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Literary Studies
March 23, 2020
HandiLand
The Crippest Place on Earth
Elizabeth A. Wheeler
Hosted by Carrie Lane
Throughout her new book, HandiLand: The Crippest Place on Earth (University of Michigan Press 2019), Elizabeth A. Wheeler uses a fictional place called HandiLand as a yardstick for measuring how …
Literature
February 26, 2020
Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old
A Makeover for Self and Society
Kimberly Dark
Hosted by Carrie Lane
In her new book Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old: A Makeover for Self and Society (AK Press 2019), sociologist and storyteller Kimberly Dark considers what it means to …
American Studies
February 21, 2020
The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left
Politics, Television, and Popular Culture in the 1970s and Beyond
L. Benjamin Rolsky
Hosted by Carrie Lane
As someone who grew up watching All in the Family and Sanford and Son, I’ve long been familiar with Norman Lear and his work. What I didn’t know, as a …
American Studies
January 3, 2020
A History of America in 100 Maps
Susan Schulten
Hosted by Carrie Lane
In her new book A History of America in 100 Maps (University of Chicago Press 2018), historian Susan Schulten uses maps to explore five centuries of American history, from the …
American Studies
December 18, 2019
Back to America
Identity, Political Culture, and the Tea Party Movement
William Westermeyer
Hosted by Carrie Lane
With his new book Back to America: Identity, Political Culture, and the Tea Party Movement (University of Nebraska, 2019), Professor William Westermeyer explores the once-powerful Tea Party Movement and the …
American Studies
December 13, 2019
Temp
How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary
Louis Hyman
Hosted by Carrie Lane
It has become a truism that work has become less secure and more precarious for a widening swath of American workers. Why and how this has happened, and what workers …
American Studies
October 22, 2019
Broke and Patriotic
Why Poor Americans Love Their Country
Francesco Duina
Hosted by Carrie Lane
In his new book, Broke and Patriotic: Why Poor Americans Love Their Country (Stanford University Press 2018), Professor Francesco Duina asks why impoverished Americans espouse such great and abiding love …
American Studies
July 8, 2019
Collisions at the Crossroads
How Place and Mobility Make Race
Genevieve Carpio
Hosted by Carrie Lane
In her new book, Collisions at the Crossroads: How Place and Mobility Make Race (University of California Press, 2019), Professor Genevieve Carpio considers tensions around mobility and settlement in the …
American Studies
June 13, 2019
Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman
A Memoir from the Early Twentieth Century
Matilda Rabinowitz
Hosted by Carrie Lane
It’s quite common these days to hear young people being urged to collect and record the stories of their grandparents or parents in order to learn and preserve their family’s …
Folklore
May 6, 2019
The Resonance of Unseen Things
Poetics, Power, Captivity, and UFOs in the American Uncanny
Susan Lepselter
Hosted by Carrie Lane
When we talk about stories of alien abduction in the United States, we often do so through a framework of belief vs. disbelief. Do I think this story is true …
American Studies
January 28, 2019
Cultures@SiliconValley
Second Edition
Jan English-Lueck
Hosted by Carrie Lane
Silicon Valley is understood to be one of the most fast-paced regions on earth, where innovation and upheaval are part and parcel of daily life. Imagine the challenge, then, when …
American Studies
January 16, 2019
Grateful Nation
Student Veterans and the Rise of the Military-Friendly Campus
Ellen Moore
Hosted by Carrie Lane
I don’t know about the colleges and universities you’re familiar with, but the U.S. military has a pretty visible presence on my campus—through the ROTC, a newly remodeled Veterans Resource …