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Recent Guests

Delia Duong Ba Wendel

Associate Professor of Urban Studies and International Development at MIT, author of Rwanda's Genocide Heritage Between Justice and Sovereignty

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Episode: Delia Duong Ba Wendel, "Rwanda's Genocide Heritage: Between Justice and Sovereignty" (Duke UP, 2025)

Lawrence Douglas

Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought at Amherst College

Amherst College

Episode: Lawrence Douglas, "The Criminal State: War, Atrocity, and the Dream of International Justice" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Julie Park

Professor in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, College Park

Episode: Julie J. Park, "Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era" (Harvard Education Press, 2026)

David Petruccelli

Author, A Scourge of Humanity: The Origins of Interpol and the End of Empire in Central and Eastern Europe

Dartmouth College

Episode: David Petruccelli, "A Scourge of Humanity: The Origins of Interpol and the End of Empire in Central and Eastern Europe" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Amy Thomas

Author of Copyright, Contract, and Video Games, Terms of Play

University of Glasgow; CREATE Center for the Regulation of the Creative Economy

Episode: Amy Thomas, "Copyright, Contract, and Video Games: Terms of Play" (Hart Publishing, 2026)

Claudia Smith Brinson

Journalist and author of Stories of Struggle, the Clash over Civil Rights in South Carolina

USC Press

Episode: Claudia Smith Brinson, "Stories of Struggle: The Clash over Civil Rights in South Carolina" (U South Carolina Press, 2020)

Anna Law

Author, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship, African Americans, Native Americans and Immigrants (Oxford University Press, 2026)

Oxford University Press

Episode: Anna O. Law, "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Sherif Girgis

Guest scholar on constitutional theory and originalism

Notre Dame Law School (at time of interview), Princeton connections

Episode: Debating the Constitution: On Originalism's Most Pressing Quarrels with Sherif Girgis

Justin Randolph

Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

Episode: Justin Randolph, "Mississippi Law: Policing and Reform in America’s Jim Crow Countryside (UNC Press, 2026)

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4.4 out of 5 stars from 47 ratings

A science 'grants researcher' as an interviewer on a legal podcast??
Not sure why the NB Network has science/medical 'grant researchers' with a pointed conservative agenda doing legal/law interviews. There are a lot of JDs out there more qualified to parse legal & religious books. Not impressive.
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Delia Duong Ba Wendel, "Rwanda's Genocide Heritage: Between Justice and Sovereignty" (Duke UP, 2025)

Q: Could you say something about the dilemmas that Louise and Mario faced, and the ways they moved toward a common understanding of how genocide memory should be memorialized?

They pursued reparative history through emotional, physical, and social labor, confronting paradoxes, ethical dilemmas, and political manipulation, while aiming to preserve evidence and provide a form of repair that could be local, national, and universally understood as memory justice.

Julie J. Park, "Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era" (Harvard Education Press, 2026)

Q: What was the main argument Harvard used in the case, and what did you learn as a consultant?

Harvard argued there was no evidence of intentional discrimination after controlling for relevant variables, while the opposing expert claimed there was discrimination; the interview reveals how different analytical choices can yield different interpretations, underscoring the complexity of social science data in high-stakes admissions debates.

Amy Thomas, "Copyright, Contract, and Video Games: Terms of Play" (Hart Publishing, 2026)

Q: To what extent do you view play as something that falls outside traditional property concepts, and how does that affect rights and access for players?

Play is better understood as interaction with rules and systems, plus the potential for user-generated creativity; recognizing play beyond property can expand user rights and freedoms in how games are experienced and shared.

Lawrence Douglas, "The Criminal State: War, Atrocity, and the Dream of International Justice" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Q: In plain language, what's the difference between the aggression paradigm and the atrocity paradigm?

The aggression paradigm centers on prosecuting leaders for unprovoked wars as the supreme international crime, whereas the atrocity paradigm centers on crimes like genocide and crimes against humanity as the primary international crimes, sometimes independently of war aims.

Claudia Smith Brinson, "Stories of Struggle: The Clash over Civil Rights in South Carolina" (U South Carolina Press, 2020)

Q: Can you talk about the tactics used by White Citizens Councils and the impact on families involved in desegregation efforts?

Brinson details coordinated economic and social pressure—firing petitioners, evicting tenants, leveraging white-owned newspapers to publish lists, and using intimidation to force families to withdraw, all aimed at derailing desegregation efforts.

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A cross-section of recent episodes showcases deep scholarly conversations that span law, history, and political science, with a strong focus on how legal frameworks shape citizenship, governance, and rights. Themes include originalism and constitutional interpretation, policing and reform in the Jim Crow South, sovereignty and diplomacy in early America, memory and museums in immigrant communities, and the regulation of technology and platform accountability. Noteworthy is the consistent emphasis on archival research, interdisciplinary methods, and the way historical perspectives illuminate contemporary policy debates. The show often features university-affiliated scholars, public historians, and legal experts who bring rigorous analysis to... more

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