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About Kirk Meighoo

Kirk Meighoo is Public Relations Officer for the United National Congress, the Official Opposition in Trinidad and Tobago. His career has spanned media, academia, and politics for three decades.

Kirk Meighoo is Public Relations Officer for the United National Congress, the Official Opposition in Trinidad and Tobago. His career has spanned media, academia, and politics for three decades.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Kirk:

Politics & Polemics October 13, 2022

The Socialist Manifesto

The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality

Bhaskar Sunkara

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
In The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality (Basic Books, 2020), Bhaskar Sunkara explores socialism's history since the mid-1800s and presents a realistic …
Politics & Polemics September 1, 2022

The Summer of Theory

History of a Rebellion, 1960-1990

Philipp Felsch

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
'Theory' - a magical glow has emanated from this word since the sixties. Theory was more than just a succession of ideas: it was an article of faith, a claim …
Politics & Polemics December 22, 2021

Spain and Its Achilles' Heels

The Strong Foundations of a Country's Weaknesses

Koldo Casla

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
In Spain and Its Achilles' Heels: The Strong Foundations of a Country's Weaknesses (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021), Koldo Casla asks: Why was Franco exhumed from the Valley of the Fallen in late …
Politics & Polemics December 20, 2021

Intolerable

Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970-1980)

Edited by Kevin Thompson and Perry Zurn

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
Intolerable: Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970-1980) (University of Minnesota Press, 2021), edited by Kevin Thompson and Perry Zurn, is a groundbreaking collection of writings by Michel Foucault …
Politics & Polemics December 1, 2021

Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic:

The Deep State and the Unitary Executive

Stephen Skowronek et al

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive (Oxford University Press, 2021) powerfully dissects one of the fundamental problems in American governance today: the clash between …
Politics & Polemics October 27, 2021

The Money Illusion

Market Monetarism, the Great Recession, and the Future of Monetary Policy

Scott Sumner

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
Is it possible that the consensus around what caused the 2008 Great Recession is almost entirely wrong? It's happened before. Just as Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz led the economics …
Politics & Polemics October 18, 2021

Outgrowing Capitalism

Rethinking Money to Reshape Society and Pursue Purpose

Marco Dondi

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
In Outgrowing Capitalism: Rethinking Money to Reshape Society and Pursue Purpose (Fast Company Press, 2021), Marco Dondi sheds light on the fact that most people do not have the economic security to …
Middle Eastern Studies October 12, 2021

Dangerous Gifts

Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864

Ozan Ozavci

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
From Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Egypt in 1798 to the foreign interventions in the ongoing civil wars in Syria, Yemen, and Libya today, global empires or the so-called Great Powers …
Politics & Polemics September 22, 2021

Western Jihadism

A Thirty Year History

Jytte Klausen

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
Western Jihadism: A Thirty Year History (Oxford University Press, 2021) tells the story of how Al Qaeda grew in the West.In forensic and compelling detail, Jytte Klausen traces how Islamist revolutionaries …
Politics & Polemics September 13, 2021

American Democracy in Crisis

The Case for Rethinking Madisonian Government

Jeanne Sheehan

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
Public disenchantment with and distrust of American government is at an all-time high and who can blame them? In the face of widespread challenges--everything from record levels of personal and …
African American Studies January 26, 2021

The Construction of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X in Composition Textbooks

Rereading Readers

Cedric Burrows

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
This is part of our Special Series on Malcolm X and Black Nationalism. In this series, we delve into the background of Malcolm X's action and thought in the context …
Political Science January 26, 2021

Latin American Nationalism

Identity in a Globalizing World

James F. Siekmeier

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
This is a Special Series on Third World Nationalism. In the wake of a rise in nationalism around the world, and its general condemnation by liberals and the left, in …
Political Science January 12, 2021

Indonesian Notebook

A Sourcebook on Richard Wright and the Bandung Conference

Brian Russell Roberts and Keith Foulcher

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
This is a Special Series on Third World Nationalism. In the wake of a rise in nationalism around the world, and its general condemnation by liberals and the left, in …
Politics & Polemics December 28, 2020

War for Eternity

Inside Bannon's Far-right Circle of Global Power Brokers

Benjamin R. Teitelbaum

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
An explosive and unprecedented inside look at Steve Bannon's entourage of global powerbrokers and the hidden alliances shaping today's geopolitical upheaval. In 2015, Bloomberg News named Steve Bannon “the most …
Political Science December 24, 2020

The Wilsonian Moment

Self-determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism

Erez Manela

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
This is a Special Series on Third World Nationalism. In the wake of a rise in nationalism around the world, and its general condemnation by liberals and the left, in addition …
Caribbean Studies December 23, 2020

Scripts of Blackness

Race, Cultural Nationalism, and U.S. Colonialism in Puerto Rico

Isar P. Godreau

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
This is part of our Special Series on Third World Nationalism. In the wake of a rise in nationalism around the world, and its general condemnation by liberals and the left, in …
Biography December 22, 2020

A Lie of Reinvention

Correcting Manning Marable's Malcolm X

Jared A. Ball and Todd Burroughs

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
This is part of our Special Series on Malcolm X and Black Nationalism. In this series, we delve into the background of Malcolm X's action and thought in the context of Black …
African American Studies December 17, 2020

Black Minded

The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X

Michael E. Sawyer

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
This episode is part of a Special Series on Malcolm X and Black Nationalism.In this series, we delve into the background of Malcolm X's action and thought in the context …
Politics & Polemics December 14, 2020

The Wake-Up Call

Why the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West, and How to Fix It

John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that governments matter again, that competent leadership is the difference between living and dying. A few governments proved adept at handling the crisis while many …
Politics & Polemics December 11, 2020

Revolution Or Death

The Life of Eldridge Cleaver

Justin Gifford

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
Revolution Or Death: The Life of Eldridge Cleaver (Lawrence Hill Books, 2020) is a remarkable biography that examines the notorious Black revolutionary meticulously within the context of his changing times. Charismatic …
Politics & Polemics December 4, 2020

The Religion Clauses

The Case for Separating Church and State

Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
Throughout American history, views on the proper relationship between the state and religion have been deeply divided. And, with recent changes in the composition of the Supreme Court, First Amendment …
Politics & Polemics December 2, 2020

China: Engage!

Avoid The New Cold War

Vince Cable

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
Anyone doing business with China will have been shocked by the speed with which political and economic relations with Western, and some other, countries – like India – have deteriorated …
South Asian Studies December 1, 2020

Naoroji

Pioneer of Indian Nationalism

Dinyar Patel

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
In the wake of a rise in nationalism around the world, and its general condemnation by liberals and the left, we have put together this series on Third World Nationalism …
African American Studies November 30, 2020

Malcolm X

The FBI File

Clayborne Carson

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
This is a Special Series on Malcolm X and Black Nationalism. We delve into the background of Malcolm X's action and thought in the context of Black Nationalism, correcting the …