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General History
August 12, 2022
A Brief History of the Atlantic
Jeremy Black
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Charles Coutinho
The Atlantic has borne witness to major historic events that have drastically shaped humanity with each crossing of its path. In A Brief History of the Atlantic (Robinson, 2022), Jeremy …
American Studies
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Interviews with scholars of America about their new books.
Film
August 12, 2022
History by HBO
Televising the American Past
Rebecca Weeks
Hosted by
Joel Tscherne
The television industry is changing, and with it, the small screen's potential to engage in debate and present valuable representations of American history. Founded in 1972, HBO has been at …
Military History
August 12, 2022
The Lion of Round Top
The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War
Hans G. Myers
Hosted by
Boris Karpa
Hans G. Myers' book The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War (Casemate, 2022) presents the story of the true …
Public Policy
August 12, 2022
Single Payer Healthcare Reform
Grassroots Mobilization and the Turn Against Establishment Politics in the Medicare for All Movement
Lindy S. F. Hern
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
In Single Payer Healthcare Reform: Grassroots Mobilization and the Turn Against Establishment Politics in the Medicare for All Movement (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), Lindy Hern provides a comprehensive history of the grassroots Movement …
Music
August 12, 2022
Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals
Christopher M. Reali
Hosted by
Emily Ruth Allen
The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Paul …
Gender Studies
August 11, 2022
Millennial Feminism at Work
Bridging Theory and Practice
Jane Juffer
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Iqra Shagufta Cheema
In Millennial Feminism at Work: Bridging Theory and Practice (Cornell UP, 2021), volume editor Jane Juffer brings together recently graduated students from across the US to reflect on the relevance of …
Political Science
August 11, 2022
Stars and Shadows
The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama
Saladin Ambar
Hosted by
Lilly Goren
Slavery and its lingering remnants remain a plague on the United States, continuing to foster animosity between races that hinders the understanding and connection conducive to dismantling the remains of …
Public Health
August 11, 2022
Big Vape
The Incendiary Rise of Juul
Jamie Ducharme
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Caleb Zakarin
It began with a smoke break. James Monsees and Adam Bowen were two ambitious graduate students at Stanford, and in between puffs after class they dreamed of a way to …
On Religion
August 11, 2022
Islamophobia
What Christians Should Know (and Do) about Anti-Muslim Discrimination
Jordan Denari Duffner
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Jordan Denari Duffner is an author and scholar of Muslim-Christian relations, interreligious dialogue, and Islamophobia. Jordan is currently pursuing a PhD in Theological and Religious Studies at Georgetown University. A …
African American Studies
August 11, 2022
Or, on Being the Other Woman
Simone White
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Brittney Edmonds
In or, on being the other woman (Duke UP, 2022), Simone White considers the dynamics of contemporary black feminist life. Throughout this book-length poem, White writes through a hybrid of …
On Religion
August 11, 2022
On Mormon Fundamentalism
A Discussion with Cristina Rosetti
Cristina Rosetti
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Cristina Rosetti completed her Ph.D. in religious studies at the University of California Riverside. She writes about Mormon fundamentalism. …
Music
August 10, 2022
Have a Little Faith
The John Hiatt Story
Michael Elliott
Hosted by
Daniel Moran
A journey through an artist's quest for success, deep dive into substance abuse, family tragedy, and ultimate triumph. By the mid-1980s, singer-songwriter John Hiatt had been dropped from three record …
Law
August 10, 2022
Who Decides?
States As Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation
Jeffrey S. Sutton
Hosted by
William Domnarski
Everything in law and politics, including individual rights, comes back to divisions of power and the evergreen question: Who decides? Who wins the disputes of the day often turns on …
Politics & Polemics
August 10, 2022
Paths of Dissent
Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Forever Wars
Andrew Bacevich and Daniel A. Sjursen
Hosted by
Caleb Zakarin
Compiled by New York Times bestselling author Andrew Bacevich and retired army officer Danny A. Sjursen, Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars (Metropolitan Books, 2022) collects provocative …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery
August 10, 2022
Heroin
An Illustrated History
Susan C. Boyd
Hosted by
Jay Shifman
Dr. Susan Boyd is a scholar/activist and Distinguished Professor emerita at the University of Victoria. Her research examines a variety of topics related to the history of drug prohibition and …
Film
August 10, 2022
Competing with Idiots
Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait
Nick Davis
Hosted by
Daniel Moran
A fascinating, complex dual biography of Hollywood's most dazzling—and famous—brothers, and a dark, riveting portrait of competition, love, and enmity that ultimately undid them both. One most famous for having …
Writ Large
August 10, 2022
On Walter Lippmann's "Public Opinion"
A Discussion with Heidi Tworek
Heidi Tworek
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
What is the role of the press in a democracy? For nearly a century, scholars, media critics, and politicians have debated this question—in a large part thanks to Walter Lippmann …
Performing Arts
August 10, 2022
The Lost Conversation
Interviews with an Enduring Avant-Garde
Sara Farrington
Hosted by
Andy Boyd
Sara Farrington's The Lost Conversation: Interviews with an Enduring Avant-Garde (53rd State Press, 2021) is a collection of interviews with a host of influential artists in experimental theatre, including Richard Foreman …
American West
August 10, 2022
Visions of Nature
How Landscape Photography Shaped Settler Colonialism
Jarrod Hore
Hosted by
Stephen Hausmann
During the early years of photography, settlers around the Pacific World were fascinated with the landscapes of the places they conquered. According to Dr. Jarrod Hore, a postdoctoral researcher and …
Medicine
August 9, 2022
Building Schools, Making Doctors
Architecture and the Modern American Physician
Katherine L. Carroll
Hosted by
Rachel Pagones
In the late nineteenth century, medical educators intent on transforming American physicians into scientifically trained, elite professionals recognized the value of medical school design for their reform efforts. Between 189 …
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