The Scholars' Circle

01/12/2025

With the devastating fires in Los Angeles, we are re-airing our conversation about forest management, climate change and wildfires from the Northern California wildfires. Instead of listening to partisan attacks listen to scholars who are experts on these issues.

Western US is ablaze with intense and widespread fires. What role does climate change, forest management, overpopulation, and resource management play in the increasingly devastating fire seasons worldwide? How can climate mitigation and adaptation complicate forest management? [dur: 58mins. ] Ge

10/13/2024

As part of our ongoing series on the important issues facing the US in this election, this week we discuss water. Access to safe water is a human right, but areas of the US lack that access. We discuss the Flint Water crisis and the need to replace the aging water infrastructure in the US, and then interview the author of a book on the Ellicott City floods of 2016 and 2018 and what they teach us about climate resilience in the face of extreme weather. Give it a listen!

As part of our ongoing series on the important issues that confront the US in the 2024 election we look at access to safe water and lessons learned from the Ellicott city floods. Segment 1: Although Access to safe drinking water is a human right, millions of people in the United States do no have ac

08/24/2024

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BREAKING: The Humboldt Independent Prints Final Edition Amid Financial Struggles.

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05/26/2024

https://scholarscircle.org/scholars-circle-insights-into-student-protests-at-university-campuses-may-26-2024/

With massive protests on university campuses over the war in Gaza, universities have chosen to aggressively and violently break up the protests putting student protesters at risk. How does non-violent protest turn to violence at the hands of the police? How have national politics driven the response

02/18/2024

On this weeks show we explore the 14th Amendment, the history of its adoption and its application to the 2024 election and the January 6 insurrection. Give it a listen!

https://scholarscircle.org/scholars-circle-14th-amendment-of-the-us-constitution-its-history-and-enforcement-today-february-18-2024/

12/24/2023

On this weeks show we explore the recent COP 28 meetings in Dubai and what’s next up in climate negotiations.

The latest climate change meetings, COP-28, just ended in Dubai. After an initial pessimism about an agreement, with controversies over leadership and the location of the meetings, there were some intriguing breakthroughs. The meeting yielded new agreements on a loss and damage fund and a transiti

10/19/2023

Thank you to American University of Armenia for raising the profile

Azerbaijan has attacked the indigenous Armenian people in an area known internationally as Nagorno-Karabakh, forcing them to flee from their ancestral homelands. Over hundred thousand have fled the region they know as Artsakh. Why has the international community failed to do anything to protect this

08/26/2023

Amazing pic! Just Enjoy

05/25/2023

On this week’s show (yes I’m late with this) we discuss Cancel Culture with the author of a new book, Sigal Ben-Porath and then Eve Ng joins us to broaden the conversation. Give it a listen!

From the entertainment realm to higher education, political activists have complained that we live in cancel culture. But what is cancel culture? And what is its impact in the classroom and for democracy. How much is cancel culture a reaction to dis-empowerment and a means of resistance? And what ha

11/06/2022

In this weeks show we first examine the Brazilian Presidential Election with Erica Resende and Fernanda Magnotta. Then we explore the ableist discourse around the John Fetterman campaign. Give it a listen!

Brazil's election of Lula da Silva over Bolsonaro has provided hope that the country will retain its democratic institutions. We discuss the elections and the likely policy changes. [ dur: 38mins. ] Erica Resende is an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the Br

10/16/2022

Why are certain regions of the world mired in conflict? And how did some regions in Eurasia emerge from the Cold War as peaceful and resilient? Why do conflicts ignite in Bosnia, Donbas, and Damascus—once on the peripheries of mighty empires—yet other postimperial peripheries like the Baltics or...

09/05/2022

On this week’s show, we explore the state of labor in America. In honor of Labor Day weekend, we discuss the legislation and the laws as well as the political power of labor. Our panel is Lane Windham of Georgetown, Jon Shelton of Wisconsin-Green Bay and John Logan of San Francisco State. Give it a listen!

In honor of Labor Day weekend, we explore the state of labor in the United States and we take stock in the impact of Union organization in America. We consider some of the high profile labor cases, such as Union organization at Starbucks, Amazon, Apple, and Trader Joe's. We also examine labor histo