The Finch Podcast

Myanmar's Coup

If Myanmar’s history has been a long march towards democracy, the Southeast Asian nation faced a major setback earlier this year. The military recently ousted the de facto leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, and has begun a crackdown on its own citizens. To make matters much worse, the nation had already been undergoing and executing what the United States calls a genocide. Joshua Kurlantzick is a Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations studying the collapse of democracies, state capitalism, and populism. Formerly at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the University of Southern California Center for Public Diplomacy, and the Pacific Council on International Policy, Kurlantzick has written as a columnist for Time, The Economist, and Mother Jones. And now, he's on The Finch. You can learn more about what we do by following us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube, or by checking out our website. New episodes released each Friday.

Putin's Russia

Understanding and sparring with Russia has been a goal of American diplomacy since the 1950's. But Putin has brought his country to a new level of post-Soviet grandeur. The largest nation in the world is making its presence felt by the ex-KGB man turned politician. Understanding Putin is the main purpose of this episode. His desires, his weaknesses, his endgame. And there is no better a witness to each than Dr. Angela Stent. The Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and Eastern European Studies, and a Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Stent has over 40 years of experience with the USSR and Russia. And now, she’s on The Finch. You can learn more about what we do by following us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube, or by checking out our website. New episodes released each Friday.

Digital Vaccine

This is a vaccine you've never heard about. University of Cambridge Professor of Social Psychology Sander van Der Linden on inoculating the public against misinformation, and the battle for truth in climate change, the pandemic, and American politics. Plus, how Medicare's Hospital Trust Fund is depleting an alarming rate. And how the January 6th white supremacist mob was not the first time blood was spilt in the Capitol—how precedent can predict what happens next. The Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab: GoViral! and Bad News Featuring (in order of appearance): Alex Benoit, Will Fang, Sander Linden, Isabel Zhang, Mariah Norman ---------------------------------------------- Find more from The Finch at https://www.thefinchpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter = @thefinchmedia

Carbon Capture

In America, regulation is often pitted as the enemy of economic growth. But Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky (that's two PhD's to be exact) disagrees. The author of over 300 publications and 15 books, the designer of the first ever global carbon market in the Kyoto Protocol, a lead author in the Nobel-winning 2007 IPCC, a professor at Columbia University, and the founder and CEO of Global Thermostat, a 1 trillion dollar market venture, Graciela Chichilnisky knows the power that 6th element of the periodic table holds. How your car exhaust is being used to make soda and warships, on this episode of The Finch Podcast. The views of Graciela Chichilnisky are her own and do not represent those of their employer, Columbia University, or Global Thermostat. --------------------------------------------- Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter = @thefinchpodcast Follow us on Spotify = https://sptfy.com/thefinchpodcast Check out our website = https://www.thefinchpodcast.com Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Google Podcasts, Anchor FM, TuneIn, Breaker, Pocket Casts, Overcast, Pod Bay, and Radio Public. Aired on November 19th, 2020

Space Exploration

The final frontier has long fascinated humanity. Why humans are exploring, how emperor penguins breathe, how the Big Bang happened, and what a year in space feels like, on this installment of Extempore, featuring the 2006 Nobel Laureate in Physics and Senior Astrophysicist at NASA Goddard, Dr. John Mather, and Astronaut Jessica Meir, one of two women to partake in the first all-female spacewalk onboard a 204 day ISS stay earlier this year. It's good to be back, even if we aren't covering our home. This episode is brought to you by the Ashley Wilson Piano Studio, offering private, in-person or online piano lessons from beginners to advanced levels. Visit https://www.ashleywilsonpianostudio.com for more information. The views of Dr. Jessica Meir and Dr. John Mather are their own and do not represent those of their employer, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the United States government. --------------------------------------------- Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter = @thefinchpodcast Follow us on Spotify = https://sptfy.com/thefinchpodcast Check out our website = https://www.thefinchpodcast.com Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Google Podcasts, Anchor FM, TuneIn, Breaker, Pocket Casts, Overcast, Pod Bay, and Radio Public. New episodes every week! Aired on October 18th, 2020