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This week we explore a recent PHIS database study assessing clinical outcomes for transcatheter balloon dilation of the aortic valve in the setting of aortic valve stenosis in early life. Why do critical AS patients fare less well than those with severe AS? Is this an issue of procedural failure or patient characteristics? Is there adequate equipoise for a study comparing surgery to balloon dilation? Is such a study even feasible given the present day levels of surgical experience with neonatal aortic valve surgery? These are amongst the questions posed to Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Vandarbilt University, Dr. George Nicholson who is the senior author of this week's work. DOI: 10.1007/s00246-026-04196-1

0:30 - CHRISTA PIKE...not dead yet 11:33 - Cornell 7 27:45 - CRIES FOR HELP 40:48 - Rocky 45:57 - Veteran investigative journalist and New York Times best-selling author Phelim McAleer keeps the stories and the truth alive in his new play “October 7” You can see “October 7” at Northwestern’s Cahn Auditorium on October 6 - for more info and tickets october7theplay.com 01:02:33 - Noted economics Stephen Moore explains how Trump and Republicans can win the ‘affordability’ battle. Get more Steve @StephenMoore 01:10:48 - Hegseth's "State of the Force" Address 01:23:04 - Sean Noonan is running for DuPage County Sheriff and wants you to attend the DuPage County Republicans Statewide Candidate Forum! Help support Sean at seannoonansheriff.com and check out the Candidate Forum 10/5 at 7pm 01:37:44 - Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University, Wilfred Reilly: Democrats can’t shake their DSA problem. Professor Reilly is also author of Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me: Debunking the False Narratives Defining America’s School Curricula 02:01:37 - Open Mic Friday!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump recently banned three major media outlets from the White House including CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, stating that these journalists “threatened national security and/or spread falsehoods” through their coverage.  This led to litigation from these outlets against the Trump Administration, based on violations of the First Amendment/freedom of the press & Fifth Amendment/due process protections. Recently a U.S. District Judge issued a two-week temporary restraining order on Trump's ban restoring the outlets' White House access for now. On October 8th, the TRO will expire, leading many to believe Trump will then enforce a complete ban, unless stopped by a judge.  On this Lawyer 2 Lawyer episode, Craig welcomes Peter Loge, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, an Associate Professor, and the founding director of the Project on Ethics in Political Communication.  Craig & Peter spotlight the freedom of the press. President Trump's recent ban of journalists from three major media outlets,  the Judge's order to restore press credentials, the First & Fifth Amendment, and the potential impact on the press.   Mentioned in this episode:Office Hours with Karpf and Loge

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are: Allison Kavey - a full professor in the History Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY).Catherine Tan - an Associate Professor in the department of sociology at Vassar College. Her research is on health, wellness, and medical knowledge.Warren Whitlock - a former federal senior executive having served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Diversity & Leadership, and, Associate Administrator for Civil Rights at the Federal Highway Administration.

Dr Dominic Willmott is an Associate Professor in Legal and Criminological Psychology at Loughborough University in the UK and Adjunct Professor in Psychology at SWPS University in Poland. His research primarily investigates bias within criminal legal systems, with a particular focus on jury decision-making in rape trials and the influence (and prevalence) of rape myths on societal and legal judgements towards rape complainants. He has published his research widely, authoring more than 100 research outputs to date where he applies robust and innovative psychologically informed methods to evidence bias in legal decision making and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions designed to address these biases. He has received more than £5 million in research funding to carry out this research and is Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Criminal Psychology as well as Chair of the Board of Trustees for Justice is Now, a charity that aims to reduce the bias towards victims of sexual violence. He formerly served as Research Advisor to the UK Victim Commissioner (Dame Vera Baird) and is currently course leader for the Masters degree in Criminology at Loughborough University.References for all texts cited in this podcast are on our Linktree.Presenters: Dr. Sally Tilt and Dr. Kerensa HockenProducers: Andrew Wilkie and Katie StokesYou can follow this podcast on LinkedIn by clicking here.The Forensic Psychology Podcast is a co-production between HM Prison and Probation Service and the Prison Radio Association charity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are excited to bring you the latest episode of RABcasts, where we delve into the world of radiology, healthcare, and philanthropy. In this episode:Innovate, Advance, ProtectRAB Co-Founder A/Prof Suresh de Silva sits down for a one-on-one interview with our guest, Professor Catherine Jones, Specialist Cardiothoracic Radiologist - IMD Radiology Group.In this episode of the RABCAST series, we are honoured to host Professor Catherine Jones, Specialist Cardiothoracic Radiologist - IMD Radiology Group. Catherine holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Queensland and completed her medical degree there in 2001. After surgical and radiological training in the United Kingdom and a subspecialty fellowship in cardiothoracic radiology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, she returned to Australia in 2011. She holds academic appointments as Associate Professor at the School of Public and Preventive Health at Monash University and as Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney, and has published over 30 research articles in cardiac and thoracic imaging. Catherine has been instrumental in designing and implementing Australia's National Lung Cancer Screening Program, holds a B-Reader qualification from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for pneumoconiosis detection, and in 2024 was awarded the Women in AI Asia Pacific Award in the AI for Health category.SummaryIn this RABcast episode, Professor Catherine Jones joins RAB Co-Founder A/Prof Suresh de Silva to discuss three of the most consequential developments in thoracic radiology today. Catherine shares how she helped design and implement Australia's National Lung Cancer Screening Program — a $250 million-plus investment that delivered more than 55,000 low-dose CT scans in its first seven months — and why early detection for vulnerable populations was central to the program from day one. She also examines the emerging silicosis crisis among tunnel construction workers, where six of ten workers screened on an initial assessment returned with disease on CT, and explains why occupational lung disease remains a global challenge. The conversation then turns to artificial intelligence in chest imaging, including how AI reduces cognitive burden for radiologists, the medico-legal questions around AI-generated findings, and the potential for algorithms to predict lung cancer years before it appears visually.TakeawaysNational Lung Screening Scale: Australia's National Lung Cancer Screening Program launched on 1 July 2024 and delivered over 55,000 low-dose CT scans within its first seven months, with participation — and cost — expected to grow year on year.Occupational Lung Disease Gap: Silicosis and other dust-related diseases remain underrecognised globally; in an initial Sydney tunnelling cohort, six of ten workers screened returned CT findings consistent with disease, highlighting urgent gaps in occupational health safeguards.AI as a Safety Net: Approximately 30–40% of chest X-rays in Australia are already read with AI assistance; Professor Jones argues the greatest benefit is reduced cognitive burden and end-of-day fatigue, not just improved detection rates.Medico-Legal Reality: As AI tools identify more incidental findings, radiologists must decide what enters the final report — clinical context and the individual patient's presentation remain the radiologist's responsibility, not the algorithm's.Predicting the Future: Emerging algorithms from institutions such as MIT can estimate both current lung cancer probability and the likelihood of development over the next six years from a single CT scan, moving radiology from anatomy-based assessment toward structure-plus-function reporting.Breath Test Biomarkers on the Horizon: Portable, low-cost breath-test biomarkers are expected to complement imaging in the near term, enabling earlier triage of high-risk individuals before they reach an imaging centre.Whether you're a radiologist, radiology trainee, occupational health clinician, or someone passionate about how imaging innovation can protect lives at a population level, this episode offers practical insight into screening program design, AI integration, and the future of thoracic radiology — while also giving you a chance to get to know the person behind the leadership, Professor Catherine Jones.

Men and women are frequently treated differently by healthcare systems according to a review of global research published in the journal, PLOS One. Women with the same medical conditions as men are less likely to be offered the medical treatments offered to men such as surgery, statins, or strong painkillers. They are also less likely to be offered treatment for conditions like cardiovascular conditions, kidney disease and Parkinson's disease. Claudia Hammond is joined by family doctor, Ann Robinson, to discuss.Claudia and Ann also discuss global disparities in access to dermatological care and the announcement that the Jehovah's Witness ban on accepting blood components in transfusions has been lifted.Also, for centuries scientists have thought of the brain as a single, unified organ. But new research reveals that what we call the brain could be two distinct organs that evolved independently over hundreds of millions of years. Claudia speaks to Matthew Grubb, Professor of Neuroscience at King's College London, to ask what we can learn from this revelation and whether he now considers the brain to be two organs.And Paddy Ross, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Durham University, tells us about his research, that children are far more likely than adults to judge a person's emotions by what they hear rather than what they see.Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Jonathan Blackwell

Mosquitos, cockroaches, venomous snakes, and adults who steal candy from children, just some of the winning scientific discoveries at this year's Ig Nobel Prize. The award highlights research so bizarre and improbable you can't help but laugh at it. We speak with winner Chonghong Cao, a Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University about how his team worked with dead mosquitos and 3D printers to win the technology prize.

Kieran Maguire, Associate Professor of Football Finance at University of Liverpool, discusses confirmation from the Premier League that an independent commission has found Manchester City guilty of all 115 charges of financial rules between 2009 and 2018. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two of the most widely used chemotherapy drugs in the world, 5-FU and capecitabine, have been in use since the 1950s. A small share of patients carry variants in a gene called DPYD that slow their ability to break these drugs down, which means a standard dose behaves like an overdose in their body.A single genetic test can identify those patients before the first treatment. Europe recommended universal screening in 2020. The FDA updated the labels for both drugs in 2025, after years of pressure from families who had lost someone.In this episode of Patient From Hell, host Samira Daswani speaks with Dr. Gabe Brooks, a medical oncologist at the Dartmouth Cancer Center, about what DPD deficiency is, what severe toxicity actually looks like, how and when to get screened, what the test costs, and the exact question to ask before starting either drug.Guest: Gabriel Brooks, MD, MPH, is a medical oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Dartmouth Cancer Center and the Geisel School of Medicine. He co-directs the Cancer Population Sciences Research Program and specializes in gastrointestinal cancers, including colorectal cancer.Chapters00:00 Introduction00:27 What DPYD is and why it matters02:50 When toxicity turns fatal04:21 5-FU vs. capecitabine06:16 Which cancers use these drugs06:53 What the FDA changed08:26 Why the U.S. took five years longer than Europe11:27 Warning signs and time to onset15:28 How and when to get screened17:39 Germline DNA vs. tumor genomic testing20:16 The patient advocacy behind the change24:44 What to ask your oncologist26:43 What the test costs28:18 Closing thoughtsResources: Advocates for Universal DPD/DPYD Testing — test4dpd.org

In this episode, Leonardo Marchini, DDS, MSD, PhD, Professor and DEO of the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, and Brendan Young, PhD, MBA, Associate Professor of Preventive and Community Dentistry, The University of Iowa, discuss their article "Beyond Hand Skills: A Case Analysis of Empathy and Critical Thinking Instruction", published in the Journal of the California Dental Association's Blue Sky Thinking Collection. They explore behavioral science, patient-centered communication, self-reflection and innovative tools designed to prepare dental students for more thoughtful patient care.

Journalist Khalil Hachem discussed the 2026 midterm elections with Aghogho Edevbie, Michigan Deputy Secretary of State, and Dr. Julio Borquez, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. US Arab Radio can be heard on wnzk 690 AM, 93.5 FM Please visit: www.facebook.com/USArabRadio/ Web site : arabradio.us/ Instagram : www.instagram.com/usarabradio/ Youtube : US Arab Radio

The ESRI is warning that Irish households have yet to feel the full impact of recent energy price rises, with higher food prices expected in the coming months.  Inflation is forecast to remain above 3% next year, while concerns are also growing over Government spending, housing supply and Ireland's reliance on multinational tax revenues.    Alan Morrissey was joined by Micheál Collins, Ennis Economist and Associate Professor of Social Policy at UCD, to look at what these latest warnings mean for households and for the wider Irish economy. Photo (c) pixelshot via Canva

Crystal spoke to Sarah Hodkinson in advance of their participation in the Roundtable Keynote discussion , entitled 'Navigating the Music Therapy Landscape: Considering the challenges and opportunities facing the profession in the UK', which will be part of the forthcoming BAMT online conference in November - Music Therapy in a Changing Landscape. Sarah is a clinical academic, music therapist and EMDR therapist with more than 20 years' experience in paediatric palliative care. She is Head of Psychosocial Services at Shooting Star Children's Hospices, leading a thriving multidisciplinary team of arts therapists and family support workers providing holistic, family-centred care across London and Surrey. Sarah continues to work clinically alongside her leadership role, giving therapy to children with life-limiting conditions, their siblings and parents, families experiencing bereavement and those living with the impact of traumatic experiences. She designed and leads an award-winning Specialist Bereavement Service and is passionate about addressing inequalities in paediatric palliative care through research, knowledge exchange, co-creation, creativity and systems thinking. Sarah is a Principal Teaching Fellow and Associate Professor at the University of Southampton, where her academic work focuses on music in healthcare and education. Her research includes publicly funded projects exploring music and rehabilitation for adults with cochlear implants, and research into inequalities in specialist bereavement care following child death. She has also developed international work combining music therapy and speech and language therapy in Moldova, where Commusicating is now embedded across six regions. Her work is presented nationally and internationally. Sarah particularly values the opportunity to inhabit both the clinical and academic worlds, where research informs practice and the experiences of children and families shape research and how future generations learn. Music remains an important part of her life: she plays many instruments, most often Celtic harp, guitar, piano and flute, and is Deputy Conductor of a 50-strong vocal ensemble that tours across Europe. At the heart of Sarah's work is a belief in learning from people with lived experience, creating models of care that are meaningful, compassionate and achieve excellent clinical outcomes.    

What does it mean for rationality to be ‘permissive'? Is rationality more limited than we would like to admit? Does the idea that ‘truth is the aim of belief' still stand?The concept of irrelevant influences has long been troubling for philosophers, despite the fact that rationality does not require us to renounce any of our beliefs. Miriam Schoenfield argues that permissivism, a framework where more than one rational conclusion can be reached from a given set of evidence, can help us to accept and manage differences in our beliefs, which are often constructs of our past, upbringing and religious motivations.Miriam Schoenfield is a leading epistemologist, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, and award-winning essayist.Don't hesitate to email us at podcast@iai.tv with your thoughts or questions on the episode!To witness such talks live buy tickets for our upcoming festival: https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/And visit our website for many more articles, videos, and podcasts like this one: https://iai.tv/You can find everything we referenced here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Dr. Gwen Burnyeat explores the fascinating relationship between horses, politics, and identity in Colombia, revealing how equestrian practices reflect broader social and political dynamics. Dr Gwen Burnyeat is Associate Professor in Anthropology and Development at Oxford University. The world of Colombian gaited horses, or cultura caballista (horse-riding culture), is often linked with uribismo, the right-wing identity associated with former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Ethnographic fieldwork in conflict-torn Antioquia reveals how horse-human practices of training, breeding, and competition cultivate orientations toward hierarchical authority, disciplined hypermasculinity, and control over land and living bodies. This occurs within histories of racialized regional identity, paramilitarism, and narco-culture. Read the full article: https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/cultura-caballista-right-wing-political-identities-and-gaited-hor/   Tune in for this episode and the Colombia Briefing with Emily Hart.  

In this episode, Mike is joined by Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. They discuss how regime survival concerns among the Indo-Pacific's authoritarian powers are shaping their foreign relations and the region's broader strategic competition. They explore the agency of authoritarian leaders influences grand strategy, the role of domestic political considerations in foreign policy decision-making, and how the United States and its allies and partners can prevent their efforts to sustain credible deterrence in the Indo-Pacific from being leveraged by authoritarian regimes to advance their political and security narratives at home and abroad.

Noel Holton Brathwaite is an adoptee who lives in New York and is a tenured Associate Professor of English. Her husband is a scientist who works in the field of Computational Biology. They have a bright and talented son, who is a senior in college majoring in Physics. Music by Corey Quinn

Roger Seheult, MD of MedCram deep dives into infrared light interacting with mitochondria. (This video was recorded on September 26th, 2026) Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at: www.medcram.com He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. MEDCRAM WORKS WITH MEDICAL PROGRAMS AND HOSPITALS: MedCram offers group discounts for students and medical programs, hospitals, and other institutions. Contact us at customers@medcram.com if you are interested. MEDIA CONTACT:  Media Contact: customers@medcram.com Media contact info: https://www.medcram.com/pages/media-contact Video Produced by Kyle Allred Edited by Daphne Sprinkle of Sprinkle Media Consulting, LLC FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/MedCram Twitter/X: www.twitter.com/MedCramVideos Instagram: www.instagram.com/medcram DISCLAIMER: MedCram medical videos are for medical education and exam preparation, and NOT intended to replace recommendations from your doctor.

Host Licia Cianetti talks to Lorenzo Feltrin about his recent book Workers and the World: Fighting Ecological Crisis from Within (Verso, 2016). They discuss how the climate and ecological crisis often confronts workers with the impossible choice between the end of the month and the end of the world, but how this choice between jobs and environment is not as zero-sum as it is usually represented. Lorenzo explains how people living near toxic industries often lose both jobs and the environment, how this takes different forms in different parts of the world, and how new solidarities can emerge that could save livelihoods and nature.Guest:Lorenzo Feltrin is a post-doctoral researcher at the University Ca' Foscari in Venice, working on a Marie Curie Global Fellowship titled "Labour and Ecology in an International Perspective: Porto Marghera in the Phosphates Archipelago". Between 2021 and 2024 he worked at the University of Birmingham.Presenter:Licia Cianetti is Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham and Founding Deputy Director of CEDAR. She is the Principal Investigator of an upcoming research project on “Resisting Inter-Scalar Authoritarian Networks and Coalitions” (funded by the EU under Horizon Europe grant no. 101286676).The People, Power, Politics podcast brings you the latest insights into the factors that are shaping and re-shaping our political world. It is brought to you by the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR) based at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.Transcript here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

When an election turns violent and neither side will concede, why is the usual answer to put both sides in the same government?Alex Noyes has spent nearly two decades asking whether that reflex works. Compromised Coalitions: The Paradox of Post-Conflict Power Sharing in Africa out in 2026 from the University of Pennsylvania Press, draws on more than 120 interviews with senior politicians and stakeholders in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Togo to give an unsettling answer. Power sharing can advance democratic reform, but only when two conditions hold: inclusive politics among the parties, and outside enforcers willing to hold them to the deal. Both are rare. And even where the deal ends the killing, it rewards a losing incumbent with unearned power and sets a precedent.In our conversation, Noyes explains why more than 600 such pacts have been struck since the Cold War, what the neglected Togo case reveals, and why he argues these arrangements should almost never be used after election violence. Against the scholarly consensus, Noyes finds these pacts can deliver real democratic reform, but only under conditions that rarely hold, and always at the cost of a compromised start. The costs outweigh the gains, and policymakers should stop defaulting to the model.Our guest is Alex Noyes, a fellow at the Brookings Institution's Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology.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). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

When an election turns violent and neither side will concede, why is the usual answer to put both sides in the same government?Alex Noyes has spent nearly two decades asking whether that reflex works. Compromised Coalitions: The Paradox of Post-Conflict Power Sharing in Africa out in 2026 from the University of Pennsylvania Press, draws on more than 120 interviews with senior politicians and stakeholders in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Togo to give an unsettling answer. Power sharing can advance democratic reform, but only when two conditions hold: inclusive politics among the parties, and outside enforcers willing to hold them to the deal. Both are rare. And even where the deal ends the killing, it rewards a losing incumbent with unearned power and sets a precedent.In our conversation, Noyes explains why more than 600 such pacts have been struck since the Cold War, what the neglected Togo case reveals, and why he argues these arrangements should almost never be used after election violence. Against the scholarly consensus, Noyes finds these pacts can deliver real democratic reform, but only under conditions that rarely hold, and always at the cost of a compromised start. The costs outweigh the gains, and policymakers should stop defaulting to the model.Our guest is Alex Noyes, a fellow at the Brookings Institution's Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology.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). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Host Licia Cianetti talks to Lorenzo Feltrin about his recent book Workers and the World: Fighting Ecological Crisis from Within (Verso, 2016). They discuss how the climate and ecological crisis often confronts workers with the impossible choice between the end of the month and the end of the world, but how this choice between jobs and environment is not as zero-sum as it is usually represented. Lorenzo explains how people living near toxic industries often lose both jobs and the environment, how this takes different forms in different parts of the world, and how new solidarities can emerge that could save livelihoods and nature.Guest:Lorenzo Feltrin is a post-doctoral researcher at the University Ca' Foscari in Venice, working on a Marie Curie Global Fellowship titled "Labour and Ecology in an International Perspective: Porto Marghera in the Phosphates Archipelago". Between 2021 and 2024 he worked at the University of Birmingham.Presenter:Licia Cianetti is Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham and Founding Deputy Director of CEDAR. She is the Principal Investigator of an upcoming research project on “Resisting Inter-Scalar Authoritarian Networks and Coalitions” (funded by the EU under Horizon Europe grant no. 101286676).The People, Power, Politics podcast brings you the latest insights into the factors that are shaping and re-shaping our political world. It is brought to you by the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR) based at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.Transcript here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

How can we cut corruption in government, procurement that generates kickbacks for local politicians? We could hire officials on merit. Across the developing world, many governments now do exactly that. So why do public contracts still go to political friends?In this week's VoxDev Talk, Sarah Brierley (LSE) tells Tim Phillips why merit-based hiring is not enough. If politicians cannot choose who gets the job, they can often control what happens next: where officials work, and whether they are promoted. This power may be sufficient to co-opt them. In Ghana, where she did much of her research, nearly half of senior local officials say contracts in their district go to firms that fund the ruling party. The research behind this episode:Brierley, Sarah. 2026. The Co-opted State: How Politicians' Control Over Bureaucrats' Careers Threatens Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Open access.To cite this episode:Phillips, Tim, and Sarah Brierley. 2026. "How politicians co-opt bureaucrats.” VoxDev Talks (podcast).About the guestSarah Brierley is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research spans the state, corruption, bureaucracy, and election campaigns, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship for a project on political finance in Africa.Research cited in this episodeClientelism. Politicians hand out public resources, such as schools, jobs or contracts, in return for votes. Most research assumes that officials simply do what politicians ask. Sarah argues that officials have real control over who gets what, so politicians must first win them over.Hiring on merit. Sarah checks whether senior local officials in Ghana are hired on merit in three ways: expert surveys, a survey of the officials themselves, and staff records. Of those hired between 2010 and 2016, 67% sat an exam. When the governing party changed after the 2008 election, the kind of people hired into professional jobs did not change. The kind of people hired into low-skilled jobs did.Randomised response technique. A way to ask survey questions that people would rather not answer. Each person rolls a die where the interviewer cannot see it. On one number they must say "yes", on another "no", and otherwise they tell the truth. Nobody knows what any one person meant, but the odds of each roll are known, so the true share of "yes" answers can be calculated across the whole survey. Using this method, Sarah found that 46% of 864 senior officials in 80 local governments say contracts go to firms that fund the ruling party.Career control tools. Sarah's name for the ways politicians can shape an official's career after hiring: promotions, the work they are given, and where they are posted. Transfers are the main tool in Ghana. Officials who think their mayor can easily move them are more likely to report corruption. In a second survey question, 58% of officials said that exposing misconduct would likely get them transferred.Whistleblower protection. Ghana's Whistleblower Act, 2006 (Act 720) protects people who report wrongdoing from punishment, including unwanted transfers, and can pay them a reward. But in a small local office it is almost impossible to stay anonymous, so the protection counts for little in practice.Local electoral competition. Competition between parties at national level is usually good for reform. Sarah finds that close contests at local level have the opposite effect. When seats are won and lost on small margins, campaigns cost more, and politicians have more reason to get money out of public contracts.India and Indonesia. Both countries hire senior officials through competitive exams. In India, members of the Indian Administrative Service change jobs on average every 16 months, and transfers become more likely when state leadership changes (Iyer and Mani 2012). Proposals to set a minimum time in post have not been adopted. In Indonesia, politicians also interfere in promotions.Promotion panels. In Ghana's local government service, promotions are decided by panels that include professional officials, so politicians rarely use them as a threat. Sarah suggests using similar panels to approve transfers, so no single politician can move an official at will.Campaign spending caps. Limits on how much candidates can spend. Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have none. India has them, but candidates routinely spend far more (Chauchard 2018). Sarah points to the UK's Corrupt and Illegal Practices Act of 1883, which set strict limits that were enforced in court. Total campaign spending fell by 40% between the 1880 and 1885 elections (Rix 2008).More VoxDev Talks episodesWhy civil service reform fails (and what actually works). Martin Williams looks at 131 attempts to reform the civil service in six African countries, and why none fully succeeded.Related reading on VoxDevBureaucracy, the VoxDevLit review of the evidence on how officials are selected, paid and managed.Autonomy, incentives, and the effectiveness of bureaucrats, on evidence from Nigeria and Ghana that civil servants with more freedom complete more of their projects.Should civil servants be allowed to serve in their home areas? Evidence from India, on what happens when officials are posted close to home.

When an election turns violent and neither side will concede, why is the usual answer to put both sides in the same government?Alex Noyes has spent nearly two decades asking whether that reflex works. Compromised Coalitions: The Paradox of Post-Conflict Power Sharing in Africa out in 2026 from the University of Pennsylvania Press, draws on more than 120 interviews with senior politicians and stakeholders in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Togo to give an unsettling answer. Power sharing can advance democratic reform, but only when two conditions hold: inclusive politics among the parties, and outside enforcers willing to hold them to the deal. Both are rare. And even where the deal ends the killing, it rewards a losing incumbent with unearned power and sets a precedent.In our conversation, Noyes explains why more than 600 such pacts have been struck since the Cold War, what the neglected Togo case reveals, and why he argues these arrangements should almost never be used after election violence. Against the scholarly consensus, Noyes finds these pacts can deliver real democratic reform, but only under conditions that rarely hold, and always at the cost of a compromised start. The costs outweigh the gains, and policymakers should stop defaulting to the model.Our guest is Alex Noyes, a fellow at the Brookings Institution's Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology.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). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Australians with German backgrounds reflect on what the AfD's growing support means to them personally. - هم‌زمان با اوج‌ فعالیت جنبش‌های سیاسی راست‌گرای افراطی در اروپا، رشد و پیروزی‌های اخیر حزب "بدیل برای آلمان" یا AfD موجب نگرانی آلمانی‌ها در سراسر جهان شده است. اس‌بی‌آس با آسترالیایی‌های آلمانی‌تباری‌که تحولات سیاس ی کشورشان را از نزدیک دنبال می‌کنند، گفتگو کرده است.Germany's political landscape has come into focus globally after the far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) made historic gains in recent state elections, including a strong result in Saxony-Anhalt. The party's rise has prompted concern among many Germans at home and abroad, particularly given its positions on migration, the European Union and how Germany's history is taught in schools. So how do Germans in Australia feel about it all? Plus, is the AfD's success primarily an eastern German phenomenon, what do the recent election results reveal about voter behaviour and the complex social, historical and economic forces shaping contemporary German politics.Why the AfD's historic gains in Saxony-Anhalt are causing concern among many Germans, including those living in Australia.Germans in Australia, including 69-year-old Andreas, reflect on migration, memory and the lasting impact of reunification on regional politics.Associate Professor of European and German studies at the University of New South Wales, Andrew Beattie explains the rise of the AfD and what voting patterns reveal about the party's support among younger voters, men and different regions of Germany.How economic pressures and political frustration are influencing voters across the political spectrum.SBS News in Depth is a news analysis podcast from SBS, going behind the headlines with reporting and interviews on the stories shaping Australia and the world.Listen to more episodes of SBS News in Depth, and follow the show on the SBS Audio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.For the latest news from Australia and around the world, visit SBS News and follow us on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X. -

The Kurdish-populated Wan/Van Province is a major smuggling hub between Turkey and Iran. Kurdish smugglers cross this 180-mile-long land border, transporting everyday consumer goods—fuel, tobacco, sugar, and tea—as well as more illicit goods, and the province supports the financial, technical, and labor capacities that sustain these smuggling economies. As the Turkish state has enacted increasingly punitive anti-smuggling laws, smuggling has also become a site of contentious politics. Smuggling Law: Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey's Kurdish Borderlands (Stanford UP, 2025) explores anti-smuggling law enforcement and criminal prosecutions to reveal a key site—the criminal court—where borders and claims of sovereignty are simultaneously remade and disrupted.Taking readers from border villages, mountain passes, and road checkpoints to courtrooms, law offices, and forensic laboratories, Fırat Bozçalı examines how Kurdish smugglers, with the help of their lawyers, legally disrupt state sovereignty in criminal courts. Kurdish smugglers and lawyers adopt and rework procedures, rules, and reasonings in ways that interrupt the courts' capacity to coopt, discipline, and oppress. Bozçalı theorizes this evasive engagement with the legal system as a strategy of techno-legal politics among marginalized and persecuted groups, one that extends beyond the Kurdish case. Smuggling Law holds profound relevance in today's world, where ever-expanding regimes of surveillance, oppression, and dispossession unfold in the broader contexts of the global war on terror and data-driven capitalism. Fırat Bozçalı is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

When an election turns violent and neither side will concede, why is the usual answer to put both sides in the same government?Alex Noyes has spent nearly two decades asking whether that reflex works. Compromised Coalitions: The Paradox of Post-Conflict Power Sharing in Africa out in 2026 from the University of Pennsylvania Press, draws on more than 120 interviews with senior politicians and stakeholders in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Togo to give an unsettling answer. Power sharing can advance democratic reform, but only when two conditions hold: inclusive politics among the parties, and outside enforcers willing to hold them to the deal. Both are rare. And even where the deal ends the killing, it rewards a losing incumbent with unearned power and sets a precedent.In our conversation, Noyes explains why more than 600 such pacts have been struck since the Cold War, what the neglected Togo case reveals, and why he argues these arrangements should almost never be used after election violence. Against the scholarly consensus, Noyes finds these pacts can deliver real democratic reform, but only under conditions that rarely hold, and always at the cost of a compromised start. The costs outweigh the gains, and policymakers should stop defaulting to the model.Our guest is Alex Noyes, a fellow at the Brookings Institution's Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology.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). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Host Licia Cianetti talks to Lorenzo Feltrin about his recent book Workers and the World: Fighting Ecological Crisis from Within (Verso, 2016). They discuss how the climate and ecological crisis often confronts workers with the impossible choice between the end of the month and the end of the world, but how this choice between jobs and environment is not as zero-sum as it is usually represented. Lorenzo explains how people living near toxic industries often lose both jobs and the environment, how this takes different forms in different parts of the world, and how new solidarities can emerge that could save livelihoods and nature.Guest:Lorenzo Feltrin is a post-doctoral researcher at the University Ca' Foscari in Venice, working on a Marie Curie Global Fellowship titled "Labour and Ecology in an International Perspective: Porto Marghera in the Phosphates Archipelago". Between 2021 and 2024 he worked at the University of Birmingham.Presenter:Licia Cianetti is Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham and Founding Deputy Director of CEDAR. She is the Principal Investigator of an upcoming research project on “Resisting Inter-Scalar Authoritarian Networks and Coalitions” (funded by the EU under Horizon Europe grant no. 101286676).The People, Power, Politics podcast brings you the latest insights into the factors that are shaping and re-shaping our political world. It is brought to you by the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR) based at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.Transcript here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Kurdish-populated Wan/Van Province is a major smuggling hub between Turkey and Iran. Kurdish smugglers cross this 180-mile-long land border, transporting everyday consumer goods—fuel, tobacco, sugar, and tea—as well as more illicit goods, and the province supports the financial, technical, and labor capacities that sustain these smuggling economies. As the Turkish state has enacted increasingly punitive anti-smuggling laws, smuggling has also become a site of contentious politics. Smuggling Law: Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey's Kurdish Borderlands (Stanford UP, 2025) explores anti-smuggling law enforcement and criminal prosecutions to reveal a key site—the criminal court—where borders and claims of sovereignty are simultaneously remade and disrupted.Taking readers from border villages, mountain passes, and road checkpoints to courtrooms, law offices, and forensic laboratories, Fırat Bozçalı examines how Kurdish smugglers, with the help of their lawyers, legally disrupt state sovereignty in criminal courts. Kurdish smugglers and lawyers adopt and rework procedures, rules, and reasonings in ways that interrupt the courts' capacity to coopt, discipline, and oppress. Bozçalı theorizes this evasive engagement with the legal system as a strategy of techno-legal politics among marginalized and persecuted groups, one that extends beyond the Kurdish case. Smuggling Law holds profound relevance in today's world, where ever-expanding regimes of surveillance, oppression, and dispossession unfold in the broader contexts of the global war on terror and data-driven capitalism. Fırat Bozçalı is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Host Licia Cianetti talks to Lorenzo Feltrin about his recent book Workers and the World: Fighting Ecological Crisis from Within (Verso, 2016). They discuss how the climate and ecological crisis often confronts workers with the impossible choice between the end of the month and the end of the world, but how this choice between jobs and environment is not as zero-sum as it is usually represented. Lorenzo explains how people living near toxic industries often lose both jobs and the environment, how this takes different forms in different parts of the world, and how new solidarities can emerge that could save livelihoods and nature.Guest:Lorenzo Feltrin is a post-doctoral researcher at the University Ca' Foscari in Venice, working on a Marie Curie Global Fellowship titled "Labour and Ecology in an International Perspective: Porto Marghera in the Phosphates Archipelago". Between 2021 and 2024 he worked at the University of Birmingham.Presenter:Licia Cianetti is Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham and Founding Deputy Director of CEDAR. She is the Principal Investigator of an upcoming research project on “Resisting Inter-Scalar Authoritarian Networks and Coalitions” (funded by the EU under Horizon Europe grant no. 101286676).The People, Power, Politics podcast brings you the latest insights into the factors that are shaping and re-shaping our political world. It is brought to you by the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR) based at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.Transcript here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Host Licia Cianetti talks to Lorenzo Feltrin about his recent book Workers and the World: Fighting Ecological Crisis from Within (Verso, 2016). They discuss how the climate and ecological crisis often confronts workers with the impossible choice between the end of the month and the end of the world, but how this choice between jobs and environment is not as zero-sum as it is usually represented. Lorenzo explains how people living near toxic industries often lose both jobs and the environment, how this takes different forms in different parts of the world, and how new solidarities can emerge that could save livelihoods and nature.Guest:Lorenzo Feltrin is a post-doctoral researcher at the University Ca' Foscari in Venice, working on a Marie Curie Global Fellowship titled "Labour and Ecology in an International Perspective: Porto Marghera in the Phosphates Archipelago". Between 2021 and 2024 he worked at the University of Birmingham.Presenter:Licia Cianetti is Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham and Founding Deputy Director of CEDAR. She is the Principal Investigator of an upcoming research project on “Resisting Inter-Scalar Authoritarian Networks and Coalitions” (funded by the EU under Horizon Europe grant no. 101286676).The People, Power, Politics podcast brings you the latest insights into the factors that are shaping and re-shaping our political world. It is brought to you by the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR) based at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.Transcript here Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dr. Brian Levy, Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Professor at San Diego State University's School of Music and Dance; Luke Little, junior bassist in SDSU's jazz program; and Gilbert Castellanos, faculty Artist in Residence at SDSU's School of Music and Dance, discuss how SDSU is cultivating the next generation of musicians and strengthening San Diego's jazz scene. They explore the program's threefold growth, guest-artist collaborations, mentorship through the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory, and why concert attendance and donations can help sustain opportunities for young local musicians. Listen Where You Live!About Spotlight and Cloudcast Media  "Spotlight On The Community" is the longest running community podcast in the country, continuously hosted by Drew Schlosberg for 20 years.  "Spotlight" is part of Cloudcast Media's line-up of powerful local podcasts, telling the stories, highlighting the people, and celebrating the gravitational power of local.   For more information on Cloudcast and its shows and cities served, please visit www.cloudcastmedia.us. Cloudcast Media | the national leader in local podcasting.   About Mission Fed Credit Union  A community champion for over 60 years, Mission Fed Credit Union with over $6 billion in member assets, is the Sponsor of Spotlight On The Community, helping to curate connectivity, collaboration, and catalytic conversations.  For more information on the many services for San Diego residents, be sure to visit them at https://www.missionfed.com/

The Kurdish-populated Wan/Van Province is a major smuggling hub between Turkey and Iran. Kurdish smugglers cross this 180-mile-long land border, transporting everyday consumer goods—fuel, tobacco, sugar, and tea—as well as more illicit goods, and the province supports the financial, technical, and labor capacities that sustain these smuggling economies. As the Turkish state has enacted increasingly punitive anti-smuggling laws, smuggling has also become a site of contentious politics. Smuggling Law: Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey's Kurdish Borderlands (Stanford UP, 2025) explores anti-smuggling law enforcement and criminal prosecutions to reveal a key site—the criminal court—where borders and claims of sovereignty are simultaneously remade and disrupted.Taking readers from border villages, mountain passes, and road checkpoints to courtrooms, law offices, and forensic laboratories, Fırat Bozçalı examines how Kurdish smugglers, with the help of their lawyers, legally disrupt state sovereignty in criminal courts. Kurdish smugglers and lawyers adopt and rework procedures, rules, and reasonings in ways that interrupt the courts' capacity to coopt, discipline, and oppress. Bozçalı theorizes this evasive engagement with the legal system as a strategy of techno-legal politics among marginalized and persecuted groups, one that extends beyond the Kurdish case. Smuggling Law holds profound relevance in today's world, where ever-expanding regimes of surveillance, oppression, and dispossession unfold in the broader contexts of the global war on terror and data-driven capitalism. Fırat Bozçalı is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The history of electricity in Lebanon serves as a vibrant arena for struggles over political economy, foreign corporate ownership, and the very definition of national sovereignty. Associate Professor Ziad Abu-Rish unpacks this evolution, tracking public utilities from early regional monopolies to the eventual creation of Électricité du Liban (EDL). Rather than viewing popular protests and boycotted utility bills as signs of state disintegration, this conversation explores how these collective actions actively built and legitimized Lebanese state institutions. This deep dive ultimately reframes daily encounters with state infrastructure as fundamental practices of modern politics and national identity.00:00 Introduction04:00 Monopolies and Regional Boundaries12:07 The Myth of Free Market Competition17:30 Decolonizing Public Infrastructure23:26 The Spark of the Boycott Movement27:31 Redefining State Legitimacy through Protests32:34 Concrete Boundaries and Popular Sovereignty38:01 Tracing State Growth and Formations46:44 The Persistence of Institutions51:57 Invisible Walls and Controlled Movement54:49 History on StageZiad Abu-Rish is Associate Professor of Human Rights and Middle East Studies at Bard College, where he also directs the MA Program in Human Rights and the Arts. A scholar of the modern Middle East and North Africa, his research centers around state formation, economic development, and popular mobilizations, particularly in Lebanon and Jordan. He earned his PhD in History from UCLA and his MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University. Abu-Rish is the author of The State of Lebanon: Popular Politics and Institution Building in the Wake of Independence (Stanford University Press, forthcoming), and co-editor of The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings: End of an Old Order? (2012). He is the co-creator (with Tania El Khoury) of The Search for Power, an interactive installation and lecture performance on the history of electricity in Lebanon. He serves as Co-Editor of Arab Studies Journal and Jadaliyya, as well as Co-Director of the Lebanon Dissertation Summer Institute.Connect with Ziad Abu-Rish

AI is driving enormous investment and soaring valuations, but what do financial markets reveal about its long-term economic impact?Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Howard Marks Presidential Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, and Maryam Farboodi, Associate Professor at Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, examine how investors are pricing the promise and risk of transformative AI. They discuss why Treasury yields fell following major AI announcements, whether high AI stock valuations reflect productivity gains or speculation, and what the dot-com era can teach us about today's AI boom. The conversation also explores AI's potential effect on inequality, the risks of regulation that slows adoption, and the skills people will need in an AI-driven economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Evan Taylor, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona, joined Arizona’s Morning News to talk about Arizona grocery jobs and wages falling fast as shoppers cut back due to rising prices.

Send us Fan MailJoin the UBC Causal AI Cluster launch eventIn-person & online on October 8, 2026More on the event here How do you build a causal model when only a few hundred people in history have ever been your population?Robert J. Reynolds was brought into NASA to answer questions difficult to settle with a simple experiment: what threatens astronauts health and how to make sure that countering one risk does not increase another one.To answer these questions, Rob worked with physicians, engineers, physiologists, and statisticians, none of whom speak quite the same language.What came out of it is one of the most ambitious causal modeling efforts in spaceflight history.In this episode, we cover:- How to successfully build a causal model in a multidisciplinary organization- Why ignorance is important in the scientific process- What role testable implications play in the development of a causal graph- What to do when your sample size is tiny and the stakes are high Enjoy the episode!Recorded on Sep 21, 2026 in New York City, US. About The GuestDr. Robert J. Reynolds is a spaceflight epidemiologist and data scientist working at the intersection of human spaceflight, small-n methodology, and causal inference. At NASA's Johnson Space Center he supported the Human Health and Performance Directorate, applying statistical modeling, systems thinking, machine learning, and network science to decisions about astronaut health and mission readiness. He is also Associate Professor of Aerospace Medicine at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. He holds a PhD and an MPH in epidemiology and an MS in statistics, and is an Accredited Professional Statistician (PStat) with the American Statistical Association.Rob delivers the keynote at the launch of UBC's causal AI research cluster, "Graphical Models in AI: Discovery and Application," on October 8, 2026.Connect with Robert:- Robert on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/RobertReynoldsPhDAbout The HostAleksander (Alex) Molak is an independent machine learning researcher, educator, entrepreneur and a best-selling author in the area of causality (https://amzn.to/3QhsRz4 ).Connect with Alex:- Alex on the Internet: https://bit.ly/aleksander-molakLinks- Reynolds, R. J. (2026) - "Living DAGs: the future of DAGs in epidemiology " (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41662841/)- Antonsen, Reynolds, et al. (2024) - "Causal diagramming for assessing human system risk in spaceflight" (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-024-00375-7) - Ward, Reynolds, et al. (2024)- "Levels of evidence for human system risk evaluation" (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-024-00372-w)

Australians with German backgrounds reflect on what the AfD's growing support means to them personally.Germany's political landscape has come into focus globally after the far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) made historic gains in recent state elections, including a strong result in Saxony-Anhalt. The party's rise has prompted concern among many Germans at home and abroad, particularly given its positions on migration, the European Union and how Germany's history is taught in schools. So how do Germans in Australia feel about it all? Plus, is the AfD's success primarily an eastern German phenomenon, what do the recent election results reveal about voter behaviour and the complex social, historical and economic forces shaping contemporary German politics.Why the AfD's historic gains in Saxony-Anhalt are causing concern among many Germans, including those living in Australia.Germans in Australia, including 69-year-old Andreas, reflect on migration, memory and the lasting impact of reunification on regional politics.Associate Professor of European and German studies at the University of New South Wales, Andrew Beattie explains the rise of the AfD and what voting patterns reveal about the party's support among younger voters, men and different regions of Germany.How economic pressures and political frustration are influencing voters across the political spectrum.SBS News in Depth is a news analysis podcast from SBS, going behind the headlines with reporting and interviews on the stories shaping Australia and the world.Listen to more episodes of SBS News in Depth, and follow the show on the SBS Audio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.For the latest news from Australia and around the world, visit SBS News and follow us on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.

America is heading toward a nursing home crisis: as the 80+ population surges, the number of nursing homes keeps shrinking—driven by staffing shortages, low wages, high turnover, immigration pressures, and looming Medicaid cuts. In this conversation, we sit down with Dr. Mark Aaron Unruh, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine and a leading expert on the economics and policy of long-term care, whose research has informed the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and the White House.

In Night Breaks in the Garret: Poems and Peregrinations (Finishing Line Press, 2026), Yermiyahu Ahron Taub provides a meditation not so much on the search for home, but on the coming to terms with what is, here and now, home. The poet engages the distant past and the pressing present as well as various companionate figures. Taken as a whole, the book anchors the single queer figure within landscapes of desire, community, and politics, staking power, however fraught, in milieus long declared off limits or denied. Eight poems in the collection also have a Yiddish version.Interviewee: Yermiyahu Ahron Taub is a poet, writer, and translator of Yiddish literature. Taub earned a Master of Arts degree in history from Emory University and a Master of Library and Information Science degree from Queens College, City University of New York. Host: Schneur Zalman Newfield is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Jewish Studies at Hunter College, City University of New York, and the author of Brooklyn Odyssey: My Journey out of Hasidism and Degrees of Separation: Identity Formation While Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism. Visit him online at ZalmanNewfield.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

How are things looking with the midterms almost here? Will Congress get anything done no matter who wins, or will it just be fighting? Aaron Dusso, Associate Professor of Political Science at Indiana University - Indianapolis, joins us.

Dr. Monica L. Ponder (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor of Health Communication & Culture in the Department of Communication, Culture and Media Studies (CCMS) within the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University. Dr. Ponder's research examines organization-level approaches to public health and crisis communication practice, particularly those centering womanist and radical Black feminist lenses. She serves as a Faculty Fellow at the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice (MHHJ) and as an inaugural faculty fellow with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stonybrook University. Dr. Ponder also leads the C3 Lab for Health Communication at Howard University. As a scholar-activist, Dr. Ponder has led many successful public health initiatives. A long-time social entrepreneur, she advises community organizations on health communication strategy and community-centered engagement. She serves on the Whitman-Walker Health System Board of Directors, and as a steering committee member of the Society for Health Communication and BLKHLTH Cares. She formerly served as an advisory member of Beyond Sports' Return to Play Fund and as Board Chair of Georgians for a Healthy Future.As a lifelong learner and practitioner, Dr. Ponder brings to her teaching a 14+ year career in health communication at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She views the classroom as a safe space where students become aware of their own power as scholar-activists, empowered learners, and emerging public health change-makers. In the classroom, she facilitates thoughtful conversations, encourages culturally responsive knowledge production, and collaborates respectfully as students engage their intellectual curiosity.You are invited to find Dr. Ponder's research here: https://profiles.howard.edu/monica-ponderWe mention the resource by Erin Brokovich and data centers, which can be found here: https://www.brockovichdatacenter.com

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Melissa Mauskar, a vulvar dermatologist at UT Southwestern, for a wide-ranging conversation about vulvar skin conditions, common misdiagnoses, and why so many patients are told to just "wait and see" when they actually need an exam. We dig into GSM, estrogen, OTC yeast treatments, soaps, waxing, and the biggest myths that keep women from getting real care.If you've ever been told itching, burning, or irritation is "normal," this conversation explains why that advice can delay diagnosis for years, and what to do instead.What We CoverWhat vulvar dermatology is, and why the vulva deserves the same care as skin anywhere else on the bodyWhy so many patients see 5 or 6 clinicians before getting the right diagnosis, often because no one ever actually examined the vulvaHow symptoms get mislabeled as yeast when the real culprit is lichen sclerosus, psoriasis, eczema, contact dermatitis, or GSMWhy numbing products like Vagisil (and benzocaine specifically) can become irritants or allergens that make things worseBarrier care for "red angry vulva," including zinc oxide for irritation and moisture-related skin breakdownHow overcleaning, douching, and scented washes disrupt the vulvar microbiome — and the shame baked into that marketingWaxing, microtrauma, and hair as a protective barrierGSM, recurrent UTIs, and why vaginal estrogen is still so underprescribedLate diagnosis of vulvar melanoma, and why genital skin needs to be looked at, not just talked about over telehealthNotable Quotes"My five year old can say vulva.""I really like talking about uncomfortable things and making comfortable people uncomfortable.""Just do what brings you joy."About Dr. Melissa MauskarDr. Melissa Mauskar is an Associate Professor of Dermatology and of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she's the founder and Director of the Vulvar Health Program — a tertiary referral center for gynecologists, dermatologists, and primary care physicians across Texas and the nation. She's a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Diseases (ISSVD), founding president of the Vulvar Dermatoses Research Consortium, and serves on the board of the Women's Dermatologic Society. Learn more at utswmed.org/doctors/melissa-mauskar.As always, this podcast is for educational purposes and is not a substitute for individualized medical advice — talk to your own doctor about your own health.Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who needs it.

Do supplements really help with osteoarthritis, or are we wasting our money? On this week's episode of Joint Action, Associate Professor Joanna Harnett and Dr Jocelyn Bowden join Professor David Hunter to cut through the noise on complementary medicines, exploring what the evidence actually shows and how to make informed decisions about supplement use for osteoarthritis.A/Prof Joanna Harnett is an Associate Professor of Complementary Medicines at the University of Sydney's School of Pharmacy. Her research focuses on the quality use of complementary medicines and clinical studies in gastrointestinal health and the microbiome, with over 100 peer-reviewed publications and more than $1.15 million in research funding. She is Chair of the Therapeutic Goods Administration's Advisory Committee on Complementary Medicines and a Board Member of the International Society for Complementary, Traditional and Integrative Medicine Research.Dr Jocelyn Bowden is a Senior Research Fellow with the Osteoarthritis Clinical Research Group at the Kolling Institute, University of Sydney. Her research focuses on improving healthcare through evidence-based practice, including the role of complementary medicines in osteoarthritis care. She has secured over $6.5 million in research funding, published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles, and co-leads the OARSI Joint Effort Initiative for the Implementation of Osteoarthritis Management Programs.CONNECT WITH USNaia Health: https://www.naiahealth.com.au/st-leonards-hubJoin one of our trials: https://www.osteoarthritisresearch.com.au/current-trialsInstagram: @ProfDavidHunterTwitter: @ProfDavidHunter @jointactionorgEmail: hello@jointaction.infoWebsite: www.jointaction.info/podcastIf you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe to learn more about osteoarthritis from the world's leading experts! And please let us know what you thought by leaving us a review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Dr. Luke Rendell, Biologist at Sean Mammal Research Unit in the University of St. AndrewsMatthew Campbell, Professor of Genetics at TCDCiara Greene, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology, UCD

Throughout 2026, as part of Glasstire's 25th anniversary, the publication is organizing panel discussions in Dallas-Fort Worth, The Panhandle, West Texas, East Texas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and The Valley. Each panel features artists, art critics, and arts professionals from the region discussing the area's art and art writing over the past two-and-a-half decades. Glasstire presented the fourth Talking Texas Art event at the Tyler Museum of Art on Sunday, August 23. Panelists included Candace Hicks, an interdisciplinary artist and Associate Professor at Stephen F. Austin State University; Caleb Bell, Executive Director of the Tyler Museum of Art and a Glasstire contributing writer; O. Rufus Lovett, a photographer and curator in Longview, former director of the Image Gallery, and longtime instructor at Kilgore College; and John Ewing, a freelance writer, editor, children's book publisher, and Glasstire contributing writer based in Tyler. The panel was moderated by William Sarradet, Glasstire's Assistant Editor. If you enjoy Glasstire and would like to support our work, please consider donating. As a nonprofit, all of the money we receive goes back into our coverage of Texas art and artists. You can make a one-time donation or become a sustaining, monthly donor here: https://glasstire.com/donate

This week we present two classic stories of people struggling with what the “right” thing to do is.Part 1: Catherine Macdonald always wanted to study sharks, but her first time tagging them in the field doesn't go as planned. Part 2: When Michelle Tong visits home after her first semester of medical school, a stranger presents an ethical dilemma. Dr. Catherine Macdonald is co-founder and Director of Field School (www.getintothefield.com), a marine science training and education company dedicated to improving field research practices while teaching students to perform hands-on research with sharks. She is also the Director of the University of Miami's Shark Research and Conservation Program and an Associate Professor at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science.Michelle Tong is a second-year medical student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has been published in the Margins and Glass, among other literary journals, and reads for the Bellevue Literary Review. This past summer, she won first prize in the Michael E. DeBakey Medical Student Poetry Awards and received a fellowship from Brooklyn Poets. She teaches poetry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and lives in East Harlem.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey BillOReilly.com Premium and Concierge Members, welcome to the No Spin News for Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Stand Up for Your Country.  Talking Points Memo: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for the China DC Summit. Bill breaks down what to expect. Judge to rule on President Trump's barring of three news outlets - Wayne Unger, Associate Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law weighs in on the legality of the ban.  What Jake Tapper said about Bill on last night's The Lead on CNN. The latest on cybercriminal group ShinyHunters' claim that it breached the FBI and stole staff data. Final Thought: Bill will be on NewsNation tonight at 8 PM ET.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices