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January 1, 2023
Introducing Ministry of Ideas
Zachary Davis
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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
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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 …
The Proust Questionnaire Podcast
June 24, 2020
The Proust Questionnaire Podcast
An Introduction
Uli Baer and Caroline Weber
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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
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Welcome to the New York Institute for the Humanities podcast. Learn more about the history of the Institute and our shows. …
General History
October 3, 2023
Extremely Online
The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet
Taylor Lorenz
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Michael Vann
Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the internet—revealing how online influence and the creators who amass it have reshaped our world, online and off …
Women's History
October 3, 2023
Yours, for Probably Always
Martha Gellhorn's Letters of Love and War 1930-1949
Janet Somerville
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Jane Scimeca
Before email, when long distance telephone calls were difficult and expensive, people wrote letters, often several each day. Today, those letters provide an intimate and revealing look at the lives …
Education
October 3, 2023
Facilitating Youth-Led Book Clubs As Transformative and Inclusive Spaces
Jody N. Polleck
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Madden Gilhooly
Facilitating Youth-Led Book Clubs as Transformative and Inclusive Spaces (Teachers College Press) teaches us how to integrate book clubs into secondary school communities for transformation and inclusion so as to …
Women's History
October 3, 2023
Rewriting Eve
Claiming Women's Sacred Stories As Our Own
Ronna Detrick
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Latoya Johnson
In Rewriting Eve: Rescuing Women’s Stories from the Bible and Reclaiming Them as Our Own (She Writes Press, 2023), Ronna Detrick invites us into the presence and power of ten …
General History
October 3, 2023
A Man of Two Faces
A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Michael Vann
With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023), Viet Thanh Nguyen rewinds the film of his …
Literature
October 3, 2023
Dry Land
B. Pladek
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G. P. Gottlieb
Today I talked to Ben Pladek about his novel Dry Land (University of Wisconsin Press, 2023). Rand Brandt, a forester in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, discovers that his touch can …
Chinese Studies
October 3, 2023
The Future of China's Past
Reflections on the Meaning of China's Rise
Albert Welter
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Shu Wan
Albert Welter's book The Future of China's Past: Reflections on the Meaning of China's Rise (SUNY Press, 2023) examines how China's traditional culture is being reinvented and manipulated for political purposes …
Genocide Studies
October 3, 2023
Under the Swastika in Nazi Germany
Kristin Semmens
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Ari Barbalat
Under the Swastika in Nazi Germany (Bloomsbury, 2023) begins in flames in 1933 with Adolf Hitler taking power and ends in the ashes of total defeat in 1945. Kristin Semmens …
Critical Theory
October 3, 2023
Why?
The Philosophy Behind the Question
Philippe Huneman
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Morteza Hajizadeh
Why did triceratops have horns? Why did World War I occur? Why does Romeo love Juliet? And, most importantly, why ask why? In Why?: The Philosophy Behind the Question (Stanford …
Anthropology
October 3, 2023
Indifference
On the Praxis of Interspecies Being
Naisargi N. Davé
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Shraddha Chatterjee
In Indifference: On the Praxis of Interspecies Being (Duke UP, 2023), Naisargi N. Davé examines the complex worlds of animalists and animalism in India. Through ethnographic fieldwork with animal healers, animal …
Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century
October 3, 2023
IMF Central Bank Technical Assistance and the International Monetary System
A conversation with Warren Coats
Warren Coats
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Jon Hartley
Milton Friedman student and University of Chicago-trained monetary economist Warren Coats (Johns Hopkins fellow, former IMF economist and central bank advisor to over 20 countries) speaks about his beginnings as …
Medieval History
October 2, 2023
The Green Middle Ages
The Depiction and Use of Plants in the Western World 600-1600
Claudine Chavannes-Mazel and Linda Ijpelaar
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Jana Byars
How 'green' were people in late antiquity and the Middle Ages? Unlike today, the nature around them was approached with faith, trust and care. The population size was many times …
Biblical Studies
October 2, 2023
Deuteronomy
Concordia Commentary
Adolph L. Harstad
Hosted by
Michael Morales
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The Book of Deuteronomy, the Fifth Book of Moses, is foundational for both Judaism and Christianity. What makes Deuteronomy so significant? How does one apply its message today? Tune in …
General History
October 2, 2023
A Brief History of the Pacific
The Great Ocean
Jeremy Black
Hosted by
Charles Coutinho
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Jeremy Black's A Brief History of the Pacific: The Great Ocean (Robinson, 2023) succeeds in examining both the indigenous presence on ocean's islands and Western control or influence over the …
Shakespeare For All
October 2, 2023
Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" Part 2: Characters and Questions
A Discussion with Simon Palfrey
Simon Palfrey
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Zachary Davis
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With Professor Simon Palfrey, Part 2 looks closely at the play’s characters, and especially at the intelligence and swiftness of Juliet. You’ll see how the lovers apprehend new possibilities of …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones
October 2, 2023
The Future of the EAST
A Discussion of Yasheng Huang
Yasheng Huang
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Owen Bennett-Jones
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Exams, autocracy, stability, and technology have been hallmarks of Chinese society for centuries — from ancient times through to the present. Is that set to continue and how well does …
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