Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMikel Burley, "A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion: Cross-Cultural, Multireligious, Interdisciplinary" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
Episode 187
A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion: Cross-Cultural, Multireligious, Interdisciplinary (Bloomsbury, 2020) is a unique introduction to studying…
3 years, 9 months ago
Padma Kaimal, "Opening Kailasanatha: The Temple in Kanchipuram Revealed in Time and Space" (U Washington Press, 2020)
Episode 238
In Opening Kailasanatha: The Temple in Kanchipuram Revealed in Time and Space (U Washington Press, 2020), Padma Kaimal deciphers the intentions of th…
3 years, 9 months ago
Malini Ambach et al., "Temples, Texts, and Networks: South Indian Perspectives" (HASP, 2022)
Episode 233
For many centuries, Hindu temples and shrines have been of great importance to South Indian religious, social and political life. Aside from being pl…
3 years, 9 months ago
Simon Brodbeck, "Divine Descent and the Four World-Ages in the Mahābhārata" (Cardiff UP, 2022)
Episode 232
Divine Descent and the Four World-Ages in the Mahābhārata reflects on the theology of time in this early Hindu text and poses the key question: why d…
3 years, 9 months ago
Patrick Olivelle, "Reading Texts and Narrating History: Collected Essays III" (Primus Books, 2022)
Episode 241
"The close attention required for editing and translating gives Olivelle an unparalleled understanding of the texts and inspires numerous articles an…
3 years, 9 months ago
Robert M. Geraci, "Futures of Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives from India and the U.S." (Oxford UP, 2021)
Episode 234
Twenty-first century life is increasingly governed by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as machine learning, big data analysis, facial r…
3 years, 10 months ago
Hindu Nationalism and the Politics of Lord Parshuram
Episode 161
In this episode, we focus the use of religious myths, icons and deities in Hindu nationalist politics in India. More specifically, we discuss the pol…
3 years, 10 months ago
Mani Rao, "Saundarya Lahari: Wave of Beauty" (HarperCollins, 2022)
Episode 235
Today I talked to Mani Rao about her translation Saundarya Lahari: Wave of Beauty" (HarperCollins, 2022)
Saundarya Lahari is a popular Sanskrit hymn c…
3 years, 10 months ago
Rumya Sree Putcha, "The Dancer's Voice: Performance and Womanhood in Transnational India" (Duke UP, 2022)
Episode 170
In The Dancer's Voice: Performance and Womanhood in Transnational India (Duke UP, 2022) Rumya Sree Putcha theorizes how the Indian classical dancer p…
3 years, 10 months ago
Holly Walters, "Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas" (Amsterdam UP, 2020)
Episode 231
Today I talked to Holly Walters about her new book Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas (Amsterdam UP, 2020).
For roughly two thousand years, t…
3 years, 10 months ago