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… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Welcome to Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and … professor of history and director of the Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching, and will be your host and … those statements was an account by an Israeli journalist visited one of the German camps in which migrants from …

… about a year ago, just after al-Sisi and the Egyptian army forcibly overthrew Mohamed Morsi, then the first … that the man’s predictions for the future of Egypt may be coming true. Since the coup that ousted Morsi, the Egyptian … reign in the early and mid-1970s this period of tolerance coincided with a calming of the Islamist forces in Egypt. …

… who were once suspicious of the institution to now clamor for inclusion—represents a radical break with thousands of … in the first five books of the Old Testament.  It was common throughout ancient India, the Middle East, Africa, … were all the better for it. On the other side of the coin, advances in assisted reproduction from the 1970s …

… United States. The press, the government, and the medical community claim, often and loudly, that these numbers augur … are proving that chronological age is not biologically uniform. In the United States the so-called “geriatric crisis” … Dr. Francis E. Townsend arrived prepared to push his latest pension plan, $150 a month for everyone over sixty. …

… who decided to accept these accusations and move the trials forward. Historians have long wondered why the judges … Speaker's Note: Matt Goldish would like to add a more complete response to one of the questions asked him after … Nicholas Breyfogle:   Hello and welcome to “What was wrong with the judges at the Salem Witch …

… phoned Nairobi to speak with two Kenyans whom I have known for years. I wanted to find out how they were faring in the … going to take their seats the next day and that they were completely resolute in overturning the election and bringing … Thiong'o and his wife were beaten by thugs during a brief visit to Kenya more recently. Banditry and other forms of …

… experience hyperinflation . Despite the government’s best efforts to continue payments, a crippling debt default also … in 2016. Diphtheria, once thought eradicated, has made a comeback . By some estimates, 2.5 million people have left … during the Rafael Caldera administration (1994-1999) that coincided with the lowest international crude prices in …

… The left side of the American political-entertainment complex has passed the time since the 2012 election watching … popcorn in one hand and a bourbon in the other, listening for the sounds of a cracking foundation. … in the west. In 1896, one of their main issues – free coinage of silver currency, which would have inflated the …

… threaten the cultural makeup of Europe due to the alleged incompatibility of the Islamic faith of the majority of new … saw some of the largest waves of refugees and most violent forced migrations in human history, especially as a result … East and West, a potent metaphor of captivity. It is not coincidental that the end of the Cold War began with the …

… You can't read the newspapers or surf the web without coming face to face with the pivotal human problem of energy … were neither everyday news items nor were they significant forces within American energy policy-making. In the 1960s, … This emphasis on the environment clearly distinguishes the latest period of the long transition from earlier times when …

… the amendment restored voting rights to ex-felons who had completed their prison sentence and been released from parole or probation, except for those convicted of murder or felony sex crimes. A … are most common in the South today, nor is it simply a coincidence that African Americans remain disproportionately …

… average citizens with no connection to crime have become victims of this policy —especially poor and young … Court magistrates and the Attorney General. He also made bitcoin legal tender, claiming it would modernize the country’s … Rights Ombudsman. Family members have not been able to visit their loved ones, despite pleading with the …

… II and Martin McGuiness shake hands, June 27, 2012. Before making the turn to politics, McGuiness was a leader of … that, 17 years after its inception, remains stubbornly incomplete. On the positive side, the Belfast Agreement … he allowed Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams (below right) to visit the United States to build support and raise funds. …

… scare you. The part where, like other privacy scholars, I inform or at least remind you, with a sweep of bleak Orwellian … narrative says technology is to blame—that after mainframe computers burst onto the scene in the middle of the … starting to become a commodity. Modern consumers want the latest tech, but they’re also concerned about how their data …

… could be reached—this meeting laid an important foundation for future international cooperation.  Subsequent … epidemiological data on infectious diseases, and offer recommendations on sanitation. The OIPH would later become a … the year.  And, of course, in 2020,  COVID-19  became the latest PHEIC. While the response to the COVID-19 pandemic …

… on a Wikileaks document, surreptitiously acquired from Stratfor, the Texas security company, revealing Egyptian and Sudanese plans to build an … about the environmental and political impact of this latest dam have discouraged lenders. The International …

… countries experienced food riots. "Hunger seasons" have become the norm in many parts of the global south, and women … It has many tangled causes, one being simple competition for basic cereals. The growth of nonwestern economies like … version of carbophobia, William Gull (a royal doctor) coined the term anorexia nervosa to refer to a condition he …

… With more than 80 million forcibly displaced people in the world and another 260-plus … policy in the U.S., Europe, and across the world have become fierce and deeply divisive, to say the least, and will surely continue to dominate politics in the coming years. All the while, lives are in the balance as …

… was in a part an academic exercise, it was also an effort to reclaim pieces of a family’s experience that was … Dr. Lucy Murphy  Welcome to Reclaiming My Family's Story: Cultural Trauma and … programs all throughout the year so definitely make sure to visit our website mcc.osu.edu. And we have a whole calendar …

… Doping scandals have been shaking the world of sport for almost a half century. However, the recent scandal … Agency (WADA) Dick Pound presented “The Independent Commission Report #1” to the press corps. The 323-page … brand. Ultimately what history teaches us is that the latest Russian drug scandal is not, as is often portrayed, …

… 1930s and 1940s, the U.S. began to establish a global model for pursuing drug prohibition both at home and abroad. … on Drugs, it isn’t colonial China or Japan or Mexico that comes to mind…it's the United States. And for good reason. … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… credit Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers, the man responsible for security at the House of Commons, with taking down the gunman. Commentators not … appears that those who want concealed carry (which is the latest frontier for gun rights in the U.S.) are more …