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Mark Blyth, political economist at The Watson Institute at Brown University, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the news. Subscribe now to hear Mark and Carrie cut through the media haze, and provide a thought-provoking, topical, and often hilarious conversation about the world today.
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6/25/2021 - The Putative, Possible, Potential End of the Pandemic
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Annenberg Institute, share their take on the week's news.
On this episode: the G7's shaky promises on taxing the rich, and shaky relationships with China and Russia; regional variations in the Covid-19 recovery in the US; making sense of the tight US labor market; the Supreme Court talks Snapchat and labor organizing; Justice Stephen Breyer's work/life balance; voting rights, critical race theory, and the 2022 midterm elections; can Jeff Bezos just stay in space?
You can listen to Mark on Watson's podcast Trending Globally here: [https://soundcloud.com/watsoninstitute/earth-day-special-whats-missing-from-the-climate-discussion]
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05/11/2021 - Bigger and Better Buffets
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and political scientist Carrie Nordlund share their take on the news.
On this episode: the politics of Facebook's 'Supreme Court'; new voter restriction laws in the US and the Republican Party's continued flirtation with authoritarianism; why suspending vaccine patents won't actually help the world to make more vaccines; America's declining birthrate and other revelations from the US Census; the Covid spike in India; the UK Conservative Party's continued dominance over Labour and what it can teach progressives in the US; is Scottish independence on the horizon?
You can listen to Mark Blyth of the Watson Institute's other podcast 'Trending Globally' here: [https://soundcloud.com/watsoninstitute/earth-day-special-whats-missing-from-the-climate-discussion]
You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dJhD9bxK1noGUn5kFysZdXsUoxuTo8I-/view?usp=sharing] -
04/13/2021 - A Cavalcade of Bummer
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and political scientist Carrie Nordlund share their take on the news.
On this episode: Mark and Carrie feel skeptical about a 'post-Covid' boom; Biden's infrastructure bill, and the inconvenient truths it poses to congressional Republicans; the trial of Derek Chauvin, and how policing in America might (or might not) change in its wake; Amazon's defeat of a union drive; Brexit-infused unrest in Northern Ireland. On the bright side: Prince Phillip lived for a long time.
You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UhfK5_8_QnJalpP5OAjnCjVBNnXyeT8g/view?usp=sharing] -
03/23/2021 - Mark Has the Plague
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and political scientist Carrie Nordlund share their take on the news.
On this episode: the Atlanta spa shootings and anti-Asian violence in America; the crisis at the US-Mexico border and Biden's political dilemma around immigration; the risks and rewards of the US pandemic relief bill; EU vaccine rollouts goes from bad to worse; the rise and teetering fall of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo; the in-retrospect-obviously-doomed relationship of Meghan Markle and the British Royal Family.
You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1262o1xJIs3SfYosm5aXMZecFRRUxWmad/view?usp=sharing] -
02/05/2021 - If You Think Inflation is the Problem, Just Wait
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and political scientist Carrie Nordlund share their take on the news.
On this episode: Biden's relief bill, and a rethink on inflation; the EU's dark-horse bid for worst vaccine rollout; a coup in Myanmar; cold winds in the midwest -- and in the hearts of certain Texas Republicans; US explores Mars; the politics of Aleksei Navalny's imprisonment; Megan and Harry find themselves in LA; a new reason to fear for the future of humanity.
You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VfiJjNgE2Gurd4YxhaX9dSS2paY39NZw/view?usp=sharing] -
01/23/2021 - Have Some Faith, Carrie!
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and political scientist Carrie Nordlund share their take on the news.
On this episode: the Capitol riot and its aftermath; Trump's deplatforming on Twitter and Facebook, and what it reveals about Big Tech; assessing Biden's first 48 hours in office; China's 'pivot' back towards itself; the confusion behind the EU's 'strategic autonomy'; Google threatens to deplatform...Australia?!; envisioning lobsters in the streets of London.
You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y71LmqbiHzndRq8zN_jXBOfyc_Str3Rg/view?usp=sharing]
Customer Reviews
Dose of reality
Please do more episodes. I understand that C+M don’t want to become talking heads but we seriously need the reality check and making sense of today’s noise. Gets me through some hard days.
Great critique of modern capitalism and economics
Although I get my hackles up when Mark says “Every family has a loser.” It does bring up the zero sum nature of modern capitalism. That we can judge people as winners and losers in a game is telling.
Mark and Carrie point out that America is a nation of immigrants and discuss the power plays within the US. It may take outsiders to see the whole correctly, and their observations and critiques are ‘spot on’.
The game seems to be: Who can make the most and care the least.
Lastly, I would like to hear Niall Ferguson and Mr. Blyth’s square off. Please?
Great banter!
Informative and easy to listen to
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