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Conversations that go beyond the sound-byte to illuminate international issues important to Americans.

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Conversations that go beyond the sound-byte to illuminate international issues important to Americans.

    Episode 11: The Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar

    Episode 11: The Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar

    Author Azeem Ibrahim and film maker Shafiur Rahman discuss the history and latest wave of attacks against Burma's Rohingya minority. Who are they, what happened, and why do so many Burmese support this ethnic cleansing? 
     
    Guests: Azeem Ibrahim, Shafiur Rahman
     
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    • 26 min
    Episode 10: Amazing Grace, the Musical

    Episode 10: Amazing Grace, the Musical

    Christopher Smith was a police officer with some extra time on his hands. He picked up a biography of John Newton, a "wretched" slave trader who became a clergyman and wrote the lyrics to the world's most famous hymn, Amazing Grace. Christopher Smith created the Broadway musical with the same name. Isaiah Bailey, plays Newton's slave Thomas, and joins the conversation.
     
    Guests: Christopher Smith, Isaiah Bailey
     
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    • 26 min
    Episode 9: Women Codebreakers of WWII

    Episode 9: Women Codebreakers of WWII

    With the men gone to fight the war overseas. The military turned to young, college-educated women to break enemy codes and help win the war. These are the women that first understood and defined the fields we now know as signals intelligence and cyber security.
     
    Guest: Liza Mundy
     
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    • 26 min
    Episode 4: The Muslim Brotherhood and the Crisis in Qatar

    Episode 4: The Muslim Brotherhood and the Crisis in Qatar

    Qatar has been a strong supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and has given shelter to radical Islamist teachers. Now a Saudi led coalition has delivered 13 demands to end the blockade on Qatar. Eric Trager and Mokhtar Awad also discuss the the rise to power and fall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Eric Trager's book on that subject is called "Arab Fall".
     
    Guests: Eric Trager and Mokhtar Awad
     
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    • 26 min
    Episode 1: Souad Mekhennet - "I Was Told To Come Alone"

    Episode 1: Souad Mekhennet - "I Was Told To Come Alone"

    A reporter for the Washington Post, she was the first to unmask British executioner "Jihadi John." Souad Mekhennet is a native Arabic speaker who was born and raised in Germany. She was able to use her knowledge of the language and culture to penetrate jihadist groups in Europe and the Arab world.
     
    Guest: Souad Mekhennet
     
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    • 26 min

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