Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Conversation with Nicholas Sutton of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Episode 43
Today I talked to Dr. Nicholas Sutton speaks about his work at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. We discuss his teaching philosophy, his mandate o…
6 years, 1 month ago
Leslie M. Harris, "Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies" (U Georgia Press, 2019)
Episode 193
Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies (University of Georgia Press, 2019), edited by Leslie M. Harris, James T. Campbell, and Alfred L. …
6 years, 2 months ago
Terry Iverson, "Finding America's Greatest Champion: Building Prosperity Through Manufacturing, Mentoring and the Awesome Responsibility of Parenting" (Fig Factor, 2018)
Episode 105
In this episode, I speak with Terry Iverson about his book, Finding America's Greatest Champion: Building Prosperity Through Manufacturing, Mentoring…
6 years, 2 months ago
Courtney M. Dorroll, “Teaching Islamic Studies in the Age of ISIS, Islamophobia and the Internet” (Indiana UP, 2019)
Episode 177
Islamic Studies classrooms have grown significantly over several generations. While once we could only find courses on the tradition in the most pres…
6 years, 2 months ago
Karl Qualls, "Stalin’s Niños: Educating Spanish Civil War Refugee Children in the Soviet Union, 1937-1951" (U Toronto Press, 2020)
Karl Qualls' new book Stalin’s Niños: Educating Spanish Civil War Refugee Children in the Soviet Union, 1937-1951 (University of Toronto Press, 2020)…
6 years, 2 months ago
Pawan Dhingra, "Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough" (NYU Press, 2020)
Episode 137
Pawan Dhingra's new book Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough (NYU Press, 2020) is an up-close evaluation…
6 years, 2 months ago
A Discussion with Kelly McFall about Using "Reacting to the Past" in College Courses
How best to teach history and, for that matter any social science subject, to college students? The traditional answer has been to lecture them. Give…
6 years, 2 months ago
David G. Garcia, "Strategies of Segregation: Race, Residence, and the Struggle for Educational Equality" (U California Press, 2018)
Episode 59
Most Americans have a limited understanding of the history of segregation in the United States. While many are taught that segregation was as an inst…
6 years, 2 months ago
J. S. Hirsch and S. Khan, "Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus" (Norton, 2020)
Episode 133
The fear of campus sexual assault has become an inextricable part of the college experience. Research has shown that by the time they graduate, as ma…
6 years, 2 months ago
Matt Cook, "Sleight of Mind: 75 Ingenious Paradoxes in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy" (MIT Press, 2020)
Episode 46
Paradox is a sophisticated kind of magic trick. A magician's purpose is to create the appearance of impossibility, to pull a rabbit from an empty hat…
6 years, 2 months ago