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American Prestige

American Prestige

By: Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison
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A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world. americanprestige.supportingcast.fmAmerican Prestige Political Science Politics & Government World
Episodes
  • E270 - The Political Power of Police Unions w/ Stuart Schrader

    E270 - The Political Power of Police Unions w/ Stuart Schrader
    Oct 14 2026
    Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Danny and Derek speak with historian Stuart Schrader about the history and political power of police unions in the U.S. They discuss the rise of police unions in the 1960s, their relationship with organized labor, resistance to the civil rights movement and affirmative action, the role of race in policing, bipartisan support for policing and the 1990s crime bills, the growing political influence of the Border Patrol union, and the future of police reform and abolition. Get your copy of Stuart’s book Blue Power: How Police Organize to Protect and Serve Themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • Trailer - Welcome to the Crusades: The Second Crusade

    Trailer - Welcome to the Crusades: The Second Crusade
    Oct 14 2026
    Pre-order now!!! Nearly 50 years after the First Crusade made major gains in the Levant, the Crusader states found that they might have bitten off more than they could chew. Danny and Derek, along with Eleanor Janega and Luke Waters of the We're Not So Different pod, return to bring you the story of the Second Crusade. Season premiere Tuesday, October 27! Pre-order now with promo code CRUSADES15 to get season 2 for 15% off! Welcometothecrusades.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 mins
  • Bonus - Gaza’s Gravediggers (Part 1) w/ Norman Finkelstein (Preview)

    Bonus - Gaza’s Gravediggers (Part 1) w/ Norman Finkelstein (Preview)
    Oct 12 2026
    Subscribe now for the full episode. Danny and Derek speak with Norman Finkelstein about his intellectual and political journey, in part one of a conversation about his new book, Gaza's Gravediggers. They discuss his years as a Maoist, graduate school at Princeton, how Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon led him to study Zionism, exposing Joan Peters's From Time Immemorial, being blacklisted and his years as an adjunct at Brooklyn College, Mao and the Chinese revolution, the Marxist tradition and Noam Chomsky's influence, his parents' experience in the Warsaw Ghetto and his rejection of nationalism, and why he argues that what's happening in Gaza is a genocide, not a war. Read Norman Finkelstein's book, Gaza's Gravediggers: An Inquiry into Corruption in High Places. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
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