Disrupt: A Revolutionary Critical Podcast

Disrupt RCP
  • 4.0 (3)
  • Social Sciences

Disrupt is a revolutionary critical podcast that acts as an introduction to international relations (IR) for students, academics, and activists alike

  1. 03/24/2022

    The Institutionalization of International Politics

    In Disrupt’s first episode on institutions, Gabi and Bridgett lay the groundwork for this series by unpacking the nature of institutions in international relations and examining Western orthodox theoretical perspectives on the history and purpose of institutions in contemporary international politics. After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Wars, by G. John Ikenberry Governing the World: The History of an Idea, 1815 to the Present, by Mark Mazower No Conquest, No Defeat: Iran’s National Security Strategy, by Ariane M. Tabatabai International Institutions and Feminist Politics, by Elisabeth Prügl Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Follow us on Twitter @disruptrcp or email us at disruptrcp@gmail.com. Disrupt is recorded and produced by Gabriella Gricius and Bridgett Neff-Hickman on the traditional and unceded territories of the Cowlitz, Clackamas, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples.

    18 min
  2. Exploring Nuclear Shadows: A People's Atlas of Nuclear Colorado

    11/30/2021

    Exploring Nuclear Shadows: A People's Atlas of Nuclear Colorado

    Dr. Shiloh Krupar and Sarah Kanouse join us to discuss their project A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado, which explores Colorado as a microcosm of the U.S. nuclear apparatus. Using art, personal narrative, and scholarly reflections, the Atlas exposes the harmful externalities of the wide range of nuclear activities that Colorado has housed. We also discuss the role of critical theories in nuclear policymaking and their hopeful takes on the future of disrupting the nuclear status quo.

    57 min
  3. Ward Wilson: A Realist Guide to Eliminating Nuclear Weapons

    10/08/2021

    Ward Wilson: A Realist Guide to Eliminating Nuclear Weapons

    In this episode, we sit down with Ward Wilson, executive director of Realist Revolt, to discuss his pragmatic arguments against nuclear weapons and his ideas about how we can eliminate them permanently. RealistRevolt: Eliminating Nuclear Weapons Why we need a fundamental reappraisal of nuclear weapons policy How to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons: Parts 1-4 African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement | Vincent J. Intondi Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Follow us on Twitter @disruptrcp or email us at disruptrcp@gmail.com. Disrupt is recorded and produced by Gabriella Gricius and Bridgett Neff-Hickman on the traditional and unceded territories of the Cowlitz, Clackamas, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples.

    39 min
  4. Post-Colonial and Feminist Imaginaries in Nuclear Politics

    09/24/2021

    Post-Colonial and Feminist Imaginaries in Nuclear Politics

    Dr. Catherine Eschle and Dr. Shine Choi join us to discuss the intersection between nuclear weapons, feminism, and postcolonialism. Given that nuclear politics are often centered on great power competition and militarism from the perspective of the Global North, Dr. Eschle and Dr. Choi highlight scholarship from the Global South as the locus for nuclear dialogues centered on alternative understandings of power, positionality, and empathy in global nuclear dialogues. Crossing Borders: a feminist history of Women Cross DMZ Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950 Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy by Ray Acheson Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Follow us on Twitter @disruptrcp or email us at disruptrcp@gmail.com. Disrupt is recorded and produced by Gabriella Gricius and Bridgett Neff-Hickman on the traditional and unceded territories of the Cowlitz, Clackamas, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples.

    1h 31m
  5. They Lost Em: The Nuclear Pasts of Libya and South Africa

    09/08/2021

    They Lost Em: The Nuclear Pasts of Libya and South Africa

    This episode concludes our series on the three different categories of actors when it comes to nuclear states: those that have, those that want, and those that gave up nuclear weapons. Although many countries have pursued nuclear weapons to different degrees, South Africa and Libya are the only two to ever give up their nuclear weapons. In this episode, we walk through the very different contexts behind South African and Libyan disarmament as well as critical perspectives on these decisions. Libya Nuclear Disarmament | NTI South Africa | NTI Africa and the Atomic Bomb: Part I Africa and the Atomic Bomb: Part II Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Follow us on Twitter @disruptrcp or email us at disruptrcp@gmail.com. Disrupt is recorded and produced by Gabriella Gricius and Bridgett Neff-Hickman on the traditional and unceded territories of the Cowlitz, Clackamas, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples.

    25 min

  6. 07/16/2021

    They Want 'Em: Nuclear Politics and Western Resistance in Iran and North Korea

    In this episode, we continue our series on the three different categories of actors when it comes to nuclear states: those that have, those that want, and those that gave up nuclear weapons. This episode focuses on Iran and North Korea as states in pursuit of nuclear programs despite international pressures to abandon their nuclear aspirations. The Facts Prove Iran Still Wants Nuclear Weapons Iran's Nuclear Program Timeline and History | NTI North Korea Nuclear Weapons Threat | Nuclear Proliferation North Korea | NTI The Ideological Construction of Iran in The NYT: Australian Journal of Linguistics: Vol 32, No 3 Behind Iran's Nuclear Pursuit?: Peace Review: Vol 18, No 3 Iran, Nuclear Proliferation and the NPT: Why Does Such Doublespeak Perpetuate? No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, and International Security POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES ON NUCLEAR NON- PROLIFERATION Iran v ‘the international community’: a postcolonial analysis of the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Follow us on Twitter @disruptrcp or email us at disruptrcp@gmail.com. Disrupt is recorded and produced by Gabriella Gricius and Bridgett Neff-Hickman on the traditional and unceded territories of the Cowlitz, Clackamas, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples.

    38 min

  7. 07/02/2021

    They've Got 'Em: Russia and China's Nuclear Politics With the West

    In this episode, we begin our series on the three different categories of actors when it comes to nuclear states: those that have, those that want, and those that gave up nuclear weapons. We begin by looking at China and Russia as states that have nuclear weapons and how their nuclear politics with the West can be understood from critical perspectives. The Threats That U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy Must Address - Proportionate Deterrence: A Model Nuclear Posture Review Nuclear coercion skepticism and Russia's nuclear-tinged threats Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Follow us on Twitter @disruptrcp or email us at disruptrcp@gmail.com. Disrupt is recorded and produced by Gabriella Gricius and Bridgett Neff-Hickman on the traditional and unceded territories of the Cowlitz, Clackamas, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples.

    24 min

  8. 06/11/2021

    Explosive Art: Creativity, Justice, and Nuclear Weapons

    In this episode, we interview Molly Hurley, a Wagoner Fellow from Rice University in Houston, TX, a Nuclear Program Fellow with The Prospect Hill Foundation, and Fellowship Associate with Beyond the Bomb. She currently works as an independent researcher studying nuclear weapons issues, their intersectionality with many other social justice issues, and the role that artwork could play in carrying on stories and messages about the atrocities committed for the sake of nuclear development and dominance. Starting this fall, Molly will enter an MFA program in Community Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and is planning to take her research to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Sex, Death, Dragon Ladies, and Nuclear Weapons Beyond the Bomb (@beyondthebomb) Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb Broken Arrow Incidents More on Broken Arrows Global nuclear policy is stuck in colonialist thinking. The ban treaty offers a way out. Cultural Explosion, 2020 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Follow us on Twitter @disruptrcp or email us at disruptrcp@gmail.com. Disrupt is recorded and produced by Gabriella Gricius and Bridgett Neff-Hickman on the traditional and unceded territories of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples.

    46 min
See All (16)

Trailer

Ratings & Reviews

4
out of 5
3 Ratings

About

Disrupt is a revolutionary critical podcast that acts as an introduction to international relations (IR) for students, academics, and activists alike

Information