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█ KPFK Online ProgrammingScholars Circle - Podcast
Sunday, November 30, 2025 12:01 pm 0:58:09
Host:
Doug Becker
Guests:
Robert J. Miller is Professor of Law at the Sandra Day OConnor College of Law at Arizona State University; Robbie Ethridge is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Mississippi.
Topics
In 2020, the Supreme Court surprised many observers by holding up the rights of the Muscogee (Creek) nation. In McGirt v Oklahoma, the Court held that the Creek Nation retained its sovereign rights over a very large part of Eastern Oklahoma. The decision began with a poetic line: At the end of the Trail of Tears is a promise. The case raises further interest in issues of Indian law, which includes a very important case on the docket this year on the issue of the adoption of Indian children without the consent of the tribe. Robert Miller and Robbie Ethridge have written a new book on the McGirt case, on the history of the Muscogee nations relations with the United States, and the details of the case itself. And the title of the book references that first line of the decision. It is called A Promise Kept: The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt v Oklahoma.
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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█ KPFK Online ProgrammingScholars Circle - Podcast
Sunday, November 23, 2025 12:01 pm 0:58:09
Host:
Doug Becker
Guests:
Jesse M. Keenan is Associate Professor of Real Estate at Tulane School of Architecture and Matt Hauer is Charles B. Nam Associate Professor, Department of Sociology - Center for Demography and Population Health at Florida State University
Topics
Interview with the author Jesse M.Keenan of the new book North: Future of Post Climate America. What are the state and regional implication of migration North in America by people fleeing climate catastrophe in the South's most venerable places in America. Then, we focus on demographics, state and regional policies in the South and North that are affected by domestic migrants due to climate change.
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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█ KPFK Online ProgrammingScholars Circle - Podcast
Sunday, November 16, 2025 12:01 pm 0:58:09
Host:
Doug Becker
Guests:
Ira Helfand, MD is a member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)s International Steering Committee, Wayne Glass is Professor Emeritus in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California and Joe Cirincione is a national security analyst .
Topics
What is Donald Trump trying to accomplish by resuming nuclear testing? And what impact will this decision have on nuclear non-proliferation? It seems that Trump doesn't understand either nuclear testing or the basics about nuclear weapons. Does this undermine US policy for non-proliferation? Also, the US is unique in that a single person controls the decision to use nuclear weapons? Could the international response to the US announcement of resuming nuclear testing change this command structure?
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
Host:
Doug Becker
Guests:
Ira Helfand, MD is a member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)s International Steering Committee, Wayne Glass is Professor Emeritus in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California and Joe Cirincione is a national security analyst .
Topics
What is Donald Trump trying to accomplish by resuming nuclear testing? And what impact will this decision have on nuclear non-proliferation? It seems that Trump doesn't understand either nuclear testing or the basics about nuclear weapons. Does this undermine US policy for non-proliferation? Also, the US is unique in that a single person controls the decision to use nuclear weapons? Could the international response to the US announcement of resuming nuclear testing change this command structure?
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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█ KPFK Online ProgrammingScholars Circle - Podcast
Sunday, November 9, 2025 12:01 pm 0:58:09
Host:
Doug Becker and Maria Armoudian
Guests:
Erica Resende is an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the Brazilian National War College in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Holly Beals, a strategic director & Senior Innovation Specialist, Aurora Climate Lab Lead at Creative HQ and Michael Fielding, the Chief Executive of AUT Ventures.
Topics
Violent policing and "disappearing" people is continuing in Brazil, even today in 2025. How is Brazilian civil society responding? People around the world have developed innovative new technologies to mitigate or adapt to climate change. In many cases, adoption has proved difficult as governments and some large corporations have been reluctant to support them. Who are developing these technological solutions? What are some of these technologies? Can they help protect us from the worst of climate change?
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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█ KPFK Online ProgrammingScholars Circle - Podcast
Sunday, November 2, 2025 12:01 pm 0:58:08
Host:
Maria Armoudian
Guests:
Benjamin Neimark is Senior Lecturer at the University of Lancaster, UK; Oliver Belcher is an Assistant Professor in Human Geography at Durham University, UK; Neta C. Crawford is Professor of Political Science and Department Chair at Boston University
Topics
We spend the hour looking at the environmental impact of the US military. How much does the US military pollute the environment? what is its role in climate change causing green house emissions? The military has taken some measures to reduce its impact on the environment and green gas emissions, but our guests say these measures do little to assuage the militarys bigger effects on climate change. What are these effects and what can be done about them?
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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█ KPFK Online ProgrammingScholars Circle - Podcast
Sunday, October 26, 2025 12:01 pm 0:58:09
Host:
Doug Becker
Guests:
Marten Willem Brienen is associate professor of Global Studies at Oklahoma State University and Gabor Rona is Professor of Practice at Cardozo Law School.
Topics
Are the US Navy attacks on ships off the coast of Venezuela and Colombia legal? And are they unprecedented? On today's show we explore the legality of these attacks and the precedents for them under the global war on terror and the war on drugs.
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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█ KPFK Online ProgrammingScholars Circle - Podcast
Sunday, October 19, 2025 12:01 pm 0:58:09
Host:
Doug Becker
Guests:
Shannon Gibson is Associate Professor of Political Science, International Relations, and Environmental Studies at the USC, Dr. Kelly Twomey Sanders is an Associate Professor in the USC, Johanna L. Gusman Regional Adviser for Human Rights and Social Development at the Pacific Community (SPC) based in Suva, Fiji and Dr. Justin Sobion Lectures on Environmental Law at University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Topics
- Green energy shunned by the Trump Administration, we examine how this affects US economy, energy costs and green technology leadership. - International Court of Justice (ICJ ) made decision on behalf of Vanuatu in July 2025 Recognizing the “urgent and existential threat” facing the world, granting those harmed by human-caused climate change may be entitled to “reparations”.
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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█ KPFK Online ProgrammingScholars Circle - Podcast
Sunday, October 12, 2025 12:01 pm 0:58:09
Host:
Doug Becker
Guests:
Mark Drumbl is Professor at Washington and Lee University, School of Law, and Director of the University's Transnational Law Institute, Barbora Hola, Senior Researcher, NSCR & Professor Department of Criminal Law & Criminology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Topics
Autocratic regimes often use people throughout the population to serve as informants. Why do people choose to become an informant and collaborate with autocracies? And what constitutes justice against these informants once the state democratizes? We discuss a new book on the topic Informers Up Close with its authors Mark Drumbl and Barbora Hola
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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█ KPFK Online ProgrammingScholars Circle - Podcast
Sunday, October 5, 2025 12:01 pm 0:58:09
Host:
Doug Becker
Guests:
Amy Skonieczny , Mary Jane Parmentier and Lui Hebron
Topics
Donald Trump has asserted himself with the power of the US into multiple ceasefires and conflict negotiations. How does this comport with US policy historically? What might be his motivation?
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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█ KPFK Online ProgrammingScholars Circle - Podcast
Sunday, September 28, 2025 12:01 pm 0:58:09
Host:
Doug Becker
Guests:
Cynthia Baron, Dept. of Theatre & Film, Bowling Green State Univ.; Dan Mirvish, director, screenwriter, producer and author; Sherry B. Ortner, Anthropology at UCLA.
Topics
Robert Redford's passing reminds us that perhaps his greatest legacy is his support for independent film. So on today's show, what is the impact of independent film on the industry? How has independent film changed in recent years. How has the major shift toward streaming affected our access to independent films?
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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█ KPFK Online ProgrammingScholars Circle - Podcast
Sunday, September 21, 2025 12:01 pm 0:58:09
Host:
Doug Becker
Guests:
Roger Petersen is the Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science at MIT, David L. Altheide is a Regents Professor Emeritus on the faculty of Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University and Brian Levin Professor of Criminal Justice at California State University, San Bernardino.
Topics
Political violence is on the rise, we get insight into why it happens and ways to mitigate it's occurrence. With scholars of politics, social inquiry and criminal justice.
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
Host:
Doug Becker
Guests:
Roger Petersen is the Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science at MIT, David L. Altheide is a Regents Professor Emeritus on the faculty of Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University and Brian Levin Professor of Criminal Justice at California State University, San Bernardino.
Topics
Political violence is on the rise, we get insight into why it happens and ways to mitigate it's occurrence. With scholars of politics, social inquiry and criminal justice.
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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█ KPFK Online ProgrammingScholars Circle - Podcast
Sunday, September 14, 2025 12:01 pm 0:58:09
Host:
Doug Becker
Guests:
Hiroshi Motomura is a Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. Tony Payan is Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and Alaka Wali is the Curator of North American Anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago.
Topics
How does the US Supreme Court decision to allow ICE to target immigrants based on language, accent, race, and employment affect the sweeps of undocumented immigrants in the US. And what are the social and economic impacts of Trump's deportation policy? Then, Museums are changing their approach to exhibiting Native American artifacts. What is the new model and what is the impact?
You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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