Mathieu Lavault

Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Kenneth MacLeish, Associate Professor of medicine, health, society, and anthropology at Vanderbilt University. Amidst the Boulder and Atlanta mass shootings, they discuss his recent article: "Mental…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Professor Peter Kuznick of the American University to begin discussing the end of The Cold War, covering the presidency of George H.W. Bush in the 1990s and his decision to invade Panama and Iraq. This…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Rory Moore, a student at the London School of Economics, to talk about his Coronavirus Community Volunteering initiative, a project for which he was awarded by the UK Prime Minister and received…
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Le 7 Mars, notre présentateur Mathieu Lavault a rencontré le général Dominique Trinquand, ancien chef de la mission militaire française auprès de l'ONU à New York. Il nous parle de la situation au Sahel et sur l’opération…
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Host Mathieu Lavault meets once again with Professor Peter Kuznick of the American University to continue their discussion on the foreign policy initiatives by the United States that still have a profound impact on the geopolitical…
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Host Mathieu Lavault meets once again with Professor Peter Kuznick of the American University to discuss U.S. politics in the 1980s. How did the Reagan Administration try to improve relationships with the Soviet Union? What kind of…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with fellow McGill student Abdel Dicko, a Rhodes Scholar recipient, to talk about his personal and professional accomplishments and what McGill means for him as he prepares to go study at Oxford.
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Marjorie Cohn, professor at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California, and the former president of the National Lawyers Guild to talk about civil liberties in the era of Julian…
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Host Mathieu Lavault meets again with Professor Peter Kuznick of American University to discuss the Vietnam War. What were its effects on foreign policy in South East Asia? Could the United States have really won the war? This is a…
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Host Mathieu Lavault meets again with Professor Peter Kuznick of American University to continue their discussion of The Untold History of the United States, where they look at the military-industrial complex, the presidency of John F.…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with James Skinner, founder and executive director at CANZUK International to talk about the cultural, economic, and political community that comprises Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United…
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Host Mathieu Lavault meets again with Professor Peter Kuznick of American University to continue their discussion of The Untold History of the United States, where they look into the United States' foreign policy in the 1950's: The Korean…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Gamze Igrioglu and Moritz Ader of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris to discuss their new report: Governance for Youth, Trust and Intergenerational Justice: what can…
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Le 28 Octobre, notre présentateur Mathieu Lavault a rencontré la professeure Marie Mendras, politologue dans le domaine des études russes et des relations russo-européenne a Sciences Po Paris. Elle nous parle de la situation en…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Manuel Balán, Professor of Political Science at McGill University, to discuss what has thirty years of democracy meant for Chile and the main challenges facing the country.
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Le 19 Octobre notre présentateur Mathieu Lavault a rencontré Garret Martin, professeur de sciences politiques a l'American University. Il nous parle de la situation dans l'Union Européenne et sur les enjeux politiques, économiques, et…
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Host Mathieu Lavault meets again with Professor Peter Kuznick of American University to continue their discussion of The Untold History of the United States, where they investigate the United States’ push for global hegemony as the Cold…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Professor Alfredo Saad-Filho of King's College London to discuss Brazil and the impact of COVID-19 on its people, political power, and inequality in the country.
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Notre présentateur Mathieu Lavault a rencontré Marie-Joelle Zahar, professeure de sciences politiques à l’Université de Montréal. Elle nous parle de la situation au Liban, plus particulièrement de la corruption, de l’économie et de la…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Judith Sunderland, the acting deputy director for Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central division, to discuss the harsh flight that many refugees make when crossing the Mediterranean in order to find…
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Host Mathieu Lavault reunites with Professor Peter Kuznick of American University to continue their discussion of The Untold History of the United States. In this episode, both discuss the United States' use of the Atomic Bomb in Japan…
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Le 16 Septembre 2020 notre présentateur Mathieu Lavault a rencontré Valentin Gendrot, un journaliste indépendant qui a passé 6 mois au sein d'un commissariat du 19eme arrondissement de Paris. Il nous raconte son expérience et ses…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, the acting director for the Andes at WOLA, the Washington Office on Latin America, to discuss the violation of human rights for the Afro and indigenous populations in Colombia…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with John Christensen, economist and chair of the board of the Tax Justice Network, to discuss Britain’s Second Empire and how the country transformed itself from a colonial power into a global financial…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with William Snowden, founder of the Juror Project, to discuss why there is a need to reform the structure of US juries in order to more accurately represent the American population. Mr. Snowden began his…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Kevin Baugh, President of the Republic of Molossia. Molossia is a micronation - a self-declared nation in the middle of the Nevada desert in the United States. President Baugh discusses why he formed his…
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In this episode of MIR Meets, Mathieu Lavault sits down with Dr. David Buckeridge of the School of Population and Global Health at McGill University to discuss whether the province of Quebec and Canada can handle the testing if there…
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On this episode of MIR Meets, Mathieu Lavault sits down with Dr. Agnes Callamard, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, to talk about the murder of Mr. Khashoggi of October 2, 2018, as well…
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Mathieu Lavault sits down with President Jonathan Nez of the Navajo Nation, a sovereign Native American territory situated in the U.S states of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Discussing issues concerning his nation, he touches on how…
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Mathieu Lavault sits down with Dr. Ingo Sasgen, a geophysicist from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. Having led an analysis that concluded that Greenland’s ice sheets lost one million tonnes of ice per minute in…
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Mathieu Lavault sits down with Jean Casella, co-director of Solitary Watch, an organization dedicated to bringing the horrors of solitary confinement and other forms of torture in US prisons and jails into the public light. Aiming to…
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Mathieu Lavault sits down with Professor Peter Kuznick, Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University, to discuss the US in the 1930's and 1940's - a period which is often overlooked when recounting history.…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Andy Udelsman, a Legal Fellow at the Texas Civil Rights Project based in Austin, where he works to advance the movement for equality and justice inside and outside of the courts. Having…
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Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Professor Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey, a historian of the twentieth-century United States who studies the historical intersections between the US, Canada, and the African Diaspora. Professor…
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Contributor Mathieu Lavault sits down with Chris Gibbs, an experienced soybean farmer from Western Ohio and the former chair of his county Republican party. Having worked at the United States Department of Agriculture for many…
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In this episode of MIR Meets, contributor Mathieu Lavault sits down with Daryl Davis, a renowned black musician with a unique interest in infiltrating hate groups. Having converted over 200 KKK members to leave and denounce…
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In this episode of MIR Meets, contributor Mathieu Lavault sits down with Arthur Rizer, the director of justice and national security policy for the R Street Institute, where he heads institute programs dealing with a variety of issues…
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