Project Simplify’s goal is to take complex, politicized topics and sum them up in under ten minutes. My name’s Neha and I’m currently a Junior at CU Boulder studying International Affairs with a certificate in Peace, Conflict and Security Studies! While I started this as a fun hobby, I really found a passion in learning and being able to educate people on what can sometimes be confusing topics.
This episode was made as a final project for one of my classes! Here I go into detail on how the Taliban managed to take over Afghanistan in just one summer.
This episode focuses on the Soviet-Afghan war and the US Invasion of Afghanistan.
Here I'll be going over Saddam Hussein, the Iran-Iraq War, the Invasion of Iraq and the Civil War tgat followed.
This episode explains the CIA Operation Ajax, the Iranian Revolution, and the Iran-Iraq war.
This episode goes into detail about the current humanitarian crisis in Yemen and explains how it all came to be.
This episode goes into how the War on Drugs has lead to one of the worst problems for POC: mass incarceration.
HIV disproportionately affects African Americans over any other race. This episode delves into some of the reasons behind this disparity, such as mass incarceration, social networks and social stigmas, which in the end can all be put to institutional racism. Initially, this episode was made for a final project for one of my classes.