About Leigh Giangreco

NBN Episodes hosted by Leigh:

Living in the United States as an Immigrant: A Collection of Stories

May 19, 2022

Living in the United States as an Immigrant: A Collection of Stories

Luis Javier Pentón Herrera and Ethan Tính Trịnh
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

Today, millions of immigrants have found a home in the United States. But often, such people end up losing their individual cultures, languages, and i…

Re-orienting the Diaspora–Development Nexus

May 18, 2022

Re-orienting the Diaspora–Development Nexus

Sarah Peck
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

One of the outcomes of globalization is the growth of diasporic communities worldwide. This population has continued to face a lot of complexities due…

Forced Labor and Human Trafficking in the Fishing Industry

May 5, 2022

Forced Labor and Human Trafficking in the Fishing Industry

Vasco Becker-Weinberg
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

Forced labor and human trafficking in fisheries, albeit present in most parts of the world, have gone unnoticed for many years. Fishers at sea are out…

Central Asia Under Brussels’ and Moscow’s Eyes

May 4, 2022

Central Asia Under Brussels’ and Moscow’s Eyes

W. M. Gerrits
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

The Soviet Republic once held tremendous sway over the politics of Central Asia as the grand hegemon of the region. But now, in the post-Soviet world,…

Labor Exploitation and Human Trafficking in Businesses

April 21, 2022

Labor Exploitation and Human Trafficking in Businesses

Alexis Aronowitz
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

In the modern world, human trafficking and slavery take various forms: one such example is forced labor. But understanding exactly how and where force…

Yiddish in Europe

April 20, 2022

Yiddish in Europe

Bart Wallet and Laura Almagor
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

Yiddish is part of the family of Germanic languages with influences of Hebrew and Aramaic and encompasses many dialects spoken in several parts of Eur…

Schengen Borders and Multiple National States of Emergency: From Refugees to Terrorism to COVID-19

April 6, 2022

Schengen Borders and Multiple National States of Emergency: From Refugees to Terrorism to COVID-19

Elspeth Guild
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

The Schengen area consists of 26 European states, most members of the EU but some not, and consists of two main features: the absence of intra-Schenge…

Slaving Zones in the Modern World

March 24, 2022

Slaving Zones in the Modern World

Alexis Jonathan
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

For centuries, slavery was prominent, driving economies and defining cultures. But in today’s socio-economically liberal world, it seems to have retre…

The Samaritans: A Biblical People

March 23, 2022

The Samaritans

Steven Fine
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

The Samaritans have been around since biblical times. They share history with the Jews, Christians, and Muslims; yet their identity is at odds with th…

Looking at Slave Trade through the Prism of Community

March 10, 2022

Looking at Slave Trade through the Prism of Community

Raphaël Lambert
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

The term “slavery” brings to mind transatlantic ships and human trade—both very disturbing visualizations of human experience. Historically, such slav…

Religion and Politics: Exploring the Underbelly of Populism

March 9, 2022

Religion and Politics

Ulrich Schmiedel
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

Populism has been at the center of academic and non-academic discussions over the past century and one may argue that there has been an upsurge in pop…

Exploring Autonomy: A History of Jewish Self-Governance in Eastern Europe

February 23, 2022

Exploring Autonomy

François Guesnet
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

The emergence of self-government in the Jewish community in Eastern Europe has been a slow process, often encouraged by invitations of existing regime…

A Guide to Administering Distance Learning

February 9, 2022

A Guide to Administering Distance Learning

Lauren Cifuentes
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

The Pandemic led to a massive shift in the course of education as the world was forced to switch to distance learning. And with a new model comes new …

Pandemic, Disruption and Adjustment in Higher Education

January 26, 2022

Pandemic, Disruption and Adjustment in Higher Education

Susana Gonçalves and Suzanne Majhanovich
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

The pandemic has rapidly changed the world, making it one rife with online activity and information abundance. Education systems must be modified to m…

How World Events are Changing Education

January 12, 2022

How World Events are Changing Education

Riccarda Matteucci
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

Formal education became widespread only as recently as the end of the 19th century, as a way to train people for jobs created by the boom in industria…

Curriculum and Learning for Climate Action

December 29, 2021

Curriculum and Learning for Climate Action

Radhika Iyengar and Christina T. Kwauk
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

Education is one of our main weapons in the fight against climate change. The need of the hour, therefore, is to enhance the world’s commitment to cli…

Homeschooling: A Guidebook of Practices, Claims, Issues, and Implications

December 15, 2021

Homeschooling: A Guidebook of Practices, Claims, Issues, and Implications

Jameson Brewer
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

Over the past few years and especially now— with COVID-19-related lockdowns necessitating that families stay at home—an increasing number of parents h…

Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy

December 1, 2021

Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy

Budd Hall and Rajesh Tandon
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

With radical changes being engineered in society, education systems everywhere need to match up. As part of our podcast, Humanities Matter, the all-…

Climate Change and Individual Moral Duties

November 17, 2021

Climate Change and Individual Moral Duties

Anna Luisa Lippold
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

The global trends of increasing climate change are predicted to intensify over the next few decades. General consensus remains that climate change is …

War Stories: The Military Tactics of Ancient Egyptian Rulers As Illustrated by War Records

November 3, 2021

War Stories

Anthony John Spalinger
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

The lives of ancient Egyptians were truly colorful, and of them, the royals led the most vivid lives. The military pharaohs have left behind many reco…

Climate Change, Oceans and Gender

October 20, 2021

Climate Change, Oceans and Gender

Nilufer Oral
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

Oceans are inextricably linked to the climate. Today, oceans are warming far more rapidly than they have in the past 65 million years, placing the spo…

Milieudefensie v. Shell: A Tipping Point in Climate Change Litigation against Corporations?

October 6, 2021

Milieudefensie v. Shell: A Tipping Point in Climate Change Litigation against Corporations?

Andreas Hösli
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

In May 2021, a landmark court order from a district court in the Netherlands ruled that Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest fossil fuel companies in…

Forces of Production, Climate Change, and Canadian Fossil Capitalism

September 22, 2021

Forces of Production, Climate Change, and Canadian Fossil Capitalism

Nicolas Graham
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

As we see in the news every day, climate change is already upon us. The climate crisis is no longer a bridge to be crossed in the future. It must be d…

Gender Ideologies, Conservative Christianity, and Legislation in the U.S.

September 8, 2021

Gender Ideologies, Conservative Christianity, and Legislation in the U.S.

SJ Crasnow
Hosted by Leigh Giangreco

Gender, and regulations of and discourses on it, have historically been a cornerstone of the conservative Christian belief system. The stance of the C…