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All you need to know about the making and meaning of national songs! Erik Levi, Professor of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London, talks about the musical devices that stir emotions in patriotic songs and takes a critical look at some interesting examples.
Robert Dunham, Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington DC, discusses with Wayne Brittenden the ethical and legal situation of capital punishment globally — but particularly in the US, which is the only western democracy that — at least in 29 states — can still execute its citizens.
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has set the hands of the nuclear Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever before. Here’s the podcast that explains the heightened dangers that we’re too distracted these days to notice.
John LaForge is a professional analyst and dedicated activist. He is Co-director of Nukewatch, a peace and environmental justice group in Wisconsin, US.
The astonishing but little known politics behind the establishment of Christmas. An interview with UK based Unitarian minister, Rev. Matthew Smith
US elections are never the broad clashes of ideologies that most other western democracies are used to, but this one is different. You would have to go back to 1940 and the fiery exchanges between Roosevelt and Wilkie to find …
Our growing list of relatively timeless interviews
Philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Yale University Jason Stanley discusses his book on fascism — a word currently widely used but often misunderstood. Stanley, also the author of How Propaganda Works, offers some unique insights into the fascist mindset and the circumstances that help create it.
It took Joe Biden’s departure to spotlight Trump’s own shortcomings in communication. The unfinished sentences, repetitions and overblown rhetoric are nothing new, but …
Since you’ve been in the news, it seems timely to drop you a line. After all, it’s not everyone that gets a US holiday in their honour. You and Martin Luther King. The two of you could hardly be more different …
