Podcast Episodes
Back to Search"Steadfast Democrats" Five Years Later: A Conversation with Chryl N. Laird
Episode 115
Today I’m speaking with Chryl Laird, Associate Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland College Park. We are discussing her…
1 year, 3 months ago
Brendan A. Galipeau, "Crafting a Tibetan Terroir: Winemaking in Shangri-La" (U Washington Press, 2025)
Episode 350
Aiming to explore the Sino-Tibetan border region, which is renamed “Shangri-La” by the Chinese government for tourism promotion, Crafting a Tibetan T…
1 year, 3 months ago
Christian Gerlach, "Conditions of Violence" (de Gruyter, 2024)
Episode 220
Mass violence comes not only from states, but also from people. By analyzing mass violence as social interaction through survivor accounts and other …
1 year, 3 months ago
Alfie Bown, "Post-Comedy" (Polity, 2025)
Episode 260
Not so long ago, comedy and laughter were a shared experience of relief, as Freud famously argued. At their best, ribbing, roasting, piss-taking and …
1 year, 3 months ago
Waiyee Loh, "Empire of Culture: Neo-Victorian Narratives in the Global Creative Economy" (SUNY Press, 2024)
Episode 160
Empire of Culture: Neo-Victorian Narratives in the Global Creative Economy (SUNY Press, 2024) by Dr. Waiyee Loh brings together contemporary represen…
1 year, 3 months ago
Deborah Reed-Danahay, "Sideways Migration: Being French in London" (Routledge, 2025)
Episode 408
Sideways Migration: Being French in London (Routledge, 2025) examines the relationship between migration and socioeconomic status. In particular, it …
1 year, 3 months ago
John Boswell et al., "The Art and Craft of Comparison" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Episode 22
There are many books giving advice about research methods on the market, but The Art and Craft of Comparison (Cambridge UP, 2019) is the first monogr…
1 year, 3 months ago
Paul G. Keil, "The Presence of Elephants: Shared Lives and Landscapes in Assam" (Routledge, 2024)
Episode 407
How to dwell in a forest alongside giants, avoid disturbing a living god, assist an animal with their manners, and help an elephant cross the road. T…
1 year, 3 months ago
Noam Leshem, "Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man's Land" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Episode 294
“No man’s land” invokes stretches of barren landscape, twisted barbed wire, desolation, and the devastation of war. But this is not always the realit…
1 year, 3 months ago
Laureen D. Hom, "The Power of Chinatown: Searching for Spatial Justice in Los Angeles" (U California Press, 2024)
Episode 180
Chinatown neighborhoods in the United States are about more than restaurants, shops, and architecture, argues San Jose State urban studies associate …
1 year, 4 months ago