The Scholars' Circle

The Scholars' Circle


Latest Episodes

Scholars’ Circle – Unleashing of Cyber-attacks that kill ; Green washing techniques we should know – September 22, 2024
September 23, 2024

Cyber operations and cyber threats have become a greater fear in world politics and everyday life. But just how much of a threat are they? And how have they changed the way nations interact and cond

Scholars’ Circle – Causes of violence in schools; Psychological impacts of school shootings – September 15, 2024
September 15, 2024

School shootings have sadly become a part of American life over the last two decades. From the 200001 to 202122 school years, there were 1,375 school shootings at public and private elementary and

Scholars’ Circle – Refugees right to return in international law ; Effects of earth’s magnetism on birds, whales, bees and turtles – September 8, 2024
September 09, 2024

States have legal requirements to receive refugees and can return them after a conflict ends. But does this mean there is a right of return? What are the conditions of the right of return? Is it condi

Scholars’ Circle – Right of Self-Determination ; Civil War politics examined- September 1, 2024
September 01, 2024

Kamala Harris declared that the Palestinians must live in dignity, security and self determination. But what is the right of self determination? How has it been practiced legally and practically throu

Scholars’ Circle – Bangladesh students revolt that ousted its president – August 25, 2024
August 25, 2024

What led to the overthrow of Bangladeshs leader Sheikh Hasina? Were they political, economic, or social reasons? Or the promises of what advocates are calling a second wave of independence? What do

Scholars’ Circle – Reforming Supreme Court of United States ; How proxy wars are dominating international relations – August 18, 2024
August 18, 2024

With the upcoming election Democrats have proposal to reform Supreme Court with term limits, ethics oversight and many more. Our panel look at how and why people are concerned over the influence peddl

Scholars’ Circle – President Biden chooses to step down and Kamala Harris ascendancy to lead the Democratic Party into November 2024 election – August 11, 2024
August 11, 2024

We explore the choice of Kamala Harris as the Democratic party's candidate despite not running in primaries, the choice of President Biden to withdraw from the race, whether he should step down and wh

Scholars’ Circle – Catastrophic consequences of Factory Farming – August 4, 2024
August 05, 2024

Farming around the world, and in particular in the US, has increasingly become centralized as large factory farming. What are the environmental, social, and philosophical implications of this mode of

Scholars’ Circle – A book author interview: History of California as a Slave State – July 28, 2024
July 28, 2024

We interview the author of a new book CALIFORNIA, A SLAVE STATE (Yale University Press; June 27, 2023). Professor Jean Pfaelzer shows that, since the very first colonizers crossed the border, the Gold

Scholars’ Circle – Book Author interview : Informers Up Close, case-study of Communist Czechoslovakia (1945-1989) – July 21, 2024
July 21, 2024

Autocratic regimes often use people throughout the population to serve as informants. Why do people choose to become an informant and collaborate with autocracies? And what constitutes justice against