Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDivine Intoxication: A Discussion about Alcoholism, Grace, Sainthood, and Women in the Church
Episode 4
Author Heather King discusses her journey from the alcoholic abyss to redemption and new life (which she described in her book, Parched, 2006), St. T…
3 years, 5 months ago
Zachary Schrag, "The Princeton Guide to Historical Research" (Princeton UP, 2021)
Episode 1292
The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first century The Princeton Guide to Historical Research (Princeton UP, 2021) prov…
3 years, 5 months ago
Samsi, Queen of the Arabs
Episode 4
A bonus episode in honor of Womens History Month! Learn all about Samsi, one of the queens of the ancient Arabs, and what her story can tell us about…
3 years, 5 months ago
Eve Golden, "Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn't Help It" (UP of Kentucky, 2021)
Episode 229
Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967) was driven not just to be an actress but to be a star. One of the most influential sex symbols of her time, she was known…
3 years, 5 months ago
Lauren N. Haumesser, "The Democratic Collapse: How Gender Politics Broke a Party and a Nation, 1856-1861" (UNC Press, 2022)
Episode 209
Lauren N. Haumesser's The Democratic Collapse: How Gender Politics Broke a Party and a Nation, 1856-1861 (UNC Press, 2022) offers a fresh examination…
3 years, 5 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, 5 months ago
Lyzette Wanzer, "Trauma, Tresses, and Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narratives" (Chicago Review Press, 2022)
Episode 219
Black women continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. From grammar and high schools to corporate boardrooms and militar…
3 years, 5 months ago
Jane Freeland, "Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence Activism in Divided Berlin, 1968-2002" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 43
In Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence Activism in Divided Berlin, 1968-2002 (Oxford University Press, 2022), Jane Freeland traces the dev…
3 years, 5 months ago
Sonya Y. Ramsey, "Bertha Maxwell-Roddey: A Modern-Day Race Woman and the Power of Black Leadership" (UP of Florida, 2022)
Episode 227
Bertha Maxwell-Roddey: A Modern-Day Race Woman and the Power of Black Leadership (UP of Florida, 2022) examines a life of remarkable achievements and…
3 years, 5 months ago
Neil Baldwin, "Martha Graham: When Dance Became Modern" (Knopf, 2022)
Episode 226
Time magazine called her "the Dancer of the Century." Her technique, used by dance companies throughout the world, became the first long-lasting alte…
3 years, 5 months ago