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Sunday, May 10, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| Eric J. Segall Professor of Law Georgia State University, Seth C. McKee Professor of Political Science at Oklahoma State University, and Christian Grose is Professor of Political Science at USC.
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| The Voting Rights Act, or VRA, is viewed as the most important piece of legislation advancing civil rights in the 1960s. Passed in 1965, it was intended to redress the dis-empowerment of African Americans whose voting rights had been restricted due to several states legislation, ranging from poll taxes to literacy tests and other restrictions on voting. Throughout the Roberts Court, the VRA has been restricted and its protections stripped away. In 2026, perhaps the last of these provisions have been overturned, in a decision in the case Louisiana v Callais. On todays show, we will explore this decision and the impact it has on drawing Congressional districts, in an era of particularly aggressive gerrymandering.
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Sunday, May 3, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| Elizabeth Borgwardt is formerJennifer Trahan is a Clinical Professor and Director of the Concentration in International Law and Human Rights at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs, Pozen Professor of Human Rights at the University of Chicago, Mark Drumbl is Professor at Washington and Lee University, School of Law and Hurst Hannum is Professor Emeritus of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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| The last few years have been a particularly challenging time for the international law framework outlines at Nuremberg. The trial of the German leadership at the end of the Second World War, coupled with the creation of the UN and the UN Charter, codified a series of legal obligations for state leaders. It outlawed waging war or even threatening war. It held individual leaders as criminally liable for violating the rules of war. And it promised prosecutions as a result of these violations. While it had never realized its promise, the past few years, from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, to terrorist attacks against Israel and Israel’s waging of war in Gaza and Lebanon, to the Israeli and American war against Iran, have been a particular challenge to the so-called Nuremberg principles. So on today’s show, we explore what these principles are whether international actors can return to their promise.
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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Sunday, April 26, 2026 12:01 pm
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0:58:00
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| Doug Becker
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| Anna Law, Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY; Julie Novkov, Dean Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany; Jack Chin, Law and Director of Clinical Legal Education at UC Davies School of Law.
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| As the US Supreme Court deliberates over the future of Birthright Citizenship, we explore its historic roots in light of immigration, slavery, and Indigenous peoples. How do contemporary ideas of birthright citizenship fit with those of the past? And how might those influence the Supreme Court's upcoming decision? Will it be historic precedents on the matter or more contemporary ideas?
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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Sunday, April 19, 2026 12:01 pm
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0:58:00
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| Doug Becker
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| Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College, Jeremi Suri is Professor in the Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, Ezequiel González Ocantos is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations, and a Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College, at the University of Oxford.
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| What is former AG Pam Bondi's legacy at the Department of Justice? Is the Trump Administration unique in using the department for political gain?
On the final 30mins., Is prosecuting or choosing not to prosecute former political leaders purely a political decision? How common are such prosecutions? And are the prosecutions of former heads of state weaponization of justice mechanisms or are they attempts to uphold the rule of law?
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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Sunday, April 12, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| Hiroshi Motomura, Professor of Law, UCLA; Naomi Paik, Global Asian Studies & Criminology, Law and Justice, University of Illinois, Chicago; Luke William Hunt, Philosophy, the University of Alabama
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| In light of the firing of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, we explore how the agency and ICE impact immigration discourse and the violence in policing of immigrants.
How does immigration and the border define identity and belonging? We revisit a book on borders and their impact on immigration, identity, and belonging. Hiroshi Motomura is the author of Borders and Belonging: Toward a Fair Immigration Policy.
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Sunday, April 5, 2026 12:01 pm
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0:58:00
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| Doug Becker
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| Richard Feinberg is Professor Emeritus of International Political Economy at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego, William LeoGrande is Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor of Government at American University, Washington, Guillermo J. Grenier is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies at Florida International University and Sebastián Arcos is Interim director of the Cuban Research Institute in the Florida International University.
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| After attacking two countries in 2026, will the Trump administration attack Cuba? What is Cuba's relationship with the US historically and today? In this segment, we explore the island nation’s history, its government and economy, and why the US is targeting Cuba. In addition, we look into the controversy of compensation for property loss for Cuban Americans, as well as the broader issues of appropriation and compensation in Cuba. Lastly, we discuss the country’s political and economic challenges and the potential need for reform, and, if reform is necessary, which should come first: political or economic reform.
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Sunday, March 29, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| Serhun Al is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Izmir University of Economics in Türkiye, Mohammad Homayounvash is Founding Director of the Jaffer Institute for Interfaith Dialogue & Education at Miami-Dade College and Samuel Clowes Huneke is Assistant Professor of History at George Mason University.
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| The Israeli and American war on Iran has vast regional implications with the potential to draw other countries into the conflict. Today we explore Türkiye’s interests in the war with a particular focus on the ramifications of arming the Kurds to fight against Iran. Followed by, There were many victims of Nazi atrocities and genocide but one group has only recently been given recognition for the oppression they endured: the LGBTQ+ community. Today we explore the specific treatment and oppression of the lesbian community under Nazi Germany and how their experiences influence the larger conversation about women under Nazism.
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Sunday, March 22, 2026 12:01 pm
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0:58:00
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| Doug Becker
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| Yeghia Tashjian, Int'l Affairs Cluster Coordinator, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy & Int'l Affairs (IFI), Instructor at American Univ. And Makram Rahab, lecturer of History, American Univ. of Beirut & the Lebanese American Univ.;
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| Recent escalations in Israel’s war kill or wound the equivalent of one classroom of children every day, according to the deputy chief of the UN Children Fund (UNICEF). The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said on Thursday that it has recorded more than 10,000 air and ground violations inside Lebanese territory since the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect at the end of 2024. Israel’s attack on Lebanon has created both a humanitarian crisis and a potential collapse of the Lebanese government. We explore this attack, the role of Hezbollah, and the future of Lebanon from two different expert perspectives. Our guests join us from Lebanon.
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Sunday, March 15, 2026 12:01 pm
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0:58:00
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| Doug Becker, Maria Armoudian
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| Gabor Rona is Professor of Practice at Cardozo Law School; Jennifer Trahan is a Clinical Professor and Director of the Concentration in International Law and Human Rights at NYUs Center for Global Affairs and Michael Inzlicht is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto.
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| First interview: The Israeli/American War on Iran continues. On today's show we wrestle with the question of the wars legality. Is the war legal and are the targets being destroyed legal? In doing so, we reject US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseths assertion that the US will fight this war with "no stupid rules of engagement," "no politically correct wars," and "no nation-building quagmire." But while he rejects the importance of the rules and law of war, we do not. So we will ask, is this war legal? Is the manner in which the US and Israel have fought the war legal? Has Irans response been legal?
Second interview: Studies show that powerful people feel less empathy. What does that mean for societies?
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Sunday, March 8, 2026 12:01 pm
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0:58:00
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| Doug Becker
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| Stephen Zunes, Politics, University of San Ferancisco; Ervand Abrahamian, Iran historian, City University of New York; Hawzin Azeez, Kurdish academic, activist
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| The attack on Iran by the US and Israel will have devastating consequences for Iran and the region. Is the intent to foment ethnic conflicts as a means to weaken Iran? What are the greater implications of this war, for Iran, the region, and the globe? What are the possibilities of successful resistance to American and Israeli aggression for an unpopular war, domestically and around the world?
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Sunday, March 1, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| Allyson Nadia Field is Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago, Bernard Nicolas holds a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production from UCLA during L.A. Rebellion era and David-James Gonzales is Assistant Professor of Histroy at Brigham Young University.
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First, In the 1960s and 70s, a group of black filmmakers at UCLA used techniques they learned to make some great films to challenge Hollywood. The LA Rebellion presented films with uniquely black stories. What was this movement? And what did it accomplish?
Followed by, California's historic segregation of Mexican-Americans contrasted with the South's version of segregation. In California, who did this segregation serve? Our guest says it was the interests of "citrus capitalism" in Orange County. The famous Supreme Court Case Broad v Board of Education challenged segregation in public schools. But there was another precedent, the Mendes et al case, that challenged segregation and education in California against Mexican-Americans.
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