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The Opium Wars, The Gold Rush and the Formation of Global Capitalism

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12/27/23 • 59 min

Mae Ngai is the author of The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics.

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KPFA Special – The Corporate Origins of Colonialism: The East India Company

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02/22/24 • 59 min

Guest: William Dalrymple is the author of The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire.

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Includes: A History of Modern Palestine by Ilan Pappe The Rebel’s Clinic by Adam Shatz The Wretched of the Earth (60th Anniversary Edition) by Frantz Fanon The Anarchy by William Dalrymple

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Shakespeare & Race

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01/03/24 • 49 min

Guest: Farah Karim-Cooper is a professor of Shakespeare studies at King’s College London and Director of Education at Shakespeare’s Globe. She is the author of The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race.

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The Story of T’tc-Tsa and California Slavery

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04/01/24 • 59 min

Guest: Jean Pfaelzer is a public historian, commentator, and professor of American studies at the University of Delaware. Her books include Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans; Rebecca Harding Davis: Origins of Social Realism; The Utopian Novel in America; and her latest, California, a Slave State.

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The Life and Times of Huey P. Long

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12/16/24 • 59 min

Guest: Robert T. Mann is a former professor of mass communication at Louisiana State University and former Congressional aide to Senator Russell Long, Huey Long’s son. He is the author of several books including, Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU.

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American Democracy and the Tyranny of the Minority

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04/03/24 • 59 min

Guest: Daniel Ziblatt is a Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the co-author of How Democracies Die, and most lately, Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point, also co-authored with Steven Levitsky.

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Liberia: From the American Colonization Society to Firestone

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02/14/24 • 59 min

Guest: Gregg Mitman is the Vilas Research and William Coleman Professor of History, Medical History, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. An award-winning author and filmmaker, his recent films and books include The Land Beneath Our Feet; Breathing Space: How Allergies Shape Our Lives and Landscapes; and his latest, Empire of Rubber: Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia.

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How Adam Smith Became A Capitalist Icon

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05/29/24 • 59 min

Guest: Glory Liu is a lecturer in social studies at Harvard University. She is the author of Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism.

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