Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWendy Ugolini, "Wales in England, 1914-1945: A Social, Cultural, and Military History" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Episode 132
At the beginning of the twentieth century, for many English men and women of Welsh origin the idea of being in some part 'Welsh' reaffirmed their own…
1 year, 8 months ago
Jennifer Redmond and Mary McAuliffe, "The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland: A Reader" (Four Courts Press, 2024)
Episode 68
Mary McAuliffe is a historian and lecturer in Gender Studies at UCD. Her latest publications include (is The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn co-authored wit…
1 year, 8 months ago
Peter Rose, "The Good War of Consul Reeves" (Blacksmith Books, 2024)
Episode 203
Macau was supposed to be a sleepy post for John Reeves, the British consul for the Portuguese colony on China’s southern coast. He arrived, alone, in…
1 year, 8 months ago
Decolonial Muslim Political Activism and Thought in Britain
Season 1 Episode 15
Hizer Mir in conversation with Yahya Birt who speaks on decolonial Muslim political activism and thought in Britain.
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1 year, 8 months ago
Edel Bhreathnach, "Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250" (Four Courts Press, 2024)
Episode 278
The history of monasticism in early Ireland is dominated by its flourishing during the sixth and seventh centuries, a period dominated by Columba of …
1 year, 8 months ago
Raquel Velho on Disability, Infrastructure, and London's Public Transport System
Episode 80
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks to Raquel Velho, Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, …
1 year, 9 months ago
Michael Gavin, "Literary Mathematics: Quantitative Theory for Textual Studies" (Stanford UP, 2022)
Episode 315
Across the humanities and social sciences, scholars increasingly use quantitative methods to study textual data. Considered together, this research r…
1 year, 9 months ago
Tom Boniface-Webb, "Modern Music Masters: Oasis" (MMM, 2020)
Episode 83
In the first book in the Modern Music Masters series, Tom Boniface-Webb examines the Manchester band Modern Music Masters-Oasis (MMM, 2020). Founded …
1 year, 9 months ago
Mark Blake, "Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac" (Pegasus Books, 2024)
Episode 250
An illuminating deep-dive into everything Fleetwood Mac--the songs, the rivalries, the successes, and the failures—Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwoo…
1 year, 9 months ago
Kostas Kampourakis, "Darwin Mythology: Debunking Myths, Correcting Falsehoods" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 28
Many historical figures have their lives and works shrouded in myth, both in life and long after their deaths. Charles Darwin (1809–82) is no exceptio…
1 year, 9 months ago