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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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
Diplomatic History January 28, 2023

The Struggle for Iran

Oil, Autocracy, and the Cold War, 1951-1954

David S. Painter and Gregory Brew

Hosted by Grant Golub
Beginning with the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry in spring 1951 and ending with its reversal following the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq in August 1953, the Iranian …
Animal Studies January 28, 2023

Animals in Irish Society

Interspecies Oppression and Vegan Liberation in Britain's First Colony

Corey Lee Wrenn

Hosted by Kyle Johannsen
Irish vegan studies are poised for increasing relevance as climate change threatens the legitimacy and longevity of animal agriculture and widespread health problems related to animal product consumption disrupt long …
Catholic Studies January 28, 2023

Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States

A History

Michael T. Rizzi

Hosted by Allison Isidore
Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States: A History (Catholic University of America Press, 2022) provides a comprehensive history of Jesuit higher education in the United States, weaving together the stories …
Law January 28, 2023

The China Nexus

Thirty Years in and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny

Benedict Rogers

Hosted by Jane Richards
The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny (Optimum Publishing, 2022) brings together Benedict Rogers' 30 years of advocacy, research and work in and around China. Opening …
African American Studies January 28, 2023

Soundworks

Race, Sound, and Poetry in Production

Anthony Reed

Hosted by Henry Ivry
In Soundworks: Race, Sound, and Poetry in Production (Duke UP, 2020), Anthony Reed argues that studying sound requires conceiving it as process and as work. Since the long Black Arts …
Ukrainian Studies January 28, 2023

Wild Music

Sound and Sovereignty in Ukraine

Maria Sonevytsky

Hosted by John Vsetecka
In Wild Music: Sound and Sovereignty in Ukraine (Wesleyan UP, 2019), Maria Sonevytsky tracks vernacular Ukrainian discourses of “wildness” as they manifested in popular music during a volatile decade of …
Peoples & Things January 28, 2023

Business in Socialist Hungary

A Discussion with Phil Scranton

Phil Scranton

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Philip Scranton, University Board of Governors Professor Emeritus of the history of industry and technology at Rutgers University-Camden, talks about his book, Business Practice In Socialist Hungary, Volume 1: Creating …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones January 28, 2023

The Future of Computer Chips

A Discussion with Julian Kamasa

Julian Kamasa

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
Microchips are both important and in short supply. So how important? And what can be done to make them more plentiful? Also, what are the geopolitical implications of having the …
Ministry of Ideas January 28, 2023

Dissecting Morality

What do Scientists Have To Say About Ethics? (Part 2)

Diane Paul, Ben Allen, and Steven Pinker

Hosted by Zachary Davis
Linking morality and science can conjure up disturbing histories around social Darwinism, eugenics, and genetically engineered humans. But scientists today are making discoveries that moral agents shouldn’t ignore: how to …
Jewish Studies January 28, 2023

The Holocaust in Romania

The Destruction of Jews and Roma Under the Antonescu Regime, 1940-1944

Radu Ioanid

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
The Holocaust in Romania: The Destruction of Jews and Roma Under the Antonescu Regime, 1940-1944 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022), Radu Ioanid explores in great detail the physical destruction of Romania's …
South Asian Studies January 28, 2023

The Vulgarity of Caste

Dalits, Sexuality, and Humanity in Modern India

Shailaja Paik

Hosted by Niharika Yadav
The Vulgarity of Caste: Dalits, Sexuality, and Humanity in Modern India (Stanford UP, 2022) offers the first social and intellectual history of Dalit performance of Tamasha—a popular form of public, secular …
Almost Good Catholics January 28, 2023

Chatting with the Homeless

Looking for Jesus among the Least of Our Brothers

Brother John Vianney Russel, OP

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
Dominican Friar John Vianney Russel has made a habit of talking with homeless people and shares what he has learned. He doesn’t have all the answers and, in fact, we …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel January 27, 2023

The Aryan Jesus

Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany

Susannah Heschel

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany (Princeton UP, 2010) documents the process, and relative ease, with which institutions of higher learning and the religious establishment …
Islamic Studies January 27, 2023

In and Out of This World

Material and Extraterrestrial Bodies in the Nation of Islam

Stephen C. Finley

Hosted by Kristian Petersen
With In and Out of This World: Material and Extraterrestrial Bodies in the Nation of Islam (Duke University Press, 2022), Stephen C. Finley, Inaugural Chair, Department of African and African …