Today’s show focuses on the history of radio in Angola – as an instrument for Portuguese settlers, the colonial state, African nationalists, and the postcolonial state to project power and challenge empire. Marissa Moorman calls these distinct and sometimes overlapping interests Powerful Frequencies, the title of her new book, published by Ohio University Press. Its subtitle is Radio, State Power, …
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Congress is considering a recommendation by the Trump administration that would allow for the deployment of ‘strategic’ nuclear weapons. Secretary of Defense James Mattis argued the smaller warheads could be deployed on submarine-launched ballistic missiles, allowing for the U.S. to deploy a ‘proportional response’ to the use of nuclear weapons by other countries, namely Russia. Opponents argue the smaller warheads …
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Elena Volochine is the Moscow Bureau Chief for France24. A reporter and documentarian, Volochine spoke at the Indiana University Media School on Tuesday, November 27th, 2018. Volochine spoke about propaganda and journalism in Russia. Volochine begins her presentation with an interview from a supposed Ukrainian sailor about Russia’s confiscation of Ukrainian ships. Occasionally, Volochine speaks with a translator in French. …
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