Jon and Pete talk with artists, authors, musicians, filmmakers, athletes and creators about their processes, challenges, origins, relationships that influenced their work, and what brings them to the place where they perform at their peak.
Categories: Music, Society & Culture
Tags: #seal, album, Army, art, bass, book, drum, guitar, gulf, horn, keyboard, keys, music, piano, Ranger, screenplay, song, spy, Trombone, Trumpet, Writer
Weekly reflections from Mike Rinehart, bishop of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Podcast includes relevant ideas about preaching on the revised common lectionary.
Categories: Religion & Spirituality
Tags: Bishop, coast, Devotions, elca, gulf, lectionary, Lutheran, mike, pastor, preaching, rinehart, Synod
Through a series of expert interviews, this podcast mini-series explores some of the most pressing questions raised by the CSIS Middle East Program report, “Citizens in Training: Conscription and Nation-building in the United Arab Emirates.” Hear from leading experts on the Gulf, the UAE, and modern militaries in general what the UAE’s bold experiment in military conscription as a nationbuilding tool reveals about the leadership’s diagnosis of its key challenges at a pivotal moment in its national trajectory, the rise of new nationalism in the Gulf and GCC states’ efforts to prepare for a post-oil future, and the implications of conscription for both militaries and societies in a 21st century world. Jon Alterman and Margo Balboni of the Middle East Program host. Produced by Emily Grunewald and Yumi Araki. For listeners who want a deeper dive into the UAE’s conscription program, the full “Citizens in Training” report with a two-page executive summary is available here.
Categories: Uncategorised
Tags: arab, building, Conscription, east, Emirates, gulf, middle, nation, national, nationalism, service, UAE, united