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Anthropology
January 25, 2021
Liquor Store Theatre
Maya Stovall
Hosted by Reighan Gillam
For six years, anthropologist and artist Maya Stovall enacted a series of dance performances outside of liquor stores in the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood on Detroit’s east side. Stovall conceptualized these performances …
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Christian Studies
January 21, 2021
Trump and the Protestant Reaction to Make America Great Again
Matthew Rowley
Hosted by Ryan Shelton
The relationship between American Protestant Evangelicals and the candidacy, presidency, and legacy of Donald Trump arrests the attention of journalists and pundits alike. But few have probed the implication that the rally …
Political Science
January 21, 2021
Amateur Hour
Presidential Character and the Question of Leadership
Lara M. Brown
Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political scientist Lara Brown’s new book, Amateur Hour, is a complex and important multi-method study of the presidency, starting from the original conception of the office at the constitutional convention …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight
January 21, 2021
The Saddest Words
William Faulkner's Civil War
Michael Gorra
Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Michael Gorra about his new book The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War (Liveright, 2020). This episode touches on two of William Faulkner’s novels in particular: The Sound and …
Postscript
January 20, 2021
Postscript
The Biden-Harris Administration’s Transition in Context
Lilly J. Goren and Susan Leibell
Hosted by Susan Liebell
As Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, Dr. Kathryn Dunn Tenpas of the Brookings Institution joins the team at New Books in Political …
Sociology
January 19, 2021
Other End of the Needle
Continuity and Change Among Tattoo Workers
David C. Lane
Hosted by Michael Johnston
In The Other End of the Needle (Rutgers University Press, 2020), David C. Lane, Ph.D. investigates the intricacies of the tattoo industry. Particularly, Lane found that tattooing is more complex …
Christian Studies
January 19, 2021
Reformed Resurgence
The New Calvinist Movement and the Battle Over American Evangelicalism
Brad Vermurlen
Hosted by Ryan Shelton
Since the turn of the millennium, American Evangelical Protestantism has seen a swell of interest in Calvinist theology. Variously described as the New Calvinism or Neo-Reformed Christianity, the latter half …
History
January 19, 2021
Dividing the Faith
The Rise of Segregated Churches in the Early American North
Richard J. Boles
Hosted by Lane Davis
In Dividing the Faith: The Rise of Segregated Churches in the Early American North (NYU Press, 2020), Richard J. Boles argues that, contrary to traditional American religious historiography, interracial worship was …
Medicine
January 19, 2021
Science Under Fire
Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America
Andrew Jewett
Hosted by Claire Clark
Americans today are often skeptical of scientific authority. Many conservatives dismiss climate change and Darwinism as liberal fictions, arguing that "tenured radicals" have coopted the sciences and other disciplines. Some …
Celebration Studies
January 19, 2021
City of a Million Dreams
A History of New Orleans at Year 300
Jason Berry
Hosted by Emily Ruth Allen
In City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300 (University of North Carolina Press, 2018), Jason Berry delivers a history of New Orleans at its tricentennial. Beyond …
American Studies
January 19, 2021
As a City on a Hill
The Story of America's Most Famous Lay Sermon
Daniel T. Rodgers
Hosted by Ryan Shelton
Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, John Winthrop's famous phrase, "We shall be as a city upon a hill," has become political creed and rallying cry for American exceptionalism. But for …
History
January 18, 2021
Stargazing in the Atomic Age
Anne Goldman
Hosted by Grant Kleiser
During World War II, with apocalypse imminent, a group of well-known Jewish artists and scientists sidestepped despair by challenging themselves to solve some of the most difficult questions posed by …
Intellectual History
January 18, 2021
Hubert Harrison
The Struggle for Equality, 1918–1927
Jeffrey B. Perry
Hosted by Hettie V. Williams
Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality, 1918-1927 (Columbia University 2020) by Jeffrey B. Perry, independent scholar and archivist, is an extensive intellectual history of the life and work of Black …
LGBTQ+ Studies
January 18, 2021
Live At Jackson Station
Music, Community, and Tragedy in a Southern Blues Bar
Daniel M. Harrison
Hosted by Morris Ardoin
The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing. In the fast-and-loose 1980s, Jackson Station Rhythm & Blues Club in Hodges, South Carolina, was a festive …
Literary Studies
January 15, 2021
Strange Likeness
Description and the Modernist Novel
Dora Zhang
Hosted by Britton Edelen
In this interview, I talk with Dora Zhang, associate professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, about her book Strange Likeness: Description in the Modernist …
History
January 15, 2021
Down the Up Staircase
Three Generations of a Harlem Family
Bruce Haynes and Syma Solovitch
Hosted by Tyesha Maddox
Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family (Columbia UP, 2019) tells the story of one Harlem family across three generations, connecting its journey to the historical and …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight
January 14, 2021
Soul Full of Coal Dust
The True Story of an Epic Battle for Justice
Chris Hamby
Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Chris Hamby about his book Soul Full of Coal Dust: The True Story of an Epic Battle for Justice (Little Brown, 2020). Hamby looks into why there has …
History
January 13, 2021
Whistleblowing Nation
The History of National Security Disclosures and the Cult of State Secrecy
Kaeten Mistry and Hannah Gurman
Hosted by Dexter Fergie
In the past decade, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden became household names. They were celebrated by many as truth-tellers who blew the whistle on governmental abuses. Yet, in the eyes …
Medicine
January 12, 2021
Aging Behind Prison Walls: Studies in Trauma and Resilience
Tina Maschi and Keith Morgen
Hosted by Rachel Pagones
The demographics of U.S. prisons are changing, as are demographics outside of them: an increasing share of the population is growing old. The number of people aged 55 and older …
Food
January 11, 2021
Food Insecurity on Campus
Action and Intervention
Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady
Hosted by Carrie Helms Tippen
The new essay collection Food Insecurity on College Campuses edited by Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady explores the widespread problem of food insecurity among college students and the …
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