Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Bunch of Fives with William Kely McClung (Falling Up Publishing, 2026)
Episode 2023
Danny Bradigan survived brutal fighting in Afghanistan and fought as a professional boxer, but a bullet finally puts him in a coma. Part of his recov…
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How to Date A Fanatic with Aruni Kashyap (HarperVia, 2026)
Episode 2022
In How to Date a Fanatic (HarperVia, 2026), a novel by Aruni Kashyap, a young professor searches for connection and love during a time of political…
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The Calamity of Desire and Other Stories with Judith Dancoff (Finishing Line Press, 2024)
Episode 1985
The seven stories and novella that comprise The Calamity of Desire, Judith Dancoff’s debut collection of short fiction, each focus on a famous painte…
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Realism After the Individual: Women, Desire, and the Modern American Novel with Rafael Walker (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Episode 2011
The realist novel, so the story goes, isn’t really an American genre but a European and British one. And what the realist novel does—again, according…
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"The humanities should really matter to STEM disciplines" with Yasmín Hernández and Baruch Vergara
Episode 2018
This is the first episode in a series that explores the intersections of science and the humanities in university life. In today’s conversation, Jef…
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The Democracy Exchange: Asia Asks, Latin America Responds
Episode 2006
What can democracies in different parts of the Global South learn from one another - and what can democracies in the Global North learn from them? Th…
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Samantha: The Next Chapter with Fiona Davis (American Girl Publishing, 2026)
Episode 2008
Samantha: The Next Chapter (American Girl Publishing, 2026). From American Girl and New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis comes the next chap…
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Butter Road with Jaclyn Gilbert (Acre Books, 2026)
Episode 2009
Jaclyn Gilbert's Butter Road (Acre Books, 2026) is a searing novel about a community irrevocably transformed by gun violence. In 2006, a gunman enter…
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Civil Societies, Uncivil States: Government Repression of NGOs with Suparna Chaudhry (Cornell UP, 2026)
Episode 2012
Why would a government bother to go after groups that carry no weapons and hold no power? Suparna Chaudhry argues that the answer says a lot about wh…
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Aleksander Solzhenitsyn's March 1917 with Marian Schwartz and Dan Mahoney (U Notre Dame Press, 2017)
Episode 2013
In this latest Books for Better Understanding video from Notre Dame Press, David Carlson facilitates a conversation between Marian Schwartz and Dan M…
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