State of Power Podcast
1) S5 Ep6: A Fractured World: Reflections on Power, Polarity and Polycrisis (Nick Buxton in Conversation with Adam Tooze and Walden Bello)
Is US hegemony really fading? Does any other nation, including China, pose any real challenge to US power, let alone offer a political or economic alternative? Has the heralded hope of a BRICS bloc c...Show More
2) S5 Ep1: History in Action Part 1: 1970-1990 - A counter history by the Transnational Institute
History in Action Part 1 delves into the founding of the Transnational Institute (TNI) and its origins with the Institute for Policy Studies. We look at the roots of TNI in opposition to the Vietnam W...Show More
3) S5 Ep2: History in Action Part 2: 1990-2000 - A counter history by the Transnational Institute
History in Action Part 2 dives into the 1990s, focusing on the impact of the Cold War's end, the rise of neoliberalism, the emergence of the Alter-Globalization Movement, and the history of TNI's drug...Show More
4) S5 Ep5: History in Action Part 5: 2020-onward! - A counter history by the Transnational Institute
History in Action Part 5 guides us through the multifaceted impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, underscored by increasing corporate power and social injustices—from healthcare privatization and vaccine ...Show More
5) S5 Ep4: History in Action Part 4: 2008-2020 - A counter history by the Transnational Institute
History in Action Part 4 talks about the fallout of the financial crises, the rise of new forms of authoritarianism, the new movements that shook the world, and the work against transnational corporat...Show More
6) S5 Ep3: History in Action Part 3: 2000-2008 - A counter history by the Transnational Institute
History in Action Part 3 discusses the disastrous war on terror, the rise of China, and the convergence of social movements around the climate crisis, land, and essential public services.
7) "The Divine Leaf of Immortality": A conversation on Coca, with Wade Davis.
Nearly 75 years after the United Nations called for the abolition of coca leaf chewing, the world will have an opportunity to correct this grave historic error. The World Health Organization (WHO), a...Show More
"The Divine Leaf of Immortality": A conversation on Coca, with Wade Davis.
1:00:03 | Jul 9th, 2024
8) S4 Ep7: Building a Just Energy Transition in an Age of Corporate and Imperial Power (Nick Buxton in Conversation with Thea Riofrancos, Ozzi Warwick, and Timothy Mitchell)
Is the Just Energy Transition underway, or is it a pipe dream?
9) S2 Ep35: Myanmar's fight for democracy: In conversation with Sai Sam Kham
Host Shaun Matsheza speaks with Sai Sam Kham, an activist from Myanmar, to try and gain a deeper understanding of the story that is in the news, and to place all the images and headlines in context.
10) Breaking Big Pharma and Big Tech, Global Debt and Race Politics, and the End of Borders: In Conversation with Arun Kundnani
Even a global crisis can provide opportunities for fairer, freer and better ways of organising our world. But too often they can simply become moments to further entrench power, hegemony and undue inf...Show More