Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBob Frishman, "Edward Duffield: Philadelphia Clockmaker, Citizen, Gentleman, 1730-1803" (APS Press, 2024)
Episode 263
Edward Duffield (1730–1803) was a colonial Philadelphia clockmaker, whose elegant brass, mahogany, and walnut timekeepers stand proudly in major Amer…
1 year, 8 months ago
Michael G. Vann, "The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam" (Oxford UP, 2018)
Episode 71
A funny thing happened to historian Michael Vann* on the way to his PhD thesis. While he was doing his research on French colonialism and the urbanis…
1 year, 8 months ago
Thinking Machines: The Turing Test at 75
Episode 18
It’s the UConn Popcast, and this is the first episode in our new series about artificial intelligence and popular culture. In this first episode, we …
1 year, 8 months ago
Thinking Machines: The Turing Test at 75
Episode 18
It’s the UConn Popcast, and this is the first episode in our new series about artificial intelligence and popular culture. In this first episode, we …
1 year, 8 months ago
Emotional Rescue
Episode 27
What can sound technologies tell us about our relationship to media as a whole? This is one of the central questions in the research of Phantom Power…
1 year, 8 months ago
Anto Mohsin, "Electrifying Indonesia: Technology and Social Justice in National Development" (U Wisconsin Press, 2023)
Episode 375
Electrifying Indonesia: Technology and Social Justice in National Development (U Wisconsin Press, 2023) tells the story of the entanglement of politi…
1 year, 8 months ago
Kids Across the Spectrums: Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age
Episode 83
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Meryl Alper, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, about her recent …
1 year, 8 months ago
Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, "Sea Level: A History" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
Episode 29
News reports warn of rising sea levels spurred by climate change. Waters inch ever higher, disrupting delicate ecosystems and threatening island and …
1 year, 8 months ago
William T. Taylor, "Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History" (U California Press, 2024)
Episode 208
Which society was the first to domesticate the horse? It’s a difficult question. The archaeological record is spotty, with only very recent advanceme…
1 year, 8 months ago
Corey Ross, "Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World" (Princeton UP, 2024)
Episode 1491
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more than a third of the land surface of the planet. Thes…
1 year, 8 months ago