Oxford Political Review Podcast

In 2019, our Editor-in-Chief Brian Wong spoke to Prof. Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics at MIT about his best selling co-authored books Why Nations Fail and The Narrow Corridor.

Dr. Keiji Fukuda is the former Assistant Director-General for Health, Security and Environment at the World Health Organisation, and amongst the leading advisors to the Hong Kong government on the COVID-19 Outbreak.

Professor Joseph Eugene Stiglitz is an American economist, public policy expert, former Chief Economist at the World Bank, and a professor at Columbia University. He is a 2001 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

David Heymann is the former Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organisation and current Special Advisor to the World Health Organisation. David is a foremost expert on infectious diseases and a former Chair of Public Health England.

President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson served as the fifth President of Iceland from 1996 to 2016, and the current Chairman of the Arctic Circle.

Ian Bremmer is founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, as well as a prominent political scientist. He is known for his synthesis of academic research with relevant and up-to-date geopolitical risk analysis.

Secretary Jeh Johnson was the US Secretary of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama. Prior to that, he served with extensive experience in the fields of homeland security and legal counselling, and is currently - as he puts it - a retired, former politician turned civilian.

The Oxford Political Review speaks with former Prime Minister of Canada, Kim Campbell, on her experience as a woman in politics, as a reformist within the Canadian Progressive Conservative Party, and as a leading champion of gender equality and workplace liberation within Canadian politics.

Lotay Tshering became Prime Minister of Bhutan on November 7, 2018. OPR Executive Editor Brian Wong speaks with the Prime Minister in a wide-ranging interview.

OPR Culture and Ideas Editor Chang Che interviews Michael Smerconish. Smerconish is the host of the weekly Saturday TV program on CNN fittingly called "Smerconish." He is also the host of The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM'S POTUS Channel 124, newspaper columnist, author and lawyer.Prior to joining CNN, Smerconish was an MSNBC contributor and frequent guest-host of Hardball for Chris Matthews. He has been a guest on virtually every television program where politics is discussed, including: the NBC Today Show, Colbert Report, O'Reilly Factor, Larry King Live, The View, and Real Time With Bill Maher.Follow the latest from the Oxford Political Review at oxfordpoliticalreview.com