Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLauren S. Foley, "On the Basis of Race: How Higher Education Navigates Affirmative Action Policies" (NYU Press, 2023)
Episode 158
Diversity in higher education is under attack as the Supreme Court limits the use of race-conscious admissions practices at American colleges and uni…
2 years, 8 months ago
Keith A. Mayes, "The Unteachables: Disability Rights and the Invention of Black Special Education" (U Minnesota Press, 2023)
Episode 207
The Unteachables: Disability Rights and the Invention of Black Special Education (U Minnesota Press, 2023) examines the overrepresentation of Black s…
2 years, 8 months ago
Academic Aunties: A Conversation with Dr. Ethel Tungohan
Episode 124
You’ve probably heard by now that there’s a hidden curriculum in academia. But it’s called hidden for a reason—only some [privileged] people are in t…
2 years, 8 months ago
Yoni Furas, "Educating Palestine: Teaching and Learning History Under the Mandate" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 226
Through the story of education and the teaching of history in Mandate Palestine, Yoni Furas reframes our understanding of the Palestinian and Zionist…
2 years, 8 months ago
Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran, "The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy" ((Harvard Education Press, 2023)
Episode 206
Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran propose that, even as events of this decade have exposed stress points in existing top-down, closed systems within…
2 years, 8 months ago
Jack Cohen and Yosef Lynn, "Nurture Their Nature: The Torah’s Essential Guidance for Parents and Teachers" (Mosaica Press, 2021)
Episode 424
Embark on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment with Nurture their Nature; The Torah’s Essential Guidance for Parents and Teachers (Mosaica Pre…
2 years, 8 months ago
Alelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities
Episode 129
The vast majority of American college students attend two thousand or so private and public institutions that might be described as the Middle—reputa…
2 years, 8 months ago
Steve Mentz, "An Introduction to the Blue Humanities" (Routledge, 2023)
Episode 69
An Introduction to the Blue Humanities (Routledge, 2023) is the first textbook to explore the many ways humans engage with water, utilizing literary,…
2 years, 9 months ago
Syed Ali and Margaret M. Chin, "The Peer Effect: How Your Peers Shape Who You Are and Who You Will Become" (NYU Press, 2023)
Episode 302
For decades, parents across America have asked their kids, “If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?” The answer is, “Duh, yes.” Peers, as par…
2 years, 9 months ago
Margareta von Oswald and Jonas Tinius, "Awkward Archives: Ethnographic Drafts for a Modular Curriculum" (Archive Books, 2022)
Episode 241
Awkward Archives: Ethnographic Drafts for a Modular Curriculum (Archive Books, 2022) proposes a manual for academic teaching and learning contexts. A…
2 years, 9 months ago