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In the centenary year of the start of the First World War we ask the question, how much do we really know about World War One? British historian and Editorial Consultant for our new book World War I the Definitive Visual Guide, Richard Overy, tackles this question head on, as well as discussing what caused World War I and whether it could have been avoided. Introduced by Kerensa Creswell-Bryant.

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DK Podcast: How Much do we Really Know About WWI?

As the House Intelligence Committee memo alleging FBI malfeasance in its Russia investigation grabs the headlines, a look back at Nixon’s Saturday Night Massacre. The Saturday Night Massacre was the hinge point of the Watergate scandal.  The words coup and Third Reich were thrown around. The events of that weekend in October 1973 marked the beginning of the end of Nixon’s Presidency.  Do they hold a lesson for today?  President Trump has started his term of office exercising power in a similar fashion.  His firing of the acting Attorney General Sally Yates has echoes of the Saturday Night Massacre.  Nixon said, “If the President does it, it’s not illegal.” Trump acts as if he thinks that is the way the world works.  But Nixon found out even his own Republican Party didn’t think that was true.  Will Trump?  This is an essay from my archive and it offers a chance to reflect on how American politics has changed in the more than four decades since the Watergate scandal.

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Episode 9 Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre

Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Stagnation

Slave-Raiding, Solidarity and Status in Africa

The Patriarchal Political Order: Soledad Artiz Prillaman

Over the 20th century, the entire world became more gender equal. Or so I thought. But Pakistan has rocked my priors. Female employment has slightly risen. Meanwhile, young Pakistani women are more sexist than their grandmothers. What is going on?

Charts and graphs are on my Substack: https://www.ggd.world/p/is-pakistan-becoming-more-patriarchal

Is Pakistan becoming more Patriarchal?

Saumitra Jha (Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business) joins me to discuss what prevents Hindu-Muslim conflict.

We discuss his paper on "Trade, Institutions, and Ethnic Tolerance: Evidence from South Asia" https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/trade-institutions-and-ethnic-tolerance-evidence-from-south-asia/534E0018C1431E7A7615B4FAD26DEB3E

What prevents Hindu-Muslim conflict? Saumitra Jha

Who are the world's most influential philosophers?

What led to the demise of foot-binding?

Trust is down, worldwide. In India, Iran, Indonesia and Nigeria, less than 15% say that ‘most people can be trusted’. What’s going on? I suggest several likely mechanisms:

1) Generalised distrust is correlated with strong family bonds
2) Poorer countries have rapidly urbanised at a lower level of income
3) Rule of law varies worldwide
4) Political contestation and growing polarisation
5) Online connectivity has boomed, and is increasingly negative

My Substack has graphs, data and further resources: https://www.ggd.world/p/whats-driving-the-global-decline

What's Driving the Global Decline in Trust?

John Becker is hot on the trail of Hitler's fatal weakness. The Gestapo is closing in. On foot, by train, even on water, Becker is running and gunning for his life ... and for the world. Hitler's Third Reich is rearming and planning for war. Churchill wants to stop him, but only Becker's report can reverse the British mood of appeasement. Cornered by the Gestapo, desperate to save his German collaborator Maria, Becker has mere days to ward off double disaster....
•	Author: Jeffrey Vanke
•	Narrator: Ian Russell
•	Unabridged
•	Length: 11 hr 4 min
•	ISBN# Digital: 978-1-944169-76-3
•	Audiobook copywright: 12/15/2015
•	Price: $14.99
•	Genre: Fiction
•	Age group: 13 and up


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The Berlin Deception - Chapter 1

orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
conducted by Jan Latham- Koenig

Faustus I/2

soprano and ensemble
Linda Matthias (soprano)
Cardiff University Ensemble
conducted by John Hopkins
text by Sylvia Plath
Concert Hall, Corbett Rd, Cardiff

4 Songs from Ariel

Are there parallels between support for Trump and desire for a superhero? Professor Jason Dittmer thinks so...

I'm sceptical, however.

Floating above the River Cam, sharing a bakewell tart, atop a wooden punt, we discuss masculinity, geopolitics, and faith in individual agency.

He's the coolest professor I know, so I do hope you enjoy listening as much as we did recording.

Buy his book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Captain-America-Nationalist-Superhero-Geopolitics-ebook/dp/B00AATCSD8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487708791&sr=8-1&keywords=jason+dittmer+captain+america

Follow Professor Dittmer on Twitter @realjdittmer

'Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero': Professor Jason Dittmer

Dr Alice Evans and leading experts discuss growth, governance, & gender inequalities.

Alice is a Senior Lecturer at King's College London, and Faculty Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School.

'Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero': Professor Jason Dittmer

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