American Prestige

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Danny and Derek welcome back to the podcast Emily Tamkin, author of Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities, to check in with how American Jews across the political spectrum are reacting to the current moment.

Check out Emily’s recent articles on the topic in The New Republic and Slate.

Danny and Derek speak with Margaret O’Mara, historian and author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, about how Silicon Valley came to be the behemoth we know today. In this first part of the conversation, they get into the origins of Silicon Valley from the days when it was most known for apricot orchards. Topics discussed include the transformation of research at Stanford and MIT in the postwar era, figures such as Vannevar Bush and Frederick Terman, the 1960s rejection of the military-intellectual complex, and more.

Be sure to grab a copy of the book!

You can find Margaret’s other work at her website.

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Danny and Derek are joined by journalist Vincent Bevins to talk about his latest book If We Burn, which explores the past decade of mass protests which yielded little to no fundamental change. They discuss some of the cases examined in the book along with comparable movements preceding the 2010s, whether the protests’ revolutionary goals are attainable,…

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Danny and Derek are joined by Zachary Foster, historian of Palestine and editor of the Palestine, in Your Inbox newsletter. He and Danny compare their respective backgrounds as American Jews grappling with narratives of Israel and Palestine fed to them by Jewish day school, “Birthright Israel” trips, and related programs. The group then discusses the hi…

Danny and Derek clock in to deliver the (grim) news. This week: an update on Gaza (0:31); Yemeni Houthis fire at Israel (18:30); potential escalation in Lebanon (20:55); new rebel offensives on the Myanmar-China border (22:44); China-U.S. arms control talks (25:14); a Sudan conflict update (26:56); a human rights report on Ethiopa civilian deaths (28:47); a Russian mob attack in Dagestan (30:20); and an update on the war in Ukraine (32:41).

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Derek speaks with Maryam Jamshidi, associate professor of law at the University of Colorado, about the legal ramifications of what’s happening in Gaza under international law. Then Danny and Derek give a news update for subscribers.

Here are Al Jazeera’s updates on the Jabaliya strikes and the conflict.

Note: since the time of recording, the casualty figu…

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Ken Klippenstein, investigative reporter for The Intercept, returns to the program to discuss his recent article detailing a U.S. base recently constructed in Israel, 20 miles from Gaza. They explore the implications of such a classified “private-public partnership” project, America’s current geostrategic interest in Iran, how a base in such close proxi…

Danny and Derek welcome Jim Gray, former chief of the Osage Nation, to the podcast to discuss Martin Scorcese’s film Killers of the Flower Moon. They explore Osage history leading up to the events depicted in the film, Osage culture and politics, the book upon which the film is based, to what extent the filmmakers worked with Osage people throughout production, what distinguishes this film from other Hollywood portrayals of Native Americans, and more.

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Danny and Derek welcome Udi Greenberg, associate professor of history at Dartmouth, back to the podcast to discuss the internal situation in Israel. They touch on domestic media coverage, the rhetoric surrounding the Hamas operation and Israeli bombardments, Netanyahu’s political calculus, public opinion on Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank, an…

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Danny and Derek speak with Juan Ponce Vázquez, associate professor history at the University of Alabama, about Christopher Columbus. They explore his Genoese origins, his journeys to the Americas on behalf of the Crown of Castile, the geopolitical situation at the time, what we know about his contact with native peoples, how the modern holiday came to b…