Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchÜnver Rüstem, "Ottoman Baroque: The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul" (Princeton UP, 2019)
Episode 102
In Istanbul, there is a mosque on every hill. Cruising along the Bosphorus, either for pleasure, or like the majority of Istanbul’s denizens, for tra…
9 months, 1 week ago
The Entrepreneurial Scholar: A New Mindset for Success in Academia and Beyond
In the increasingly competitive world of academia, simply mastering your discipline is no longer enough to guarantee career success or personal fulfi…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Audrey Truschke, "India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Episode 283
Much of world history is Indian history. Home today to one in four people, the subcontinent has long been densely populated and deeply connected to A…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Ian Stewart, "The Celts: A Modern History" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Episode 91
Before the Greeks and Romans, the Celts ruled the ancient world. They sacked Rome, invaded Greece, and conquered much of Europe, from Ireland to Turk…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Elizabeth Popp Berman, "Thinking like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy" (Princeton UP, 2022)
For decades, Democratic politicians have frustrated progressives by tinkering around the margins of policy while shying away from truly ambitious cha…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
On Bullshit in Politics
Today we’re continuing our series on philosopher Harry Frankfurt’s seminal work, On Bullshit. Our guest is Michael Patrick Lynch, Provost Professor o…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Nan Z. Da, "The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear" (Princeton UP, 2025)
At the start of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, King Lear promises to divide his kingdom based on his daughters' professions of love, but portions it o…
10 months ago
Paul Tucker, "Global Discord: Values and Power in a Fractured World Order" (Princeton UP, 2024)
How to sustain an international system of cooperation in the midst of geopolitical struggle? Can the international economic and legal system survive …
10 months, 1 week ago
Michael Cook, "A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity" (Princeton UP, 2024)
A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity (Princeton UP, 2024) by Michael A. Cook
This book describes and explains the…
10 months, 1 week ago
Jack Snyder, "Human Rights for Pragmatists: Social Power in Modern Times" (Princeton UP, 2024)
Human rights are among our most pressing issues today. But rights promoters have reached an impasse in their effort to achieve rights for all. Human …
10 months, 1 week ago