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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. …
Literature November 28, 2023

The Lost Archive

Lynn Miller

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
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The Lost Archive (U Wisconsin Press, 2023) is comprised of a cast of characters who are mostly dealing with, or in the aftermath of a crisis of some kind. Or …
General History November 28, 2023

What the Greeks Did for Us

Tony Spawforth

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
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Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like “pandemic,” a Freudian state of mind like the “Oedipus complex,” or a replica of the Parthenon in a Chinese …
High Theory November 28, 2023

Plagiarism

A Discussion with Geoffrey Sanborn

Geoffrey Sanborn

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
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In this episode of High Theory, Geoffrey Sanborn tells us about Plagiarism. A concept emerged with the idea of originality, plagiarism challenges some of our most deeply held notions of …
Science, Technology, and Society November 28, 2023

The SAGE Handbook of Human–Machine Communication

Rhonda McEwen, Andrea L. Guzman and Steve Jones (eds.)

Hosted by Pamela Fuentes
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The SAGE Handbook of Human-Machine Communication has been designed to serve as the touchstone text for researchers and scholars engaging in new research in this fast-developing field. Chapters provide a …
Critical Theory November 28, 2023

The Age of Insecurity

Coming Together as Things Fall Apart

Astra Taylor

Hosted by Louisa Hann
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These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn’t working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going …
General History November 28, 2023

The Pirates’ Code

Laws and Life Aboard Ship

Rebecca Simon

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
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In The Pirate's Code: Laws and Life Aboard Ship (Reaktion, 2023), Dr. Rebecca Simon presents a rollicking account of pirates’ codes, the strict rules essential for survival at sea. Pirates …
Sociology November 28, 2023

When We Walk By

Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
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Think about the last time that you saw or interacted with an unhoused person. What did you do? What did you say? Did you offer money or a smile, or …
Middle Eastern Studies November 28, 2023

Waiting for the Revolution to End

Syrian Displacement, Time and Subjectivity

Charlotte Al-Khalili

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
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Waiting for the Revolution to End: Syrian Displacement, Time and Subjectivity (UCL Press, 2023) by Dr. Charlotte Al-Khalili explores the Syrian revolution through the experiences of citizens in exile. Based on …
American Studies November 28, 2023

Winds of Hope, Storms of Discord

The United States since 1945

Salim Yaqub

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
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Salim Yaqub's Winds of Hope, Storms of Discord: The United States since 1945 (Cambridge UP, 2022) explores how Americans from all walks of life – political leaders, businesspeople, public intellectuals …
Sports November 27, 2023

After the Count

The Death of Davey Browne

Stephanie Convery

Hosted by Keith Rathbone
Today we are joined by Stephanie Convery, inequality editor at Guardian Australia, and author of After the Count: The Death of Davey Browne (Penguin Australia, 2020). In our conversation, we …
Military History November 27, 2023

The War for England's Shores

S-Boats and the Fight Against British Coastal Convoys

G. H. Bennett

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The War for England's Shores: S-Boats and the Fight Against British Coastal Convoys (US Naval Institute Press, 2023) by Dr. G. H. Bennett examines the Kriegsmarine's S-Boat offensive along the …
Anthropology November 27, 2023

‘Ritual Litter' Redressed

Ceri Houlbrook

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Ritual deposition is not an activity that many people in the Western world would consider themselves participants of. The enigmatic beliefs and magical thinking that led to the deposition of …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics November 27, 2023

I Know Where I’m Going!

A Film by Emeric Powell and Michael Pressburger

Hosted by Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics
Samuel Johnson once asked, “What enemy would invade Scotland, where there is nothing to be got?” He must never have seen I Know Where I’m Going (1945). In their fifth …
Critical Theory November 27, 2023

A Queer Theory of the State

Samuel Clowes Huneke

Hosted by Lea Greenberg
Queer theory has often been hesitant to align itself with a politics of the state, approaching it with a negative or pragmatic framework. A Queer Theory of the State (Floating …
General History November 27, 2023

The Globemakers

The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft

Peter Bellerby

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Peter Bellerby is the founder of Bellerby & Co. Globemakers, the world's only truly bespoke makers of globes. His team of skilled craftspeople make exquisite terrestrial, celestial and planetary globes …
General History November 27, 2023

British Cyprus and the Long Great War, 1914-1925

Empire, Loyalties and Democratic Deficit

Andrekos Varnava

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Most of the Cypriot population, especially the lower classes, remained loyal to the British cause during the Great War and the island contributed significantly to the First World War, with …