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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 …
Native American Studies March 20, 2023

Allotment Stories

Indigenous Land Relations Under Settler Siege

Daniel Heath Justice and Jean M. O'Brien

Hosted by John Cable
Daniel Heath Justice and Jean M. O'Brien's book Allotment Stories: Indigenous Land Relations Under Settler Siege (U Minnesota Press, 2021) collects more than two dozen chronicles of white imperialism and Indigenous …
Architecture March 20, 2023

Climate Justice and Community Renewal

Resistance and Grassroots Solutions

Brian Tokar and Tamra Gilbertson

Hosted by Bryan Toepfer
Brian Tokar and Tamra Gilbertson's book Climate Justice and Community Renewal: Resistance and Grassroots Solutions (Routledge, 2020) brings together the voices of people from five continents who live, work, and research …
Irish Studies March 20, 2023

Land and Liberalism

Henry George and the Irish Land War

Andrew Phemister

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
Andrew Phemister is Research Associate at Newcastle University. He has previously held postdoctoral positions in History at NUI Galway, the University of Oxford, and Edinburgh’s Institute for Advanced Studies in …
Genocide Studies March 20, 2023

From Discrimination to Death

Genocide Process Through a Human Rights Lens

Melanie 0'Brien

Hosted by Kelly McFall
Melanie 0'Brien's book From Discrimination to Death: Genocide Process Through a Human Rights Lens (Routledge, 2022) studies the process of genocide through the human rights violations that occur during genocide. Using …
Law March 20, 2023

Better Law for a Better World

New Approaches to Law Practice and Education

Liz Curran

Hosted by Jane Richards
In Better Law for a Better World: New Approaches to Law Practice and Education (Routledge, 2021) I spoke with Dr Liz Curran about the urgent need for innovation in law, legal practice, and legal …
Journalism March 20, 2023

Borderland

Decolonizing the Words of War

Chrisanthi Giotis

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Every two seconds a person is displaced, caught in one of the more than 40 active conflicts around the world that show no sign of ending. Since 1994, there has …
Popular Culture March 20, 2023

Play Like a Man

My Life in Poster Children

Rose Marshack

Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
In Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children (University of Illinois Press, 2023), Poster Children bassist Rose Marshack details her life in the 80s and 90s as part of a …
Russian and Eurasian Studies March 20, 2023

Picturing the Page

Illustrated Children’s Literature and Reading under Lenin and Stalin

Megan Swift

Hosted by Polina Popova
Based on sources from rare book libraries in Russia and around the world, Picturing the Page: Illustrated Children’s Literature and Reading under Lenin and Stalin (U Toronto Press, 2020) offers …
MIT Press Podcast March 20, 2023

China's Century?

Why America's Edge Will Endure

Michael Beckley

Hosted by MIT Press
Much has been made of the rise of China's economy, and some fear that China will surpass the United States as the world's largest economy in the coming years. Michael …
Sports March 20, 2023

Unsung

Not All Heroes Wear Kits

Alexis James

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Unsung: Not all Heroes Wear Kits (Pitch Publishing, 2022) by Alexis James introduces the sports stars you don't know, telling the stories you can't miss. It shines a rare spotlight …
Shakespeare For All March 20, 2023

Shakespeare's "Macbeth" Part 1: the Story

A Discussion with Emma Smith

Emma Smith

Hosted by Zachary Davis
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most concentrated and thrilling tragedies. Macbeth is a warrior lord living in medieval Scotland who starts the play by saving his king — only to …
Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast March 20, 2023

Just as Deadly

The Psychology of Female Serial Killers

Marissa A. Harrison

Hosted by Mark Klobas
You've heard of Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. But have you heard of Amy Archer-Gilligan? Or Belle Gunness? Or Nannie Doss? Women have committed some of the most disturbing …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership March 20, 2023

Running a Cutting Edge Family Office

A Conversation with Sameer Narula

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
In this episode, Kimon and Richard speak with Sameer Narula, Managing Partner of August One, a private investment firm. Despite self-identifying as an engineer, Sameer has an entrepreneurial mind. Prior …
Chinese Studies March 19, 2023

China and Latin America

Development, Agency and Geopolitics

Chris Alden and Alvaro Mendez

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
China's role as an economic powerhouse in Latin America is reshaping a region on the cusp of development and change. Since the turn of the century, bilateral trade between China …