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Next Comes WhatNext Comes WhatThe Lost and The ReturnedListening to the voices of the disappeared who have come back is a first step toward changing what's happening all around us. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/the-voices-of-the-returned Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What and get Andrea's posts first: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/DfFEA-3d8GU  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-comes-what/id1779885475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7lUaIWeKl0oET2DJVTWhy4 This episode...2025-07-2422 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatThe Same Damn Thing But WorseConcentration camps perpetuate themselves, but the fight against them shapes the future, too. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/choking-on-the-cruelty  Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6XoJL6puGU&list=PLijFVcbACdeU0Zk5DeB1R_CHwCHjPJ5lF  This episode of "Next Comes What" looks at how concentration camp systems grow, how the existing institutions choke on them for at least a while, and what that mean...2025-07-1729 minThe Big Picture (Featured Interviews)The Big Picture (Featured Interviews)WCPT 820 Interview: Andrea PitzerEdwin Eisendrath is joined by Andrea Pitzer,  journalist and author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps. Pitzer defined the concentration camp as mass civilian detention "without any real trial. So if there was a trial," she explained, "it was just a show trial, or a big group, 100 people getting sentenced at once, something like that, done on the basis of race or ethnicity or religion or political party, rather than an actual crime that was committed. And it's almost always done to separate a targeted group from society, to remove them from society, an...2025-07-1425 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatWhat's in a Concentration Camp?A guide to understanding our new concentration-camp era and how to fight it. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/what-s-in-a-name  Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhvb9PfUw2U  In this episode, Andrea Pitzer lays out the definition of a concentration camp and breaks down each part of it. She looks at international trends in concentration camps across the last century and the specific U.S...2025-07-1032 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatHow to Prevent a Full-Blown DictatorshipThe budget bill unleashes a detention system that threatens every American, but we can still act. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/america-s-not-so-secret-police  Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe  Watch the video of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oldNLnCJy5w  Police-State Blues This week, Andrea looks at how police-state tactics are increasing across the country, not least with the debut of a new concentration camp in the Everglades. She d...2025-07-0324 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatAgainst a Rogue CourtThe Supreme Court uses the shadow docket to stick a knife into due process. But every toehold matters when you're taking back the country. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/rogue-scotus-on-the-loose Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to get all the posts first and to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe In this week's episode, Andrea Pitzer looks at Monday's Supreme Court ruling, which permits the government to send immigrants from U.S. soil to countries they did not come from and to...2025-06-2627 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatA Movement That Can Stop TrumpismMillions hit the streets last weekend to secure democracy and change America. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/there-is-no-final-boss Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe This week "Next Comes What" focuses on the five million (or so) Americans who turned up in cities and towns across the country last Saturday for No King's Day. Andrea Pitzer looks at the arc of nationwide protests from 2017 and 2020 and connects 2025 to them as a way to think about wha...2025-06-1925 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatHow We Dissent — #NoKings Lessons from LA & DCPeople in the streets of LA and staff at NIH show all Americans how to stand up to power.  Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/standing-up-to-power  Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe In this week's episode, Andrea Pitzer looks at actions in Los Angeles and at NIH from recent days as models for how we might each be able to shore up democracy in our own communities. She runs through a timeline of how ICE arre...2025-06-1227 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatThe Concentration Camp Tendency Goes GlobalThe Trump administration is accelerating the concentration camp tendency worldwide, worsening conditions people are held in around the globe. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/the-concentration-camp-tendency-part-2  Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe This week, Andrea Pitzer looks at overseas expansion of the concentration camp tendency that sits at the heart of federal policy right now. This exclusion of whole groups from society is something the US is actively promoting overseas. By making plans to or act...2025-06-0521 minIn Conversation… with Frank SchaefferIn Conversation… with Frank SchaefferThe Camps Never Closed: Andrea Pitzer on the Hidden History We Choose to ForgetWhat if the horrors of Auschwitz weren’t a historical exception—but part of a global pattern we refuse to name? Andrea Pitzer joins Frank Schaeffer to expose the uncomfortable truth behind her book One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps. From colonial Cuba to contemporary detentions, we trace the chilling evolution of mass civilian imprisonment—and how democracies, not just dictatorships, are to blame. This is the history we’re living again. Listen in before the memory fades._____LINKShttps://andreapitzer.comhttps://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-andrea-pitzerI have...2025-05-271h 13Next Comes WhatNext Comes WhatWhy Dictators Love to Suspend Habeas CorpusThe constitutional right that keeps you from disappearing—and why Trump wants to suspend it. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/disappearing-bodies Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe What dives into the writ of habeas corpus and how it protects U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike. Andrea Pitzer considers Stephen Miller's comment that the administration would consider suspending habeas corpus depending on how U.S. courts rule on immigration cases underway now. She looks at how...2025-05-1525 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatHow to Keep Grifters from Stealing Your SoulWho really invents the world we all live in? We do.   Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/who-invents-the-world Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe   This week, Next Comes What considers the shell game played by dictators and billionaires alike, as they seek to gain power over humanity. Andrea Pitzer explores the new twist in the story of millionaire-turned-lifestyle-guru Bryan Johnson, who's now trying to found a new religion based on optimizing and preserving the human body. She considers the c...2025-05-0825 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatHow to Fight the Concentration Camp TendencyWhat matters more than money to Trump and his billionaire allies? Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/the-concentration-camp-tendency  Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe This week's episode looks at a common theme uniting the cruel policies of the second Trump administration: the concentration camp tendency, an attempt to remove whole groups of people from society. From the homeless to trans people and the mentally ill, from Black folks to immigrants, our current president is looking to...2025-04-3021 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatHow Antisemitism Warps — History's Most Flexible WeaponHate cultivated over time becomes a tool to destroy everything, and it's happening in America today.    Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/the-window-dressing-on-hate-2-0-b153   Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe    This week's episode looks at the enduring bigotry of antisemitism, as well as how America's home-grown prejudices mirror and echo the damage done by antisemitism. Andrea Pitzer describes how the political usefulness of hatred of Jews in Europe became an all-encompassing conspiracy theory, in which Jews were both superhuman and def...2025-04-2430 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatTrump's Intolerable ActsBy sending immigrants to a gulag in El Salvador, Trump is trying to seize the power to silence any American he wants.   Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/beyond-seas   Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe     Do you have a question about a particular Next Comes What? Do you have more of a comment than a question you'd like to send in? Do you have a local or a national success story? Email your thoughts to nextcomeswhat at gmail dot com. You ca...2025-04-1732 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatHow to Defy a Death CultTrump's tariff mayhem fits a larger pattern. Death and destruction are the only things he's good at. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/government-by-death-cult Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Do you have a question about a particular Next Comes What? Do you have more of a comment than a question you'd like to send in? Do you have a local or a national success story? Email your thoughts to nextcomeswhat at gmail dot com. Yo...2025-04-1134 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatKeeping Musk Rattled — Don't stop. It's working!How taking on extreme wealth can fight the entire Trump agenda. Read the post that inspired this episode:  https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/playing-in-takedown-mode Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Do you have a question about a particular Next Comes What? Do you have more of a comment than a question you'd like to send in? Do you have a local or a national success story? Email your thoughts to nextcomeswhat at gmail dot com. You can write it. You might reco...2025-04-0332 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatNot A Reality Show — Sooner or Later, We're All at RiskA local community tackles Trump's destructive agenda and politicians who collaborate with it.  Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/anatomy-of-a-movement  Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Do you have a question about a particular Next Comes What? Do you have more of a comment than a question you'd like to send in? Do you have a local or a national success story?  Email your thoughts to nextcomeswhat at gmail dot com. You c...2025-03-2725 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatTime to Act — Fighting Ignorance While We Still CanThe dismantling of our government has begun, which means fighting ignorance is critical. All of us are due for some education. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/unbreaking-things Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe  Do you have a question about a particular Next Comes What? Do you have more of a comment than a question you'd like to send in? Do you have a local or a national success story? Email your thoughts to nextcomeswhat at...2025-03-2029 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatWhy Protest Now — The #TeslaTakedown is a Great StartShowing up in public can derail Trump's attempts to destroy the federal government. #TeslaTakedown is a great start. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/when-protest-packs-a-punch  Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe You can find a #teslatakedown protest here: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown  In this week's episode, Andrea Pitzer tackles what protest can accomplish and covers the March 7 Stand Up for Science demonstration in DC. She notes that physical bodies gathered together to de...2025-03-1437 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatDo the Right Thing — Ukraine, Russia & How to Push BackRussia and America have more in common than their betrayal of Kyiv, and we need to push back on this shift. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/blues-for-ukraine  Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe This week's episode of Next Comes What looks at the meeting between Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week in light of Andrea Pitzer's previous experiences in Russia. She looks at what Trump and JD Vance were up to in...2025-03-0637 minTime to Eat the DogsTime to Eat the DogsReplay: IceboundIn the late 1500s, Dutch navigator William Barrents sailed north in search of a Northeast Passage to Asia. This expedition and a second one both suffered hardships, but they were mild in comparison with the horrors of the third expedition. Andrea Pitzer talks about the Arctic voyages of William Barents and their impact on Europe for centuries to come. Pitzer is a journalist and author of Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World.2025-02-2832 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatJamming the Musk Machine — Effectively Tackling AuthoritarianismEffective resistance is happening around the country, but it still needs you to work. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/how-does-actual-resistance-work    Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe    Summing up just one day of recent court rulings, Andrea Pitzer explores whether judges are being assertive in upholding the law against onslaughts from Donald Trump and Elon Musk. She explains why attacking Musk can be so effective and shares a few of the ways he's being strategically ridiculed. From demonstrations at Tesla...2025-02-2729 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes What2 Ways to Avoid an Authoritarian Abyss — Courts & Crowds Not KingsHow the people and the courts will make or break American democracy under Trump 2.0. Read the post that inspired this episode:  https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/heroic-work-from-ordinary-people Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe This week Next Comes What visits one of the dozens of "No Kings" protests around the country on Presidents Day and discovers just how unpopular Elon Musk has become. Talking with federal workers, concerned students, former Republicans horrified by Donald Trump's actions, and other everyday people, Andrea Pitzer fin...2025-02-2132 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatTrump's Time Bomb — Gitmo's Past Ticks into Our Next NightmareHow decades of abuse at Guantanamo undermined democracy and built a black hole of detention for Trump today. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/choking-on-the-mess  Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe The latest Next Comes What episode takes on the "worst of the worst" mythology that Trump's cabinet used to justify sending immigrants to Guantanamo this month, and how this bucket of lies is no different than those that have been handed to the American pub...2025-02-1432 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatIncel Clown Posse — Seizing the Narrative from Musk and TrumpFreedom--how does it work? By putting a stop-work order on Trump and Elon. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/seizing-the-narrative  Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe This week, Next Comes What headed into DC to see what would happen in front of USAID headquarters the day Donald Trump and Elon Musk shut it down. Andrea Pitzer talked to workers protesting out front and to the politicians who held a media event to point out the har...2025-02-0627 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatTrump Corruption Overdrive — Who Pays? And How to Fight Back.Trump isn't just pushing corruption to get a cut of the action--he wants to run the whole game. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/corruption-overload  Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Today's episode of Next Comes What looks at the 31 flavors of Trump's corruption and ways to block him. Andrea Pitzer shares her experiences observing corruption in Russia and explains how the Trump administration seems to be trying to catch up. She looks at the rel...2025-01-3142 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatFreezing Trump Out -- Lessons for a Grim TimeA cold day in hell on the streets of DC as the city shows us how to handle Trump.    Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/a-cold-day-in-hell    Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe    Today's episode of Next Comes What is a report from the nearly empty streets of DC, a tale of two cities, one of which snubbed DonaldTrump. Andrea Pitzer goes to Capitol Hill and Capital One Arena, talking to those visiting town for the inauguration. She finds pattern in the rhetoric...2025-01-2436 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatA Better Way to Take On Trump 2.0 — Inauguration EpisodeWhat to expect when you're expecting an authoritarian. Our inauguration episode. Read the post that inspired this episode. Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What  This episode of Next Comes What is about how to manage the next four years, starting from Day One. Andrea Pitzer discusses the amazing ways that countries around the globe in danger of losing democracy are trying to save themselves right now, the new dangers that the twenty-first century presents to those facing authoritarianism, and some of the most effective ways to con...2025-01-1843 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatHow Authoritarians Abuse and Use the HomelessHomelessness has long been used to criminalize suffering and expand detention. Read the post that inspired this episode. Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What. Today's episode of Next Comes What is about the relationship between homelessness and concentration camps around the globe, as well as a close look at those living without a home in America today. Andrea Pitzer explains how homelessness has historically been used as a political weapon to expand detention for other groups of civilians. She recounts how Mussolini, Hitler, and even Herbert Ho...2025-01-1032 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes What12 | Pincer Attack: The Meaning of January 6thDonald Trump will never accept losing anything – whether an election or a bet. But that wouldn’t matter if he didn’t convince millions of Americans to make his grievances their own.  This Ball of Thread unwinds what made the pincer attack that overran the Capitol on January 6th possible. Donald Trump’s grievance narratives gave disaffected Americans meaning, and in that meaning, he convinced thousands of people to throw their lives away in his name.  The thing is, it’s all the same con. That con defeated the Russia investigation and weaponized the Department of Justice a...2025-01-0557 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatWhy Determination Beats InspirationNot everything will go wrong. Some thoughts for the New Year. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/everything-won-t-go-wrong Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe  Today's episode of Next Comes What is about finding holiday joy even in bleak times. In preparation for the New Year and a new administration coming in, Andrea Pitzer recounts how people in extreme conditions in the past held religious services, celebrated feasts, and even set up circus performances.   She considers stories of A...2024-12-3120 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatThe Power of the Quiet VoiceFrom years of teaching self defense and martial arts, some tips for difficult holiday conversations. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/fighting-words Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-comes-what/id1779885475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7lUaIWeKl0oET2DJVTWhy4 Those times you want to punch somebody over holiday dinner, but you don’t? Andrea Pitzer is here to say “Well done” and to give you...2024-12-2414 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatSomebody To HateDefending immigrants from camps and chaos This week's episode traces the ties between immigrants and concentration camp history then turns to an immigration expert to discuss what Trump will do next. Andrea Pitzer dives into the past of a centuries-old law used to lock up foreigners in America—the very law Trump allies hope will expedite mass deportation. Then she talks about the situation on the ground with Aaron Reichlin-Melnick of the American Immigration Council, who describes Trump's plans for the coming months and the big obstacles to executing them. They offer concrete ways the public can help at...2024-12-2042 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatWe've Tried Nothing (and We're All Out Of Ideas)People have organized in hard times before. There's almost always something that can be done. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/going-to-roanoke Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-comes-what/id1779885475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7lUaIWeKl0oET2DJVTWhy4 This episode looks at what regular people can do when a government aims to actively oppress those it’s meant to serve. Andrea Pitzer discusses ways indi...2024-12-1335 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatHow Humor Can and Can't Fight AuthoritarianismHumor as a weapon in oppressive states. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/laughter-in-the-dark    Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe    This episode looks at how humor works in resisting strongmen and the ways comedy might be a useful tool against the next administration. Andrea Pitzer considers why dictators (and wannabes) are vulnerable to mockery and explores examples from Syria to Serbia--including some from America's own past. In a political universe that's been repeatedly infiltrated by entertainers (Reagan, Ventura, Trump, and mo...2024-12-0635 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatWho Are the Baddies?Why propaganda works and how we fight it This episode looks at evil in the world and how the stories people hear shape their political thinking. Andrea Pitzer considers the horrors of governments running concentration camps, and her encounters with people who insist that one group of perpetrators is supremely evil in ways other humans could never be. From Germans to Russians, Palestinians to Israelis, and even Americans, she asks listeners to consider the power of narrative in shaping hatred. Using the viral is-it-blue-and-black-or-is-it-white-and-gold debates about The Dress a decade ago, Andrea talks about the...2024-11-2933 minNext Comes WhatNext Comes WhatAmerica Goes Rogue -- And How We Come BackIn our second episode, we consider where we're headed with a rogue president in charge of a rogue state. We take a look back at how people stood up against torture after 9/11 and show how everyday Americans are already defying Trump allies this week. Andrea Pitzer returns to a longtime source, Mark Fallon, who was at one time NCIS chief of counterintelligence for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In the months after 9/11, Fallon worked to stop the torture program at Guantanamo in its early development, later going public to denounce the U.S. embrace of illegal...2024-11-2235 minThe Daily BeansThe Daily BeansThe Cost Of Doing Nothing (feat. Andrea Pitzer)Wednesday, November 20th, 2024Today, DA Alvin Bragg tells Judge Juan Merchan that he’s not going to drop the charges against Donald Trump; Nancy Mace introduces a bathroom bill for the Capitol; as more details about the Matt Gaetz ethics committee investigation, someone has hacked a deposition from the Dorworth case files; meanwhile, the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee is calling for its release; plus concrete steps we can take to survive the next four years; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.Thank You, ZbioticsGo to ZBiotics.com/DAILYBEANS to...2024-11-201h 07Next Comes WhatNext Comes WhatHow We Survive This MessFrom the moment election results started rolling in, people have been wondering how bad life will get during a second Trump Administration. A decade ago, Andrea Pitzer went around the world to talk to people who had survived authoritarian rule, in order to write the first comprehensive history of concentration camps, ONE LONG NIGHT.  In this first episode of Next Comes What, recorded three days after the election, she talks about different ways that authoritarians have come to power, how Trump's rise relates to them, the real danger we're now in, some good news about w...2024-11-141h 08The Last BillionairesThe Last Billionaires“What Most Americans Want” with Andrea Pitzer The woman who wrote the definitive global history of concentration camps explains how this could be our moment to escape authoritarianism Andrea Pitzer’s book ONE LONG NIGHT became essential reading during Donald Trump’s presidency. This unforgettable global history of concentration camps provided clarity and context to the crimes the Trump administration was committing at the border in our names. Now, Pitzer is back with a gripping new newsletter, Degenerate Art, and a warning about what could come next. “In terms of what I've looked at in my own work from history, what I have fou...2024-11-0137 minKöşedeki KitapçıKöşedeki KitapçıAndrea Pitzer & Enid Blyton📕Nabokov / Yazarın Gizli Tarihi (Andrea Pitzer) 📕Afacan Beşler -Macera Peşinde & Büyük Kaçış- (Enid Blyton)  2024-02-2206 minLit CenturyLit CenturyMrs DallowayIn this episode, writers Andrea Pitzer (Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World) and Matthew Hunte join host Catherine Nichols to discuss Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel, Mrs Dalloway. They discuss the paired stories of Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Smith and what these two characters bring to one another, the book's private nihilism, its place in both Modernist and Edwardian literature, and the meaning of a party where the host dislikes the guests.Andrea Pitzer is a journalist whose writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, Outside, The Daily Beast, Vox, and Sl...2022-08-091h 16Things That Go BoomThings That Go BoomCold Front: YellowknifeNoel Cockney and Randy Baillargeon have seen what a warming North can do to their home. Manning an educational Indigenous fish camp an ice road away from Yellowknife, Canada, they slice and dice fish out of Great Slave Lake and chop wood to keep people warm in the subzero spring temperatures. It’s cold — and they like it this way. Cold in the North means connectivity, as people zip around on ice roads and snowmobiles. It makes for soft, marketable furs for trappers and cozy nights at home. And as the temperature warms, those things are...2022-07-1124 minOn the DogwatchOn the Dogwatch31. Icebound in the Arctic: Andrea Pitzer Shares the Explorations of William BarentsWe turn the compass north on this Dogwatch and thankfully are joined by Andrea Pitzer, a person who not only has been on multiple Arctic expeditions, but has also written Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, a book about one of the early European polar explorers of the region, William Barents. Along with being a writer of books and a freelance journalist, Andrea has a wealth of other experiences that inform her perspectives. In our conversation, we discuss what life was like at the end of t...2022-04-261h 06Resources RadioResources RadioLeading by Example: Launching New Federal Building Performance Standards, with Veronique BugnionIn this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes speaks to Veronique Bugnion, a scientist, entrepreneur, and energy industry leader. Bugnion—a climate physicist by training who spent years in the private sector, focusing on energy and carbon markets—cofounded and serves as the CEO of ClearlyEnergy, which provides innovative solutions that help reduce emissions from buildings. Hayes and Bugnion discuss federal building performance standards—a particularly relevant topic, given that the Biden administration announced on May 17 that the Council on Environmental Quality will lead an effort to develop performance standards for federal buildings. Bugnion talks about how such standards could be desig...2021-07-2628 minThe WBT PodcastThe WBT PodcastExploring the Arctic with Andrea Pitzer and Brian CastnerAdrian Bonenberger is joined by Brian Castner and Andrea Pitzer to talk about their newest books. Castner's Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in The Klondike" looks at the gold rush in Alaska and Canada that unfolded at the end of the 19th century, while Pitzer's "Icebound: Shipwrecked at The Edge of The World" returns to the 16th century to examine a trade expedition that sought a shortcut to China via a legendary temperate north sea. Both journalists and writers decided to explore the land they were describing, in the process of writing their books.2021-07-1845 minLewis at LargeLewis at LargeAndrea Pitzer - JournalistInterview with Journalist Andrea Pitzer from January 2021.2021-07-1424 minSpeaking of TranslationSpeaking of TranslationWhat we’re reading In this episode, Eve and Corinne discuss a favorite topic among translators: books, and what we’re reading: what genres we enjoy, how we make time for reading, how we choose new books, what formats we enjoy and don’t enjoy reading or listening to, how we track what we read, and book recommendations for our listeners! Websites mentioned in this episode: Eve’s Global Reads book clubReal Simple magazine’s best books of 2020, and 2021 Letterfolk’s Book Passport (“another book in the books”) Boulder Book Store (our local, independent bookstore!) Librairie Gourmande, an all-cookbook bookstore in ParisPepper...2021-03-2200 minViewpoints RadioViewpoints RadioThe Arctic Then vs. NowOver the last two decades, Arctic melt has increased by about 60 percent. It’s estimated that if all of the glaciers and ice caps were to disappear into the ocean, sea level would rise by 230 feet, wiping out all of the coastal cities and town around the globe. Journalist and author, Andrea Pitzer shares the history of Arctic exploration and how the landscape has changed over time – but not for the better.2021-02-2810 minMaking ContactMaking ContactOne Long Night: Andrea Pitzer on the Global History of Concentration Camps"Honorable people can do terrible things" says Andrea Pitzer in her book "One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps." We talk to Andrea Pitzer about her research as she traces the evolution of the camp, from its earliest incarnation in Cuba to its modern day forms in China, Burma and Guantanamo. What is a concentration camp? Why are they so deadly? And most importantly, what do we do to fight them?2021-01-2828 minMaking ContactMaking ContactOne Long Night: Andrea Pitzer on the Global History of Concentration CampsLike this program? Please show us the love. Click here tinyurl.com/y7u8xeqf and support our non-profit journalism. Thanks! "The use of concentration camps changes the world, but going forward, the most predictable outcome of their use is a world with more camps" Today we use a lot of euphemisms: re-education camps, internment, work camps, prison camps, camps for internally displaced people. But before world war one, these prisons were known simply as concentration camps and they started in Cuba in the 1890s to control an uprising against the Spanish colonizers. Since then, concentration camps have proliferated across t...2021-01-2829 minPhil Parker ShowPhil Parker ShowIcebound!Author Andrea Pitzer discusses her book "Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World", the story of explorer William Barents and the true story of being stranded in the Arctic on the 1500s.2021-01-1808 minSea ControlSea ControlSea Control 223 - Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World with Andrea PitzerLinks1. Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer, Scribner, 2021.2. One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps by Andrea Pitzer, Little, Brown and Company, 2017.3. Longitude by Dava Sobel, Bloomsbury USA, 2010.4. “Polar bears and Arctic isolation: A Russian opposition activist describes military service as ‘political exile,’” by Robyn Dixon, The Washington Post, January 2, 2021.5. “Sailors found alive at sea after 13ft wave smashes into boat in -30C weather,” by Will Stuart and Milo Boyd, The Mirror, December 28, 2020.6. Barents expedition art by Sergey Nekrasov at the Rijksmuseum.7. Arctic Strategic Outlook...2021-01-1736 minOvernight AmericaOvernight AmericaAndrea PitzerThe Rules Committee has reported a rule for floor consideration of a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. Host Ryan Wrecker provides the latest news and analysis. Andrea Pitzer, author of “Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World,” discusses the story of 16th century navigator William Barents as told in this gripping tale of survival and sweeping history of the great Age of Exploration. If you like what you hear, we're live weeknights on KMOX 1120AM. We welcome your calls at 800-925-1120. Like and follow on Face...2021-01-1340 minEnjoy Your Day With A Riveting Full Audiobook.Enjoy Your Day With A Riveting Full Audiobook.Icebound by Andrea PitzerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/26407to listen full audiobooks. Title: Icebound Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: mp3 Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins Release date: 01-12-21 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 288 ratings Genres: Arctic & Antarctica Publisher's Summary: In the best-selling tradition of Hampton Sides’ In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions - the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival.2021-01-129h 18Savor The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Breakthrough!Savor The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Breakthrough!Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea PitzerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449919to listen full audiobooks. Title: Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 12, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the bestselling tradition of Hampton Sides’s In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions—the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival. The human story has always been one of perseverance—often against remarkable odds. The mo...2021-01-129h 18Access Essential Full Audiobooks in History, WorldAccess Essential Full Audiobooks in History, WorldIcebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea PitzerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449919to listen full audiobooks. Title: Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 12, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: In the bestselling tradition of Hampton Sides’s In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions—the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival. The human story has always been one of perseverance—often against remarkable odds. The most ast...2021-01-129h 18Access Essential Full Audiobooks in History, WorldAccess Essential Full Audiobooks in History, WorldIcebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea PitzerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449919 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 12, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: In the bestselling tradition of Hampton Sides’s In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions—the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival. The human story has always been one of perseverance—often against remarkable odds. The mo...2021-01-1203 minGangrey PodcastGangrey PodcastEpisode 87: Andrea PitzerAndrea Pitzer is the author of Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World. The book was published by Scribner, and went on sale on January 12. Icebound is a gripping piece of narrative journalism focused on European arctic explorers in the 16th century. At the center is William Barents, one of the greatest navigators of the time who's obsessive quest to sail through the most remote regions of the Arctic ended in both tragedy and glory. Pitzer did an amazing amount of research in order to tell this centuries-old tale. For Icebound, Pitzer made three trips to the Arctic herself...2021-01-1249 minDownload Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureDownload Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureIcebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea PitzerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449919 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 12, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the bestselling tradition of Hampton Sides’s In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions—the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival. The human story has always been one of perseverance—often against remarkable o...2021-01-1203 minImmerse Yourself In: This Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook For Busy Professionals.Immerse Yourself In: This Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook For Busy Professionals.Icebound by Andrea PitzerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/26407to listen full audiobooks. Title: Icebound Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: mp3 Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins Release date: 01-12-21 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 288 ratings Genres: Arctic & Antarctica Publisher's Summary: In the best-selling tradition of Hampton Sides’ In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions - the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival.2021-01-129h 18Experience the Story, Anywhere, Anytime With Free AudiobookExperience the Story, Anywhere, Anytime With Free AudiobookIcebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World Audiobook by Andrea PitzerListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 449919 Title: Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Length: 09:18:34 Language: English Release date: 01-12-21 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Genres: Biography & Memoir, World, History & Culture Summary: In the bestselling tradition of Hampton Sides’s In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions—the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival. The human story has always been one of perseverance—often against rema...2021-01-129h 18Don’t Miss This Thrilling Full Audiobook — Perfect Before Bedtime.Don’t Miss This Thrilling Full Audiobook — Perfect Before Bedtime.Icebound by Andrea PitzerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415136to listen full audiobooks. Title: Icebound Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Computers & Technology Publisher's Summary: A riveting tale of Dutch polar explorer William Barents and his three harrowing Arctic expeditions – the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival. The human story has always been one of perseverance – often against remarkable odds. The most astonishing survival tale of all might be that of sixteenth-century Dutch explorer William Barents and his crew, who ventured furt...2021-01-079h 18Access Essential Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Computers & TechnologyAccess Essential Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Computers & TechnologyIcebound by Andrea PitzerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415136to listen full audiobooks. Title: Icebound Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Computers & Technology Publisher's Summary: A riveting tale of Dutch polar explorer William Barents and his three harrowing Arctic expeditions – the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival. The human story has always been one of perseverance – often against remarkable odds. The most astonishing survival tale of all might be that of sixteenth-century Dutch explorer William Barents and his crew, who ventured furt...2021-01-079h 18Access Essential Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Computers & TechnologyAccess Essential Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Computers & TechnologyIcebound by Andrea PitzerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Icebound Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Computers & Technology Publisher's Summary: A riveting tale of Dutch polar explorer William Barents and his three harrowing Arctic expeditions – the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival. The human story has always been one of perseverance – often against remarkable odds. The most astonishing survival tale of all might be that of sixteenth-century Dutch explorer William Barents and his crew, who vent...2021-01-0703 minExplore the Latest Full Audiobooks in History, MilitaryExplore the Latest Full Audiobooks in History, MilitaryIcebound by Andrea PitzerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Icebound Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A riveting tale of Dutch polar explorer William Barents and his three harrowing Arctic expeditions – the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival. The human story has always been one of perseverance – often against remarkable odds. The most astonishing survival tale of all might be that of sixteenth-century Dutch explorer William Barents and his crew, who ventured furt...2021-01-0703 minExplore the Latest Full Audiobooks in History, MilitaryExplore the Latest Full Audiobooks in History, MilitaryIcebound by Andrea PitzerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415136to listen full audiobooks. Title: Icebound Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A riveting tale of Dutch polar explorer William Barents and his three harrowing Arctic expeditions – the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival. The human story has always been one of perseverance – often against remarkable odds. The most astonishing survival tale of all might be that of sixteenth-century Dutch explorer William Barents and his crew, who ventured further nort...2021-01-079h 18The Soundtrack to Your Imagination with Free AudiobookThe Soundtrack to Your Imagination with Free AudiobookIcebound Audiobook by Andrea PitzerListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 415136 Title: Icebound Author: Andrea Pitzer Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Length: 09:18:34 Language: English Release date: 01-07-21 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK Genres: History, Military, Science & Technology, Technology & Engineering Summary: 'An epic tale of exploration, daring and tragedy told by a fine historian - and a wonderful writer' – Peter Frankopan, author of the bestselling The Silk Roads.  'The name of William Barents isn’t that familiar to us these days…but this enthralling, elemental and literally spine-chilling epic of courage and endurance should change all that’ – Roger Alton, Daily Mail ‘Gri...2021-01-079h 18Our Future NowOur Future NowSabotaging the Post Office = Peak AuthoritarianismIn this episode of Our Future Now!, National Children’s Campaign co-founders Natalie Mebane and Jonah Gottlieb outline how the collective actions of the Trump administration have transformed America into a borderline authoritarian state and why you should take action to stop it in 2020. Visit vote4ourfuture.org to learn more about how Zero Hour and the National Children's Campaign are galvanizing Americans to vote on behalf of our nation's 74 million children, who deserve bold climate action and environmental justice.  Petition to support keeping the USPS funded: http://www.vote4ourfuture.org/u...2020-08-2016 minFutility ClosetFutility ClosetThe Dog Who Joined the Navy The only dog ever enlisted in the Royal Navy was a Great Dane who befriended the sailors of Cape Town in the 1930s. Given the rank of able seaman, he boosted the morale of British sailors around the world. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of Just Nuisance and his adventures among the sailors who loved him. We'll also examine early concentration camps and puzzle over a weighty fashion. Intro: For most of World War I a statue of Mary hung over Albert, France.2020-07-2031 minFutility ClosetFutility ClosetA Sinto Boxer in Nazi Germany In the 1930s, Sinto boxer Johann Trollmann was reaching the peak of his career when the Nazis declared his ethnic inferiority. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe Trollmann's stand against an intolerant ideology and the price he paid for his fame. We'll also consider a British concentration camp and puzzle over some mysterious towers. Intro: In 1872 Edward Lear offered a recipe for "Gosky Patties." In 1927, engineer Edward R. Armstrong proposed a string of floating airports to link Europe and America. Sources for...2020-05-2532 minRecovery BitesRecovery BitesAndrea's Voice with Doris and Tom SmeltzerABOUT ANDREA, DORIS, & TOM SMELTZER:Andrea Smeltzer died in her sleep at the age of 19 after a one-year struggle with bulimia. Andrea's parents, Tom and Doris Smeltzer, now devote their time to eating disorder prevention through Andrea's Voice Foundation. Tom and Doris Smeltzer are Andrea’s parents. Tom with a Master's Degree in Educational Administration and Doris with a Master's in Counseling Psychology are career educators. Now retired from the local school district, Doris devotes 100% of her time to eating disorder prevention through Andrea's Voice Foundation. Tom, too, focuses more attention on their non-profit’s efforts following his...2020-05-181h 07The Current WeeklyThe Current Weekly75 years after Auschwitz; the ex-Republican operative who wants to help the Dems; a wider look at the coronavirusOn the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Torontonian Edith Grosman tells us her incredible story of survival at the Nazi death camp. Journalist Andrea Pitzer talks about how concentration camps persist around the world today. Rick Wilson, a veteran Republican political strategist, tells us why he's offering his campaigning skills to the Democrats. And we talk to two people dealing with the secondary impacts of the coronavirus: Frank Ye, who says he's seeing a serious increase in discrimination against people of Chinese descent, and Wayne Duplessis, who lives with his family in Wuhan — and isn't planning to leave.2020-01-3100 minMaking ContactMaking ContactOne Long Night: Andrea Pitzer on the Global History of Concentration Camps "Honorable people can do terrible things" says Andrea Pitzer in her book "One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps." We talk to Andrea Pitzer about her research as she traces the evolution of the camp, from its earliest incarnation in Cuba to its modern day forms in China, Burma and Guantanamo. What is a concentration camp? Why are they so deadly? And most importantly, what do we do to fight them?2019-12-1829 minMaking ContactMaking ContactOne Long Night: Andrea Pitzer on the Global History of Concentration CampsLike this program? Please show us the love. Click here ow.ly/oSpU30hHCXp and support our non-profit journalism. Thanks! "Honorable people can do terrible things" says Andrea Pitzer in her book "One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps." We talk to Andrea Pitzer about her research as she traces the evolution of the camp, from its earliest incarnation in Cuba to its modern day forms in China, Burma and Guantanamo. What is a concentration camp? Why are they so deadly? And most importantly, what do we do to fight them?2019-12-1729 minSinica PodcastSinica PodcastBig Brother and big data at work in XinjiangBethany Allen-Ebrahimian, who covers China for Axios, was the lead reporter on an explosive leak of documents detailing the ongoing repression of Uyghurs and other Muslims in China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region. This week, she joins Kaiser and Jeremy to discuss her report, titled Exposed: China’s Operating Manuals for Mass Internment and Arrest by Algorithm. The leaks include what she describes as a "manual for operating the camps," and reveal how Chinese police are using big data to identify individuals deemed at risk for Islamic extremism or separatism in Xinjiang.9:43: What do the leaks mean?14...2019-12-0548 minNew Books in Policing, Incarceration, and ReformNew Books in Policing, Incarceration, and ReformAndrea Pitzer, "One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps" (Little, Brown and Company, 2017)Andrea Pitzer talks about her book One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps (Little, Brown and Company, 2017), one of Smithsonian Magazine’s Ten Best History Books for 2017. While concentration camps may not seem to have much to do with travel and exploration, travel and forced detention are joined in strange and important ways.For over 100 years, at least one concentration camp has existed somewhere on Earth. First used as battlefield strategy, camps have evolved with each passing decade, in the scope of their effects and the savage practicality with which governments have employed them. Even in...2019-10-2538 minThe Great Purple StateThe Great Purple StateLong Night’s Beginning: The History of Concentration Camps (Part 1)In the first episode of a two part series on concentration camps, Emerson and Conall discuss the history of concentration camps from their origins in Spanish-ruled Cuba during the 1890s to their adaptation by various European states over the next several decades, including the British in the Boer War (1899-1902) and the Ottoman Empire in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. We emphasize that concentration camps can take many forms and that they were used for various purposes in their early history. We also briefly analyze the historical legacy of Nazi Germany’s camp system and how it has influenced the pu...2019-07-2948 minUs & ThemUs & ThemImmigrant ‘Concentration Camps’ on the Southern Border?U.S. immigration policies are very much in the spotlight recently with reports on conditions at some of the southern border detention camps and fresh concerns about children being held apart from their parents. Recently, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called these facilities “concentration camps” and was swiftly rebuked by people on the right and left. To be clear, the U.S. government holds immigrants -- who have entered the country illegally -- while they’re being processed. The question is: what do we call these places?  Are they Detention centers -- as the government refers to them? Detainment camps? Is Ocasio...2019-07-1031 minWhy Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes PodcastWhy Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes PodcastA History of Concentration Camps with Andrea PitzerThere’s been a heated national debate over what to call some of the migrant detention centers along the southern border. Are these facilities deserving of the label "concentration camps"? Andrea Pitzer has a uniquely deep perspective on this, having written a global history of concentration camps titled “One Long Night”. This conversation details the lineage of concentration camps, from the late 1800s in Cuba to the death camps of WWII to their most modern iterations we are witnessing today. RELATED READING: One Long Night YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: China’s Secret Internment Camps 2019-07-0257 minSinica PodcastSinica Podcast40 years of reform and opening up, with Jude BlanchetteJude Blanchette, the Senior Advisor and China Practice Lead at Crumpton Group’s China Practice, joins Kaiser and Jeremy for a live Sinica Podcast recording at Columbia University. Forty years after the policies of reform and opening up were adopted by the Communist Party of China, the three reflect on just how much the country has changed since 1978, and also restore figures like Zhào Zǐyáng 赵紫阳 and Hú Yàobāng 胡耀邦 to their proper place in the story of reform. Jude also talks about the conservative reaction to reform — the topic of his forthcoming book, Under the Red Flag: The Battle f...2018-12-201h 11Time Talks: History, Politics, Music, and ArtTime Talks: History, Politics, Music, and ArtAndrea Pitzer on the History of Concentration Camps, Family Separation, and the Rise of FascismAndrea Pitzer speaks about her latest book One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, digging deeper into the History of Concentration Camps, Family Separation, and the Rise of Fascism. Music by AwareNess, follow him on Instagram, Spotify or Soundcloud.  For more content, follow me on Instagram Please support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timetalks2018-09-011h 09Us & ThemUs & ThemEXTRA CUTS: My Friend From CampAs promised, we are posting some additional segments from our last episode, My Friend From Camp that we just couldn’t fit in. If you haven’t heard that episode yet, by all means, head over to your Us and Them feed and have a listen to that one first. These segments will make a whole lot more sense once you’ve heard the full episode. Former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg about the meaning of the term jihad. Former Guantanamo MP Albert Melise explains why he wanted to re-enlist and go back to the island. ...2018-04-0614 min