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Sunday, August 30, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| Roberto J. González is a professor of anthropology at San Jose State University , Ori Swed Associate Professor of Sociology at Texas Tech University and Hugh Gusterson is Professor of Anthropology and Public Policy at the University of British Colombias
Jennifer Trahan is a Clinical Professor and Director of the Concentration in International Law and Human Rights at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs.
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Sunday, August 23, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| Doug Specht, Chartered Geographer, Head of School of Media & Communication, University of Westminster, Daniel Swain, climate scientist, University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources
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| Wildfires have been raging in North America, Europe and South America and have grown significantly worse worldwide. Is the worsening of these fires due to climate change? And what needs to be done to either mitigate or adapt to these new realities?
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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Sunday, August 16, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| Mark L. Haas is Duquesne Professor of Political Science at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and Jacob Hamblin is Professor of History at Oregon State University.
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| Does the world's aging population mean fewer wars in the future? What exactly is a geriatric peace?
Then, we explore a new book on the peaceful uses of nuclear power.
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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Sunday, August 9, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| Merry Fitzpatrick is Research Assistant Professor at Tufts University and Patrick Diamond Professor in Pubic Policy in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London
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| The Greater Horn of Africa, in Northeastern Africa, faces a severe food insecurity. In Sudan 19 million-plus people facing acute hunger 825,000 children under 5 expected to suffer from Severe Acute Malnutrition in 2026. And 12-14 million people severely food insecure in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. What are the root causes and immediate effects of this famine? How can the world help address food insecurity in this region?
Then, The United Kingdom has a new Prime Minister. He is the 7th Prime Minister in the last decade, a remarkable instability for the nation. First of all, who is Andy Burnham? Why did he replace Kier Starmer? Why has the UK had such instability? Is it because of the decision to leave the EU, or what is called Brexit? And what does Burnhams leadership suggest for the future of the UK?
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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Sunday, August 2, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| 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
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| Climate change will lead to climate migration. There has been a renewed interest in adaptation strategies. Mitigation efforts seek to limit the amount of greenhouse gases in the environment to slow climate change. But adaptation recognizes that the climate has changed and we as a society and as a planet must adapt to these rising temperatures and the changing ecosystem. We will explore some of the challenges for adaptation.
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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Sunday, July 26, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker and Maria Armoudian
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| ony Shaw is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Hertfordshire, Alan McDougall is Professor of History at the University of Guelph, John Dingus is Professor of Journalism at Columbia University and Peter Kornbluh.
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| How does the global phenomenon of soccer--called football elsewhere--influence the soft power of countries? Are political rivalries playing out in soccer games? Book author interview - the book, Cold War Football.
Then, how did Latin America's longest standing democracy fall in 1973? We revisit our conversation with Peter Kornbluh and John Dinges about the 1973 coup that took down Chile's democracy.
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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Sunday, July 19, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| David Mora is Senior Analyst for Mexico with the International Crisis Group. and eva Jusionyte is a legal and medical anthropologist and associate professor at Brown University.
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| Protesters have been seen at every World Cup game played in Mexico. They are reminding a global audience of the issue of the "disappeared in Mexico." We explore this issue and its causes.
Then, Beyond asylum seekers heading north, the problems of US/Mexico Border are also about the flow of guns and drugs. How can we understand the totality of problems related to the US southern border? What are the solutions?
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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Sunday, July 12, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker and Maria Armoudian
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| John McDonough of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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| Health care in the US is in a crisis with most people paying too much for increasingly worse outcomes. How did we get here? Our guest is John E. McDonough author of AMERICA'S WRONG TURN: US Health Care in the Neoliberal Era.
Then, what are the ethics of medicine and health care? What are the modern issues are complicating them?
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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Sunday, July 5, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| Naomi Paik, Univ. of Ill Chicago, Gabriel Jack Chin, UC Davis, Hiroshi Motomur UCLA and Anna Law CUNY Brooklyn Collegea
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| Although the US Supreme court confirmed Birthright Citizenship, the decision was not unanimous. Why did so many members of the Court oppose the 14th Amendment?
Then, the latest supreme court decisions have enabled the president to strip humanitarian protections from immigrants who came from war torn countries and other danger zones, even if they are in the country legally. What do this mean for human rights in America?
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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Sunday, June 28, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| Robert J. Spitzer at SUNY Cortland, New York, Eric J. Segall, at Georgia State University and Carlton Larson at the University of California at Davis.
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| If its June, its time for Supreme Court decisions. On today’s show we will explore recent rulings on two large topics. The first is the extent of the second amendment. That’s the gun rights Amendment and the right to bear arms. Then we will turn to the broad question, is the Constitution colorblind? What role does and should race play in Supreme Court decisions?
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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Sunday, June 21, 2026 12:01 pm
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| Doug Becker
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| Simon Rofe, Sports Diplomacy, Leeds Beckett Univ.; Daniel Durbin, Sports, Media and Society, USC Annenberg School of Communications; Lindsay Krasnoff, Institute for Global Sport, New York Univ.; Nick Cull, Public Diplomacy, USC
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| In the global obsession with soccer and the World Cup, how much goodwill goes to the host country? And has the United State's visa controversies and FIFA's corruption undermined this goodwill?
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| You can hear this and other interviews at www.scholarscircle.org
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