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East-West Psychology Podcast April 4, 2022

Introduction to the East-West Psychology Podcast

Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay

Hosted by Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay
In this episode you will meet your podcast hosts, Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay and learn a little about their journey to the East-West Psychology Department of CIIS. They will …

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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 …
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 …
Critical Theory October 5, 2022

A Critical Theory of Police Power

The Fabrication of the Social Order

Mark Neocleous

Hosted by Catriona Gold
A Critical Theory of Police Power: The Fabrication of Social Order (Verso, 2021) offers a critical look at policing and the power of the state, examining the relationship between our ideas of order …
Spiritual Practice and Mindfulness October 5, 2022

The Gift of Rumi

Experiencing the Wisdom of the Sufi Master

Emily Jane O'Dell

Hosted by Meg Gambino
The Gift of Rumi: Experiencing the Wisdom of the Sufi Master (St. Martin’s Press, 2022), written by Dr. Emily Jane O’Dell was published by St. Martin’s Press in 2022. In …
Asian American Studies October 5, 2022

Fierce and Fearless

Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress

Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
The first biography of trailblazing legislator Patsy Takemoto Mink, best known as the legislative champion of Title IX. "Every girl in Little League, every woman playing college sports, and every …
Policing, Incarceration, and Reform October 5, 2022

Black Resistance to British Policing

Adam Elliott-Cooper

Hosted by Deniz Yonucu
As police racism unsettles Britain's tolerant self-image, Black Resistance to British Policing (Manchester UP, 2021) details the activism that made movements like Black Lives Matter possible. Adam Elliott-Cooper analyses racism …
Media October 5, 2022

In Case of Emergency

How Technologies Mediate Crisis and Normalize Inequality

Elizabeth Ellcessor

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Dr. Elizabeth Ellcessor presents a much-needed look at the growth of emergency media and its impact on our lives in In Case of Emergency: How Technologies Mediate Crisis and Normalize …
East Asian Studies October 5, 2022

Carlos Rojas on Translating Yan Lianke

Carlos Rojas

Hosted by Linshan Jiang
In this episode, Carlos Rojas shares with us his experience as a translator. He has translated several renowned authors in the Chinese-speaking world, including Yan Lianke, Yu Hua, Jia Pingwa …
Literary Studies October 5, 2022

V. S. Naipaul's Journeys

From Periphery to Center

Sanjay Krishnan

Hosted by Gargi Binju
The author of more than thirty books of fiction and nonfiction and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018) is one of the most acclaimed authors …
Lies Agreed Upon October 5, 2022

The Two Russias

On White Nights (1985), The Hunt for Red October (1990), and The Russia House (1990)

Hosted by Lia Paradis and Brian Crim
In the late 1980s, Hollywood reflected the real world thaw in the Cold War by depicting the idea of two Russias: the cold bureaucratic state run by grey men intent …
Military History October 5, 2022

John Bradstreet's Raid 1758

A Riverine Operation in the French and Indian War

Ian Macpherson McCulloch

Hosted by Nathan Moore
A year after John Bradstreet’s raid of 1758—the first and largest British-American riverine raid mounted during the Seven Years’ War (known in North America as the French and Indian War)—Benjamin …
Italian Studies October 5, 2022

Brilliant Bodies

Fashioning Courtly Men in Early Renaissance Italy

Timothy McCall

Hosted by Gerry Milligan
Italian court culture of the fifteenth century was a golden age, gleaming with dazzling princes, splendid surfaces, and luminous images that separated the lords from the (literally) lackluster masses. In …
Latin American Studies October 5, 2022

The Middle Classes in Latin America

Subjectivities, Practices, and Genealogies

Mario Barbosa Cruz, A. Ricardo López-Pedreros and Claudia Stern

Hosted by Rachel Newman
As a collective effort, The Middle Classes in Latin America: Subjectivities, Practices, and Genealogies (Routledge, 2022) locates the formation of the middle classes at the core of the histories of …
Political Science October 5, 2022

After Authoritarianism

Transitional Justice and Democratic Stability

Monika Nalepa

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Transitional justice – the act of reckoning with a former authoritarian regime after it has ceased to exist – has direct implications for democratic processes. Mechanisms of transitional justice have …
Writ Large October 5, 2022

On Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust"

A Discussion with John Hamilton

John Hamilton

Hosted by Zachary Davis
Selling your soul to the devil in exchange for your deepest desire is a common theme in many western stories. The origins of this theme can be traced back to …
Medieval History October 5, 2022

Trafficking with Demons

Magic, Ritual, and Gender from Late Antiquity to 1000

Martha Rampton

Hosted by Jana Byars
Martha Rampton, Trafficking with Demons: Magic, Ritual, and Gender from Late Antiquity to 1000 (Cornell University Press, 2021) explores how magic was perceived, practiced, and prohibited in western Europe during the first millennium …