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American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

American Prestige

A News, Politics and History podcast featuring Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
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American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

American Prestige

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American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

American Prestige

A News, Politics and History podcast featuring Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
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Danny and Derek welcome back Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, assistant professor in the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University, to talk about his edited volume Did It Happen Here? Perspectives on Fascism and America. The group explores the
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDerek sits down with resident AP Iran expert Sina Toossi, senior non-resident fellow at the Center for International Policy, to discuss the recent escalati
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDanny and Derek once more speak with Daniel Hummel, director of the Lumen Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Upper House, to finish our series
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDanny and Derek update you with what we know so far about Israel’s strikes on Iran last night.Recorded late morning Eastern Time, Friday, April 19, 2024.
Producer’s note: This was recorded on Thursday, April 18, before Israel’s strike on Iran, hence us releasing this earlier than usual. It’s the world news roundup with the ever loyal Danny and Derek. This week: Israel plans a retaliation for I
Danny and Derek welcome to the podcast actor Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man, Call Me By Your Name, “Boardwalk Empire”) to discuss his role in the new play Patriots, which portrays billionaire Boris Berezovsky’s (Stuhlbarg) relationship with V
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDanny and Derek are back with updates on the situation after last night’s bombardment on Israel, including international reactions, the potential Israeli r
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDanny and Derek speak with Tianyu Fang, MacArthur tech and democracy fellow at New America and contributing editor at Reboot, about the current discourse a
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDanny and Derek give an update on what we know about Iran’s attack against Israel in response to Israel’s April 1 strike on an Iranian embassy in Syria.Rec
Danny and Derek bring you stories from around the globe. This week: Iran warns of an imminent response to Israel bombing the IR’s embassy in Syria (0:31); Gaza ceasefire talks remain tenuous (6:15) while the IDF’s “withdrawal” has not yet enabl
Danny and Derek again chat with Penny Von Eschen, William R. Kennan Jr. professor of American studies and professor of history at UVA, about her book Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder since 1989. This second part
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDanny and Derek speak with Jonathan Guyer, contributing editor at The American Prospect, about the eponymous piece he recently wrote for the magazine on Bi
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDanny and Derek welcome back Natalie Shure, writer and researcher whose work focuses on history, health, and politics, for an update on where we stand with
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comWelcome the fourth episode of the collaboration between AP and Nonzero Newsletter! Paid subscribers get a discounted membership to Nonzero— just scroll bel
Derek and Danny return with the news. This week: In Gaza, the IDF kills members of the World Central Kitchen organization (0:31), Biden follows up with Netanyahu (6:18), more reports on the IDF’s AI targeting systems (10:35), and more; Israeli
Danny and Derek welcome back Annelle Sheline, former foreign affairs officer at the State Department, to discuss her resignation over the Biden Administration’s handling of Israel and Gaza. They discuss her role at State, what changed there aft
Danny and Derek chat with Penny Von Eschen, William R. Kennan Jr. professor of American studies and professor of history at UVA, about her book Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder since 1989. In this first part of
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comBelieve it or not, Brazil’s story didn’t start with Lula and Macron’s iconic photo shoot, and Bryan Pitts, assistant director of the Latin American Institu
Since Derek is out of town, an unsupervised Danny welcomes back AP friends Michael Brenes, co-director of the Brady-Johnson program in grand strategy at Yale University and publisher of Warfare and Welfare, and Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow i
Danny and Derek speak with Michael G. Vann, professor of history at California State University, Sacramento, about Indonesia, which recently held an election resulting in Prabowo Subianto as president-elect. They discuss the country’s era of re
By popular demand, we’re unlocking this episode that was originally released January 28, 2024. Thank you to subscribers who gave feedback!Danny and Derek speak with Sherene Seikaly, associate professor of history at UC Santa Barbara and histori
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDaniel Immerwahr, Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University, is back on the pod to discuss his recent piece for The New Yorker, “
Antony Blinken plays the blues while Danny and Derek bring you the news. This week: in Gaza, famine sets in (0:29), U.S.-Israel tensions rise over a potential Rafah invasion (3:52), and more; Pakistan conducts airstrikes in Afghanistan (12:11);
Danny and Derek speak with Jemima Pierre, professor of global race in the Institute of Race, Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) at the University of British Columbia, about foreign intervention in Haiti—namely instances led by the U.S.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDaniel Hummel, director of the Lumen Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Upper House, is back to discuss Christian Zionism in the United States
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