinson, director of The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts, highlights the richness of development in the African region. Robinson has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, and is …
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425 - Ironsworn Starforged with Chris Colón
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Chris is a voice actor, actual play producer, and founder of Taíno Tales, an award-nominated, queer latine-led TTRPG actual play channel. We sit down to play Ironsworn Starforged, and encounter a horrifying discovery and a dangerous showdown on a snow-blighted wasteland planet! IRONSWORN STARFORGED: https://tomkinpress.com/pages/ironsworn-starforge…
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424 - Giant of Light with Evan McDevitt
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Evan is the designer of Giant of Light, a love letter to tokusatsu media and Giant Hero shows like Ultraman! We chat about superheroes, MMA, aliens, the city of Philadelphia (Go Birds), and Street Fighter as we play through a session of the game. GIANT OF LIGHT: https://rudojudo.itch.io/giant-of-light EVAN McDEVITT: https://bsky.app/profile/rudojud…
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423 - Pale Dot with Patrick Burke
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Patrick is a Philadelphia-based performer and producer of THAWING, a solo show happening at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival this month. We sit down to play Pale Dot by Devin Nelson, and explore a strange alien cosmos with our... deeply odd crew of nonhuman cosmonauts! For more Pale Dot, check out the newest episode of Party of One (Plus One) on th…
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422 - Desperation (The Isabel) with Jason Morningstar
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Jason is the designer of Desperation: The Isabel, a haunting historical horror game of a doomed cod-fishing vessel on the Gulf of Alaska in 1888 (as well as Fiasco, Grey Ranks, and a tremendous number of other hugely influential games). We set sail on the Gulf to explore what happens to this doomed crew as a storm overwhelms them... and then Hell c…
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Speaking Law to War | Kathleen Cavanaugh
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What are the key legal principles that govern the conduct of war and protect human rights? In this episode, we speak with Professor Kathleen Cavanaugh, the Executive Director of the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, and Senior Instructional Professor in the College at UChicago. Professor Cavanaugh’s scholarship, like her academic training, is i…
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421 - Desperation (Dead House) with Sam Dunnewold
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Sam is the host of Dice Exploder, an ENnie-nominated podcast where game designers break down the specific mechanics of their favorite TTRPGs (as well as an incredible game designer in his own right). We sat down to play Desperation (Dead House), a historical horror RPG, based on real history, about a small community in Kansas facing an oppressive, …
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420 - Fear the Taste of Blood with Thom
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Thom is an actor, improviser, TTRPG enthusiast, and cast member on Green Mountain Mysteries, a Dresden Files Actual Play on the Pocket Podcast Network. We stared down the shadows in a game of Fear the Taste of Blood, a TTRPG about a group of survivors fending off a classic movie monster! Get ready... FOR THE WRATH OF THE CROCODILE MAN! FEAR THE TAS…
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419 - LUMEN RYDER CORE with Akemi
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Akemi is a profilic designer of tabletop games, including Frills of Justice and Friendship and Searching for my Solemate, as well as a massive fan of Tokusatsu shows such as Kamen Rider. And that's exactly why we sat down to play a game of LUMEN RYDER CORE, a game of superpowered masked heroes battling an evil organization! LUMEN RYDER CORE: https:…
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Amnesties, Law, and Peace | Louise Mallinder
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How is law understood and used by different actors during political transitions to achieve peace? In this episode, we speak with Professor Louise Mallinder, a Professor in the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast and Faculty Affiliate of the Pearson Institute. She has a longstanding and internationally recognized expertise in amnesty laws th…
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418 - The Weaver's Observatory with Austin Taylor
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Austin is the host of Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries, a podcast breaking down the untold stories behind questions such as "Why does Charles Entertainment Cheese love birthdays so much?" and "Why are Saturday Morning Cartoons such Toy Commercials?", as well as one of the designers of Kids in Capes. We sit down to play The Weaver's Observatory, a…
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417 - Bar the Windows, Bolt the Doors with Adam Macias
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Adam Macias is a comedian, and host of That Was Wild, a podcast where comedians and strangers on the Internet share their craziest stories. We talk Florida Men, horror, and shitty AirBnBs as we play Bar the Windows, Bolt the Doors, an RPG about defending your home from horrifying monstrosities. BAR THE WINDOWS, BOLT THE DOORS: https://stoneshore.it…
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416 - The Last Hand with Eric Faber
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Two outlaws are stuck in a boarded up saloon together. Something is outside, trying to get in. Things are going to get worse before the night is over. "The best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep." THE LAST HAND: https://airborneham.itch.io/the-last-hand ERIC FABER: https://www.airborneham.games/ BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmat…
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Human Rights in North Korea | Ambassador Julie Turner
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How does the United States coordinate with regional partners to promote human rights in North Korea? In this episode, we speak with Ambassador Julie Turner, the U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights at the Department of State. Ambassador Turner is globally recognized as an expert in human rights and democracy and has worked over the past…
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415 - The Beast Within with Valiant Dorian
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When backed against the wall, will you stay human? Or will you embrace the rage and summon the power of your bestial form, to bring a wave of vengeance down on your enemies? THE BEAST WITHIN: https://valiantdorian.itch.io/the-beast-within VALIANT DORIAN: https://valiantdorian.carrd.co/ BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY…
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414 - Campfire Scouts with KeganEXE
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Summer camp. It's an experience you'll never forget. CAMPFIRE SCOUTS: https://plusoneexp.itch.io/campfirescouts KEGANEXE: https://keganexe.com/ FOLLOW KEGAN ON BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/blister.city BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/ YAZEBA’S BED & BREAKFAST…
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413 - What's So Cool About Doomed Self-Loathing? with Grant
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It's a perfect world! And there's nothing you can do to change that. Even if you are, through some unfortunate, miserable twist of fate... some kind of "superhero." WHAT'S SO COOL ABOUT DOOMED SELF-LOATHING: https://erinking.itch.io/doomed-self-loathing THE DISAPPEARANCES OF LYDIA FOUNTAYNE: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/foxbot/the-disappear…
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412 - Alchemistresses with Dora Dee Rogers
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A generation ago, five women stood up, fought off a wave of monsters, and then walked away on a rainbow bridge to who-knows-where. Now, 50 years later, the monsters have returned. And that can only mean one thing... ALCHEMISTRESSES: https://gal-pal-games.itch.io/alchemistresses ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-childr…
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A War Later | Juanita Velez
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How do stories give new perspectives to conflict and peace? In this episode, we speak with Juanita Vélez, a journalist and political scientist. She was the editor of La Silla Sur, a regional subsidiary of Colombian news website La Silla Vacía, focused on covering the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement in southern Colombia. She researches an…
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411 - BLOOD//RUSH with Theodore Monk
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IT IS THE 90th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORBIT OF ENYO'S COMET. INFINITE COSMIC POWER IS WITHIN THE GRASP OF ANYONE BOLD ENOUGH TO WIELD IT. WHO WILL CLAIM THE LEGACY OF L. REDBREAKER? ONLY THE STRONG WILL SUCCEED! BLOOD//RUSH: https://ratwavegamehouse.itch.io/bloodrush PSYCHODUNGEON: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ratwave/psychodungeon-ttrpg THEODO…
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410 - Eyes on the Prize with Audrey
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The plan is simple. Pretend to be married. Infiltrate the town festival. Locate the target. Murder the target. Get out. Murder each other. Easiest job in the world. Most important thing. Don't fall in love. Do not under any circumstances fall in love. EYES ON THE PRIZE: https://iraprince.itch.io/eyes-on-the-prize ALONE AT THE TABLE: https://moonsho…
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409 - Punk's Been Dead Since '79 with Jonathan Lavallee
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"Don't you remember? When you were young and you wanted to set the world on fire?" PUNK'S BEEN DEAD SINCE '79: https://jephlewis.itch.io/pbds79 FIRESTORM INK: https://firestormink.itch.io/ Special thanks to Emily Reed (How I Became Invisible) for the song "NPFO"! HOW I BECAME INVISIBLE: https://howibecameinvisible.bandcamp.com/ LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: h…
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408 - First Dig 2 Graves with Quinns
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The dreaded scourge of every pizza shop owner: The Yelp Reviewer. The fated enemy of every social media journalist: The Scummy Restauranteur. Only one will live through the end of their story. FIRST DIG 2 GRAVES: https://acoupleofdrakes.itch.io/first-dig-2-graves QUINNS QUEST: https://www.youtube.com/@Quinns_Quest QUINNS QUEST: CITIZEN SLEEPER 2 AC…
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Power & Development | Raul Sanchez de la Sierra
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What is the role of narratives within the political economy of development? In this episode, we speak with Professor Raul Sanchez de la Sierra, an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and Faculty Affiliate of the Pearson Institute. His research tackles problems in the economics of development, political …
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407 - Twist of Fates with Rowan Zeoli
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This is the legend of Dartheus the Loudmouthed, who hitchhiked the River Styx, who brought a harvest of wine and mirth to herald their birth, friend of Dionysus, who fought the Minotaur and fled from Cerberus. This is the story of the God of the Toast of Rememberance. TWIST OF FATES: https://illicitpeanuts.itch.io/twist-of-fates RASCAL: https://www…
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406 - Deadly Weapons with Fabby Garza
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This is a story about a nun with a gun, in a world of Avatars; girls given guns, and told in their dreams that they must hunt Demons that take the form of classmates, lovers, friends. Whether they pull the trigger is up to them. DEADLY WEAPONS: https://adira.itch.io/deadly-weapons FABBY GARZA: https://fabbygarza.carrd.co/ EIDOLON PLAYTEST: https://…
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