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:

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim, "Decolonizing Human Rights" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

January 3, 2024

Decolonizing Human Rights

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim
Hosted by Kirk Meighoo

In his extensive body of work, Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim challenges both historical interpretations of Islamic Sharia and neo-colonial underst…

Stephen Boucher et al., "The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance" (Routledge, 2023)

December 13, 2023

The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance

Stephen Boucher, Carina Antonia Hallin, and Lex Paulson
Hosted by Kirk Meighoo

The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance (Routledge, 2023) explores the concepts, methodologies, and implication…

Bhaskar Sunkara, "The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality" (Basic Books, 2020)

October 13, 2022

The Socialist Manifesto

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 hi…

Philipp Felsch, "The Summer of Theory: History of a Rebellion, 1960-1990" (Polity Press, 2021)

September 1, 2022

The Summer of Theory

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, …

Koldo Casla, "Spain and Its Achilles' Heels: The Strong Foundations of a Country's Weaknesses" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021)

December 22, 2021

Spain and Its Achilles' Heels

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 …

Michel Foucault, "Intolerable: Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970-1980)" (U Minnesota Press, 2021)

December 20, 2021

Intolerable

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 Thomps…

Stephen Skowronek et al., "Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive" (Oxford UP, 2021)

December 1, 2021

Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic:

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 fundamenta…

Scott Sumner, "The Money Illusion: Market Monetarism, the Great Recession, and the Future of Monetary Policy" (U Chicago Press, 2021)

October 27, 2021

The Money Illusion

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 …

Marco Dondi, "Outgrowing Capitalism: Rethinking Money to Reshape Society and Pursue Purpose" (Fast Company Press, 2021)

October 18, 2021

Outgrowing Capitalism

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 …

Ozan Ozavci, "Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864" (Oxford UP, 2021)

October 12, 2021

Dangerous Gifts

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 em…

Jytte Klausen, "Western Jihadism: A Thirty Year History" (Oxford UP, 2021)

September 22, 2021

Western Jihadism

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 de…

Jeanne Sheehan, "American Democracy in Crisis: The Case for Rethinking Madisonian Government" (Palgrave Macmillian, 2021)

September 13, 2021

American Democracy in Crisis

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--…

James F. Siekmeier, "Latin American Nationalism: Identity in a Globalizing World" (Bloomsbury, 2017)

January 26, 2021

Latin American Nationalism

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 …

Cedric Burrows, "The Construction of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X in Composition Textbooks: Rereading Readers" (2011)

January 26, 2021

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

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 …

B. R. Roberts and K. Foulcher, "Indonesian Notebook: A Sourcebook on Richard Wright and the Bandung Conference" (Duke UP, 2016)

January 12, 2021

Indonesian Notebook

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 …

Benjamin R. Teitelbaum, "War for Eternity: Inside Bannon's Far-right Circle of Global Power Brokers" (Dey Street Books, 2020)

December 28, 2020

War for Eternity

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 up…

Erez Manela, "The Wilsonian Moment: Self-determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism" (Oxford UP, 2019)

December 24, 2020

The Wilsonian Moment

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 …

Isar P. Godreau, "Scripts of Blackness: Race, Cultural Nationalism, and U.S. Colonialism in Puerto Rico" (U Illinois Press, 2015)

December 23, 2020

Scripts of Blackness

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 …

J. A. Ball and T. Burroughs, "A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable's Malcolm X" (Black Classic Press, 2015)

December 22, 2020

A Lie of Reinvention

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 …

Michael E. Sawyer, "Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X" (Pluto Press, 2020)

December 17, 2020

Black Minded

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 tho…

Adrian Wooldridge, "The Wake-Up Call: Why the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West, and How to Fix It" (HarperVia, 2020)

December 14, 2020

The Wake-Up Call

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 governme…

Justin Gifford, "Revolution Or Death: The Life of Eldridge Cleaver" (Lawrence Hill, 2020)

December 11, 2020

Revolution Or Death

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 revolutionar…

E. Chemerinsky and H. Gillman, "The Religion Clauses: The Case for Separating Church and State" (Oxford UP, 2020)

December 4, 2020

The Religion Clauses

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…

Vince Cable, "China: Engage!--Avoid The New Cold War" (Bite-Sized Books, 2020)

December 2, 2020

China: Engage!

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, countri…