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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 …
General History March 31, 2023

Under the Banner of King Death

Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel

David Lester and Marcus Rediker

Hosted by Michael Vann
Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2023) is a comic adaptation of Rediker’s now classic 2004 Villains of all Nation: Atlantic Pirates in …
Burned by Books March 31, 2023

My Government Means to Kill Me

A Novel

Rasheed Newson

Hosted by Chris Holmes
Earl "Trey" Singleton III arrives in New York City with only a few dollars in his pocket. Born into a wealthy Black Indianapolis family, at 17, he is ready to …
Russian and Eurasian Studies March 31, 2023

Russia's War on Everybody

And What it Means for You

Keir Giles

Hosted by Stephen Satkiewicz
With the annexation of Crimea in 2014 as well the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia's place in the world is a matter of fierce debate among world leaders and …
Japanese Studies March 31, 2023

Spirituality and Alternativity in Contemporary Japan

Beyond Religion?

Ioannis Gaitanidis

Hosted by Raditya Nuradi
Ioannis Gaitanidis' book Spirituality and Alternativity in Contemporary Japan: Beyond Religion? (Bloomsbury, 2022) critically examines the spirituality phenomenon in contemporary Japan by looking at the main actors involved in the discourse …
Science, Technology, and Society March 31, 2023

Beyond Data

Reclaiming Human Rights at the Dawn of the Metaverse

Elizabeth M. Renieris

Hosted by Jake Chanenson
Why laws focused on data cannot effectively protect people—and how an approach centered on human rights offers the best hope for preserving human dignity and autonomy in a cyberphysical world …
Critical Theory March 31, 2023

After Marx

Literature, Theory, and Value in the Twenty-First Century

Colleen Lye and Christopher Nealon

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
Colleen Lye and Christopher Nealon's edited volume After Marx: Literature, Theory, and Value in the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge UP, 2022) demonstrates the importance of Marxist literary and cultural criticism for an …
Children's Literature March 31, 2023

Animals in Surprising Shades

Poems about Earth's Coloful Creatures

Susan Johnston Taylor

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Susan Johnston Taylor dreamed of writing since the age of nine, when she won a magazine contest. In our interview we celebrate the launch of her picture book, Animals in …
Film March 31, 2023

Lost in Translation

Suzanne Ferriss

Hosted by Latoya Johnson
Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003) brings two Americans together in Tokyo, each experiencing a personal crisis. In this close look at Coppola’s multi-award-winning film, Suzanne Ferriss’s book, Lost in …
Nomads, Past and Present March 31, 2023

The Transformation of Livestock Herding in Socialist Mongolia

Kenny Linden

Hosted by Maggie Freeman
Between 1956 and 1960, leaders in the Mongolian People’s Republic embarked on a collectivization campaign to change the way in which Mongolians interacted with animals and the environment. Collectivization in …
Law March 31, 2023

The Process of International Legal Reproduction

Inequality, Historiography, Resistance

Rose Parfitt

Hosted by Vladislav Lilic
Rose Parfitt is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Kent and the author of The Process of International Legal Reproduction: Inequality, Historiography, Resistance (Cambridge University Press, 2019). That all states …
Nordic Asia Podcast March 31, 2023

Gender and Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh

An Interview with Kathinka Fossum Evertsen

Kathinka Fossum Evertsen

Hosted by Kenneth Bo Nielsen
What does climate change adaptation look like in Bangladesh? And what kind of gendered social landscape does climate change adaptation have to navigate in Bangladesh? Bangladesh is among the countries …
Madison's Notes March 31, 2023

Land of Hope

A Conversation with Bill McClay

Bill McClay

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
Bill McClay is the G. T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma and the author of Land of Hope: An Invitation to …
Music March 30, 2023

DVS Mindz

The Twenty-Year Saga of the Greatest Rap Group to Almost Make It Outta Kansas

Geoff Harkness

Hosted by Alex Kuchma
99.9% of aspiring rappers never make it in the music industry. So why do we only hear the stories of the ones who do? DVS Mindz might be the greatest …
Academic Life March 30, 2023

The Good Enough Life

Avram Alpert

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Today’s book is: The Good-Enough Life (Princeton UP, 2022) by Avram Alpert. We live in a world oriented toward greatness, one in which we feel compelled to be among the wealthiest, most …