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Ministry of Ideas January 1, 2023

Introducing Ministry of Ideas

Zachary Davis

Hosted by Zachary Davis
Introducing Ministry of Ideas, a podcast that explores the ideas that shape our lives. …

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Nomads, Past and Present December 27, 2022

An Introduction to Digital Nomads

Maggie Freeman

Hosted by Maggie Freeman
Welcome to Digital Nomads! This episode introduces your host, Maggie, and gives a brief overview of the aims, future of, and inspiration behind this podcast. Music in this episode: Desert …
High Theory April 1, 2022

Welcome to High Theory!

Kim Adams and Soronik Bosu

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Welcome to High Theory! High Theory is a podcast in which we get high on the substance of theory. And we ask the three standard questions, to each other, and …
The Proust Questionnaire Podcast June 24, 2020

The Proust Questionnaire Podcast

An Introduction

Uli Baer and Caroline Weber

Hosted by Uli Baer and Caroline Weber
What motivates creative people to do what they do, especially to change the world? The Proust Questionnaire is thought in action. It's a personality test that allows us a glimpse …
The Vault September 21, 2018

An Introduction to NYIH Studios

Hosted by New York Institute for the Humanities
Welcome to the New York Institute for the Humanities podcast. Learn more about the history of the Institute and our shows. …
Peoples & Things June 5, 2023

The History of 19th Century Quarantine Politics

A Conversation with David S. Barnes

David S. Barnes

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
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David S. Barnes, Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania, talks about his book, Lazaretto: How Philadelphia Used an Unpopular Quarantine Based on Disputed …
Performing Arts June 5, 2023

Performing the Socialist State

Modern Chinese Theater and Film Culture

Xiaomei Chen

Hosted by Andy Boyd
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Xiaomei Chen's book Performing the Socialist State: Modern Chinese Theater and Film Culture (Columbia UP, 2023) looks at three "founding fathers" of Chinese spoken drama: Tian Han, Hong Shen, and Ouyang Yuqian …
Biblical Studies June 5, 2023

Jesus the Purifier

John's Gospel and the Fourth Quest for the Historical Jesus

Craig L. Blomberg

Hosted by Jackson Reinhardt
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The third quest for the historical Jesus has reached an impasse. But a fourth quest is underway--one that draws from a heretofore largely neglected source: John's Gospel. In Jesus the …
Historical Fiction June 5, 2023

Killingly

Katharine Beutner

Hosted by C. P. Lesley
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In 1897, a Mount Holyoke College junior named Bertha Mellish disappears from campus overnight, leaving no word for her family. It’s a time when female college students are still considered …
Critical Theory June 5, 2023

What's the Use of Philosophy?

Philip Kitcher

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
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In What's the Use of Philosophy? (Oxford UP, 2023), Philip Kitcher here grapples with an essential philosophical question: what the point of philosophy is, and what it should and can be. Kitcher's …
Iberian Studies June 5, 2023

The Melancholy Void

Lyric and Masculinity in the Age of Góngora

Felipe Valencia

Hosted by Julia Gossard
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On today’s episode on New Books Network, we're joined by Dr. Felipe Valencia, Associate Professor of Spanish in the World Languages and Cultures Department at Utah State University to discuss …
Business, Management, and Marketing June 5, 2023

Ideaflow

The Only Business Metric That Matters

Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn

Hosted by Gregory LaBlanc
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When we think about the greatest innovators of our time (Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs, Frank Lloyd Wright) we often hear about their work ethic. But one thing that all of …
Shakespeare For All June 5, 2023

Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" Part 3: The Language

A Discussion with Michael Dobson

Michael Dobson

Hosted by Zachary Davis
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In Part 3, Professor Michael Dobson offers close-readings of some of the play’s most important speeches, including Brutus’s deliberation over Caesar’s assassination and the rival speeches given by Brutus and …
Children's Literature June 5, 2023

Dark Cloud

Anna Lazowski

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
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This is my second interview with the wonderful children's author Anna Lazowski, this time celebrating the launch of her new picture book Dark Cloud, published last month by Kids Can …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics June 5, 2023

Elephant Man

A Film by David Lynch

David Lynch

Hosted by Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics
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George Orwell said, "By fifty, every man has the face he deserves." To what degree does David Lynch's The Elephant Man (1980) respond to the idea that our appearances define …
MIT Press Podcast June 5, 2023

Can Data Science Help Us Combat Disinformation?

Liberty Vittert, Xiao-Li Meng, Scott Tranter, and Hany Farid

Hosted by MIT Press
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In this episode, the journal’s Features Editor Liberty Vittert and Editor in Chief Xiao-Li Meng discuss fake news, disinformation, and misinformation with Scott Tranter, CEO and founder of Optimus Analytics …
Digital Humanities June 5, 2023

Scholarly Podcasting

Why, What, How

Ian M. Cook

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
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Exploring what academic podcasting is and what it could be, Ian Cook's Scholarly Podcasting (Routledge, 2023) is the first to consider the why, what, and how academics engage with this insurgent, curious craft …
Buddhist Studies June 5, 2023

Embodied and Trauma-Aware Pedagogy

A Discussion with Frances Garrett

Frances Garrett

Hosted by Pierce Salguero
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In this episode I sit down with Frances Garrett, a scholar of Tibetan culture, history, and language. We talk about Frances’s interests in embodiment and movement, and how her experiences …
Film June 4, 2023

Abbas Kiarostami

Interviews

Monika Raesch

Hosted by Kaveh Rafie
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The cinephile community knows Abbas Kiarostami (1940–2016) as one of the most important filmmakers of the previous decades. This volume illustrates why the Iranian filmmaker achieved critical acclaim around the …
Architecture June 4, 2023

The Story of Follies

Architectures of Eccentricity

Celia Fisher

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
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In The Story of Follies: Architectures of Eccentricity (Reaktion, 2023), Celia Fisher presents an amusing, informative guide to a fanciful and charming building, the folly. Are they frivolous or practical …