Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDavid Adger, "Language Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power" (Oxford UP, 2019)
Episode 64
David Adger is Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London, where he is Head of the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film. He has…
6 years, 2 months ago
K. Linder et al., "Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers" (Stylus Publishing, 2020)
Episode 103
If you’re a grad student facing the ugly reality of finding a tenure-track job, you could easily be forgiven for thinking about a career change. Howe…
6 years, 2 months ago
Eleanor Gordon-Smith, "Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our Minds" (PublicAffairs, 2019)
Episode 95
With today's furious political and cultural divisions, it's easy to shake our heads in exasperation at those who disagree with us.
In this episode wit…
6 years, 2 months ago
Jodie Jackson, “You Are What You Read: Why Changing Your Media Diet Can Change The World” (Unbound, 2019)
Episode 48
The old mantra “if it bleeds it leads” is alive and well in today’s media landscape. In fact, social media and up-to-the-second news have made it eas…
6 years, 2 months ago
Christina Adams, "Camel Crazy" (New World Library, 2019)
Episode 95
Today I’m speaking with author Christina Adams, and Adams has something of a surprising muse: camels. That’s right, camels. One hump, two humps, cros…
6 years, 2 months ago
Nicci Gerrard, "The Last Ocean: A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting" (Penguin, 2019)
Episode 94
Dementia provokes profound moral questions about our society and the meaning of life itself. How much are we connected to one another? In what ways a…
6 years, 2 months ago
Rachel Chrastil, "How to Be Childless: A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children" (Oxford UP, 2019)
Episode 683
In this episode, Jana Byars talks with Rachel Chrastil, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences and member of the history department at Xavier University…
6 years, 2 months ago
Jonathan Erickson, "Imagination in the Western Psyche: From Ancient Greece to Modern Neuroscience" (Routledge, 2019)
Episode 145
Imagination is one of the most important elements of being human, but is most often assumed we know what it is, while rarely being analyzed. Here wit…
6 years, 3 months ago
Taylor Pendergrass, "Six by Ten: Stories from Solitary" (Haymarket Books, 2018)
Episode 75
Long-term solitary confinement meets the legal definition of torture, and yet solitary confinement is used in every state in the United States. Peopl…
6 years, 4 months ago
Babette Becker, "I Should Have Been Music" (Page Publishing, 2018)
Episode 121
Dr. Babette Becker’s memoir I Should Have Been Music (Page Publishing, 2018) recounts her experience as a patient in four different mental hospitals …
6 years, 4 months ago