Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPaul Reitter and Chad Wellmon, "Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age" (U Chicago Press, 2021)
Episode 138
The humanities, considered by many as irrelevant for modern careers and hopelessly devoid of funding, seem to be in a perpetual state of crisis, at t…
4 years, 3 months ago
Matthew C. Ehrlich, "Dangerous Ideas on Campus: Sex, Conspiracy, and Academic Freedom in the Age of JFK" (University of Illinois Press, 2021)
Episode 160
In 1960, University of Illinois professor Leo Koch wrote a public letter condoning premarital sex. He was fired. Four years later, a professor named …
4 years, 3 months ago
Alan Rubel et al., "Algorithms and Autonomy: The Ethics of Automated Decision Systems" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 306
Many have experienced moments where algorithms have made us uncomfortable or suspicious. In Algorithms and Autonomy: The Ethics of Automated Decision…
4 years, 3 months ago
Rejection Skills: How to Win or Learn
Episode 95
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
How rejection is normal and even inevitable Skills to help you learn from and move t…4 years, 3 months ago
Trena M. Paulus and Jessica N. Lester, "Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World" (Sage, 2021)
Episode 159
Whether you like it or not, the pandemic has pushed us to make many changes in our life, from working from home to following all the mitigation measu…
4 years, 3 months ago
76 Land-Grab Universities with Robert Lee (Jerome Tharaud, JP)
Episode 76
John and new Brandeis host Jerome Tharaud (author of Apocalyptic Geographies) learn exactly how the growth of America's public universities relied on…
4 years, 3 months ago
Mental Health in Academia 4: The Science of Managing “Stress”
Episode 159
We are delighted to present All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One for All …
4 years, 3 months ago
Andrea Flores, "The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America" (UC Press, 2021)
Episode 92
Dr. Andrea Flores’ most recent book, The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America (University of Californi…
4 years, 4 months ago
Frederic Fovet, "Handbook of Research on Applying Universal Design for Learning Across Disciplines (IGI Global, 2021)
Episode 157
Universal design for learning (UDL) has been hailed for over a decade as a revolutionary lens that allows campuses to shift their efforts to create i…
4 years, 4 months ago
Charles E. Cotherman, "To Think Christianly: A History of L'Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement" (InterVarsity Press, 2020)
Episode 191
In the late 1960s and on into the next decade, the American pastor and bestselling author Francis Schaeffer regularly received requests from evangeli…
4 years, 4 months ago