Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMiguel Sicart, "Playing Software: Homo Ludens in Computational Culture" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 66
The play element at the heart of our interactions with computers—and how it drives the best and the worst manifestations of the information age.
Wheth…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Alice Wiemers, "Village Work: Development and Rural Statecraft in Twentieth-Century Ghana" (Ohio UP, 2021)
Episode 102
Most development histories focus on large-scale projects and multi-year plans. But how would we understand development differently if we chose a diff…
8 months ago
Elliot Dolan-Evans, "Making War Safe for Capitalism: The World Bank, IMF, and the Conflict in Ukraine" (Bristol UP, 2025)
Episode 3628
Making War Safe for Capitalism: The World Bank, IMF, and the Conflict in Ukraine (Bristol UP, 2025) by Dr. Elliot Dolan-Evans examines the impact of …
8 months ago
The Shtetl: Myth and Reality with Samuel Kassow
Episode 3626
Even those who do not know much Yiddish have probably heard the word “shtetl,” but what does that word mean exactly? Can we just say that it was a sm…
8 months ago
A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education
Episode 3625
A Light in the Tower argues that excellent education and radical support for mental health struggles can coexist, and provides detailed advice for ho…
8 months ago
Zalman Newfield, "Brooklyn Odyssey: My Journey Out of Hasidism" (Temple UP, 2026)
Episode 3624
Growing up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn as a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic Orthodox Jewish community, Zalman Newfield was raised in an atmosph…
8 months ago
Michelle Jackson, "The Division of Rationalized Labor" (Harvard UP, 2025)
Episode 3622
How have jobs changed in the last 150 years? In The Division of Rationalized Labor (Harvard UP, 2025) Michelle Jackson, an Associate Professor in t…
8 months, 1 week ago
Jessica Martin, "Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis: The Rise of the Austerity Celebrity" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Episode 3623
Is the home still a site for feminist resistance? In Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis: The Rise of the Austerity Celebrity Jessica Martin…
8 months, 1 week ago
The American Mirage: How Reality TV Upholds the Myth of Meritocracy
Episode 3621
In an age of growing wealth disparities, politicians on both sides of the aisle are sounding the alarm about the fading American Dream. Yet despite a…
8 months, 1 week ago
Agustín Santella and Adrián Piva, "Marxism, Social Movements and Collective Action" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023)
Episode 3619
Marxists have an obvious interest in understanding social movements. Less obvious, even with the voluminous theoretical archives at hand, is how to p…
8 months, 1 week ago