Are things really getting worse? Jeremy Lent on Steven Pinker.

This week we speak with Jeremy Lent about Steven Pinker’s new book Enlightenment Now. Jeremy Lent is author of The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning, which investigates how different cultures have made sense of the universe. He is founder of the nonprofit Liology Institute, dedicated to fostering a sustainable worldview.

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Orientalism and Education Reform in Egypt

We speak with Maged Mandour about education reform in Egypt. We discuss why the middle class supports these types of policies, the corrosive role that orientalism plays in Egyptian political life, and the real reason the government fears the Muslim Brotherhood. Maged Mandour graduated from Cambridge with a Masters in International Relations. He is a political analyst and the columnist of “Chronicles of the Arab Revolt” on openDemocracy. He is also a writer for Sada, the online journal for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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Cartel economics: A look inside Los Zetas

This week we speak with Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, the author of Los Zetas Inc. We discuss the origins of the organization, why it no longer makes sense to call Los Zetas a 'drug cartel', and how Mexico can end its civil war.  

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Evoking the 1930s: Italy's sharp right turn

We talk with Vito Laterza about Italy's new government. We discuss the rise in violence against migrants in recent months, the increasing isolation of the Roma community, and the emergence of a coordinated international far-right social media strategy. Vito Laterza is associate professor in development studies at the University of Agder, Norway. He is an anthropologist and political analyst working on the crisis of capitalism, inequalities, race and class, and Africa and the West.

Note: the case of the coastguard ship not allowed to land has resolved after several more days of stalling, here is a link that updates listeners on how it ended:

https://news.sky.com/story/italy-allows-migrants-to-disembark-ship-10-days-after-rescue-in-mediterranean-sea-11482640

There's no going back: the battle for abortion rights in Argentina

We speak with Celeste Fierro about the fight for legalized abortions in Argentina. We discuss the increasingly radical feminist movement, the role the Pope played in trying to defeat the bill to legalize abortion, and how capitalism and patriarchy are both barriers to emancipation. Celeste Fierro is an activist with Junas y a la Izquierda, a feminist organization in Argentina’s Socialist Workers Party (MST).    

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The rise of authoritarian capitalism in Hungary

We talk with Gábor Scheiring about the changes Hungary has undergone over the last eight years. We discuss how countries slide towards authoritarianism, the failures of the liberal elite, and what West Virginia has in common with rural Hungary. Gabor Scheiring works as a research fellow at the University of Cambridge. As co-founder of a local progressive green party he was elected to the Hungarian Parliament in 2010, serving as shadow minister of finance for his party. 

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How France uses the CFA as a tool of financial domination

We talk with economist Ndongo Samba Sylla about why France's former colonies must leave the CFA franc. We discuss the origins of the CFA, the ways in which France uses the CFA franc as an instrument of control, and how countries in Central and West Africa might leave the CFA.  Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Senegalese development economist. He is currently a Research and Programme manager at the West Africa office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (Dakar).

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First as tragedy, then as farce: Joe Biden in 2020?

Early polls show that Biden would be the front-runner. We talk with journalist Branko Marcetic about the prospect of a Biden candidacy, bankruptcy law, the war on drugs, and the direction of the Democratic party. 

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Mexico: What to expect from AMLO

We speak with Dan La Botz about the recent Mexican election and what to expect from a Lopez Obrador administration. We discuss the future of Nafta, the state of the Zapatista movement, and the possibility of drug legalization in Mexico. Dan La Botz is a prominent American union activist, academic, journalist, and author. He was a co-founder of Teamsters for a Democratic Union and has written extensively on worker rights in the United States and Mexico. La Botz ran in 2010 for a seat in the US Senate for the Socialist Party. He is a member of the DSA and a co-editor of the socialist journal New Politics.

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Current Events: Making industrial policy

This week we discuss industrial policy in Africa with Emily Wolff.  We talk about production possibilities, global trade, and why it's so hard to trust the United States. Emily Wolff is an MSc Global Politics student at the London School of Economics interested in inequality, trade policy and global political economy. She is a contributor to Africa is a Country. 

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