In a recent Washington Post article entitled In the safe spaces on campus, no Jews allowed Anthony Berteaux argued that unlike most others, Jewish students are subjected to a litmus test on their stance on Israel when asking to join on campus social justice causes. The relationship between campus progressive politics and Anti-Israel rhetoric has re…

In Episode #72, we interview Robert Govers the managing research partner of www.good.country, chairman of the International Place Branding Association and an independent advisor, researcher, speaker and author on the reputation of cities, regions and countries. He has also been an adjunct or visiting scholar at the University of Leuven, Belgium; Ro…

A popular PBS documentary, A Wing and a Prayer tells the little-known story of World War II aviators who risked their lives and American citizenships in 1948 to prevent what they viewed as an impending second Holocaust.Written, directed and produced by award-winning filmmaker Boaz Dvir (Jessie’s Dad, Discovering Gloria), A Wing and a Prayer feature…

A conversation with Katia Schkolnik who is the founder of Rosa Fosfo, Mexico's first NGO focus on girls rights. Rosa Fosfo inspires girls and boys to be happy, healthy and safe, to accept, to define who they want to be and overcome any challenge.Por The Public Diplomat

University of Iowa assistant professor Melissa Tully (Twitter @tullyme) and doctoral candidate David Tuwei (Twitter @david_tuwei) discuss their research on Kenyan mobile phone service provider, Safaricom and its role in shaping Kenya’s nation brand. Their study found that Safaricom’s marketing engages with discourses of commercial nationalism, crea…

Professor Emily Metzgar of Indiana University joins Professor Guy Golan of Syracuse University to discuss her research on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET Program) and its many implications towards Japanese public diplomacy. The podcast was recorded during the 2015 conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Commu…

Professor Shawn Powers of Georgia State University discusses his new book The Real Cyber War: The Political Economy of Internet Freedom (coauthored by Michael Jablonski). As described on the publisher page, the book offers a “Contemporary discussion surrounding the role of the internet in society is dominated by words like: internet freedom, survei…

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