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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 …
Economic and Business History February 9, 2023

The Routledge History of Modern Latin American Migration

Andreas E. Feldmann, Xochitl Bada, and Jorge Durand

Hosted by Javier Mejia
The Routledge History of Modern Latin American Migration (Routledge, 2022) offers a systematic account of population movements to and from the region over the last 150 years, spanning from the …
Academic Life February 9, 2023

We Are Not Dreamers

Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States

Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales and Leisy J. Abrego

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Today’s book is: We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States. The “Dreamer narrative” celebrates the educational and economic achievements of undocumented youth to justify …
Asian Review of Books February 9, 2023

Kopi Dulu

Caffeine-Fuelled Island-hopping Through Indonesia

Mark Eveleigh

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
“Kopi Dulu,” means “coffee first” in Indonesian–a common phrase from Indonesians who are happy to have coffee anywhere, anytime and with anyone. At least, that was Mark Eveleigh’s experience, as …
Almost Good Catholics February 9, 2023

Why a Savior?

The Theology of Sacrifice and Redemption

David Basile

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
As we start the second year of Almost Good Catholics, I asked my old friend David Basile, the theology teacher (and our very first guest last year) to come back …
Christian Studies February 9, 2023

T&T Clark Handbook of Theological Anthropology

Mary Ann Hinsdale and Stephen Okey

Hosted by Ryan Shelton
The T&T Clark Handbook of Theological Anthropology (T&T Clark, 2020) is a ground-breaking volume that gathers together the voices of veteran theologians and some of the most promising emerging scholars publishing …
Christian Studies February 9, 2023

The Slaves of the Churches

A History

Mary E. Sommar

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
In recent years, stories of religious universities and institutions grappling with their slave-owning past have made headlines in the news. People find it shocking that the Church itself could have …
SSEAC Stories February 9, 2023

A New Hope?

Japanese Retirement Migration to Malaysia

Shiori Shakuto

Hosted by Natali Pearson
In post-growth Japan, some people are looking to Southeast Asia, especially Malaysia, as a source of new hope. A notable change in the recent pattern of global migration is the …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight February 9, 2023

Complicit

How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop

Max Bazerman

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Max Bazerman about his book Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop (Princeton UP, 2022). Remember Saturday Night Live’s satirical TV spot for Ivanka …
Why We Argue February 9, 2023

Seeing Truth in the Archives

A Conversation about the AMNH and What Gets Saved with Joel Sweimler

Joel Sweimler

Hosted by Alexis Boylan
Joel Sweimler, Exhibition Specialist at the American Museum of Natural History, talks about his career at the museum, working on Seeing Truth, and what his favorite object in the collection …
Peoples & Things February 9, 2023

Energy Costs, Poverty, and Race

A Discussion with Destenie Nock

Destenie Nock

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Destenie Nock, an assistant professor in the Engineering and Public Policy and Civil and Environmental Engineering Departments at Carnegie Mellon University and CEO of People’s Energy Analytics, a new startup …
Irish Studies February 8, 2023

America and the Making of an Independent Ireland

A History

Francis M. Carroll

Hosted by Ryan Shelton
On Easter Day 1916, more than a thousand Irishmen stormed Dublin city center, seizing the General Post Office building and reading the Proclamation for an independent Irish Republic. The British …
American South February 8, 2023

Rural Republican Realignment in the Modern South

The Untold Story

M. V. Hood and Seth C. McKee

Hosted by Brandon Jett
Beginning with the Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948 and extending through the 2020 election cycle, political scientists M.V. Hood III and Seth C. McKee trace the process by which rural white …
Critical Theory February 8, 2023

Humanitarian Journalists

Covering Crises from a Boundary Zone

Martin Scott and Kate Wright

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How can the news better reflect important global issues? In Humanitarian Journalists Covering Crises from a Boundary Zone (Routledge, 2022), Drs Martin Scott, an Associate Professor in Media & Development …
Ministry of Ideas February 8, 2023

Beyond Happiness--Meaning and the 'Pursuit of Happiness'

Making Meaning Series 5

Emily Esfahani Smith

Hosted by Zachary Davis
Organizing our lives around the pursuit of happiness—defined as positive feelings—can ultimately leave our souls hungry. Instead, we should try connecting ourselves to deeper things: compassion, community, ritual, and awe …