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Critical Theory
Producing Politics
Inside the Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics for All of Us
Daniel Laurison
Hosted by
Dave O'Brien
Who runs American politics? In Producing Politics: Inside the Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics for All of Us (Beacon Press, 2022), Daniel Laurison, an associate professor of sociology at Swarthmore College, explores the hidden world of campaign professionals to offer a new sociological perspective on how contemporary politics works. The book explores how ‘politicos’ get their jobs, how they judge work and worth, and the importance …
Southeast Asian Studies
A History of Thailand
Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit
Hosted by
Patrick Jory
This year sees the publication of the fourth edition of the book, A History of Thailand (Cambridge UP, 2022), by Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit. Remarkably, the Thai language translation of …
Music
Blackstar Theory
The Last Works of David Bowie
Leah Kardos
Hosted by
Bradley Morgan
Blackstar Theory: The Last Works of David Bowie (Bloomsbury, 2022) takes a close look at David Bowie's ambitious last works: his surprise 'comeback' project The Next Day (2013), the off-Broadway …
On Religion
On the Krampus Conundrum
A Discussion with Madison Tarleton
Madison Tarleton
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Madison Tarleton is a Ph.D. candidate and scholar of Medieval Judaism in Christian Europe, antijudaism and antisemitism. Madison is studying at the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology’s joint PhD …
Music
Following the Drums
African American Fife and Drum Music in Tennessee
John M. Shaw
Hosted by
Emily Ruth Allen
Following the Drums: African American Fife and Drum Music in Tennessee (University Press of Mississippi, 2022) is an epic history of a little-known African American instrumental music form. Carefully documenting the …
African American Studies
My Seven Black Fathers
A Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole
Will Jawando
Hosted by
Ari Barbalat
Will Jawando tells a deeply affirmative story of hope and respect for men of color at a time when Black men are routinely stigmatized. As a boy growing up outside …
Music
Sight Readings
Photographers and American Jazz, 1900-1960
Alan John Ainsworth
Hosted by
Adam Bobeck
Alan John Ainsworth's book Sight Readings: Photographers and American Jazz, 1900-1960 (Intellect, 2022) explores the work of a wide range of American photographers attracted to jazz during the period 1900–60. It …
Middle Eastern Studies
The Italian Empire and the Great War
Vanda Wilcox
Hosted by
Roberto Mazza
The Italian Empire and the Great War (Oxford UP, 2021) by Vanda Wilcox brings an imperial and colonial perspective to the Italian experience of the First World War. Italy's decision for …
Writ Large
On Martin Puchner's "The Written World"
A Discussion with Martin Puchner
Martin Puchner
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
What is the world without literature? It’s hard to imagine. We’d lose novels, sure. But we’d also lose the philosophies, politics, and religions of today because these all grew out …
Intellectual History
Social Science for What? (Part 2 of 2)
Battles over Public Funding for the “Other Sciences” at the National Science Foundation
Mark Solovey
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
This is part two of a two part interview. Mark Solovey’s Social Science for What? is essential reading for anyone in either the history of science policy or the history of …
Darts & Letters
Lost Utopias
A History of World’s Fairs and the Nature of Technology
Hosted by
Gordon Katic
Techno-utopianism is everywhere. It’s driven by a new tech-bro/crypto culture, supported by online hordes of true believers, and couched in philosophies of meritocracy and technocracy. But this thinking is not …
Nordic Asia Podcast
The Implications of the Ukrainian War for Taiwan’s Relations with China
A Discussion with Sean King
Sean King
Hosted by
Julie Yu-Wen Chen
Is a Chinese invasion on Taiwan a storm on the horizon when the West is busy with the Ukrainian war? Will Nancy Pelosi’s plan to visit Taiwan in August, the …
Japanese Studies
Eavesdropping on the Emperor
Interrogators and Codebreakers in Britain's War With Japan
Peter Kornicki
Hosted by
Jingyi Li
When Japanese signals were decoded at Bletchley Park, who translated them into English? When Japanese soldiers were taken as prisoners of war, who interrogated them? When Japanese maps and plans …
Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast
Earthopolis
A Biography of Our Urban Planet
Carl H. Nightingale
Hosted by
Mark Klobas
This is a biography of Earthopolis, the only Urban Planet we know of. It is a history of how cities gave humans immense power over Earth, for good and for …
Philosophy
Spying Through a Glass Darkly
The Ethics of Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
Cécile Fabre
Hosted by
Robert Talisse
On its face, spying and counter-intelligence activities seem morally suspect. They tend to involve sneaking, deceiving, and manipulating, as well as various forms of betrayal, treachery, and disloyalty. Yet intelligence …
High Theory
Birthdays
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
We return after our four-month relaunch with an episode on Birthdays, variously interpreted. The reason? It’s the second birthday of High Theory Podcast! (And it’s also the shared birthday of …
Grinnell College: Authors and Artists
Tasting Paradise on Earth
Jiangnan Foodways
Jin Feng
Hosted by
Marshall Poe
Today I talked to Jin Feng of Grinnell College about her fascinating book Tasting Paradise on Earth: Jiangnan Foodways (U Washington Press, 2019). Preparing and consuming food is an integral part …
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Literary Studies
Free Indirect
The Novel in a Postfictional Age
Timothy Bewes
Hosted by
Iqra Shagufta Cheema
What is the purpose of a novel? What purpose or logic do literary critics assign to a novel? How has the novel changed? What does that mean for its readers and literary criticism in the contemporary era? What does novel share with cinema and what does that mean for contemporary thought? Timothy Bewes provides brilliant insights on these questions in his book, Free Indirect: The Novel in a Postfictional Age …
East-West Psychology Podcast
Classroom as a Sacred Space and Presence as Radical Respect
Pedagogy Beyond Neo-liberal Narratives and Dystopian Realities with Holly Adler
Holly Adler
Hosted by
Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay
In this episode we speak to EWP PhD graduate and EWP and ITP adjunct faculty Holly Adler from her classroom in Oakland, CA. As a teacher of underprivileged and marginalized …
Genocide Studies
British Responses to Genocide
The British Foreign Office and Humanitarianism in the Ottoman Empire, 1918-1923
Amy E. Grubb and Elisabeth Hope Murray
Hosted by
Kelly McFall
When I was an undergrad, the chronology of World War One was simple. The war began in August of 1914 and ended in November of 1918. Now, of course, we know it's …
East Asian Studies
Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader
North Korea and the Third World
Benjamin R. Young
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
Far from always having been an isolated nation and a pariah state in the international community, North Korea exercised significant influence among Third World nations during the Cold War era …
Japanese Studies
Sino-Japanese Reflections
Literary and Cultural Interactions between China and Japan in Early Modernity
Joshua A. Fogel and Matthew Fraleigh
Hosted by
Jingyi Li
Joshua A. Fogel and Matthew Fraleigh's edited volume Sino-Japanese Reflections: Literary and Cultural Interactions between China and Japan in Early Modernity (de Gruyter, 2022) offers ten richly detailed case studies that …
On Religion
On Religious Literacy and Teacher Education
A Discussion with Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Chris Murray is a social studies classroom teacher and religious literacy teacher education facilitator in Maryland. …
Middle Eastern Studies
The Horrors of Adana
Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century
Bedross Der Matossian
Hosted by
Roberto Mazza
In April 1909, two waves of massacres shook the province of Adana, located in the southern Anatolia region of modern-day Turkey, killing more than 20,000 Armenians and 2,000 Muslims. The …
Scholarly Communication
Writing STEAM
Composition, STEM, and a New Humanities
Vivian Kao and Julia Kiernan
Hosted by
Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Vivian Kao, Associate Professor of Composition and Coordinator of the First-Year Writing Program, and Julia Kiernan, Assistant Professor of Communication and Coordinator of Technical and …
Literature
Iconoclast
A Sean McPherson Novel
Laurie Buchanan
Hosted by
G. P. Gottlieb
A trained killer without a drop of human compassion shows up early in Laurie Buchanan’s second Sean McPherson thriller (Iconoclast (Spark Press 2022)). She has no problem murdering a woman …
Writ Large
On Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days"
A Discussion with Joyce Chaplin
Joyce Chaplin
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
When French author Jules Verne wrote Around the World in 80 Days in the late 1800s, scheduled global travel was practically science fiction, and 80 days seemed impossibly fast. But …
Indian Religions
After the War
The Last Books of the Mahabharata
Wendy Doniger
Hosted by
Ujaan Ghosh
Wendy Doniger's After the War: The Last Books of the Mahabharata (Oxford UP, 2022) is a new translation of the final part of the Mahabharata, the great Sanskrit Epic poem about …
General History
The King's Peace
Law and Order in the British Empire
Lisa Ford
Hosted by
Vladislav Lilic
Dr. Lisa Ford, Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, is the author of prize-winning monographs and a luminary in the field of global legal history. Her new …
Spiritual Practice and Mindfulness
Yin Yoga Therapy and Mental Health
An Integrated Approach
Tracey Meyers
Hosted by
Elizabeth Cronin
Tracey Meyers' book Yin Yoga Therapy and Mental Health: An Integrated Approach (Singing Dragon, 2022) teaches yoga therapists and mental health professionals how to integrate Yin Yoga into practice and treatment …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones
The Future of Korea: A Discussion with Eugene Y. Park
A Discussion with Eugene Y. Park
Eugene Y. Park
Hosted by
Owen Bennett-Jones
There have been times when Korea has lived in periods of prolonged stability and tranquillity. But there have also been times, such as now, when it seems to have an …
Women's History
Citizens of the World
U. S. Women and Global Government
Megan Threlkeld
Hosted by
Rebecca Turkington
In Citizens of the World: U.S. Women and Global Government (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022), Megan Threlkeld profiles nine American women in the first half of the 20th century who …
Think About It
Anne Fernald on Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway"
Book Talk 54
Anne Fernald
Hosted by
Uli Baer
Halfway through Mrs Dalloway, Septimus Smith mutters to himself: "Communication is health; communication is happiness, communication.” It’s easy to write off his message that communication is vital for human existence …
Darts & Letters
Socialise the Series of Tubes
Toward a Democratic Internet
Ben Tarnoff
Hosted by
Gordon Katic
Recently a major outage took nearly a third of Canada offline. No phone, no internet… even access to 911 got shut down in some places. So why does one company …
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Popular Culture
Teenage Dreams
Girlhood Sexualities in the U.S. Culture Wars
Charlie Jeffries
Hosted by
Rebekah Buchanan
Utilizing a breadth of archival sources from activists, artists, and policymakers, Charlie Jeffries' Teenage Dreams: Girlhood Sexualities in the U.S. Culture Wars (Rutgers UP, 2022) examines the race- and class-inflected battles over adolescent women’s sexual and reproductive lives in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century United States. Charlie Jeffries finds that most adults in this period hesitated to advocate for adolescent sexual and reproductive rights, revealing a new culture war altogether--one …
Anthropology
Routledge Handbook of Ecocultural Identity
Tema Milstein and José Castro-Sotomayor
Hosted by
Adam Bobeck
The Routledge Handbook of Ecocultural Identity (Routledge, 2020) brings the ecological turn to sociocultural understandings of self. Tema Milstein and José Castro-Sotomayor introduce a broad, insightful assembly of original theory and research …
On Religion
On Naked in the Zendo
A Discussion with Roshi Grace Schireson
Roshi Grace Schireson
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Roshi Grace Schireson is a teacher in the Suzuki Roshi Lineage of Soto Zen, empowered by Sojun Mel Weitsman. She has also practiced in the Rinzai tradition and was encouraged …
General History
Left in the Center
The Liberal Party of New York and the Rise and Fall of American Social Democracy
Daniel Soyer
Hosted by
Robert Snyder
The history of small political parties and the history of the American left are closely intertwined, especially in the book Left in the Center: The Liberal Party of New York …
Education
Other People's Colleges
The Origins of American Higher Education Reform
Ethan W. Ris
Hosted by
Joao Souto-Maior
For well over one hundred years, people have been attempting to make American colleges and universities more efficient and more accountable. Indeed, Ethan Ris argues in Other People's Colleges: The …
Politics & Polemics
Goliath
The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy
Matt Stoller
Hosted by
Caleb Zakarin
In Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy (Simon & Schuster, 2019), Matt Stoller explains how authoritarianism and populism have returned to American politics for the first time …
Education
Why They Hate Us
How Racist Rhetoric Impacts Education
Lindsay Pérez Huber and Susana M. Muñoz
Hosted by
Autumn Wilke
Why They Hate Us: How Racist Rhetoric Impacts Education (Teachers College Press, 2021) examines how racist political rhetoric has created damaging and dangerous conditions for Students of Color in schools …
Jewish Studies
The Bible with and Without Jesus
How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently
Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler
Hosted by
Zalman Newfield
In The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently (HarperOne, 2020), Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler take readers on a guided tour …
Middle Eastern Studies
Second-Generation Liberation Wars
Yaniv Voller
Hosted by
Dilan Okcuoglu
The formation of post-colonial states in Africa, and the Middle East gave birth to prolonged separatist wars. Exploring the evolution of these separatist wars, In Second-Generation Liberation Wars Cambridge UP, 2022),Yaniv …
Latin American Studies
The New Pan-Americanism and the Structuring of Inter-American Relations
Juan Pablo Scarfi and David M. K. Sheinin
Hosted by
Steven Rodriguez
In The New Pan-Americanism and the Structuring of Inter-American Relations (Routledge, 2022), David Sheinin and Juan Pablo Scarfi bring together articles that reconsider many aspects of U.S.-Latin American history. Pan-Americanism …
Music
DIY Music and the Politics of Social Media
Ellis Jones
Hosted by
Gummo Clare
Since the 1970s, there has been a rich, global lineage of broadly guitar-based music scenes which have enacted a political critique of the commercial music industries under the banner of …
Writ Large
On Thomas of Monmouth's "The Life and Passion of William of Norwich"
A Discussion with Rowan Dorin
Rowan Dorin
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
There is only one surviving copy of The Life and Passion of William of Norwich, but its story continues to haunt us. When 12th-century monk Thomas of Monmouth learned of …
Jewish Studies
Thinking about Good and Evil
Jewish Views from Antiquity to Modernity
Wayne Allen
Hosted by
Matthew Miller
Today I talked to Rabbi Wayne Allen about his book Thinking about Good and Evil: Jewish Views from Antiquity to Modernity (U Nebraska Press, 2021). Starting with the Bible and Apocrypha …
Literary Studies
The Obsolete Empire
Untimely Belonging in Twentieth-Century British Literature
Philip Tsang
Hosted by
Gargi Binju
Modernist literature at the end of the British empire challenges conventional notions of homeland, heritage, and community. The waning British empire left behind an abundance of material relics and an …
Literary Studies
Interwar Itineraries
Authenticity in Anglophone and French Travel Writing
Emily O. Wittman
Hosted by
Nathan Moore
How people traveled, and how people wrote about travel, changed in the interwar years. Novel technologies eased travel conditions, breeding new iterations of the colonizing gaze. The sense that another …
Darts & Letters
The Revolution Will Not Be Streamed
The Intellectual Culture of Twitch Streamers
Hosted by
Gordon Katic
It was billed as “the biggest event in the history of the terminally online.” A debate: socialism vs. capitalism. On your left side, the esteemed Marxist economist Richard Wolff. On …
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Biography
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
Corey Robin
Hosted by
Caleb Zakarin
Most people can tell you two things about Clarence Thomas: Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, and he almost never speaks from the bench. Here are some things they don't know: Until Thomas went to law school, he was a black nationalist. In college he memorized the speeches of Malcolm X. He believes white people are incurably racist. In The Enigma of Clarence Thomas (Metropolitan Books, 2019), Corey Robin--one …
Architecture
A Backyard Prairie
The Hidden Beauty of Tallgrass and Wildflowers
Fred Delcomyn and James L. Ellis
Hosted by
Bryan Toepfer
In 2003 Fred Delcomyn imagined his backyard of two and a half acres, farmed for corn and soybeans for generations, restored to tallgrass prairie. Over the next seventeen years, Delcomyn …
In Conversation: An OUP Podcast
Nimitz at War
Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
Craig L. Symonds
Hosted by
Mark Klobas
Only days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tapped Chester W. Nimitz to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. Nimitz was not the most senior candidate …
Psychology
The Mind and the Moon
My Brother's Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches
Daniel Bergner
Hosted by
Steve Beitler
Why is our understanding of the mind so limited? How do cells become consciousness? What are the limitations of a biological model of the mind and its disorders? In The …
Academic Life
Do You Need a Developmental Editor?
A Discussion with Laura Portwood-Stacer
Laura Portwood-Stacer
Hosted by
Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Dr. Laura Portwood-Stacer’s own experience getting her first two academic books published.An overview of different kinds of editors who …
Indian Religions
Gods in the Time of Democracy
Kajri Jain
Hosted by
Raj Balkaran
In 2018 India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the world's tallest statue: a 597-foot figure of nationalist leader Sardar Patel. Twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, it is …
On Religion
On Jukai and Zen Training
A Discussion with Robert Schaefer
Robert Schaefer
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Robert Schaefer is a professional chef and lifelong Buddhist practitioner. He received the Jukai ceremony at the Korinji Rinzai Monastery in Wisconsin under the direction of Roshi Meido Moore. …
Economics
The Effect
An Introduction to Research Design and Causality
Nick Huntington-Klein
Hosted by
Peter Lorentzen
The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality (Routledge, 2021) is about methods for using observational data to make causal inferences. It provides an extensive discussion of causality and …
Political Science
The Knowledge Polity
Teaching and Research in the Social Sciences
Paul A. Djupe, Anand Edward Sokhey, and Amy Erica Smith
Hosted by
Lilly Goren
Paul A. Djupe, Anand Edward Sokhey, and Amy Erica Smith, The Knowledge Polity: Teaching and Research in the Social Sciences (Oxford UP, 2022) explores a more holistic understanding of knowledge production in …
Asian Review of Books
Shrimp to Whale
South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop
Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Hosted by
Nicholas Gordon
If there’s a country that “punches above its weight”, it’s South Korea. It’s home to some of the world’s largest and most important companies, and the source of pop culture …
Writ Large
On "The Story of the Stone"
A Discussion with Ronald Egan
Ronald Egan
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
The 1750s are remembered as a high point of China's Qing Dynasty: a time of power, prestige, and social harmony. But The Story of the Stone paints a different picture …
Recall This Book
Dana Stevens on Buster Keaton (JP EF)
Dana Stevens
Hosted by
Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz
Dana Stevens joins Elizabeth and John to discuss Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema and the Invention of the Twentieth Century. Her fantastic new book serves as occasion …
History of Science
Minerva's French Sisters
Women of Science in Enlightenment France
Nina Rattner Gelbart
Hosted by
Victor Monnin
In Minerva’s French Sisters: Women of Science in Enlightenment France (Yale University Press, 2021), Nina Gelbart, Professor of History and Anita Johnson Wand Professor of Women’s Studies at Occidental College …
Anthropology
Academic Outsider
Stories of Exclusion and Hope
Victoria Reyes
Hosted by
Reighan Gillam
In Academic Outsider: Stories of Exclusion and Hope (Stanford University Press, 2022), sociologist Victoria Reyes combines her personal experiences with research findings to examine how academia creates conditional citizenship for its …
Darts & Letters
America's Chernobyl, Part 1
Living in a Poison Town
Hosted by
Gordon Katic
In this episode of Cited: What it means to live in a place where your home can give you cancer. Richland, Washington is a company town that sprang up almost …
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General History
The Last Witches of England
A Tragedy of Sorcery and Superstition
John Callow
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
On the morning of Thursday 29 June 1682, a magpie came rasping, rapping and tapping at the window of a prosperous Devon merchant. Frightened by its appearance, his servants and members of his family had, within a matter of hours, convinced themselves that the bird was an emissary of the devil sent by witches to destroy the fabric of their lives. As the result of these allegations, three women of …
Anthropology
Sextarianism
Sovereignty, Secularism, and the State in Lebanon
Maya Mikdashi
Hosted by
Alize Arıcan
The Lebanese state is structured through religious freedom and secular power sharing across sectarian groups. Every sect has specific laws that govern kinship matters like marriage or inheritance. Together with …
Japanese Studies
Middlemen of Modernity
Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Meiji Japan
Christopher Craig
Hosted by
Ran Zwigenberg
Christopher Craig’s Middlemen of Modernity: Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Meiji Japan (U Hawaii Press, 2021) is a thoroughly research and engaging study of the role of local elites …
General History
Australia in the Age of International Development, 1945–1975
Colonial and Foreign Aid Policy in Papua New Guinea and Southeast Asia
Nicholas Ferns
Hosted by
Bernard Keo
In the voluminous literature on the history of modernisation theory and its associated concept of development since the end of World War II, much of the focus lies on the …
Middle Eastern Studies
Oil, the State, and War
The Foreign Policies of Petrostates
Emma Ashford
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
Oil, the State, and War: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates (Georgetown University Press, 2022) by Dr. Emma Ashford presents a comprehensive challenge to prevailing understanding of international implications of oil …
On Religion
On Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times
A Discussion with Deborah Eden Tull
Deborah Eden Tull
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Deborah Eden Tull is the founder of Mindful Living Revolution. She is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, public speaker, author, activist, and sustainability educator. She trained for seven years as …
American Studies
Living the Dream
The Contested History of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Daniel T. Fleming
Hosted by
James West
Living the Dream: The Contested History of Martin Luther King Jr. Day (UNC Press, 2022) tells the history behind the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the battle …
Art
Shelf Documents
Art Library as Practice
Heide Hinrichs and Jo-Ey Tang
Hosted by
Pierre d'Alancaisez
How can a library change the world? How can an art library change the art school or the gallery? Or even an art practice? In Shelf Documents: Art Library as …
Disability Studies
Elusive Kinship
Disability and Human Rights in Postcolonial Literature
Christopher Krentz
Hosted by
Autumn Wilke
Dr. Christopher Krentz is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, where he has a joint appointment with the departments of English and American Sign Language. He is also …
Military History
The Castle
A History
John Goodall
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
In The Castle: A History (Yale University Press, 2022) Dr. John Goodall presents a vibrant history of the castle in Britain, from the early Middle Ages to the present day …
Writ Large
On Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"
A Discussion with Elisa New
Elisa New
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
“These United States are themselves the greatest poem.” When Walt Whitman wrote this line, he was an unknown Brooklyn newspaper man. But his work would transform American poetry and offer …
Literary Studies
Spoon River America
Edgar Lee Masters and the Myth of the American Small Town
Jason Stacy
Hosted by
Daniel Moran
A literary and cultural milestone, Spoon River Anthology captured an idea of the rural Midwest that became a bedrock myth of life in small-town America. Jason Stacy places the book …
Burned by Books
The Last White Man
A Novel
Mohsin Hamid
Hosted by
Chris Holmes
Mohsin Hamid is the author of five novels -- The Last White Man, Exit West, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Moth Smoke -- …
General History
The Memory of Colonialism in Britain and France
The Sins of Silence
Itay Lotem
Hosted by
Michael Vann
In The Memory of Colonialism in Britain and France: The Sins of Silence (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021), Itay Lotem explores the remembering of empire in Britain and France. By comparing these two former …
Scholarly Communication
Covering Higher Ed
A Chat with Sara Custer of Times Higher Education
Sara Custer
Hosted by
Avi Staiman
A special opportunity to hear from Sara Custer, editor of The Campus (Times Higher Education), about the role of journalism and reporting in higher education. Avi and Sara cover topics …
Darts & Letters
American Chernobyl, Part 2
The Most Poisonous Place in the USA
Hosted by
Gordon Katic
Hanford is the most-polluted place in America. In our last episode, you heard about the nuclear plant's largely-forgotten history--how it poisoned the people living downwind. On our season finale: a …
Nordic Asia Podcast
China’s Role in the Future of Green Energy
A Discussion with Einari Kisel
Einari Kisel
Hosted by
Nordic Asia Podcast
How green is green energy really? And what role does Asia, more specifically China play in the transition to green energy? On the 7th of July, International Energy Agency came …
SSEAC Stories
East Timorese Politics
A New Dawn or Return to Business as Usual?
Michael Leach
Hosted by
Natali Pearson
As the newest nation in Southeast Asia, Timor-Leste has been independent for just over 20 years. Timor-Leste is regularly ranked the most democratic nation in the region, and since reclaiming …
The Common Magazine
Three Omens of Federico da Montefeltro
The Common magazine (Spring, 2022)
Ben Stroud
Hosted by
Emily Everett
Ben Stroud speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his story “Three Omens of Federico da Montefeltro,” which appears in The Common’s spring issue. The story fictionalizes a moment in …
Book of the Day
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Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
Sonorous Desert
What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks—and What It Can Teach Us
Kim Haines-Eitzen
Hosted by
Mark Klobas
For the hermits and communal monks of antiquity, the desert was a place to flee the cacophony of ordinary life in order to hear and contemplate the voice of God. But these monks discovered something surprising in their harsh desert surroundings: far from empty and silent, the desert is richly reverberant. Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks—and What It Can Teach Us (Princeton UP, 2022) shares the …
Fantasy
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance
Foz Meadows
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (Tor, 2022) is marketed as a historical fantasy novel, but its subtle and humane sweetness set it aside from most examples of the genre. Though it offers …
Food
What a Mushroom Lives For
Matsutake and the Worlds They Make
Michael J. Hathaway
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make (Princeton University Press, 2022) by Dr. Michael Hathaway pushes today’s mushroom renaissance in compelling new directions. For centuries, Western …
Film
Hollywood Sports Movies and the American Dream
Grant Wiedenfeld
Hosted by
Annie Berke
Through the heart of Hollywood cinema runs a surprising current of progressive politics. Sports movies, a genre that has flourished since the mid-seventies, evoke the American dream and represent the …
Popular Culture
A Woman's Place Is in the Brewhouse
A Forgotten History of Alewives, Brewsters, Witches, and Ceos
Tara Nurin
Hosted by
Rebekah Buchanan
Tara Nurin explores women in all aspects of the brewing industry in A Women's Place is in the Brewhouse (Chicago Review Press, 2021). Women have brewed beer throughout most of human history. Their …
Literary Studies
Decolonising the Conrad Canon
Alice M. Kelly
Hosted by
Gargi Binju
With the pressing work of decolonising our reading lists gaining traction in UK higher educational contexts, Decolonising the Conrad Canon (Liverpool UP, 2022) shows how those author-Gods most associated with …
East-West Psychology Podcast
Spiritual Evolution, the Problem of Suffering, and the Birth of the Future Human
A Discussion with Judson Davis
Judson Davis
Hosted by
Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay
Today Judson Davis, East-West Psychology PhD, takes us on a guided meditation and the conversation emerges from themes that arose in this liminal space. Through integral frameworks we discuss the …
French Studies
Toxique
Enquête sur les essais nucléaires français en Polynésie
Sébastien Philippe and Tomas Statius
Hosted by
Roxanne Panchasi
What happens when you bring together an important collection of previously secret archival documents dealing with France's nuclear detonations in the Pacific from 1966 to 1996, a nuclear scientist, and …
Jewish Studies
The Idea of 'Israel' in Second Temple Judaism
A New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identity
Jason A. Staples
Hosted by
Michael Morales
How did the concept of Israel impact early Jewish apocalyptic hopes of restoration? How diverse was Israelite identity in antiquity? Tune in as we talk with Jason A. Staples about …
On Religion
On Online Churches
A Discussion with Tim Hutchings
Tim Hutchings
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Dr. Tim Hutchings is a sociologist of digital religion. His Ph.D. (Durham University, 2010) was an ethnographic study of five online Christian churches. Dr. Hutchings is interested in the relationship …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership
Creating Your Own Luck
A Conversation with Robin Bennett
Robin Bennett
Hosted by
Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
Some people just seem to have all the luck, and Robin Bennett is one of them. Robin is a British entrepreneur, writer, and documentary producer. He is also the founder …
Writ Large
On "Black Elk Speaks"
A Discussion with Philip Deloria
Philip Deloria
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
In many ways, Black Elk and John Neihardt lived very different lives. Black Elk was an Oglala Lakota holy man. Neihartd was a European-American literary critic. Black Elk performed for …
Diplomatic History
China's European Headquarters
Switzerland and China During the Cold War
Ariane Knüsel
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
During the Cold War, the People's Republic of China used Switzerland as headquarters for its economic, political, intelligence, and cultural networks in Europe. Based on extensive research in Western and …
Scholarly Communication
The Realities of Completing a PhD
How to Plan for Success
Nicholas Rowe
Hosted by
Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Nicholas Rowe, researcher and educator based in Finland. We talk his book The Realities of Completing a PhD: How to Plan for Success (Routledge, 2021) and about …
African American Studies
Riding Jane Crow
African American Women on the American Railroad
Miriam Thaggert
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Miriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad. As Jim Crow laws became more prevalent and forced Black …
Critical Theory
The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice
Nasar Meer
Hosted by
Dave O'Brien
Why are societies still not offering racial equality? In The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice (Policy Press, 2022), Nasar Meer, a professor of Race, Identity and Citizenship in the School of …
Children's Literature
Hana Hsu and the Ghost Crab Nation
Sylvia Liu
Hosted by
Mel Rosenberg
Sylvia Liu grew up with books and daydreams in Caracas, Venezuela. Once an environmental attorney protecting the oceans, she now spins stories for children, inspired by high tech, ghost crabs …
Darts & Letters
January 6th and the Myth of the Mob
The Pervasive Power of Crowd Theory
Hosted by
Gordon Katic
This week, we’re showcasing some of our favourite past episodes of Darts and Letters themed around “Activism & Academia”. Today’s episode originally aired a little earlier this summer. In the …