Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchKenneth Mondschein, "On Time: A History of Western Timekeeping" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)
Episode 1322
Western culture has been obsessed with regulating society by the precise, accurate measurement of time since the Middle Ages. In On Time: A History o…
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Amanda Parrish Morgan, "Stroller" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
Episode 340
Among the many things expectant parents are told to buy, none is a more visible symbol of status and parenting philosophy than a stroller. Although i…
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Party
Episode 118
Sheila Liming talks about the party, social gatherings that occasion joy and dread and various emotions in between. The party is both a pause and an …
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After the Pill: A Conversation with Mary Eberstadt
Episode 76
The pill has rocked our society to its core: but have we fully examined all its repercussions? Influential author and essayist Mary Eberstadt thinks …
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Natalie Koch, "Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia" (Verso, 2023)
Episode 130
The iconic deserts of the American southwest could not have been colonized and settled without the help of desert experts from the Middle East. For e…
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Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, "We Have Always Been Cyborgs: Digital Data, Gene Technologies, and an Ethics of Transhumanism" (Bristol UP, 2023)
Episode 339
The concept of transhumanism emerged in the middle of the 20th century, and has influenced discussions around AI, brain–computer interfaces, genetic …
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James Poskett, "Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science" (Mariner Books, 2022)
Episode 20
In Horizons: A Global History of Science (Mariner Books, 2022), James Poskett, Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology at the Un…
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Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, "Split and Splice: A Phenomenology of Experimentation" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
Episode 19
In Split & Splice: A Phenomenology of Experimentation (University of Chicago Press, 2023), Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, director emeritus at the Max Planck…
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The Future of the Human Heart: A Discussion with Vincent M. Figueredo
Episode 62
Long considered the most important of all organs, the human heart has fascinated artists and scientists alike. Listen to cardiologist Vincent Figuere…
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America & Democracy Ep. 4: George Zarkadakis on Digital Liberalism
Episode 78
Around the world, liberal democracies are in crisis. Citizens have lost faith in their government; right-wing nationalist movements frame the politic…
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