Global Politics & Culture (formerly Independent Thought & Freedom)
Listen to people who are shaking up politics, economics, society and ideas around the world, in conversation with Dr. Kirk Meighoo, author, academic, TV host, and former Independent Senator.Broadcasting from the Caribbean, Meighoo provides a uniquely global spin and perspective on current issues and controversies.We don't only hear about our guests' ideas and movements. Meighoo also seeks to understand what gives each of these people their freedom to think and express themselves independently, with a view to inspiring listeners as well as stimulating them.
Episodes
A Story Club: Global Politics S2 E6
streamed live on FB from the US (San Francisco), India (Dehra Dun) and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Thursdays 12pm EDT | 9am PDT | 9:30pm IST
repeated Friday on the UNC Network in Trinidad and Tobago 6pm AST
Crime rates vary widely from country to country. Trinidad and Tobago has sadly become one of the most murder-plagued countries in the world, measured on a per capita basis. This is like...
A Story Club: Global Politics S2 E5 streamed live on FB from the US (San Francisco), India (Dehra Dun) and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Thursdays 12pm EDT | 9am PDT | 9:30pm IST repeated Friday on the UNC Network in Trinidad and Tobago 6pm AST
Today the West -- embodied by that imperial relic known as the G7 -- is embarking on a New Cold War directed at China and Russia.
What a far cry from the end of the original Cold War ...
A Story Club: Global Politics S2 E4
streamed live on FB from the US (San Francisco), India (Dehra Dun) and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Thursdays 12pm EDT | 9am PDT | 9:30pm IST
repeated Friday on the UNC Network in Trinidad and Tobago 6pm AST
Comparing the constitution and electoral experience of two very similar small island states, Mauritius and Trinidad and Tobago
My guests are Jean-Marie Richard from Mauritius and Timothy...
A Story Club: Global Politics S2 E3
streamed live on FB from the US (San Francisco), India (Dehra Dun) and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Thursdays 12pm EDT | 9am PDT | 9:30pm IST
repeated Friday on the UNC Network in Trinidad and Tobago 6pm AST
Welcome to Season 2 Episode 3 of A Story Club: Global Politics & Cultures, brought to you by Bulletproof Podcast Formula.
My name is Dr. Kirk Meighoo and I'm the public relations...
A Story Club: Global Politics S2 E2
streamed live on FB from the US (San Francisco), India (Dehra Dun) and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Thursdays 12pm EDT | 9am PDT | 9:30pm IST
repeated Friday on the UNC Network in Trinidad and Tobago 6pm AST
Welcome to Season 2 Episode 2 of A Story Club: Global Politics & Cultures brought to you by Bulletproof Podcast Formula
My name is Dr. Kirk Meighoo and I'm the public relations o...
A Story Club: Global Politics S2 E1
streamed live on FB from the US (San Francisco), India (Dehra Dun) and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Thursdays 12pm EDT | 9am PDT | 9:30pm IST
repeated Friday on the UNC Network in Trinidad and Tobago 6pm AST
Welcome to Season 2 Episode 1 of A Story Club: Global Politics & Cultures brought to you by Bulletproof Podcast Formula.
This is a unique venture, streaming simulataneously from Trin...
Catch the full interview here at https://newbooksnetwork.com/war-for-eternity
or on Megaphone here: https://megaphone.link/LIT8703677091
This is an excerpt from a very interesting discussion I had with Benjamin Teitelbaum on his book, "War for Eternity: Inside Bannon's Far-Right Circle of Global Power Brokers" (Dey Street Books, 2020).
We discuss Steve Bannon, Traditionalism, Aleksandr Dugin, Nationalism and Anthropology, ...
Catch the full interview here at https://newbooksnetwork.com/a-lie-of-...
or on Megaphone here: https://megaphone.link/LIT4842104326
This is an excerpt from an interview which is part of a Special Series on Malcolm X and Black Nationalism on the New Books Network.
In this series, we delve into the background of Malcolm X's action and thought in the context of Black Nationalism, correcting the fundamentally mistaken notion that Ma...
Catch the full interview here at https://newbooksnetwork.com/mythologies-without-end
or on Megaphone here: https://megaphone.link/LIT7765417053
This is an excerpt of an interview I did for the New Books Network with Jerome on his book "Mythologies Without End: The US, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1917-2020" (Oxford University Press, 2020).
The history of modern Israel is a fiercely contested subject. From the Balfour...
This is an excerpt of an interview I did for the New Books Network with Mark Sedgwick on his book "Key Thinkers of the Radical Right".
Mark Sedgwick is a British historian specialising in the study of traditionalism, Islam, Sufi mysticism, and terrorism. He is Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at Aarhus University in Denmark and chair of the Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies. He was formerly secretary of the Euro...
This is an excerpt from my interview with Spencer Critchely about his new book, "Patriots of Two Nations: Why Trump Was Inevitable and What Happens Next" (McDavid Media, 2020).
Very interestingly, he analyses the United States as being divided between those that are part of the "Enlightenment" and those that are part of the "Counter-Enlightment". In other words, there are those who believe America is an idea,...
This is an excerpt of my interview with Saladin Malik Ambar, author of "Malcolm X at Oxford Union: Racial Politics in a Global Era", published by Oxford University Press in 2013, for my Special Series on "Malcolm X and Black Nationalism" on the New Books Network.
In this series, we delve into the background of Malcolm X's action and thought in the context of Black Nationalism, correcting the fundamentally mistake...
The world needs to know about the Election Fraud in Guyana and its long, terrible history.
Thankfully, this struggle was waged successfully and, although it took almost two years, the fraud was not allowed to stand.
This was an interview with me and Dr. Vishnu Bisram on Rajiv Malhotra's Infinity Channel, as part of our efforts to raise global awareness about this issue, in this case, most especially with the Indian Diaspora, who ...
Today is a Diwali special, looking at the phenomenon of Global Indians, by two persons of Indian origin who are NOT Indian nationals.
What does Indian identity mean? Does the Indian nation-state get to define what is Indian? What place and relationship do Indian communities outside of India -- some existing for centuries -- have with India?
Is Indian Identity important, or is it just another identity a trap which we should avoid, in ...
This is a Facebook Live episode I did for A Story Club in April 2020, talking about how I wrote the book "Politics in a Half-Made Society" (published in 2003): the challenges, the inspirations, the people who I looked up to , the people who helped me, the conceptual stumbling blocks I faced, and my own determination to make a book that would last 20 years and stand the test of time
I was a guest on the HTJ podcast to speak about the post-pandemic world. I am sharing it on my channel now.
About HTJ:
"We are a team of cross border tax consultants. Our focus is on international tax in general and US international tax in particular.
Based in Singapore, www.HTJ.TAX is a member of Moores Rowland Asia Pacific with over 30 offices across China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, The Ph...
A Story Club: Global Politics S1 E8
streamed live on FB from the US (San Francisco), India (Dehra Dun) and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Thursdays 12pm EDT | 9am PDT | 9:30pm IST
Is China on its way to becoming the leading global superpower? Should we be fearful of that? Should other countries try to stop or counter its rise?
Is China a hostile or non-cooperative force, responsible for the spread of not only the coronavirus, ...
THIS EPISODE HAS A HISTORIC REVEAL: 4 OF JUDAS’S 30 PIECES OF SILVER!
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A Story Club: Global Cultures S1 E8
streamed live on FB from the US (San Francisco), India (Dehra Dun) and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Thursdays 12pm EDT | 9am PDT | 9:30pm IST
The global dominance of Western Christianity (both Catholicism and Protestantism) is somewhat of a historical accident. This is because the lands of the...
The upcoming US election is happening in one of the strangest circumstances in history: an unprecedented social and economic lockdown in response to coronavirus, nationwide rioting and violence surrounding the Black Lives Matter and Antifa movements, and a fear of fascism and white supremacism.
At the centre of all this has been Donald Trump. He is like a lightning rod, electrically concentrating passions of immense hatred from one ...
A Story Club: Global Cultures S1 E7
streamed live on FB from the US (San Francisco), India (Dehra Dun) and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Thursdays 12pm EDT | 9am PDT | 9:30pm IST
What is the hidden history of European Paganism? What is it? What does it mean?
How has it survived centuries of Christian dominance, prejudice and hostility?
What are its connections to other cultures of the world, in particular wider Indo-European cu...
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