Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAnna M. Grzymała-Busse, "Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State" (Princeton UP, 2023)
Episode 214
In Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State (Princeton University Press, 2023), political scientist Anna Grzymała-B…
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H. E. Sawyer, "I Am the Dark Tourist: Messenger of Remembrance" (Headpress, 2023)
Episode 174
Dark tourism is the practice of visiting sites associated with death and disaster. Participation is increasing, yet much of the machinations behind d…
2 years, 5 months ago
Chhaya Kolavalli, "Well-Intentioned Whiteness: Green Urban Development and Black Resistance in Kansas City" (U Georgia Press, 2023)
Episode 18
Chhaya Kolavalli's book Well-Intentioned Whiteness: Green Urban Development and Black Resistance in Kansas City (U Georgia Press, 2023) documents how…
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Too Much Communication?
Episode 144
Listen to Episode No.2 of All We Mean, a Special Focus of this podcast. All We Mean is an ongoing discussion and debate about how we mean and why. Th…
2 years, 5 months ago
Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, "Diversity Dividend" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 29
From entry-level to the boardroom, what works to create large-scale change in organizations looking to accelerate their diversity, equity, and inclus…
2 years, 5 months ago
Charlotte Al-Khalili, "Waiting for the Revolution to End: Syrian Displacement, Time and Subjectivity (UCL Press, 2023)
Episode 244
Waiting for the Revolution to End: Syrian Displacement, Time and Subjectivity (UCL Press, 2023) by Dr. Charlotte Al-Khalili explores the Syrian revol…
2 years, 5 months ago
Astra Taylor, "The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart" (House of Anansi Press, 2023)
Episode 427
These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn’t working for anyone, even those who…
2 years, 5 months ago
Kevin F. Adler and Donald W. Burnes, "When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America" (North Atlantic Books, 2023)
Episode 328
Think about the last time that you saw or interacted with an unhoused person. What did you do? What did you say? Did you offer money or a smile, or d…
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Sayan Dey, "Performing Memories and Weaving Archives: Creolized Cultures across the Indian Ocean" (Anthem Press, 2023)
Episode 327
Usually, discourses on the planetary evolution and the movements of slaves remain restricted within the narratives and scholarships of the Trans-Atla…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ceri Houlbrook,"‘Ritual Litter' Redressed" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 268
Ritual deposition is not an activity that many people in the Western world would consider themselves participants of. The enigmatic beliefs and magic…
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