The Young Podcast

Authoritarianism and Struggles for Change in the Arab World

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:58:52 GMT

Join us in a discussion about authoritarianism and struggles for change in the Arab World with guest, Hesham Sallam.

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The Role of Human Rights Watch in Addressing Human Rights Offenses in Israel/Palestine with Omar Shakir

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:30:52 GMT

Today, we invite director Omar Shakir from the Human Rights Watch to talk about Israel and Palestine. Director Shakir is an Israel and Palestine director for Human Rights Watch. His main work is to investigate and report human rights abuses in Israel, The West Bank, and Gaza. And to our listeners at Occidental, he'll visit our campus on March 6, 2024 to give us a talk titled: "Reporting on Rights violations: Israel, Palestine, and Beyond."

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India-Israel Alliance: Fueling the Palestinian Crisis with Azad Essa

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:33:32 GMT

This podcast was recorded in November 2023 by our colleague Salem Hailu.

Today on this episode, we'll be diving into the complex world of the global political economy with a special guest, acclaimed journalist and author Azad Essa, here to discuss his new book, Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between India and Israel.

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Professor Movindri Reddy: Hegemonic Horizons (Part 1)

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:44:14 GMT

Hegemonic Horizons: India, China, and the Battle for Strategic Influence (Part 1)

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Professor Syeda ShahBano Ijaz: Democracy and Development in the Global South

Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:12:19 GMT

Democracy and Development in the Global South

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Professor Crawford

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:00:17 GMT

Transitional Justice Institutions & 'Otherwise" Possibilities of Democratic Engagement

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Dr. Stuart Soroka: From Likes to Votes

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:00:15 GMT

From Likes to Votes: How Social Media is Changing Global Democracy

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Erica Marat on the War against Ukraine and the Legacies of Russian Colonialism

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 22:41:08 GMT

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Sahar Moazami

Mon, 09 May 2022 12:57:54 GMT

Join us in conversation with Sahar Moazami, a UN program officer for Outright Action International at the UN, as they detail mechanisms for state accountability and how to promote LGBT rights on a global scale.

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President J. Harry Elam Jr.

Fri, 06 May 2022 12:55:11 GMT

In this engaging interview, President Elam details his career in the theatrical arts, deconstructing how art can be used as a mechanism for social change and communal empowerment.

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Casey Michel on American Kleptocracy

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:59:09 GMT

Investigative journalist Casey Michel speaks with Professor Igor

Logvinenko about his book AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY: How the U.S. Created

the World’s Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History. They cover a

range of other topics, including global kleptocracy, Kremlin politics,

and war in Ukraine. This podcast was recorded in two parts. First part

covers Casey's book (recorded before Russia's invasion of Ukraine) and

the second part deals with the Western response to Russia's aggression

(recorded in early April of 2022). You can follow Casey Michel

@cjcmichel on Twitter.

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Media & the United Nations with Stéphane Dujarric

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 16:51:48 GMT

Stéphane Dujarric, the current Spokesperson for the Secretary-General at the United Nations, discusses the role of the media in international politics and his career at the United Nations.

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LA Environmental Policy

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:28:53 GMT

Join us for a discussion with Megan Ross, a climate advisor for the LA Mayor's Office of Sustainability and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), as she explains local environmental policy and activism in Los Angeles.

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Global Political Economy of Kleptocracy

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 15:27:11 GMT

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Art and Memorialization as Truth-telling

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:24:06 GMT

Our final episode of 2021 features the voices of Emma Boast, Gail Kennard, and Hilary Malson–urban planning, art, and memorialization exper–who will highlight the crucial roles that art and memorialization, public space, and our built environment play in truth-telling processes and uplifting narratives that have been and continue to be suppressed.

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Truth-telling in the U.S. with Dr. David Fakunle and Mr. Allan-Charles Chipman

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 15:21:38 GMT

Dr. Favid Fakunle and Mr. Allan-Charles Chipman join the Young Podcast to discuss current truth-telling processes in the U.S. and provide their thoughts on the future of truth-telling.

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Truth-telling 101 with Ashley Quarcoo, Virgnie Ladisch, and Cristián Correa

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:19:40 GMT

Expert academics and practitioners, Ashley Quarcoo, Virginie Ladisch, and Cristián Correa discuss how truth-telling opens paths for reckoning with histories that continue to plague societies struggling with past wrongs -- from genocide to slavery to ongoing systemic violence -- and how truth-telling processes can help the U.S. reckon with its history of structural racism and ethnic discrimination.

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Environmental Activism with Carolina Caycedo

Sun, 02 May 2021 14:17:11 GMT

Carolina Caycedo, a London-born Colombian artist, discusses her artistic practice, which includes performances, drawings, photographs and videos. Overall, her work contributes to the construction of environmental historical memory, human rights, and environmental justice.

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International Relations & Human Rights with Cynthia Rothschild

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:15:30 GMT

Cynthia Rothschild, the current faculty director of Oxy-at-the-U.N program, discusses her UN advocacy and policy work, which has included LGBTI issues, women's rights, religious fundamentalisms, and HIV & AIDS.

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International Security & Social Movements with Professor Phillip Ayoub

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 15:11:05 GMT

Professor Phillip Ayoub, a current faculty member in the Diplomacy & World Affairs Department at Occidental College and fellow at the Hertie Center for International Security discusses his work on sexuality and gender, norm diffusion, and the study of social movements

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Global Political Economy in the Age of COVID with Igor Logvinenko

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:09:09 GMT

Professor Igor Logvinenko, an Associate Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs and an affiliate of the John Parke Young Initiative at Occidental College, discusses his work in the field of Global Political Economy in Russian and Eurasian Politics.

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Global Political Economy in the Age of COVID with Kim Todd

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:08:43 GMT

Kim Todd, the current manager of international programs and events for the Northern California World Trade Center in Sacramento, discusses her work coordinating professional international exchanges through the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program.

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Art as Activism with Alberto Lule

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 20:06:04 GMT

Alberto Lule, a current undergraduate art student at UCLA, discusses his recent collaborations with Oxy Arts and his work around deconstructing conceptions of the United States’ prison industrial complex, immigration, drug addiction, and mental health.

Alberto's Website: www.bertolule.weebly.com

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Art as Activism with the Cornerstone Theater Company

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 19:59:27 GMT

Members of the local Cornerstone Theatre Company discuss their pioneering model of theater that utilizes community-based, peer-to-peer engagement methods to drive social change in communities across the nation.

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