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March 1, 2021
The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer
A Discussion with Marion Turner
Marion Turner
Hosted by Marshall Poe
More than any other canonical English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer lived and worked at the centre of political life—yet his poems are anything but conventional. Edgy, complicated, and often dark, they …
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Spiritual Practice and Mindfulness
February 18, 2021
How God Becomes Real
Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others
T. M. Luhrmann
Hosted by Jack Petranker
Tanya Luhrmann has spent much of her career as an anthropologist investigating the complex ways that people engage religion and the supernatural. In How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence …
Neuroscience
February 17, 2021
On Task
How Our Brain Gets Things Done
David Badre
Hosted by Joseph Fridman
On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done (Princeton UP, 2020) is a look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions—and how this shapes our everyday lives.  …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
February 15, 2021
How Discrimination Haunts Western Democracy
A Discussion with Michael Hanchard
Michael G. Hanchard
Hosted by Marshall Poe
As right-wing nationalism and authoritarian populism gain momentum across the world, liberals, and even some conservatives, worry that democratic principles are under threat. In The Spectre of Race: How Discrimination …
Architecture
February 11, 2021
Architecture in Global Socialism
Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War
Łukasz Stanek
Hosted by Sharika Crawford
In the course of the Cold War, architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist Eastern Europe engaged in a vibrant collaboration with those in West Africa and the Middle East …
Russian and Eurasian Studies
February 10, 2021
Moscow Monumental
Soviet Skyscrapers and Urban Life in Stalin's Capital
Katherine Zubovich
Hosted by Jennifer Eremeeva
In Moscow Monumental: Soviet Skyscrapers and Urban Life in Stalin’s Capital (Princeton University Press, 2021), Professor Katherine Zubovich of the University of Buffalo of the State University of New York …
Medicine
February 5, 2021
Abusive Policies
How the American Child Welfare System Lost Its Way
Mical Raz
Hosted by Claire Clark
In the early 1970s, a new wave of public service announcements urged parents to help end an American tradition of child abuse. The message, relayed repeatedly over television and radio …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
February 1, 2021
The Idea of Freedom and Race
A Discussion with Tyler Stovall
Tyler Stovall
Hosted by Marshall Poe
The era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern conceptions of freedom and democracy, was also the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. America, a nation founded on …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
February 1, 2021
White Freedom
The Racial History of an Idea
Tyler Stovall
Hosted by Marshall Poe
The era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern conceptions of freedom and democracy, was also the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. America, a nation founded on …
Jewish Studies
January 26, 2021
Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism
Sarit Kattan Gribetz
Hosted by Rachel Adelman
The rabbinic corpus begins with a question–“when?”—and is brimming with discussions about time and the relationship between people, God, and the hour. Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism (Princeton UP, 2020) explores …
Biography
January 22, 2021
Poet of Revolution
The Making of John Milton
Nicholas McDowell
Hosted by Mark Klobas
Decades before he wrote his epic work Paradise Lost, John Milton was an active republican and polemicist. How Milton came to espouse such radical views is just one of the …
American Studies
January 19, 2021
As a City on a Hill
The Story of America's Most Famous Lay Sermon
Daniel T. Rodgers
Hosted by Ryan Shelton
Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, John Winthrop's famous phrase, "We shall be as a city upon a hill," has become political creed and rallying cry for American exceptionalism. But for …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
January 15, 2021
Who was Francisco Goya?
A Discussion with Janis Tomlinson
Janis Tomlinson
Hosted by Marshall Poe
The life of Francisco Goya (1746–1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish history that brought upheavals in the country’s politics and at the court which Goya served, changes …
Middle Eastern Studies
January 5, 2021
The Lost Archive
Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue
Marina Rustow
Hosted by Nancy Ko
What does it mean that our single greatest source of medieval Islamic government documents comes from the attic of a Jewish synagogue in Cairo? This is the seeming paradox that …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
January 4, 2021
Can we Bring Extinct Species Back?
A Conversation with Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro
Hosted by Marshall Poe
Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction (Princeton UP, 2020), Beth Shapiro …
Philosophy
December 21, 2020
The Art of Chinese Philosophy
Eight Classical Texts and How to Read Them
Paul Goldin
Hosted by Alexus McLeod
Paul Goldin's book The Art of Chinese Philosophy: Eight Classical Texts and How to Read Them (Princeton UP, 2020) provides an unmatched introduction to eight of the most important works of …
Political Science
December 17, 2020
The Drama of Celebrity
Sharon Marcus
Hosted by Lilly Goren
Sharon Marcus’s new book, The Drama of Celebrity (Princeton UP, 2020), sets out to help us understand celebrity culture and how it has shifted and evolved since its contemporary inception …
Environmental Studies
December 16, 2020
The Last Butterflies
A Scientist's Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature
Nick Haddad
Hosted by Rachel Pagones
Butterflies have long captivated the imagination of humans, from naturalists to children to poets. Indeed it would be hard to imagine a world without butterflies. And yet their populations are …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
December 15, 2020
Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages
A Discussion with Roland Betancourt
Roland Betancourt
Hosted by Allison Leigh
In Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2020), Roland Betancourt reveals the fascinating, little-examined conversations in medieval thought and visual culture around matters …
History
December 7, 2020
Rome Is Burning
Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty
Anthony A. Barrett
Hosted by Mark Klobas
Ancient Rome had experienced many fires before 64 CE, yet none of the previous blazes proved as significant as the conflagration that swept through the city that year. In Rome Is …
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