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Free Will as an Open Scientific Problem
Episode 56
A discussion with the the author of Free Will (from The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) and Free Will as an Open Scientific Problem, Mark Balag…
2 years, 11 months ago
Susan Stryker and Dylan McCarthy Blackston, "The Transgender Studies Reader Remix" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 51
Hello, this is Eric LeMay, a host on the New Books Network. Today I interview Susan Stryker and Dylan McCarthy Blackston about The Transgender Studie…
2 years, 11 months ago
Tom Hutton, "Hitler's Maladies and Their Impact on World War II" (Texas Tech UP, 2023)
Episode 154
Toward the end of World War II, Hitler's many health complications became even more pronounced, making an evil man yet more erratic and dangerous. Wh…
2 years, 11 months ago
M. Johnson and T. Misiaszek, "Branding That Means Business: How to Build Enduring Bonds Between Brands, Consumers & Markets" (PublicAffairs, 2022)
Episode 131
Today I talked to Matt Johnson about his book (co-authored with Tessa Misiaszek) Branding That Means Business: How to Build Enduring Bonds Between Br…
3 years ago
How Attention Works: Finding Your Way in a World Full of Distraction
Episode 50
Stefan Van der Stigchel discusses how we filter out what is irrelevant so we can focus on what we need to know.
We are surrounded by a world rich with…
3 years ago
Susan Burch, "Committed: Remembering Native Kinship in and Beyond Institutions" (UNC Press, 2021)
Episode 13
Between 1902 and 1934, the United States confined hundreds of adults and children from dozens of Native nations at the Canton Asylum for Insane India…
3 years ago
William J. Doherty, "The Ethical Lives of Clients: Transcending Self-Interest in Psychotherapy" (APA, 2021)
Episode 200
Clients often seek therapists’ input for dealing with ethical dilemmas in their lives, but there is little guidance for therapists in how to do this.…
3 years ago
Dimitris Xygalatas, "Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living" (Little, Brown Spark, 2022)
Episode 93
Ritual is one of the oldest, and certainly most enigmatic, threads in the history of human culture. It presents a profound paradox: people ascribe th…
3 years ago
Tessa West, "Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to Do About Them" (Portfolio, 2022)
Episode 130
Today I talked to Tessa West about her book Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to Do About Them (Portfolio, 2022).
This conversation explores the…
3 years ago
Moheb Costandi, "Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness" (MIT Press, 2022)
Episode 23
How the way we perceive our bodies plays a critical role in the way we perceive ourselves: stories of phantom limbs, rubber hands, anorexia, and othe…
3 years ago