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It's no secret that the Paris Agreement and voluntary efforts to address climate change are failing. Governments have spent three decades crafting international rules to manage the climate crisis yet have made little progress on decarbonization. In Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them (Princeton UP, 2025), Jessica Green explains why this is unsurprising: governments have misdiagnosed the political problem of climate change, focusing relentlessly on measuring, reporting, and trading emissions. This technical approach of “managing tons” overlooks the ways in which climate change and climate policy will revalue assets, creating winners and losers. Policies such as net zero, carbon pricing, and offsets primarily benefit the losers—owners of fossil assets.Ultimately, Green contends, climate change is a political problem. Climate politics should be understood as existential—creating conflicts that arise when some actors face the prospect of the devaluation or elimination of their assets or competition from the creation of new ones. Fossil asset owners, such as oil and gas companies and electric utilities, stand to lose trillions in the energy transition. Thus, they are fighting to slow decarbonization and preserve the value of their assets. Green asset owners, who will be the basis of the decarbonized economy, are fewer in number and relatively weak politically.Green proposes using international tax, finance, and trade institutions to create new green asset owners and constrain fossil asset owners, reducing their clout. Domestic investments in green assets, facilitated by global trade rules, can build the political power of green asset owners. Our guest is Jessica Green, a Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

It's no secret that the Paris Agreement and voluntary efforts to address climate change are failing. Governments have spent three decades crafting international rules to manage the climate crisis yet have made little progress on decarbonization. In Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them (Princeton UP, 2025), Jessica Green explains why this is unsurprising: governments have misdiagnosed the political problem of climate change, focusing relentlessly on measuring, reporting, and trading emissions. This technical approach of “managing tons” overlooks the ways in which climate change and climate policy will revalue assets, creating winners and losers. Policies such as net zero, carbon pricing, and offsets primarily benefit the losers—owners of fossil assets.Ultimately, Green contends, climate change is a political problem. Climate politics should be understood as existential—creating conflicts that arise when some actors face the prospect of the devaluation or elimination of their assets or competition from the creation of new ones. Fossil asset owners, such as oil and gas companies and electric utilities, stand to lose trillions in the energy transition. Thus, they are fighting to slow decarbonization and preserve the value of their assets. Green asset owners, who will be the basis of the decarbonized economy, are fewer in number and relatively weak politically.Green proposes using international tax, finance, and trade institutions to create new green asset owners and constrain fossil asset owners, reducing their clout. Domestic investments in green assets, facilitated by global trade rules, can build the political power of green asset owners. Our guest is Jessica Green, a Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

It's no secret that the Paris Agreement and voluntary efforts to address climate change are failing. Governments have spent three decades crafting international rules to manage the climate crisis yet have made little progress on decarbonization. In Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them (Princeton UP, 2025), Jessica Green explains why this is unsurprising: governments have misdiagnosed the political problem of climate change, focusing relentlessly on measuring, reporting, and trading emissions. This technical approach of “managing tons” overlooks the ways in which climate change and climate policy will revalue assets, creating winners and losers. Policies such as net zero, carbon pricing, and offsets primarily benefit the losers—owners of fossil assets.Ultimately, Green contends, climate change is a political problem. Climate politics should be understood as existential—creating conflicts that arise when some actors face the prospect of the devaluation or elimination of their assets or competition from the creation of new ones. Fossil asset owners, such as oil and gas companies and electric utilities, stand to lose trillions in the energy transition. Thus, they are fighting to slow decarbonization and preserve the value of their assets. Green asset owners, who will be the basis of the decarbonized economy, are fewer in number and relatively weak politically.Green proposes using international tax, finance, and trade institutions to create new green asset owners and constrain fossil asset owners, reducing their clout. Domestic investments in green assets, facilitated by global trade rules, can build the political power of green asset owners. Our guest is Jessica Green, a Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

It's no secret that the Paris Agreement and voluntary efforts to address climate change are failing. Governments have spent three decades crafting international rules to manage the climate crisis yet have made little progress on decarbonization. In Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them (Princeton UP, 2025), Jessica Green explains why this is unsurprising: governments have misdiagnosed the political problem of climate change, focusing relentlessly on measuring, reporting, and trading emissions. This technical approach of “managing tons” overlooks the ways in which climate change and climate policy will revalue assets, creating winners and losers. Policies such as net zero, carbon pricing, and offsets primarily benefit the losers—owners of fossil assets.Ultimately, Green contends, climate change is a political problem. Climate politics should be understood as existential—creating conflicts that arise when some actors face the prospect of the devaluation or elimination of their assets or competition from the creation of new ones. Fossil asset owners, such as oil and gas companies and electric utilities, stand to lose trillions in the energy transition. Thus, they are fighting to slow decarbonization and preserve the value of their assets. Green asset owners, who will be the basis of the decarbonized economy, are fewer in number and relatively weak politically.Green proposes using international tax, finance, and trade institutions to create new green asset owners and constrain fossil asset owners, reducing their clout. Domestic investments in green assets, facilitated by global trade rules, can build the political power of green asset owners. Our guest is Jessica Green, a Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023).

Trong số các thỏa thuận về thương mại và an ninh – quốc phòng mà Washington và Seoul cùng thông báo hôm 14/11/2025, hồ sơ đáng quan tâm nhất là việc Hoa Kỳ chấp nhận để Hàn Quốc đóng tầu ngầm tấn công chạy bằng năng lượng hạt nhân cho hải quân cả hai nước. Dự án này, nếu được thực hiện, đánh dấu một bước ngoặt lớn, khẳng định hơn nữa thế thống trị của Hàn Quốc trong lĩnh vực công nghiệp hàng hải cũng như là sức mạnh hải quân nước này. « Ngành đóng tàu, lá chủ bài để Hàn Quốc đàm phán thuế quan với Mỹ », ngày 23/06/2025, trang Le Marin chuyên về kinh tế hàng hải đã đưa ra nhận định này. Seoul sở hữu một công nghiệp đóng tàu bậc nhất thế giới, chỉ sau Trung Quốc. Thậm chí nước Mỹ của Donald Trump, ngày càng bị Trung Quốc bỏ xa trong lĩnh vực hàng hải, gần đây phải đưa tàu chiến của mình đến bảo trì tại các xưởng của Hàn Quốc, một quyết định mang tính chiến lược. Truyền thống hàng hải lâu đời Thế mạnh ngành công nghiệp này đã có từ xa xưa, nhưng chúng thực sự trở thành một trong những chiến lược quan trọng của đất nước khi tổng thống Park Chung Hee (1962 – 1979) lên nắm quyền. Trong thập niên 1960, ông đã quyết định thúc đẩy phát triển các ngành công nghiệp nặng, bao gồm cả sản xuất thép (Hàn Quốc là nhà sản xuất thép hàng thứ tư trên thế giới), vượt qua Nhật Bản vào thời điểm chuyển giao thế kỷ, vốn thống lĩnh thị trường đóng tàu trong một thời gian dài sau Đệ Nhị Thế Chiến cho đến khi bị ngành đóng tàu giá rẻ Trung Quốc cạnh tranh gay gắt. Từ Seoul, thông tín viên Trần Công nhắc lại đôi nét lịch sử phát triển ngành đóng tàu Hàn Quốc : « Từ thời Đô đốc Yi Sun Sin (1545 – 1598), kỹ nghệ đóng tàu của Triều Tiên đã góp phần quyết định giúp quân dân Hàn Quốc đánh bại hải quân Nhật Bản trong cuộc chiến tranh bảo vệ đất nước. Chiến thuyền “Tàu Rùa” với cấu trúc bọc sắt độc đáo đã trở thành nền tảng lịch sử cho truyền thống hàng hải của quốc gia này. Bước sang thời cận đại, ngành đóng tàu Hàn Quốc chính thức hình thành từ năm 1929 với sự ra đời của các xưởng cơ khí và cơ sở đóng tàu đầu tiên. Giai đoạn Thế chiến II và thời kỳ Nhật Bản chiếm đóng khiến đất nước chìm trong xung đột, nhưng nhu cầu tàu vận tải và quân sự đã tạo nền móng ban đầu cho kỹ thuật đóng tàu hiện đại. Đến cuối thập niên 1960, sau khi Hyundai bước vào lĩnh vực đóng tàu, mở ra bước ngoặt lịch sử và đặt nền móng cho sự trỗi dậy của ngành. Tuy nhiên sau cuộc khủng hoảng tài chính toàn cầu và áp lực cạnh tranh giá rẻ từ Trung Quốc, ngành đóng tàu Hàn Quốc từng có giai đoạn chững lại nghiêm trọng vào những năm 2012–2016. » Tại Ulsan (đông nam Hàn Quốc), xưởng đóng tàu lớn nhất thế giới của tập đoàn Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), cung cấp việc làm cho khoảng 21 ngàn người lao động, mỗi năm cho xuất xưởng đến 50 loại tầu cỡ lớn bao gồm thương mại và quân sự. Năm 2024, hãng HHI ký kết đến 9 tỷ đô la hợp đồng, theo như phóng sự của kênh truyền hình Pháp France 24 ngày 29/10/2025. Một trong những mặt hàng chủ lực của Ulsan là tàu chở khí hóa lỏng, xưởng này có thể cung cấp mỗi năm từ 13-14 chiếc với ba loại tải trọng khác nhau 176, 180 và 216 ngàn tấn, theo như một phóng sự khác của Le Monde (ngày 16/09/2022). Cũng theo thông tín viên Trần Công, « ngày nay, Hàn Quốc đã vươn trở lại vị trí cường quốc số một thế giới về đóng tàu, đặc biệt ở các dòng tàu công nghệ cao như tàu chạy bằng khí hóa lỏng (LNG carrier), tàu chở dầu thô cực lớn (VLCC), tàu chạy methanol và các loại tàu thân thiện môi trường. Ba tập đoàn HD Hyundai, Hanwha Ocean và Samsung Heavy Industries dẫn đầu toàn cầu về công nghệ, tiêu chuẩn an toàn và khả năng chế tạo tàu cỡ lớn. Ngành đóng tàu hiện là trụ cột kinh tế, chiếm tỷ trọng lớn trong xuất khẩu (khoảng 7%-8%) và là biểu tượng cho năng lực kỹ thuật, công nghiệp và sáng tạo của Hàn Quốc trong kỷ nguyên mới. » Ngành đóng tầu : Một trong những trụ cột kinh tế Một nhịp độ sản xuất khiến các đối thủ châu Âu vất vả đuổi theo. Ngay vào năm 1987, xưởng đóng tàu của Thụy Điển là Kockums đã phải tuyên bố phá sản. Báo Pháp Le Marin cho biết, trước khi Donald Trump đe dọa áp thuế, xuất khẩu của Hàn Quốc đạt mức kỷ lục trong năm 2024. Các phân tích dữ liệu cho thấy, ngành đóng tàu là một trong những đầu tàu chính của kinh tế đất nước : lĩnh vực này chiếm gần 4% tổng kim ngạch xuất khẩu Hàn Quốc và trong năm 2024, đã tăng lên gần 20% so với năm 2023. Để có thể phát triển mạnh ngành công nghiệp này, Hàn Quốc đã có những chiến lược như thế nào ? Đâu là những thế mạnh của ngành công nghiệp đóng tầu Hàn Quốc ? Thông tín viên Trần Công giải thích tiếp : « Hàn Quốc sở hữu lợi thế địa lý hiếm có trong ngành đóng tàu khi gần như bốn bề giáp biển, chỉ phần phía bắc tiếp giáp Triều Tiên nên mọi hướng phát triển kinh tế đều tự nhiên hướng ra đại dương. Với bờ biển dài, nhiều vịnh sâu, khí hậu ổn định và hệ thống cảng tự nhiên thuận lợi, Hàn Quốc từ lâu đã hình thành truyền thống hàng hải và nền tảng phát triển công nghiệp biển mạnh mẽ. Vị trí nằm giữa Trung Quốc – Nhật Bản cũng tạo ra mạng lưới thương mại nhộn nhịp, thúc đẩy nhu cầu đóng tàu và dịch vụ kho bãi cảng biển (logistics). Song song với lợi thế địa lý, Hàn Quốc còn dẫn đầu thế giới về công nghệ đóng tàu, đặc biệt ở các lĩnh vực LNG carrier, VLCC, tàu chạy nhiên liệu xanh và hệ thống tự động hóa thông minh. Quan hệ chặt chẽ với Mỹ, châu Âu và các tập đoàn năng lượng toàn cầu giúp Hàn Quốc luôn tiếp cận sớm tiêu chuẩn mới, công nghệ mới và giữ vị thế đối tác chiến lược trong các dự án hải quân, hải dương. Ba tập đoàn HD Hyundai, Hanwha Ocean và Samsung Heavy Industries duy trì mạng lưới hợp tác mạnh mẽ, từ Nghiên cứu – Phát triển (R&D) đến sản xuất, tạo ra hệ thống công nghệ bậc nhất thế giới. Về chiến lược phát triển, Hàn Quốc đặt mục tiêu duy trì vị trí dẫn đầu bằng cách tập trung vào các loại tàu giá trị cao, đầu tư mạnh vào nhiên liệu sạch như LNG–amoniac–methanol, đẩy nhanh áp dụng công nghệ số trong ngành công nghiệp đóng tàu (digital shipyard), và mở rộng lĩnh vực hải dương như tàu Sản xuất, Lưu trữ và Hạ tải (FPSO), tàu khoan (drillship), tàu khai thác khí thiên nhiên hóa lỏng (FLNG). Nhà nước hỗ trợ qua chính sách tín dụng xuất khẩu, đào tạo nhân lực tay nghề cao và quy hoạch các cụm công nghiệp biển. Nhờ định hướng dài hạn này, ngành đóng tàu Hàn Quốc tiếp tục giữ vai trò trụ cột trong kinh tế quốc gia và là tâm điểm của tương lai công nghiệp biển toàn cầu. » Đóng tàu nhanh, chi phí thấp và kỹ thuật tiên tiến là những lợi thế cạnh tranh mạnh của Hàn Quốc, hiện chiếm đến ¼ thị phần thế giới. Đây cũng chính là những thứ mà nước Mỹ đang thiếu. Trên bảng xếp hạng, Trung Quốc và Hàn Quốc chiếm các vị trí đầu bảng, còn Hoa Kỳ hầu như vắng bóng. Báo cáo của Quốc Hội Mỹ đưa ra hồi tháng 11/2023, được tờ Wall Street Journal (23/09/2024) dẫn lại, cho thấy Trung Quốc, Hàn Quốc và Nhật Bản sản xuất ra những con tàu chiếm hơn 90% trọng tải của thế giới, trong khi Mỹ chỉ đóng có 0,2%. Từ thương mại đến quân sự Việc tổng thống Mỹ Donald Trump bật đèn xanh cho phép Hàn Quốc đóng tầu ngầm chạy bằng năng lượng hạt nhân đánh dấu một bước ngoặt lớn trong ngành công nghiệp hàng hải đất nước. Một mặt, « điều này cho thấy Washington hoàn toàn thừa nhận tầm quan trọng vị thế chiến lược của Hàn Quốc với tư cách là một cường quốc hàng hải và đồng minh đáng tin cậy ở Ấn Độ - Thái Bình Dương. Sự ủng hộ của Hoa Kỳ không chỉ mang tính chính trị, mà còn có thể mang lại sự hợp tác chặt chẽ về công nghệ, phát triển công nghiệp và lập kế hoạch tác chiến », theo như đánh giá của nhà nghiên cứu Yu Ji-hoon, cựu sĩ quan Hải quân Hàn Quốc, người đã tham gia sâu rộng vào các chương trình tàu sân bay và tàu ngầm của Hải quân, trong một chương trình của Arirang News (12/11/2025). Mặt khác, điều này cho phép Seoul thực hiện tham vọng tăng cường năng lực phòng thủ hải quân mà nhiều đời tổng thống đã theo đuổi nhưng bất thành do vấp phải sự phản đối từ Mỹ. Tuy nhiên, quyết định đóng tầu ngầm trong nước của tổng thống Lee Jae Myung cũng làm dấy lên nhiều tranh luận trong giới chuyên gia và truyền thông Hàn Quốc cũng như quốc tế, khi lo rằng tham vọng này của Seoul có nguy cơ mở ra một cuộc chạy đua vũ trang trong vùng Đông Bắc Á. Từ Seoul, thông tín viên Trần Công tường thuật : « Sau khi Tổng thống Lee Jae-myung công khai mong muốn đóng tàu ngầm hạt nhân (SSN) tại Hàn Quốc, việc tự đóng SSN trong nước đang tạo ra làn sóng ý kiến mạnh mẽ từ giới chuyên gia, khu vực và báo chí quốc tế. Giáo sư Mun Geun-sik (Hanyang University) khẳng định Hàn Quốc hoàn toàn có năng lực nội địa hóa SSN, từ thiết kế thân tàu, chế tạo lò phản ứng tới hệ thống điều khiển – điều mà Philadelphia không thể đáp ứng do thiếu toàn bộ hạ tầng tàu ngầm. Nghị sĩ Yoo Jung-ju cũng nhấn mạnh rằng Philadenphia chỉ là xưởng đóng tàu thương mại, và nếu xây dựng dây chuyền hạt nhân từ đầu sẽ mất 5 – 10 năm, nên “đóng trong nước là lựa chọn duy nhất hợp lý”. Giáo sư Peter Ward (Sejong Institute) đưa ra góc nhìn chiến lược hơn, cho rằng Hàn Quốc cần thành lập Ủy ban Mỹ – Hàn về đóng tàu ngầm để kết nối Nghiên cứu & Phát triển – sản xuất – chuỗi cung ứng nhằm rút ngắn thời gian triển khai và giải quyết các rào cản pháp lý. Trong khi đó, giáo sư Kim Yong-hun (Amherst College) nhấn mạnh trở ngại thực sự không phải công nghệ, mà là nhiên liệu hạt nhân, và dự báo Mỹ vẫn muốn giữ quyền kiểm soát phần lò phản ứng trong khuôn khổ hợp tác. Báo chí Nhật Bản đánh giá rằng Hàn Quốc đã âm thầm chuẩn bị năng lực đóng tàu ngầm hạt nhân trong nhiều thập kỷ, nhưng kế hoạch liên tục bị đình trệ vì phụ thuộc hoàn toàn vào sự chấp thuận của Mỹ trong vấn đề cung cấp uranium làm giàu. Các tờ như Sankei Shimbun và Mainichi nhận định việc Tổng thống Lee Jae-myung công khai theo đuổi SSN, cộng với sự đồng thuận mới từ Washington, đã tạo ra “cơ hội thực tế đầu tiên” để Seoul hiện thực hóa chương trình vốn bị bỏ lỡ từ những năm 1990. Tuy nhiên, truyền thông Nhật cũng cảnh báo rằng nếu Hàn Quốc sở hữu tàu ngầm hạt nhân, cục diện an ninh Đông Bắc Á sẽ biến động mạnh, đẩy Trung Quốc vào trạng thái cảnh giác cao độ và làm gia tăng cạnh tranh chiến lược trong khu vực. Bắc Triều Tiên thậm chí chỉ trích kế hoạch của Seoul là “màn dạo đầu cho hiệu ứng domino hạt nhân”, đồng thời tuyên bố sẽ tăng cường hợp tác quân sự với Trung–Nga để đối trọng. Dù vậy, các chuyên gia Hàn Quốc đều thống nhất nhận định : nếu vấn đề nhiên liệu được tháo gỡ, Hàn Quốc có đủ năng lực công nghiệp để tự đóng SSN, và đây sẽ là bước ngoặt nâng tầm tự chủ quốc phòng trong bối cảnh môi trường an ninh khu vực ngày càng biến động. » Dự án hợp tác đóng tầu ngầm Hàn – Mỹ có thể biến thành hiện thực hay không vẫn là một câu hỏi lớn vì nhiều lý do. Tuy nhiên, hầu hết giới chuyên gia đều có chung một nhận xét : Để rút ngắn khoảng cách với lực lượng hải quân Trung Quốc, nước Mỹ của Donald Trump giờ phải dựa vào các đồng minh châu Á. Ông cũng hiểu rằng khẩu hiệu « America First » còn đồng nghĩa với « America Alone » !

11/24/25: Dr. Xiomara Herman, Amherst School Super: the school counselor controversy, LGBTQ rts & the middle school. Megan Zinn w/ Amanda Jones, who is "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.” UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor: poetry, rap & comm healing. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: the huge fire, Amherst College's $ contributions to town, lighting the Merry Maple.

11/24/25: Dr. Xiomara Herman, Amherst School Super: the school counselor controversy, LGBTQ rts & the middle school. Megan Zinn w/ Amanda Jones, who is "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.” UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor: poetry, rap & comm healing. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: the huge fire, Amherst College's $ contributions to town, lighting the Merry Maple.

11/24/25: Dr. Xiomara Herman, Amherst School Super: the school counselor controversy, LGBTQ rts & the middle school. Megan Zinn w/ Amanda Jones, who is "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.” UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor: poetry, rap & comm healing. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: the huge fire, Amherst College's $ contributions to town, lighting the Merry Maple.

11/24/25: Dr. Xiomara Herman, Amherst School Super: the school counselor controversy, LGBTQ rts & the middle school. Megan Zinn w/ Amanda Jones, who is "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.” UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor: poetry, rap & comm healing. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: the huge fire, Amherst College's $ contributions to town, lighting the Merry Maple.

11/24/25: Dr. Xiomara Herman, Amherst School Super: the school counselor controversy, LGBTQ rts & the middle school. Megan Zinn w/ Amanda Jones, who is "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.” UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz w/ Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor: poetry, rap & comm healing. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman: the huge fire, Amherst College's $ contributions to town, lighting the Merry Maple.

My conversation with Aaron starts at about 24 minutes after headlines and clips Subscribe and Watch Interviews LIVE : On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. This show is Ad free and fully supported by listeners like you! Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 750 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous soul Dr. Aaron E. Carroll is President & CEO of AcademyHealth. A nationally recognized thought leader, science communicator, pediatrician, and health services researcher, he is a passionate advocate for the creation and use of evidence to improve health and health care for all.  Before joining AcademyHealth, Dr. Carroll was a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Chief Health Officer at Indiana University, where he also served as Associate Dean for Research Mentoring and the director of the Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Comparative Effectiveness Research at Indiana University School of Medicine. He earned a B.A. in chemistry from Amherst College, an MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and an M.S. in health services from the University of Washington School of Public Health, where he was also a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar. Dr. Carroll's research focused on the study of information technology to improve pediatric care, decision analysis, and areas of health policy including cost-effectiveness of care and health care financing reform. He is the author of The Bad Food Bible and the co-author of three additional books on medical myths. In addition to having been a regular contributor to The New York Times and The Atlantic, he has written for many other major media outlets and is co-Editor-in-Chief at The Incidental Economist, an evidence-based health policy blog. He also has a popular YouTube channel and podcast called Healthcare Triage, where he talks about health research and health policy. Join us Thursday's at 8EST for our Weekly Happy Hour Hangout!  Subscribe and Watch Interviews LIVE    On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete   Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube  Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page Gift a Subscription https://www.patreon.com/PeteDominick/gift Send Pete $ Directly on Venmo All things Jon Carroll  Buy Ava's Art 

In this episode, the hosts welcome Donnie McKillop, Associate Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach at East Coast Loomis Chaffee School. McKillop discusses his background growing up in Southern California, balancing multiple sports, and his journey through various coaching roles at institutions like Middlebury College, Springfield College, and Amherst College. He delves into the challenges and strategies of coaching multi-sport athletes in today's specialized sports environment and offers insights into the importance of building relationships, respecting team history, and fostering internal development. The episode also touches on the practicalities of managing time and embracing modern communication tools to stay connected with teams.00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome00:25 Coach Donnie McKillop's Background02:20 Journey to Loomis Chaffee03:56 Balancing Football and Baseball07:18 Coaching Philosophy and Advice11:06 Navigating Multi-Sport Coaching18:04 Coaching Journey and Professional Growth18:54 Integrating Football and Baseball Coaching Styles20:44 Unique Coaching Techniques and Philosophies23:14 Learning from Other Sports and Coaches26:27 Adapting to Modern Coaching Challenges27:00 Balancing Specialization and Multi-Sport Participation28:41 Importance of Rest and Regeneration32:36 Effective Team Communication Tools

Polarization is a defining feature of politics in the United States and many other democracies. Yet although there is much research focusing on the effects of polarization on domestic politics, little is known about how polarization influences international cooperation and conflict. Democracies are thought to have advantages over nondemocratic nations in international relations, including the ability to keep foreign policy stable across time, credibly signal information to adversaries, and maintain commitments to allies. Does domestic polarization affect these “democratic advantages”? These are the questions that Rachel Myrick tackles in her new book, “Polarization and International Politics: How Extreme Partisanship Threatens Global Stability” (Princeton UP, 2025) In this timely book, Myrick argues that polarization reshapes the nature of constraints on democratic leaders, which in turn erodes the advantages democracies have in foreign affairs. Drawing on a range of evidence, including cross-national analyses, observational and experimental public opinion research, descriptive data on the behavior of politicians, and interviews with policymakers, Myrick develops metrics that explain the effect of extreme polarization on international politics and traces the pathways by which polarization undermines each of the democratic advantages. Turning to the case of contemporary US foreign policy, Myrick shows that as its political leaders become less responsive to the public and less accountable to political opposition, the United States loses both reliability as an ally and credibility as an adversary. Myrick's account links the effects of polarization on democratic governance to theories of international relations, integrating work across the fields of international relations, comparative politics, and American politics to explore how patterns of domestic polarization shape the international system. Our guest is Rachel Myrick, the Douglas & Ellen Lowey Associate Professor of Political Science at Duke University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Polarization is a defining feature of politics in the United States and many other democracies. Yet although there is much research focusing on the effects of polarization on domestic politics, little is known about how polarization influences international cooperation and conflict. Democracies are thought to have advantages over nondemocratic nations in international relations, including the ability to keep foreign policy stable across time, credibly signal information to adversaries, and maintain commitments to allies. Does domestic polarization affect these “democratic advantages”? These are the questions that Rachel Myrick tackles in her new book, “Polarization and International Politics: How Extreme Partisanship Threatens Global Stability” (Princeton UP, 2025) In this timely book, Myrick argues that polarization reshapes the nature of constraints on democratic leaders, which in turn erodes the advantages democracies have in foreign affairs. Drawing on a range of evidence, including cross-national analyses, observational and experimental public opinion research, descriptive data on the behavior of politicians, and interviews with policymakers, Myrick develops metrics that explain the effect of extreme polarization on international politics and traces the pathways by which polarization undermines each of the democratic advantages. Turning to the case of contemporary US foreign policy, Myrick shows that as its political leaders become less responsive to the public and less accountable to political opposition, the United States loses both reliability as an ally and credibility as an adversary. Myrick's account links the effects of polarization on democratic governance to theories of international relations, integrating work across the fields of international relations, comparative politics, and American politics to explore how patterns of domestic polarization shape the international system. Our guest is Rachel Myrick, the Douglas & Ellen Lowey Associate Professor of Political Science at Duke University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Polarization is a defining feature of politics in the United States and many other democracies. Yet although there is much research focusing on the effects of polarization on domestic politics, little is known about how polarization influences international cooperation and conflict. Democracies are thought to have advantages over nondemocratic nations in international relations, including the ability to keep foreign policy stable across time, credibly signal information to adversaries, and maintain commitments to allies. Does domestic polarization affect these “democratic advantages”? These are the questions that Rachel Myrick tackles in her new book, “Polarization and International Politics: How Extreme Partisanship Threatens Global Stability” (Princeton UP, 2025) In this timely book, Myrick argues that polarization reshapes the nature of constraints on democratic leaders, which in turn erodes the advantages democracies have in foreign affairs. Drawing on a range of evidence, including cross-national analyses, observational and experimental public opinion research, descriptive data on the behavior of politicians, and interviews with policymakers, Myrick develops metrics that explain the effect of extreme polarization on international politics and traces the pathways by which polarization undermines each of the democratic advantages. Turning to the case of contemporary US foreign policy, Myrick shows that as its political leaders become less responsive to the public and less accountable to political opposition, the United States loses both reliability as an ally and credibility as an adversary. Myrick's account links the effects of polarization on democratic governance to theories of international relations, integrating work across the fields of international relations, comparative politics, and American politics to explore how patterns of domestic polarization shape the international system. Our guest is Rachel Myrick, the Douglas & Ellen Lowey Associate Professor of Political Science at Duke University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

Polarization is a defining feature of politics in the United States and many other democracies. Yet although there is much research focusing on the effects of polarization on domestic politics, little is known about how polarization influences international cooperation and conflict. Democracies are thought to have advantages over nondemocratic nations in international relations, including the ability to keep foreign policy stable across time, credibly signal information to adversaries, and maintain commitments to allies. Does domestic polarization affect these “democratic advantages”? These are the questions that Rachel Myrick tackles in her new book, “Polarization and International Politics: How Extreme Partisanship Threatens Global Stability” (Princeton UP, 2025) In this timely book, Myrick argues that polarization reshapes the nature of constraints on democratic leaders, which in turn erodes the advantages democracies have in foreign affairs. Drawing on a range of evidence, including cross-national analyses, observational and experimental public opinion research, descriptive data on the behavior of politicians, and interviews with policymakers, Myrick develops metrics that explain the effect of extreme polarization on international politics and traces the pathways by which polarization undermines each of the democratic advantages. Turning to the case of contemporary US foreign policy, Myrick shows that as its political leaders become less responsive to the public and less accountable to political opposition, the United States loses both reliability as an ally and credibility as an adversary. Myrick's account links the effects of polarization on democratic governance to theories of international relations, integrating work across the fields of international relations, comparative politics, and American politics to explore how patterns of domestic polarization shape the international system. Our guest is Rachel Myrick, the Douglas & Ellen Lowey Associate Professor of Political Science at Duke University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023).

Polarization is a defining feature of politics in the United States and many other democracies. Yet although there is much research focusing on the effects of polarization on domestic politics, little is known about how polarization influences international cooperation and conflict. Democracies are thought to have advantages over nondemocratic nations in international relations, including the ability to keep foreign policy stable across time, credibly signal information to adversaries, and maintain commitments to allies. Does domestic polarization affect these “democratic advantages”? These are the questions that Rachel Myrick tackles in her new book, “Polarization and International Politics: How Extreme Partisanship Threatens Global Stability” (Princeton UP, 2025) In this timely book, Myrick argues that polarization reshapes the nature of constraints on democratic leaders, which in turn erodes the advantages democracies have in foreign affairs. Drawing on a range of evidence, including cross-national analyses, observational and experimental public opinion research, descriptive data on the behavior of politicians, and interviews with policymakers, Myrick develops metrics that explain the effect of extreme polarization on international politics and traces the pathways by which polarization undermines each of the democratic advantages. Turning to the case of contemporary US foreign policy, Myrick shows that as its political leaders become less responsive to the public and less accountable to political opposition, the United States loses both reliability as an ally and credibility as an adversary. Myrick's account links the effects of polarization on democratic governance to theories of international relations, integrating work across the fields of international relations, comparative politics, and American politics to explore how patterns of domestic polarization shape the international system. Our guest is Rachel Myrick, the Douglas & Ellen Lowey Associate Professor of Political Science at Duke University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Polarization is a defining feature of politics in the United States and many other democracies. Yet although there is much research focusing on the effects of polarization on domestic politics, little is known about how polarization influences international cooperation and conflict. Democracies are thought to have advantages over nondemocratic nations in international relations, including the ability to keep foreign policy stable across time, credibly signal information to adversaries, and maintain commitments to allies. Does domestic polarization affect these “democratic advantages”? These are the questions that Rachel Myrick tackles in her new book, “Polarization and International Politics: How Extreme Partisanship Threatens Global Stability” (Princeton UP, 2025) In this timely book, Myrick argues that polarization reshapes the nature of constraints on democratic leaders, which in turn erodes the advantages democracies have in foreign affairs. Drawing on a range of evidence, including cross-national analyses, observational and experimental public opinion research, descriptive data on the behavior of politicians, and interviews with policymakers, Myrick develops metrics that explain the effect of extreme polarization on international politics and traces the pathways by which polarization undermines each of the democratic advantages. Turning to the case of contemporary US foreign policy, Myrick shows that as its political leaders become less responsive to the public and less accountable to political opposition, the United States loses both reliability as an ally and credibility as an adversary. Myrick's account links the effects of polarization on democratic governance to theories of international relations, integrating work across the fields of international relations, comparative politics, and American politics to explore how patterns of domestic polarization shape the international system. Our guest is Rachel Myrick, the Douglas & Ellen Lowey Associate Professor of Political Science at Duke University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

Amherst College's Ilan Stavans shares his latest book "Conversations on Dictionaries: The Universe in a Book" on the power of dictionaries in shaping culture. Plus we get his take on polling that shows Latinos in America might be turning away from Trump.Vulture podcast and TV critic Nick Quah shares the best podcasts he's heard this year. Josh Paul and Tariq Habash are co-founders of “A New Policy,” which aims to reform U.S. policy toward the Middle East. They join to discuss what they think multiple U.S. administrations have gotten wrong.The Reverends Irene Monroe & Emmett G. Price III join for “All Rev'd Up" on the pastors showing up at No Kings rallies, and a new survey that finds more U.S. adults are embracing organized religion – buying more bibles post-Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Robert McNamara's Encounter with an Anti-War Mob. Professor William Taubman of Amherst College discusses his new book, McNamara at War, covering an episode from 1967 or 1968. Robert McNamara traveled to Harvard Yard to speak with professors and students. There, he encountered an anti-war mob. Taubman recounts the surprising events that unfolded, noting the incident is remembered vividly.

McNamara's Path to Power: Statistical Control at Harvard Following Pearl Harbor William Taubman, Amherst College, with John Batchelor The discussion with Professor William Taubman focuses on Robert McNamara, a brilliant student his whole life who was famously known for his roles as Defense Secretary and World Bank leader, and later for apologizing for Vietnam War mistakes. The conversation traces the moment McNamara moved from being a young professor at Harvard Business School to making decisions for the U.S. Air Force. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, McNamara, wanting very much to participate in the war, rushed to discuss the conflict with his neighbors. The war came to him when Tex Thornton, who was at the Pentagon, arrived from Washington to establish a school at Harvard where officers would learn statistical control. McNamara was one of the first Harvard instructors to agree to teach the new curriculum. Thornton quickly realized that McNamara was the "pick of the litter at Harvard" and the ideal person to fit his mission of attracting brilliant Harvard professors to teach statistical control to American officers, thus beginning McNamara's influential career.

Marisa Adesman (b. 1991, Roslyn, NY) received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI in 2018 and her BFA from Washington University, St. Louis, MO in 2013. Adesman had her first museum solo exhibition, The Birth of Flowers, at KMAC Contemporary Art Museum, Louisville, KY in 2023. She has exhibited work widely including at the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), St. Louis, MO; Black Mountain College Museum, Ashville, NC; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College; Amherst, MA; Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles / New York; and Mrs. Gallery, Queens, NY. Adesman's work is in public collections including Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA; Deji Museum, Nanjing, China; and Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMbo), Bologna, Italy. Adesman lives and works in Chicago, IL.  Marisa Adesman's surreal and thought-provoking paintings often depict ordinary objects in bizarre contexts and striking states of mystical transformation. She composes tableware, candles, houseplants, flowers, linens, kitchen utensils, and furniture into strange and unusual arrangements that destabilize our notions about the proper order of a house and home. These settings are often centered around the female form and are guided by Adesman's visionary poetics of interior space. She examines the art historical meaning of the female figure as a pliable body designed for amorous desire and protection, but also sinister and capable of deception and corruption. Adesman's compositions mingle ethereal and phantasmagoric imagery of the surrealist period with Dutch still life and vanitas paintings from 16th and 17th century Europe. Likewise, she retains all the attendant technical mastery which defined those artistic styles. Smooth and luminous surfaces combined with a masterful use of chiaroscuro, the skillful contrastingof extreme light and dark, reveals the hand of a remarkably detailed painter whose work demands to be viewed in person. Marisa Adesman: Tug of War, Courtesy the artists and Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles / New York. Photos by: Marisa Adesman Marisa Adesman: Deadheading, 2025, Courtesy the artists and Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles / New York. Photos by: Marisa Adesman Marisa Adesman: The Turn, 2025, Courtesy the artists and Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles / New York. Photos by: Marisa Adesman

On New York University Week: What's in a name? Erin Morrison, clinical associate professor in liberal studies, looks at one colorful bird to find out. Dr. Erin Morrison is a Clinical Associate Professor in Liberal Studies at New York University. She holds a B.A. in Biology from Amherst College and received her Ph.D. in Ecology […]

" You can't ultimately control what happens in a race. And so you convince yourself you can, right? Or you tell yourself, well, if I control these other things, I might be able to control what happens in the race."  Stephanie Reents ran for four years on the Amherst College women's Cross Country team in the early 90s, and is the author of "We Loved to Run" her debut novel. Reents wanted there to be a novel about women's running, stories about the identities athletes hold and how those identities shape and change team dynamics, friendships, and relationships...to themselves, to their sport, and to each other. She didn't shy away from including the full spectrum of a collegiate athlete's experiences—disordered eating, body shaming, navigating trauamtic experiences, and still, continuing to compete.  In this episode, Reents shares her own experiences as both a high school and collegiate athlete, and of course, why she wrote the stories of these young women athletes from the perspective of their Cross Country team, on a quest to make Nationals.  Buy the book: "We Loved to Run" by Stephanie Reents (Lane 9 Bookshop affiliate link) Connect with Reents: @stephanie.reents on Instagram.  Follow @Lane9project on Instgram, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.  Connect with a clinician near you, and find your full team of women's health and sport providers, by going to Lane9Project.org/directory. If you don't see what you're looking for, fill out our Athlete Match Form, and we'll find someone for you!  

This episode features an interview with Dr. Derek G. Handley, author of the book Struggle for the City: Citizenship and Resistance in the Black Freedom Movement. Dr. Handley is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He is also affiliated faculty in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department and in the Urban Studies program. Before that, he was a Chamberlain Project Fellow in English and Black Studies at Amherst College and a Predoctoral Mellon Fellow at the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference at Emory University. He has taught at Lehigh University, the United States Naval Academy, and the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Currently, he is co-director of the digital humanities project “Mapping Racism and Resistance,” which maps racial covenants in Milwaukee County and uncovers Black resistance to such discrimination. In this interview, we discuss his concept of Black rhetorical citizenship, the role of Black women in the civil rights movement in the urban North, the plays of August Wilson, and housing covenants that prevented Black people from purchasing or renting particular properties throughout much of the twentieth century. This episode features a clip from the song "The City" by The Kyoto Connection. Episode Transcript

Why do states start conflicts that they ultimately lose? Why do leaders possess inaccurate expectations of their prospects for victory? Bureaucracies at War (Cambridge UP, 2024) examines how national security institutions shape the quality of bureaucratic information upon which leaders base their choice for conflict – which institutional designs provide the best counsel, why those institutions perform better, and why many leaders fail to adopt them. Author Tyler Jost argues that the same institutions that provide the best information also empower the bureaucracy to punish the leader. Thus, miscalculation on the road to war is often the tragic consequence of how leaders resolve the trade-off between good information and political security. Employing an original cross-national data set and detailed explorations of the origins and consequences of institutions inside China, India, Pakistan, and the United States, this book explores why bureaucracy helps to avoid disaster, how bureaucratic competition produces better information, and why institutional design is fundamentally political. Our guest is Tyler Jost, an assistant professor of political science and the Watson Institute Assistant Professor of China Studies at Brown University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Why do states start conflicts that they ultimately lose? Why do leaders possess inaccurate expectations of their prospects for victory? Bureaucracies at War (Cambridge UP, 2024) examines how national security institutions shape the quality of bureaucratic information upon which leaders base their choice for conflict – which institutional designs provide the best counsel, why those institutions perform better, and why many leaders fail to adopt them. Author Tyler Jost argues that the same institutions that provide the best information also empower the bureaucracy to punish the leader. Thus, miscalculation on the road to war is often the tragic consequence of how leaders resolve the trade-off between good information and political security. Employing an original cross-national data set and detailed explorations of the origins and consequences of institutions inside China, India, Pakistan, and the United States, this book explores why bureaucracy helps to avoid disaster, how bureaucratic competition produces better information, and why institutional design is fundamentally political. Our guest is Tyler Jost, an assistant professor of political science and the Watson Institute Assistant Professor of China Studies at Brown University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

Why do states start conflicts that they ultimately lose? Why do leaders possess inaccurate expectations of their prospects for victory? Bureaucracies at War (Cambridge UP, 2024) examines how national security institutions shape the quality of bureaucratic information upon which leaders base their choice for conflict – which institutional designs provide the best counsel, why those institutions perform better, and why many leaders fail to adopt them. Author Tyler Jost argues that the same institutions that provide the best information also empower the bureaucracy to punish the leader. Thus, miscalculation on the road to war is often the tragic consequence of how leaders resolve the trade-off between good information and political security. Employing an original cross-national data set and detailed explorations of the origins and consequences of institutions inside China, India, Pakistan, and the United States, this book explores why bureaucracy helps to avoid disaster, how bureaucratic competition produces better information, and why institutional design is fundamentally political. Our guest is Tyler Jost, an assistant professor of political science and the Watson Institute Assistant Professor of China Studies at Brown University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Why do states start conflicts that they ultimately lose? Why do leaders possess inaccurate expectations of their prospects for victory? Bureaucracies at War (Cambridge UP, 2024) examines how national security institutions shape the quality of bureaucratic information upon which leaders base their choice for conflict – which institutional designs provide the best counsel, why those institutions perform better, and why many leaders fail to adopt them. Author Tyler Jost argues that the same institutions that provide the best information also empower the bureaucracy to punish the leader. Thus, miscalculation on the road to war is often the tragic consequence of how leaders resolve the trade-off between good information and political security. Employing an original cross-national data set and detailed explorations of the origins and consequences of institutions inside China, India, Pakistan, and the United States, this book explores why bureaucracy helps to avoid disaster, how bureaucratic competition produces better information, and why institutional design is fundamentally political. Our guest is Tyler Jost, an assistant professor of political science and the Watson Institute Assistant Professor of China Studies at Brown University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

Why do states start conflicts that they ultimately lose? Why do leaders possess inaccurate expectations of their prospects for victory? Bureaucracies at War (Cambridge UP, 2024) examines how national security institutions shape the quality of bureaucratic information upon which leaders base their choice for conflict – which institutional designs provide the best counsel, why those institutions perform better, and why many leaders fail to adopt them. Author Tyler Jost argues that the same institutions that provide the best information also empower the bureaucracy to punish the leader. Thus, miscalculation on the road to war is often the tragic consequence of how leaders resolve the trade-off between good information and political security. Employing an original cross-national data set and detailed explorations of the origins and consequences of institutions inside China, India, Pakistan, and the United States, this book explores why bureaucracy helps to avoid disaster, how bureaucratic competition produces better information, and why institutional design is fundamentally political. Our guest is Tyler Jost, an assistant professor of political science and the Watson Institute Assistant Professor of China Studies at Brown University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/national-security

Why do states start conflicts that they ultimately lose? Why do leaders possess inaccurate expectations of their prospects for victory? Bureaucracies at War (Cambridge UP, 2024) examines how national security institutions shape the quality of bureaucratic information upon which leaders base their choice for conflict – which institutional designs provide the best counsel, why those institutions perform better, and why many leaders fail to adopt them. Author Tyler Jost argues that the same institutions that provide the best information also empower the bureaucracy to punish the leader. Thus, miscalculation on the road to war is often the tragic consequence of how leaders resolve the trade-off between good information and political security. Employing an original cross-national data set and detailed explorations of the origins and consequences of institutions inside China, India, Pakistan, and the United States, this book explores why bureaucracy helps to avoid disaster, how bureaucratic competition produces better information, and why institutional design is fundamentally political. Our guest is Tyler Jost, an assistant professor of political science and the Watson Institute Assistant Professor of China Studies at Brown University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023).

Philip Taubman and his brother William have written what the publisher Norton is calling "McNamara at War: A New History." It's a full life biography of former Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara. "It's a portrait of a man at war with himself," according to the authors. "It's riven with melancholy, guilt, zealous loyalty, and profound inability to admit his flawed thinking about Vietnam before it was too late." William Taubman, seven years older than his brother at 83, is an emeritus political science professor from Amherst College. Brother Phil spent 30 years with the New York Times and is an author of several books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Jason Blitman talks to author Lily King about her newest novel, Heart the Lover. Conversation highlights include:

Philip Taubman and his brother William have written what the publisher Norton is calling "McNamara at War: A New History." It's a full life biography of former Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara. "It's a portrait of a man at war with himself," according to the authors. "It's riven with melancholy, guilt, zealous loyalty, and profound inability to admit his flawed thinking about Vietnam before it was too late." William Taubman, seven years older than his brother at 83, is an emeritus political science professor from Amherst College. Brother Phil spent 30 years with the New York Times and is an author of several books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10/6/25 - On this episode, we'll discuss how we can recover the moral foundation of America with Hadley P. Arkes. Hadley P. Arkes. (born 1940) is an American political scientist and the founding director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding. A longtime professor at Amherst College, he is known for his work on natural law, moral philosophy, and constitutional interpretation. Arkes was a key advocate for the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, signed into U.S. law in 2002. A convert to Catholicism, he integrates faith and reason in his defense of moral truth in public life. He continues to write and lecture widely on law, ethics, and the American founding tradition.

We were finally able to schedule a taping with enough lead time to get a special guest we've been wanting to have on for a long time—the great Hadley Arkes, emertus professor of jurisprudence from Amherst College and founder of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding, and co-host of his […]

We were finally able to schedule a taping with enough lead time to get a special guest we've been wanting to have on for a long time—the great Hadley Arkes, emertus professor of jurisprudence from Amherst College and founder of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding, and co-host of his own very fine podcast, the Natural Law Moment. We've abused Hadley in absentia in some of our podcasts over the last few months, so now he got hsi chance especially to attempt to sort out the very stubborn John Yoo. John was delayed a bit joining us, so since this podcast is partly anchored not only in the truths of natural law, but also libations of a scotch variety, we decided to take advantage of Hadley's advanced expertise in gin martinis. Plus some "origin story" of how he came to political philosophy and in particular natural law as the primary focus of his mature work.  And once John showed up, it was ON! We rounded off this episode with an AI-generated parody of Hadley, which begins as follows:“On the Ontological Status of the Ham Sandwich: A Moral Inquiry into the Lunchtime Crisis”By Gladly Harkness, Edward Whiskers Professor of Ontological JurisprudenceIt is a curious feature of our current jurisprudence that the simple act of consuming a ham sandwich has not yet been subject to rigorous philosophical analysis. . .For the whole thing, you'll need to head over to Steve's "Political Questions" Substack.

(SPOILER) Today's episode begins with talking about what to expect from the Dr. Catherine interview & topics from the Daily Roundup.  Then Dr. Catherine Sanderson joins me (8:35) to discuss a myriad of topics that have been on my pod for the last month or so, including the Taylor/Travis relationship, the hypocritical Taylor Frankie Paul reaction to her “Bachelorette” announcement, thoughts on the “Biggest Loser” doc, & much more. Music written by Jimmer Podrasky (B'Jingo Songs/Machia Music/Bug Music BMI) Ads: Tropical Smoothie Café - Tropical Smoothie Cafe® brings the goodness – with made-to-order smoothies, bowls and food.  You're on Tropic Time now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amherst College's Ilan Stavans on what independence means in America in 2025. Plus, his thoughts on the chilling effect ICE raids are having on immigrant communities in New England.Brian McGrory, Boston University head and former Boston Globe editor, gives his take on the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and larger attacks on free speech, plus the Pentagon's new media restrictions. Axios business editor Dan Primack on the AI race with China, the latest on TikTok's sale, and why the Fed's interest rate reduction might not be enough to stop a recession. The Revs, Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III, on how Charlie Kirk's death and evangelical roots are being received by Black Christians. Then, we open the phones lines to hear how listeners are embracing the season of flannel, pumpkin spice everything and cozy sweaters.

Mother of Courage: The True Story of an Armless Dentist and Her Triumph Over Tragedy by Dr Philip Chanin https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Courage-Armless-Dentist-Triumph/dp/B0D8RM8JSL Motherofcourage.com Mother of Courage is the inspiring true story of a young woman who loses both arms in a boating accident, yet valiantly finishes dental school, marries, raises two boys, teaches at an historically Black medical college, and becomes a nationally known advocate for people with disabilities. With grace, humor, faith, and a large dose of determination, Margaret Chanin transforms her tragic physical loss into a triumph of the human spirit-and shares her light with everyone she meets. Philip Chanin, EdD, ABPP, CGP, is a licensed clinical psychologist and consulting Buddhist psychotherapist, a nationally Certified Group Psychotherapist, and an Advanced Imago Therapist in private practice in Nashville, Tennessee. He is Board Certified through the American Board of Professional Psychology, and since 2005 he has been an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Bill Snyder is a Nashville-based science writer.About the author Dr. Philip Chanin is a Board Certified Clinical Psychologist. He loves writing, and there are 60 articles that he has written on his psychology practice website. He received a Bachelor's Degree from Amherst College and a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a Licensed Psychologist in Tennessee and has previously held licenses in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. Dr. Chanin did post-doctoral training in clinical psychology in Massachusetts and in Philadelphia, at The Devereux Foundation. He opened a private practice in Ardmore, on Philadelphia's Main Line. He then relocated back to Massachusetts, living on the campus of the Northfield Mt. Hermon School, and spent five years working at an inpatient substance abuse treatment hospital in New Hampshire. He then established a private practice in Keene, New Hampshire, before moving back to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1991. Dr. Chanin is Board Certified through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), is a nationally Certified Group Psychotherapist, and is also an Advanced Imago Therapist in Nashville. He formerly served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Nashville Psychotherapy Institute. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, for whom he sees psychiatric residents for supervision and psychotherapy. In his free time, Dr. Chanin enjoys spending time with his wife and two grown step-children. He also enjoys reading, writing, walking, yoga, playing racquet sports, spending time with friends and colleagues, and traveling in the States and internationally. The publishing of his book, Mother of Courage: The True Story of an Armless Dentist and Her Triumph Over Tragedy, represents the fulfillment of a long held dream to tell his mother's story.

In the wake of World War II, the United States leveraged its hegemonic position in the international political system to gradually build a new global order centered around democracy, the expansion of free market capitalism, and the containment of communism. Named in retrospect the "liberal international order" (LIO), the system took decades to build and is still largely with us today even as the US's relative power within it has diminished. In Great Power, Great Responsibility: How the Liberal International Order Shapes US Foreign Policy (Oxford UP, 2025), Michael Poznansky explores how the LIO has influenced US foreign policy from its founding to the present. Proponents argue that its impact has been profound, producing a system that has been more rule-bound and beneficial than any previous order. Critics charge that it has failed to prevent the US itself from consistently violating rules and norms. Poznansky contends that the answer lies in between. While rule-breaking has been a constant feature of the postwar order, the nature of violations varies in surprising and poorly understood ways. America's approach to compliance with the LIO, including whether leaders feel the need to conceal rule violations at all, is a function of two primary factors: the intensity of competition over international order, and the burden of complying with the liberal order's core tenets in a given case. Drawing on nine case studies, including the Korean War and Iraq War, Great Power, Great Responsibility sheds important light on the future of US foreign policy in an era where American unipolarity has ended and great power rivalry has returned. Our guest is Michael Poznansky, an Associate Professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department and a core faculty member in the Cyber & Innovation Policy Institute at the U.S. Naval War College. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In the wake of World War II, the United States leveraged its hegemonic position in the international political system to gradually build a new global order centered around democracy, the expansion of free market capitalism, and the containment of communism. Named in retrospect the "liberal international order" (LIO), the system took decades to build and is still largely with us today even as the US's relative power within it has diminished. In Great Power, Great Responsibility: How the Liberal International Order Shapes US Foreign Policy (Oxford UP, 2025), Michael Poznansky explores how the LIO has influenced US foreign policy from its founding to the present. Proponents argue that its impact has been profound, producing a system that has been more rule-bound and beneficial than any previous order. Critics charge that it has failed to prevent the US itself from consistently violating rules and norms. Poznansky contends that the answer lies in between. While rule-breaking has been a constant feature of the postwar order, the nature of violations varies in surprising and poorly understood ways. America's approach to compliance with the LIO, including whether leaders feel the need to conceal rule violations at all, is a function of two primary factors: the intensity of competition over international order, and the burden of complying with the liberal order's core tenets in a given case. Drawing on nine case studies, including the Korean War and Iraq War, Great Power, Great Responsibility sheds important light on the future of US foreign policy in an era where American unipolarity has ended and great power rivalry has returned. Our guest is Michael Poznansky, an Associate Professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department and a core faculty member in the Cyber & Innovation Policy Institute at the U.S. Naval War College. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

In the wake of World War II, the United States leveraged its hegemonic position in the international political system to gradually build a new global order centered around democracy, the expansion of free market capitalism, and the containment of communism. Named in retrospect the "liberal international order" (LIO), the system took decades to build and is still largely with us today even as the US's relative power within it has diminished. In Great Power, Great Responsibility: How the Liberal International Order Shapes US Foreign Policy (Oxford UP, 2025), Michael Poznansky explores how the LIO has influenced US foreign policy from its founding to the present. Proponents argue that its impact has been profound, producing a system that has been more rule-bound and beneficial than any previous order. Critics charge that it has failed to prevent the US itself from consistently violating rules and norms. Poznansky contends that the answer lies in between. While rule-breaking has been a constant feature of the postwar order, the nature of violations varies in surprising and poorly understood ways. America's approach to compliance with the LIO, including whether leaders feel the need to conceal rule violations at all, is a function of two primary factors: the intensity of competition over international order, and the burden of complying with the liberal order's core tenets in a given case. Drawing on nine case studies, including the Korean War and Iraq War, Great Power, Great Responsibility sheds important light on the future of US foreign policy in an era where American unipolarity has ended and great power rivalry has returned. Our guest is Michael Poznansky, an Associate Professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department and a core faculty member in the Cyber & Innovation Policy Institute at the U.S. Naval War College. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

In the wake of World War II, the United States leveraged its hegemonic position in the international political system to gradually build a new global order centered around democracy, the expansion of free market capitalism, and the containment of communism. Named in retrospect the "liberal international order" (LIO), the system took decades to build and is still largely with us today even as the US's relative power within it has diminished. In Great Power, Great Responsibility: How the Liberal International Order Shapes US Foreign Policy (Oxford UP, 2025), Michael Poznansky explores how the LIO has influenced US foreign policy from its founding to the present. Proponents argue that its impact has been profound, producing a system that has been more rule-bound and beneficial than any previous order. Critics charge that it has failed to prevent the US itself from consistently violating rules and norms. Poznansky contends that the answer lies in between. While rule-breaking has been a constant feature of the postwar order, the nature of violations varies in surprising and poorly understood ways. America's approach to compliance with the LIO, including whether leaders feel the need to conceal rule violations at all, is a function of two primary factors: the intensity of competition over international order, and the burden of complying with the liberal order's core tenets in a given case. Drawing on nine case studies, including the Korean War and Iraq War, Great Power, Great Responsibility sheds important light on the future of US foreign policy in an era where American unipolarity has ended and great power rivalry has returned. Our guest is Michael Poznansky, an Associate Professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department and a core faculty member in the Cyber & Innovation Policy Institute at the U.S. Naval War College. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Season 14 of the Internal Comms Podcast kicks off with a conversation about happiness. Host Katie Macaulay welcomes Professor Catherine Sanderson to discuss what really makes us happy. The internal comms hook? As internal communicators, we're often asked to promote wellbeing initiatives at work; the link between happiness and productivity is clear. Together Katie and Catherine – a professor of psychology at Amherst College, celebrated speaker and bestselling author – discuss how happiness is not a trait but a choice, not a gift but a practice. They also explore what happens when leaders model the right and wrong behaviours and why good people stay silent in the face of wrongdoing, the core theme of Catherine's book, Why We Act: Turning Bystanders into Moral Rebels. If you're running a speak up campaign – or planning one (AB can help!) – this one is for you. As this episode goes live, we're entering the final quarter of the year. So it is perhaps the best time to listen to someone who devotes their working life and substantial intellect to help people ‘lead happier, healthier, better lives.' Join the conversation – #TheICPodcast

 I had friends of mine who have said, “This is an important archive. Get everybody.” So that's my mission. It's a big one and it's going to take years. - Matt CollinsMatt Collins is a graduate of Amherst College, Class of 1994. He is the creator and host of The Pre-Made Podcast where, every week, he interviews one member from his class.In this conversation Matt and I talk:* Significant pivot points in his life.* How he started The Pre-Made Podcast.* How he produces the podcast, including initial outreach to potential guests, the equipment he uses, and thoughts about editing.* How podcasting is different from what he thought podcasting was going to be.* Things he's learned from doing the podcast.* Tips for being a good editor.If you enjoyed this interview please forward it to one friend. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit benbo.substack.com

NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell guest hosts with Margery while Jim is still out on vacation.Businesses are seeing workforce disruptions with ICE disruptions. We talk to Amherst College's Ilan Stavans about that, plus, about a new study on how language barriers affect your internet experience.It's still summer movie season. Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson is back with his unabashed reviews of new summer flicks, including the Freaky Friday sequel and some Disney reboots. For more than 40 years, former labor secretary Robert Reich has been sounding the alarm on rising inequality in America, and how to fix it. He's out with a new memoir “Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America."It's All Rev'd Up with the Revs Emmett G. Price III and Irene Monroe. They talk about technology and faith: including the rise of Silicon Valley techno-religion, and an AI chatbot for religious questions. 

President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weak jobs report. On this week's On the Media, how the Trump administration is threatening government data. Plus, a viral YouTube channel raises questions about the meaning of political debate. [01:00] Host Brooke Gladstone situates President Trump's recent firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics within a larger effort to discount facts that aren't politically convenient. Plus, Amy O'Hara,  a professor at Georgetown's Massive Data Institute, on the importance of government data, and  Andreas Georgiou, a scholar in statistics at Amherst College, on his years-long battle to defend accurate economics data in Greece.[12:34] Brooke speaks with Angelo Carusone, the president of Media Matters, a liberal watchdog group that follows and fact-checks right-wing outlets like Fox News, NewsMax, and the Tucker Carlson Network, about the group's fight for survival as it faces a deluge of lawsuits brought by Elon Musk's X. [28:22] Host Micah Loewinger delves into the meteoric rise of the YouTube channel Jubilee with technology and online culture journalist Taylor Lorenz, and the channel's mission of fostering “radical empathy” by hosting political debates between wildly opposing groups. He speaks with Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief of Zeteo, about his recent Jubilee debate with far right conservatives and how the channel is transforming the meaning of political debate. Plus, Stassia Underwood, a participant of one Jubilee debate, opens up about her experience on set. Further reading:“Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis,” by By Kenneth P. Vogel, Kate Conger, and Ryan Mac“1 Conservative vs 25 LGBTQ+ Activists (feat. Michael Knowles)” (Jubilee)“1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives (ft. Mehdi Hasan)” (Jubilee) On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.

Matt Goldsmith is entering his first season as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Middlebury College. He previously served as the Head Coach at The College of New Jersey for 10 seasons where he piloted the Lions to over 150 victories and Two New Jersey Athletic Conference championships in 2020 and 2024. Prior to TCNJ Goldsmith worked for Dave Hixon at Amherst College, where he was an assistant coach for three seasons. In his first season at Amherst in 2012-13, he helped guide the Jeffs to a 30-2 record and the second national title in program history. Goldsmith has spent time as a volunteer assistant coach for USA Basketball and has been a coach and instructor at the Jay Bilas Skills Camp since 2016. He also serves as head coach and general manager of 'The Nerd Team' in The Basketball Tournament.As a player at Amherst College, Goldsmith was a member of the Jeffs' 2007 National Championship team. He continued his playing career after graduation, playing professionally in Germany during the 2008-09 season. On this episode Mike & Matt discuss his upcoming inaugural season as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Middlebury College. With a commendable history at the College of New Jersey, where he amassed over 150 victories, Goldsmith reflects on his transition back to the NESCAC, a league with which he possesses profound familiarity. He shares insights into the critical elements necessary for success in a competitive landscape, emphasizing the importance of 3 key defensive principles. Furthermore, Goldsmith articulates his vision for cultivating a supportive and engaged team culture, underscoring the significance of community connections and the development of young athletes as exemplary citizens. As we delve into this enlightening conversation, we invite listeners to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Coach Goldsmith and the Middlebury basketball program.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @hoopheadspod for the latest updates on episodes, guests, and events from the Hoop Heads Pod.Make sure you're subscribed to the Hoop Heads Pod on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts and while you're there please leave us a 5 star rating and review. Your ratings help your friends and coaching colleagues find the show. If you really love what you're hearing recommend the Hoop Heads Pod to someone and get them to join you as a part of Hoop Heads Nation.Take some notes as you listen to this episode with Matt Goldsmith, Head Men's Basketball Coach at Middlebury College.Website - https://athletics.middlebury.edu/sports/mbballEmail - mbb@middlebury.eduTwitter - @CoachMGoldsmithVisit our Sponsors!Dr. Dish BasketballOur friends at Dr. Dish Basketball are here to help you transform your team's training this off-season with exclusive offers of up to $4,000 OFF their Rebel+, All-Star+, and CT+ shooting machines. Unsure about budget? Dr. Dish offers schools-only Buy Now, Pay Later payment plans to make getting new equipment easier than ever.

Dr. Catherine Sanderson (@SandersonSpeaks), Poler Family Professor, Chair of Psychology at Amherst College and the author of Why We Act: Turning Bystanders Into Moral Rebels joins host Ron Steslow (@RonSteslow) to analyze why Trump was able to exert control on the Republican party, how to recognize leaders who will stand up for what's right—and what we can do to become moral rebels . To contribute to Politicology, visit https://politicology.com/donate/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices