Religion

East-West Psychology Podcast April 4, 2022

Introduction to the East-West Psychology Podcast

Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay

Hosted by Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay

In this episode you will meet your podcast hosts, Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay and learn a little about their journey to the East-West Psychology Department of CIIS. They will …

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. …

Ministry of Ideas August 1, 2017

Introducing Ministry of Ideas

Zachary Davis

Hosted by Zachary Davis

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

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 …

Jewish Studies September 28, 2022

The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa

The Impact of World War II

Reeva Spector Simon

Hosted by Drora Arussy

Incorporating published and archival material, Reeva Spector Simon's book The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II (Routledge, 2019) fills an important gap in …

Literary Studies September 28, 2022

Vineland Reread

Peter Coviello

Hosted by Christian Long

Vineland is hardly anyone’s favorite Thomas Pynchon novel. Marking Pynchon’s return after vanishing for nearly two decades following his epic Gravity’s Rainbow, it was initially regarded as slight, a middling …

Women's History September 28, 2022

Wings of Gold

The Story of the First Women Naval Aviators

Beverly Weintraub

Hosted by Jane Scimeca

On Feb. 2, 2019, the skies over Maynardville, Tennessee, filled with the roar of four F/A-18F Super Hornets streaking overhead in close formation. In each aircraft were two young female …

Diplomatic History September 28, 2022

Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations

New Histories

Christopher Nichols and David Milne

Hosted by Grant Golub

Ideology drives American foreign policy in ways seen and unseen. Racialized notions of subjecthood and civilization underlay the political revolution of eighteenth-century white colonizers; neoconservatism, neoliberalism, and unilateralism propelled the …

Critical Theory September 28, 2022

Organize, Fight, Win

Black Communist Women's Political Writing

Charisse Burden-Stelly and Jodi Dean

Hosted by Catriona Gold

Black Communist women throughout the early to mid-twentieth century fought for and led mass campaigns in the service of building collective power in the fight for liberation. Through concrete materialist …

Canadian Studies September 28, 2022

Capitalism and Dispossession

Corporate Canada at Home and Abroad

David P. Thomas and Veldon Coburn

Hosted by Phil Henderson

Many Canadians think of their country as a paragon of liberal democratic values at home, and a moderating force on the world stage—not so, argues the compelling new edited collection …

Geography September 28, 2022

Hurricane Sandy on New Jersey's Forgotten Shore

Abigail Perkiss

Hosted by Stentor Danielson

After the tumultuous night of October 29, 2012, the residents of Monmouth, Ocean, and Atlantic Counties faced an enormous and pressing question: What to do? The stories captured in this …

On Religion September 28, 2022

On Black Religion, Music, and Friendship

A Discussion with Ambre Dromgoole

Ambre Dromgoole

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Ambre Dromgoole (she/her/hers) is a doctoral candidate in the Departments of Religious Studies and African American Studies at Yale University. She graduated from Oberlin College & Conservatory in 2015 with …

Writ Large September 28, 2022

On Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"

A Discussion with Robert Proctor

Robert Proctor

Hosted by Zachary Davis

Charles Dawin’s 1859 book The Origin of Species introduced his famous theory of evolution. Darwin developed his theories of life and evolution after a historic voyage circumnavigating the globe on …

Lies Agreed Upon September 28, 2022

Cold War Homefront

On The Deer Hunter (1978), Coming Home (1978), and Da Five Bloods (2020)

Hosted by Lia Paradis and Brian Crim

We could do a whole season on Vietnam war films, but in this episode we chose three films that highlight the Cold War’s omnipresence in daily life. You wouldn’t associate …

Sociology September 28, 2022

Hospital Land USA

Sociological Adventures in Medicalization

Wendy Simonds

Hosted by Michael Johnston

In Hospital Land USA: Sociological Adventures in Medicalization (Routledge, 2016), Wendy Simonds analyzes the wide-reaching powers of medicalization: the dynamic processes by which medical authorities, institutions, and ideologies impact our …