Podcast Episodes

Andrew Demshuk, "The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" (Cornell UP, 2026)

The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany (Cornell University Press, 2026) traces how a community shrouded…

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Pedro Domingos, "The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World" (Basic Books, 2018)

In the world's top research labs and universities, the race is on to
invent the ultimate learning algorithm: one capable of discovering any knowledge…

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Gary Hoover, "Ladder or Lottery: Economic Promises and the Reality of Who Gets Ahead" (U California Press, 2026)

In Ladder or Lottery: Economic Promises and the Reality of Who Gets Ahead (University of California Press, 2026), Gary Hoover asks the reader a sim…

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“You Sound So Australian”: From Being Read to Rewriting the Room with guest Zindzi Okenyo

Welcome to the first episode of The Cultural Competence Collective podcast! For our first episode, we are joined by the multi-talented actress, musi…

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Amy Thomas, "Copyright, Contract, and Video Games: Terms of Play" (Hart Publishing, 2026)

Copyright, Contract, and Video Games: Terms of Play (Hart Publishing, 2026) uncovers how video game contracts act as monologues of power, moulding p…

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Gregory Kenicer, "Scottish Plant Names: An A–Z" (Birlinn, 2026)

Names are incredibly powerful things and are a crucial part of the way we see and classify the world around us. Plant names are especially fascinatin…

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India’s 2026 State Elections and Indian Democracy?

This week on Democracy Dialogues, Maya Tudor speaks with two keen observers of Indian politics, Gilles Verniers and Yamini Aiyar, about what India’s…

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Media, Power, and the Gaza Narrative

How Western media shapes public understanding of Gaza, Palestine, and conflict through language, political narratives, and global power structures.

I…

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Lauren W. Westerfield, "Woman House: Essays and Assemblages" (U Massachusetts Press, 2026)

A compelling and inventive memoir exploring how pain and pleasure are passed down through generations of women

For years, Lauren W. Westerfield look…

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Yiddish Ethnography and An-ski

Sh. An-ski (Shloyme-Zanvl Rappoport, 1863-1920) was a writer in Russian and Yiddish, a revolutionary, a wartime relief worker, and an ethnographer wh…

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