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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Genocide Studies
Ideology and Mass Killing
The Radicalized Security Politics of Genocides and Deadly Atrocities
Jonathan Leader Maynard
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
In research on 'mass killings' such as genocides and campaigns of state terror, the role of ideology is hotly debated. For some scholars, ideologies are crucial in providing the extremist goals and hatreds that motivate ideologically committed people to kill. But many other scholars are skeptical: contending that perpetrators of mass killing rarely seem ideologically committed, and that rational self-interest or powerful forms of social pressure are more important drivers …
Interpretive Political and Social Science
Mobilizing in Uncertainty
Collective Identities and War in Abkhazia
Anastasia Shesterinina
Hosted by
Nick Cheesman
Anastasia Shesterinina begins Mobilizing in Uncertainty: Collective Identities and War in Abkhazia (Cornell University Press, 2021) with an account of Georgian troops crossing into eastern Abkhazia, in the Southern Caucasus …
Environmental Studies
Encountering Water in Early Modern Europe and Beyond
Redefining the Universe Through Natural Philosophy, Religious Reformations, and Sea Voyaging
Lindsay Starkey
Hosted by
Aspen Brown
What is holding the oceans back from entirely flooding the earth? While a twenty-first century thinker may approach the answer to this question within a framework of gravity and geologic deep-time, Lindsay Starkey …
East Asian Studies
Opportunity in Crisis
Cantonese Migrants and the State in Late Qing China
Steven B. Miles
Hosted by
Huiying Chen
Opportunity in Crisis: Cantonese Migrants and the State in Late Qing China (Harvard UP, 2021) explores the history of late Qing Cantonese migration along the West River basin during war and …
On Religion
On Apocalypse Stories
A Discussion with Kelly J. Baker
Kelly J. Baker
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Dr. Kelly J. Baker is the author of the award-winning Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK’s Appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930 (University Press of Kansas, 2011); The Zombies Are …
Historical Fiction
Winter's Reckoning
A Novel
Adele Holmes
Hosted by
C. P. Lesley
Madeline (Maddie) Fairbanks has created a satisfying life for herself in Jamesville since the death of her husband, Samuel, one of the town’s leading citizens. An herbalist from a long …
Medicine
Building Schools, Making Doctors
Architecture and the Modern American Physician
Katherine L. Carroll
Hosted by
Rachel Pagones
In the late nineteenth century, medical educators intent on transforming American physicians into scientifically trained, elite professionals recognized the value of medical school design for their reform efforts. Between 189 …
Education
Teaching Through the Archives
Text, Collaboration, and Activism
Tarez Samra Graban and Wendy Hayden
Hosted by
Alice Garner
Archives are much more than silent repositories of historical material. They are rich sites for teaching and learning, for collaboration and for creative and critical exploration of our past, present …
Writ Large
On Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
A Discussion with Joshua Bennett
Joshua Bennett
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
Zora Neale Hurston was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, but her novels didn’t conform to the style of her contemporaries. As a result, her work was almost lost—until …
Music
Sampling Politics
Music and the Geocultural
M. I. Franklin
Hosted by
Gummo Clare
Music sampling has become a predominantly digitalized practice. It was popularized with the rise of Rap and Hip-Hop, as well as ambient music scenes, but it has a history stretching …
Burned by Books
Vladimir
A Novel
Julia May Jonas
Hosted by
Chris Holmes
Julia May Jonas is a writer, director, and the founder of theater company Nellie Tinder. She has taught at Skidmore College and NYU and lives in Brooklyn with her family …
High Theory
Environmental Catastrophe
A Conversation with John Yargo
John Yargo
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
In this episode John Yargo speaks with Kim about Environmental Catastrophe. In the episode John quotes Hannah Arendt and N.K. Jemisin, discusses a Shakespeare play and a 17th century Peruvian …
Literature
The Extraordinary
Brad Schaeffer
Hosted by
G. P. Gottlieb
The Extraordinary by Brad Schaeffer (Post Hill Press 2021) tells the story of a family that is forced to confront both autism and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Fourteen-year-old Wes is …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones
The Future of Political Anger
A Conversation with Mark Blyth
Mark Blyth
Hosted by
Owen Bennett-Jones
Trump’s voters. The yellow jackets in France. Putin’s base in Russia. The Brexiteers. One thing all these groups have in common is anger – anger at being left behind, anger …
Scholarly Communication
Talk about Writing
The Tutoring Strategies of Experienced Writing Center Tutors
Jo Mackiewicz and Isabelle Thompson
Hosted by
Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview with Jo Mackiewicz, professor of rhetoric and professional communication at Iowa State University, and with Isabelle Thompson, emerita professor of technical and professional communication and former …
Mathematics
Probability and Forensic Evidence
Theory, Philosophy, and Applications
Ronald Meester and Klaas Slooten
Hosted by
Marc Goulet
In Probability and Forensic Evidence: Theory, Philosophy, and Applications (Cambridge UP, 2021), Ronald Meester and Klaas Slooten address the role of statistics and probability in the evaluation of forensic evidence, including …
General History
The Literacy Myth
Cultural Integration and Social Structure in the Nineteenth Century
Harvey J. Graff
Hosted by
Nathan Moore
Harvey Graff's pioneering study presents a new and original interpretation of the place of literacy in nineteenth-century society and culture. Based upon an intensive comparative historical analysis, employing both qualitative …
Children's Literature
A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken
Hannah Holt
Hosted by
Mel Rosenberg
Hannah Holt is a children's author with a civil engineering degree. Her picture books weave together her love of literature and lifelong learning. They include The Diamond and the Boy …
Darts & Letters
Letters from Herzl
Settler Colonialism at work in Palestine
Hosted by
Gordon Katic
Today’s episode originally aired in May of 2021, while violence was erupting all along the Gaza Strip. Israeli airstrikes had left over 200 Palestinians and a dozen Israelis dead. It …
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Performing Arts
The Lost Conversation
Interviews with an Enduring Avant-Garde
Sara Farrington
Hosted by
Andy Boyd
Sara Farrington's The Lost Conversation: Interviews with an Enduring Avant-Garde (53rd State Press, 2021) is a collection of interviews with a host of influential artists in experimental theatre, including Richard Foreman, Lee Breuer, Adrienne Kennedy, Maude Mitchell, and Jessica Hagedorn. They discuss process, making a living as an artist, the changes that have rocked the New York theatre scene since the 1970s, AIDS, COVID, and so much more in wide-ranging and …
British Studies
Built on the Ruins of Empire
British Military Assistance and African Independence
Blake Whitaker
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
During the Cold War, the British government oversaw the transition to independence of dozens of colonies. Often the most challenging aspect of this transition was the creation of a national …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery
Heroin
An Illustrated History
Susan C. Boyd
Hosted by
Jay Shifman
Dr. Susan Boyd is a scholar/activist and Distinguished Professor emerita at the University of Victoria. Her research examines a variety of topics related to the history of drug prohibition and …
Film
Competing with Idiots
Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait
Nick Davis
Hosted by
Daniel Moran
A fascinating, complex dual biography of Hollywood's most dazzling—and famous—brothers, and a dark, riveting portrait of competition, love, and enmity that ultimately undid them both. One most famous for having …
General History
Feminism's Empire
Carolyn J. Eichner
Hosted by
Michael Vann
Feminism's Empire (Cornell UP, 2022) investigates the complex relationships between imperialisms and feminisms in the late nineteenth century and demonstrates the challenge of conceptualizing "pro-imperialist" and "anti-imperialist" as binary positions …
Politics & Polemics
Paths of Dissent
Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Forever Wars
Andrew Bacevich and Daniel A. Sjursen
Hosted by
Caleb Zakarin
Compiled by New York Times bestselling author Andrew Bacevich and retired army officer Danny A. Sjursen, Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars (Metropolitan Books, 2022) collects provocative …
Law
Who Decides?
States As Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation
Jeffrey S. Sutton
Hosted by
William Domnarski
Everything in law and politics, including individual rights, comes back to divisions of power and the evergreen question: Who decides? Who wins the disputes of the day often turns on …
Environmental Studies
The Great Acceleration
An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945
J. R. McNeill and Peter Engelke
Hosted by
Brady McCartney
The Earth has entered a new age—the Anthropocene—in which humans are the most powerful influence on global ecology. Since the mid-twentieth century, the accelerating pace of energy use, greenhouse gas …
Music
Have a Little Faith
The John Hiatt Story
Michael Elliott
Hosted by
Daniel Moran
A journey through an artist's quest for success, deep dive into substance abuse, family tragedy, and ultimate triumph. By the mid-1980s, singer-songwriter John Hiatt had been dropped from three record …
Finance
How to Pay for College
A Complete Financial Plan for Funding Your Child's Education
Ann Garcia
Hosted by
John Emrich
Providing your children with a good education is one of the best gifts you can give. But it’s not straightforward. Education costs and student loan debt are skyrocketing. In some cases …
Jewish Studies
The Crowns on the Letters
Essays on the Aggada and the Lives of the Sages
Ari D. Kahn
Hosted by
Matthew Miller
Rabbi Ari Kahn’s The Crowns on the Letters: Essays on the Aggada and the Lives of the Sages (OU Press, 2020) represents a major achievement in the study of the lives …
Philosophy
The Art of Abduction
Igor Douven
Hosted by
Carrie Figdor
How should we form new beliefs? In particular, what inferential strategies are epistemically justified for forming new beliefs? Nowadays the dominant theory is Bayesianism, whereby we ought to reason in …
On Religion
On the Hungry Ghost
An Discussion with Dalena Storm
Dalena Storm
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Dalena Storm is a writer and educator. Her undergraduate training at Williams College was in Asian Studies with a Religious Studies Concentration, and her experiences in the study and practice …
American West
Visions of Nature
How Landscape Photography Shaped Settler Colonialism
Jarrod Hore
Hosted by
Stephen Hausmann
During the early years of photography, settlers around the Pacific World were fascinated with the landscapes of the places they conquered. According to Dr. Jarrod Hore, a postdoctoral researcher and …
Writ Large
On Walter Lippmann's "Public Opinion"
A Discussion with Heidi Tworek
Heidi Tworek
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
What is the role of the press in a democracy? For nearly a century, scholars, media critics, and politicians have debated this question—in a large part thanks to Walter Lippmann …
How to Be Wrong
Twitter, Intellectual Discourse, and Humility
A Conversation with Biochemist and Social Media Influencer George Styles
George Styles
Hosted by
John Traphagan
For this episode of How To Be Wrong, I speak with George Styles, a biochemist and author of the book Contemplation. George is also what we describe these days as …
Darts & Letters
The Colonial Lens
Analyzing Decolonization, Reconciliation, and Colonialism in Academia
Hosted by
Gordon Katic
Scholars want to decolonize everything, and universities say they are doing the hard work of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. But is anything really being done, or is it all for …
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Psychology
Hatred of Sex
Oliver Davis and Tim Dean
Hosted by
Eugenio Duarte
How well do we understand our relationship to sex? According to Oliver Davis and Tim Dean, authors of the new book Hatred of Sex (University of Nebraska Press, 2022), we tend to overlook the “unpleasurable pleasures” that are integral to sex. Sex undoes us, destabilizes us, takes us out of ourselves. Many of our 21st century cultural products—Queer Theory, traumatology, intersectional studies—secretly “hate” sex for these very reasons and build …
Academic Life
Writing Beyond a Limited Narrative
A Conversation with Hari Ziyad
Hari Ziyad
Hosted by
Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Hari Ziyad’s journey through higher education.Why they became editor of RaceBaitr after finishing film school at NYU.The necessary disruption …
Science Fiction
The Women Could Fly
Megan Giddings
Hosted by
Rob Wolf and Brenda Noiseux
The Women Could Fly (Amistad, 2022) is set in our contemporary world with one big difference. A belief in witches gives rise to laws and a culture that encourages women …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight
Women Painting Women
Andrea Karnes
Hosted by
Dan Hill
Andrea Karnes' book Women Painting Women (Delmonico Books, 2022) documents a wide-ranging exhibit inclusive of women as both the makers and subjects of paintings. The artists hail from around the …
Political Science
Stars and Shadows
The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama
Saladin Ambar
Hosted by
Lilly Goren
Slavery and its lingering remnants remain a plague on the United States, continuing to foster animosity between races that hinders the understanding and connection conducive to dismantling the remains of …
Gender Studies
Millennial Feminism at Work
Bridging Theory and Practice
Jane Juffer
Hosted by
Iqra Shagufta Cheema
In Millennial Feminism at Work: Bridging Theory and Practice (Cornell UP, 2021), volume editor Jane Juffer brings together recently graduated students from across the US to reflect on the relevance of …
Indian Religions
Letters from the Yoga Masters
Teachings Revealed through Correspondence from Paramhansa Yogananda, Ramana Maharshi, Swami Sivananda, and Others
Marion (Mugs) McConnell
Hosted by
Raj Balkaran
This intimate and insightful account of the life of Dr. Harry (Hari) Dickman, referred to by Swami Sivananda as “the yogi of the West,” features more than fifty years of …
Sociology
Generally Speaking
An Invitation to Concept-Driven Sociology
Eviatar Zerubavel
Hosted by
Rituparna Patgiri
Defying the conventional split between “theory” and “methodology,” Eviatar Zerubavel's Generally Speaking: An Invitation to Concept-Driven Sociology (Oxford UP, 2020) introduces a yet unarticulated and thus far never systematised method of …
Jewish Studies
Power and Progress
Joseph Ibn Kaspi and the Meaning of History
Alexander Green
Hosted by
Ari Barbalat
The philosopher and biblical commentator Joseph Ibn Kaspi (1280–1345) was a provocative Jewish thinker of the medieval era whose works have generally been overlooked by modern scholars. Power and Progress …
Children's Literature
The Light of the Midnight Stars
Rena Rossner
Hosted by
Mel Rosenberg
Rena Rossner is a literary agent at The Deborah Harris Agency, based in Jerusalem, Israel, which represents Israeli, Palestinian and other Internationally-based authors. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins …
Asian Review of Books
Empire of Salons
Conquest and Community in Early Modern Ottoman Lands
Helen Pfeifer
Hosted by
Nicholas Gordon
It’s the sixteenth century, and the Ottoman Empire has just defeated the Mamluk Sultanate, conquering Damascus and Cairo, important centers of Arab learning and culture. But how did these two …
On Religion
On Mormon Fundamentalism
A Discussion with Cristina Rosetti
Cristina Rosetti
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Cristina Rosetti completed her Ph.D. in religious studies at the University of California Riverside. She writes about Mormon fundamentalism. …
Genocide Studies
Sites of Genocide
Adam Jones
Hosted by
Kelly McFall
Adam Jones will be familiar to anyone interested in the field of genocide studies. He's published one of the leading textbooks in the field. He's been influential in drawing attention …
African American Studies
Or, on Being the Other Woman
Simone White
Hosted by
Brittney Edmonds
In or, on being the other woman (Duke UP, 2022), Simone White considers the dynamics of contemporary black feminist life. Throughout this book-length poem, White writes through a hybrid of …
Indian Religions
Sadhus in Indian Politics
Dynamics of Hindutva
Koushiki Dasgupta
Hosted by
Raj Balkaran
Koushiki Dasgupta's Sadhus in Indian Politics: Dynamics of Hindutva (Sage, 2021) maps the changing face of contemporary Hindu politics, evaluating the influence of sadhus (ascetics) on the course of politics …
Writ Large
On "The Great Learning"
A Discussion with Peter Bol
Peter Bol
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
Sometimes the oldest texts are the most influential. The Great Learning likely first appeared in the Confucian Book of Rites around 2,000 years ago, and its impact can still be …
Public Health
Big Vape
The Incendiary Rise of Juul
Jamie Ducharme
Hosted by
Caleb Zakarin
It began with a smoke break. James Monsees and Adam Bowen were two ambitious graduate students at Stanford, and in between puffs after class they dreamed of a way to …
British Studies
British Rail
A New History
Christian Wolmar
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
You think you know British Rail. But you don't know the whole story. Now, award-winning writer Christian Wolmar provides a new perspective on national loss in a time of privatisation …
On Religion
Islamophobia
What Christians Should Know (and Do) about Anti-Muslim Discrimination
Jordan Denari Duffner
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Jordan Denari Duffner is an author and scholar of Muslim-Christian relations, interreligious dialogue, and Islamophobia. Jordan is currently pursuing a PhD in Theological and Religious Studies at Georgetown University. A …
Darts & Letters
Modifying Maize
How Genetically Modified Corn Changed Science, Academia and Indigenous Rights in Mexico (Part 1 of 2)
Hosted by
Gordon Katic
This is part 1 of a 2-part series from Cited - the predecessor of Darts and Letters. When genetically modified corn was found in the highlands of Mexico, Indigenous campesino …
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Economics
Micro-Institutional Foundations of Capitalism
Roselyn Hsueh
Hosted by
Peter Lorentzen
Roselyn Hsueh’s Micro-Institutional Foundations of Capitalism (Cambridge, 2022) presents a new framework for understanding how developing countries integrate into the global economy. Examining the labor-intensive textile sector and the capital-intensive telecommunications sector in China, India, and Russia, Hsueh shows how differences in the way elites perceive the strategic value of a sector can lead to dramatically different patterns of governance. Author Roselyn Hsueh is an Associate Professor of Political Science …
Music
Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals
Christopher M. Reali
Hosted by
Emily Ruth Allen
The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Paul …
Early Modern History
Natural Disaster at the Closing of the Dutch Golden Age
Adam Sundberg
Hosted by
Douglas Bell
By the early eighteenth century, the economic primacy, cultural efflorescence, and geopolitical power of the Dutch Republic appeared to be waning. The end of this Golden Age was also an …
African Studies
When Soldiers Rebel
Ethnic Armies and Political Instability in Africa
Kristen A. Harkness
Hosted by
Andrew Miller
Military coups are a constant threat in Africa and many former military leaders are now in control of 'civilian states', yet the military remains understudied, especially over the last decade …
General History
Disgrace
Global Reflections on Sexual Violence
Joanna Bourke
Hosted by
Jana Byars
Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence--what causes it and how we overcome it. Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence (Reaktion, 2022) is the first …
Middle Eastern Studies
Anti-Veiling Campaigns in Turkey
State, Society and Gender in the Early Republic
Sevgi Adak
Hosted by
Reuben Silverman
The veiling and unveiling of women have been controversial issues in Turkey since the late-Ottoman period. It was with the advent of local campaigns against certain veils in the 1930s …
Public Policy
Single Payer Healthcare Reform
Grassroots Mobilization and the Turn Against Establishment Politics in the Medicare for All Movement
Lindy S. F. Hern
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
In Single Payer Healthcare Reform: Grassroots Mobilization and the Turn Against Establishment Politics in the Medicare for All Movement (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), Lindy Hern provides a comprehensive history of the grassroots Movement …
General History
Political Enthusiasm
Partisan Feeling and Democracy's Enchantments
Andrew Poe
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
Enthusiasm has long been perceived as a fundamental danger to democratic politics, with many regarding it as a source of instability and irrationalism. Such views can make enthusiasm appear as …
Film
History by HBO
Televising the American Past
Rebecca Weeks
Hosted by
Joel Tscherne
The television industry is changing, and with it, the small screen's potential to engage in debate and present valuable representations of American history. Founded in 1972, HBO has been at …
Writ Large
On Sholem Aleichem’s "The Tevye Stories"
A Discussion with Saul Noam Zaritt
Saul Noam Zaritt
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
The original production of Fiddler on the Roof won nine Tony awards, held the record for the longest-running Broadway musical, and was adapted into a hit movie. But the musical …
Psychoanalysis
The Hidden Spring
A Journey to the Source of Consciousness
Mark Solms
Hosted by
Philip Lance
If you have ever been skeptical about whether neuroscience has anything to teach psychoanalysis, or vice-versa, you will be stimulated by this book which engages the two disciplines in a …
Christian Studies
Beyond Missio Dei
Contesting Mission, Rethinking Witness
Sarosh Koshy
Hosted by
Tiatemsu Longkumer
In Beyond Missio Dei: Contesting Mission, Rethinking Witness (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021), Sarosh Koshy strives to go beyond the mission model of Christianity that emerged alongside and within the colonial enterprise and …
Military History
The Lion of Round Top
The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War
Hans G. Myers
Hosted by
Boris Karpa
Hans G. Myers' book The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War (Casemate, 2022) presents the story of the true …
General History
A Brief History of the Atlantic
Jeremy Black
Hosted by
Charles Coutinho
The Atlantic has borne witness to major historic events that have drastically shaped humanity with each crossing of its path. In A Brief History of the Atlantic (Robinson, 2022), Jeremy …
Darts & Letters
Made of Corn
How Genetically Modified Corn Changed Science, Academia and Indigenous Rights in Mexico (Part 2 of 2)
Hosted by
Gordon Katic
This is part 2 of a 2-part series from Cited - the predecessor of Darts and Letters. For the final episode of our “Activism & Academia”-themed week of programming, we’re …
Nordic Asia Podcast
Podcasting Academic Research
A Chat about the Nordic Asia Podcast
Hosted by
Kenneth Bo Nielsen
What is the potential of podcasts to disseminate research based insights? How can a podcast function as a networking and pedagogical tool? And what is so intriguing about a Nordic …