Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPatrick J. Charles, "Vote Gun: How Gun Rights Became Politicized in the United States" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Episode 225
Today, gun control is one of the most polarizing topics in American politics. However, before the 1960s, positions on firearms rights did not necessa…
2 years, 9 months ago
Brent Willock, "The Wrongful Conviction of Oscar Pistorius: Science Transforms Our Comprehension of Reeva Steenkamp's Shocking Death" (Torchflame Books, 2018)
Episode 201
Just when the world thought Oscar Pistorius’ meteoric rise to Olympic glory and international celebrity had terminated abysmally in prison, Brent Wil…
2 years, 9 months ago
Adrian Masters, "We, the King: Creating Royal Legislation in the Sixteenth-Century Spanish New World" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 39
We, the King: Creating Royal Legislation in the Sixteenth-Century Spanish New World (Cambridge University Press, 2023) by Dr. Adrian Masters challeng…
2 years, 9 months ago
Amber Knight and Joshua Miller, "Prenatal Genetic Testing, Abortion, and Disability Justice" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 18
The routinization of non-invasive prenatal genetic testing (NIPT) raises urgent questions about disability rights and reproductive justice. Supporter…
2 years, 9 months ago
Defining Man and Woman: A Conversation with Abigail Favale
Season 2 Episode 68
Amidst fraught debates about what gender is, and how it fits into feminism, Annika sits down with Dr. Abigail Favale, an English professor specializi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Orly Lobel, "The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future" (PublicAffairs, 2022)
Episode 69
The fear of algorithmic decision-making and surveillance capitalism dominate today's tech policy discussions. But instead of simply criticizing big d…
2 years, 9 months ago
Assessing Affirmative Action: A Conversation with Jason Riley
Season 2 Episode 66
With the Supreme Court poised to potentially outlaw race-conscious admissions, Affirmative Action may soon be on the chopping block.
What will be the …
2 years, 9 months ago
Jessica M. Marglin, "The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship Across the Modern Mediterranean" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 405
In the winter of 1873, Nissim Shamama, a wealthy Jew from Tunisia, died suddenly in his palazzo in Livorno, Italy. His passing initiated a fierce law…
2 years, 9 months ago
Myra Tawfik, "For the Encouragement of Learning: The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law" (U Toronto Press, 2023)
Episode 6
Myra Tawfik's book For the Encouragement of Learning: The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law (U Toronto Press, 2023) addresses the contested history o…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Whys and Wherefores of Migration
Episode 184
This week on International Horizons, James Hollifield, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Tower Center for Political Studies, Souther…
2 years, 9 months ago