Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWilliam F. Eadie, "When Communication Became a Discipline" (Lexington, 2021)
Episode 164
When Communication Became a Discipline (Lexington, 2021) argues that speech and journalism professors embraced the concept of communication between 1…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ellen S. More, "The Transformation of American Sex Education: Mary Calderone and the Fight for Sexual Health" (NYU Press, 2022)
Episode 17
Mid-century America had a problem talking about sex. Dr. Mary Calderone first diagnosed this condition and, in 1964, led the uphill battle to de-stig…
4 years, 2 months ago
Anthony Cerulli, "The Practice of Texts: Education and Healing in South India" (U California Press, 2022)
Episode 185
In this interdisciplinary study, Anthony Cerulli probes late- and postcolonial reforms in ayurvedic education, the development of the ayurvedic colle…
4 years, 2 months ago
On Religious Literacy in American Education
Season 1 Episode 73
Benjamin P. Marcus is the religious literacy specialist with the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, where he examines the intersectio…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Future of Race: A Discussion with John McWhorter
Episode 10
Race is the subject of passionate and increasingly angry debate. But amidst all the talk of unconscious bias it’s an area into which many fear to tre…
4 years, 2 months ago
Nate G. Hilger, "The Parent Trap: How to Stop Overloading Parents and Fix Our Inequality Crisis" (MIT Press, 2022)
Episode 101
Few people realize that raising children is the single largest industry in the United States. Yet this vital work receives little political support, …
4 years, 2 months ago
Stacy G. Ulbig, "Angry Politics: Partisan Hatred and Political Polarization Among College Students" (UP of Kansas, 2020)
Episode 587
Political Scientist Stacy Ulbig has a new book that dives into the political attitudes and behaviors of college students to assess how polarization a…
4 years, 2 months ago
On High School Religious Studies
Season 1 Episode 68
John Camardella teaches religion and social studies at Prospect High School in Mount Prospect, Illinois. This conversation touches on the organizatio…
4 years, 2 months ago
John Measey, "How to Write a PhD in Biological Sciences: A Guide for the Uninitiated" (CRC Press, 2021)
Episode 60
Listen to this interview of John Measey, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and author of How to Wr…
4 years, 2 months ago
Corey Landon Wozniak, "The Buddha at the Bellagio: (Teaching) Religion in Sin City" (Revealer, 2022)
Episode 235
Today I talked to Corey Landon Wozniak about his Revealer article (2022) "The Buddha at the Bellagio: (Teaching) Religion in Sin City." As Wozniak po…
4 years, 2 months ago