Welcome to the ninth episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features Michigan State University professor Emily Conroy-Krutz (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with Baylor University professor Ronald Johnson about his new book Entangled Alliances: Racialized Freedom and Atlantic Diplomacy During the American Revolution Save 30% off the print edition with the Promo Code 09POD: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501783715/entangled-alliances Written transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/N_JEnFLwFjwi5GE-gZtf-89exgA?utm_source=copy_url

Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Connected to Place: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501783999/connected-to-place/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/KoB6-9RgsOUXRf2W10Nq3CpFmhk?utm_source=copy_url Matt Biggar is Founder and Principal of Connected to Place. He has worked as a strategy consultant, researcher, writer, speaker, teacher, and educational leader. He focuses on systems change and strategic collaboration within local and regional contexts. We spoke to Matt about how his new book provides a fundamental, actionable, and holistic guide to systems change, the change levers that can help us live connected to place and bring us together rather than be pulled apart, and some initial first steps he recommends you can take right now to make a positive impact on your own community.

Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Walking Chicago's Coast: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501783142/walking-chicagos-coast/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Dl0aINXKuWDkNJ85vVULu65ZQbM?utm_source=copy_url Michael McColly's essays have appeared in The New York Times, the Boston Review, and The Sun magazine. He is the author of the Lambda Literary Award–winning memoir The After-Death Room, chronicling his journey reporting on AIDS activism in Africa, Asia, and the United States. We spoke to Michael about how your perception radically changes when you move through the world with intention, how his 63-mile journey through Chicago forever changed how he views the city, and concrete steps listeners can take to see their own neighborhoods and cities in a brand new light.

Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Entangled Alliances: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501783715/entangled-alliances/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/DK8vZ6h5cGCbqYHj0uoncXYUaD0?utm_source=copy_url Ronald Johnson holds the Ralph and Bessie Mae Lynn Chair of History at Baylor University. He is the author of Diplomacy in Black and White, co-editor of In Search of Liberty and co-editor of the Journal of the Early Republic. We spoke to Ronald about how his research on the American Revolution revealed fascinating parallels and connections between the white and black revolutionaries in the Thirteen colonies and their fellow rebels and patriots in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) in their collective uprising against European tyranny.

Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Disciplining Democracy: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779961/disciplining-democracy/#bookTabs=1 Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/f-IjI_UwKzxZDGAq30_d5x4VQGc?utm_source=copy_url For over a decade, David Busch has worked as an educator and program administrator in both academic and public settings. He now teaches at Cuyahoga Community College (Cleveland, Ohio), where he directs a summer humanities program. We spoke to David about why the conventional wisdom that universities are hotbeds of political transformation is in fact wrong, why universities actually discourage political activism in favor of volunteering and service learning, and some promising new models for promoting engaged citizenship that could better serve students, universities, and our democracy as well.

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Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on The Hard Work of Hope https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501782145/the-hard-work-of-hope/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/JgZXr0zi7XFpccw5azotP2auOuY?utm_source=copy_url Michael Ansara has been a dedicated activist and organizer since the 1960s, starting with the civil rights, student, and antiwar movements. His poetry and essays have been featured in numerous journals. We spoke to Michael about the many flashpoint moments he experienced on the front lines fighting for civil rights and working to end the war in Vietnam, why he believes organizing is the key to success in helping to bring about change, and his time-tested practical advice for everyday Americans seeking to make a difference.

Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on The Spirit of Socialism: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501781513/the-spirit-of-socialism/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/OGLO8fW9hDnmYeR2CzmGMZ5lNEo?utm_source=copy_url Joseph Kellner is a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union at the University of Georgia. We spoke to Joseph about why the collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in a dramatic increase in spiritual seeking by the mainstream population, the many colorful and memorable spiritual leaders who rose to prominence at that time, and why these new and apparently un-Soviet spiritual pursuits were most avidly supported, and practiced, by people with university and graduate degrees.

Read Borders in Red for FREE! https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501780554/borders-in-red/#bookTabs=1 Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/3ndhPn4qPVQKBrbos5QrSp41j_8?utm_source=copy_url Stephan Rindlisbacher is a postdoctoral researcher at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). We spoke to Stephan about how his new book, the first comprehensive look into how the border between Russia and Ukraine was drawn, helps us better understand today’s current conflict between the two nations; how politicians, experts, and people from the border regions worked together to create the Soviet Republic borders in the 1920s and early 1930s; and the amazing detailed maps that accompany this rich history throughout the book.

Learn more about Startup Capitalism (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%):
 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501781391/startup-capitalism/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Tmx6NA_VRaCB-WSUO1lIHbWfO9c?utm_source=copy_url Robyn Klingler-Vidra is Reader in Entrepreneurship and Sustainability at King's Business School, King's College London. Ramon Pacheco Pardo is Professor of International Relations at King's College London and the KF-VUB Korea Chair at the Brussels School of Governance of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. We spoke to Robyn and Ramon about the different strategies that China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan take in emulating the Silicon Valley approach to economic growth and innovation, how these East Asian countries want their big businesses to “gain innovative DNA by working with startups,” and how these evolving new strategies from Asia directly challenge, and will certainly influence, the current Silicon Valley playbook.