Podcasts

Anthropology at the Odessa Kitchen

With historian and anthropologist Vlad Vod'ko, I am launching a new podcast series — Anthropology at the Odessa Kitchen — where, over cups of tea, we wield social science's sharpest knife to slice through everyday rumour and rhetoric and lay out the world's hard truths plain, and sometimes hot. Subscribe to keep on top of new episodes!

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World: We Got This | 14 November 2024

Trump 2.0 for India & Ukraine

In a conversation with host Esau Williams and Sean Starrs, an expert in international development, I discuss the implications of Trump's second term for Ukraine, India, China and the rest of the world; and how Trump's MAGA base may influence his policies.

World: We Got This | 8 November 2024

Modi's visit to the US

In a conversation with the KCL host Esau Williams and Sean Starrs, an expert in international development, I discuss the implications of Trump's second presidency for Ukraine, India and the rest of the world; and how Trump's MAGA base may influence his policies.

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Antropodi | 3 May 2022

An Anthropologist at War

In a conversation with anthropologist Jukka Jouhki I discuss Russia's war against Ukraine, the history of Russo-Ukrainian relations, my Direct Aid initiative, anthropologists' reactions to this war and my critique of anthropology’s ethical turn, so-called.

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New Books Network | 24 May 2021

Nobody's People

In a conversation about my book, Nobody’s People: Hierarchy as Hope in a Society of Thieves (Stanford, 2020), I discuss hierarchy in Northern India, where, against the stereotype of oppression, is perceived as an enabling logic of care that fosters social ambition, movement and hope.

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New Books Network | 2 March 2017

Patronage as Politics in South Asia

In a conversation about my edited book, Patronage as Politics in South Asia (Cambridge, 2014), I discuss patronage, viewed typically as corruption, as a normative language of generosity, loyalty, and care central to democracy in South Asia and beyond.

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