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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 …

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The Imperfect Buddha Podcast July 10, 2015

Imperfect Buddha Podcast: Introducing the Why, the How, the Intent of it All

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
What is the Imperfect Buddha Podcast? Where does it come from? Why listen to it? All of these questions and more are presented in this introduction designed at clarifying for …
Japanese Studies January 28, 2022

Yayoi Kusama

Inventing the Singular

Midori Yamamura

Hosted by Amanda Kennell
Midori Yamamura’s Yayoi Kusama: Inventing the Singular (MIT Press, 2015) is an in-depth examination of the famed artist’s early years in Japan and the United States. Based on extensive research …
Literature January 28, 2022

Slow Hot

Andy Choi

Hosted by Adhy Kim
Today I talked to Andy Choi about his novel Slow Hot (Schism Press, 2021).  "The principal narratives of Slow Hot (Schism Press, 2021) intersect, contrast, and complement one another like the panels in …
The Common Magazine January 28, 2022

Notes on Looking Back

The Common magazine (Fall, 2021)

Steven Tagle

Hosted by Emily Everett
Steven Tagle speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his essay “Notes on Looking Back,” which appears in The Common’s fall issue. Steven talks about writing this essay, originally in …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast January 28, 2022

Winton Higgins on Secularizing Buddhism

Winton Higgins

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
In the practising life, choices must be made. Those choices occur at all levels from big picture views of the world, a whole life, and society, to the everyday choice …
Children's Literature January 28, 2022

T. Rexes Can't Tie Their Shoes

Anna Lazowski

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Anna Lazowski is an award-winning Senior Producer at CBC Radio, based in Winnipeg. She has an MA in journalism from the University of Western Ontario and a BFA (Honours) degree …
Jewish Studies January 28, 2022

Impure Migration

Jews and Sex Work in Golden Age Argentina

Mir Yarfitz

Hosted by Makena Mezistrano
Impure Migration: Jews and Sex Work in Golden Age Argentina (Rutgers UP, 2019) investigates the period from the 1890s until the 1930s, when prostitution was a legal institution in Argentina and …
Architecture January 28, 2022

The Architecture of Madness

Insane Asylums in the United States

Carla Yanni

Hosted by Bryan Toepfer
Elaborately conceived, grandly constructed insane asylums—ranging in appearance from classical temples to Gothic castles—were once a common sight looming on the outskirts of American towns and cities. Many of these …
Nordic Asia Podcast January 28, 2022

Motorbike Madness in Vietnam

A Discussion with Hue-Tam Jamme

Hue-Tam Jamme

Hosted by Arve Hansen
Ever tried to cross the road in Hanoi? There’s no point in waiting for a gap. Close your eyes and start walking: the traffic will magically weave around you. While …
Political Science January 27, 2022

Decoding the Digital Church

Evangelical Storytelling and the Election of Donald J. Trump

Stephanie A. Martin

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Dr. Stephanie (Sam) A. Martin’s new book, Decoding the Digital Church: Evangelical Storytelling and the Election of Donald J. Trump (U Alabama Press, 2021), is a fascinating exploration of the way …
Science Fiction January 27, 2022

Deep Dive

Ron Walters

Hosted by Dan Hanks
“Why not just torture this main character and make his children completely disappear?” That’s the terrifying premise behind Deep Dive (Angry Robot, 2022), the debut novel by author Ron Walters …
Children's Literature January 27, 2022

A True Wonder

The Comic Book Hero Who Changed Everything

Kirsten W. Larson

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Kirsten Williams Lawson used to work with rocket scientists at NASA. Now she writes books for curious kids. Kirsten is the author of the picture book released several months back …
Indian Religions January 27, 2022

A Conversation with Hanuman Dass

Founder and Chairman of Go Dharmic

Hanuman Dass

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Raj Balkaran interviews Hanuman Dass, Chairman and Founder of Go Dharmic, about his far-reaching humanitarian work and universal vision if Hindu values. We also touch on his co-authored works with …
Japanese Studies January 27, 2022

Of Gods and Minds

In Search of a Theological Commons

James Heisig

Hosted by Takeshi Morisato
One of the trailblazers in the field of Japanese philosophy, James W. Heisig, delivered his five lectures in 2019 at Boston College as the Duffy Lectures in Global Christianity. These lectures were …
Asian Review of Books January 27, 2022

Macanese Diaspora in British Hong Kong

A Century of Transimperial Drifting

Catherine S. Chan

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
In Hong Kong’s Ice House Street, in the heart of the city’s Financial District, is Club Lusitano: one of the city’s premier social clubs, nestled at the top of an …
Neuroscience January 27, 2022

Dark and Magical Places

The Neuroscience of Navigation

Christopher Kemp

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Inside our heads we carry around an infinite and endlessly unfolding map of the world. Navigation is one of the most ancient neural abilities we have―older than language. In Dark …
Irish Studies January 27, 2022

Repealed

Ireland's Unfinished Fight for Reproductive Justice

Camilla Fitzsimons, Ruth Coppinger and Sinéad Kennedy

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
Camilla Fitzsimons is an activist and a member of the Dublin West Pro Choice group. She works at Maynooth University and is the author of Community Education and Neoliberalism. Sinéad …
Scholarly Communication January 27, 2022

Language Bias

The Last Back Door of Discrimination in America?

Rosina Lippi-Green

Hosted by Avi Staiman
Hear Dr. Rosina Lippi-Green talk about some of her shocking findings on language discrimination and bias on campus. Lippi-Green and Avi discuss her book English with an Accent: Language, Ideology …
Film January 27, 2022

The 15 Best Films about the Holocaust

Selected by Rich Brownstein

Rich Brownstein

Hosted by Joel Tscherne
In this special follow-up episode in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I again speak with Rich Brownstein, author of Holocaust Cinema Complete: A History and Analysis of 400 Films …