The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya with Matteo Capass...

Matt and Rudy join RK to discuss several facets of the electric grid. We talk about the USSR's and China's attempts at electrification, how a modern grid looks like, the current US grid and its governing authorities, and a discussion on possible futures for electricity. Reference ...  Show more

Ira and Rudy join renowned geographer David Harvey for a chat on his pedagogy and his theories of economics, neoliberalism and imperialism. 

In the early months of 2011 demonstrators took to the streets across the Arab world in what became known as the Arab spring. In February, protests in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi soon turned into an armed revolt seeking to overthrow the dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. S ...  Show more

في الذكرى الثالثة عشرة للثورة الليبية .. ليبيا في رحلة مستمرة عن حل لإنهاء أزمة سياسية طال أمدها، كيف يبدو المشهد السياسي في ليبيا ؟ هل اقتربت الأطراف الليبية من الجلوس على طاولة الحوار لإيجاد توافق سياسي بشأن قضاياها الخلافية ؟ متى و كيف سيصل الليبيون إلى بر الأمان ؟ أسئلة و أخر ...  Show more

Even after his overthrow and bloody death in 2011, Colonel Gaddafi still looms large over Libya but there is much more to the history of this important and often misunderstood country. It is the 16th largest country on Earth, its capital Tripoli is closer to London than Athens is ...  Show more

Last week, Libya’s parliament fired one of the country’s two prime ministers, Fathi Bashaga. Libya for years has been split between two rival governments. An internationally recognised prime minister, Abdelhamid Dabaiba, sits in the capital Tripoli and a rival government, unti ...