Deep Background with Noah Feldman
Behind every news headline, there’s another, deeper story. It’s a story about power. In Deep Background, Harvard Law School professor and Bloomberg View columnist Noah Feldman will bring together a cross-section of expert guests to explore the historical, scientific, legal, and cultural context that help us understand what’s really going on behind the biggest stories in the news.iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.
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Reimagining 1991 with Anita Hill
Sharing an episode of Pushkin's newest podcast: Getting Even with Anita Hill. On the show, author, lawyer, and feminist icon Anita Hill tackles tough questions about equality and what it takes to get there.
5 min
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Revisiting Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis
15 min
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The Future of COVID-19 with Marc Lipsitch
36 min
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How One Bank Shaped American Capitalism
31 min
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Inside The Facebook Oversight Board
38 min
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What’s the Deal with Decentralized Autonomous O...
44 min
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The Supply Chain Crisis Isn’t Going Away
28 min
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James Carville Calls for Democratic Party Unity
39 min
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A New Media Business Model
39 min
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Miseducation and Climate Change
41 min
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Deep Background Presents Miracle And Wonder: Co...
Presenting: An Excerpt from Miracle And Wonder: Conversations With Paul Simon by Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam.
5 min
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Calling Bullshit with Jill Louise Busby
Calling Bullshit with Jill Louise Busby
33 min
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Deep Background Presents: The Broken Constituti...
40 min
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The Billion Dollar Industry of Esports
39 min
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Deep Background Presents: The Broken Constituti...
Deep Background Presents: The Broken Constitution Ep.2
35 min
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Inside the NBA Players Association
32 min
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Deep Background Presents: The Broken Constituti...
27 min
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Michael Pollan on The Power of Plants
Author Michael Pollan discusses the psychedelic powers of plants and the history of how humans have harnessed, ignored, and controlled these powers. He also discusses his prolific career and his most recent book, This is Your Mind on Plants.
34 min
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Psychedelic Medicine
Dr. David Rabin, neuroscientist, PhD psychiatrist and Medical Director of the Apollo Clinic, explains the ongoing research in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
38 min
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Violence, Recovery and Modern Jewish Life with ...
30 min
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Getting Answers on Vaccine Boosters
The process of approving booster shots for the COVID-19 vaccines in the US has been particularly fraught. Last week, two well-respected medical journals published contradictory conclusions regarding the use of vaccine boosters. Dr. Genevieve Kanter joins Deep Background to make sense of the existing research and weigh in on the booster approval process.
34 min
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The Power of The University
The Power of The University
36 min
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Giving Away Power with Matthew Barzun
Matthew Barzun, a political fundraiser and diplomat who served as US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, explains his collectivist method of generating power, even on deeply divided issues.
40 min
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Imagining The New Normal
29 min
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We Lost The War in Afghanistan. Now What?
Emile Simpson, a military expert and veteran of the war in Afghanistan, comments on the end of the war in Afghanistan and the Taliban’s recent takeover. Simpson outlines the strategic failures that contributed to the current situation and comments on the United States’s responsibility to evacuate allied Afghans.
33 min