American Prestige

Mar 12 2025 96 ep. 34 mins 4.2k

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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.

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Special - The Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil w/ Spencer Ackerman

Mar 12 2025 39 mins

Spencer Ackerman of Forever Wars joins the program to talk about the arrest by ICE of activist Mahmoud Khalil. Read Spencer's piece on the matter, "Mahmoud Khalil's Detention Is A War on Terror Milestone". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Re-Post - Jewish Anti-Imperialism from the 1930s Onward w/ Benjamin Balthasar

Mar 12 2025 64 mins

Chag Purim Sameach! Enjoy this discussion from 2022 where Danny speaks with Benjamin Balthasar, associate professor of English at Indiana University-South Bend, about the history of Jewish anti-imperialism from the 1930s until today. Subscribe today for more episodes like this and ad-free content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

E201 - Sheriffs as Members of the Security State w/ Jessica Pishko

Mar 11 2025 64 mins

Independent journalist and lawyer Jessica Pishko sits down with Danny and Derek to talk about sheriffs and the power that they hold. The group explores the rise of sheriffs in the 1820s under Andrew Jackson, their unique position as both law enforcement officers and politicians, their relationship to militias, the rise of “constitutional sheriffs”, figures from Wyatt Earp to Jo

Bonus - Marx as a Jewish Thinker w/ Paul Reitter (Preview)

Mar 09 2025 9 mins

Danny and Derek welcome back to the podcast Paul Reitter, professor of Germanic languages and literature at the Ohio State University, this time for a discussion on Karl Marx through the lens of his Judaism and how that might illuminate new elements of his work or reshape our thinking of it. They talk about Marx’s place among other radical Jewish thinkers from the Rhineland, idea

AP x Nonzero - Trump’s Disruptive Foreign Policy

Mar 08 2025 29 mins

The bi-monthly collaboration between AP and Nonzero Newsletter continues! Our dear paid subscribers also get access to the additional "Overtime" conversation and a discounted membership to Nonzero, so subscribe now for that and much more content! Video 0:00 What could go right with Trump’s foreign policy? 7:47 Trump’s Bibi-pleasing Middle East path 13:25 How would Europe-led

News - PKK Ceasefire, Ukraine Aid in Question, BlackRock Targets Panama Canal

Mar 07 2025 44 mins

This week in the news roundup: the Gaza truce expires and Israel resumes its blockade (0:29); the Arab League proposes a “day after” plan for the Strip which Trump rejects (5:53); the US is negotiating directly with Hamas (10:30); the PKK declares a ceasefire in Turkey (13:24); fighting breaks out on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan (15:10); a political crisis emerges in

E200 - The End of the PKK with Gönül Tol and Djene Bajalan

Mar 04 2025 73 mins

Derek welcomes back to the program Gönül Tol, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, and Djene Bajalan, associate professor of history at Missouri State University, to talk about leader Abdullah Öcalan’s call last week for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to disarm and disband. They talk about Öcalan’s history in this conflict, the need to manage his constituencies

Bonus - The Military and Video Games w/ Jesse Robertson (Preview)

Mar 02 2025 5 mins

Jesse Robertson, writer and doctoral student in history at Harvard University, sits down with Danny to talk about the history of video games and their connection with the Pentagon. They explore the history going back to 1962’s Spacewar!, the army’s turn toward creating simulations in the 1970s and SIMNET, the neoliberal turn of more private companies developing military gaming,

Special - The Trump and Zelensky Falling-Out

Mar 01 2025 5 mins

Danny and Derek talk about yesterday's hostile meeting between Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in front of the media and what that might signal for the two countries' relations going forward. Subscribe now for the full episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News - PKK Disarmament, US/Ukraine Mineral Deal, German Election

Feb 28 2025 54 mins

Danny and Derek, the greatest news anchors since Lennon/McCartney. This week: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan calls for the group’s disarmament (0:32); Syria hosts a “National Dialogue” conference to work through the country’s transition (6:34); Israel and Hamas salvage a hostage deal, but the end looms on Saturday (10:07); Yoon’s impeachment trial