Podcasts about Scheidel

Learn about Cleopatra through Scooby-Doo. In this Halloween special, we look into the 2005 film, Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy?In terms of the cast of the film, Ron Pearlman voices Hotep, Oded Fehr voice Amahl Ali Akbar, Ajay Naidu voices Prince Omar, Mindy Cohn voices Velma, Grey Griffin voices Daphne, Casey Kasem voices Shaggy, and Frank Welker voices both Fred and Scooby-Doo.Email: mummymoviepodcast@gmail.comBibliographyBurstein, S. M. (2007). The reign of Cleopatra. University of Oklahoma Press. IMDB. (2023). Scooby-Doo in Where's my Mummy. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home felix.blume. (2017). Waves crashing on the rocks in Veracruz. Retrieved from https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/411509/ Kurlyjoe. (2020). F Battle horn. Retrieved from https://freesound.org/people/Kurlyjoe/sounds/501030/ McKenzie, J., & Moorey, P. R. S. (2007). The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, c. 300 BC to AD 700 (Vol. 63). Yale University Press. Roller, W. (2010), Cleopatra: a biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press Rotten Tomatoes (2023). Scooby-Doo in Where's my Mummy. Retrieved from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/ Scheidel, W. (2004). Creating a metropolis: a comparative demographic perspective. Ancient Alexandria between Egypt and Greece, 1-31. Simon_Lacelle. (2007). Dun Dun Dun. Retrieved from https://freesound.org/people/Simon_Lacelle/sounds/45654/ Yap_Audio_Production. (2014). Medieval Battle Loop. Retrieved from https://freesound.org/people/Yap_Audio_Production/sounds/218522/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With a background in broadcasting, Tom has used his “outside” view of education to help him communicate for the Allegan Area ESA in Michigan for the past 11 years.In his role, Tom helps serve 8 local school districts and 2 academies with support for social media and communication.Using social media for a financing campaign? Listen in to some of Tom's best tips.Networking is key to your survival in this role. Tom shares how getting connected through social media, state chapters, and national organizations has helped his career.SPECIAL GUESTThomas ScheidelPublic Information CoordinatorAllegan Area ESA, MichiganEmail: tom.scheidel@alleganaesa.org Twitter: @TomsTravels    Website: www.alleganaesa.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlleganAreaESA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlleganAreaESA USEFUL INFORMATIONSocial media examples from the campaign:Get out to voteElection day postInterested in our membership program? Learn more here: https://socialschool4edu.com/ MORE RESOURCESFree Video Training: Learn the simple secrets behind social media for K12 schools!Sign up for our free e-newsletter - click herewww.SocialSchool4EDU.com

Synopsis On this date in 1831, the 21-year-old Felix Mendelssohn conducted a concert in Munich consisting entirely of his own works — a concert that included the premiere of his “Piano Concerto in G Minor”, with its composer as the soloist. Mendelssohn was in high spirits and wrote these lines to family: “It is a glorious feeling to waken in the morning and to know that you are going to write the score of a grand allegro with all sorts of instruments … while bright weather promises a cheering, long walk in the afternoon. On the evening of the October 17th at half-past six, think of me, for then I will dash off with thirty violins and two sets of wind instruments [for] my new concerto in G minor. Every morning I have to write, correct and score till one o'clock, when I go to Scheidel's coffee house in Kaufinger Gasse, where I know each face by heart and find the same people every day in the same position: two playing chess, three looking on, five reading the newspapers, six eating their dinner — with me making up the seventh.” Unfortunately for posterity, Mendelssohn never said if he recognized any of that coffeehouse crowd sitting in the audience for the performance of his new concerto! Music Played in Today's Program Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 25 Cyprien Katsaris, piano; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, cond Teldec 8.43681

~Co-presented with CancerChoices~ Discover the newly launched CancerChoices.org site, designed to help cancer patients and care providers create personalized integrative treatment paths and receive the support of a healing community. The co-creators of the new site join us to highlight the new features and answer your questions. Michael Lerner, co-founder Miki Scheidel, co-founder and creative director Laura Pole, RN, MSN, OCNS, senior clinical consultant Nancy Hepp, program manager and lead researcher Find out more about The New School at Commonweal on our website: tns.commonweal.org. And like/follow our Soundcloud channel for more great podcasts.

Bibliography:L. Holmes “Communism. A very short introduction”A. Mildred Franklin “Communism and Dictatorship in Ancient Greece and Rome”M. Dygo „Czy istniał feudalizm w Europie Środkowo-wschodniej w średniowieczu?”K. Modzelewski “Barbarzyńska Europa”E. A. Smith, K. Hill, F. Marlowe and others “Wealth Transmission and Inequality Among Hunter-Gatherers”W. Scheidel, S. J. Friesen “The Size of the Economy and the Distribution of Income in the Roman Empire”G. Alfani “Economic inequality in preindustrial times: Europe and beyond”M. Noland “The Distribution of Income in North Korea”Witia's website with Witia's blogWitia's FacebookWitia's InstagramWitia's YoutubeWitia's email: witia.daboru@gmail.com

            Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.” Sometimes, we need artists to remind us how to see well, and how to “rightly consider” what lies beyond the surface of nature. In this episode we feature two artists whose work helps us to see beyond the surface of the created world. Our first conversation  will be with poet Lenae Nofziger, and the second with wildlife photographer Alycia Scheidel. You will find examples of their work in the podcast show notes at www.circlewood.online/earthkeepers. We begin with Lenae reading three of her poems, in a series called “Branches, Leaves, a Life.”  Welcome friends, to the Earthkeepers podcast.To see a printed version of Lenae's three  poems, go hereSee also a link to her writing page at lenaenofziger.comTo see Alycia's photos, go here See also a link to her photography website AlyRenScapes

On today's episode, I'm chatting with Carol Scheidel who is a retired nurse and the owner of RJ Buckle Associates, which is education and consulting program that focuses on instructing nurses how to use Aromatherapy in Clinical settings.  Carol began her Aromatic journey in 2002 when she attended a conference focused on integrating complementary modalities into their healthcare system.  Having a supportive chief nurse officer who embraced Aromatherapy made it possible for Carol, and the other nurses who attended, to write the policies for their program and implement it into their hospital system in 2004.  Within the medical system, they created a protocol that could be used within the medical record.  The doctors and nurses were able to place orders for Aromatherapy to be used for any patient or family member who were interested in using complementary modalities.  Each nurse in the Aromatherapy program also had other hospital duties and participated out of a love for complementary modalities.  They have been able to create personal nasal inhalers for the specific purposes in the different departments of the hospital.In 2016 Carol retired from nursing and met up with Jane Buckle in London.  Jane told Carol that she wanted to sell the business to Carol and to carry on with the mission of educating healthcare workers in how to use this amazing modality as well as the M-Technique.Tune in to hear more.Her Top 3:HelichrysumLavenderFrankincenseLinks:Lemon Balm CoachingRJ Buckle AssociatesMusic by Adipsiahttps://adipsia.bandcamp.com/Recorded: 9/2/2020Support the show

06. Anak Komunikasi_Fungsi komunikasi menurut Para Ahli . . Program "Anak Komunikasi" adalah Podcast yang disiarkan oleh PodbyMA . . Anak Komunikasi pada episode ini berjudul "Fungsi komunikasi menurut Para Ahli", berisi tentang penjelasan tentang fungsi komunikasi menurut - Abraham Maslow, Alfred Korzydski, Charles H. Cooley, Edward T Hall, George Herbert Mead, Gordon I. Zimmerman et al, Judy C. Pearson dan Paul E. Nelson,Rene Descartes (filosof perancis, 1596-1650), Rene Spritz, Rudolf F.Verderber, Thayer, dan Thomas M.Scheidel, . . Untuk informasi: Program PodbyMA akan disiarkan pada hari Senin dan Kamis pagi. Selamat mendengarkan dan semoga bermanfaat

Four horsemen of leveling | Walter Scheidel is the Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Classics and History, and the Catherine R. Kennedy and Daniel L. Grossman Fellow in Human Biology at Stanford University. Scheidel specializes in the history of economic inequality, and his book The Great Leveler examines what forces have reduced economic inequality throughout history. Politicians and governments are often tasked with dealing with economic inequality today, but in reality, Scheidel says, societal collapse, epidemics, war, and communist revolutions do it much better. Listen to hear what this means today for a route to economic fairness in America and Europe, and what impact the coronavirus pandemic could have.

What has the Roman Empire ever done for us? Fall and go away. That is the striking conclusion of historian Walter Scheidel as he recounts the gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world. The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history but Scheidel argues that Rome’s dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for Europe’s economic rise and the creation of the modern age. Shermer and Scheidel range across the entire premodern world and up to the present, discussing: Why did the Roman Empire appear? Why did nothing like it ever return to Europe? Why did Europeans come to dominate the world? the rich diversity of Europe that encouraged political, economic, scientific, and technological breakthroughs why other parts of the world lagged behind how empires are built and why they fail America as an empire. income inequality and the only forces that change it significantly the future of human civilization. Dr. Walter Scheidel is an Austrian historian who teaches ancient history at Stanford University. His main research interests are ancient social and economic history, pre-modern historical demography, and comparative and transdisciplinary approaches to world history. He is the author of The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century, On Human Bondage: After Slavery and Social Death, The Science of Roman History: Biology, Climate and the Future of the Past, The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Economy, The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies, and Rome, China: Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires, and more. Listen to Science Salon via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play Music, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn.

On the socioeconomic changes caused by pandemics throughout (and before) recorded history with Drs. Walter Scheidel, Andrew Monson, and Adam Graves. Further Reading (direct links at anchor.fm/dphi): Thucydides, Peloponnesian War, Roman Egypt, Antonine Plague, Spanish flu, Black Death, Plague of Justinian, Great Depression, New Deal, Financial crisis of 2007 and of course, Dr. Scheidel's The Great Leveler. Episode image. Thanks to Kelsey Percival, Hannah Warner, and Gabriel Grinsteiner. For more about D-phi and our live events, visit dphi.org

No episódio #110 da Rádio Companhia, Ricardo Teperman, publisher da Zahar, conversa com quatro analistas sobre o tema da obra “Violência e a história da desigualdade: Da Idade da Pedra ao século XXI”, de Walter Scheidel. Lançado recentemente no formato e-book, o livro defende que, das primeiras sociedades humanas até hoje, a desigualdade econômica só diminuiu de forma significativa com rupturas violentas de larga escala. Com argumentos sólidos, fundamentados por pesquisa detalhada e apresentada com fartura de dados, Scheidel chega a uma conclusão ainda mais perturbadora: se atualmente os eventos de violência cataclísmica não parecem ser tão ameaçadores quanto antes, por outro lado as propostas econômicas para reduzir a desigualdade não estão surtindo efeito, e o desequilíbrio econômico e social só tende a aumentar. * Participam do debate a cientista política Marta Arretche, professora titular da USP e diretora do Centro de Estudos da Metrópole; o economista Armínio Fraga, ex-presidente do Banco Central e sócio-fundador da Gávea Investimentos; Bruno Carazza, especialista em políticas públicas, gestão governamental, professor do IBMEC e autor do livro "Dinheiro, lições e poder"; e o sociólogo Marcelo Medeiros, pesquisador do IPEA e professor da UnB, atualmente professor visitante na Universidade de Princeton. * Apresentação: Mariana Figueiredo e Ricardo Teperman Roteiro: Ricardo Teperman Edição: Paulo Júnior

1-Coronavirus. Negli usa il governo federale promette soldi alle famiglie e alle aziende in difficoltà. Chiusura brillante per le borse europee. ( Andrea di Stefano – Valori ) ..2- Francia. Stanziati 45 miliardi di euro per sostenere imprese e lavoratori. ( Francesco Giorgini) ..3- Effetto Pandemia. l’Uefa sposta al 2021 l’europeo di calcio ...L’Irlanda annulla i festeggiamenti per san patrizio...( Matteo Sera e Francesca Abruzzese) ..4- Primarie dem: l’ Ohio dichiara l’emergenza sanitaria e rinvia il voto. Negli altri tre stati favorito Joe Biden ma Bernie Sanders è riuscito a imporre le sue idee al partito sulla sanità e la scuola. ( Roberto Festa)..5-Il libro del martedì.  La grande livellatrice. Violenza e disuguaglianza dalla preistoria a oggi,  di Walter Scheidel,..( Vincenzo Mantovani)..6-Terre agricole. La Svezia annulla un contratto con un’azienda norvegese coinvolta nel Land Grabbing in Uganda. ( Marta Gatti)

1-Coronavirus. Negli usa il governo federale promette soldi alle famiglie e alle aziende in difficoltà. Chiusura brillante per le borse europee. ( Andrea di Stefano – Valori ) ..2- Francia. Stanziati 45 miliardi di euro per sostenere imprese e lavoratori. ( Francesco Giorgini) ..3- Effetto Pandemia. l’Uefa sposta al 2021 l’europeo di calcio ...L’Irlanda annulla i festeggiamenti per san patrizio...( Matteo Sera e Francesca Abruzzese) ..4- Primarie dem: l’ Ohio dichiara l’emergenza sanitaria e rinvia il voto. Negli altri tre stati favorito Joe Biden ma Bernie Sanders è riuscito a imporre le sue idee al partito sulla sanità e la scuola. ( Roberto Festa)..5-Il libro del martedì.  La grande livellatrice. Violenza e disuguaglianza dalla preistoria a oggi,  di Walter Scheidel,..( Vincenzo Mantovani)..6-Terre agricole. La Svezia annulla un contratto con un’azienda norvegese coinvolta nel Land Grabbing in Uganda. ( Marta Gatti)

According to Walter Scheidel in The Great Leveler, the only ways to equalize the distribution of wealth effectively have involved violence on a massive scale: famine, war, state collapse, revolution. But how did things get so inequal in the first place? Today on MindMatters we discuss the first chapter of Scheidel's book, which provides an overview of the history of inequality. From chimps and hunter-gatherers to the first farmers and the emergence of classes of elites, there has always been...

According to Walter Scheidel in The Great Leveler, the only ways to equalize the distribution of wealth effectively have involved violence on a massive scale: famine, war, state collapse, revolution. But how did things get so inequal in the first place? Today on MindMatters we discuss the first chapter of Scheidel's book, which provides an overview of the history of inequality. From chimps and hunter-gatherers to the first farmers and the emergence of classes of elites, there has always been...

According to Walter Scheidel in The Great Leveler, the only ways to equalize the distribution of wealth effectively have involved violence on a massive scale: famine, war, state collapse, revolution. But how did things get so inequal in the first place? Today on MindMatters we discuss the first chapter of Scheidel's book, which provides an overview of the history of inequality. From chimps and hunter-gatherers to the first farmers and the emergence of classes of elites, there has always been...

According to Walter Scheidel in The Great Leveler, the only ways to equalize the distribution of wealth effectively have involved violence on a massive scale: famine, war, state collapse, revolution. But how did things get so inequal in the first place? Today on MindMatters we discuss the first chapter of Scheidel's book, which provides an overview of the history of inequality. From chimps and hunter-gatherers to the first farmers and the emergence of classes of elites, there has always been...

Are you ready to step into the squared circle and PODCAST, BROTHER?  Wrestlers - they're all real, they're all in great shape, and there has never been a single case where one of them turned out to be bad at acting!  Today on Adult Films with Collin And Ron, both the first and also the stupidest podcast about movies, our boys are joined by wrestling fan and host of "Did You Watch Survivor Last Night?", Mr. Jake Scheidel!  They're talking wrestler in movies, baby!  That means Andre The Giant, Jesse Ventura, Hulk Hogan, some guy named Dwayne who has a nickname no one remembers, and so much more!  Plus, a round of the Rotten Tomatoes game and RECOMMENDATIONS!  This episode is sponsored by www.peggingtoys.com.  Used code-word ADULTFILMS to save 10%.

Please enjoy again: M is for Monogamy   M is for Monogamy   Happy New Year everyone!  Welcome to the A to Z of Sex.  This episode comes out on 1 January 2018.  I'm Dr Lori Beth and I am your host.  We are working our way through the erotic alphabet one letter at a time.  Just a reminder this podcast deals with adult content, so if you don't have total privacy, you might want to put on your headphones.  Today the letter is M and M is for Monogamy.   The Ethnographic Atlas Codebook classifies 84.6% cultures as polygynous (1 husband multiple wives), 15.1% classified as monogamous and .3% as polyandrous (1 wife, multiple husbands).    Monogamy is a minority life choice when you look at world cultures.   When we look at human evolution, hunter gatherer and tribal societies historically practiced forms of polyamory.  So how did monogamy become the preference and even the only legal form of romantic relationship in western society?     Some of this may be due to the spread of Christianity.  However, the most agreed upon explanation is that people who were anti-polygyny had larger and stronger armies.  Monogamous groups grow larger because more men have wives within the group so they don't have to leave to find wives in another group.    Scheidel (2009) talks about monogamy in Greco-Roman times and says that monogamy was socially imposed and this allowed men of lower status to marry.  In fact, these men were offered the possibility of wives in exchange for military service and taxes.     Monogamy and non-monogamy have pros and cons.  Some people are better suited to one form of relationship style than the other.  Often people don't choose a particular style but simply absorb what is expected of them based on their family upbringing and cultures.    Pros of Monogamy: Sex improves over time. If you spend time and attention on your relationship, sex can improve the longer you know each other.  There is nothing like sex with someone who knows every inch of you and all of the things that make you scream.   Intimacy of all types can be deeper. There is a deeper intimacy that is born out of sharing with someone for a long time.  This comes from coping with difficult times, living through trauma together, experiencing joy together, sharing each other's achievements.  The level of emotional connection becomes more intense over time and interaction. Higher levels of emotional intimacy are associated with higher self-esteem, lower levels of stress, higher levels of happiness.   Higher degree of emotional security. If you choose monogamy and both you and your partner are faithful to your vows, you have a higher degree of emotional security.  You know that your partner will have your back no matter what.  You have a true partner – someone to rely on, someone who will place your well-being high up on their priority list.   More physical security Two working together are often able to create more physical security. Two incomes make sorting out the usual expenses easier and sometimes much easier.  Even in households where only one is earning, physical life is easier as the other often provides services and support for daily living.  When one person is unable to work, the other is there to foot the bill.  Monogamous couples make commitments to each other about taking care of each other when illness strikes.  Often this provides more security than any other commitment.   A guaranteed cheering section. In a good relationship, your spouse/partner is your biggest fan.  They can provide you with acknowledgement of your achievements, motivation and solace when you fail.  People who have a good support system have lower stress levels and reach more of their goals.   Familiarity When you are familiar with someone, you feel you can relax fully without worrying that your relationship will fail.  Familiarity means that you don't always feel you must be on your best form or best...

In 2014, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer warned his fellow plutocrats that our growing crisis of economic inequality would lead to an uprising or a dictatorship. Two years later, angry voters elected Donald Trump. In this inaugural episode of Pitchfork Economics, we explore why the pitchforks are coming, who they’re coming for, and how the stories we tell about the economy can change the economy itself. ShownotesThe Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014 Twitter: @nickhanauer  Facebook: @CivicSkunkWorks @NickHanauer Medium: https://civicskunk.works/ Ganesh Sitaraman: Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. Co-founder and Director of Policy for the Great Democracy Initiative. Policy Director to Elizabeth Warren, 2011-2013. Author of The Crisis of the Middle Class Constitution: Law in the Age of Small Wars, named one of the New York Times’ 100 notable books of 2017. Twitter: @ganeshsitaraman  Walter Scheidel: Historian at Stanford. The most frequently cited active-duty Roman historian adjusted for age in the Western Hemisphere, Scheidel is the author or (co-)editor of 20 books, including The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality. Twitter: @walterscheidel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is largely a review of The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel. In the book Scheidel asserts that the only thing which has ever reduced inequality is some form of violence, either modern war, extreme revolutions, state collapse or pandemics. He backs up this assertion with loads of historical data, leading to the depressing conclusion that we either have to put up with periodic large scale violence or extreme inequality. This podcast is a discussion of that bleak conclusion.

M is for Monogamy   Happy New Year everyone!  Welcome to the A to Z of Sex.  This episode comes out on 1 January 2018.  I'm Dr Lori Beth and I am your host.  We are working our way through the erotic alphabet one letter at a time.  Just a reminder this podcast deals with adult content, so if you don't have total privacy, you might want to put on your headphones.  Today the letter is M and M is for Monogamy.   The Ethnographic Atlas Codebook classifies 84.6% cultures as polygynous (1 husband multiple wives), 15.1% classified as monogamous and .3% as polyandrous (1 wife, multiple husbands).    Monogamy is a minority life choice when you look at world cultures.   When we look at human evolution, hunter gatherer and tribal societies historically practiced forms of polyamory.  So how did monogamy become the preference and even the only legal form of romantic relationship in western society?     Some of this may be due to the spread of Christianity.  However, the most agreed upon explanation is that people who were anti-polygyny had larger and stronger armies.  Monogamous groups grow larger because more men have wives within the group so they don't have to leave to find wives in another group.    Scheidel (2009) talks about monogamy in Greco-Roman times and says that monogamy was socially imposed and this allowed men of lower status to marry.  In fact, these men were offered the possibility of wives in exchange for military service and taxes.     Monogamy and non-monogamy have pros and cons.  Some people are better suited to one form of relationship style than the other.  Often people don't choose a particular style but simply absorb what is expected of them based on their family upbringing and cultures.    Pros of Monogamy: Sex improves over time. If you spend time and attention on your relationship, sex can improve the longer you know each other.  There is nothing like sex with someone who knows every inch of you and all of the things that make you scream.   Intimacy of all types can be deeper. There is a deeper intimacy that is born out of sharing with someone for a long time.  This comes from coping with difficult times, living through trauma together, experiencing joy together, sharing each other's achievements.  The level of emotional connection becomes more intense over time and interaction. Higher levels of emotional intimacy are associated with higher self-esteem, lower levels of stress, higher levels of happiness.   Higher degree of emotional security. If you choose monogamy and both you and your partner are faithful to your vows, you have a higher degree of emotional security.  You know that your partner will have your back no matter what.  You have a true partner – someone to rely on, someone who will place your well-being high up on their priority list.   More physical security Two working together are often able to create more physical security. Two incomes make sorting out the usual expenses easier and sometimes much easier.  Even in households where only one is earning, physical life is easier as the other often provides services and support for daily living.  When one person is unable to work, the other is there to foot the bill.  Monogamous couples make commitments to each other about taking care of each other when illness strikes.  Often this provides more security than any other commitment.   A guaranteed cheering section. In a good relationship, your spouse/partner is your biggest fan.  They can provide you with acknowledgement of your achievements, motivation and solace when you fail.  People who have a good support system have lower stress levels and reach more of their goals.   Familiarity When you are familiar with someone, you feel you can relax fully without worrying that your relationship will fail.  Familiarity means that you don't always feel you must be on your best form or best behaviour.     Cons of Monogamy:...

In 2017 half of the world’s wealth belongs to the top 1% of the population. In his new book, The Great Leveler Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press, 2017), Walter Scheidel explores economic inequality and sets forth the provocative thesis that only violence and catastrophes have truly reduced it throughout history. Scheidel delves in what he labels as the “Four Horsemen” of leveling—mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues—and how they have persisted in history and proved the most efficient ways in reducing what seems to be an inevitable trend in human history. Walter Scheidel teaches at Stanford University. The interview is part of a series produced by the Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse Research Network and the New Books Network. Audrey Borowski is a historian of ideas and a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. She is also the founder and lead convener of the ‘Crisis, extremes and Apocalypse’ Research Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2017 half of the world’s wealth belongs to the top 1% of the population. In his new book, The Great Leveler Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press, 2017), Walter Scheidel explores economic inequality and sets forth the provocative thesis that only violence and catastrophes have truly reduced it throughout history. Scheidel delves in what he labels as the “Four Horsemen” of leveling—mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues—and how they have persisted in history and proved the most efficient ways in reducing what seems to be an inevitable trend in human history. Walter Scheidel teaches at Stanford University. The interview is part of a series produced by the Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse Research Network and the New Books Network. Audrey Borowski is a historian of ideas and a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. She is also the founder and lead convener of the ‘Crisis, extremes and Apocalypse’ Research Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2017 half of the world’s wealth belongs to the top 1% of the population. In his new book, The Great Leveler Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press, 2017), Walter Scheidel explores economic inequality and sets forth the provocative thesis that only violence and catastrophes have truly reduced it throughout history. Scheidel delves in what he labels as the “Four Horsemen” of leveling—mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues—and how they have persisted in history and proved the most efficient ways in reducing what seems to be an inevitable trend in human history. Walter Scheidel teaches at Stanford University. The interview is part of a series produced by the Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse Research Network and the New Books Network. Audrey Borowski is a historian of ideas and a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. She is also the founder and lead convener of the ‘Crisis, extremes and Apocalypse’ Research Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2017 half of the world’s wealth belongs to the top 1% of the population. In his new book, The Great Leveler Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press, 2017), Walter Scheidel explores economic inequality and sets forth the provocative thesis that only violence and catastrophes have truly reduced it throughout history. Scheidel delves in what he labels as the “Four Horsemen” of leveling—mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues—and how they have persisted in history and proved the most efficient ways in reducing what seems to be an inevitable trend in human history. Walter Scheidel teaches at Stanford University. The interview is part of a series produced by the Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse Research Network and the New Books Network. Audrey Borowski is a historian of ideas and a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. She is also the founder and lead convener of the ‘Crisis, extremes and Apocalypse’ Research Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2017 half of the world’s wealth belongs to the top 1% of the population. In his new book, The Great Leveler Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press, 2017), Walter Scheidel explores economic inequality and sets forth the provocative thesis that only violence and catastrophes have truly reduced it throughout history. Scheidel delves in what he labels as the “Four Horsemen” of leveling—mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues—and how they have persisted in history and proved the most efficient ways in reducing what seems to be an inevitable trend in human history. Walter Scheidel teaches at Stanford University. The interview is part of a series produced by the Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse Research Network and the New Books Network. Audrey Borowski is a historian of ideas and a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. She is also the founder and lead convener of the ‘Crisis, extremes and Apocalypse’ Research Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2017 half of the world’s wealth belongs to the top 1% of the population. In his new book, The Great Leveler Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press, 2017), Walter Scheidel explores economic inequality and sets forth the provocative thesis that only violence and catastrophes have truly reduced it throughout history. Scheidel delves in what he labels as the “Four Horsemen” of leveling—mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues—and how they have persisted in history and proved the most efficient ways in reducing what seems to be an inevitable trend in human history. Walter Scheidel teaches at Stanford University. The interview is part of a series produced by the Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse Research Network and the New Books Network. Audrey Borowski is a historian of ideas and a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. She is also the founder and lead convener of the ‘Crisis, extremes and Apocalypse’ Research Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, the Stanford University historian Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster strike and increases when peace and stability return. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world. Ever since humans began to farm, herd livestock, and pass on their assets to future generations, economic inequality has been a defining feature of civilization. Over thousands of years, only violent events have significantly lessened inequality. The “Four Horsemen” of leveling—mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues—have repeatedly destroyed the fortunes of the rich. Scheidel identifies and examines these processes, from the crises of the earliest civilizations to the cataclysmic world wars and communist revolutions of the twentieth century. Today, the violence that reduced inequality in the past seems to have diminished, and that is a good thing. But it casts serious doubt on the prospects for a more equal future. An essential contribution to the debate about inequality, The Great Leveler provides important new insights about why inequality is so persistent—and why it is unlikely to decline anytime soon.  

Widening inequality is a blight on the modern economy and will ultimately undermine growth. But wait. Let's not hurry to fix it because history shows it can only really be addressed by total war, total revolution, state collapse or Black Death-like pandemics. That's the conclusion of Stanford professor Walter Scheidel, who joins Dan and Scott. Scheidel takes us on a tour-de-force of the rise and fall of inequality from cave societies through the bubonic plague to the two World Wars. He's not an optimist.

Workers of every age have to keep their tech smarts up to date to stay relevant in today's workplace.  This week on New Tech City, inside tips from three experts on how to upgrade and hone your skills in a constantly changing and increasingly tech-dependent job market.  Larry Harris, Chief Marketing Officer of ad-tech company PubMatic, does a lot of hiring of recent grads. He offers tough truths, interview tactics and a brash tale for younger workers looking to make an impression with potential bosses.  Carmen Scheidel, Vice President of Learning + Development at Time, Inc., give tips for mid-career workers. (Hint: She's a big fan of the tutorials at Lynda.com). She also has an idea or two for how not to be the one to be laid off, if it comes to that.  Tom Kamber, Founding Executive Director of Older Adults Technology Services, talks to a few guests on how to reboot their outlook on technology and working for people a generation older. It gets a little touchy at parts.  Harris, Scheidel and Kamber were panelists at Tech + Today's Worker, a recent Greene Space event hosted by New Tech City's Manoush Zomorodi. Click on the listen button to hear this week's podcast with the best excerpts from the event as well as interviews with additional experts, audience members and a few surprises too, naturally.  There's also a short visit to graduation day at General Assembly's web development immersive course to show you the brimming optimism newly minted coders feel as they head into the workforce.  You can watch the full event here. The talk Manoush mentions in the podcast by Zach Lieberman of the School for Poetic Computation begins at 57:05. Also, check out the slides from the event below.  Tech + Today's Worker: Upgrading Your Skills at Every Stage of Life from Manoush Zomorodi