ThoughtCast® » empire in denial http://www.thoughtcast.org An online watering hole for ideas. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:02:22 +0000 en hourly 1 ThoughtCast® by ThoughtCast, 2005 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ jenny@thoughtcast.org (Jenny Attiyeh) jenny@thoughtcast.org (Jenny Attiyeh) http://www.thoughtcast.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg ThoughtCast® http://www.thoughtcast.org 144 144 An online watering hole for ideas. A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals. jenny attiyeh, thoughtcast, interview, author, public radio, academic, books, poetry, Jenny Attiyeh Jenny Attiyeh jenny@thoughtcast.org no no Our American “Empire” with Niall Ferguson http://www.thoughtcast.org/politics/our-american-empire-with-niall-ferguson/ http://www.thoughtcast.org/politics/our-american-empire-with-niall-ferguson/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:28:08 +0000 Jenny http://www.thoughtcast.org/?p=139 Note: This interview has been picked up by the public radio stations WGBH, in Boston, its affiliates WCAI and WNAN, and WCVE in Richmond, VA.

Niall Ferguson
In some ways, the Scottish historian Niall Ferguson is the Russell Crowe of the academic world: charismatic, unconventional, and definitely controversial. He’s also a big fan of the British Empire — and wants the United States to follow in its footsteps. That means it’s our job to form colonies in hot climates, for years on end.
But are we up for this? While Niall would like that to be the case, he doesn’t really think so, because, he says, we’re an empire “in denial” …
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]]> http://www.thoughtcast.org/politics/our-american-empire-with-niall-ferguson/feed/ 0 0:03:59 Note: This interview has been picked up by the public radio stations WGBH, in Boston, its affiliates WCAI and WNAN, and WCVE in Richmond, VA. Niall Ferguson In some ways, the Scottish historian Niall Ferguson is the Russell Crowe of the acade[...] Note: This interview has been picked up by the public radio stations WGBH, in Boston, its affiliates WCAI and WNAN, and WCVE in Richmond, VA. Niall Ferguson In some ways, the Scottish historian Niall Ferguson is the Russell Crowe of the academic world: charismatic, unconventional, and definitely controversial. He’s also a big fan of the British Empire — and wants the United States to follow in its footsteps. That means it’s our job to form colonies in hot climates, for years on end. But are we up for this? While Niall would like that to be the case, he doesn’t really think so, because, he says, we’re an empire “in denial” … Click here: to listen to a 4 minute excerpt. Click here: to listen to the entire interview (15:30 minutes). And to listen to an interview with Niall Ferguson on the WGBH Forum Network, click here! Economics, History, Politics Jenny Attiyeh no no