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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. …
General History October 4, 2023

Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution

Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
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In their remarkable new book Slavery, Capitalism, and the Industrial Revolution (Polity, 2023), Professor Maxine Berg and Professor Pat Hudson “follow the money” to document in revealing detail the role …
Indian Religions October 4, 2023

Against High-Caste Polygamy

An Annotated Translation

Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar (Translated by Brian A. Hatcher)

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
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Against High-Caste Polygamy: An Annotated Translation (Oxford UP, 2023) offers a complete, annotated translation of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar's 1871 tract arguing against the practice of high-caste Kulin marriage in Bengal …
Biblical Studies October 4, 2023

First-Century Gospel Storytellers and Audiences

The Gospels as Performance Literature

Thomas E. Boomershine

Hosted by Rob Heaton
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Tom Boomershine, one of the pioneers of performance criticism for biblical texts, joined the New Books Network to discuss the publication of First-Century Gospel Storytellers and Audiences: The Gospels as …
Disability Studies October 4, 2023

Design, Disability and Embodiment

Spatial Justice and Perspectives of Power

Janice Rieger

Hosted by Shu Wan
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Janice Rieger's book Design, Disability and Embodiment: Spatial Justice and Perspectives of Power (Routledge, 2023) explores the spatial and social injustices within our streets, malls, schools, and public institutions. Taken-for-granted acts …
Japanese Studies October 4, 2023

Being Dead Otherwise

Anne Allison

Hosted by Nathan Hopson
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In contemporary Japan, death isn’t what it used to be. Anne Allison’s Being Dead Otherwise (Duke UP, 2023) examines the changing realities of death as a personal and social phenomenon …
Genocide Studies October 4, 2023

Norway in the Second World War

Politics, Society and Conflict

Ole Kristian Grimnes

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
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Covering political, military, economic and social history, Norway in the Second World War: Politics, Society and Conflict (Bloombury, 2020) is the most authoritative book on the subject in the English language …
Asian American Studies October 4, 2023

Warring Genealogies

Race, Kinship, and the Korean War

Joo Ok Kim

Hosted by Ann Choi
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“[W]hat is our relationship to the Korean War and to the affinities” of different institutions that produce knowledge about the Korean War? (130) In her book, Warring Genealogies: Race, Kinship …
Higher Education October 4, 2023

Teaching (and Learning) at a University Online

A Discussion with Caleb Simmons of the University of Arizona

Caleb Simmons

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
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There is a lot of talk about online learning, and particularly universities going online. Today I talked to Caleb Simmons, Executive Director of Arizona Online (and notable scholar of religion …
Art October 4, 2023

The Cultural Politics of Art in Iran

Modernism, Exhibitions, and Art Production

Katrin Nahidi

Hosted by Kaveh Rafie
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Modernist Iranian art represents a highly diverse field of cultural production deeply involved in discussing questions of modernity and modernization as practiced in Iran. This book investigates how artistic production …
Music October 4, 2023

Missing Like Teeth

An Oral History of Winnipeg Underground Rock

Sheldon Birnie

Hosted by Gregory Soden
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From 1990 to 2001, while the popular radio waves were consumed with the buzz of grunge and alternative rock, Winnipeg managed to craft a unique underground music scene that moved …
Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century October 4, 2023

Credit Unions, Deposit Insurance, Financial Regulation, and Digital Currencies

A conversation with Kyle Hauptman

Kyle Hauptman

Hosted by Jon Hartley
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Kyle Hauptman (National Credit Union Administration Vice Chairman) speaks on his beginnings working in finance, as an economic policy advisor on the Mitt Romney Presidential campaign as well as in …
American Studies October 3, 2023

A Constitutional Culture

New England and the Struggle Against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire

Adrian Chastain Weimer

Hosted by Crawford Gribben
In A Constitutional Culture: New England and the Struggle Against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023), Adrian Chastain Weimer uncovers the story of how, more than …
Critical Theory October 3, 2023

Why?

The Philosophy Behind the Question

Philippe Huneman

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
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Why did triceratops have horns? Why did World War I occur? Why does Romeo love Juliet? And, most importantly, why ask why? In Why?: The Philosophy Behind the Question (Stanford …
Women's History October 3, 2023

Rewriting Eve

Claiming Women's Sacred Stories As Our Own

Ronna Detrick

Hosted by Latoya Johnson
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In Rewriting Eve: Rescuing Women’s Stories from the Bible and Reclaiming Them as Our Own (She Writes Press, 2023), Ronna Detrick invites us into the presence and power of ten …
General History October 3, 2023

Extremely Online

The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

Taylor Lorenz

Hosted by Michael Vann
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Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the internet—revealing how online influence and the creators who amass it have reshaped our world, online and off …
Anthropology October 3, 2023

Indifference

On the Praxis of Interspecies Being

Naisargi N. Davé

Hosted by Shraddha Chatterjee
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In Indifference: On the Praxis of Interspecies Being (Duke UP, 2023), Naisargi N. Davé examines the complex worlds of animalists and animalism in India. Through ethnographic fieldwork with animal healers, animal …