December 14, 2020
Episode #3 focuses on the decolonization of the Japanese empire post-WW2, including the North Korean Repatriation Project, and how that continues to affect Japanese-Korean relations and East Asian affairs. For this episode, Carly Shiever interviews historian Dr. Lori Watt of Washington University to discuss the contested terrain of memory, history and international relations.
November 18, 2020
This episode explores the moral philosophies of Adam Smith, considered to be the father of modern capitalism. Yalemwork Teferra interviews Prof. Vikash Yadav to discuss the Smith’s ethical framework that often gets erased by many contemporary economists. They explore the ways in which modern capitalism has evolved with globalization and how it has strayed from ideological Smithian conceptions of free trade and the global market. Yalemwork is joined by hosts Stacey Philbrick Yadav and Kevin Dunn as they reflect on consumer culture and corporate responsibility, consumer culture and its global impacts.