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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 …

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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 …
Science Fiction January 27, 2022

Deep Dive

Ron Walters

Hosted by Dan Hanks
“Why not just torture this main character and make his children completely disappear?” That’s the terrifying premise behind Deep Dive (Angry Robot, 2022), the debut novel by author Ron Walters …
Asian Review of Books January 27, 2022

Macanese Diaspora in British Hong Kong

A Century of Transimperial Drifting

Catherine S. Chan

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
In Hong Kong’s Ice House Street, in the heart of the city’s Financial District, is Club Lusitano: one of the city’s premier social clubs, nestled at the top of an …
Political Science January 27, 2022

Decoding the Digital Church

Evangelical Storytelling and the Election of Donald J. Trump

Stephanie A. Martin

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Dr. Stephanie (Sam) A. Martin’s new book, Decoding the Digital Church: Evangelical Storytelling and the Election of Donald J. Trump (U Alabama Press, 2021), is a fascinating exploration of the way …
South Asian Studies January 27, 2022

Tata

The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism

Mircea Raianu

Hosted by Shatrunjay Mall
Nearly a century old, the grand façade of Bombay House is hard to miss in the historic business district of Mumbai. This is the iconic global headquarters of the Tata …
Irish Studies January 27, 2022

Repealed

Ireland's Unfinished Fight for Reproductive Justice

Camilla Fitzsimons, Ruth Coppinger and Sinéad Kennedy

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
Camilla Fitzsimons is an activist and a member of the Dublin West Pro Choice group. She works at Maynooth University and is the author of Community Education and Neoliberalism. Sinéad …
Scholarly Communication January 27, 2022

Language Bias

The Last Back Door of Discrimination in America?

Rosina Lippi-Green

Hosted by Avi Staiman
Hear Dr. Rosina Lippi-Green talk about some of her shocking findings on language discrimination and bias on campus. Lippi-Green and Avi discuss her book English with an Accent: Language, Ideology …
Japanese Studies January 27, 2022

Of Gods and Minds

In Search of a Theological Commons

James Heisig

Hosted by Takeshi Morisato
One of the trailblazers in the field of Japanese philosophy, James W. Heisig, delivered his five lectures in 2019 at Boston College as the Duffy Lectures in Global Christianity. These lectures were …
Film January 27, 2022

The 15 Best Films about the Holocaust

Selected by Rich Brownstein

Rich Brownstein

Hosted by Joel Tscherne
In this special follow-up episode in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I again speak with Rich Brownstein, author of Holocaust Cinema Complete: A History and Analysis of 400 Films …
Recall This Book January 27, 2022

Teletherapy with Hannah Zeavin

"High Theory" Crossover

Hannah Zeavin

Hosted by Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz
Crossover Month at Recall this Book ends with a glance sideways at the doings of our pals Saronik and Kim, hosts of the delightfully lapidary podcast High Theory. Refresh your …
Neuroscience January 27, 2022

Dark and Magical Places

The Neuroscience of Navigation

Christopher Kemp

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Inside our heads we carry around an infinite and endlessly unfolding map of the world. Navigation is one of the most ancient neural abilities we have―older than language. In Dark …
Indian Religions January 27, 2022

A Conversation with Hanuman Dass

Founder and Chairman of Go Dharmic

Hanuman Dass

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Raj Balkaran interviews Hanuman Dass, Chairman and Founder of Go Dharmic, about his far-reaching humanitarian work and universal vision if Hindu values. We also touch on his co-authored works with …
Children's Literature January 27, 2022

A True Wonder

The Comic Book Hero Who Changed Everything

Kirsten W. Larson

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Kirsten Williams Lawson used to work with rocket scientists at NASA. Now she writes books for curious kids. Kirsten is the author of the picture book released several months back …
General History January 26, 2022

The Fairy Tellers

A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales

Nicholas Jubber

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
In The Fairy Tellers: A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales (John Murray, 2022), Nick Jubber unearths the lives of the dreamers who made our most beloved fairy …
Law January 26, 2022

Justice on the Brink

The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court

Linda Greenhouse

Hosted by William Domnarski
At the end of the Supreme Court's 2019-20 term, the center was holding. The predictions that the court would move irrevocably to the far right hadn't come to pass, as …
General History January 26, 2022

Eaters of the Dead

Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters

Kevin J. Wetmore

Hosted by Jana Byars
Spanning myth, history, and contemporary culture, a terrifying and illuminating excavation of the meaning of cannibalism. Every culture has monsters that eat us, and every culture repels in horror when …
General History January 26, 2022

The Fires of Lust

Sex in the Middle Ages

Katherine Harvey

Hosted by Jana Byars
Today we are with Katherine Harvey, author of The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages (Reaktion Books, 2021). An illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary …
Children's Literature January 26, 2022

If I Lived with Noah

Pamela Moritz

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Today I talked to Pamela Moritz about her charming rhyming story If I Lived with Noah (Apple and Honey Press, 2020). A young boy imagines being sequestered with Noah and all the …
Finance January 25, 2022

The Revolution That Wasn't

GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors

Spencer Jakab

Hosted by Daniel Peris
In The Revolution That Wasn't: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors (Portfolio/Penguin, 2022), WSJ columnist Spencer Jakab weaves together personal narratives, the key market institutions, and social media to tell the fascinating …