Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPaulina Ochoa Espejo, "On Borders: Territories, Legitimacy, and the Rights of Place" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 123
When are borders justified? Who has a right to control them? Where should they be drawn?Today people think of borders as an island's shores. Just as …
4 years, 4 months ago
Sonja Tiernan, "The History of Marriage Equality in Ireland: A Social Revolution Begins" (Manchester UP, 2020)
Episode 5
In 2015, the world witnessed an Irish social revolution. In a historic referendum vote, the Republic of Ireland voted to extend the constitutional ri…
4 years, 4 months ago
Ivor Sokolić, "International Courts and Mass Atrocity: Narratives of War and Justice in Croatia" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
Episode 130
In his new book International Courts and Mass atrocity: Narratives of War and Justice in Croatia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Ivor Sokolić explores the…
4 years, 5 months ago
A Conversation About Reproductive Health and Abortion Studies
Episode 71
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:The field of reproductive health studiesThe data on contraceptive access and effectiv…
4 years, 5 months ago
Kevin A. Sabet, "Smokescreen: What the Marijuana Industry Doesn't Want You to Know" (Forefront Books, 2021)
Episode 35
Called the “quarterback of the new anti-drug movement,” Kevin Sabet received his Ph.D. in social policy from the University of Oxford and has worked …
4 years, 5 months ago
Erika Bachiochi, "The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision" (Notre Dame UP, 2021)
Episode 126
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 –1797) was one of the most important moral philosophers and political theorists ever. Her writings on liberty and equality …
4 years, 5 months ago
Yakov Nagen, "The Soul of the Mishna" (Maggid, 2021)
Episode 243
As the foundational text of the Oral Torah in Judaism, the Mishnah is generally analyzed to understand Jewish law and the workings of the halakhic sy…
4 years, 5 months ago
Mark Somos and Anne Peters, "The State of Nature: Histories of an Idea" (Brill, 2021)
Episode 121
The phrase, “state of nature”, has been used over centuries to describe the uncultivated state of lands and animals, nudity, innocence, heaven and he…
4 years, 5 months ago
J.C. Salyer, "Court of Injustice: Law Without Recognition in U.S. Immigration" (Stanford UP, 2020)
Episode 21
J.C. Salyer’s Court of Injustice: Law Without Recognition in U.S. Immigration (Stanford UP, 2020) is an important look at the histories and processes…
4 years, 5 months ago
Jaime Lowe, "Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Line of California's Wildfires" (MCD, 2021)
Episode 43
A dramatic, revelatory account of the female inmate firefighters who battle California wildfires for less than a dollar an hour On February 23, 2016,…
4 years, 5 months ago