Episodes 35
Avg. Duration 30m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (6)
Since Jul 2022
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
71%
Hosting
visavis.podcasts.library.columbia.edu

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About This Podcast

"Vis a Vis" is a new podcast produced by the Alliance Program at Columbia University. "Vis a Vis" will feature conversations that challenge our understanding of key global, economic and social issues by casting them in a transatlantic perspective. The "Vis a Vis" podcast will interrogate and contrast the perspectives of Columbia faculty with their French and European counterparts, focusing on a range of issues of urgent concern, including: climate change, migration, freedom of expression, diversity, the politics of memory, the role of culture in society, AI and the future of work, democracy and social media, participatory democracy... Guests will include a broad diversity of Columbia faculty, researchers, doctoral students, as well as French professors and scholars visiting Columbia under the Alliance Program.

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Recent Episodes

S4E8 Research at Sciences Po

Apr 14, 2026 36m

Over the last few decades, Sciences Po has significantly increased its footprint in research, becoming one of the world’s leading institutions in social science research. The Sciences Po ecosystem is…

S4E7 Women’s Rights Today

Mar 05, 2026 52m

Thirty years ago, the Beijing Declaration charted a path to achieve gender equality worldwide. Since then, some progress was achieved. Girls are surpassing boys in school completion, women are…

S4E6 Mending The Living World – a Conversation with Corine Pelluchon

Feb 19, 2026 34m

Debates about climate change and the environment often focus, understandably, on risk evaluation, mitigation, and adaptation. Important research is dedicated to technical innovations like carbon…

S4E5 News from the Extreme Universe

Jan 21, 2026 44m

In 2027, we will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Big Bang theory, first proposed by the Belgivan priest and astronomer Georges Lemaître. In the last 100 years, our knowledge and…

S4E4 The Era of Impostures: Beyond Identity and Polarization

Dec 17, 2025 31m

Politics, today, seems to be divided by ideology, as much as it is by identity. Our political leanings are determined, not only by our particular vision of the common good, but by who we are, where…

S4E3 Can Responsible AI Make Humans More Responsible?

Nov 17, 2025 22m

By all accounts, the AI revolution is upon us and, although we know it will transform our world, its long-term impact – on jobs, on education, on privacy, on our political life – can only be surmised…

S4E2 Young Researchers Who Mend Broken Hearts

Oct 26, 2025 32m

Every year, 1.3 million babies are born with congenital heart disease worldwide. One third of them need an artificial valve implant. These complex heart surgeries save hundreds of thousands of…

S4E2 Proust, A Jewish Way: A Conversation with Antoine Compagnon

Sep 17, 2025 31m

When the French writer Marcel Proust died at the age of 51 more than a century ago, many obituaries highlighted the fact that his mother was Jewish. But Proust’s relationship with his Jewish side was…

S4E1 Knowledge is Beautiful

Sep 02, 2025 26m

When we think about works of philosophy, sociology, history, or economics, we often think of rigorous, methodically argued tomes written in arid, dispassionate prose. Social science enquiry aims to…

S3E9 The Rise of the French Far Right

Jul 10, 2025 26m

In June 2024, the French Far Right party, the National Rally came in first at the European elections, way ahead of the party of President Macron. This sent shockwaves in the French political world…

S3E8 Research at Columbia

Jun 01, 2025 37m

Over the last 80 years, research has been at the core of scientific and technological progress in our societies; and universities have played and continue to play a critical role in this process. At…

S3E7 New Trends in World Cinema

May 12, 2025 43m

Over the last decades, the world of cinema has gone through profound transformations. The advent of streaming platforms, the COVID pandemic, and the introduction of AI technology at multiple stages…

S3E6 After the Fire: Lead Pollution and Notre Dame

Apr 14, 2025 37m

On April 15th, 2019, the world saw in awe the Notre Dame Cathedral ravaged by flames. As the fire spread through the beloved Paris landmark, toxic smoke spewed billions of particles of lead from the…

S3E5 In Search of the ‘Lost Generation’: American Writers in Paris

Mar 19, 2025 33m

In Woody Allen’s 2011 movie Midnight in Paris, Gil, a young Hollywood screenwriter and aspiring novelist, played by Owen Wilson, is transported back to the 1920s Paris. Every night, he meets his…

S3E4 Technopolitics: Will AI Reshape Global Power Relations?

Feb 04, 2025 28m

In most areas of our lives, artificial intelligence is promising to bring revolutionary change – from medicine to transport, from education to food production. Even creative industries – filmmaking,…

S3E3 Will AI Revolutionize Transport?

Jan 16, 2025 26m

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the way we work, the way we stay informed, the way we interact with others. It is also set to transform the way we move around in cities. In the air,…

S3E2 Can AI Help Save the Planet?

Nov 21, 2024 28m

Over the last few years, the rise of artificial intelligence has been reshaping many areas of our lives. From healthcare to law, from self-driving cars to self-written novels, AI promises to…

S3E1 Is Polarization Threatening American Democracy?

Oct 14, 2024 28m

Since the storming of the Capitol on January 6th 2021, there have been growing fears about the risk of political violence in the United States. Efforts to cast doubt on the results of the election,…

S2E8 Combatting Screen Addiction: A Conversation with Célia Zolynski

Jul 17, 2024 28m

Today, the average American teen spends 7 hours and 22 minutes looking at screens each day (an increase of 30% in the last 10 years). At the same time, 7 out of 10 teens say they often or sometimes…

S2E7 The Ebbs and Flows of Jihadism

Apr 18, 2024 37m

Since September 11th 2001, there have been close to 150 Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe. But in order to understand the phenomenon of jihadism, one has to look beyond the attacks themselves. The…

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