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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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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 …
African American Studies November 25, 2022

New Growth

The Art and Texture of Black Hair

Jasmine Nichole Cobb

Hosted by Mickell Carter
From Frederick Douglass to Angela Davis, “natural hair” has been associated with the Black freedom struggle. In New Growth: The Art and Texture of Black Hair (Duke UP, 2022), Jasmine …
Film November 25, 2022

Truly, Madly

Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century

Stephen Galloway

Hosted by Daniel Moran
A sweeping and heartbreaking Hollywood biography about the passionate, turbulent marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. In 1934, a friend brought fledgling actress Vivien Leigh to see Theatre …
Christian Studies November 25, 2022

Ringleaders of Redemption

How Medieval Dance Became Sacred

Kathryn Dickason

Hosted by Ryan Shelton
In popular thought, Christianity is often figured as being opposed to dance. Conventional scholarship traces this controversy back to the Middle Ages. Historical sources, however, suggest that medieval dance was a …
Military History November 25, 2022

The Military and the Market

Jennifer Mittelstadt and Mark R. Wilson

Hosted by Alex Beckstrand
Throughout its history, the U.S. military has worked in close connection to market-based institutions and structures. It has run systems of free and unfree labor, taken over private sector firms …
African American Studies November 25, 2022

The Education of Betsey Stockton

An Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

Gregory Nobles

Hosted by Katrina Anderson
The life of Betsey Stockton (ca. 1798–1865) is a remarkable story of a Black woman’s journey from slavery to emancipation, from antebellum New Jersey to the Hawai‘ian Islands, and from …
Genocide Studies November 25, 2022

Anthropological Witness

Lessons from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Alexander Laban Hinton

Hosted by Jeff Bachman
Anthropological Witness: Lessons from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Cornell UP, 2022) tells the story of Alexander Laban Hinton's encounter with an accused architect of genocide and, more broadly, Hinton's attempt …
European Politics November 25, 2022

Governing the EU in an Age of Division

Dalibor Roháč

Hosted by Tim Jones
"An important distinction exists between the politics of rules at which the EU is quite adept and the politics driven by events - which requires improvisation, risk-taking and alertness to …
Jewish Studies November 25, 2022

Judaism Straight Up

Why Real Religion Endures

Moshe Koppel

Hosted by Matthew Miller
In Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures (Maggid, 2020), Moshe Koppel explores the central differences between traditional societies - including traditional Judaism - and contemporary cosmopolitan ones. He explains …
Writ Large November 25, 2022

On George Eliot's "Middlemarch"

A Discussion with Nicholas Dames

Nicholas Dames

Hosted by Zachary Davis
By the time we reach middle age, our lives have taken certain paths. Sometimes these paths are close to what we imagined in our youth. But more often, they’re dramatically …
Law November 25, 2022

Foreign Judges in the Pacific

Anna Dziedzic

Hosted by Jane Richards
While it might ordinarily be assumed that judges who sit on constitutional courts will be local citizens, in the islands of the Pacific, more than three-quarters of judges are foreign. This is …
Nordic Asia Podcast November 25, 2022

The Assassination and Legacy of Shinzo Abe

A Discussion with Paul Midford

Paul Midford

Hosted by Kenneth Bo Nielsen
The brutal assassination of Prime Minister Abe in July this year shocked Japan and has produced large and unexpected consequences for the nation´s politics. In this episode, we examine the …
Islamic Studies November 25, 2022

Once in a Lifetime

Amina Wadud

Hosted by Shehnaz Haqqani
In this interview, we speak with Dr. amina wadud about her latest book Once in a Lifetime (Kantara Press, 2022), a book that started out as a blog for her …
Literary Studies November 25, 2022

Fairy Tales in Contemporary American Culture

How We Hate to Love Them

Kate Christine Moore Koppy

Hosted by Carmen Gomez-Galisteo
In the twenty-first century, American culture is experiencing a profound shift toward pluralism and secularization. In Fairy Tales in Contemporary American Culture: How We Hate to Love Them (Lexington Books …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast November 25, 2022

Being Buddhist and Some Thoughts on "Identity"

Matthew O'Connell

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
The Think Pieces continue. This month, it is a look back at a piece on being Buddhist and identity. The text version can be found below. Themes picked up on …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones November 25, 2022

The Future of Multiculturalism

A Discussion with Patti Tamara Lenard and Peter Balint

Patti Tamara Lenard and Peter Balint

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
What is the best way to achieve societal harmony in a place in which groups of people with different identities are living together. Should minority groups be given exemptions from …