1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

Read Borders in Red for FREE! https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501780554/borders-in-red/#bookTabs=1 Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/3ndhPn4qPVQKBrbos5QrSp41j_8?utm_source=copy_url Stephan Rindlisbacher is a postdoctoral researcher at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). We spoke to Stephan about how his new book, the first comprehensive look into how the border between Russia and Ukraine was drawn, helps us better understand today’s current conflict between the two nations; how politicians, experts, and people from the border regions worked together to create the Soviet Republic borders in the 1920s and early 1930s; and the amazing detailed maps that accompany this rich history throughout the book.

Learn more about Startup Capitalism (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501781391/startup-capitalism/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Tmx6NA_VRaCB-WSUO1lIHbWfO9c?utm_source=copy_url Robyn Klingler-Vidra is Reader in Entrepreneurship and Sustainability at King's Business School, King's College London. Ramon Pacheco Pardo is Professor of International Relations at King's College London and the KF-VUB Korea Chair at the Brussels School of Governance of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. We spoke to Robyn and Ramon about the different strategies that China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan take in emulating the Silicon Valley approach to economic growth and innovation, how these East Asian countries want their big businesses to “gain innovative DNA by working with startups,” and how these evolving new strategies from Asia directly challenge, and will certainly influence, the current Silicon Valley playbook.

Learn more about Welcome to Soylandia (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501780233/welcome-to-soylandia Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/8TCrPkBnKy2b52Fo2o7NCxkmKfE?utm_source=copy_url Andrew Ofstehage is Program Coordinator of the Global Academy at North Carolina State University. We spoke to Andrew about his research into a group of US Midwest farmers who now farm in the tropical savanna of eastern Brazil, the innovative use of flexible farming by these large-scale, industrial, and elite farmers, and the role of social values in an agriculture that seems to be completely about money.

Learn more about Bad Christians and Hanging Toads (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779718/bad-christians-and-hanging-toads/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/CnB_Cc_KV636TZN-ChfDW0A8OGw?utm_source=copy_url Rochelle Rojas is Assistant Professor of History at Kalamazoo College. We spoke to Rochelle about the inner logic of early modern European witchcraft trials, how accused witches were able to prove they were good, and not bad, Christians, and the surprising and prominent role that toads played in many of the witch accusations.

Read Bad Lieutenants for FREE here: (use promo code 09POD to save 30% on the print edition): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501781025/bad-lieutenants/#bookTabs=1 Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/a8G8EDW_TZoMrgdZUjox_q2LKt4?utm_source=copy_url Andrew Mertha is the George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and Director of the School of Advanced International Studies China Research Center at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of three other books from Cornell University Press—Brothers in Arms, China’s Water Warriors, and The Politics of Piracy. We spoke to Andrew about how the Khmer Rouge remained a force to be reckoned with long after the fall of Pol Pot’s government, how they were able to keep their political power intact, and the three key Khmer Rouge leaders who were instrumental in the movement's strange durability.