Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHeba Gowayed, "Refuge: How the State Shapes Human Potential" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 43
As the world confronts the largest refugee crisis since World War II, wealthy countries are being called upon to open their doors to the displaced, w…
3 years, 11 months ago
David M. Peña-Guzmán, "When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 41
Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the minds of animals when they sleep? When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Conscious…
3 years, 11 months ago
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, "Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 1195
Maria Theresa (1717–1780) was once the most powerful woman in Europe. At the age of twenty-three, she ascended to the throne of the Habsburg Empire, …
4 years ago
Julian E. Zelizer, "The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 1193
The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment (Princeton University Press, 2022) presents a first draft of history by offering nee…
4 years ago
Hana Videen, "The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 40
Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old …
4 years ago
Pamela Hieronymi, "Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Episode 143
An innovative reassessment of philosopher P. F. Strawson's influential "Freedom and Resentment" P. F. Strawson was one of the most important philosop…
4 years ago
Simon Armitage, "A Vertical Art: On Poetry" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 39
In A Vertical Art: On Poetry (Princeton UP, 2022), acclaimed poet Simon Armitage takes a refreshingly common-sense approach to an art form that can e…
4 years ago
Owen Flanagan, "How to Do Things with Emotions: The Morality of Anger and Shame across Cultures" (Princeton UP, 2021)
Episode 156
How to Do Things with Emotions: The Morality of Anger and Shame across Cultures (Princeton UP, 2021) is an expansive look at how culture shapes our e…
4 years ago
Erin Metz McDonnell, "Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in Developing States" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Episode 223
Corruption and ineffectiveness are often expected of public servants in developing countries. However, some groups within these states are distinctly…
4 years ago
Elisabeth Anderson, "Agents of Reform: Child Labor and the Origins of the Welfare State" (Princeton UP, 2021)
Episode 26
The beginnings of the modern welfare state are often traced to the late nineteenth-century labor movement and to policymakers’ efforts to appeal to w…
4 years, 1 month ago