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NBN Episodes hosted by Cyril:

Lester K. Spence, "Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics" (U Minnesota Press, 2011)

October 25, 2011

Stare in the Darkness

Lester Spence
Hosted by Cyril Ghosh

Hip-hop has, within a short time span, moved from a free-flowing expression of urban youth to a global--and highly marketable--musical genre. Its infl…

Tamara Metz, "Untying the Knot: Marriage, the State, and the Case for Their Divorce" (Princeton UP, 2010)

August 4, 2011

Untying the Knot

Tamara Metz
Hosted by Cyril Ghosh

Marriage is at the center of some of our fiercest political debates. Here are some recent developments regarding marriage in the United States. Earlie…

Gregory Koger, "Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate" (U Chicago Press, 2010)

June 14, 2011

Filibustering

Gregory Koger
Hosted by Cyril Ghosh

In recent months, we've been hearing a lot of talk about filibustering in the Senate, about how Senate Democrats acquired a filibuster-proof majority …

Elizabeth Cohen, "Semi-Citizenship in Democratic Politics" (Cambridge UP, 2009)

May 20, 2011

Semi-Citizenship in Democratic Politics

Elizabeth Cohen
Hosted by Cyril Ghosh

Practically everyone thinks they understand what citizenship means. Yet, there is a great deal of conceptual ambiguity about the term and scholars stu…