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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. …
World Affairs June 7, 2023

Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints

How Disasters Shape the Dynamics of Armed Conflicts

Tobias Ide

Hosted by Sidney Michelini
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Armed conflict and natural disasters have plagued the twenty-first century. Not since the end of World War II has the number of armed conflicts been higher. At the same time …
Science June 7, 2023

Not Just for the Boys

Why We Need More Women in Science

Athene Donald

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
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Why are girls discouraged from doing science? Why do so many promising women leave science in early and mid-career? Why do women not prosper in the scientific workforce? Not Just …
Sports June 7, 2023

Mallparks

Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption

Michael T. Friedman

Hosted by Emilio Weber
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In Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption (Cornell UP, 2023), Michael T. Friedman observes that as cathedrals represented power relations in medieval towns and skyscrapers epitomized those within …
Music June 7, 2023

The Future of Rock and Roll

97X WOXY and the Fight for True Independence

Robin James

Hosted by Bradley Morgan
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In 1983, an Ohio radio station called WOXY launched a sonic disruption to both corporate rock and to its conservative home region, programming an omnivorous range of genres and artists …
Education June 7, 2023

Willful Defiance

The Movement to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Mark R. Warren

Hosted by Laura Kelly
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The story of how Black and Brown parents, students and members of low-income communities of color organized to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline in their local schools and built a movement …
Business, Management, and Marketing June 7, 2023

Sit Write Share

Practical Writing Strategies to Transform Your Experience Into Content that Matters

Kathryn Britton

Hosted by Elizabeth Cronin
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Do you keep promising yourself to write but never quite get around to it? Do you delete almost as many words as you write? Do you write things that never …
Disability Studies June 7, 2023

Activist Affordances

How Disabled People Improvise More Habitable Worlds

Arseli Dokumaci

Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
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For people who are living with disability, including various forms of chronic diseases and chronic pain, daily tasks like lifting a glass of water or taking off clothes can be …
Nomads, Past and Present June 7, 2023

Hiking Trails, Sustainable Tourism, and Bedouin Heritage

An Discussion with Ben Hoffler

Ben Hoffler

Hosted by Maggie Freeman
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Ben Hoffler is the co-founder of several hiking trails in the Middle East, including the Sinai Trail, the Red Sea Mountain Trail, the Wadi Rum Trail, and the Bedouin Trail …
Chinese Studies June 7, 2023

World History and National Identity in China

The Twentieth Century

Xin Fan

Hosted by Shu Wan
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Nationalism is pervasive in China today. Yet nationalism is not entrenched in China's intellectual tradition. Over the course of the twentieth century, the combined forces of cultural, social, and political …
MIT Press Podcast June 7, 2023

Drone

Remote Control Warfare

Hugh Gusterson

Hosted by MIT Press
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Drone Warfare is the first comprehensive analysis of one of the fastest growing--and most secretive--fronts in global conflict: the rise of robot warfare. In 2000, the Pentagon had fewer than …
Business, Management, and Marketing June 7, 2023

Money and Love

An Intelligent Roadmap for Life's Biggest Decisions

Myra Strober and Abby Davisson

Hosted by Gregory LaBlanc
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Should we separate decisions related to love and money, approaching finance and career-related decisions solely in a rational way while relying more on our emotions in the personal domain? Perhaps …
Scholarly Communication June 7, 2023

Reading, Writing, Research

A Discussion with Cybersecurity Scholar Mathias Payer

Mathias Payer

Hosted by Daniel Shea
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Listen to this interview of Mathias Payer, a security researcher and associate professor at the EPFL School of Computer and Communication Science, leading the HexHive group. We talk about research …
Israel Studies June 6, 2023

A Train to Palestine

The Tehran Children, Anders' Army and Their Escape from Stalin's Siberia, 1939-1943

Randy Grigsby

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
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In October 1938, eight-year-old Josef Rosenbaum, his mother, and his younger sister set out from Germany on a cruel odyssey, fleeing into eastern Europe along with thousands of other refugees …
Islamic Studies June 6, 2023

Nur Baba

A Sufi Novel of Late Ottoman Istanbul (Translated by Brett Wilson)

Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu

Hosted by SherAli Tareen
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This conversation is with Brett Wilson, who has composed the first English translation of the classic and controversial novel from late Ottoman Turkey Nur Baba--a classic of modern Turkish literature …
Disability Studies June 6, 2023

The Disabled Child

Memoirs of a Normal Future

Amanda Apgar

Hosted by Shu Wan
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When children are born with disabilities or become disabled in childhood, parents often experience bewilderment: they find themselves unexpectedly in another world, without a roadmap, without community, and without narratives …