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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 …
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. …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel December 4, 2023

The Forest Journey

The Story of Trees and Civilization

John Perlin

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
A Foundational Conservation Story Revived. Ancient writers observed that forests always recede as civilizations develop and grow. The great Roman poet Ovid wrote that before civilization began, “even the pine …
Indian Ocean World December 4, 2023

Beyond Colonial Rupture

Print Culture and the Emergence of Muslim Modernity in Nineteenth-Century South Asia

Nur Sobers-Khan, Layli Uddin, and Priyanka Basu

Hosted by Ahmed Almaazmi
Scholarly discussions on Islam in print have focused predominantly on the role of Urdu in the development of North Indian Muslim publics (Dubrow, 2018; Robb, 2020), ʿulama and Islamic jurisprudence …
East Asian Studies December 4, 2023

Power for a Price

The Purchase of Official Appointments in Qing China

Lawrence Zhang

Hosted by Sarah Bramao-Ramos
The Qing dynasty's office purchase system (juanna) allowed men to legally and openly pay for appointments in the civil service — enabling them to skip the much-lauded civil service examination …
Political Science December 4, 2023

Gun Country

Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America

Andrew C. McKevitt

Hosted by Susan Liebell
The United States has more guns than people – a condition that is “unprecedented in world history.” Scholars often focus on gun culture, the Second Amendment, or the history of …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast December 4, 2023

David McMahan on Rethinking Meditation

David L. McMahan

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
If anything, the Imperfect Buddha Podcast has been a rallying cry for the disruption of the myths that abound in the world of Buddhism and meditation. David L. McMahan professor …
Music December 4, 2023

Gentleman of Jazz

A Life in Music

Ramsey Lewis and Aaron Cohen

Hosted by Bradley Morgan
This immersive new autobiography provides insight into the early life and illustrious career of the late great Ramsey Lewis, one of the most popular jazz pianists of all time. Beginning …
Journalism December 4, 2023

How the News Feels

The Empathic Power of Literary Journalists

Jonathan D. Fitzgerald

Hosted by James Kates
In How the News Feels: The Empathic Power of Literary Journalists (University of Massachusetts Press, 2023), Jonathan D. Fitzgerald examines a mode of journalistic storytelling dating back nearly two centuries. Literary journalism …
Taiwan on Air December 4, 2023

Eco-Translation from Taiwan and Wu Ming-yi’s "The Stolen Bicycle" 單車失竊記

A Book Chat with Darryl Sterk

Darryl Sterk

Hosted by Taiwan on Air
In this episode, our host, Ti-han, invited Dr Darryl Sterk, a Canadian eco-translator who is now based in Lingnan University in Hong Kong and dedicated his work in Taiwanese eco-literature …
South Asian Studies December 4, 2023

Contesting Masculinities and Women’s Agency in Kashmir

Amya Agarwal

Hosted by Tusharika Deka
What is the significance of gender and masculinities in understanding conflict? Through an ethnographic study conducted between 2013 and 2016, Amya Agarwal's book Contesting Masculinities and Women’s Agency in Kashmir (Rowman …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones December 4, 2023

The Future of the State

A Discussion with Graeme Garrard

Graeme Garrard

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
The Reagan-Thatcher neoliberal era started the retreat of the state. Privatisation and deregulation meant power was handed over to corporations and markets. Now that neoliberalism has run its course, will …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics December 4, 2023

Wild Strawberries

A Film by Ingmar Bergman

Hosted by Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics
What if you could receive the adulation and respect of strangers but not from your own family-or even yourself? In Wild Strawberries (1957), Ingmar Bergman dramatizes a journey into a …
Science, Technology, and Society December 4, 2023

The Unintended

Photography, Property, and the Aesthetics of Racial Capitalism

Monica Huerta

Hosted by Nathan Moore
The end of the nineteenth century saw massive developments and innovations in photography at a time when the forces of Western modernity—industrialization, racialization, and capitalism—were quickly reshaping the world. The …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership December 4, 2023

Innovative Education Entrepreneurship

A Conversation with Philipp Legner

Philipp Legner

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
In this episode, Kimon and Richard speak with Philipp Legner, founder of educational software Mathigon. After graduating from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Mathematics, Philipp worked as …
Scholarly Communication December 3, 2023

Services and Training for Publishing Scientists — The Current Direction of Travel

A Discussion with John Bond of Riverwinds Consulting

John Bond

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of John Bond, founder and publishing consultant of Riverwinds Consulting. We talk about the breadth of services and resources now on offer to publishing scientists — …
Environmental Studies December 3, 2023

Evolution of a Movement

Four Decades of California Environmental Justice Activism

Tracy E. Perkins

Hosted by Avery Weinman
Despite living and working in California, one of the county's most environmentally progressive states, environmental justice activists have spent decades fighting for clean air to breathe, clean water to drink …
Popular Culture December 3, 2023

I Am the Dark Tourist

Messenger of Remembrance

H. E. Sawyer

Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Dark tourism is the practice of visiting sites associated with death and disaster. Participation is increasing, yet much of the machinations behind dark tourism remain shrouded in mystery, and intentionally …