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Back to SearchZachary Loeb on the History of the End of the World
Episode 65
Are you into the end of the world? Well, have we got the guest for you. In this episode, Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel interviews Zachary Loeb, as…
2 years, 1 month ago
Brian Merchant, "Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech" (LIttle, Brown, 2023)
Episode 1424
"Luddite" has become an insult and Brain Merchant wants to change that. Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech (Little, …
2 years, 1 month ago
Christy Spackman, "The Taste of Water: Sensory Perception and the Making of an Industrialized Beverage" (U California Press, 2023)
Episode 146
Have you ever wondered why your tap water tastes the way it does? The Taste of Water: Sensory Perception and the Making of an Industrialized Beverage…
2 years, 1 month ago
Hsuan L. Hsu, "Air Conditioning" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
Episode 361
Air conditioning aspires to be unnoticed. Yet, by manipulating the air around us, it quietly conditions the baseline conditions of our physical, ment…
2 years, 1 month ago
Mike Duggan, "All Mapped Out: How Maps Shape Us" (Reaktion Books, 2024)
Episode 109
Maps go far beyond just showing us where things are located. All Mapped Out: How Maps Shape Us (Reaktion, 2024) by Dr. Mike Duggan is an exploration …
2 years, 1 month ago
Murray Dick, "The Infographic: A History of Data Graphics in News and Communications" (MIT Press, 2020)
Episode 125
Infographics and data visualization are ubiquitous in our everyday media diet, particularly in news—in print newspapers, on television news, and onli…
2 years, 1 month ago
Joanna Crosby, "Apples and Orchards Since the Eighteenth Century: Material Innovation and Cultural Tradition" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Episode 147
Showing how the history of the apple goes far beyond the orchard and into the social, cultural and technological developments of Britain and the USA,…
2 years, 1 month ago
Robert Charette on Researching the Material World
Episode 64
In this episode, Peoples & Thing host Lee Vinsel interviews engineer, businessman, consultant, author, contributing editor at IEEE Magazine, and form…
2 years, 1 month ago
Francesca Sobande, "Big Brands Are Watching You: Marketing Social Justice and Digital Culture" (U California Press, 2024)
Episode 438
Can brands really support positive social change? In Big Brands are Watching You: Marketing Social Justice and Digital Culture (U California Press, 2…
2 years, 1 month ago
Verity Harding, "AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own" (Princeton UP, 2024)
Episode 92
Artificial intelligence may be the most transformative technology of our time. As AI's power grows, so does the need to figure out what--and who--thi…
2 years, 2 months ago