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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 …

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Islamic Studies June 6, 2023

Nur Baba

A Sufi Novel of Late Ottoman Istanbul (Translated by Brett Wilson)

Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu

Hosted by SherAli Tareen
This conversation is with Brett Wilson, who has composed the first English translation of the classic and controversial novel from late Ottoman Turkey Nur Baba--a classic of modern Turkish literature …
Environmental Studies June 6, 2023

Ice

From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks--a Cool History of a Hot Commodity

Amy Brady

Hosted by Brian Hamilton
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Ice is everywhere: in gas stations, in restaurants, in hospitals, in our homes. Americans think nothing of dropping a few ice cubes into tall glasses of tea to ward off …
Literature June 6, 2023

Dreaming in Spanish

An Unexpected Love Story In Puerto Vallarta

Sara Alvarado

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
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In Dreaming in Spanish: An Unexpected Love Story In Puerto Vallarta (Little Creek Press, 2023), Sara Alvarado tells the story of growing up in Madison, studying Spanish, and escaping alcoholism, substance …
Poetry June 6, 2023

Naming the Ghost

Emily Hockaday

Hosted by Megan Wildhood
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Emily Hockaday is a poet from Queens who writes about ecology, astronomy, and the city landscape, alongside more personal subjects. Her first collection Naming the Ghost (Cornerstone Press, 2022) tackles 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
MIT Press Podcast June 4, 2023

Art Auctions and Data Science

A Discussion with Liberty Vittert, Xiao-Li Meng, Dan Cameron, and Jason Bailey

Liberty Vittert, Xiao-Li Meng, Dan Cameron, and Jason Bailey

Hosted by MIT Press
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What does data science tell us about art auctions? This episode is syndicated from the new Harvard Data Science Review Podcast. Published by the MIT Press, Harvard Data Science Review …
Critical Theory June 4, 2023

Digital Futures for Learning

Speculative Methods and Pedagogies

Jen Ross

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
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What is the future of education? In Digital Futures for Learning: Speculative Methods and Pedagogies (Routledge, 2022), Jen Ross, a senior lecturer in digital education at the University of Edinburgh, analyses …
Middle Eastern Studies June 3, 2023

Red Star over the Black Sea

Nazim Hikmet and His Generation

James H. Meyer

Hosted by Reuben Silverman
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Nâzım Hikmet (1902-1963) is best known as a poet and communist whose daring flight by motorboat from Turkey to the Eastern Bloc captured international headlines in 1951. One of the …
MIT Press Podcast June 3, 2023

Gender and Equality in Art and Exploration

A Discussion with Bettina Forget and Lindy Elkins-Tanton

Bettina Forget and Lindy Elkins-Tanton

Hosted by MIT Press
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Featured episode from Between Art and Science, a new podcast from Leonardo. This episode, hosted by Erica Hruby, features a conversation between two authors published in the Leonardo special issue …
Asian Review of Books June 1, 2023

Black Girl from Pyongyang

In Search of My Identity

Monica Macias

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
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Monica Macias, the youngest daughter of Equatorial Guinea’s first president at just seven years old, lands in Pyongyang, North Korea in 1979. Her father had sent her to the country …
MIT Press Podcast June 1, 2023

Teklife, Ghettoville, Eski

The Sonic Ecologies of Black Music in the Early 21st Century

Dhanveer Singh Brar

Hosted by MIT Press
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Joy White, author of Terraformed, speaks with Dhanveer Singh Brar about his forthcoming book Teklife, Ghettoville, Eski, Teklife, Ghettoville, Eski argues that Black electronic dance music produces sonic ecologies of …