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Haiti — Robert Fatton Jr.
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In Episode #70, we are joined by Robert Fatton Jr., the Julia A. Cooper Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia and one of the foremost experts on Haiti.
We discuss:
- Prof. Fatton's path from Port-au-Prince to Charlottesville
- Our guest's experience as a sportscaster during Haiti's 1974 World Cup appearance and how he became a Real Madrid fan
- Why the Haitian Revolution is a fundamental event in world history, which shapes Haiti to this day
- The 1915-1934 U.S. occupation of Haiti
- The mysteries surrounding the recent assassination of President Jovenel Moïse
- Haiti's challenges ahead
- Listening, and watching recommendations from:
- Robert
- The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C. L. R. James
- Avengers of the New World by Laurent Dubois
- Exterminate All the Brutes, a documentary series by acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck
- Rhum Barbancourt
- Jonathan
- Fred
- The Side of Haiti You've Never Seen
- Barbancourt over ice cream (H/T Joe Callahan)
- Robert
We’ll see you next week for another exciting and informative episode when we sit down with Zoe Lee, Taiwan's pioneering cannabis lawyer!
100 episodi
Manage episode 300634802 series 2909142
In Episode #70, we are joined by Robert Fatton Jr., the Julia A. Cooper Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia and one of the foremost experts on Haiti.
We discuss:
- Prof. Fatton's path from Port-au-Prince to Charlottesville
- Our guest's experience as a sportscaster during Haiti's 1974 World Cup appearance and how he became a Real Madrid fan
- Why the Haitian Revolution is a fundamental event in world history, which shapes Haiti to this day
- The 1915-1934 U.S. occupation of Haiti
- The mysteries surrounding the recent assassination of President Jovenel Moïse
- Haiti's challenges ahead
- Listening, and watching recommendations from:
- Robert
- The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C. L. R. James
- Avengers of the New World by Laurent Dubois
- Exterminate All the Brutes, a documentary series by acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck
- Rhum Barbancourt
- Jonathan
- Fred
- The Side of Haiti You've Never Seen
- Barbancourt over ice cream (H/T Joe Callahan)
- Robert
We’ll see you next week for another exciting and informative episode when we sit down with Zoe Lee, Taiwan's pioneering cannabis lawyer!
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