What happens when large groups of retail investors are able to congregate through the internet to control the direction of a stock price? In this episode, we investigate the formation and purpose of online discussion forums and the ways they have been able to impact the stock market. Specifically, we dive into the subreddit r/wallstreetbets as it is known for its lively discussions about high-risk trading. For this episode, we had the opportunity to speak with special guest Jaime Rogozinski, the founder of r/wallstreetbets. Looking at the specific case study of GameStop, we discuss how it happened and what this might mean for the people’s power in the stock market moving forward.

Host: Emma Ross
Researcher: Hannah Malcom
Producers: Ella Anderson and Jessica Ji

The Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at UVA, and affiliated with TEEJ, UVA’s podcasting network.

r/WallStreetBets

Glenn Allen Youngkin defeated Terry McAuliffe in the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election. How did he do it? Listen here as we zoom in on Youngkin's education platform and the consequences it has moving forward.

Youngkin's Campaign: Education Policy and Gender Studies

In the final episode of the semester, our host Niko Marcich and researchers Saajid Hasan and Tyler Hinkle explore the Universal Basic Income debate in India. We also host a special guest interview with International Economics Professor Kerem Cosar and the Software and Information Industry's (SIIA) David LeDuc, where we discuss the economic effects of automation, and learn how this global trend is changing the socio-political climate across the world.

Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at the University of Virginia. We are also affiliated with TEEJ.fm, the podcast network of the University of Virginia and Charlottesville.

Universal Basic Income; Just Automate It

Anywheres have taken the streets. Somewheres remain complacent. What's at stake in Poland as the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) make sweeping changes to the judicial system, and how has the media in the West and East portrayed these changes? Is the media exacerbating tensions in Europe and the US, or simply conveying increasingly divergent perspectives?

Host: Niko Marcich
Researcher: Nicholas Mortensen, Derrick Wang
Guest Interviews: History Professor Kyrill Kunakhovich
Producer: Geoff Keating

Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at UVa. We are also affiliated with TEEJ.fm, UVa's undergraduate podcasting network.

Music: Audissey, The End of the Ocean, The American Dollar

Pole-arized

“Where can we be black if we can’t be black in Africa?” Western European standards continue to dominate education in South Africa, affecting students across races and wealth tiers. Even though Apartheid was dismantled in 1991, why do South African primary and secondary schools still appear so racially divided? How does the lasting footprint of colonialism affect schools, and how does the universal trend of denialism feed into these issues?

Host: Niko Marcich
Researcher: Katya Sankow
Guest Interviews: Professor of Education at the University of Washington Tacoma, Christopher Knaus
Producer: Geoff Keating

Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at UVa. We are also affiliated with TEEJ.fm, UVa's undergraduate podcasting network.

Music: Audissey and Rodriguez

Split Ends

Our current system of global health governance is made up of a bevy of acronymic and mysterious health organizations constituting a veritable alphabet soup of agencies. We look at the challenges faced by the Ebola crisis and how the public health community has learned from their deadly mistakes.
Host: Niko Marcich
Researcher: Balthazar Merrin and Geoff Keating 
Producer: Geoff Keating

Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at UVa. We are also affiliated with TEEJ.fm, UVa's undergraduate podcasting network.

Music: Audissey and Petrichor

Breaking Through the Outbreak

After Iran's announcement to ban the teaching of English in primary schools, we examine the implications of cultural protectionism in Iran and around the world. What are the end goals of cultural protectionism?How does the Internet challenge the traditional nature of cultural protectionism?

Host: Niko Marcich
Researcher: Nicholas Mortensen
Guest Interview: Professor of Media Studies at UVa - Emily Blout, Professor at University of Lucerne - Dr. Mira Burri
Producer: Andy Carluccio and Geoff Keating

Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at UVa. We are also affiliated with TEEJ.fm, UVa's undergraduate podcasting network.

Music: Balmorhea - "Masollan", Audissey, Patrick O'Hearn - "Beyond This Moment" and "So Goes The Current"

Culture [Offline]

Why are female workforce participation rates so low in developing countries, and what kinds of solutions are trying to encourage women to enter the workforce and pursue entrepreneurship? 

Sitting down with UVA Global Studies Professor Sree, we discuss some of the institutional and cultural constraints that perpetuate low female workforce participation, specifically in South Asia. Then, we sit down with Sehat Kahani, a Pakistani tele-medicine startup that pairs female stay-at-home physicians with patients in rural and low-income communities, to discuss how they empower female physicians and improve access to health care in Pakistan.

Host: Niko Marcich
Researcher: Katya Sankow
Guest Interviews: UVA Global Studies Professor Sreerekha Sathiamma and Sehat Kahani's Dr. Iffat Zakar
Producers: Andy Carluccio and Geoff Keating

Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at UVa. We are also affiliated with TEEJ, UVA's podcasting Network.

Music: Emancipator - Nevergreen, At The End of Time - Pulchra, Tristeza - Golden Hill

Tele-Empowerment

What does the Khorgos dry port mean for economic and political relations between Central Asian republics and China? How will countries like Kazakhstan navigate foreign affairs and global power dynamics in the region?

Sitting down with Dean Shawn Lyons and Dr. Richard Weitz, we answer some of these questions and look at how ex-Soviet republics have positioned themselves geopolitically and the implications of a growing Chinese economics and political influence in the region.

Host: Niko Marcich
Researchers: Derrick Wang and Liam Kraft 
Guest Interviews: Dean Sean Lyons and Dr. Richard Weitz
Producers: Geoff Keating and Andy Carluccio

Music: Emancipator

The Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at UVA, and affiliated with TEEJ, UVA’s podcasting network.

Central Asia, Center Stage

Our special report on the Rappahannock native tribe receiving federal recognition will take you out to southeastern Virginia, where we sat down to interview the chief and tribal council to discuss what federal recognition means to them, why it took so long, and how “history was hijacked and held hostage by the state.” 

Host: Niko Marcich
Researcher: Tyler Hinkle
Guest interview:  Chief Anne Richardson, Assistant Chief Mike Fortune, Chair on the Council Barbara Williams, and Councilmember Jerry Fortune
Producers: Andy Carluccio and Geoff Keating

Music: Audissey and Talkdemonic

Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at UVA and affiliated with TEEJ.fm, UVA’s podcasting network.

Native Virginia: We Are Still Here

Across Mexico, citizens have been disappearing. These forced disappearances have received little investigation from Mexican authorities and occur under suspicious circumstances. What can these disappearances tell us about the state of Mexican security authorities and their relationship with civilian activists and institutions? 

Join us as we sit down with Jorge Verastegui and Ximena Suarez and discuss Mexico's most volatile humanitarian crisis.

Host: Niko Marcich
Researcher: Dom Giovanniello
Guest Interviews: Jorge Verastegui and Ximena Suarez
Producers: Andy Carluccio and Geoff Keating

Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at UVa. We are also affiliated with TEEJ.fm, UVa's undergraduate podcasting network.

Music: Balmorhea - "The Winter", Audissey - "Voyages"

Disappearing Accountability - The Hidden Cost Of Mexico’s Drug War

Using case studies that often go untouched in news media, we examine how global trends are impacting real lives and international politics.

Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at the University of Virginia. We are also affiliated with TEEJ.fm, the podcast network of the University of Virginia and Charlottesville.

Music: Audissey
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