Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPaola Bertucci, "In the Land of Marvels: Science, Fabricated Realities, and Industrial Espionage in the Age of the Grand Tour" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)
Episode 80
How a journey through Italy casts light on secrets, stereotypes, and the manipulation of information in eighteenth-century science.
In 1749, the celeb…
1 year, 7 months ago
Amos C. Fox, "Conflict Realism: Understanding the Causal Logic of Modern War and Warfare" (Howgate, 2024)
Episode 246
If you seek a compelling exploration of contemporary armed conflict, then Conflict Realism: Understanding the Causal Logic of Modern War and Warfare …
1 year, 7 months ago
Annette Kehnel, "The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability" (Brandeis UP, 2024)
Episode 76
Annette Kehnel joins Jana Byars to talk about The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability (Brandeis University Press, 2024). A fascinating…
1 year, 7 months ago
Jason Weiss, "Listenings" (Spuyten Duyvil, 2023)
Episode 9
Listenings (Spuyten Duyvil, 2023) is a collection of meditations on the art of experiencing sound. The writings reflect Jason Weiss's passion for ill…
1 year, 7 months ago
Jonathan Maskit, "Bicycle" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Episode 371
These days the bicycle often appears as an interloper in a world constructed for cars. An almost miraculous 19th-century contraption, the bicycle pro…
1 year, 7 months ago
Jordan Minor, "Video Game of the Year: A Year-By-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977" (Abrams, 2023)
Episode 19
Pong. The Legend of Zelda. Final Fantasy VII. Rock Band. Fortnite. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For each of the 40 years of video game history, the…
1 year, 7 months ago
Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World
Episode 233
Why do we assume that computers always get it right?
Today’s book is: Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World (MIT Press, 201…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ethical Machines: A Conversation with Reid Blackman
Episode 118
Join us as we discuss Dr. Reid Blackman’s new book: Ethical Machines: Your Concise Guide to Totally Unbiased, Transparent, and Respectful AI (Harvard…
1 year, 7 months ago
Max Hirsh and Till Mostowlansky, "Infrastructure and the Remaking of Asia" (U Hawaii Press, 2022)
Episode 325
In the twenty-first century, infrastructure has undergone a seismic shift from West to East. Once concentrated in Europe and North America, global in…
1 year, 7 months ago
Jason A. Josephson Storm, "The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences" (U Chicago Press, 2017)
Episode 226
A great many theorists have argued that the defining feature of modernity is that people no longer believe in spirits, myths, or magic. Jason Ā. Jose…
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