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Space the Nation

On Space the Nation, we take our love of science fiction (and fantasy and horror) and smash it together with our professional passions: international relations (as brought to the table by Tufts University professor and Washington Post columnist Dan Drezner) and cultural criticism (as brought to the table by political columnist Ana Marie Cox). It’s a highly informed but hilarious conversation that starts with an examination of a particular text (everything from Ursula K. LeGuin to the MCU, Star Trek to Colson Whitehead) and veers into current events, mental health practices and imagined conversations between Ted Cruz and the Predator. For people who like white papers and graphic novels, Chapo Trap House and what Political Science Twitter used to be.

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Latest Episodes:

E9: You Must Be New at This Feb 15, 2021

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Can you teach an old Inner new tricks? Can you take the boy out of Baltimore but not the Baltimore out of the boy? PINKWATER? GET IT? GET IT? Ana and Dan discuss whether or not it's a good idea to grow your tribe or not. There is IR in this episode!

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E8: Scavengers Feb 07, 2021

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Ana and Dan discuss the lies we tell ourselves, and the lies we tell each other. Are our faves progressing or regressing in their travels around the known worlds? There is IR in this episode, oh boy oh boy, perhaps you'd like to revisit the Iraq War? No? *Neither would we.*

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E7: Nothing Without Me Jan 29, 2021

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Ana and Dan discuss modes of leadership and toxic masculinity (related!) and the lessons Expanse offers in nuclear safety (think: Pakistan).

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E6: I Am Not a Killer Jan 25, 2021

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There is IR in this episode! Dan discusses "bandwagoning" and "balancing" and neither of those things has to do with what you might do if you played the French horn! Ana has malignant narcissism on her mind, for some reason. Also: Maybe Marco and Amos have more in common than you think.

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E5: Hard Burn Jan 15, 2021

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Is biology destiny? Does blood relation make you family, or is it something else? Ana and Dan discuss Belter alliances, Amos' continued emotional evolution, and Marco's general dickishness. There is IR in this episode!

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E4: No More Worlds Left to Conquer Jan 08, 2021

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Welp, that escalated quickly. Dan goes deep on international relations theories about how third-party nation-states respond to larger conflicts; Ana recalls everything she ever learned about post-modernism in order to deconstruct the Expanse's argument about nature versus nurture. Oh, and extended sidebar on the actual historical battle referenced in the title. But it's interesting, really! Also: thoughts on the prison industrial complex and how it might or might not change and wondering if Monica will write "The Looming Tower" of the attack on Earth.

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E3: What Money Can't Buy Jan 01, 2021

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Ana and Dan ponder the ties between people: Are they based on blood and DNA? Class? Identity? Can you buy loyalty? Dan squees over Drummer. Ana deconstructs the cringe fest that is Alex's date with the Martian Mata Hari. Extended detour into QWERTY keyboards in space and "path dependence."

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E2: Tactical Choke Points Dec 25, 2020

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Do you love War College lectures? This is the episode for you. Do you love extended discourse on the normalization of sex work and trauma recovery? ALSO FOR YOU. What about awkwardly inserted pull quotes? We'll get better, promise.

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E1: The Opposite of Exodus Dec 21, 2020

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Starting off the whole thing with everyone going their own ways, but is this an exodus, or is it a series of returns to their origins?

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POD PREVIEW Dec 18, 2020

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Want to listen to our voices before making a time or financial commitment to your next favorite podcast? This mp3 will allow you to do that!

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