Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSally Coulthard, "A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects" (HarperCollins UK, 2024)
Episode 162
For most of human history, we were rural folk. Our daily lives were bound up with working the land, living within the rhythm of the seasons. We poure…
1 year, 7 months ago
Mia Consalvo et al., "Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstreaming Videogames on Twitch" (MIT Press, 2025)
Episode 42
The vast majority of people who stream themselves playing videogames online do so with few or no viewers. In Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstream…
1 year, 7 months ago
Margaret K. Nelson, "Sociology Meets Memoir: An Exploration of Narrative and Method" (NYU Press, 2024)
Episode 409
Memoirs attract millions of readers with their compelling life stories, vivid details, and often startling revelations. Beyond entertainment value, h…
1 year, 7 months ago
Jade S. Sasser, "Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question" (U California Press, 2024)
Episode 205
Eco-anxiety. Climate guilt. Pre-traumatic stress disorder. Solastalgia. The study of environmental emotions and related mental health impacts is a ra…
1 year, 7 months ago
Fiona Handyside, "Girls' Hairstories: Sparkle and Resilience in Contemporary Screen Cultures" (Edinburgh UP, 2025)
Episode 147
Why have dynamic and shifting hairstyles, from Katniss Everdeen’s Power Plait to JoJo Siwa’s outsize bows, become such a significant part of how girl…
1 year, 7 months ago
Karl Berglund, "Reading Audio Readers: Book Consumption in the Streaming Age" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
Episode 517
What is the future of reading? In Reading Audio Readers: Book Consumption in the Digital Age (Bloombury, 2024), Karl Berglund, Assistant Professor in…
1 year, 7 months ago
Lea David, "A Victim's Shoe, a Broken Watch, and Marbles: Desire Objects and Human Rights"(Columbia UP, 2025)
Episode 63
Everyday items found at the sites of atrocities possess a striking emotional force. Victims’ garments, broken glasses, wallets, shoes, and other such…
1 year, 7 months ago
"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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 months ago