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Back to SearchAlexandre Lefebvre, "Liberalism as a Way of Life" (Princeton UP, 2024)
Episode 741
Why liberalism is all you need to lead a good, fun, worthy, and rewarding life—and how you can become a better and happier person by taking your libe…
1 year, 7 months ago
From Tribalism to Common Humanity: A Conversation with Dr. John Ellis
Episode 121
For most of recorded history, neighboring countries, tribes, and peoples everywhere in the world regarded each other with apprehension—when not outri…
1 year, 7 months ago
Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, "The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places" (MIT Press, 2024)
Episode 35
An expressive book of prose and photographs that reveals the powerful ways our everyday places support our shared belonging. Where would you take som…
1 year, 7 months ago
Steven T. Katz, "The Holocaust and New World Slavery: A Comparative History" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Episode 552
The Holocaust and New World Slavery: A Comparative History (Cambridge UP, 2019) offers the first, in-depth comparison of the Holocaust and new world …
1 year, 7 months ago
Lynne B. Sagalyn, "Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban Change" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 34
What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? And how is it that, despite its many changes of character, th…
1 year, 7 months ago
Uroš Kovač, "The Precarity of Masculinity: Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Cameroon" (Berghahn Books, 2022)
Episode 326
A compelling work that explores the lives and aspirations of young footballers with deep nuance and insight, The Precarity of Masculinity: Football, …
1 year, 7 months ago
Alessandra Seggi, "Youth and Suicide in American Cinema: Context, Causes, and Consequences" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)
Episode 215
Listener note: This interview contains discussions of suicide.
Youth and Suicide in American Cinema: Context, Causes, and Consequences (Palgrave MacM…
1 year, 7 months ago
Police First Responders Interacting with Domestic Violence Victims
Episode 31
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Kate Steel, Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of the West…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ellen T. Meiser, "Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen" (Rutgers UP, 2024)
Episode 384
The restaurant industry is one of the few places in America where workers from lower-class backgrounds can rise to positions of power and prestige. Y…
1 year, 7 months ago
Courtney Ann Irby, "Guiding God's Marriage: Faith and Social Change in Premarital Counseling" (NYU Press, 2024)
Episode 383
It is well-known that the institution of marriage has changed dramatically in the past few decades. However, very little research has focused on the …
1 year, 7 months ago