Deep Background with Noah Feldman
Deep Background with Noah Feldman
Playlist by Deep Background with Noah FeldmanBehind every news headline, there’s another, deeper story. It’s a story about power. In Deep Background, Harvard Law School professor and Bloomberg View columnist Noah Feldman will bring together a cr…Follow the podcast:
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Bush v. Gore: Episode 6 – No Precedent
In the season finale: How the 2000 presidential election was distilled and decided in a case called Bush v. Gore. For a full list of sources, check out the Fiasco website.
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Bush v. Gore: Episode 5 – Contingencies
Democrats and Republicans hope for the best and plan for the worst. For a full list of sources, check out the Fiasco website.
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Bush v. Gore: Episode 4 – Spin-Off
How public relations battles yielded big legal wins for the Bush team. For a full list of sources, check out the Fiasco website.
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Bush v. Gore: Episode 3 – Ballot With Butterfly Wings
What happened in Palm Beach County when a bitterly-contested national election came to town–and who paid the price? For a full list of sources, check out the Fiasco website.
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Bush v. Gore: Episode 2 – Real Numbers
On election night 2000 an ad hoc network of statisticians, news producers, TV anchors, and political operatives tried to figure out what the hell was going on in Florida–and failed spectacularly. For a full list of sources, check out the Fiasco website.
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Bush v. Gore: Episode 1 – Homestead
How the largely forgotten race between Al Gore and George W. Bush roiled Florida long before anyone had ever heard of a hanging chad. For a full list of sources, check out the Fiasco website.
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The Future of COVID-19 with Marc Lipsitch
Harvard epidemiologist and recurring guest Marc Lipsitch discusses what we can learn from omicron surge. Lipsitch also addresses some common omicron myths and discusses the possibility of a “master vaccine.” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
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How One Bank Shaped American Capitalism
Zachary Karabell, financial executive and historian, discusses his recent book Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power, outlining the formation of American capitalism told through the history of one often-overlooked bank. He explains how the evolution of trust in financi…
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Inside The Facebook Oversight Board
Jamal Greene, co-chair of the Facebook Oversight Board, an independent governing body reviewing Facebook’s content moderation decisions and issuing binding rulings, explains the inner workings of the Board. Greene is the Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where he focuses on constituti…
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What’s the Deal with Decentralized Autonomous Organizations?
Erik Voorhees, founder of crypto management platform ShapeShift, makes a case for decentralized autonomous organizations, known as DAOs. Earlier this year, ShapeShift became a DAO, “moving from a centralized, closed-source application with bank accounts, governed and owned by shareholders, to a dec…
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