Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJohn Barr, "1960s University Buildings: The Golden Age of British Modern Architecture" (Lund Humphries, 2025)
Episode 2609
The 1960s continue to hold an almost mythical place in Western culture, particularly in Britain, where change was widespread and infiltrated many asp…
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Jeremy Stolow, "Picturing Aura: A Visual Biography" (MIT Press, 2025)
Episode 2608
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, 4 months ago
David Crystal, "Bookish Words and Their Surprising Stories" (Bodleian Library, 2025)
Episode 2607
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, 4 months ago
Trans Technologies
Episode 2606
How can technology creates new possibilities for transgender people? How do trans experiences, in turn, create new possibilities for technology?
Tran…
1 year, 4 months ago
Violet Moller, "Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Europe" (OneWorld, 2024)
Episode 2604
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, 4 months ago
Anna Gjika, "When Rape Goes Viral: Youth and Sexual Assault in the Digital Age" (Univ of California Press, 2023)
Episode 2605
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, 4 months ago
Ben Snyder on Spy Plane: Inside Baltimore’s Surveillance Experiment
Episode 2603
In this 100th episode (!!!) of Peoples & Things, host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Benjamin H. Snyder, Associate Professor of Sociology at Williams Colleg…
1 year, 4 months ago
Kean Birch, "Data Enclaves" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023)
Episode 2602
Data Enclaves (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023) focuses on our increasing dependence upon Big Tech to live, manage, and enjoy our lives. The author examines…
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Sarah Bilston, "The Lost Orchid: A Story of Victorian Plunder and Obsession" (Harvard UP, 2025)
Episode 2601
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…
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Jean J. Ryoo and Jane Margolis, "Power On!" (MIT Press, 2022)
Episode 2600
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, 4 months ago