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In this episode of FBMW Neo Harter sits down with Professor Alison Brysk (the chair of the Political Science Department at UCSB) to discuss her meaningful work in international human rights, and how her studies have led to her most recent publication: Abortion Rights Backlash: a struggle for Democracy in the Europe and the Americas.

In this highly critical book, Brysk finds that anti-abortion legislation is typically a symptom of an undemocratic government, and that recent attacks on abortion rights come from " a fascist-like" ideology that many nations' leaders have fallen back on in the midst of a globalized world.

Brysk gives suggestions on how woman all over the world can combat this recent attack on their rights.

What you will learn:

• why abortion has come under attack in the US

• who is responsible
• where in the world do we similar patterns, and why
• a brief history of international human rights

This episode is part of the Globalization series, therefore we highly suggest that you listen to all three episodes in order to take as much from each as possible.

In this episode, Neo Harter interviews marketing expert and business magnate Don Blumenthal. Don, a former VP of Marketing at Tyson Foods and current VP at ConAgra Inc., now shares his expertise at UCSB’s PaCE program and empowers emerging professionals and startups through the C.O.A.C.H. initiative at Top Line Success, LLC. Tune in to gain valuable insights from a business and marketing genius dedicated to mentoring the next generation.

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In this episode, Neo Harter interviews philosopher and educator extraordinaire: DaN McKee. Dan McKee applies his PhD in Philosophy to the work that he does on his two websites: https://www.everythingdanmckee.com/authentic-democracy and https://www.philosophyunleashed.com/. Join us in the episode where we explore a WIDE array of topics from anarchism to democracy, religion to STEM, prison to school systems!

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Hi everyone! This is our second episode of our 3-part globalization series where we interview Dr. David Moak, a French historian from Princeton University. In this episode, we talk about French history, and the importance of history in our current world today. If you enjoyed the episode, follow us on Instagram at @fbmw_media

Hi everyone! Welcome to our second episode of the Farm Boy Meets The World. This episode is a 3-part series on Globalization and in this episode, we interview Dr. Nicole Cerpa Vielma, an Economics postdoc, about her research into Globalization and its ties with Latin American Economies.

In our first episode, Neo Harter discusses the life of Mikael Renee Gayen and how it has been affected by contracting Meningitis. Professor Gayen grew up in France and was an extremely studious university student whose life was thrown off course after contracting Meningitis type C, which caused him to lose his legs and his ability to hear. Yet he recovered and after years of dedication, became a Professor of French at UCSB.