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Danny and Derek welcome back Samuel Huneke, assistant professor of history at George Mason University, to discuss his book States of Liberation: Gay Men between Dictatorship and Democracy in Cold War Germany. In this episode, they pick up at the end of World War I, discussing domestic factors in that loss and the narrative around it, the Weimar constitution and Paragraph 175, queer writers of the time such as Friedrich Radszuweit and Klaus Mann, high profile gay fascists like Ernst Röhm, and more.

Check out Dr. Huneke’s book here.

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We’ve unlocked the first three episodes of our bonus series Queer Germany for the holiday weekend. Find all the episodes at the series page! Like and subscribe if you appreciate the content!

Danny and Derek welcome back Samuel Huneke, assistant professor of history at George Mason University, to discuss his book States of Liberation: Gay Men between Dictatorship and Democracy in Cold War Germany. In this first episode, they begin in the era of German unification in the 19th century, discussing the contemporary scholarship on sexuality, German liberalism and the rights available to homosexuals in Germanic states, the influence of the Enlightenment and French Revolution on proto-German laws, conservative ennobling of homoerotic bonding, and more until the WWI.

Check out Dr. Huneke’s book here.

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Danny and Derek welcome David Silverman, professor of Native American, Colonial American, and American racial history at George Washington University, for a discussion of the historical Thanksgiving holiday. They get into the the origin and proliferation of the holiday’s myth, the historical Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, the Wampanoag Indians, their culture, politics, and relationship with the English settlers, who and what the holiday serves in 2022 America, and more.

Be sure to grab a copy of David’s book This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving!

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Danny and Derek welcome back Samuel Huneke, assistant professor of history at George Mason University, to discuss his book States of Liberation: Gay Men between Dictatorship and Democracy in Cold War Germany. In this episode, they continue the discussion of life in Weimar Germany, why it became seen as the birthplace of modern gay politics, material conditions in a country grappling with the War Guilt Clause during the Great Depression, the influence of queer German exiles on American culture, the rise of the Nazis and their virulent homophobia, fascist aesthetics and queerness, and more.

Check out Samuel’s book here.

King of the News Derek and Baron of Bylines Danny are back for another News Roundup. This week: the G20 convenes in Indonesia (1:46), the NIC releases a report on the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) efforts to influence US politics (6:04), the Ethiopian government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) work to open up Tigray for humanitarian relief (8:26), at least six dead in a bombing in Istanbul (12:18), the Israeli government reacts to the FBI investigation into the killing of reporter Shireen Abu Akleh (14:27), and Danny and Derek tackle a week of Fake News™ regarding Iran (16:31) and Poland (20:29).

Recorded Thursday, November 17, 2022

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Danny and Derek welcome Samar Al-Bulushi, assistant professor of anthropology at UC Irvine, contributing editor at Africa is a Country, and non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute, to discuss the US War on Terror in Somalia. They cover the background of US involvement in the Horn of Africa, the Islamic Courts Union, the 2006 Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, the emergence of Al-Shabaab, AFRICOM, and more.

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Danny and Derek welcome back Lisandro Claudio, associate professor at UC Berkeley, for the first episode in a series on the history of the Philippines. In this episode, they touch on the islands’ societies before the advent of Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the roots of Filipino nationalism, the Philippines in the context of 19th century Asia, Gomburza and the 1872 Cavite Mutiny, José Rizal, and the leadup to the 1896 Philippine Revolution.

Grab a copy of Lisandro’s book Liberalism and the Postcolony: Thinking the State in 20th-Century Philippines.

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The News makes another star appearance (featuring Danny and Derek). This week: A Ukraine diplomatic (0:50) and military (5:50) update, negotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol (10:13), Responsible Statecraft’s new report on special visas for Afghan auxiliaries (13:54), the new far-right Israeli government (17:53), Ethiopian and Tigrayan negotiations to implement the new peace deal (21:50), Sudan’s junta government begins negotiations for a transfer of power (24:31), and the glory of COP27 (27:35).

Recorded Thursday, November 10, 2022

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Danny and Derek welcome back Assal Rad, research director at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), and Pouya Alimagham, historian of the Middle East at MIT, for an episode on the ongoing protests in Iran. They discuss protest tactics, Iranian Student Day, labor power from the bazaar, the state’s reaction, the role of sanctions, the situation in Sistan and Baluchestan, and more.

Order your copy of Assal’s book, The State of Resistance: Politics, Culture, and Identity in Modern Iran, and also pick up Pouya’s book, Contesting the Iranian Revolution: The Green Uprisings.

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Danny and Derek welcome Udi Greenberg, associate professor of history at Dartmouth College, to discuss the 2022 Israeli legislative election.

Grab a copy of Udi’s book The Weimar Century: German Émigrés and the Ideological Foundations of the Cold War.

Recorded Monday, November 7, 2022