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Biography
March 1, 2021
The Afterlife of Anne Boleyn
Representations of Anne Boleyn in Fiction and on the Screen
Stephanie Russo
Hosted by Mark Klobas
In the centuries since her execution in 1536, Anne Boleyn’s presence in Western culture has grown to extraordinary proportions. In The Afterlife of Anne Boleyn: Representations of Anne Boleyn in …
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Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
March 1, 2021
The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer
A Discussion with Marion Turner
Marion Turner
Hosted by Marshall Poe
More than any other canonical English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer lived and worked at the centre of political life—yet his poems are anything but conventional. Edgy, complicated, and often dark, they …
Japanese Studies
February 24, 2021
African Samurai
The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan
Geoffrey Girard and Thomas Lockley
Hosted by Jingyi Li
The remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai and his astonishing journey from Northern Africa to the heights of Japanese society. When Yasuke arrived in Japan in the late 1500s …
Christian Studies
February 24, 2021
God's Cold Warrior
The Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles
John D. Wilsey
Hosted by Zachary McCulley
When John Foster Dulles died in 1959, he was given the largest American state funeral since Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s in 1945. President Eisenhower called Dulles—his longtime secretary of state—“one of …
Christian Studies
February 23, 2021
Yours, Till Heaven
The Untold Love Story of Charles and Susie Spurgeon
Ray Rhodes Jr.
Hosted by Zachary McCulley
Enter the remarkable untold love story of Charles and Susie Spurgeon. Charles Spurgeon is esteemed for his writing, preaching, and passion for the Lord. But behind the great man was …
Film
February 22, 2021
The Brothers Mankiewicz
Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics
Sydney Stern
Hosted by Joel Tscherne
Herman J. (1897–1953) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993) wrote, produced, and directed over 150 pictures. With Orson Welles, Herman wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane and shared the picture’s only …
American Studies
February 19, 2021
Margaret Mead
A Twentieth-Century Faith
Elesha J. Coffman
Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Elesha J. Coffman's Margaret Mead: A Twentieth-Century Faith (Oxford UP, 2021) takes a careful look at Mead’s religious origins and influence. As a famous American anthropologist, Mead’s intellectual contributions to mid-century culture …
Biography
February 16, 2021
Vera Rubin
A Life
Jacqueline Mitton and Simon Mitton
Hosted by Mark Klobas
Few astronomers in the 20th century did as much to expand our understanding of the universe as Vera Rubin. To tell her remarkable story in their biography Vera Rubin: A …
Christian Studies
February 10, 2021
Adam Boreel (1602-1665)
A Collegiant's Attempt to Reform Christianity" (Brill, 2020)
Francesco Quatrini
Hosted by Crawford Gribben
The debate about the origins of Enlightenment haven’t paid as much attention as they should have done to the radical religious cultures of the Dutch Republic in the mid-17th century …
Japanese Studies
February 5, 2021
The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu
An Elemental Cinema
Linda C. Ehrlich
Hosted by Takeshi Morisato
The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019) draws readers into the first 13 feature films and 5 of the documentaries of award-winning Japanese film director Kore-eda Hirokazu …
History
February 3, 2021
Mother of American Evangelicalism
The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Mears
Arlin C. Migliazzo
Hosted by Lane Davis
Arlin Migliazzo’s Mother of Modern Evangelicalism: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Mears (Eerdmans, 2020) documents the life and ministry of one of the most influential teachers of twentieth-century American evangelicalism …
National Security
February 3, 2021
Sam Nunn
Statesman of the Nuclear Age
Frank Leith Jones
Hosted by Arya Hariharan
In a 2012 opinion piece bemoaning the state of the US Senate, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank cited a “leading theory: There are no giants in the chamber today.” Among …
Asian Review of Books
January 28, 2021
The Moth and the Mountain
A True Story of Love, War, and Everest
Ed Caesar
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
In 1933, Maurice Wilson — First World War hero, drifting veteran, and amateur aviator, lands in the aerodrome at Purnea in British India. His goal is to be the first …
Science
January 25, 2021
The Doctor Who Fooled the World
Andrew Wakefield's War on Vaccines
Brian Deer
Hosted by Galina Limorenko
A reporter uncovers the secrets behind the scientific scam of the century. The news breaks first as a tale of fear and pity. Doctors at a London hospital claim a link …
Biography
January 22, 2021
Poet of Revolution
The Making of John Milton
Nicholas McDowell
Hosted by Mark Klobas
Decades before he wrote his epic work Paradise Lost, John Milton was an active republican and polemicist. How Milton came to espouse such radical views is just one of the …
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 …
Performing Arts
January 20, 2021
This Is Not My Memoir
André Gregory and Todd London
Hosted by Andy Boyd
André Gregory's not-memoir This Is Not My Memoir (FSG, 2020) is a fascinating trip through theatre history as seen through the eyes of one of its greatest directors. The André we …
Literature
January 20, 2021
I'll Go
War, Religion, and Coming Home, From Cairo to Kansas City
Alexs Thompson
Hosted by Eric LeMay
Today I interview Alexs Thompson about his new memoir, I'll Go: War, Religion, and Coming Home, from Cairo to Kansas City (2020). Let me begin with a moment of honesty …
Latino Studies
January 20, 2021
The Spiritual Evolution of Margarito Bautista
Mexican Mormon Evangelizer, Polygamist Dissident, and Utopian Founder, 1878-1961
Elisa Pulido
Hosted by David-James Gonzales
The Spiritual Evolution of Margarito Bautista: Mexican Mormon Evangelizer, Polygamist Dissident, and Utopian Founder, 1878-1961 (Oxford University Press, 2020) provides the first full-length biography of a celebrated Latino Mormon leader …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
January 15, 2021
Who was Francisco Goya?
A Discussion with Janis Tomlinson
Janis Tomlinson
Hosted by Marshall Poe
The life of Francisco Goya (1746–1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish history that brought upheavals in the country’s politics and at the court which Goya served, changes …
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