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Higher Education February 2, 2023

Truth, Fiction, and Student Loan Forgiveness

A Conversation with Beth Akers

Beth Akers

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
With the Biden Administration's student loan relief coming down the pike, Annika sits down with Dr. Beth Akers, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who specializes in higher …

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Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

Academic Life February 2, 2023

The Grant Writing Guide

A Road Map for Scholars

Betty S. Lai

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Why is writing a grant proposal so stressful? Are you supposed to just know how to do it? This episode explores: How to align your values and interests with a …
Darts & Letters February 1, 2023

Discordia Revisited

The Concordia Netanyahu Riot of 2002

Hosted by Gordon Katic
20 years ago at Concordia University in Montreal pro-Palestinian protestors clashed with police over whether Benjamin Netanyahu should be allowed to speak on campus. Windows were smashed, arrests were made …
Higher Education January 30, 2023

Money or Meaning?

A Discussion on Choice, Restlessness, and Higher Education with Ben and Jenna Storey

Ben Storey and Jenna Storey

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
What kinds of tools do we need to make big decisions, and why aren't our universities training us to make them? Are universities doing students a disservice by occupying them …
Catholic Studies January 28, 2023

Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States

A History

Michael T. Rizzi

Hosted by Allison Isidore
Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States: A History (Catholic University of America Press, 2022) provides a comprehensive history of Jesuit higher education in the United States, weaving together the stories …
Academic Life January 26, 2023

The Connected PhD, Part One

A Discussion with Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli and Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria

Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli and Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Why do PhD programs assume students will become professors, when most people find careers outside academia? How can we better prepare graduate students for the post-grad career path? This episode …
Intellectual History January 25, 2023

The Battle of the Classics

How a Nineteenth-Century Debate Can Save the Humanities Today

Eric Adler

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
These are troubling days for the humanities. In response, a recent proliferation of works defending the humanities has emerged. But, taken together, what are these works really saying, and how …
Peoples & Things January 25, 2023

Engineering and Social Justice

A Discussion with Donna Riley

Donna Riley

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Donna Riley, professor and head of the school of engineering education at Purdue University, talks about her path, her work, and her 2008 book, Engineering and Social Justice, with Peoples …
Intellectual History January 23, 2023

A New History of the Humanities

The Search for Principles and Patterns from Antiquity to the Present

Rens Bod

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
Many histories of science have been written, but A New History of the Humanities (Oxford UP, 2014) offers the first overarching history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present …
Peoples & Things January 23, 2023

How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities

A Discussion with Davarian Baldwin

Davarian Baldwin

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Davarian L. Baldwin is a professor of American studies and founding director of the Smart Cities Lab at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. His latest book, In the Shadow of …
Intellectual History January 15, 2023

Conservative Thinkers from All Souls College Oxford

Richard Davenport-Hines

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
All Souls College Oxford was one of the meeting points of English public intellectuals in the twentieth century. Its Fellows prided themselves on agreeing in everything except their opinions. They …
High Theory January 13, 2023

Criticism Amplified

New Media and the Podcast Form

Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
This episode is a recording of a short paper presented by Kim and Saronik in the panel “Literary Criticism: New Platforms” organized by Anna Kornbluh at the 2023 Convention of …
How to Be Wrong January 8, 2023

Neoliberalism and Higher Education

Frank Fear, Claire Polster, and Rubén Martinez

Hosted by John Kaag and John Traphagan
This episode is a roundtable discussion on the influence of the neoliberal project on higher education. Our guests are Professor Emeritus Frank Fear from Michigan State University, Professor Claire Polster …
Think About It January 6, 2023

What is a "Great Book?": A Discussion with Roosevelt Montás

Book Talk 56

Roosevelt Montás

Hosted by Uli Baer
Roosevelt Montás is Senior Lecturer in American Studies and English at Columbia University. A specialist in Antebellum American literature and culture and in American citizenship, he focuses mainly on the …
Academic Life January 5, 2023

Why Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike?

A Conversation with Dr. Trevor Griffey

Trevor Griffey

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Why did thousands of workers at prestigious universities in the United States go on strike in 2022? How did we get to this historic moment, and is it really over …
The Vault January 1, 2023

Comedies of 'Fair Use'

Lewis Hyde on Owning Art and Ideas

Lewis Hyde

Hosted by New York Institute for the Humanities
In April 2006, The Institute held a two day symposium about copyright and intellectual property, titled Comedies of Fair Use. In this session, Lewis Hyde talks about owning art and …
Preparing for Life After Grad School December 30, 2022

Life After Grad School both Inside and Outside Academia (Part 4)

Careers Beyond the Academy

Shannon Trosper Schorey

Hosted by Erica Bennett
Inspired by Bradley Sommer’s tweet this past summer about the ongoing challenges of the Humanities job market in the U.S., this four part podcast (produced by Erica Bennett, an M.A …
African American Studies December 29, 2022

The Future of Black Studies

Abdul Alkalimat

Hosted by Amanda Joyce Hall
The marginalisation of Black voices from the academy is a problem in the Western world. But Black Studies, where it exists, is a powerful, boundary-pushing discipline, grown out of struggle …
Preparing for Life After Grad School December 29, 2022

Life After Grad School Both Inside and Outside Academia (Part 3)

The Job Search and Job Market

Jared Powell

Hosted by Erica Bennett
Inspired by Bradley Sommer’s tweet this past summer about the ongoing challenges of the Humanities job market in the U.S., this four part podcast (produced by Erica Bennett, an M.A …
Preparing for Life After Grad School December 28, 2022

Life After Grad School Both Inside and Outside of Academia (Part 2)

A View from Inside

Pamela K. Gilbert

Hosted by Erica Bennett
Inspired by Bradley Sommer’s tweet this past summer about the ongoing challenges of the Humanities job market in the U.S., this four part podcast (produced by Erica Bennett, an M.A …