Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Indigenous Studies about their new books.

Craig Fehrman, "This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark" (Simon & Schuster, 2026)

May 31, 2026

This Vast Enterprise

Craig Fehrman
Hosted by Raymond Williams

In 1806, when Meriwether Lewis and William Clark return from their journey—having led the Corps of Discovery across eight thousand miles of rapids, mo…

Annette Gordon-Reed ed., "Jefferson on Race: A Reader" (Princeton UP, 2026)

May 30, 2026

Jefferson on Race

Annette Gordon-Reed
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

From The New York Times–bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello, a groundbreaking collection of Thomas Jefferson’…

Ashley Rose Young, "Nourishing Networks: The Public Culture of Food in New Orleans" (Oxford UP, 2025)

May 29, 2026

Nourishing Networks

Ashley Rose Young
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

For much of the Crescent City's history, days began with the cries of roaming street vendors and the percussive thwack of butchers' meat cleavers echo…

Dalit Feminism with Thenmozhi Soundararajan

May 25, 2026

Dalit Feminism

Thenmozhi Soundararajan

This episode features a conversation with Thenmozhi Soundararajan, founder Equality Labs and author of The Trauma of Caste. We discussed her own comin…

Daniela Soto-Hernández, "Lithium Extraction in Chile: Ontological, Ecological and Economic Dimensions" (Routledge, 2025)

May 24, 2026

Lithium Extraction in Chile

Daniela Soto-Hernández

Lithium Extraction in Chile: Ontological, Ecological and Economic Dimensions (Routledge, 2025) is a new book from Dr Daniela Soto-Hernández, a Social …

Anna O. Law, "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants" (Oxford UP, 2026)

May 22, 2026

Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship

Anna O. Law
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Since the late nineteenth century, the US federal government has enjoyed exclusive authority to decide whether someone has the ability to enter and …

Shyam Ranganathan, "Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism: The Irrationality of Oppression" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026)

May 21, 2026

Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism

Shyam Ranganathan
Hosted by Raj Balkaran

Why have moral philosophers largely ignored colonialism? In Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism: The Irrationality of Oppression (Bloomsbury Academic,…

Georgia C. Ennis, "Rainforest Radio: Language Reclamation and Community Media in the Ecuadorian Amazon" (U Arizona Press, 2025)

May 19, 2026

Rainforest Radio

Georgia Ennis
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In Rainforest Radio: Language Reclamation and Community Media in the Ecuadorian Amazon (U Arizona Press, 2025), Dr. Georgia C. Ennis provides a compr…

Evan N. Dawley, "Taiwan: A People′s History" (Reaktion Books, 2026)

May 18, 2026

Taiwan

Evan N. Dawley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

While most English-language histories of Taiwan focus on its geopolitical role, Taiwan: A People’s History (Reaktion, 2026) by Dr. Evan N. Dawley cent…

Carmen Lansdowne, "Wearing a Broken Indigene Heart on the Sleeve of Christian Mission" (CMU Press, 2025)

May 6, 2026

Wearing a Broken Indigene Heart on the Sleeve of Christian Mission

Carmen Lansdowne
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri

In my conversation with Rev. Dr Carmen Lansdowne about her book Wearing a Broken Indigene Heart on the Sleeve of Christian Mission (CMU Press, 2025), …

Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte, "In the Land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism" (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2025)

May 2, 2026

In the Land of the Lacandón

Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In the mid-1930s the amateur French ethnographer and filmmaker Bernard de Colmont ventured into the mountainous state of Chiapas to study the Lacandón…

Charles W. A. Prior, "Treaty Ground: Diplomacy and the Politics of Sovereignty, from Roanoke to the Republic" (U Nebraska Press, 2026)

May 1, 2026

Treaty Ground

Charles W. A. Prior
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In Treaty Ground: Diplomacy and the Politics of Sovereignty, from Roanoke to the Republic (U Nebraska Press, 2026), Professor Charles W. A. Prior off…

Kaitlin P. Reed, "Settler Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California" (U Washington Press, 2023)

April 27, 2026

Settler Cannabis

Kaitlin P. Reed
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann

Despite it's centrality to a hippie counterculture which claimed an environmentalist ethos, California's "green rush" of cannabis growing from the mid…

Indigenous Employment and Cultural Safety: Building Real Pathways with guest Craig Seinor-Davies

April 23, 2026

Indigenous Employment and Cultural Safety

Craig Seinor-Davies

*Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this episode may contain the name of deceased persons.* Podcast description: In th…

Kasey Jernigan, "Commod Bods: Embodied Heritage, Foodways, and Indigeneity" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Commod Bods

Kasey Jernigan
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

The term "commod bod" is used with humor and affection. It also offers a critical way to describe bodies shaped by long-term reliance on U.S. federal …

Andrew W. M. Smith, "Make Cheese Not War: Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in Modern France" (Manchester UP, 2026)

April 16, 2026

Make Cheese Not War

Andrew W. M. Smith
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In 1971, the French government announced a massive extension of its military base on the Larzac plateau in southern France. Land was to be expropriate…

Gabriel S. Estrada, "Queer Indigenous Cinemas: Sovereign Genders from Seven Directions" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

April 13, 2026

Queer Indigenous Cinemas

Gabriel S. Estrada
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In Queer Indigenous Cinemas, scholar Gabriel S. Estrada offers an analysis of queer Indigenous media from the Americas, the Pacific, and the Caribbean…

Decolonizing the Novum

April 13, 2026

Decolonizing the Novum

Zac Zimmer

In this episode of High Theory, Zac Zimmer talks to Kim about Decolonizing the Novum. The novum is a concept developed by Darko Suvin that names the n…

Kristina Jonutytė, "Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia" (Cornell UP, 2026)

April 1, 2026

Between the Buddha and the New Tsar

Kristina Jonutytė
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia (Cornell UP, 2026) by Dr. Kristina Jonuty…

Allan Greer, "Canada in the Age of Rum" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2026)

March 31, 2026

Canada in the Age of Rum

Allan Greer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Awash in a sea of rum describes the years between the 1670s and the 1830s in the colonies that would later become Canada. Millions of litres of the su…