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Journalism March 20, 2023

Borderland

Decolonizing the Words of War

Chrisanthi Giotis

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Every two seconds a person is displaced, caught in one of the more than 40 active conflicts around the world that show no sign of ending. Since 1994, there has …

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Interviews with scholars of media and communications about their new books.

Art March 19, 2023

Autonomy

The Social Ontology of Art under Capitalism

Nicholas Brown

Hosted by Kaveh Rafie
In Autonomy: The Social Ontology of Art under Capitalism (Duke University Press, 2019), Nicholas Brown offers a fresh perspective on aesthetic autonomy and its political value, one of the great debates of the twentieth century …
Literary Studies March 19, 2023

Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms

Jessica Brantley

Hosted by John Yargo
Today’s guest is Jessica Brantley, Professor of English at Yale University. Professor Rosenberg is the author of the previous monograph, Reading in the Wilderness, published by the University of Chicago …
Scholarly Communication March 18, 2023

The Challenge of AI to Publishing

A Discussion with Sally Wilson of Emerald Publishing

Sally Wilson

Hosted by Avi Staiman
Sally Wilson, VP of Publishing at Emerald opens up about the challenges publishers are facing in contending with the onset of the mass adoption of AI tools including ChatGPT, and …
Politics & Polemics March 17, 2023

In Praise of Civility

James W. Heisig

Hosted by Takeshi Morisato
Through telling stories in this little book, In Praise of Civility (Resource Publications, 2021), James Heisig aims to provoke second thoughts about the effects of incivility on our lives and the …
Global Media & Communication March 15, 2023

The Ethics of Engagement

Media, Conflict and Democracy in Africa

Herman Wasserman

Hosted by Aswin Punathambekar and Jing Wang
Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series. In this episode, our host Yuval Katz discusses the book The Ethics of Engagement: Media, Conflict and Democracy in …
Education March 15, 2023

Campus Misinformation

The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education

Bradford Vivian

Hosted by Thomas Discenna
If we listen to the politicians and pundits, college campuses have become fiercely ideological spaces where students unthinkingly endorse a liberal orthodoxy and forcibly silence anyone who dares to disagree …
On Religion March 14, 2023

God, the Bestseller

How One Editor Transformed American Religion a Book at a Time

Stephen Prothero

Hosted by Gregory Soden
New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed religion scholar, Stephen Prothero, captures the compelling and unique saga of twentieth-century America on an identity quest through the eyes and books of …
Political Science March 13, 2023

The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Nicholas Carnes and Lilly J. Goren

Hosted by Susan Liebell
In The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (UP of Kansas, 2022), Drs. Nicholas Carnes and Lilly J. Goren ask what lessons does Marvel – a “hulking, hegemonic media franchise” …
Scholarly Communication March 12, 2023

The Gentrification of the Internet

How to Reclaim Our Digital Freedom

Jessa Lingel

Hosted by Jen Hoyer
The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cynics could have predicted the …
Economic and Business History March 12, 2023

Birth of Modern Facts

How the Information Revolution Transformed Academic Research, Governments and Businesses

James W. Cortada

Hosted by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo
For over twenty years, James W. Cortada has pioneered research into how information shapes society. In Birth of Modern Facts: How the Information Revolution Transformed Academic Research, Governments and Businesses …
African American Studies March 12, 2023

Rewriting Citizenship

Women, Race, and Nineteenth-Century Print Culture

Susan J. Stanfield

Hosted by Katrina Anderson
Rewriting Citizenship: Women, Race, and Nineteenth-Century Print Culture (U Georgia Press, 2022) provides an interdisciplinary approach to antebellum citizenship. Interpreting citizenship, particularly how citizenship intersects with race and gender, is …
Game Studies March 12, 2023

Fictional Games

A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary Play

Stefano Gualeni and Riccardo Fassone

Hosted by Rudolf Thomas Inderst
What role do imaginary games have in story-telling? Why do fiction authors outline the rules of a game that the reader will never watch or play?  Combining perspectives from philosophy …
Scholarly Communication March 11, 2023

Publishing Science

A Discussion with Tiffany Gasbarrini, Senior Science Editor, Johns Hopkins University Press

Tiffany Gasbarrini

Hosted by Avi Staiman
"It is not only for science to give to publishing, but the time has come for publishing to start giving back to science." Tiffany Gasbarrini clarifies the difference between commercial and …
American Studies March 10, 2023

Hollywood's Embassies

How Movie Theaters Projected American Power Around the World

Ross Melnick

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
Beginning in the 1920s, audiences around the globe were seduced not only by Hollywood films but also by lavish movie theaters that were owned and operated by the major American …
Taiwan on Air March 10, 2023

Puppets, Gods and Brands

Theorizing the Age of Animation from Taiwan

Teri Silvio

Hosted by Taiwan on Air
For this instalment, we had the pleasure of hosting Teri Silvio, who works as Research Fellow at the Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology. We chatted about Teri’s recently published book …
Academic Life March 9, 2023

Can we Engage in Public Scholarship with Feminist and Accessible Communication?

A Discussion with Alex D. Ketchum

Alex D. Ketchum

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Today’s book is: Engage in Public Scholarship: A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication, by Dr. Alex D. Ketchum. Public scholarship—sharing research with audiences outside of academic settings—has become increasingly …
SSEAC Stories March 9, 2023

Social Media Influencers and Digital Media Regulation in Vietnam

A Discussion with Jonathon Hutchinson

Jonathon Hutchinson

Hosted by Natali Pearson
In 2021, a famous Vietnamese businesswoman hosted a three-hour long Facebook livestream, in which she named and shamed celebrities for their controversial public behaviours. This formed part of a regular …
Political Science March 7, 2023

Dictatorship and Information

Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Communist Europe and China

Martin K. Dimitrov

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Fear pervades dictatorial regimes. Citizens fear leaders, the regime's agents fear superiors, and leaders fear the masses. The ubiquity of fear in such regimes gives rise to the "dictator's dilemma," …
Scholarly Communication March 7, 2023

How to Reach People with Your Research

A Discussion with Elissa Redmiles

Elissa Redmiles

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Elissa Redmiles, Faculty Member and Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems; Founder and Managing Researcher of Human Computing Associates; and …