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Paul Robinson is a professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, at the University of Ottawa. He is the author of Russian Conservatism and Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich.

We spoke to Paul about what defines liberalism in the Russian context, why liberalism has historically failed to take root in Russia, and the impact the War in Ukraine may have on Russia’s potential political trajectory.

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Scott Meiners is Professor of Biological Sciences at Eastern Illinois University. His research interests generally revolve around factors that influence the dynamics and regeneration of plant communities, and he is also interested in a wide variety of topics in community ecology.

We spoke to Scott about the two species that are already functionally lost from Eastern North America’s forests—the American chestnut and the American elm—and why these trees serve as cautionary tales for the challenges now facing the eastern hemlock, the white ash, and the sugar maple today. We also discuss what we as citizens need to do to both individually and collectively to protect our forests’ future.

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Dr. Greta Uehling is a lecturer at the University of Michigan, and is the author of a previous book Beyond Memory. Her new book seeks to tell the story of internal displacement in Ukraine in a way that is multivocal, and she uses the language of lived experience to take readers on a journey through Ukraine that deepens understanding and solidarity.

We spoke to Greta about why our conventional understanding of war is incomplete, the importance of examining wars through the lenses of interpersonal relationships, and the concept of what she calls everyday war, the conscious and deliberate practice people adopt to participate in the conflict.

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In this episode, we speak with Asaf Darr, author of the new book Between Conflict and Collegiality: Palestinian Arabs and Jews in the Israeli Workplace. Asaf Darr is Professor of Sociology at the University of Haifa where he specializes in researching the sociology of markets; technology, work organization, and the technical workforce; and, inter-ethnic relations at work in war-torn countries. Asaf is author of an earlier Cornell book, Selling Technology.

We spoke to Asaf about how the broader conflict between Palestinian Arabs and Jews in Israel manifests itself in the workplace, what workplace lessons citizens in other countries can learn from his research, and the very surprising and counter-intuitive findings he discovered about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to managing conflict in the workplace.

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In this episode, we speak with Jesse Rodenbiker, author of the new book Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China. It’s available as a free OA ebook – download it from our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu. Jesse Rodenbiker is Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University with the Center on Contemporary China at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and Assistant Teaching Professor at Rutgers University with the Department of Geography.

We spoke to Jesse about China’s urban sustainability efforts and how they are increasing both state power and social inequality in China, the seminal ideas that shaped the field of ecology in China over the past one-hundred years, and the potential lessons that western nations can learn from China’s ecological initiatives.

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In this episode, we speak with Martin Siegel, author of Judgment and Mercy: The Turbulent Life and Times of the Judge Who Condemned the Rosenbergs. Martin J. Siegel practices and teaches law in Houston. After clerking for Judge Kaufman, he served as an Assistant US Attorney in Manhattan and on the staff of the US Senate Judiciary Committee. His writing has been published in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Houston Chronicle, and legal journals.

As we mark the 70th anniversary of the Rosenberg executions, we spoke to Martin about their story ,as well as that of the young and ambitious judge who sentenced them to death – Judge Irving Robert Kaufman. We learn that in the decades after that fateful decision, Judge Kaufman transformed into one of the most progressive judges of his time, and Martin also shares with us his, and his fellow clerks', experiences working for the judge.

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This episode, we speak with Graham Reynolds, co-author of the new book Boas of the West Indies: Evolution, Natural History, and Conservation.

Graham’s co-authors of the new book are Robert W. Henderson, Luis M. Díaz, Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera and Alberto Puente-Rolón.

Graham Reynolds is Associate Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina Asheville, an Associate at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, and a National Geographic Explorer. He is coeditor of The Amphibians of Tennessee and The Reptiles of Tennessee. You can follow him on Twitter @CaribbeanBoas.

We spoke to Graham about how he and his fellow researchers and co-authors have helped to significantly increase the level of knowledge and understanding of the biology of boas in the West Indies, how they hope their new book will draw new researchers into the field, and we’ll hear Graham share some interesting behind-the-scenes stories during his time studying boas.

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This episode, we speak with Angela Douglas, author of the new book Nature on the Doorstep: A Year of Letters.

Angela Douglas is Emerita Daljit S. and Elaine Sarkaria Professor of Insect Physiology and Toxicology at Cornell University. She is the author of several books, including Symbiotic Interactions, Insects and Their Beneficial Microbes, and Fundamentals of Microbiome Science.

We spoke to Angela about how a patch of green space, however ordinary, is a perfect place to enjoy the natural world, why you don’t need to be an expert or travel long distances to experience real nature, and why a little bit of neglect is the best way to create a wildlife-friendly backyard.

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