ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
The Spotlight is the official podcast of the San Diego State University International Security and Conflict Resolution program. Season 4 is brought to you by Alexis Briggeman, and Parker Allard. The Spotlight prides itself on its unique approach to international relations by incorporating a wide array of perspectives. The goal is to shine a spotlight (get it!) on events related to international security and conflict by examining them from unique perspectives that many feel do not get the recognition they deserve.
Update frequency:
every 27 days
Average audio length:
50 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
11 episodes
since March 13, 2025
episodic
IN THIS PODCAST 🔗
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
This episode highlights an important conversation with Taras Filenko, a Ukrainian pianist and ethnomusicologist, to explore how music shapes cultural identity, political relations, and global understanding. Drawing from his extensive work in ethnomusicology, history, and performance, Filenko examin…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
In this episode, we reflect on one of the most pivotal moments in modern history, the Tiananmen Square Protest. Joined by student leader and activist Fengsuo Zhou, we explore the legacy of the 1989 protests, the personal and political stakes of dissent, and the enduring struggle for democratic refo…
Hosts Alexis Briggeman and Parker Allard sit down with Texas State University Professor Tom Alter who was recently and illegally terminated from his tenure position with the University. Follow along as they discuss what academic freedom looks like today and what this means for the University system.
In this episode, I sit down with Matt Benson—a Navy JAG Corps veteran, former federal prosecutor, and national security law practitioner who now leads his own private law firm—to trace a career built at the intersection of service and law. We talk about how his path from professional basketball in …
Hosts Chandria Arboleda and Sophia Hansen sit down with Sherri Goodman, the Pentagon’s first deputy undersecretary of defense for environmental security, to discuss how climate change became understood as a “threat multiplier.” Goodman’s career—shaping the intersection of environmental sustainabili…
Hosts Chandria Arboleda and Sophia Hansen sit down with Professor Robert Harkins, former DEA agent turned SDSU Faculty Lecturer, and Alice Wilshire, Homeland Security master’s student, about AI in security, post-grad opportunities, and the reminder that the day you plant the seed is not the day you…
Hosts Chandria Arboleda and Sophia Hansen sit down with Benjamin Moore, Global Affairs Strategist for Mayor Todd Gloria, to explore San Diego’s growing role in international diplomacy and exchange. Together, they discuss how local engagement, global partnerships, and how student voices can shape th…
In this episode, Josie and Purnell engage Professor Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien in a comprehensive discussion covering the historical roots of sanctuary cities, their present-day struggles, and the effects of the second Trump administration's immigration policies on immigrant communities across the U…
Fifty years after the Vietnam War, co-hosts Purnell Strom and Josie Hall engage SDSU Professor Gregory Daddis in a discussion about the conflict and its surprisingly timely lessons for today.
Co-hosts Purnell Strom and Josie Hall sit down with Jennifer Ruth, a prominent film maker and associate dean in the College of the Arts and professor in the School of Film at Portland State University, to discuss her latest film: The Palestine Exception. Tune in for a thoughtful discussion on free …
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