Beste Jacob U podcasts (2024)

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Judaism is About Love: A Discussion with Shai Held 34:53

9d ago34:53

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A dramatic misinterpretation of the Jewish tradition has shaped the history of the West: Christianity is the religion of love, and Judaism the religion of law. In the face of centuries of this widespread misrepresentation, Rabbi Shai Held―one of the most important Jewish thinkers in America today―recovers the heart of the Jewish tradition, offering…

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Seth J. Frantzman, "The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza" (Wicked Son, 2024) 39:03

1M ago39:03

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A harrowing account on the frontlines of the war between Israel and Hamas, The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza (Wicked Son, 2024) War tells the story of how Hamas surprised Israel with its deadly attack, killing more than 1,000 people and kidnapping more than 250. With unparalleled access to the Israeli soldiers and units that f…

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Marilynne Robinson, "Reading Genesis" (FSG, 2024) 33:06

1M ago33:06

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For generations, the book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents by various hands, expressing different factional interests, with borrowings from other ancient literatures that mark the text as derivative. In other words, academic interpretation of Genesis has centered on the question of its basic coherency, just as fu…

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Shaping Tomorrow: USAID’s Digital Future with Chris Burns 44:10

1M ago44:10

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In this episode of Building the Future, Romina Bandura is joined by Chris Burns, Chief Digital Development Officer for USAID and the Director of the Technology Division, to discuss USAID’s work on digital development and dive deeper into USAID’s 10-year Digital Strategy for 2024-2034.Door CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

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Yaacob Dweck, "Dissident Rabbi: The Life of Jacob Sasportas" (Princeton UP, 2019) 54:07

1M ago54:07

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In 1665, Sabbetai Zevi, a self-proclaimed Messiah with a mass following throughout the Ottoman Empire and Europe, announced that the redemption of the world was at hand. As Jews everywhere rejected the traditional laws of Judaism in favor of new norms established by Sabbetai Zevi, and abandoned reason for the ecstasy of messianic enthusiasm, one ma…

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Cary Nelson, "Hate Speech and Academic Freedom: The Antisemitic Assault on Basic Principles" (Academic Studies Press, 2024) 40:42

2M ago40:42

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Completed shortly before Hamas carried out its barbaric October massacre, Cary Nelson's Hate Speech and Academic Freedom: The Antisemitic Assault on Basic Principles (Academic Studies Press, 2024) takes up issues that have consequently gained new urgency in the academy worldwide. It is the first book to ask what impact antisemitism has had on the f…

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Jay Garfinkel, "Kohelet's Cocktail: Beyond the Pursuit of Happiness" (Illuminated Press, 2024) 27:03

2M ago27:03

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Dive into the timeless wisdom of Ecclesiastes in Jay Garfinkel's groundbreaking work, Kohelet's Cocktail: Beyond the Pursuit of Happiness (Illuminated Press, 2024) This exquisite "illuminated" digital masterpiece marries the ancient with the avant-garde, offering a fresh, poetic voice to the biblical text that has resonated with humanity for millen…

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Samuel C. Heilman and Mucahit Bilici, "Following Similar Paths: What American Jews and Muslims Can Learn from One Another" (U California Press, 2024) 35:04

2M ago35:04

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Two academics, one Jewish and one Muslim, come together to show how much their faiths have in common—particularly in America. This book provides a braided portrait of two American groups whose strong religious attachments and powerful commitments to ritual observance are not always easy to adapt to American culture. Orthodox Jews and observant Musl…

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Eyal Regev, "The Temple in Early Christianity: Experiencing the Sacred" (Yale UP, 2019) 36:58

2M ago36:58

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Eyal Regev's The Temple in Early Christianity: Experiencing the Sacred (Yale UP, 2019) is he first scholarly work to trace the Temple throughout the entire New Testament, this study examines Jewish and Christian attitudes toward the Temple in the first century and provides both Jews and Christians with a better understanding of their respective fai…

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Where's Joe Biden? Schrödinger's Cat Thought Experiment Playing Out In DC. 37:17

3M ago37:17

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You can't make this shit up. We have a President who is Schrödinger's cat. Is he alive or is he dead? Depends on who you ask. His fate is linked to a random event that may (or may not) occur.

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Sleepy Joe Folds Like An Aluminum Lawn Chair 27:40

3M ago27:40

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It is official. Demented Joe passes the torch to Cacklin Kamala and so the Lunatic Left has conceded the 2024 Presidential election. The Democrat Party is exploding before your very eyes. Get your popcorn. It is going to be great.

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It Was A Kennedy Style Palace Coup 48:19

3M ago48:19

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They think we are idiots. You are seeing a coverup taking place before your very eyes. In 1963 evil forces were able to pull a fast one. We as a nation were very naive. Today everyone has a high quality camera and recording device and independent journalists are all of us. It is harder to pull off an assassination today. Too many eyes on the crime.…

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Trump Is Batman And Biden Is A Joker 51:35

3M ago51:35

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The man is hard a coffin nail.

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Bridging the Gender Digital Divide with Jamie Zimmerman 38:31

4M ago38:31

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In this episode of Building the Future, Guest Host Romina Bandura, Senior Fellow at the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development, is joined by Jamie Zimmerman, the Deputy Director of Digital Connectivity at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss opportunities and challenges related to the gender divide in digital services in low- and m…

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Judith Lewis Herman, "Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice" (Basic Books, 2023) 32:44

4M ago32:44

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Judith Herman is renowned for her groundbreaking work with survivors of trauma, including sexual trauma. Her earlier books include Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (Basic Books, 2022) and Father-Daughter Incest (Harvard UP, 2000) The #MeToo movement brought worldwide attention to sexual violen…

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Thomas Sparr, "German Jerusalem: The Remarkable Life of a German-Jewish Neighbourhood in the Holy City" (Haus Publishers, 2021) 25:59

5M ago25:59

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In the 1920s, before the establishment of the state of Israel, a group of German Jews settled in a garden city on the outskirts of Jerusalem. During World War II, their quiet community, nicknamed Grunewald on the Orient, emerged as both an immigrant safe haven and a lively expatriate hotspot, welcoming many famous residents including poet-playwrigh…

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Digital Transformation and Digital Public Infrastructure in India with Shatakratu Sahu 25:53

5M ago25:53

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In this episode of Building the Future, Guest Host Romina Bandura, Senior Fellow at the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development, is joined by Shatakratu Sahu, a research analyst and convener of the Global Technology Summit at Carnegie India, to discuss the role of digital public infrastructure (DPI) in the Indian context, and what Sahu sees as t…

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Carl Zimmer, "Life's Edge: The Search For What it Means to be Alive" (Dutton, 2022) 36:28

5M ago36:28

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Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can’t answer that question here on Earth, how will we know when and if we discover alien li…

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David Tal, "The Making of an Alliance: The Origins and Development of the US-Israel Relationship" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 36:16

5M ago36:16

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Laying the foundation for an understanding of US-Israeli relations, this lively and accessible book provides critical background on the origins and development of the 'special' relations between Israel and the United States. Questioning the usual neo-realist approach to understanding this relationship, David Tal instead suggests that the relations …

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Faux Ivy League Protests-Gavin Is Chomping At The Bit--Bingo Was His Name O, Christi Noem A/K/A Murderer. 52:29

6M ago52:29

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Clueless young elites are chanting for the destruction of the United States and no one bats an eye. Lets discuss how this is strategic and planned. Nothing happens by accident. How about we deport everyone who is here on a visa that is caught protesting the very sponsor of their free ride? Where is Gavin and when is he going to make his move? Barry…

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The Historical Appeal of Foreign Dictators among American Conservatives with Jacob Heilbrunn 21:19

6M ago21:19

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In this episode of Building the Future, Dan is joined by Jacob Heilbrunn from The National Interest to discuss his new book, America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators, and talk about the implications for American politics today.Door CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

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Seth D. Kaplan, "Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time" (Little, Brown Spark, 2023) 30:30

6M ago30:30

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The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we know, what resources and opportunities we have access to, the quality of schools our kids go to, our sense of security and belonging, and even how long we live. Yet too many of us live in neighborhoods plagued by rising crime, school violence, family disintegration…

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Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements" (1951) 33:04

6M ago33:04

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A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, who eventually taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements—the first and most famous of his books—was made into a bestseller when Pre…

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Eclipse Insanity-Black Swan Events-Election 2024 52:29

6M ago52:29

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Well, we are still here. Eclipse be damned. The MSM tried desperately to make us all believe that the end was near. I even heard someone on "The View" blame the eclipse on climate change. You can’t make this shite up. I am on the road and making a podcast from the seat of an automobile…. An internal combustion driven vehicle. I know, I am so 20th c…

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Climate-Related Migration and Adaptation Funding with Sarah Bermeo and Kerilyn Schewel 35:02

7M ago35:02

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In this episode of Building the Future, guest host Noam Unger is joined by Sarah Bermeo and Kerilyn Schewel, co-directors of the Duke Program on Climate-Related Migration, as they draw on their research in Central America and Ethiopia to discuss the effect of climate on migration, forecast models, adaptation funding, and aid allocation.…

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Brothers and Sisters for Israel (“Achim Baneshek”): A Conversation with Ronen Koehler 43:58

7M ago43:58

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How does an organization change in an instant, shift its focus and mission in response to a new reality? One volunteer organization did just that. In this podcast, Ronen Koehler shares the ideas, skills and commitments that enabled his organization’s dramatic, consequential change. The nonprofit, Brothers and Sisters for Israel (“Achim Baneshek” in…

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Creating an International Anti-Corruption Court with Judge Mark Wolf 22:43

7M ago22:43

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In this episode of Building the Future, Dan is joined by Judge Mark Wolf, Chair of Integrity Initiatives International, to discuss his judicial career and his advocacy for the creation of the International Anti-Corruption Court.Door CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

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I Am From An Alternate Universe--Stop The Killing Around The World--Trump Will Pick A VP And Here Is My Advice 40:21

7M ago40:21

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What is going on? Am I missing something? Why do I feel I am living in a dream? Do you ever ask yourself these questions? Because I do every single day. I want to know why people do not do what is right. Why do the powers that be seem to do the exact opposite of what you and I would do? Is it all due to the corruption that exists in the world today…

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Kenneth Miller, "Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep" (Hachette Books, 2023) 39:43

8M ago39:43

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Why do we sleep? How can we improve our sleep? A century ago, sleep was considered a state of nothingness—even a primitive habit that we could learn to overcome. Then, an immigrant scientist and his assistant spent a month in the depths of a Kentucky cave, making nationwide headlines and thrusting sleep science to the forefront of our consciousness…

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A Conservative Policy Approach to the New Cold War against China with Dan Negrea and Matthew Kroenig 30:03

8M ago30:03

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In this episode of Building the Future, Dan is joined by Dan Negrea and Matthew Kroenig from the Atlantic Council to discuss their new book, We Win, They Lose: Republican Foreign Policy and the New Cold War.Door CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

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Trump Wins Missouri Cacaus—Supreme Court Gets One Right—War In Ukraine—State of the Union 45:30

8M ago45:30

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Attending my first caucus in Missouri was interesting and it gave me insight into why nothing can get done in Congress. No one listens. No one understands. But all things aside Trump triumphant with a 268-12 vote. Haley loses again. Supreme Court in a 9-0 decision overrules the Colorado Supreme Court and Trump will be on the ballot in Colorado. On …

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U. S. Taxpayers Are Being Forced To Fund Illegal Immigration Crisis--McConnell Stepping Down--Biden Goes Toe To Toe With Trump In Texas 44:54

8M ago44:54

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If you ever wondered if your country will screw you over at the first opportunity then look no further than this administrations handling of the Southern Border crisis. Not only is their inaction affecting every aspect of American life through welfare, crime, housing, education, and national debt, it is also being financed with our own taxes dollar…

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Ronna McDaniel Resigns—Lord of "Satan" Jacob Rothschild Passes—Trump Wins Big In South Carolina 44:37

8M ago44:37

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Yes, Nikki Haley loves losing. She lost big time despite convincing large numbers of Dems to vote for her in South Carolina. When you outspend your opponent 30 to 1 and lose by double digits you might want to rethink your immediate plans. But her assignment is to hurt Trump at all costs. Will the American public fall for this? Thirty percent will f…

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Paul Scharre, "Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (Norton, 2023) 34:30

8M ago34:30

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An award-winning defense expert tells the story of today’s great power rivalry―the struggle to control artificial intelligence. A new industrial revolution has begun. Like mechanization or electricity before it, artificial intelligence will touch every aspect of our lives―and cause profound disruptions in the balance of global power, especially amo…

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Nikki Haley Doubles Down On Losing—$355 Million Shakedown—WWIII Highlights 33:42

8M ago33:42

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Nikki can’t say no. I bet she was fun in high school. How many times must you be humiliated before you throw in the towel? Yet, the money keeps rolling in and she keeps trying to convince us that she has a chance. Trump gets hit with a $355 million fine and apparently NYC DA thinks that’s a win for NY? Ross Perot said it best. “You will hear the su…

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Leading Private Investment in Global Nutritional Security with Drs. Antonio Tataranni and Marianne O'Shea 34:17

8M ago34:17

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In this episode of Building the Future, guest host Caitlin Welsh is joined by PepsiCo's Chief Medical Officer and R&D Senior Vice President of Life Sciences, Dr. Antonio Tataranni, and PepsiCo's R&D Vice President of Life Sciences, Dr. Marianne O'Shea, to discuss the impact of PepsiCo's malnutrition intervention programs, Quaker Qrece and Quaker Bo…

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America Is FUBAR! Judge Finds Trump Liable For $355 Million In Damages. 40:25

8M ago40:25

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Name a competent leader either foreign or domestic. I dare you. We are being led by psychopaths, maniacs and freaks. The DOJ is a joke. The courts have been weaponized and we have a massive two tiered justice system. You and I no longer matter to the elite. We are a nuisance and insignificant. World War 3 has already begun but the vast majority are…

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Did Putin Sanction Navalny's 'Killing?' Could This Happen In America? 29:13

8M ago29:13

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Killing a political enemy is common in history. But is that what Putin actually did? If so, is the West contemplating the demise of Donald J. Trump? The circumstances are remarkably similar. Would the Deep State kill an opponent? I say yes.

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Briefing 306-The Week In Review—Putin/Carlson—Hur Report, Ouch 45:03

8M ago45:03

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What can I say? Putin came across as a knowledgeable, sane, competent, leader unlike our own. Carlson had his hand full but did a good job. Obama DOJ calls Joey B. an elderly, well meaning man who has a bad memory. No charges.

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Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineburg, "Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 34:16

8M ago34:16

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An indispensable guide for telling fact from fiction on the internet—often in less than 30 seconds. The internet brings information to our fingertips almost instantly. The result is that we often jump to thinking too fast, without taking a few moments to verify the source before engaging with a claim or viral piece of media. Information literacy ex…

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Briefing 305-The Knives Come Out For Tucker—Trump Makes A Mistake—Is America Rome In The Last Days? 46:42

8M ago46:42

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Looking forward to the interview with our arch enemy, the King of Bad, the Grand Exaluted Almighty Omnipotent Stomper, Vlad (the Impaler) Putin. Geez, you would swear Tucker was interviewing Castro. Oh, I forgot those interviews are saved for the Barbara Walters, Charlie Rose’s of the world. Are we in the end times of our empire? Are we going the w…

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John Horgan, "Terrorist Minds: The Psychology of Violent Extremism from Al-Qaeda to the Far Right" ( Columbia UP, 2023) 36:27

8M ago36:27

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What makes a person want to become a terrorist? Who becomes involved in terrorism, and why? In what ways does participating in violent extremism change someone? And how can people become deradicalized? John Horgan―one of the world’s leading experts on the psychology of terrorism―takes readers on a globe-spanning journey into the terrorist mindset. …

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Private Equity Investment and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa with Drs. Louise Fox and Michael Nicholson 21:43

9M ago21:43

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In this episode of Building the Future, Dan is joined by Dr. Louise Fox and Dr. Michael Nicholson to discuss their recently published report, Are private equity investments financing the SDGs in sub-Saharan Africa? and how African countries can attract more of these investments.Door CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

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Briefing 304-Tucker Carlson Becomes A Superstar—Nikki Haley Can’t Beat “None Of The Above”—Did King Chuck Croak? 45:03

9M ago45:03

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While we will probably learn nothing new from the Tucker Carlson interview of Vladimir Putin this move makes Tucker Carlson bigger than Joe Rogan. Nikki Haley fails miserably and will continue on to fail more. Is King Chuck dead? If he were do you think we would know immediately? I doubt it.

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Briefing 303-Week In Review 46:44

9M ago46:44

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All the news that is news for last week. Biden wins South Carolina Democrat Primary-Sees Abysmal 4% Turnout-The Southern Border is wide open but our Squatter In Chief says give me more money and do what I say and wal-lah everything will be great. Apparently, rather than upholding the Constitution our armed service members are fighting for this "adm…

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Briefing 302-Mass Media Tricks And Lies-Liberal Tears And Fears Of Trumps Lead-How Fear Will Effect The 2024 Election 45:06

9M ago45:06

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Print media is dead folks. I will give you at least two examples of why it is a leaf dying on the vine. The model of a central delivery system for information has gone the way of the spittoon and buggy whip. WARNING: Shadow Government SG will use fear to control the masses. They have no choice. Trump is running away with polling for the 2024 electi…

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Briefing 301-Taylor Swift Con Job-Twitter Hell Hole-Forgotten Lahaina Maui and Palestine OH 48:01

9M ago48:01

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No one understands the Taylor Swift con job and what it reveals about the American public. You are being conned by a huge money making machine and apparently most are fine with that. If you believe that deep down inside people are “good” at their core then spend a few minutes Twitter/X and you will reassess that belief system quickly. The world is …

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Briefing 300-Week In Review-Last Weeks News Today 50:15

9M ago50:15

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From the Texas border crisis and a possible civil war, an up coming regional conflict (World War) in the Middle East, to the FBI being run by entitled, lazy, children and the stupidity and embarrassment of our Squatter in Chief. This week’s news is beyond belief. Come have a listen.

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Briefing 299-Donald J. Trump Is The Chemotherapy To The Third Stage Cancer America Has 47:09

9M ago47:09

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Sometimes the medicine is hard to swallow. But the medicine is the cure. Donald Trump is that medicine. He is the chemo that is actually poison, but could save your live. However, that medicine must be dosed out at a rate that is tolerable to the body. My advice for Big Don is to tone the rhetoric down a bit, don’t appear to be a petulant child and…

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Diplomacy in Latin America with former U. S. Ambassador Luigi Einaudi 35:38

9M ago35:38

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In this episode of Building the Future, Dan is joined by former U. S. Ambassador Luigi Einaudi, author of Learning Diplomacy: An Oral History, to discuss his book and reflect on his diplomatic career in Latin America. He shares his experiences at the State Department, the Organization of American States (OAS), and as Special Envoy, where he played …

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