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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 …

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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. …
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 …
American West December 7, 2022

Cheap Land Colorado

Off-Gridders at America's Edge

Ted Conover

Hosted by Daniel Moran
Today I talked to Ted Conover, author of Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge (Knopf, 2022) In May 2017, Conover went to Colorado to explore firsthand a rural way of …
American South December 7, 2022

The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander

Activism within the Courts

Virginia L. Summey

Hosted by Brandon Jett
Virginia L. Summey's book The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander: Activism within the Courts (U Georgia Press, 2022) explores the life and contributions of groundbreaking attorney, Elreta Melton Alexander Ralston (1919–98) …
Scholarly Communication December 7, 2022

Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words

David Lindsay

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of David Lindsay, emeritus professor of the University of Western Australia. We talk about his book Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words (CSIRO Publishing, 2020) and how your …
Catholic Studies December 7, 2022

Teaching in Black and White

The Sisters of St. Joseph in the American South

Barbara E. Mattick

Hosted by Allison Isidore
Teaching in Black and White: The Sisters of St. Joseph in the American South (Catholic University of America Press, 2022) discusses the work of the Sisters of St. Joseph of …
Writ Large December 7, 2022

On "Genesis"

A Discussion with Ronald Hendel

Ronald Hendel

Hosted by Zachary Davis
In a podcast about books that have changed the world, I bring you the book that I think changed the world the most: The Hebrew Bible. Specifically, the first book …
Music December 7, 2022

Devotional Refrains in Medieval Latin Song

Mary Channen Caldwell

Hosted by David Kunsman
Mary Channen Caldwell in her new book Devotional Refrains in Medieval Latin Song (Cambridge University Press 2022) opens up new avenues for investigation by centering the refrain as an area of focus …
Iberian Studies December 7, 2022

War, Judgment, And Memory In The Basque Borderlands, 1914-1945

Sandra Ott

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
During the first half of the twentieth century, the French Basque province of Xiberoa was a place of refuge, conflict, and foreign occupation. With the liberation of France in 1944 …
Law December 7, 2022

Human Rights at Risk

Global Governance, American Power, and the Future of Dignity

Salvador Santino F. Regilme and Irene Hadiprayitno

Hosted by Jane Richards
Human Rights at Risk: Global Governance, American Power, and the Future of Dignity (Rutgers University Press, 2022) is a fascinating book that brings together social scientists, legal scholars, and humanities scholars from …
Children's Literature December 7, 2022

A Gift of Feathers

Ken Schept

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
When she finds a feather, Grandma Dot adds it to her collection. Feathers, she tells her two granddaughters, remind Grandma Dot of people she’s lost. At first, the girls see …
East Asian Studies December 7, 2022

The Curious Case of the Camel in Modern Japan

(De)Colonialism, Orientalism, and Imagining Asia

Ayelet Zohar

Hosted by Nathan Hopson
Ayelet Zohar’s The Curious Case of the Camel in Modern Japan: (De)Colonialism, Orientalism, and Imagining Asia (Brill, 2022) traces the use of camels in the visual vocabulary of Japan’s definition …
Art December 6, 2022

Global Objects

Toward a Connected Art History

Edward S. Cooke

Hosted by Nushelle de Silva
A bold reorientation of art history that bridges the divide between fine art and material culture through an examination of objects and their uses art history is often viewed through …
Medicine December 6, 2022

Inside the Orphan Drug Revolution

The Promise of Patient-Centered Biotechnology

James A. Geraghty

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Advances in medicine have made possible better treatments for widespread, familiar human illnesses like cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Yet there are thousands of much less common diseases, most of …
Writ Large December 6, 2022

On "1001 Nights"

A Discussion with Paulo Lemos Horta

Paulo Lemos Horta

Hosted by Zachary Davis
Humans love stories. And no collection of stories is more beloved worldwide than the Middle Eastern folk tales known as One Thousand and One Nights. The original collection only contained …
Animal Studies December 6, 2022

Rescue Me

On Dogs and Their Humans

Margret Grebowicz

Hosted by Jimena Ledgard
Margret Grebowicz's Rescue Me: On Dogs and Their Humans (U Minnesota Press, 2022) is a little book about the oldest relationship we humans have cultivated with another large animal—in something …
African American Studies December 6, 2022

Bodies Out of Place

Theorizing Anti-Blackness in U.S. Society

Barbara Harris Combs

Hosted by Omari Averette-Phillips
Bodies Out of Place: Theorizing Anti-Blackness in U.S. Society (U Georgia Press, 2022) asserts that anti-Black racism is not better than it used to be; it is just performed in …