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The MIT Press Podcast features exclusive interviews and content that draw on the topics, themes, and trends explored in our books and journals.

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MIT Press Podcast March 24, 2023

Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks

A Discussion with Maximilian Schich, Isabel Meirelles, and Roger Malina

Maximilian Schich, Isabel Meirelles, and Roger Malina

Hosted by MIT Press
Maximilian Schich, Isabel Meirelles, and Roger Malina discuss the contents and creation of the new article collection, Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks, which explores the application of the science of …
MIT Press Podcast March 23, 2023

The Revolutionary Worlds of Lexington and Concord Compared

Mary Babson Fuhrer

Hosted by MIT Press
Bill Fowler, member of the editorial board of The New England Quarterly, Mary Babson Fuhrer, and Robert A. Gross discuss Fuhrer's recent NEQ article, “The Revolutionary Worlds of Lexington and …
MIT Press Podcast March 22, 2023

Present at the Creation

Edward Mead Earle and the Depression-Era Origins of Security Studies

Sean Lynn-Jones and David Ekbladh

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Edward Mead Earle was a historian, scholar, professor, and international relations expert; he was also a founding father of the field we know as Security Studies. Listen as David Ekbladh …
MIT Press Podcast March 20, 2023

China's Century?

Why America's Edge Will Endure

Michael Beckley

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Much has been made of the rise of China's economy, and some fear that China will surpass the United States as the world's largest economy in the coming years. Michael …
MIT Press Podcast March 19, 2023

Anti-Irish Prejudice in the Trial of Dominic Daley and James Halligan (Northampton, Massachusetts, 1806)

A Discussion with Bill Fowler, Michael Dukakis and Dick Brown

Bill Fowler, Michael Dukakis, and Dick Brown

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Bill Fowler, member of the editorial board of The New England Quarterly, Professor Dick Brown, and Governor Michael Dukakis discuss Brown's recent NEQ article, “'Tried, Convicted, and Condemned, in Almost …
MIT Press Podcast March 18, 2023

The Sharing of Sound Art

A Discussion with Claire MacDonald and Sarah Parry

Claire MacDonald and Sarah Parry

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In this podcast, Claire MacDonald and Sarah Parry discuss the history of recording, the sharing of sound art between artists, how recording has shaped communities, the impact of technology on …
MIT Press Podcast March 17, 2023

Nicolas Collins on Leonardo Music Journal’s 20th Anniversary

Nicolas Collins

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Nicolas Collins, editor of Leonardo Music Journal and Chair of Sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, answered our questions about the 20th anniversary issue of LMJ …
MIT Press Podcast March 16, 2023

American Restaurants and Cuisine in the Mid–Nineteenth Century

Paul Freedman

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Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History and Acting Chair, Department of History at Yale University, chats with Rebecca Federman, Culinary Collections Librarian at the New York Public Library …
MIT Press Podcast March 15, 2023

Computer Music and Human Computer Interaction

A Discussion with Michael Gurevich

Michael Gurevich

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Michael Gurevich, lecturer at the Sonic Arts Research Centre at the Queen’s University, Belfast School of Music and Sonic Arts, serves as guest editor of the Winter 2010 issue of …
MIT Press Podcast March 14, 2023

The Deception Dividend

FDR's Undeclared War

John Schuessler

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Sean Lynn-Jones, editor of International Security, interviews author John Schuessler, whose article "The Deception Dividend: FDR's Undeclared War" appears in the Spring 2010 issue of the journal. Their conversation tackles …
MIT Press Podcast March 13, 2023

Cherished and Cursed

Toward a Social History of "The Catcher in the Rye"

Stephen J. Whitfield

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In light of J.D. Salinger's recent passing and on reflection of his literary contributions, The New England Quarterly took a trip back to its December 1997 issue (70:4) and one …
MIT Press Podcast March 12, 2023

"Prettier Than They Used to Be”

Femininity, Fashion, and the Recasting of Radcliffe's Reputation, 1900-1950

Deirdre Clemente

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Mary Kelley, member of the New England Quarterly editorial board, interviews Deirdre Clemente about her article "'Prettier Than They Used to Be': Femininity, Fashion, and the Recasting of Radcliffe's Reputation, 1900-1950" …
MIT Press Podcast March 11, 2023

The Evolution of Language

A Discussion with Noam Chomsky and Samuel Jay Keyser

Noam Chomsky and Samuel Jay Keyser

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Samuel Jay Keyser, Editor-in-Chief of Linguistic Inquiry, has shared a campus with Noam Chomsky for 40-odd years via MIT's Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. The two colleagues sat down in …
MIT Press Podcast March 10, 2023

A Yankee Rebellion?

The Regulators, New England, and the New Nation

Bob Gross

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Bill Fowler, Chair of NEQ's Board of Directors, speaks with Bob Gross about the events leading up to Shays's Rebellion and how they relate to today's circumstances. Mr. Gross's article …
MIT Press Podcast March 9, 2023

Animal Tongues

A Conversation with Jan Harrison

Jan Harrison

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Artist Jan Harrison's work explores the connections between human and animal psyches and takes the form of painting, pastel, sculpture, and performance. Jan's essay in the current (January 2011) issue …
MIT Press Podcast March 8, 2023

The Native American Veterans of Connecticut's Volunteer Regiments and the Union Army

David Naumec

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Bill Fowler, Chair of The New England Quarterly Board of Directors, and author David Naumec discuss his article "From Mashantucket to Appomattox: The Native American Veterans of Connecticut's Volunteer Regiments …
MIT Press Podcast March 7, 2023

Once Upon an Algorithm

How Stories Explain Computing

Martin Erwig

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In this episode, Martin Erwig show us how we can find computational concepts inside some of our favorite stories. Picture a computer scientist, staring at a screen and clicking away …
MIT Press Podcast March 6, 2023

Lifelong Kindergarten

Cultivating Creativity Through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play

Mitchel Resnick

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Chris Gondek interviews Mitchel Resnick about his work at the MIT Media Lab, the foundation for his new book, Lifelong Kindergarten. In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with …
MIT Press Podcast March 5, 2023

Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces

Diversity and Free Expression in Education

John Palfrey

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In this episode, Chris Gondek interviews author John Palfrey about how diversity and free expression can coexist on a modern campus. Safe spaces, trigger warnings, microaggressions, the disinvitation of speakers …
MIT Press Podcast March 4, 2023

The Chinese Typewriter

A History

Thomas S. Mullaney

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In this episode Chris Gondek speaks with author Tom Mullaney on the invention of the Chinese typewriter, and how the characters originally utilized are still the ones available on modern …
MIT Press Podcast March 3, 2023

Gravity's Kiss

The Detection of Gravitational Waves

Harry Collins

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The detection of gravitational waves in 2015 rocked the science community. In this episode, Chris Gondek spoke with author Harry Collins, whose book Gravity's Kiss centers around the incredible discovery …
MIT Press Podcast March 2, 2023

What Algorithms Want

Imagination in the Age of Computing

Ed Finn

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In this episode Chris Gondek interviews Ed Finn, author of the new book What Algorithms Want. Tune in for an interesting discussion on algorithm disconnect revolving around things humans regularly …
MIT Press Podcast March 1, 2023

The World Made Meme

Public Conversations and Participatory Media

Ryan Milner

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In this episode, author Ryan Milner talks to Chris Gondak about the rise of the internet meme, and the five logics that factor into the foundation, growth, and success of …
MIT Press Podcast February 28, 2023

What a City Is for

Remaking the Politics of Displacement

Matt Hern

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Matt Hern began to examine urban displacement when he first encountered an empty lot in the northeast sector of Portland, OR. This corner was the site of a community resisting …