Derek Davison

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Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history. www.foreignexchanges.news

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Derek Davison

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World roundup: September 21-22 2024 23.09.2024 19:06

Stories from Lebanon, Sudan, Russia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: September 17 2024 18.09.2024 19:15

Stories from Lebanon, Myanmar, Algeria, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

The Anti-War Political Tradition: An Introduction 17.09.2024 9:42

Anti-war politics has a rich historical tradition, one that seems to be in desperate need of revival. New FX contributor Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins begins a monthly series on this critical subject. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: September 10 2024 11.09.2024 16:14

Stories from Afghanistan, Russia, Mexico, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: September 3 2024 04.09.2024 23:33

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Libya, Ukraine, and elsewhere. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: August 27 2024 28.08.2024 14:46

Stories from Israel-Palestine, France, Mexico, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: August 24-25 2024 26.08.2024 15:44

Stories from Lebanon, Afghanistan, Germany, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: August 19-20 2024 21.08.2024 22:10

Stories from Iran, China, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: August 17-18 2024 19.08.2024 15:49

Stories from Israel-Palestine, China, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: August 13 2024 14.08.2024 16:03

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Russia, Honduras, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: August 10-11 2024 12.08.2024 18:07

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Myanmar, Russia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: August 3-4 2024 05.08.2024 16:25

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Bangladesh, Sudan, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: July 30 2024 31.07.2024 17:10

Stories from Lebanon, North Korea, Morocco, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: July 27-28 2024 29.07.2024 17:42

Stories from Lebanon, Mali, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: July 23 2024 24.07.2024 18:57

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Bangladesh, France, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: July 20-21 2024 22.07.2024 17:09

Stories from Yemen, Bangladesh, the United States, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: July 16 2024 17.07.2024 21:24

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Niger, France, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

Assyria and Its Empire, with Eckart Frahm 01.07.2024 1:17:35

Hello Foreign Exchanges listeners, and welcome back to our periodic podcast series! This time out it’s my privilege to welcome Eckart Frahm, Professor of Assyriology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University, to talk about his book, Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire . We’ll talk about what Assyria was and the place it occupies in the tape...

World roundup: June 29-30 2024 01.07.2024 18:11

Stories from Iran, Sudan, France, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: June 25 2024 26.06.2024 17:35

Stories from Lebanon, Ukraine, Mexico, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

Mexico is Sepia: The (Too) Democratic State Next Door 25.06.2024 13:33

Mexico, contra David Frum and others, is not a failing state because Claudia Sheinbaum and the MORENA-led coalition that backed her won big in Mexico’s latest elections. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: June 22-23 2024 24.06.2024 20:33

Stories from Lebanon, South Africa, Russia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: June 18 2024 19.06.2024 23:16

Stories from Israel-Palestine, China, Sudan, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: June 10-11 2024 12.06.2024 21:35

Stories from Sudan, Myanmar, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: June 8-9 2024 10.06.2024 22:08