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"The monks leading these violent movements seem driven not by a pursuit of nirvana in the afterlife, but by a quest for dominance in this one."

Read an excerpt from Sonia Faleiro's THE ROBE AND THE SWORD (on sale now in the US / Dec 4 in UK) in @theguardian.com ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
The long read: Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goals
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Flying somewhere for Thanksgiving? We have just the book for you!

In WHY FLYING IS MISERABLE: AND HOW TO FIX IT, policy expert @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social explains how flying became so, well, miserable, and what we can do to fix it.

✈️ globalreports.columbia.edu/books/why-fl...
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🌟 THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES: The Fragile Cables that Connect Our World, by @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social is an @economist.com Best Book of 2025!

Learn more & get your copy now-> https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-web-beneath-the-waves
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Why did sports leagues go from opposing gambling to embracing it?

"The short answer is money. The long answer is also money."

Jonathan D. Cohen, author of LOSING BIG, joined Sports in America with David Greene to unpack the rapid rise of legalized sports gambling
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Sports Betting: From Vegas to Our Smartphones
Podcast Episode · Sports In America with David Greene · 11/18/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"It's a speculative instrument purely for my own use and my own entertainment, which to me qualifies it as gambling rather than investing"

Jonathan D. Cohen joined @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social to explain why he'd argue Kalshi is more about gambling than it is investing 📺 ⤵️
youtu.be/iGx-kqf_840?...
Wanna bet? Online prediction markets wager that you will
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
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November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"We must be very clear that when a violent Buddhist monk attempts to use history & religion to justify their actions, they are being duplicitous"

Sonia Faleiro joined @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Buddhist Studies to talk about her new book THE ROBE AND THE SWORD 🎧
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Sonia Faleiro,
Podcast Episode · New Books in Buddhist Studies · 11/14/2025 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"It's sort of an unnecessary crisis of their own making."

Jonathan D Cohen, author of LOSING BIG, joined @pbsnews.org to talk about the impact of the sports betting industry and the MLB's response to the league's latest scandal.

Check out his segment 📺 ⤵️
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Indictment of MLB pitchers raises questions about impact of legal sports betting
Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers were charged with sharing inside information about their play with sports bettors. That information that enabled them and others to profit off the pitches they threw. ...
www.pbs.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“The safety of the cables in the ocean is a national security issue, a precondition for the economy, and a matter of literal life and death”

🎧ICYMI: The Guardian Long Read podcast features an excerpt from @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social’s THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet
Podcast Episode · The Audio Long Read · 07/11/2025 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Happy US pub day to Sonia Faleiro’s THE ROBE AND THE SWORD: How Buddhist Extremism Is Shaping Modern Asia
(Dec 4 in UK)

“Sonia Faleiro is a master of narrative reportage, illuminating every topic she touches”—Fatima Bhutto

learn more & get your copy now-> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-ro...
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“The trauma of occupation created this violent nationalism that we are seeing right now. Occupied people tend to inherit a sense of humiliation.“

@tricyclemag.bsky.social interviewed Sonia Faleiro about THE ROBE AND THE SWORD and the lasting impact of colonialism.
tricycle.org/article/the-...
‘The Robe and the Sword’
Journalist, writer, and activist Sonia Faleiro on the role of colonialism in countries grappling with religious extremism
tricycle.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"This meticulous reporting and analysis offers a sorely needed broad take on Buddhist extremism’s impact" —V.V. Ganeshananthan

Sonia Faleiro's THE ROBE AND THE SWORD is on sale Nov 11 in US / Dec 4 in UK, but avail for preorder everywhere now

Learn more-> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-ro...
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“The Web Beneath the Waves is an elegant study of a hidden world.”

@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social reviews Samanth Subramanian's THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES (out now!) ⤵️
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/power-hangs-by-a-literal-thread/
Power Hangs by a Literal Thread | Los Angeles Review of Books
Ian Kumekawa dives into Samanth Subramanian’s “The Web Beneath the Waves: The Fragile Cables That Connect Our World.”
lareviewofbooks.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Leagues sort of wandered into this sort of not really knowing what they’re getting into, just knowing that they could make a lot of money off of it.”

Jonathan D. Cohen, author of LOSING BIG, isn’t sure sports leagues were prepared for the risks of online gambling
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
How sports gambling has become crucial to leagues’ bottom lines | CNN Business
Do you think that the NBA gambling scandal will cause leagues to put some distance between themselves and sports gambling? Don’t bet on it.
www.cnn.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Samanth is an amazing reporter and you should read his book. And also listen thank you.
Just how delicate is the Internet?

After the AWS outage, @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social joins @lizzieohreally.bsky.social on the What Next: TBD podcast to explain how fragile the Internet's infrastructure really is, and how much that should worry us. 🎧
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
The AWS Outage is Only the Beginning
How the AWS outage kept both engineers and people with very expensive mattresses up at night.
slate.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just how delicate is the Internet?

After the AWS outage, @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social joins @lizzieohreally.bsky.social on the What Next: TBD podcast to explain how fragile the Internet's infrastructure really is, and how much that should worry us. 🎧
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
The AWS Outage is Only the Beginning
How the AWS outage kept both engineers and people with very expensive mattresses up at night.
slate.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Reposted by Columbia Global Reports
"'Web Beneath the Waves' suggests that privately owned physical cables are an integrally important source of geostrategic power today." Ian Kumekawa on Samanth Subramanian’s "The Web Beneath the Waves." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/virtual-space-and-physical-infrastructure/
October 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The best kind of delivery!

Early copies of THE ROBE AND THE SWORD: How Buddhist Extremism Is Shaping Modern Asia, by writer & journalist Sonia Faleiro

✨ On sale Nov 11 in the US / Dec 4 in the UK, but available for preorder everywhere now!
globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-ro...
October 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"I really wanted to write about fiction because I think it's always offered a safer space to explore difficult ideas without drawing too much fire"

Megan Walsh, author of THE SUBPLOT, explores the complex world of Chinese fiction with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3WnJ...
Megan Walsh, "The Subplot: What China Is Reading and Why It Matters" (Columbia Global Reports, 2022)
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October 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Democratized finance should mean a fair chance to build wealth, not more ways to find out that the house always wins.”

Jonathan D. Cohen, author of LOSING BIG, & Isaac Rose-Berman have some thoughts on the expansion of online gambling, for @nytopinion.nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | Gambling. Investing. Gaming. There’s No Difference Anymore.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“The whole point, just like a social media app, is continuous engagement with the product.”

Jonathan D. Cohen, author of LOSING BIG, joins Apple News in Conversation to talk about the seamless experience—and potential dangers—of online sports betting.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The dirty secret behind the hobby costing young men thousands of dollars
Podcast Episode · Apple News In Conversation · 10/16/2025 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM