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On this episode of The Side Comment, Steven A. Steinbach discusses how United States history can also be taught and understood by focusing on constitutional history. Increasingly, Americans have resorted to courts and the Constitution to resolve disputes and debates over rights and the Supreme Court and the Constitution itself have become the focus of national news. But this is nothing new, and the earliest debates date back to almost the adoption of the Constitution.

Steven A. Steinbach teaches United States History and American Government courses and has served as history department chair at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC. Previously he was a partner in the Washington, DC, law firm of Williams & Connolly LLP, where he specialized in criminal and civil litigation.

Learn more about "With Liberty and Justice for All?: The Constitution in the Classroom" here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/with-liberty-and-justice-for-all-9780197516317

Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qALeiCZgGhg

The Side Comment Crew:
Executive Producer: Steven Filippi
Host: Sarah Butcher

Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Inspiring/Filaments

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Steven Steinbach on Teaching Constitutional History - Episode 38 - The Side Comment

On this episode of The Side Comment, T.V. Paul discusses five essential questions about India's economic, military, and soft power rise in the past 30 years, and how it will shape the outcome of this spring's election.

T.V. Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He served as the President of the International Studies Association (ISA) for 2016-17. He is also the Founding Director of the Global Research Network on Peaceful Change (GRENPEC). His books include "The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World" (2013) and "Globalization and the National Security State" (with Norrin M. Ripsman, 2010), and he is the lead editor of "The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations" (2021).

Learn more about "The Unfinished Quest: India's Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi" here: https://oxford.ly/3IS2AEf

Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkVMgwJ4oe4

The Side Comment Crew:
Executive Producer: Steven Filippi
Host: Sarah Butcher

Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Inspiring/Filaments

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T.V. Paul on India's 2024 General Election - Episode 42 - The Side Comment

On this episode of The Side Comment, Richard English discusses the effectiveness of counter-terrorism efforts, as a less extensively examined phenomenon. Through a series of questions, he explores why it is an important topic for us to look at in a new way that considers successes and failures. Highlighting the case studies contained within his book, 'Does Counter-Terrorism Work?,' he illustrates how we can identify broader intuitions about what works well, and what doesn’t.

Richard English is Director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security, and Justice at Queen's University Belfast. His books include 'Does Terrorism Work? A History' (2016), and 'The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism' (co-edited, 2019). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an Honorary Fellow of Keble College Oxford, a Faculty Affiliate at the University of Chicago, and an Honorary Professor at the University of St Andrews. In 2018 he was awarded a CBE for services to the understanding of modern-day terrorism and political history. 

Learn more about 'Does Counter-Terrorism Work?' here: https://oxford.ly/3XN6LJX

Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3bw0D6HSgk

The Side Comment Crew:
Executive Producer: Steven Filippi
Host: Sarah Butcher

Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License: https://oxford.ly/3VGGhZw

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Richard English on the Effectiveness of Counter-Terrorism - Episode 43 - The Side Comment

On this episode, Matthew L. Harris discusses the history of the Church of  Latter-Day Saints complicated—and often controversial racial heritage—from Joseph Smith and Brigham Young through the civil rights movement to the moment in 1978 when church President Spencer W. Kimball finally opened the priesthood to include Black members of the church.  

Matthew Harris is Professor of History at Colorado State University Pueblo; he specializes in race and religion, civil rights, Mormon history, African American History, and American Religious history. His latest book 'Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality' published by Oxford University Press takes a deep look at the history of Black Mormons and the struggle for racial equality within the church. 

Learn more about 'Second-Class Saints' here: https://oxford.ly/3YQtbdO

Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI-bVbG8Qqw

The Side Comment Crew:
Executive Producer: Steven Filippi
Host: Sarah Butcher

Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License: https://oxford.ly/3VGGhZw

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Matthew L. Harris on the LDS Church and Race in America - Episode 44 - The Side Comment

On this episode, Natalie Kerr and Jaime Kurtz explore five facts about loneliness, from its evolutionary origins to exercises we can all do to alleviate it, even when we're alone.

Natalie Kerr is a Professor of Psychology at James Madison University, where she studies social connection and loneliness. 

Jaime Kurtz is a Professor of Psychology at James Madison University, where she studies happiness and savoring. 

Learn more about 'Our New Social Life' here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/our-new-social-life-9780197749951

Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxQNezdTlTE

The Side Comment Crew:
Executive Producer: Steven Filippi
Host: Sarah Butcher

Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License: oxford.ly/3VGGhZw

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Natalie Kerr & Jaime Kurtz on Loneliness - Episode 45 - The Side Comment

On this episode, Andrea Temkin-Yu, author of the new guidebook 'Supporting Your Teens Mental Health,' talks about the small, intentional activities that all parents of teens can adopt in order to focus on building connections and combating the rise of mental health symptoms in adolescents.

Andrea Temkin-Yu is Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, having earned her PsyD from The Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. She completed her clinical internship at Bellevue Hospital Center/New York University Child Study Center and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Youth Mental Health at Weill Cornell Medicine. Temkin-Yu specializes in parent-focused interventions and has expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of anxiety, depression, ADHD, and disruptive behaviors. Her research focuses on transdiagnostic interventions and improving treatments for youth and parents through technology.

Learn more about 'Supporting Your Teen's Mental Health' here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/supporting-your-teens-mental-health-9780197768617

Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi6b8qx6RbY

The Side Comment Crew:
Executive Producer: Steven Filippi
Host: Sarah Butcher

Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License: oxford.ly/3VGGhZw

© Oxford University Press

Andrea Temkin-Yu on Supporting Your Teen's Mental Health - Episode 46 - The Side Comment

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Steven Steinbach on Teaching Constitutional History - Episode 38 - The Side Comment

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