The New Ideal Podcast features a curated selection of content from the pages of New Ideal, the journal of the Ayn Rand Institute. At New Ideal, we explore pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Rand’s philosophy: Objectivism, which upholds the ideals of reason, individualism and Capitalism.
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Building the bridge between CUNY, and the Asian American community.
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The new Right’s absurd positions cannot be explained by their adherence to any coherent ideology, but only by their tribal view of the world.Ayn Rand Institute
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MothSutra, an East to West Poetry Reading
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Poet and editor Russell C. Leong will read from MothSutra, based upon drawings and poetry about an Asian delivery man who rides a bicycle throughout Manhattan as he cycles through his life from East to West. Leong hopes to evoke the inner lives, meditations, hopes and dreams of persons generally invisible to those who order takeout. MothSutra was f…
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Free Speech as a Right and a Way of Life
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We must understand the philosophical foundations of the right to free speech to apply it to contemporary controversies.Ayn Rand Institute
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Was Ayn Rand a Jewish Thinker?
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https://youtu.be/sdNoDhkU_eAPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Harry Binswanger analyze Alexandra Popoff’s new biography, Ayn Rand: Writing a Gospel of Success, particularly its portrayal of Rand as a “Jewish thinker.” They address the false attempt to link Rand’s “ethnicity” to her philosophy.Among the topics covered:…
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The West is free today because it didn’t allow even the death of innocents to impede its right to self-defense.Ayn Rand Institute
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Cartels thrive on the criminalization of immigration that allows them to prey on migrants at the border.Ayn Rand Institute
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The U.S. the US withdrew from Afghanistan 3 years ago on August 26, 2021. Blame our political and intellectual leaders, across two decades, for evading the ideological nature of the enemy and, consequently, miring U.S. forces in a “no-win” war.Ayn Rand Institute
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The Democrats’ Devious Appeal to ‘Freedom’
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBhhQHNCAFIPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the Democratic National Committee’s 2024 Platform.Among the topics covered:The ambiguity of “freedom” in the Democrats’ rhetoric;How the platform packages legitimate freedom with the “freedom” to take from others;Ho…
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Debunking the Supernaturalism That Haunts Secular Ethics
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In this episode, Ben Bayer reads aloud his article, “Debunking the Supernaturalism That Haunts Secular Ethics.” In that essay, he examines secular thinkers' approach towards ethics. As he argues, scientists like Richard Dawkins accept ethical claims that are fundamentally based on religious thinking. To combat this approach to ethics, we need a nat…
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The Problem with Pro-Immigration Arguments
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjAt5kXxxBsPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Agustina Vergara Cid criticize various pro-immigration arguments and discuss how they undermine a proper moral defense of immigration.Among the topics covered:How conventional pro-immigration arguments are based on altruism and collectivism;H…
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The Supreme Court’s NetChoice Decision: Online Free Speech on the Brink
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https://youtu.be/fC2PeuDuR5EPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer interviews Paul Taske, associate director of litigation at NetChoice, to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent NetChoice decision and what it means for the future of free speech in America.Among the topics covered:The Supreme Court’s decision to send the question ab…
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Evaluating the Trans Movement
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https://youtu.be/lOPRUlOyTMUPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Mike Mazza discuss why the trans movement is essentially religious and unscientific.Among the topics covered:The religious character of the trans movement;Why many of its scientific claims are dishonest;How religious conservatives reinforce the movement’s i…
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Ten Commandments and DEI in Public Schools vs. the First Amendment
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https://youtu.be/WSCTJ5fxqq8Podcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Sam Weaver discuss how the introduction of both the Ten Commandments and DEI into the public school system represents an assault on intellectual freedom.Among the topics covered:How recent public-school mandates in Louisiana and Oklahoma use force to promote …
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The Secular Moral Alternative to Dawkins and Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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https://youtu.be/1UvPyAQ6s5EPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer examines a discussion between Richard Dawkins and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, explaining why so-called secular humanists have been unable to offer a rational moral alternative to religion.Among the topics covered:Ali's rationalizations for her religious conversion;Why Weste…
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Why Socialists Fear the Republican Party Platform
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHXGamIEZ6gPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss how the Republican National Convention’s platform has turned away from its traditional appeal to small government and turned instead towards adopting many of the big government policies that socialists envy.Among th…
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The Trump Assassination Attempt and the Violent Climate of Tribalism
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https://youtu.be/4ivJl__LyWwPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss the Trump assassination attempt and the violent climate of tribalism in our culture.Among the topics covered:The evil of using physical force to settle political disagreements;Why it’s important to comment on this event;The in…
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Are We the Soviets? A Reply to Niall Ferguson
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPEzaQP0SyU&t=1sPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss historian Niall Ferguson’s “We’re All Soviets Now,” a viral essay about American economic and cultural decline.Among the topics covered:Ferguson’s argument that America is following the path of the late USSR;…
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Chevron Overturned
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https://youtu.be/GdlePIECjGcPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Adi Dynar discuss the Supreme Court's overturning of its 1984 Chevron doctrine, which held that courts should sometimes defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of a vague law.Among the topics covered:How Chevron gave the executive branch the power to mak…
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Has Neuroscience Debunked Free Will?: Response to Robert Sapolsky
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEKVbWwlqhMPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal, Mike Mazza responds to an episode of Neil deGrasse Tyson's StarTalk, in which neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky argues against the existence of free will.Among the topics covered:The meaning and stakes of the free will debate;Why determinists are wrong to focus on a…
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Fueling an Intellectual Movement
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https://youtu.be/hGoQ52C0PAgPodcast audio:In this special episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo interviews Robert Mayhew, Tara Smith, and Greg Salmieri at the Objectivist summer conference in Anaheim, California. They celebrate the release of Smith's new book on the First Amendment and the republication of the essays in Mayhew's series on Ayn Rand…
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‘Egoism Without Permission’: An Interview with Tara Smith
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https://youtu.be/LaS-oLBiRbIPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo interviews Tara Smith about her new book Egoism Without Permission: The Moral Psychology of Ayn Rand’s Ethics.Among the topics covered:What Rand means (and doesn't mean) by egoism and the virtues;Why having desires and owning your emotions are crucial to having…
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https://youtu.be/z5ptDg7iHlAPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Robertas Bakula interviews three of ARI's fellows to discuss their upcoming talks at Objectivist Summer Conference in Anaheim, California, which is being held from June 13 to 18.Among the topics covered:Jason Rheins’ talk “Socratic Wisdom,” concerning the value of knowing …
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Sons of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted in China and America
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Born 1941 in Oakland, Californias Chinatown, William Gee Wong is the only son of his father, known as Pop. Born in Guangdong Province, China, Pop emigrated to Oakland as a teenager during the Chinese Exclusion era in 1912 and entered the U.S. legally as the son of a native, despite having partially false papers. 'Sons of Chinatown' is Wongs evocati…
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Understanding the Trump Phenomenon
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https://youtu.be/N3B8VRLXjegPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Sam Weaver and Onkar Ghate discuss the nature and significance of the Trump phenomenon.Among the topics covered:Why Trump’s base of support is significant;Why it’s important to study the Trump phenomenon;The meaning and consequences of Trump’s 2016 electionTrump’s anti-int…
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2024 CUNY Asian American Film Festival (Award Ceremony)
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Since 2004, the CUNY Asian American Film Festival (AAFF) has recognized and awarded over $14,900 in cash prizes to student filmmakers enrolled at the City University of New York, including City College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, Lehman College, College of Staten Island, and Queens College. The CUNY AAFF helps to promote the artistic visual …
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The Chaotic Trump-RFK Libertarian Convention
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https://youtu.be/LJ20jmhEE7sPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the Libertarian Party’s (LP) convention, especially the speeches by Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and what it reveals about the nature of the libertarian movement.Among the topics covered:Why chaos in the Libertarian Par…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_yz-9X11ckPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss why and how DEI has become so dominant in American institutions, from universities to corporate businesses, despite its questionable nature.Among the topics covered:How DEI is sold as a form of justice for histori…
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AAARI Symposium on Interrogating AAPI Identities - Morning Keynote
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For this symposium, AAARI has invited students, scholars, community organizers, and/or practitioners to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, and other activities that address the broad scope of AAPI Identities."Yung-Yi Diana Pan, Lili Shi and Betty Yu
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AAARI Symposium on Interrogating AAPI Identities - Welcome
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For this symposium, AAARI has invited students, scholars, community organizers, and/or practitioners to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, and other activities that address the broad scope of AAPI Identities."Yung-Yi Diana Pan, Chaumtoli Huq and Sudha Setty
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AAARI Symposium on Interrogating AAPI Identities - Closing Session Performance
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For this symposium, AAARI has invited students, scholars, community organizers, and/or practitioners to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, and other activities that address the broad scope of AAPI Identities."Yung-Yi Diana Pan, Linta Varghese and Rohan Zhou-Lee
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For this symposium, AAARI has invited students, scholars, community organizers, and/or practitioners to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, and other activities that address the broad scope of AAPI Identities."Yung-Yi Diana Pan and Grace Lee
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AAARI Symposium on Interrogating AAPI Identities - Closing Session
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For this symposium, AAARI has invited students, scholars, community organizers, and/or practitioners to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, and other activities that address the broad scope of AAPI Identities."Frank Wu
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Harry Binswanger Comments on the Columbia Protests – 1968 and Today
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXGhis0_6JwPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer interviews Harry Binswanger, a philosopher and longtime friend of Ayn Rand’s, about his observations as a graduate student at Columbia during the 1968 protests and how those protests compare to those taking place now at Columbia and other campuses.…
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Why Today’s Universities Don’t Care About Plagiarism: An Interview with Ben Bayer
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https://youtu.be/8NdmIOYTB4sPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer is interviewed by Ziemowit Gowin about his article on the phenomenon of academic plagiarism following the resignation of Harvard University president, Claudine Gay. They discuss why academia’s greater interest in combating issues such as sexism and racism over ac…
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The Divestment Crusade Against Israel
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https://youtu.be/RGhQLpYXo6YPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo discuss the ongoing anti-Israel campus protests and analyze the demand that universities divest from Israel.Among the topics covered:How the divestment crusade is animated by hatred of Israel, not concern for the Palestinians;The dishonest claim…
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Milton Friedman vs Ayn Rand: How to Change the World
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https://youtu.be/Bg9BFE1-49YPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss Milton Friedman’s impact as a public intellectual and how his advocacy of the free market differed from Ayn Rand’s radical philosophical case for capitalism.Among the topics covered:Why Milton Friedman is an essentially positive…
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The Outrageous Public Support for the Pro-Hamas Protests
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O0HkJbbj4EPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer discuss the protests on university campuses against Israel’s war of self-defense and what they say about the state of our culture.Among the topics covered:Why the anti-Israeli campus protests are rightly labelled as being pro-Hamas;…
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Why Do Philosophers Keep Getting Ayn Rand Wrong?
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https://youtu.be/FjsC7I-Qa4APodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Mike Mazza and Aaron Smith discuss Mazza’s recently published article about why academic philosophers tend to get Rand’s ideas wrong so frequently and the parochialism involved in many of their critiques.Among the topics covered:What Mazza aimed to explain in this article;…
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Hong Kong Media and Asia's Cold War
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Hong Kong was a key battlefield in Asia's cultural cold war. After 1948-1949, an influx of filmmakers, writers, and intellectuals from mainland China transformed British Hong Kong into a hub for mass entertainment and popular publications. Hong Kong Media and Asia's Cold War discusses how Communist China, Nationalist Taiwan, and the U.S. fought to …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Lm2YpZvyIPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo offers initial commentary on Iran’s April 13 attack on Israel.Among the topics covered:How Iran’s attack on Israel is a consequence of its Islamic and imperial nature;How America’s failure to recognise and confront Iran’s nature emboldens it;Why …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeuU6AbIDOoPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo give a preview of ARI’s 2024 presidential election coverage and comment on some of the major political issues at stake in the election.Among the topics covered:How ARI uses Objectivism to analyze elections and the wider political …
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Analyzing Javier Milei’s Interview at AynRandCon
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https://youtu.be/UmxjJI50gssPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo analyze Argentinian President Javier Milei’s interview at AynRandCon in Buenos Aires.Among the topics covered:How the event fell short of ARI’s goal of illuminating points of agreement and disagreement with Milei;How to evaluate Milei as a Presi…
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Marriage Unbound: State Law, Power, and Inequality in Contemporary China
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On a hot summer day, Wang Guiping attended her divorce trial at the Xiqing Peoples Tribunal. Taking an unfaithful spouse to court would, Guiping thought, help her end a hopeless relationship and actualize her lawful rights upon divorce. Later that day, Guiping would find herself betrayed not only by her husband, but by the court system and her own …
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What’s Wrong with California’s Ethnic Studies Mandate?
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https://youtu.be/Xh0xF5hACkwPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Sam Weaver and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the recent California ethnic studies mandate. They evaluate the ideological nature of the curriculum and its assault on knowledge, the philosophical ideas that made it possible, and why it must be opposed intellectually.Among the…
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From Chinatown to Every Town: How Chinese Immigrants Have Expanded the Restaurant Business in the United States
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Based on his new book, this presentation explores the recent history of Chinese immigration within the United States and the fundamental changes in spatial settlement that have relocated many low-skilled Chinese immigrants from New York Citys Chinatown to new immigrant destinations. Using a mixed-method approach over a decade in Chinatown and six d…
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The Shameful UN Resolution Demanding an Israeli Ceasefire
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https://youtu.be/L3RBJNhglekPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss the recent United Nations “ceasefire” resolution. They argue it is yet another example of the West’s moral reluctance to condemn evil regimes and to provide a principled defense of Israel’s right to self-defense.Among the topics covered:Th…
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Defend Apple Against the DOJ
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https://youtu.be/UPHqvTkKFcAPodcast audio:In this special episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo discuss the recent announcement of the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Apple and analyze the injustice of criminalizing a company for giving customers an experience they want.Among the topics covered:Why the DOJ’s ant…
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A Legal Crisis in Immigration
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https://youtu.be/07j7MQNdJhQPodcast audio:In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Agustina Vergara Cid discuss the state of the immigration debate between Democrats and Republicans. They show how both parties appeal to fear and collectivism in their opposition to immigration, and explain why a proper solution to the border crisis require…
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The Children of This Madness
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In The Children of this Madness, Gemini Wahhaj pens a complex tale of modern Bengalis, one that illuminates the recent histories not only of Bangladesh, but America and Iraq. Told in multiple voices over successive eras, this is the story of Nasir Uddin and his daughter Beena, and the intersection of their distant, vastly different lives.…
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Disciplinary Futures: Sociology in Conversation with American, Ethnic, and Indigenous Studies
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There is a growing consensus that the discipline of sociology and the social sciences broadly need to engage more thoroughly with the legacy and the present day of colonialism, Indigenous/settler colonialism, imperialism, and racial capitalism in the United States and globally. In Disciplinary Futures, edited by Nadia Y. Kim and Pawan Dhingra, a cr…
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