ReConsider

By Erik Fogg

A podcast to examine your life, because the unexamined life is not worth living.

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The podcast currently has 195 episodes available.

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November 20, 2019 How Lebanese Protests Over a WhatsApp Tax Can Turn the World
A few isolated Lebanese protests over a tax on WhatsApp calls have become, perhaps a national revolution, with huge consequences for the region and perhaps even American strategy. Why?

How could such a small thing have such a large potential impact? And how can we possibly spot what "small things" in the world really matter, and which big ones are more smoke than substance?

Getting this one out earlier than normal because the topic is timely!
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1h 6min
November 12, 2019 What In a Name? Would a Cop by Any Other Not Protect as Well?
Amid the hard facts of distrust and violence between police and some communities in the US, debate descends into fanatical screaming between two tribes. We forget the solution we all want: effective policing with great community relationships. Today we interview Lisa Broderick, who founded Police2Peace, with a radically simple experiment to help our police and communities cooperate like never before.
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50min
October 28, 2019 Is America's Syria Withdrawal a Betrayal of the Kurds?
Turkey invades Syria amid a hasty and poorly-planned US withdrawal. It's not the first time: why is it getting this level of media attention and international outrage?
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53min
October 10, 2019 A Butterfly Flaps its Wings in Saudi Arabia...
…and hurricanes pop up throughout the Middle East.
How does a tiny US deployment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia affect the geopolitical outlook of nations throughout the Middle East and the world?
The world’s a complicated place, and small moves can have ramifications for many years to come. Today, we look at the possible ramifications of a US deployment of troops to Saudi Arabia could play out.
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47min
October 10, 2019 So You Wanna Impeach a President
How does the process of impeachment work? What actions are impeachable? How's it worked in the past? We cover all of these questions and more.
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43min
September 23, 2019 EPISODE 100: The Astropolitics of "The Expanse"
WELCOME TO EPISODE 100. HOW EXCITING.
Today we’re going to talk about our favorite book series ever, The Expanse. More specifically, we’re going to talk about the “astropolitics” (geopolitics IN SPAAAACE) of The Expanse, and see how it as a case study can teach us about boring old geopolitics on Earth. It’s an awesome episode; enjoy!
And to everyone who’s been with us for the whole ride: holy simoleons, thank you!
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1h 7min
September 09, 2019 US-China Competition with Prof. Chris Balding
Prof. Chris Balding, Professor at Fullbright University Vietnam, joins us to help us break into the factors driving US-China competition, and helps us understand some of the fundamentals behind what's likely to come over the next few years.
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55min
August 26, 2019 Why Do Nations Go to War? with Mike Mzzarr
Repeat-guest Michael Mazarr of RAND, has recently published a bunch of very intriguing work that challenges how Xander and Erik think about foreign policy and war. We decided to grill him to see what we could learn!
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1h 8min
August 12, 2019 Finding BS and Other Semantics Analysis in the 2020 Election, with Danielle Deibler
In Wedged, we talk about BS and bias in media coverage of elections. We've always wondered: Can we measure it?

Turns out, someone can. Danielle Deibler is the CEO/founder of Marvelous.ai: she's where AI and politics meet. In this episode, Danielle walks us through how we can measure BS, bias, and other sentiment in media coverage, with the 2020 election as a case study. We learned a ton and you will, too.
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1h 5min
July 29, 2019 Race and Poverty and the House Ownership Gap: An Interview with Alanna McCargo
We had the pleasure of hosting Alanna McCargo, VP of Housing and Finance Policy at the Urban Institute to help us answer a listener question about wealth inequality, and Xander came across an incredible article with an important question: how does real estate impact the ongoing wealth gap between white Americans and Americans of color? And what drives the ongoing housing gap?
The answer is…. pretty darn complicated. Thanks as always to the Urban Institute for the really enlightening conversation and great questions. Alanna is awesome; this is definitely worth a listen!
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