Will Climate Shock Cause Climate Change Action?
Does throwing tomato soup at a famous painting force the world to respond to climate change? In this episode, Dana Fisher, School of International Service professor and director of American University...
1 Dec 202332min
Why are Rohingya and Ukrainian Refugees Treated Differently?
In this episode, School of International Service professor Tazreena Sajjad joins Big World to discuss the difference in global responses to Rohingya and Ukrainian refugees. Sajjad, an expert on refu...
1 Nov 202335min
Netanyahu and Democracy in Israel
In this episode, Guy Ziv, School of International Service professor and associate director of American University’s Meltzer Schwartzberg Center for Israel Studies, joins Big World to discuss democracy...
2 Okt 202334min
Disinformation, Part 2: the US
In this episode, SIS professor Samantha Bradshaw joins Big World to discuss the spread of disinformation online in the US. Over the last decade in the United States, disinformation is a topic that h...
5 Sep 202332min
Disinformation Part 1: India
“Disinformation” and “misinformation” are two words we often hear, but how many people know what those words mean? How do we identify disinformation? How is it spread? The disinformation issue is not ...
1 Aug 202325min
Disability Rights are Human Rights
This July marks 33 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed — a landmark law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employme...
5 Juli 202335min
Politics, Religion, and Diplomacy in Pakistan and India
Together, Pakistan and India account for nearly a quarter of the world’s population. The two nations and their peoples also have made innumerable contributions to the world’s great religions, history,...
1 Juni 202335min
Classified Documents 101
Classified information is utilized by nearly every agency in the government, but what happens when that information is leaked or mishandled? After classified documents were discovered in the private r...
1 Maj 202325min
