Episodes

  • Talk World Radio: How the Unprovoked War Was Provoked

    Talk World Radio: How the Unprovoked War Was Provoked
    Nov 9 2026
    his week on Talk World Radio, we are talking about the war in Ukraine. Our guest, Stephen Kinzer is the author of the new book Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine. Kinzer is an award- winning writer and correspondent who has reported from more than fifty countries on five continents. His articles and books have led The Washington Post to place him “among the best in popular foreign policy storytelling.” Kinzer spent more than twenty years working for The New York Times, most of it as a foreign correspondent. His postings placed him at the center of historic events and, at times, in the line of fire. His ten books seek to uncover the roots of global conflicts. Most are accounts of U.S. interventions abroad—how they were carried out and what their long-term effects have been. He is a senior fellow at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University and writes a world affairs column for The Boston Globe.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Trump Blocked from Punishing This Group for Supporting the Rule of Law in Palestine

    Talk World Radio: Trump Blocked from Punishing This Group for Supporting the Rule of Law in Palestine
    Nov 2 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio we're speaking with Seth Donnelly, cofounder of Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide about a recent ruling blocking the Trump administration from sanctioning Seth's organization and one other as punishment for supporting the International Criminal Court’s investigations into war crimes in Gaza. See: https://www.taxpayeralliance.net
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Why Do We Cheer for the Abuse of Horses?

    Talk World Radio: Why Do We Cheer for the Abuse of Horses?
    Oct 24 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio, we are talking about cheering for the abusing of horses. Our guest, Patrick Battuello, has been writing on animal-rights issues since 2009 when he launched the Animal Rights blog for the Albany Times Union, one of the first of its kind in the nation. His work from this period has appeared in a high school text book, "The Case for Animal Rights." Patrick launched Horseracing Wrongs in 2013 and incorporated as a non-profit in 2017. Horseracing Wrongs is the nation's preeminent anti-racing organization. Patrick has had op-eds published in The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, MSNBC, and Katie Couric Media, among many others. He has appeared on CNN and ESPN multiple times, and in 2019 was featured on a groundbreaking segment of HBO's "Real Sports." Patrick has also testified before the New York Senate. Horseracing Wrongs is at horseracingwrongs.org
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Mujib Abid on Moving Beyond Borders

    Talk World Radio: Mujib Abid on Moving Beyond Borders
    Oct 20 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio, we are talking about wars and borders, and an upcoming online conference called #NoWar2026 Beyond Borders. Our guest, who will be one of the speakers at the conference is Dr Mujib Abid, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He is an Afghan-Australian scholar of modern Afghan history, peace studies, and political theory. Mujib's work foregrounds critical traditions that self-locate in the Global South, including postcolonial and decolonial approaches, as well as other traditional and Islamic knowledge perspectives. He's the author of the forthcoming book, Resurgent Histories of Afghanistan. He is also working as a coauthor with Masoom Stanekzai on a book called The Broken Road to Peace: An Insider’s Account of Afghanistan’s Five-Decade Struggle. Website: https://sites.google.com/view/drmujibabid/media Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/voices-of-unity/id6790224075
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: A Call for a Forgiving Society

    Talk World Radio: A Call for a Forgiving Society
    Oct 11 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about this terrific new book. It is called CAST OUT: A Call for a Forgiving Society in an Age of Incarceration. The author, our guest, Joseph Margulies is a writer and a litigator, and Professor of Government at Cornell University. He was lead counsel in Rasul v. Bush in 2004 which gave Guantanamo detainees the right to challenge their detention in federal court, and in Munaf v. Geren in 2008, which gave U.S. citizens the right to challenge their detention by the U.S. government abroad.
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  • Talk World Radio: Charles Goyette on Empire of Lies

    Talk World Radio: Charles Goyette on Empire of Lies
    Oct 4 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about this terrific book, Empire of Lies: Fragments from the Memory Hole: The Shameful Story of the Deep State's War Lords, War Lies, & Failed Foreign Interventions. The author, whom we are privileged to have join us, is Charles Goyette, a best-selling author and award-winning talk show host.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: The View From Iran

    Talk World Radio: The View From Iran
    Sep 22 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about U.S.-Iranian relations with two guests who recently visited Iran from the United States, Nuri Ronaghy and Alan Shorb. Nuri Ronaghy was born in Iran in 1940, and has been an activist for peace for over 70 years. She came to the United States nearly 60 years ago, and got her Masters degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin while teaching Farsi there. She has been a member of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and was active in the Iranian Student Association during her student days. On a visit to Iran in the waning days of the Shah’s regime she was put into solitary confinement in the infamous Evin Prison of the Shah’s secret police, SAVAK. Nuri has been an organizing member of peace delegations to Iran both in the Fall of 2024 as well as in the Spring/Summer of 2026. During those delegations she has been a strong supporter of a school for Afghani children, refugees from the U.S. war on Afghanistan. Alan Shorb, Nuri's husband, was born in Baltimore in 1938. He participated in the 1963 March on Washington and peace demonstrations over the years, and in recent years has been a full-time peace activist, including being an anchor of the weekly Peace Vigil in Ojai, California for the last 11 years, and participating in the peace delegations to Iran.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: How White America Learned to Lynch Black Children

    Talk World Radio: How White America Learned to Lynch Black Children
    Sep 26 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio, we're discussing a new book called Strung Up: How White America Learned to Lynch Black Children. The author, our guest, Stacey Patton is an award-winning journalist, author, college professor, historian, and nationally recognized child advocate. Her scholarship and advocacy challenge corporal punishment in homes and schools and examine the historical relationship among childhood, race, violence, and power. Patton’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and other national outlets. She is also the author of Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won’t Save Black America.
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    29 mins