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An Interview with Nick Jacobson (Yale College ‘23), a 2024 Candidate for the Pennsylvania State House

Theo SotoodehniaJanuary 18, 2025January 31, 2025

Nick Jacobson YC ‘23 was the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s 85th State House District in this year’s general election. While at Yale, Nick was one of The Politic’s Managing Editors. He lives outside of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Nick spoke to The…

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Hells on Earth: An Interview with Roba El Husseini on Conflict Journalism in the Middle East

Eliza DauntJanuary 18, 2025May 10, 2025

​​Roba El Husseini has spent the past decade with Agence France Presse (AFP) reporting from some of the world’s most challenging conflict zones, covering crises in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and beyond. Her reporting relays powerful stories of military operations, human…

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Politic Podcast: Episode 8 – From Barefoot Classrooms to the Ballot Box: An Interview with Babra Bhebe

Abyssinia HaileOctober 29, 2024January 31, 2025

Over two decades ago, Babra Ontible Bhebe was working in Binga, a remote area in the northeastern region of Zimbabwe. As a temporary teacher, she taught many students from the most impoverished villages in her country. Often, students made the…

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The Economics of the Russian Invasion: An Interview With Maksimas Milta

Kate ReynoldsDecember 5, 2022December 8, 2022

Maksimas Milta is a master’s student in the European and Russian Studies Program in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He originally hails from Lithuania. At Yale, he studies the role of higher education in combating despotism and protecting…

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An Interview with Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem

Allison ChenFebruary 20, 2018

“For me, it is improving services, making the city more attractive to investors, young couples, families, and visitors.”

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An Interview with Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis

Rohit GoyalJanuary 22, 2018January 22, 2018

“This is not the first time this country has been so divided.”

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An Interview with Margaret Taylor, Chief Democratic Counsel for the Senate Foreign Relationships Committee

Milan VivancoNovember 8, 2017

Milan Vivanco talks with Margaret Taylor about diplomacy and its challenges under Trump.

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An Interview with Kip Thorne, Theoretical Physicist and 2017 Nobel Prize Recipient

Ahmed ElbenniOctober 22, 2017October 22, 2017

Thorne has conducted extensive astrophysical research on relativistic stars, black holes, and gravitational waves.

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