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Indian Religions October 28, 2021

Kunti: The Sati Series II

Koral Dasgupta

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Kunti, a rare matriarch in the Mahabharata and one of the revered Pancha Satis, holds an unforgettable position in the Indian literary imagination. Yet, little is known about the fateful …

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Academic Life October 28, 2021

Just Like Family

How Companion Animals Joined the Household

Andrea Laurent-Simpson

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Andrea Laurent-Simpson’s path in and out of and back into graduate schoolThe story of her college dog, who became …
SSEAC Stories October 28, 2021

Wonders of the Mekong

Rethinking Sustainable Development and Resilience in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake

Josephine Gillespie

Hosted by Natali Pearson
Cambodia’s Tonle Sap is the largest inland lake in Southeast Asia. Each year, during the monsoon, this freshwater lake experiences an incredible hydrological phenomenon, in which it is inundated with …
Women's History October 28, 2021

This Land is Herland

Gendered Activism in Oklahoma, 1870-2010

Sarah Eppler Janda and Patricia Loughlin

Hosted by Jennifer Davis Cline
Cori Simon (Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma) speaks with Sarah Eppler Janda (Professor, Cameron University) and Patricia Loughlin (Professor, University of Central Oklahoma) about their new edited volume, This Land …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight October 28, 2021

Facilitating Breakthrough

How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together

Adam Kahane

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Adam Kahane about his new book Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together (Berrett-Koehler, 2021). You’re helping South Africa make the transition …
Political Science October 28, 2021

Power Shifts

Congress and Presidential Representation

John A. Dearborn

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist John Dearborn’s new book, Power Shifts: Congress and Presidential Representation (U Chicago Press, 2021), weaves together three connected threads in the course of his analysis: the role and capacity …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 28, 2021

Mental Health

Policies, Laws and Attitudes

Elyn Saks

Hosted by Howard Burton
Mental Health: Policies, Laws and Attitudes is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Elyn Saks, Orrin B. Evans Distinguished Professor of Law, and Professor of Law …
French Studies October 28, 2021

The Persian Mirror

French Reflections of the Safavid Empire in Early Modern France

Susan Mokhberi

Hosted by Roxanne Panchasi
When I/we think about the early modern relationship between France and Persia, Montesquieu's 1721 Lettres persanes is a text that comes to mind immediately. Susan Mokhberi's The Persian Mirror: Reflections of the …
Catholic Studies October 28, 2021

Meatpacking America

How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland

Kristy Nabhan-Warren

Hosted by Carlos Ruiz Martinez
Whether valorized as the heartland or derided as flyover country, the Midwest became instantly notorious when COVID-19 infections skyrocketed among workers in meatpacking plants—and Americans feared for their meat supply …
Architecture October 28, 2021

Empty Spaces

Perspectives on Emptiness in Modern History

Courtney J. Campbell and Allegra Giovine

Hosted by Sergio Lopez-Pineiro
How is emptiness made and what historical purpose does it serve? What cultural, material and natural work goes into maintaining 'nothingness'? Why have a variety of historical actors, from colonial …
Human Rights October 28, 2021

Limits of Supranational Justice

The European Court of Human Rights and Turkey's Kurdish Conflict

Dilek Kurban

Hosted by Rine Vieth
Dilek Kurban’s Limits of Supranational Justice: The European Court of Human Rights and Turkey's Kurdish Conflict (Cambridge UP, 2020) considers the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) engagement with Turkey’s ongoing …
Asian Review of Books October 28, 2021

The Travel Writing Tribe

Tim Hannigan

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
As most of us are stuck at home, whether due to lockdowns or border closures, some of us have returned to the idea of travel writing: nonfiction that charts someone’s …
Gender Studies October 27, 2021

Infertility Comics and Graphic Medicine

Chinmay Murali and Sathyaraj Venkatesan

Hosted by Victoria Lupascu
Infertility Comics and Graphic Medicine (Routledge, 2021) examines women’s graphic memoirs on infertility, foregrounding the complex interrelationship between women’s life writing, infertility studies, and graphic medicine. Through a scholarly examination of the …
Native American Studies October 27, 2021

As Long As Grass Grows

The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock

Dina Gilio-Whitaker

Hosted by John Cable
Through the unique lens of “Indigenized environmental justice,” Indigenous researcher and activist Dina Gilio-Whitaker explores the fraught history of treaty violations, struggles for food and water security, and protection of …
Scholarly Communication October 27, 2021

A Conversation with Aliyah Kovner

Science Writer and Science Podcaster

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Aliyah Kovner, science writer and also host of the podcast A Day in the Half-Life. We talk about who science communication reaches: peers, other experts …
Sports October 27, 2021

Egypt’s Football Revolution

Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics

Carl Rommel

Hosted by Paul Knepper
Both a symbol of the Mubarak government’s power and a component in its construction of national identity, football served as fertile ground for Egyptians to confront the regime’s overthrow during …
African Studies October 27, 2021

What Britain Did to Nigeria

A Short History of Conquest and Rule

Max Siollun

Hosted by Sara Katz
In this ambitious book, Max Siollun provides an overview of Nigerian history from 1472 to the 1950s. As such, What Britain Did to Nigeria: A Short History of Conquest and …
Women's History October 27, 2021

The Passion of Anne Hutchinson

An Extraordinary Woman, the Puritan Patriarchs, and the World They Made and Lost

Marilyn J. Westerkamp

Hosted by Hannah Smith
When English colonizers landed in New England in 1630, they constructed a godly commonwealth according to precepts gleaned from Scripture. For these 'Puritan' Christians, religion both provided the center and …
Media October 27, 2021

Media Is Us

Understanding Communication and Moving Beyond Blame

Elizaveta Friesem

Hosted by Marci Mazzarotto
Media is usually seen as a feature of the modern world enabled by the latest technologies. Scholars, educators, parents, and politicians often talk about media as something people should be …
General History October 27, 2021

The Impossible Office?

The History of the British Prime Minister

Anthony Seldon

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Marking the third centenary of the office of Prime Minister, The Impossible Office?: The History of the British Prime Minister (Cambridge UP, 2021) tells its extraordinary story, explaining how and …