Deep Background with Noah Feldman

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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.

  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Benghazi: Episode 6 - Radicals

    The Tea Party takes over the search for the truth about Benghazi, while the FBI pursues a Libyan militia leader suspected of planning the attack.

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    6 October 2025, 4:15 am
  • 58 minutes 7 seconds
    Benghazi: Episode 5 - Greatest Hits

    As the political world looks toward the 2016 Presidential election, Benghazi becomes a Clinton scandal.

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    29 September 2025, 4:15 am
  • 53 minutes 16 seconds
    Benghazi: Episode 4 - Feckless

    How the attack in Benghazi collided with an American election, and how the seeds of a scandal were planted.

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    22 September 2025, 4:15 am
  • 52 minutes 26 seconds
    Benghazi: Episode 3 - Barefoot

    An anti-Islamic video sparks protests in the Middle East, and the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi comes under attack.

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    15 September 2025, 4:15 am
  • 57 minutes 19 seconds
    Benghazi: Episode 2 - We Will Stay Here

    Libya is swept up in a wave of revolution, and an American diplomat makes his mark on Benghazi.

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    8 September 2025, 9:15 am
  • 48 minutes 9 seconds
    Benghazi: Episode 1 - The Dictator

    How a prison massacre carried out under Libya’s long-time dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, set the stage for the Benghazi attack.

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    8 September 2025, 9:00 am
  • 3 minutes 41 seconds
    Introducing Fiasco: Benghazi

    Fiasco: Benghazi unpacks the 2012 attack in Libya that left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Chris Stevens—and the ensuing political storm, which raised questions about America’s role in the world, established a playbook to weaponize attention in the social media age, and ultimately changed the course of U.S. history.

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    5 September 2025, 4:15 pm
  • 27 minutes 23 seconds
    From Smart Talks with IBM: How AI Assistants Can Transform Education

    Malcolm Gladwell visits Kennesaw State University to learn about Jiwoo, an AI Assistant that helps future teachers practice responsive teaching by simulating classroom interactions with students. Discover AI’s impact on teaching methods to prepare teachers for the classroom.

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    12 June 2025, 4:01 am
  • 37 minutes 6 seconds
    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
  • 32 minutes 6 seconds
    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
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