<a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/just-out-s4-ep-2-are-madagascars-marine-biodiversity-programs-working" hreflang="en">JUST OUT - S4 EP 2 - Are Madagascar’s Marine Biodiversity Programs Working?</a></h1> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/just-out-s4-ep-2-are-madagascars-marine-biodiversity-programs-working" hreflang="en">JUST OUT - S4 EP 2 - Are Madagascar’s Marine Biodiversity Programs Working?</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-03T14:30:43-0500</p> In this episode of <em>New Frontiers</em>, environmental scientist <strong>Mez Baker-Médard</strong> discusses her new book <em>Feminist Conservation: Politics and Power in Madagascar’s Marine Commons</em>. Drawing on two decades of research, the book explores how global conservation programs in Madagascar often marginalize local communities (especially women) by excluding them from traditional fishing areas. Employing the concept of <em>feminist conservation</em>—which emphasizes local knowledge, equity, and justice in environmental decision-making—she critiques the “top-down” conservation model typically favored by international environmental organizations, and urges an approach to conservation that incorporates local worldviews, resists enclosure, and addresses structural causes of environmental degradation such as global trade and climate change. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/s4-ep-1-unlikely-leaders-lessons-today-i-saw-revolution" hreflang="en">S4 EP 1 - Unlikely Leaders: Lessons from “Today I Saw a Revolution” </a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2025-08-26T11:29:32-0400</p> In this episode, Mark Williams sits down with Cathy Burke - author, leadership expert, change maker. She’s the author of several books and her latest, <em>Today I Saw a Revolution</em>, tells us the story of a transformative grassroots movement in Bangladesh. At the core of this book is Dr. Badiul Majumdar, a man who became central to ending hunger in Bangladesh and whose life work, Cathy writes, and here I’ll quote, “is one of the most remarkable untold stories in the global fight against hunger and inequality.” </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/s3-ep5-nukes-landmines-and-disarmament-conversation-matthew-breay" hreflang="en">S3 EP5 - Nukes, Landmines, and Disarmament: A Conversation with Matthew Breay Bolton - PART II</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2025-06-02T14:58:25-0400</p> In this episode—the second of a two-part series on global demining and disarmament efforts—Mark Williams speaks with political scientist and Nobel Laureate Matthew Breay Bolton regarding the US role in addressing the problems posed by landmines and unexploded ordinance, problems that past US policy had sometimes helped create. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/s3-ep4-nukes-landmines-and-disarmament-conversation-matthew-breay" hreflang="en">S3 EP4 - Nukes, Landmines, and Disarmament: A Conversation with Matthew Breay Bolton - Part I</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2025-05-14T10:04:33-0400</p> Weapons created for war can inflict devastating harm on civilians long after a given conflict ends. In part one of this two-part series, Nobel Laureate (2017) Matthew Breay Bolton explains why it is vital to address the problems civilians face from landmines, unexploded ordinance, and other munitions; <em>how </em>that is (or isn’t) being done; and the role the United States has played in global de-mining efforts, including the Trump administration’s decision to suspend all aid to these campaigns. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/s3-ep3-path-autocracy-venezuela-and-beyond" hreflang="en">S3 EP3 - The Path to Autocracy: Venezuela and Beyond</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2024-12-13T13:13:33-0500</p> In this episode, Mark Williams sits down with political scientist Javier Corrales, to discuss his latest book—‘Autocracy Rising: How Venezuela Transitioned to Authoritarianism’. Listen in to their discussion as they explore Venezuela’s political history, and the critical lessons its slide into autocracy might teach about the fragility of democratic governments worldwide. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/s3-ep2-east-india-company-commerce-conquest-and-colonialism" hreflang="en">S3 EP2 - The East India Company: Commerce, Conquest, and Colonialism</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2024-11-01T17:13:00-0400</p> Established in 1600 to secure trade relations between India, East and Southeast Asia, and Britain, the East India Company did this and much, much more. For nearly 300 years it ran a global trading network that operated for profit, politics, and eventually empire. In the process it not only became the world’s first multinational corporation, but — thanks to its own army, navy, currency, and legal system—came to ruleterritories far more extensive than its home base of the British Isles. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/s3-ep1-election-2024-and-us-foreign-policy" hreflang="en">S3 EP1 - Election 2024 and US Foreign Policy</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2024-09-17T14:00:01-0400</p> Although foreign policy doesn’t usually play much of a role in US presidential elections, the consequences of those contests can have profound effects on American foreign policy, and by extension, on US interests, allies, and other countries around the world. In this episode, Ambassador Michael McKinley joins Mark Williams to discuss the foreign policy implications of the 2024 US presidential election. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-2-ep-6-us-militias-guarding-tradition-or-courting-chaos" hreflang="en">Season 2 Ep. 6 - U.S. Militias: Guarding Tradition or Courting Chaos</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2024-05-30T08:50:37-0400</p> In this episode of “New Frontiers,” sociologist Amy Cooter explores the rise, goals, and philosophies of American militia groups. She explains why their actions could mar the 2024 elections and highlights how a more thorough, accurate teaching of American history could address misconceptions and reduce societal tensions that fuel some of these groups’ strongest grievances. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-2-ep-5-india-today-one-question-three-perspectives" hreflang="en">Season 2 Ep. 5 - India Today: One Question, Three Perspectives</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2024-03-18T12:36:28-0400</p> In this episode of “New Frontiers” three experts—an art historian, economist, and diplomat/political scientist—explore what’s going on in India today. Join host Mark Williams and co-host Arjun Kumar ’25.5 for three fascinating discussions about the world’s largest democracy, and find out why what’s happening on the political/diplomatic, cultural, and development fronts <em>matters</em> to India, Indians, and the world beyond. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-2-ep-4-race-empire-and-policing-paris" hreflang="en">Season 2 Ep. 4 - Race, Empire, and Policing in Paris</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2024-01-05T15:25:49-0500</p> In June 2023, French police killed 17-year-old Nahal Marzouk during a traffic stop outside of Paris. The killing led to days of street protests, widespread condemnation of racialized police practices, and over 1,300 arrests. This was particularly significant in a country like France, where discussions about race are often avoided or rejected. To gain a deeper understanding of French police practices, Mark Williams sits down with historian Amit Prakash, whose new book—<em>Empire of the Seine</em>—explores how France’s colonial history helped shaped how French law enforcement policed North Africans living in Paris from 1925 to 1975. </article> </main></body></html>