I am now in on the LGM podcast game, interviewing scholars with recent books that I have read and enjoyed. I was very happy to start with Jennifer Holland, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. Her new book, Tiny You: A Western History of the Anti-Abortion Movement is a deep dive into […]

For the next installment of “djw interviews authors of recently published scholarly work he thinks is interesting” I talked to Greg Shill, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Iowa, about his new article published in last month’s issue of the New York University Law Review, “Should Law Subsidize Driving?”. It’s not often I […]

And now, part 2. In the rest of the interview, Chris and I discuss his new book, released just two weeks ago from Kansas University Press and available for purchase now, addressing the larger question of if/how/to what extent VP candidates influence the general election across the board. Do Running Mates Matter? The Influence of […]

As we enter the period of wild speculation about a Presidential candidate’s VP choice and its electoral implications, it occurred to me that I’m fortunate to work right down the (now, tragically, metaphorical) hall from someone who has written several articles and two books on the subject, Christopher Devine. We sat down for an interview […]

On the latest LGM Podcast, Dan speaks with Abe Newman about market power, regulation, and the functioning of the international economy. There’s plenty here that folks interested in the concept of Weaponized Interdependence will find useful. I’d also advise taking a look at a Foreign Policy piece that Abe and Dan wrote last year on […]

On a special edition of the LGM podcast, Dan and I chat a bit about how our universities have reacted to the COVID-19 emergency. Plenty of inside baseball for academics, but since academics make up a fair bit of our audience…

On the latest episode of the LGM Podcast, Dan and I discuss hegemony in the time of COVID-19. The US is flailing, leaving a void at the center. Instead of cooperating, the great powers seem to be hedging for advantage against one another. Take a listen!

On the latest LGM Podcast, Scott, Erik, Elizabeth, and myself jabber about the NFL playoffs thus far and make some predictions about the upcoming Super Bowl. We also talk just a bit about the legacy of Eli Manning, and the Hall of Fame achievements of Larry Walker. Now with actual file attached!

The latest episode of the LGM Podcast is the second half of my conversation with Douglas O’Reagan about his book, Taking Nazi Technology. Best to listen to the first half first, but the second half takes a different direction with a deep dive into how the process of looting Germany changed the way we think […]

On the latest LGM podcast I speak with Douglas O’Reagan, author of Taking Nazi Technology: Allied Exploitation of German Science after the Second World War about… well, taking Nazi technology. The first half of our conversation revolves around what the Allies were looking for, and the different strategies that each country took in searching for […]