About this episode
Tanvi Misra discusses her piece on the historical denial of asylum and its implications for authoritarianism.
Tanvi Misra returns to discuss her new piece at Jewish Currents, " The Death of Asylum: How centuries of efforts to deny refuge to persecuted people paved way for authoritarianism." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Tanvi's essay here: https://jewishcurrents.org/the-death-of-asylum Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell
People in this episode
Host: This Is Hell!
Guest: Tanvi Misra
Topics covered
- asylum
- authoritarianism
- refugee crisis
- persecution
- journalism
Keywords
- asylum
- Tanvi Misra
- Jewish Currents
- authoritarianism
- refugees
- persecution
- journalism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Jewish Currents
Books & works: The Death of Asylum
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