Podcast Episodes

John Barr, "1960s University Buildings: The Golden Age of British Modern Architecture" (Lund Humphries, 2025)

The 1960s continue to hold an almost mythical place in Western culture, particularly in Britain, where change was widespread and infiltrated many asp…

1 year ago

David Crystal, "Bookish Words and Their Surprising Stories" (Bodleian Library, 2025)

In Bookish Words & their Surprising Stories (Bodleian, 2025) by Dr. David Crystal, explore how books have played a pivotal role in the history of Eng…

1 year ago

Jeremy Stolow, "Picturing Aura: A Visual Biography" (MIT Press, 2025)

Picturing Aura: A Visual Biography (MIT Press, 2025) by Dr. Jeremy Stolow is the first book of its kind: an extended historical, anthropological, and…

1 year ago

Trans Technologies

How can technology creates new possibilities for transgender people? How do trans experiences, in turn, create new possibilities for technology?

Tran…

1 year ago

Violet Moller, "Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Europe" (OneWorld, 2024)

In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into v…

1 year ago

Anna Gjika, "When Rape Goes Viral: Youth and Sexual Assault in the Digital Age" (Univ of California Press, 2023)

Stories of teen sexting scandals, cyberbullying, and image-based sexual abuse have become commonplace fixtures of the digital age, with many adults s…

1 year ago

Ben Snyder on Spy Plane: Inside Baltimore’s Surveillance Experiment

In this 100th episode (!!!) of Peoples & Things, host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Benjamin H. Snyder, Associate Professor of Sociology at Williams Colleg…

1 year ago

Kean Birch, "Data Enclaves" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023)

Data Enclaves (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023) focuses on our increasing dependence upon Big Tech to live, manage, and enjoy our lives. The author examines…

1 year ago

Sarah Bilston, "The Lost Orchid: A Story of Victorian Plunder and Obsession" (Harvard UP, 2025)

In 1818, a curious root arrived in a small English village, tucked—seemingly by accident—in a packing case mailed from Brazil. The amateur botanist w…

1 year ago

Jean J. Ryoo and Jane Margolis, "Power On!" (MIT Press, 2022)

An interview with Jean Ryoo and Jane Margolis about Power On!

A diverse group of teenage friends learn how computing can be personally and politicall…

1 year ago