Dear colleagues, You can check out the latest episode of our podcast “WEIRD - A global take on the US election”, hosted by anthropologist Vito Laterza and written and produced by Vito Laterza & Louis Römer. The podcast offers engaging commentary on what Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Donald Trump, JD Vance and other politicians and commentators say, but also how they say it - the vibes, the emotions, the drama. https://www.weirdpodcast.com/p/ep4-walz-vance-debate <https://www.weirdpodcast.com/p/ep4-walz-vance-debate> Ep.4 - The Walz-Vance debate unpacked: consensus and conflict in middle America Behind the veneer of civility that cloaked the 2 October US vice presidential debate, there are radical differences that can't be reconciled. Sign up to our Substack newsletter at www.weirdpodcast.com <https://www.weirdpodcast.com/> to receive the next episodes straight into your inbox. You can find us on several podcast platforms (incl. Apple Podcasts and Spotify) and social media channels here: https://weirdpod.buzzsprout.com/2398387/follow <https://weirdpod.buzzsprout.com/2398387/follow> Kind regards, Vito -- Assoc. Prof. Vito Laterza PhD Anthropology (Cantab) Associate Professor Department of Global Development and Planning University of Agder Norway SCAS-Nordic Fellow 2024-2025 Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study Academic profile www.uia.no/english/about-uia/employees/vitol/index.html <http://www.uia.no/english/about-uia/employees/vitol/index.html> Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study www.swedishcollegium.se/subfolders/Fellows/Invited_Fellows/2024-25/laterza.html <http://www.swedishcollegium.se/subfolders/Fellows/Invited_Fellows/2024-25/laterza.html> Horizon Europe project ReMeD resilientmedia.eu/?page_id=549/#mcg_anchor <http://resilientmedia.eu/?page_id=549/#mcg_anchor> WEIRD: the podcast www.weirdpodcast.com <http://www.weirdpodcast.com/> Al Jazeera English www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/vito-laterza-.html <http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/vito-laterza-.html>