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Ministry of Ideas January 1, 2023

Introducing Ministry of Ideas

Zachary Davis

Hosted by Zachary Davis
Introducing Ministry of Ideas, a podcast that explores the ideas that shape our lives. …

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Nomads, Past and Present December 27, 2022

An Introduction to Digital Nomads

Maggie Freeman

Hosted by Maggie Freeman
Welcome to Digital Nomads! This episode introduces your host, Maggie, and gives a brief overview of the aims, future of, and inspiration behind this podcast. Music in this episode: Desert …
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. …
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 …
Art February 3, 2023

Beautiful, Gruesome, and True

Artists at Work in the Face of War

Kaelen Wilson-Goldie

Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez
Art has a long history of engaging with conflict and violence. From the antiquities, through Goya, to Guernica, our museums are filled with depictions of battles, pogroms, uprisings, and their …
Nordic Asia Podcast February 3, 2023

Broken Pathways

Women’s Political Leadership in Sri Lanka

Ramona Vijeyarasa and Nadine Vanniasinkam

Hosted by Petra Alderman
Why are there so few women from non-elite backgrounds in Sri Lankan politics? What barriers do they face on their pathways to politics? And what can be done to support …
European Politics February 3, 2023

And Then What?

Stories from Twenty-First-Century Diplomacy

Catherine Ashton

Hosted by Tim Jones
When she was chosen as the EU's first High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP) in 2009, Catherine Ashton admits she "felt no exhilaration", fearing she had "few …
Economics February 3, 2023

The Performative State

Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China

Iza Ding

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
What does the state do when public expectations exceed its governing capacity? The Performative State: Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China (Cornell, 2022) shows how the state can shape public …
Law February 3, 2023

The Practice of American Constitutional Law

H. Jefferson Powell

Hosted by Hope J. Leman
What areas of our lives are governed by constitutional law? When asked about what constitutional law is, Americans tend to think of notable Supreme Court cases such as the abortion …
Eastern European Studies February 3, 2023

Resurrecting the Jew

Nationalism, Philosemitism, and Poland’s Jewish Revival

Geneviève Zubrzycki

Hosted by Piotr Kosicki
Since the early 2000s, Poland has experienced a remarkable Jewish revival. Klezmer music, Jewish-style restaurants, kosher vodka, and festivals of Jewish culture have become popular, while new museums, memorials, Jewish …
Science, Technology, and Society February 3, 2023

Should You Believe Wikipedia?

Online Communities and the Construction of Knowledge

Amy S. Bruckman

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
As we interact online we are creating new kinds of knowledge and community. How are these communities formed? How do we know whether to trust them as sources of information …
Peoples & Things February 3, 2023

Computers, Information, and Decision-Making

A Discussion with Samantha Kleinberg

Samantha Kleinberg

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Samantha Kleinberg, an associate professor of computer science at Stevens Institute of Technology, talks about a book she’s been writing on how we can (and can’t) use information to make …
South Asian Studies February 3, 2023

Claiming the State

Active Citizenship and Social Welfare in Rural India

Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner

Hosted by Alok Prasanna and Sarayu Natarajan
Citizens around the world look to the state for social welfare provision, but often struggle to access essential services in health, education, and social security. Claiming the State: Active Citizenship …
Biblical Studies February 3, 2023

The Shema in John's Gospel

Lori A. Baron

Hosted by Michael Morales
The Shema (Deut. 6:4-5) remains the centerpiece of Jewish prayer, proclaiming divine unity even while summoning God’s people to loyalty and loving obedience. In her recent book, Lori A. Baron …
Ministry of Ideas February 3, 2023

Introducing Making Meaning

A Podcast Series About the Meaning of Life

Hosted by Zachary Davis
When I was 25, the world I had known ended. I no longer believed the religion I was raised in was true, and I found myself having to build a …
Literary Studies February 3, 2023

Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature

Curtis Runstedler

Hosted by Nathan Moore
Curtis Runstedler's book Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) explores the different functions and metaphorical concepts of alchemy in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Middle English poetry and …
East-West Psychology Podcast February 2, 2023

ID

Identity Dialogues with Debashish Banerji and Leslie Combs

Debashish Banerji and Leslie Combs

Hosted by Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay
Understanding theories and notions of identity, self-making, personhood, transpersonal relationality between self and other, self and cosmos, are questions of central importance to the East-West Psychology department. Throughout history, cultures …
Peoples & Things February 2, 2023

Why It’s So Hard for Us to Subtract

A Discussion with Leidy Klotz

Leidy Klotz

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Leidy, professor of engineering at the University of Virginia, talks about his book, Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less, with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. As Klotz shows throughout …