Middle Eastern Studies

African American Studies September 10, 2021

The Life and Times of Louis Lomax

The Art of Deliberate Disunity

Thomas Aiello

Hosted by James West

In The Life and Times of Louis Lomax: The Art of Deliberate Disunity (Duke University Press, 2021), Thomas Aiello traces the complicated and fascinating life of a pioneering Black journalist and media personality. A …

General History September 10, 2021

The International Brigades

Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War

Giles Tremlett

Hosted by Mark Klobas

When civil war broke out in Spain in 1936, tens of thousands of young men and women from across the world flocked there to fight against the Nationalist uprising. Though …

Philosophy September 10, 2021

Leveraging Distortions

Explanation, Idealization, and Universality in Science

Collin Rice

Hosted by Carrie Figdor

Most of us agree that science aims to tell us what is true about the world. But how do we get at the truth by using theories and models that …

General History September 10, 2021

The Cosmopolites

The Coming of the Global Citizen

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Hosted by Dexter Fergie

What does citizenship—an institution that has historically linked identity to place—mean in an age of globalization? This is the question that Atossa Araxia Abrahamian investigates in her planet-sprawling book The …

Performing Arts September 10, 2021

Starring Women

Celebrity, Patriarchy, and American Theater, 1790-1851

Sara E. Lampert

Hosted by Andy Boyd

Women performers played a vital role in the development of American and transatlantic entertainment, celebrity culture, and gender ideology. In Starring Women: Celebrity, Patriarchy, and American Theater, 1790-1851 (U Illinois Press, 2020), Sara …

Eastern European Studies September 10, 2021

Citizens Without Borders

Yugoslavia and Its Migrant Workers in Western Europe

Brigitte Le Normand

Hosted by Jill Massino

Among Eastern Europe’s postwar socialist states, Yugoslavia was unique in allowing its citizens to seek work abroad in Western Europe’s liberal democracies. Brigitte Le Normand's book Citizens Without Borders: Yugoslavia and …

LGBTQ+ Studies September 10, 2021

Saved by a Song

The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting

Mary Gauthier

Hosted by Morris Ardoin

Mary Gauthier was twelve years old when she was given her Aunt Jenny’s old guitar and taught herself to play with a Mel Bay basic guitar workbook. Music offered her …

Islamic Studies September 10, 2021

The Christian Encounter with Muhammad

How Theologians Have Interpreted the Prophet

Charles Tieszen

Hosted by Kristian Petersen

Muhammad has not only been at the center of Muslims discussions of prophethood but he has also been the focus for many Christians as well. In The Christian Encounter with …

Journalism September 10, 2021

All the News That’s Fit to Click

How Metrics Are Transforming the Work of Journalists

Caitlin Petre

Hosted by Jenna Spinelle

Over the past 15 years, journalism has experienced a rapid proliferation of data about online reader behavior in the form of web metrics. These newsroom metrics influence which stories are …

Nordic Asia Podcast September 10, 2021

Porn, Privacy and Pain: The Rise of Image-based Abuse in Asia

A Conversation with Raquel Carvalho

Raquel Carvalho

Hosted by Joanne Kuai

What is image-based abuse? Why has it been on the rise in Asia, especially amid the Covid-19 pandemic? What has been done to tackle the issue? Raquel Carvalho, Asia Correspondent …

Science September 10, 2021

Atlas of Forecasts

Modeling and Mapping Desirable Futures

Katy Borner

Hosted by Galina Limorenko

To envision and create the futures we want, society needs an appropriate understanding of the likely impact of alternative actions. Data models and visualizations offer a way to understand and …

Academic Life September 9, 2021

Archival Etiquette

What To Know Before You Go

Megan Hahn Fraser

Hosted by Christina Gessler

Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts …

Economic and Business History September 9, 2021

Cornering the Market

Independent Grocers and Innovation in American Small Business

Susan V. Spellman

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernandez

In this episode for the Economic and Business History channel, I interviewed Dr. Susan V. Spellman, Associate Professor of History at Miami University. She is the author of Cornering the Market …

Language September 9, 2021

Learning a Foreign Language

Understanding the Fundamentals of Linguistics

Alex Poole

Hosted by Minni Sawhney

In Learning a Foreign Language: Understanding the Fundamentals of Linguistics (Rowman and Littlefield, 2020), Alex Poole, professor of English at Western Kentucky University helps potential learners to negotiate the vagaries of …

Architecture September 9, 2021

The Art of Experiment

Artistic Research in Experimental Architecture

Rolf Hughes and Rachel Armstrong

Hosted by Bryan Toepfer

In search of new knowledge practices that can help us make the world livable again, this book takes the reader on a journey across time―from the deep past to the …

Israel Studies September 9, 2021

Leaving Zion

Jewish Emigration from Palestine and Israel after World War II

Ori Yehudai

Hosted by Ari Barbalat

Ori Yehudai's erudite examination of Jewish emigration from Israel in the early years of the state presents a fascinating study of the lived experiences of Israeli refugees from Israel. This …

Indian Religions September 9, 2021

To Savor the Meaning

The Theology of Literary Emotions in Medieval Kashmir

James D. Reich

Hosted by Raj Balkaran

Medieval Kashmir in its golden age saw the development of some of the most sophisticated theories of language, literature, and emotion articulated in the pre-modern world. James D. Reich's book To …

Science September 9, 2021

Giving Bodies Back to Data

Image Makers, Bricolage, and Reinvention in Magnetic Resonance Technology

Silvia Casini