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Signup to Generate a PitchRecent episodes include "Scholars’ Circle – Street Protests in France, India, US and its Effects on Authorities and Allies – October 25, 2026" (26 October 2026, 58 minutes), "Scholars’ Circle – LA Mayoral Race; Author Interview on “Smuggler: Drugs, Gangs and Refugees at America’s Northern Border” – October 18, 2026" (19 October 2026, 58 minutes), and "Scholars’ Circle – The Death Penalty: A Case of Cruel and Unnecessary Punishment by the State – October 11, 2026" (12 October 2026, 58 minutes).
The Scholars' Circle publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 59 minutes across 6 episodes.
Booking probability for The Scholars' Circle is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Scholars' Circle requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Scholars' Circle's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The Scholars' Circle are Government & Politics. The Scholars' Circle has a news audience.
The Scholars' Circle is a news podcast with 6 episodes published.
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What motivates big protest movements like the ones occurring in France, India, and the “No Kings” demonstrations in the U.S.? Are there common demands? Have generational shifts led to more protests? When...
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The midterms are fast approaching and here in Los Angeles where we record our show, the city braces for a much anticipated mayoral race. Incumbent Karen Bass, who initially expected to glide into re-election, is facing...
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On September 30, 2026, the state of Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1996. The state failed to execute her, and her case is not the first failed...
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Ever since Russia attacked Ukraine, there have been predictions that the normative order against aggressive war was under threat. Then the US and Israel attacked Iran. Numerous scholars have predicted this would...
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Is the age of privacy over? We spend the hour on technology, spying and privacy, exploring how privacy, and the lack of it, affects security, democracy and society. What exactly is at stake when we lose our privacy? [...
Data drives politics. But politics drive data. That is to say, we make political decisions based on data, often selected from mountains of available information. How we gather data is an inherently political process and...
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On August 26, 2026, massive floods swept through Nepal and Tibet. As of this recording on September 3, over 1,200 people are reported killed and as many as 4,200 are still missing. A landslide reported to be an...
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The United States and Canada share the longest undefended border in the world. We record this show on September 11 and we are reminded of Canada’s strong alliance with the US, allowing American flights to land as the...
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The 21st century, and in particular the last five years, have seen a significant increase in the use of drones in warfare. Unmanned weapons, often cheaper than many of the more complicated and advanced weapons used by...
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The world is on fire. While that seems alarmist, this summer has been the summer of fire. Wildfires have spread all around the world, with specific fires in Spain, France, Canada and the US seizing global headlines...
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Does the world’s aging population mean fewer wars in the future? What exactly is a geriatric peace? Our guest, Mark L. Haas, is the author of The Geriatric Peace: Population Aging and the Decline of War. [ dur...
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The Greater Horn of Africa, in Northeastern Africa, faces severe food insecurity. In Sudan 19 million-plus people are facing acute hunger, including 825,000 children under five who are expected to suffer from Severe...
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Climate change will lead to climate migration and there has been a renewed interest in adaptation strategies. Mitigation efforts seek to limit the amount of greenhouse gases in the environment to slow climate change but...
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The 2026 World Cup has finished and the final two teams, Spain and Argentina, have stirred up old notions of what we call soft power. Sports play a large role in how countries display their soft power, but it can often...
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<p>At games played for the World Cup in Mexico, protesters have lined the stadium on behalf of Mexico’s disappeared. It is estimated that 135,000 people have disappeared in Mexico and there has been no accounting of...
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At games played for the World Cup in Mexico, protesters have lined the stadium on behalf of Mexico’s disappeared. It is estimated that 135,000 people have disappeared in Mexico and there has been no accounting of them...
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It didn’t always cost this much and deliver this little. Something broke in the early 1980s—and in AMERICA’S WRONG TURN: US Health Care in the Neoliberal Era (Johns Hopkins University Press, August 11, 2026...
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<p>It didn’t always cost this much and deliver this little. Something broke in the early 1980s—and in AMERICA’S WRONG TURN: US Health Care in the Neoliberal Era (Johns Hopkins University Press, August 11, 2026. You can...
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The 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, Section 1 reads as follows: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state...
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<p>The 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, Section 1 reads as follows: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the...
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Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Environment, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
CEO and Finci-Viterbi Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation, Lewis, Longman, and Walker
security technologist, author, lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School, board member of Electronic Frontier Foundation, Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
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