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East-West Psychology Podcast April 4, 2022

Introduction to the East-West Psychology Podcast

Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay

Hosted by Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay
In this episode you will meet your podcast hosts, Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay and learn a little about their journey to the East-West Psychology Department of CIIS. They will …

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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. …
Ministry of Ideas August 1, 2017

Introducing Ministry of Ideas

Zachary Davis

Hosted by Zachary Davis
Introducing Ministry of Ideas, a podcast that explores the ideas that shape our lives. …
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 …
Irish Studies August 17, 2022

Beyond Exclusion

Intersections of Ethnicity, Sex, and Society Under English Law in Medieval Ireland

Stephen Hewer

Hosted by Margaret Smith
Beyond Exclusion: Intersections of Ethnicity, Sex, and Society Under English Law in Medieval Ireland (Brepols, 2022) offers a fresh look at the legal status of minorities in English Ireland. Through …
Systems and Cybernetics August 17, 2022

Impact Networks

Creating Connection, Sparking Collaboration, and Catalyzing Systemic Change

David Ehrlichman

Hosted by Kevin Lindsay
I recently caught up with the very busy David Erlichman, co-founder and coordinator of the Converge network (www.converge.net), about his fantastic book Impact Networks: Creating Connection, Sparking Collaboration, and Catalyzing Systemic Change (Berrett-Koehler …
General History August 17, 2022

Inventing the Alphabet

The Origins of Letters from Antiquity to the Present

Johanna Drucker

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Inventing the Alphabet: The Origins of Letters from Antiquity to the Present (University of Chicago Press, 2022) by Dr. Johanna Drucker provides the first account of two-and-a-half millennia of scholarship …
Biology and Evolution August 17, 2022

Molecular Capture

The Animation of Biology

Adam Nocek

Hosted by Victor Monnin
In Molecular Capture: The Animation of Biology (University of Minnesota Press, 2021), Adam Nocek, Assistant Professor in the Philosophy of Technology and Science and Technology Studies at Arizona State University, investigates …
In Conversation: An OUP Podcast August 17, 2022

Rome

Strategy of Empire

James Lacey

Hosted by Mark Klobas
From Octavian's victory at Actium (31 B.C.) to its traditional endpoint in the West (476), the Roman Empire lasted a solid 500 years -- an impressive number by any standard …
Religion August 17, 2022

Hungarian Catholic Intellectuals in Contemporary Romania

Reforming Apostles

Marc Roscoe Loustau

Hosted by Diana Dukhanova
Set against the backdrop of the rise of right-wing Christian nationalism in Eastern Europe, this book declares that Catholic theologians ought to be understood and studied as intellectuals: socially and …
Art August 17, 2022

Three Women Artists

Expanding Abstract Expressionism in the American West

Amy Von Lintel and Bonnie Roos

Hosted by Kirstin Ellsworth
Offering a fresh perspective on the influence of the American southwest—and particularly West Texas—on the New York art world of the 1950s, Three Women Artists: Expanding Abstract Expressionism in the …
African American Studies August 17, 2022

Black Patience

Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation

Julius B. Fleming Jr.

Hosted by Mickell Carter
“Freedom, Now!” This rallying cry became the most iconic phrase of the Civil Rights Movement, challenging the persistent command that Black people wait—in the holds of slave ships and on …
African Studies August 17, 2022

From Rebels to Rulers

Writing Legitimacy in the Early Sokoto State

Paul Naylor

Hosted by Sara Katz
Sokoto was the largest and longest lasting of West Africa's nineteenth-century Muslim empires. Its intellectual and political elite left behind a vast written record, including over 300 Arabic texts authored …
East Asian Studies August 17, 2022

Global Taiwanese

Asian Skilled Labour Migrants in a Changing World

Fiona Moore

Hosted by Li-Ping Chen
In Global Taiwanese: Asian Skilled Labour Migrants in a Changing World (U Toronto Press, 2021), Fiona Moore explores the different ways in which Taiwanese expatriates in London and Toronto, along …
Writ Large August 17, 2022

On T. E. Lawrence's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom"

A Discussion with Charles Stang

Charles Stang

Hosted by Zachary Davis
Lawrence of Arabia has become one of the most well known films in the world. It inspired Steven Spielberg to become a filmmaker and President Barack Obama considers it one …
On Religion August 17, 2022

On African-American Catholic Identity, Sex Abuse, and Systemic Racism

A Discussion with Tia Noelle Pratt

Tia Noelle Pratt

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt is a higher education professional, researcher, and inclusion and diversity specialist based in Philadelphia, PA. She received her PhD in sociology from Fordham University. A sociologist …
Darts & Letters August 17, 2022

Canada’s Dumbest Public Intellectual

Darts and Letters’ Most Coveted Award

Hosted by Gordon Katic
Canada’s intellectual culture is now like a barren soil that struggles to give life to even the simplest flora. They’re just not that smart. We make too many right wing …
Medieval History August 17, 2022

Weeds and the Carolingians

Empire, Culture, and Nature in Frankish Europe, AD 750-900

Paolo Squatriti

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
In Weeds and the Carolingians: Empire, Culture, and Nature in Frankish Europe, AD 750–900 (Cambridge University Press, 2021), Dr. Paolo Squatriti asks: Why did weeds matter in the Carolingian empire …