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Carl Rhodes, "Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire" (Policy Press, 2025)
54 mins; July 11, 2025
Andrew Hartman, "Karl Marx in America" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
52 mins; July 05, 2025
Paul Tucker, "Global Discord: Values and Power in a Fractured World Order" (Princeton UP, 2024)
49 mins; July 03, 2025
Paul R. Beckett, "An Anatomy of Tax Havens: Europe, the Caribbean and the United States of America" (de Gruyter, 2023)
64 hours 21 mins; June 30, 2025
Mark Blyth and NicolĂČ Fraccaroli, "Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers" (W. W. Norton & Co, 2025)
55 mins; June 28, 2025
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44 mins; June 27, 2025
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30 mins; June 23, 2025
Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire with Shaina Potts
47 mins; June 20, 2025
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85 hours 27 mins; June 19, 2025
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75 hours 1 min; June 17, 2025
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46 mins; June 16, 2025
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63 hours 52 mins; June 05, 2025
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26 mins; June 02, 2025
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105 hours 13 mins; June 01, 2025
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36 mins; May 31, 2025
Tim Minshall, "How Things Are Made: A Journey Through the Hidden World of Manufacturing" (Ecco, 2025)
65 hours 27 mins; May 25, 2025
Empire of Gain: Inside Trumpâs Billion-Dollar Crypto Hustle
53 mins; May 23, 2025
Charles Hecker, "Zero Sum: The Arc of International Business in Russia" (Oxford UP, 2025)
63 hours 56 mins; May 21, 2025
Andrew Ofstehage, "Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational Farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado" (Cornell UP, 2025)
46 mins; May 19, 2025
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57 mins; May 17, 2025
Lucia Soriano, "Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times" (Lexington Books, 2024)
55 mins; May 15, 2025
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46 mins; May 14, 2025
Patrick Condon, "Broken City: Land Speculation, Inequality, and Urban Crisis" (U British Columbia Press, 2024)
26 mins; May 12, 2025
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49 mins; May 11, 2025
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69 hours 28 mins; May 10, 2025
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73 hours 18 mins; May 09, 2025
Sandra Matz, "Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior" (HBRP, 2025)
41 mins; May 08, 2025
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89 hours 18 mins; May 07, 2025
Jessica Smith on Engineering and Public Accountability in Energy Industries
69 hours 56 mins; May 05, 2025
Laleh Khalili, "Extractive Capitalism: How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy" (Profile Books, 2025)
75 hours 6 mins; May 05, 2025
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51 mins; May 04, 2025
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59 mins; May 03, 2025
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44 mins; May 02, 2025
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64 hours 29 mins; May 01, 2025
Alan Greenspan: âThe man who knewâ
49 mins; May 01, 2025
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44 mins; April 30, 2025
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66 hours 18 mins; April 29, 2025
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81 hours 22 mins; April 28, 2025
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57 mins; April 26, 2025
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74 hours 53 mins; April 22, 2025
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46 mins; April 21, 2025
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64 hours 57 mins; April 19, 2025
Chinaâs Trade War Strategy: How Xi Jinping Uses Autocracy, Fear, and Innovation to Compete with the West
48 mins; April 18, 2025
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58 mins; April 17, 2025
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36 mins; April 12, 2025
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54 mins; April 10, 2025
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55 mins; April 09, 2025
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39 mins; April 03, 2025
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35 mins; March 31, 2025
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59 mins; March 24, 2025
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34 mins; March 23, 2025
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73 hours 36 mins; March 20, 2025
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49 mins; March 19, 2025
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43 mins; March 18, 2025
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54 mins; March 17, 2025
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33 mins; March 16, 2025
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27 mins; March 15, 2025
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46 mins; March 10, 2025
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