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Why this Ebola outbreak might be the deadliest one yet

July 02, 2026 10:33am 40 min

In May, an outbreak of the Ebola virus was officially declared in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Aid groups are warning that it could become the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history.On this episode, Dan Ric...

Social media, the attention economy and the health of American democracy with Chris Hayes

June 11, 2026 9:00am 49 min

On this episode: as part of the Watson School’s programming for Brown University’s Commencement and Reunion Weekend, Dean John Friedman spoke with MS NOW’s Chris Hayes ‘01 about how social media and the attention economy...

The war in Iran’s ripple effect on the global energy economy

May 28, 2026 2:30pm 38 min

The war in Iran is entering its third month, and according to the War in Iran Energy Cost Tracker — a new project from the Watson School's Climate Solutions Lab — the war has already cost Americans over 40 billion extra ...

Border politics at our doorstep with Ieva Jusionyte

May 14, 2026 10:01am 34 min

How do borders — both the physical barriers and the political realities — shape our society?These questions have long driven the work of Ieva Jusionyte, an anthropologist at the Watson School and director of Watson’s Cen...

The extraction industry powering the green transition (from the Rhodes Center Podcast)

April 30, 2026 9:00am 40 min

Lithium is an essential ingredient of most modern electronics. It helps to power our phones, our laptops, and increasingly EVs and other key parts of the green transition.As Thea Riofrancos, a political scientist and aut...

From pandemics to misinformation: rethinking security today

April 16, 2026 9:11am 39 min

From a once-in-a-century global pandemic, to wars in Europe and the Middle East, to the unchecked rise of AI and social media technologies, we are living in an age of threats against humanity that are profound, fast-movi...

Biden’s industrial policy: what worked, what didn’t, and why it still matters

April 02, 2026 10:33am 39 min

On this episode, Dan Richards talks with Andrew Schrank, a professor of sociology and international and public affairs at the Watson School, about the legacy of President Biden’s industrial policy — what it achieved, wha...

A brief history of US interventionism in Iran and beyond

March 19, 2026 9:49am 38 min

On this episode, Dan Richards spoke with Watson School Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer about the history of U.S. foreign intervention and how it can help us to understand today’s conflict in Iran.Stephen is an award-winning...

How US economic policy is interacting with the global economy today

March 05, 2026 8:44am 42 min

On this episode, Watson School Dean and economist John Friedman talks with economist Sebnem Kalemli Ozcan about how U.S. economic policy in the last year has changed the American economy, how those changes have rippled t...

How federal courts shape US public policy — and how that’s changed under President Trump

February 12, 2026 8:58am 43 min

President Trump has issued more executive orders in the first year of his second term than he did in all four years of his first. These orders — which have directed government action on issues ranging from immigration to...

Are human brains wired for war?

January 29, 2026 10:45am 38 min

Violent, organized conflict is a near constant in human history.But why?Often, large-scale conflicts and wars are explained in material or political terms: humans engaging in conflict over land, resources, or ideologies....

Shutdown politics, gerrymandering, and the role of Congress as Trump enters his lame-duck phase

December 11, 2025 12:34pm 50 min

When President Trump took office in January, Congress seemed poised to play a supporting role in the story of Trump’s second term. Republicans largely fell in line to support President Trump’s cabinet nominees and much o...

Challenging the U.S. foreign policy consensus on Taiwan

November 20, 2025 3:26pm 42 min

In October, President Trump and President Xi Jinping met for the first time in Trump’s new presidential term. The meeting ended with commitments from both countries designed to lower trade tensions —– something many obse...

The future of the green transition and the climate movement

November 06, 2025 9:35am 47 min

In August 2022 — just over three years ago — the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law. It represented the largest federal investment in renewable energy and climate action in U.S. history. The bill was a historic ...

Inequality and democracy in India, the US, and beyond

October 22, 2025 1:48pm 47 min

In 2014, Narendra Modi became India’s Prime Minister, marking the beginning of what many experts and international watchgroups identify as a period of democratic erosion in the country. Since then, a number of other demo...

Small Barriers, Big Impact: Rethinking International Development

October 01, 2025 12:27pm 39 min

Bryce Steinberg is a development economist, which means she studies how lower-income countries grow into more prosperous ones. More specifically, she studies how to help people in low-income countries build their “human ...

‘Illicit global economics 101’ with Peter Andreas

September 17, 2025 1:02pm 39 min

Watson School political scientist Peter Andreas has spent decades studying the global economy — but not the one you read about in the business section, or are taught in Econ 101. His focus is on the illicit global econom...

Diplomacy, security, and the “Art of Coercion”

August 27, 2025 1:20pm 47 min

In his new book “The Art of Coercion,” Watson political scientist Reid Pauly provides a seemingly straightforward definition of coercion: “The practice of convincing a target by the use of threats, to bend to your will.”...

The role of universities in a democratic society (originally broadcast on the Rhodes Center Podcast, in collaboration with “Brown 2026”)

August 06, 2025 2:05pm 35 min

What’s the role of a university in a democratic society? What responsibility do universities have to foster the public good, and what responsibilities does the public have to support centers of education and research? Th...

What does the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for America?

July 23, 2025 10:42am 38 min

On July 4th, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law. The bill cuts trillions of dollars in taxes, and allocates hundreds of billions in new spending. To offset all of this, it calls for over a t...

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