New Episodes

The Alt Right, Kekistan, White Shariah: An Interview with Dr. Hizer Mir

October 30, 2024

The Alt Right, Kekistan, White Shariah

Hizer Mir
Hosted by Radio Reorient

An interview with Dr. Hizer Mir on the Alt Right and Islam This episode was originally published on November 16, 2019.…

The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: A Conversation with Grahm McAleer and Alexander Rosenthal-Publu

October 30, 2024

The Wisdom of Our Ancestors

Graham James McAleer and Alexander S. Rosenthal-Pubul
Hosted by Laura Laurent

Based on The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition (University of Notre Dame Press, 2023), this week’s conversation…

Anuradha Sajjanhar, "The New Experts: Populist Elites and Technocratic Promises in Modi's India" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

October 30, 2024

The New Experts

Anuradha Sajjanhar
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How are technocratic experts supporting populist politics? In The New Experts Populist Elites and Technocratic Promises in Modi’s India (Cambridge UP,…

Judging Refugees: Narrative and Oral Testimony in Refugee Status Determination

October 30, 2024

Judging Refugees

Anthea Vogl

Dr Laura Smith-Khan speaks with Dr Anthea Vogl about her new book, Judging Refugees: Narrative and Oral Testimony in Refugee Status Determination (Cam…

Tom Smith, "Anatomy of Game Design" (CRC Press, 2024)

October 30, 2024

Anatomy of Game Design

Tom Smith

People have played games forever, but it’s only in the past few decades that people really started thinking about what games are, how they work, and h…

Rajbir Singh Judge, "Prophetic Maharaja: Loss, Sovereignty, and the Sikh Tradition in Colonial South Asia" (Columbia UP, 2024)

October 30, 2024

Prophetic Maharaja

Rajbir Singh Judge
Hosted by Arighna Gupta

How do traditions and peoples grapple with loss, particularly when it is of such magnitude that it defies the possibility of recovery or restoration? …

Lennard J. Davis, "Poor Things: How Those with Money Depict Those Without It" (Duke UP, 2024)

October 30, 2024

Poor Things

Lennard J. Davis
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

For generations most of the canonical works that detail the lives of poor people have been created by rich or middle-class writers like Charles Dicken…

Friederike Baer, "Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War" (Oxford UP, 2022)

October 30, 2024

Hessians

Friederike Baer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Between 1776 and 1783, Britain hired an estimated 30,000 German soldiers to fight in its war against the Americans. Collectively known as Hessians, th…

Bihani Sarkar, "Classical Sanskrit Tragedy: The Concept of Suffering and Pathos in Medieval India" (I. B. Tauris, 2021)

October 30, 2024

Classical Sanskrit Tragedy

Bihani Sarkar
Hosted by Kshitij Jain

It is often assumed that classical Sanskrit poetry and drama lack a concern with the tragic. However, as Bihani Sarkar makes clear in Classical Sanskr…

Greg Epstein, "Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation" (MIT Press, 2024)

October 30, 2024

Tech Agnostic

Greg Epstein
Hosted by Meghan Cochran

Technology has surpassed religion as the central focus of our lives, from our dependence on smartphones to the way that tech has infused almost every …

The Alt Right, Kekistan, White Shariah: An Interview with Dr. Hizer Mir

October 30, 2024

The Alt Right, Kekistan, White Shariah

Hizer Mir
Hosted by Radio Reorient

An interview with Dr. Hizer Mir on the Alt Right and Islam This episode was originally published on November 16, 2019.…

The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: A Conversation with Grahm McAleer and Alexander Rosenthal-Publu

October 30, 2024

The Wisdom of Our Ancestors

Graham James McAleer and Alexander S. Rosenthal-Pubul
Hosted by Laura Laurent

Based on The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition (University of Notre Dame Press, 2023), this week’s conversation…

Anuradha Sajjanhar, "The New Experts: Populist Elites and Technocratic Promises in Modi's India" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

October 30, 2024

The New Experts

Anuradha Sajjanhar
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How are technocratic experts supporting populist politics? In The New Experts Populist Elites and Technocratic Promises in Modi’s India (Cambridge UP,…

Judging Refugees: Narrative and Oral Testimony in Refugee Status Determination

October 30, 2024

Judging Refugees

Anthea Vogl

Dr Laura Smith-Khan speaks with Dr Anthea Vogl about her new book, Judging Refugees: Narrative and Oral Testimony in Refugee Status Determination (Cam…

Tom Smith, "Anatomy of Game Design" (CRC Press, 2024)

October 30, 2024

Anatomy of Game Design

Tom Smith

People have played games forever, but it’s only in the past few decades that people really started thinking about what games are, how they work, and h…

Rajbir Singh Judge, "Prophetic Maharaja: Loss, Sovereignty, and the Sikh Tradition in Colonial South Asia" (Columbia UP, 2024)

October 30, 2024

Prophetic Maharaja

Rajbir Singh Judge
Hosted by Arighna Gupta

How do traditions and peoples grapple with loss, particularly when it is of such magnitude that it defies the possibility of recovery or restoration? …

Lennard J. Davis, "Poor Things: How Those with Money Depict Those Without It" (Duke UP, 2024)

October 30, 2024

Poor Things

Lennard J. Davis
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

For generations most of the canonical works that detail the lives of poor people have been created by rich or middle-class writers like Charles Dicken…

Friederike Baer, "Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War" (Oxford UP, 2022)

October 30, 2024

Hessians

Friederike Baer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Between 1776 and 1783, Britain hired an estimated 30,000 German soldiers to fight in its war against the Americans. Collectively known as Hessians, th…

Bihani Sarkar, "Classical Sanskrit Tragedy: The Concept of Suffering and Pathos in Medieval India" (I. B. Tauris, 2021)

October 30, 2024

Classical Sanskrit Tragedy

Bihani Sarkar
Hosted by Kshitij Jain

It is often assumed that classical Sanskrit poetry and drama lack a concern with the tragic. However, as Bihani Sarkar makes clear in Classical Sanskr…

Greg Epstein, "Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation" (MIT Press, 2024)

October 30, 2024

Tech Agnostic

Greg Epstein
Hosted by Meghan Cochran

Technology has surpassed religion as the central focus of our lives, from our dependence on smartphones to the way that tech has infused almost every …

The Alt Right, Kekistan, White Shariah: An Interview with Dr. Hizer Mir

October 30, 2024

The Alt Right, Kekistan, White Shariah

Hizer Mir
Hosted by Radio Reorient

An interview with Dr. Hizer Mir on the Alt Right and Islam This episode was originally published on November 16, 2019.…

The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: A Conversation with Grahm McAleer and Alexander Rosenthal-Publu

October 30, 2024

The Wisdom of Our Ancestors

Graham James McAleer and Alexander S. Rosenthal-Pubul
Hosted by Laura Laurent

Based on The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition (University of Notre Dame Press, 2023), this week’s conversation…

Anuradha Sajjanhar, "The New Experts: Populist Elites and Technocratic Promises in Modi's India" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

October 30, 2024

The New Experts

Anuradha Sajjanhar
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How are technocratic experts supporting populist politics? In The New Experts Populist Elites and Technocratic Promises in Modi’s India (Cambridge UP,…

Judging Refugees: Narrative and Oral Testimony in Refugee Status Determination

October 30, 2024

Judging Refugees

Anthea Vogl

Dr Laura Smith-Khan speaks with Dr Anthea Vogl about her new book, Judging Refugees: Narrative and Oral Testimony in Refugee Status Determination (Cam…

Tom Smith, "Anatomy of Game Design" (CRC Press, 2024)

October 30, 2024

Anatomy of Game Design

Tom Smith

People have played games forever, but it’s only in the past few decades that people really started thinking about what games are, how they work, and h…

Rajbir Singh Judge, "Prophetic Maharaja: Loss, Sovereignty, and the Sikh Tradition in Colonial South Asia" (Columbia UP, 2024)

October 30, 2024

Prophetic Maharaja

Rajbir Singh Judge
Hosted by Arighna Gupta

How do traditions and peoples grapple with loss, particularly when it is of such magnitude that it defies the possibility of recovery or restoration? …

Lennard J. Davis, "Poor Things: How Those with Money Depict Those Without It" (Duke UP, 2024)

October 30, 2024

Poor Things

Lennard J. Davis
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

For generations most of the canonical works that detail the lives of poor people have been created by rich or middle-class writers like Charles Dicken…

Friederike Baer, "Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War" (Oxford UP, 2022)

October 30, 2024

Hessians

Friederike Baer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Between 1776 and 1783, Britain hired an estimated 30,000 German soldiers to fight in its war against the Americans. Collectively known as Hessians, th…

Bihani Sarkar, "Classical Sanskrit Tragedy: The Concept of Suffering and Pathos in Medieval India" (I. B. Tauris, 2021)

October 30, 2024

Classical Sanskrit Tragedy

Bihani Sarkar
Hosted by Kshitij Jain

It is often assumed that classical Sanskrit poetry and drama lack a concern with the tragic. However, as Bihani Sarkar makes clear in Classical Sanskr…

Greg Epstein, "Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation" (MIT Press, 2024)

October 30, 2024

Tech Agnostic

Greg Epstein
Hosted by Meghan Cochran

Technology has surpassed religion as the central focus of our lives, from our dependence on smartphones to the way that tech has infused almost every …