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East-West Psychology Podcast April 4, 2022

Introduction to the East-West Psychology Podcast

Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay

Hosted by Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay
In this episode you will meet your podcast hosts, Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay and learn a little about their journey to the East-West Psychology Department of CIIS. They will …

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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 …
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 …
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 …
Human Rights June 30, 2022

War and Peace

America's Humane War and the Crisis in Ukraine

Samuel Moyn, Silja Vöneky, Frauke Lachenmann, and James Cavallaro

Hosted by Jim Cavallaro
This podcast is a recorded panel discussion on “War and Peace: America's Humane War and the Crisis in Ukraine.” The panel was part of the Annual Conference of the …
Women's History June 30, 2022

Subversive Habits

Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle

Shannen Dee Williams

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
In Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle (Duke UP, 2022), Shannen Dee Williams provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the …
Economics June 30, 2022

Formal Models of Domestic Politics

Scott Gehlbach

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Formal mathematical models have provided tremendous insights into politics in recent decades. Formal Models of Domestic Politics (Cambridge UP, 2021) is the leading graduate textbook covering the crucial models that …
National Security June 30, 2022

Home, Land, Security

Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism

Carla Power

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
In the Pulitzer Prize finalist book Home, Land, Security: Deradicalisation and the Journey Back from Extremism (One World, 2021), Carla Power explores: what are the roots of radicalism? Journalist Carla …
Asian Review of Books June 30, 2022

The Immortal King Rao

A Novel

Vauhini Vara

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
King Rao–one of the protagonists from Vauhini Vara’s novel The Immortal King Rao (W. W. Norton & Company: 2022)—is like many of the tech founders we idolize today. King …
Literary Studies June 30, 2022

Apocalypse and Heroism in Popular Culture

Allegories of White Masculinity in Crisis

Katherine E. Sugg

Hosted by Carrie Lynn Evans
Stories of world-ending catastrophe have featured prominently in film and television lately. Zombie apocalypses, climate disasters, alien invasions, global pandemics, and dystopian world orders fill our screens—typically with a singular …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight June 30, 2022

Emotion By Design

Creative Leadership Lessons from a Life at Nike

Greg Hoffman

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Greg Hoffman about his new book Emotion By Design: Creative Leadership Lessons from a Life at Nike (Twelve, 2022). For this week’s guest Greg Hoffman, the characteristics …
Academic Life June 30, 2022

Exploring Public-Facing Humanities

A Conversation with Ellen Synder-Grenier

Ellen Synder-Grenier

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Ellen Synder-Grenier’s career as a curator and public historianHow Henry Street helped its neighbors survive the 1918 pandemic A …
General History June 30, 2022

Open Hearts, Closed Doors

Immigration Reform and the Waning of Mainline Protestantism

Nicholas T. Pruitt

Hosted by Lane Davis
Open Hearts, Closed Doors: Immigration Reform and the Waning of Mainline Protestantism (NYU Press, 2021) uncovers the largely overlooked role that liberal Protestants played in fostering cultural diversity in America …
Children's Literature June 30, 2022

Flowers Are Pretty . . . Weird!

Rosemary Mosco

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Here I talk to Rosemary Mosco about her career and brand new book, Flowers are Pretty . . .  Weird (Tundra, 2022). Rosemary makes books, articles, cartoons and graphics that connect …
Indian Religions June 30, 2022

Soaring with Bharati in the Wisdom-Chariot (Ñānaratam)

Radha Raghunathan

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Mahakavi Subramania Bharati was a multi-faceted genius, an innovative poet who initiated a new era in Tamil literature. He was the first writer to have introduced to the Tamil literary …
Think About It June 30, 2022

Paul Edwards on Toni Morrison's "Playing in the Dark"

Book Talk 53

Paul Edwards

Hosted by Uli Baer
Toni Morrison’s Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination is a must-read for anyone interested in American literature and in the formation of American identity in general. In …
National Security June 30, 2022

Ports, Crime and Security

Governing and Policing Seaports in a Changing World

Anna Sergi, Alexandria Reid, Luca Storti, and Marleen Easton

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
The COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit and the US-China trade dispute have  heightened interest in the geopolitics and security of modern ports.  Ports are where contemporary societal dilemmas converge: the (de)regulation of international …
Irish Studies June 30, 2022

The Case of Ireland

Commerce, Empire and the European Order, 1750-1848

James Stafford

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
James Stafford teaches at Columbia University, where he specializes in the political and intellectual history of Ireland, Britain and Western Europe since 1750, with a particular interest in questions of …
Geography June 30, 2022

Atlas of the Invisible

Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World

James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti transform enormous datasets into rich maps and cutting-edge visualizations. In this triumph of visual storytelling, they uncover truths about our past, reveal …