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Globalization – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 4

October 21, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastglobalisation, globalization, manfred steger, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Manfred B. Steger introduces globalization, the transformative power spearheading our interconnected world.

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Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai’i-Manoa and Global Professorial Fellow at Western Sydney University. He also served as a globalization consultant for the U.S. Department of State.

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Logic – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 3

October 18, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastgraham priest, logic, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Graham Priest introduces logic, an area which is often wrongly perceived as having little to do with rest of philosophy and even less to do with real life.

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Graham Priest is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center, as well as a regular visitor at the University of Melbourne (where he was Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy), and at St. Andrews University.

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The U.S. Supreme Court – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 2

October 14, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastearl warren, john marshall, linda greenhouse, mitch mcconnell, ruth bader ginsburg, scotus, the us supreme court, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse introduces the U.S. Supreme Court, which she spent 30 years chronicling as a correspondent for the New York Times.

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Linda Greenhouse was the New York Times Supreme Court correspondent for 30 years. She was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism (Beat Reporting) in 1998. She in now Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and writes a biweekly opinion column on the Supreme Court and the law for the New York Times web site.

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Ancient Greece – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 1

October 12, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastancient greece, greek history, oup, paul cartledge, the very short introductions podcast, very short introductions, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Paul Cartledge introduces Ancient Greece, a period of unmatched influence on the politics, philosophy, religion, and social relations of Western civilization.

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Paul Cartledge is the inaugural A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge.

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