American Prestige

By: Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison
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  • A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world. americanprestige.supportingcast.fm
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Episodes
  • E189 - The Financialization of Modern Media w/ Andrew deWaard

    E189 - The Financialization of Modern Media w/ Andrew deWaard
    Dec 16 2024
    Danny speaks with Andrew deWaard, assistant professor of media and popular culture at UC San Diego, about his book Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture. The two discuss how the falling rate of profit shapes the modern media landscape, the increased drive toward consolidation in entertainment companies, the big movers like private equity firms, hedge funds, asset managers, and venture capitalists, artists' limited ability to defend themselves, the rise of IP, and more.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Bonus - Political Violence w/ Rachel Kleinfeld (Preview)

    Bonus - Political Violence w/ Rachel Kleinfeld (Preview)
    Dec 15 2024
    Danny and Derek speak with Rachel Kleinfeld, senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about her recent article co-authored with Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, "How to Prevent Political Violence". They explore different types of political violence, the connection between online threats and real life action, the rise of political violence in the US since 2015, "violence entrepreneurs", polarization, the role of ideology, and more. Subscribe now for the full episode! Note: This interview was recorded December 3, 2024, i.e. one day before UHC CEO Brian Thompson was shot. Recommended reading: Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality by Renee DiResta
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    10 mins
  • News - Hottest Year on Record, Syria's Transition, Biden Migrant Detention Facilities

    News - Hottest Year on Record, Syria's Transition, Biden Migrant Detention Facilities
    Dec 13 2024
    The news roundup is once again delivered to your temporal lobe. This week: 2024 is officially the hottest year on record (0:57), particularly because the Arctic is no longer a carbon sink, but rather a net carbon emitter (2:40); regarding the situation in Syria, an update on the political transition (5:16), renewed fighting between the SDF and Turkish proxies (10:56), and Israel makes a land grab for an extended "buffer zone" (15:01); in Israel-Palestine, Hamas makes a major ceasefire concession (18:22); rebels in Myanmar seize the Bangladesh border (21:29) while other factions call for a ceasefire (22:51); President Yoon of South Korea survives his first impeachment vote and chaos ensues (24:30); Ethiopia and Somalia strike a deal to settle their recent tensions (30:14); in Russia-Ukraine, Trump's demand for a ceasefire panics Zelenskyy (33:22); Romania's constitutional court annuls the first round of its presidential election (37:14); an armed group commits a massacre in Haiti (40:25); and the Biden administration is building migrant detention facilities (42:00). Subscribe today and check out our in-depth specials on stories from this week: South Korea, Martial Law, and President Yoon w/ Eun A Jo The Fall of Bashar Al-Assad w/ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
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    44 mins

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