Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchChris Impey, "Worlds Without End: Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future of Humanity" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 128
The science of finding habitable planets beyond our solar system and the prospects for establishing human civilization away from our ever-less-habita…
2 years, 10 months ago
Brett Brehm, "Kaleidophonic Modernity: Transatlantic Sound, Technology, and Literature" (Fordham UP, 2023)
Episode 112
What stories remain hidden behind one of the most significant inventions of the nineteenth century? Kaleidophonic Modernity: Transatlantic Sound, Tec…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Electro-Library with Jared Green (EF, JP)
Episode 107
Way back in 2019, Elizabeth and John were already thinking about collaboration. Here they speak with Jared Green and explore The Electro-Library, a p…
2 years, 10 months ago
Peter Baldwin, "Athena Unbound: Why and How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free for All" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 124
A clear-eyed examination of the open access movement: past history, current conflicts, and future possibilities. Open access (OA) could one day put t…
2 years, 10 months ago
Simon Sharpe, "Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 9
We need to act five times faster to avoid dangerous climate change. As Greenland melts, Australia burns, and greenhouse gas emissions continue to ris…
2 years, 10 months ago
J. P. Daughton, "In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism" (Norton, 2021)
Episode 111
J. P. Daughton's In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism (W. W. Norton, 2021) examines the complex an…
2 years, 10 months ago
Doctor Ex Machina: AI in Medicine and its Pitfalls
Episode 56
Could an artificial intelligence diagnosis what ails you? Medical futurists offer a techno-utopian vision of perfect personalized risk assessments, d…
2 years, 10 months ago
Stephen G. Gross, "Energy and Power: Germany in the Age of Oil, Atoms, and Climate Change" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 77
Since the 1990s, Germany has embarked on a daring campaign to restructure its energy system around renewable power, sparking a global revolution in s…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Future of Politicized Narratives: A Discussion with Andreas Krieg
Episode 65
The word "narrative" is now so frequently heard that some think it over used. Perhaps its ubiquity results from it being so relevant – what used to b…
2 years, 10 months ago
Zhouxiang Lu, "A History of Competitive Gaming" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 250
Competitive gaming, or esports - referring to competitive tournaments of video games among both casual gamers and professional players - began in the…
2 years, 10 months ago