Deep Background with Noah Feldman

Pushkin Industries

Behind every news headline, there’s another, deeper story. It’s a story about power. In Deep Background, Harvard Law School professor and Bloomberg View columnist Noah Feldman will bring together a cross-section of expert guests to explore the historical, scientific, legal, and cultural context that help us understand what’s really going on behind the biggest stories in the news.iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

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    Murder Brokers from Hot Money: The New Narcos

    When a Dutch crime reporter makes an unbelievable discovery, a small-town murder case begins to look like an international assassination plot. Enjoy this episode from Hot Money: The New Narcos, a podcast from Pushkin Industries and the Financial Times.

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    5 December 2023, 10:00 am
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    The Future of COVID-19 with Marc Lipsitch

    Harvard epidemiologist and recurring guest Marc Lipsitch discusses what we can learn from omicron surge. Lipsitch also addresses some common omicron myths and discusses the possibility of a “master vaccine.” 

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    27 January 2022, 1:01 am
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    How One Bank Shaped American Capitalism

    Zachary Karabell, financial executive and historian, discusses his recent book Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power, outlining the formation of American capitalism told through the history of one often-overlooked bank. He explains how the evolution of trust in financial systems has shaped American capitalism today and informs where it could go in the future.

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    20 January 2022, 1:34 am
  • 38 minutes 46 seconds
    Inside The Facebook Oversight Board

    Jamal Greene, co-chair of the Facebook Oversight Board, an independent governing body reviewing Facebook’s content moderation decisions and issuing binding rulings, explains the inner workings of the Board. Greene is the Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where he focuses on constitutional law and American federal courts. 

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    12 January 2022, 11:41 pm
  • 44 minutes 28 seconds
    What’s the Deal with Decentralized Autonomous Organizations?

    Erik Voorhees, founder of crypto management platform ShapeShift, makes a case for decentralized autonomous organizations, known as DAOs. Earlier this year, ShapeShift became a DAO, “moving from a centralized, closed-source application with bank accounts, governed and owned by shareholders, to a decentralized, open-source application without bank accounts, governed and owned by holders of the FOX Token.” Voorhees explains how DAOs works could reshape business, economics, and politics. . 


    Read Erik Voorhees’ Medium post about moving to a DAO structure here: 

    https://erikvoorhees.medium.com/shapeshift-is-decentralizing-639bb4c82fc8

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    23 December 2021, 2:00 am
  • 28 minutes 43 seconds
    The Supply Chain Crisis Isn’t Going Away

    Hannah Kain, CEO of supply chain management company Alom, shares her analysis of how we got into the supply chain crisis and the larger story it reveals about trade wars, labor shortages, and the need for better automation systems. 

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    15 December 2021, 10:57 pm
  • 39 minutes 15 seconds
    James Carville Calls for Democratic Party Unity

    Political strategist and media commentator James Carville shares his frank concerns about the Democratic party’s strategy and leadership. Carville discusses the risks of party disunity in this crucial time, the false equivalency of the far left and right, and why the Democratic party needs better salespeople. 


    Harvard political scientist Theda Skocpol’s 2021 report on political organizing in Georgia and North Carolina can be read here.

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    9 December 2021, 3:33 am
  • 39 minutes 15 seconds
    A New Media Business Model

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    Jason Feifer, editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, discusses the complicated role of revenue in publishing, especially in the world of business media. He also gives a surprisingly frank look at how Entrepreneur Magazine leans into non traditional practices to balance reader’ interest with the magazine’s revenue model.

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    25 November 2021, 12:31 am
  • 41 minutes 49 seconds
    Miseducation and Climate Change

    Katie Worth, investigative reporter and author of the new book Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught in America, reviewed science textbooks from all fifty states and travelled the country interviewing teachers and students to compile a narrative about how climate change is being taught in American public schools. 

    She joins Noah to discuss the partisan divide in climate change education, the lobbying forces shaping curriculum around the country, and challenge of balancing students’ right to learn the facts with teachers’ values and opinions.

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    18 November 2021, 2:07 am
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    Deep Background Presents Miracle And Wonder: Conversations With Paul Simon

    Presenting: An Excerpt from Miracle And Wonder: Conversations With Paul Simon by Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam. Download the audiobook today at miracleaudiook.com and receive an exclusive listener's guide pdf featuring additional commentary from Bruce, the producers and editors of Miracle and Wonder.

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    16 November 2021, 10:00 am
  • 33 minutes 33 seconds
    Calling Bullshit with Jill Louise Busby

    Jill Louise Busby, a former “woke influencer” with the handle @JillisBlack, opens up about examining her own complicity and calling bullshit on herself. She also discusses performative social media practices, having conversations across cultural lines, and the bounds of cancel culture. Bubsy’s book, Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity, is out now.

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    10 November 2021, 11:19 pm
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