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#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power

Posted December 13, 2021 • 02:25:24

Norman Naimark is a historian at Stanford, specializing in the history of genocide. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory

Posted December 8, 2021 • 05:01:37

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#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong

Posted December 3, 2021 • 02:23:05

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#245 – Tom Brands: Iowa Wrestling

Posted November 30, 2021 • 01:03:16

Tom Brands is an Olympic and World Champion in freestyle wrestling and the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. Please support this podcast...

#244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East

Posted November 28, 2021 • 02:49:20

Robert Crews is a historian at Stanford, specializing in Afghanistan, Russia, Islam, Central Asia, and South Asia. Please support this podcast by checking...