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Higher Education
September 29, 2023
The Abundant University
Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World
Michael D. Smith
Hosted by
John Emrich
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For too long, our system of higher education has been defined by scarcity: scarcity in enrollment, scarcity in instruction, and scarcity in credentials. In addition to failing students professionally, this system has exacerbated social injustice and socioeconomic stratification across the globe. In The Abundant University, Michael D. Smith argues that the only way to create a financially and morally sustainable higher education system is by embracing digital technologies for enrolling …
Australian and New Zealand Studies
September 28, 2023
Blood and Dirt
Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand
Jared Davidson
Hosted by
Ed Amon
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Picture, for a minute, every artwork of colonial New Zealand you can think of. Now add a chain gang. Hard-labour men guarded by other men with guns. Men moving heavy …
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work
September 27, 2023
Pregnancy Test
Karen Weingarten
Hosted by
Jana Byars
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In the 1970s, the invention of the home pregnancy test changed what it means to be pregnant. For the first time, women could use a technology in the privacy of …
African American Studies
September 26, 2023
Before the Movement
The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights
Dylan C. Penningroth
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Katrina Anderson
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A prize-winning scholar draws on astonishing new research to demonstrate how Black people used the law to their advantage long before the Civil Rights Movement. The familiar story of civil …
Biography
September 25, 2023
Walter Lippmann
American Skeptic, American Pastor
Mark Thomas Edwards
Hosted by
Caleb Zakarin
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Walter Lippmann was arguably the most recognized and respected political journalist of the twentieth century. His "Today and Tomorrow" columns attracted a global readership of well over ten million. Lippmann …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones
September 24, 2023
The Future of Ukraine
A Discussion with Christopher Miller
Christopher Miller
Hosted by
Owen Bennett-Jones
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has already changed the world. Why did it happen? Who is winning? How will it end? Christopher Miller is the author of The War Came to …
Law
September 23, 2023
Justifying Violent Protest
Law and Morality in Democratic States
James Greenwood-Reeves
Hosted by
Jane Richards
Was the use of violence on January 6th Capitol attacks legitimate? Is the use of violence morally justified by members of Extinction Rebellion or Just Stop Oil campaigners? Justifying Violent Protest …
Education
September 22, 2023
Off the Mark
How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning (but Don't Have To)
Jack Schneider and Ethan L. Hutt
Hosted by
Max Jacobs
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Amid widespread concern that our approach to testing and grading undermines education, two experts explain how schools can use assessment to support, rather than compromise, learning. Anyone who has ever …
Literary Studies
September 21, 2023
Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again
The Original Novellas by Shigeru Kayama
Shigeru Kayama
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Daniel Moran
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Godzilla emerged from the sea to devastate Tokyo in the now-classic 1954 film, produced by Tōhō Studios and directed by Ishirō Honda, creating a global sensation and launching one of …
Disability Studies
September 20, 2023
Fixing the Poor
Eugenic Sterilization and Child Welfare in the Twentieth Century
Molly Ladd-Taylor
Hosted by
Shu Wan
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Between 1907 and 1937, thirty-two states legalized the sterilization of more than 63,000 Americans. In Fixing the Poor: Eugenic Sterilization and Child Welfare in the Twentieth Century (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020) …
African American Studies
September 19, 2023
The Black Angels
The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
Maria Smilios
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Katrina Anderson
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New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nursing shortage. In the pre-antibiotic days when tuberculosis stirred people’s darkest fears, killing one in seven, white nurses …
Political Science
September 18, 2023
We're Here Because You Were There
Immigration and the End of Empire
Ian Sanjay Patel
Hosted by
Lamis Abdelaaty
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What are the origins of the hostile environment against immigrants in the UK? In We’re Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire (Verso, 2021), Patel retells …
Military History
September 17, 2023
Bismarck's War
The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
Rachel Chrastil
Hosted by
AJ Woodhams
Among the conflicts that convulsed Europe during the nineteenth century, none was more startling and consequential than the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. Deliberately engineered by Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck …
Politics & Polemics
September 16, 2023
Splitsville USA
A Democratic Argument for Breaking Up the United States
Christopher F. Zurn
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
At the end of the day, I have faith in the wisdom of democracy: the idea that good political solutions only arise from widely dispersed discussion, debate and decision among …
Public Policy
September 15, 2023
Poverty in the Pandemic
Policy Lessons from COVID-19
Zachary Parolin
Hosted by
Stephen Pimpare
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Zachary Parolin's book Poverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons from COVID-19 (Russell Sage Foundation, 2023) is interested in poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., as well as what the …
General History
September 14, 2023
The Golden Voice
The Ballad of Cambodian Rock's Lost Queen
Gregory Cahill
Hosted by
Michael Vann
The Golden Voice: The Ballad of Cambodian Rock's Lost Queen (Life Drawn, 2023) is very well-researched graphic novel based on the life of beloved Cambodian singer Ros Serey Sothea, whose …
Critical Theory
September 13, 2023
Seeing Others
How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World
Michèle Lamont
Hosted by
Dave O'Brien
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How can we challenge and change inequalities? In Seeing Others: How Recognition Works— and How It Can Heal a Divided World (Atria, 2023), Michele Lamont, Professor of Sociology and African and African …
Media
September 12, 2023
A Better Way to Buy Books
A Conversation with Andy Hunter, Founder and CEO, Bookshop.org
Andy Hunter
Hosted by
Caleb Zakarin
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Bookshop.org is an online book retailer that donates more than 80% of its profits to independent bookstores. Launched in 2020, Bookshop.org has already raised more than $27,000,000. In this interview …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones
September 11, 2023
The Future of Secularization
A Discussion with Ryan Cragun
Ryan Cragun
Hosted by
Owen Bennett-Jones
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The statement ‘we live in a secular age’ is open to the obvious challenge that in some parts of the word, religion is a growing force in society. And even …
Ancient History
September 10, 2023
Vergil
The Poet's Life
Sarah Ruden
Hosted by
Benjamin Phillips
The Aeneid stands as a towering work of Classical Roman literature and a gripping dramatization of the best and worst of human nature. In the process of creating this epic …
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