Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSteven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro, "When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves" (Princeton UP, 2021)
Episode 27
There is an epidemic of bad thinking in the world today. An alarming number of people are embracing crazy, even dangerous ideas. They believe that va…
4 years, 7 months ago
Michael Horowitz: Founder and President of TCS Education System (Part 2)
Episode 36
In Part II of this interview, TCS Education Founder Michael Horowitz discusses the evolution of the TCS system from its origins in Chicago to a natio…
4 years, 7 months ago
Vania Smith-Oka, "Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals" (Rutgers UP, 2021)
Episode 127
In Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals (Rutgers University Press, 2021), Vania Smith-Oka follows a cohort of interns throughout thei…
4 years, 7 months ago
David Madland, "Re-Union: How Bold Labor Reforms Can Repair, Revitalize, and Reunite the United States" (Cornell UP, 2021)
Episode 147
In Re-Union: How Bold Labor Reforms Can Repair, Revitalize, and Reunite the United States (Cornell UP, 2021), David Madland explores how labor unions…
4 years, 7 months ago
Machteld Venken, "Peripheries at the Centre: Borderland Schooling in Interwar Europe" (Berghahn Books, 2021)
Episode 56
Following the Treaty of Versailles, European nation-states were faced with the challenge of instilling national loyalty in their new borderlands, in …
4 years, 8 months ago
Kurt Squire, "Making Games for Impact" (MIT Press, 2021)
Episode 146
Digital games for learning are now commonplace, used in settings that range from K–12 education to advanced medical training. In Making Games for Imp…
4 years, 8 months ago
Michael Alexander: President, Lasell University
Episode 35
This episode feature an interview with Michael Alexander, one of the most innovative small university presidents in the U.S. He discusses a number of…
4 years, 8 months ago
Jean Hopman, "Surviving Emotional Work for Teachers: Improving Wellbeing and Professional Learning Through Reflexive Practice" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 145
Jean Hopman’s book Surviving Emotional Work for Teachers: Improving Wellbeing and Professional Learning Through Reflexive Practice (Routledge, 2020),…
4 years, 8 months ago
Long Road to the Dream Job in Academia: A Conversation with Liz W. Faber
Episode 65
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Dr. Liz Faber’s long road from completed PhD to dream job Why academia said she was …4 years, 8 months ago
How to Write a Better Book: The Minority-Serving Institution Virtual Book Workshop Project
Episode 554
Book workshops produce great books, but too few scholars have access to the resources needed to organize and execute one, especially scholars at Hist…
4 years, 8 months ago