• My Smart Roommates

  • 著者: Jack Weiss
  • ポッドキャスト

My Smart Roommates

著者: Jack Weiss
  • サマリー

  • My Smart Roommates is an intellectual garage band. My roommates at Princeton were impressive - Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude Ph.D.s (except me). Today they are the recent European Human Rights Commissioner; a biologist running a conservation non-profit; a Slavic literature professor; an expert in classics, antiquity and monasticism; and a political scientist - a doctoral dream team. Many of us entered college with high-minded goals; My Smart Roommates are still at it. Hosted by Jack Weiss. Connect with us: www.facebook.com/pages/category/Podcast/My-Smart-Roommates-215288375882635/

    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Jack Weiss
    続きを読む 一部表示

あらすじ・解説

My Smart Roommates is an intellectual garage band. My roommates at Princeton were impressive - Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude Ph.D.s (except me). Today they are the recent European Human Rights Commissioner; a biologist running a conservation non-profit; a Slavic literature professor; an expert in classics, antiquity and monasticism; and a political scientist - a doctoral dream team. Many of us entered college with high-minded goals; My Smart Roommates are still at it. Hosted by Jack Weiss. Connect with us: www.facebook.com/pages/category/Podcast/My-Smart-Roommates-215288375882635/

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jack Weiss
エピソード
  • Prof. Stephen Cohen - An Appreciation
    2020/10/13

    Stephen Cohen‘s classes on Soviet politics, Soviet foreign policy, and Russian history dominated course loads at Princeton for decades. Cohen‘s take on the Soviet Union and leaders such as Bukharin, Gorbachev, and Putin made him an outlier among America’s Russia scholars but it was thrilling to take his classes and engage him directly. This episode takes a look at what made Cohen a phenomenon; with Nils Muiznieks and Dave Powelstock (Cohen students who became Russia scholars).

    Discussed in this episode:

    Stephen F. Cohen, Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution

    Stephen F. Cohen, Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War

    Karen Dawisha, Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?


    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    続きを読む 一部表示
    35 分
  • Covid-19 Slams Europe: Lew Lukens and Nils Muiznieks
    2020/03/25

    Diplomats Lew Lukens and Nils Muiznieks discuss the immediate and long-term impacts of Coronavirus in Europe.


    Lew became one of America's top diplomats through several decades in the Foreign Service and is now a Senior Partner in London with Signum Global Advisors, a New York-based independent advisory firm.


    Nils, the recent European Human Rights Commissioner, is a European Affairs and Human Rights consultant based in Riga, Latvia.


    (Shortly after this episode was recorded on March 23, 2020, UK officials imposed a near-total nationwide lockdown.)


    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    続きを読む 一部表示
    37 分
  • Lew Lukens: The Downgrading of Diplomacy
    2020/01/23

    Lew Lukens became one of America's top diplomats through several decades in the Foreign Service, including postings as Executive Director for Secretary of State Clinton, Ambassador to Senegal/Guinea-Bissau, and DCM in London.


    Lew offers candid observations about how the current Administration has jeopardized U.S. interests and values, and the practice of diplomacy around the world, in conversation with classmates Jack Weiss and Nils Muiznieks, the recent European Human Rights Commissioner.


    Lew is now a Senior Partner in London with Signum Global Advisors, a New York-based independent advisory firm.


    (The current Administration's assault on professionalism targeted Lew; you can read about that here: https://www.gq.com/story/trump-is-waging-war-on-american-diplomats)


    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    続きを読む 一部表示
    37 分

My Smart Roommatesに寄せられたリスナーの声

カスタマーレビュー:以下のタブを選択することで、他のサイトのレビューをご覧になれます。