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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 …
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. …
General History October 3, 2023

Extremely Online

The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

Taylor Lorenz

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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 …