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Muse, Odalisque, Handmaiden: A Girl's Life in the Incredible String Band
Episode 85
Damon Kruskowski, author of Ways of Hearing and The New Analog, previously member of Galaxie 500 and currently a member of Damon & Naomi interviews R…
3 years, 1 month ago
Christopher H. Evans, "Do Everything: The Biography of Frances Willard" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 55
Frances Willard (1839-1898) was one of the most prominent American social reformers of the late nineteenth century. As the long-time president of the…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ithell Colquhoun: Genius of The Fern Loved Gully
Episode 82
Tai Shani (Turner Prize winning artist, educator and author of Our Fatal Magic) and Amy Hale (anthropologist, folklorist, and writer) discuss the wor…
3 years, 1 month ago
America & Democracy Ep. 5: Brandon Terry on MLK
Episode 79
In the final episode of this series, Brandon Terry, political theorist and African American Studies scholar at Harvard discusses the life and work of…
3 years, 1 month ago
Catherine Russell, "The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck: Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star" (U Illinois Press, 2023)
Episode 166
From The Lady Eve, to The Big Valley, Barbara Stanwyck played parts that showcased her multidimensional talents but also illustrated the limits impos…
3 years, 1 month ago
Pharmacological Histories Ep. 4: Andy Roberts on LSD's Cosmic Courier
Episode 74
Michael Hollingshead, the man who turned Timothy Leary onto LSD, managed to fundamentally influenced modern drug culture whilst remaining virtually a…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Lee: A Conversation with Allen C. Guelzo
Episode 48
Why should we study Robert E. Lee? Why did he make the fateful decision to betray his country? How should we judge Robert E. Lee? Allen C. Guelzo, Di…
3 years, 1 month ago
Matthew Jagel, "Khmer Nationalist: Sơn Ngc Thành, the CIA, and the Transformation of Cambodia" (Northern Illinois UP, 2023)
Episode 1315
Khmer Nationalist: Sơn Ngc Thành, the CIA, and the Transformation of Cambodia (Northern Illinois UP, 2023) is a political history of Cambodia from Wo…
3 years, 1 month ago
Kim E. Nielsen, "Money, Marriage, and Madness: The Life of Anna Ott" (U Illinois Press, 2020)
Episode 16
Anna Ott died in the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane in 1893. She had enjoyed status and financial success first as a physician's wife and th…
3 years, 1 month ago
Bill Steigerwald, "30 Days a Black Man: The Forgotten Story That Exposed the Jim Crow South" (Lyons Press, 2017)
Episode 53
The dangerous, trailblazing work of a white journalist and black leader who struck a shocking early blow against legal segregation In 1948, most whit…
3 years, 1 month ago