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Philosophy December 10, 2023

Why? The Purpose of the Universe

Philip Goff

Hosted by Carrie Figdor
Does the universe have a purpose? If it does, how is this connected to the meaningfulness that we seek in our lives? In Why? The Purpose of the Universe (Oxford …

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Political Science December 8, 2023

Support the Troops

Military Obligation, Gender, and the Making of Political Community

Katharine M. Millar

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
In the past, it was assumed that men, as good citizens, would serve in the armed forces in wartime. In the present, however, liberal democratic states increasingly rely on small …
Animal Studies December 6, 2023

How to Count Animals, More Or Less

Shelly Kagan

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
Most people agree that animals count morally, but how exactly should we take animals into account? A prominent stance in contemporary ethical discussions is that animals have the same moral …
LGBTQ+ Studies December 5, 2023

LGBT Victorians

Sexuality and Gender in the Nineteenth-Century Archives

Simon Joyce

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
It has been decades since Michel Foucault urged us to rethink "the repressive hypothesis" and see new forms of sexual discourse as coming into being in the nineteenth century, yet …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast December 4, 2023

David McMahan on Rethinking Meditation

David L. McMahan

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
If anything, the Imperfect Buddha Podcast has been a rallying cry for the disruption of the myths that abound in the world of Buddhism and meditation. David L. McMahan professor …
African Studies December 3, 2023

Bottled

How Coca-Cola Became African

Sara Byala

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Travel to virtually any African country and you are likely to find a Coca-Cola, often a cold one at that. Bottled asks how this carbonated drink became ubiquitous across the …
Animal Studies December 2, 2023

Meat, Mercy, Morality

Animals and Humanitarianism in Colonial Bengal, 1850-1920

Samiparna Samanta

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Meat, Mercy, and Morality: Animals and Humanitarianism in Colonial Bengal, 1850-1920 (Oxford University Press, 2023) by Dr. Samiparna Samanta disentangles complex discourses around humanitarianism to understand the nature of British …
Psychology November 30, 2023

Honesty

The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue

Christian B. Miller

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
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Honesty is an important virtue. Parents want to develop it in their children. Close relationships depend upon it. Employers value it in their employees. Surprisingly, however, philosophers have said very …
Medieval History November 26, 2023

Radegund

The Trials and Triumphs of a Merovingian Queen

E. T. Dailey

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
A princess born to the Thuringian royal house. A captive in war, forced to marry the Frankish king who killed her family. A queen, who renounced her position, received consecration …
Political Science November 23, 2023

National Party Organizations and Party Brands in American Politics

The Democratic and Republican National Committees, 1912-2016

Boris Heersink

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist Boris Heersink’s new book guides the reader through over a century of politics and national parties in the United States. Heersink’s work is both qualitative and quantitative and …
British Studies November 21, 2023

Being Single in Georgian England

Families, Households, and the Unmarried

Amy Harris

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Being Single in Georgian England: Families, Households, and the Unmarried (Oxford University Press, 2023) by Dr. Amy Harris is the first book-length exploration of what family life looked like, and …
Political Science November 18, 2023

Robert P. George's 'Making Men Moral'-A 30th Anniversary Conference

An interview with J. Joel Alicea

J. Joel Alicea

Hosted by Hope J. Leman
The first book in the storied career of one of the most influential conservative legal scholars and philosophers of our day is the focus of an upcoming conference in Washington …
Indian Religions November 16, 2023

Like a Tree Universally Spread

Sri Sabhapati Swami And Śivarājayoga

Keith Cantú

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
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Keith Cantú's Like a Tree Universally Spread: Sri Sabhapati Swami And Śivarājayoga (Oxford UP, 2023) examines the life of a nineteenth- to early twentieth-century Tamil yogin named Sri Sabhapati Swami …
Law November 11, 2023

Mental Health Law

Abolish Or Reform?

Kay Wilson

Hosted by Jane Richards
The debate about whether mental health law should be abolished or reformed is one that is highly charged and to which there are no easy solutions. In Mental Health Law: Abolish Or Reform? (Oxford …
Russian and Eurasian Studies November 7, 2023

Picturing Russian Empire

Valerie Kivelson, Sergei Kozlov, and Joan Neuberger

Hosted by Erika Monahan
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Picturing Russian Empire (Oxford UP, 2023) appears as Russia’s imperialist war of aggression against Ukraine grinds on. The stakes could not be higher. It follows that grappling with Russia’s imperial history …
Language November 4, 2023

A Lasting Vision

Dandin's Mirror in the World of Asian Letters

Yigal Bronner

Hosted by Malcolm Keating
A Lasting Vision: Dandin's Mirror in the World of Asian Letters (Oxford University Press, 2023) is a collaborative, interdisciplinary volume that introduces a remarkably long-lasting poetic treatise, the Mirror on Literature …
Medieval History November 4, 2023

Belisarius & Antonina

Love and War in the Age of Justinian

David Alan Parnell

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
Belisarius and Antonina were titans in the Roman world some 1,500 years ago. Belisarius was the most well-known general of his age, victor over the Persians, conqueror of the Vandals …
World Affairs November 3, 2023

Volatile States in International Politics

Eleonora Mattiacci

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
An in-depth account of why countries' treacherous foreign policies often have harmless origins, how this predicament shapes international politics, and what to do about it. The increasing unpredictability of state …
Asian Review of Books November 2, 2023

The Caliph and the Imam

The Making of Sunnism and Shiism

Toby Matthiesen

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
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It was common during the years of the U.S. invasion of Iraq to talk about the Sunni-Shia split—and how the sectarian violence was the result of a “centuries-long hatred” between …
Music November 1, 2023

Song, Landscape, and Identity in Medieval Northern France

Toward an Environmental History

Jennifer Saltzstein

Hosted by Áine Palmer
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Song, Landscape, and Identity in Medieval Northern France: Toward an Environmental History (Oxford University Press, 2023) investigates how northern French vernacular poets and musicians writing in the late middle ages …