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East-West Psychology Podcast April 4, 2022

Introduction to the East-West Psychology Podcast

Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay

Hosted by Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay
In this episode you will meet your podcast hosts, Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay and learn a little about their journey to the East-West Psychology Department of CIIS. They will …

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High Theory April 1, 2022

Welcome to High Theory!

Kim Adams and Soronik Bosu

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Welcome to High Theory! High Theory is a podcast in which we get high on the substance of theory. And we ask the three standard questions, to each other, and …
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. …
Ministry of Ideas August 1, 2017

Introducing Ministry of Ideas

Zachary Davis

Hosted by Zachary Davis
Introducing Ministry of Ideas, a podcast that explores the ideas that shape our lives. …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast July 10, 2015

Imperfect Buddha Podcast: Introducing the Why, the How, the Intent of it All

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
What is the Imperfect Buddha Podcast? Where does it come from? Why listen to it? All of these questions and more are presented in this introduction designed at clarifying for …
Anthropology October 4, 2022

Games

Agency As Art

C. Thi Nguyen

Hosted by Adam Bobeck
Games are a unique art form. Games work in the medium of agency. Game designers tell us who to be and what to care about during the game. Game designers …
African American Studies October 4, 2022

Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity

Sarah F. Derbew

Hosted by Amanda Joyce Hall
Sarah Derbew’s new book Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity (Cambridge UP, 2022) asks how should articulations of blackness from the fifth century BCE to the twenty-first century be properly read and interpreted …
Buddhist Studies October 4, 2022

The Tibetan Nun Mingyur Peldrön

A Woman of Power and Privilege

Alison Melnick Dyer

Hosted by Bruno Shirley
Born to a powerful family and educated at the prominent Mindröling Monastery, the Tibetan Buddhist nun and teacher Mingyur Peldrön (1699–1769) leveraged her privileged status and overcame significant adversity, including …
Film October 4, 2022

Cinema’s First Nasty Women

A Discussion with Maggie Hennefeld, Laura Horak, and Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi

Maggie Hennefeld, Laura Horak, and Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi

Hosted by Annie Berke
What makes a nasty woman? Is it her unwillingness to break to the stringent standards of patriarchy, her gameness to get rough, even abject? Or is it the way she …
Burned by Books October 4, 2022

Our Missing Hearts

A Novel

Celeste Ng

Hosted by Chris Holmes
Celeste Ng is the author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts. Her first novel, Everything I Never Told You (2014), was …
Middle Eastern Studies October 4, 2022

Street-Level Governing

Negotiating the State in Urban Turkey

Elise Massicard

Hosted by Reuben Silverman
Muhtars, the lowest level elected political position in Turkey, hold an ambiguously defined place within the administrative hierarchy. They are public officials, but local citizens do not always associate them …
Business, Management, and Marketing October 4, 2022

Say Thank You for Everything

The Secrets of Being a Great Manager

Jim Edwards

Hosted by John Emrich
Say Thank You for Everything: The Secrets of Being a Great Manager (Harriman House, 2022) is a bullshit-free guide to management that shows you the right way to lead a …
Canadian Studies October 4, 2022

The Cataclysmic Collapse of Abitibi Power and Paper

A Discussion with Barry E. C. Boothman

Barry E. C. Boothman

Hosted by Greg Marchildon
In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews the author of Corporate Cataclysm: Abitibi Power & Paper and the Collapse of the Newsprint Industry, 1912–1946 (U of Toronto P, 2020). This …
Medieval History October 4, 2022

Introducing the Medieval Swan

Natalie J. Goodison

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
What comes to mind when we think of swans? Likely their beauty in domestic settings, their preserved status, their association with royalty, and possibly even the phrase ‘swan song’. Dr …
On Religion October 4, 2022

On Trafficking Hadassah and Book of Esther

A Discussion with Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar

Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar (she/her/hers) is an adjunct professor at Spelman College (Atlanta, GA) in the Religious Studies Department. She received her Ph.D. in Biblical Studies (Old Testament) in May 202 …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel October 4, 2022

Suicide Prevention: Grassroots Intervention for High-Risk Groups

A Conversation with Hannah Rothstein

Hannah Rothstein

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Suicide has been on the rise in recent years, most frighteningly among young people. Suicide is second leading cause of death for people ages 10-14 and 25-34. Gay, lesbian, and …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones October 4, 2022

The Future of the Legitimate Opposition

A Discussion with Alexander S. Kirshner

Alexander S. Kirshner

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
Alexander Kirshner’s book Legitimate Opposition (Yale UP, 2022) can be seen as a reaction to the politics of Donald Trump and the questions he has raised about the nature of …
Art October 4, 2022

The Metabolic Museum

Clementine Deliss

Hosted by Holiday Powers
In The Metabolic Museum (Hatje Cantz, 2020), Clémentine Deliss, a curator, researcher, and former director of the Frankfurt Weltkulturen Museum, explores possible functions for anthropological museums in a postcolonial culture …
Writ Large October 4, 2022

On Abd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī's "Indications of Inimitability"

An interview with Alexander Key

Alexander Key

Hosted by Zachary Davis
Great poetry or beautiful prose if often capable of challenging and delighting readers far more than dry, bland language. But why is that? Dalā’il al-Iʿjaz, or Indications of Inimitability, is …