Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPaola 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, 3 months ago
Education Behind the Wall: Why and How We Teach College in Prison
Episode 180
Why are college programs offered in some prisons? How are the students selected? Where do the professors come from? What are the logistics of prepari…
2 years, 3 months ago
Vid Simoniti, "Artists Remake the World: A Contemporary Art Manifesto" (Yale UP, 2023)
Episode 152
Artists Remake the World: A Contemporary Art Manifesto (Yale UP, 2023) puts forward an account of contemporary art’s political ambitions and potentia…
2 years, 3 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, 3 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…
2 years, 3 months ago
Dirk Van Laak, "Lifelines of Our Society: A Global History of Infrastructure" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 73
Infrastructure is essential to defining how the public functions, yet there is little public knowledge regarding why and how it became today's strong…
2 years, 3 months ago
Fae Garland and Mitchell Travis, "Intersex Embodiment: Legal Frameworks Beyond Identity and Patienthood" (Bristol UP, 2022)
Episode 205
What is intersex and why does it matter? What is the power of law to disrupt dominant narratives? I had a fascinating conversation with authors Dr Fa…
2 years, 3 months ago
Saran Stewart et al., "Each One Teach One: Parental Involvement and Family Engagement in Jamaica's Education System" (U West Indies Press, 2022)
Episode 222
Each One Teach One: Parental Involvement and Family Engagement in Jamaica’s Education System (University of the West Indies Press, 2022) is a collect…
2 years, 3 months ago
Michael Rushton, "The Moral Foundations of Public Funding for the Arts" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023)
Episode 425
Should governments fund the arts? In The Moral Foundations of Public Funding for the Arts (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023), Michael Rushton, Co-Director of…
2 years, 3 months ago
Leontina Hormel, "Trailer Park America: Reimagining Working-Class Communities" (Rutgers UP, 2023)
Episode 326
In rural northern Idaho in the winter of 2013-2014, Syringa Mobile Home Park’s water system was contaminated by sewage, resulting in residents’ water…
2 years, 3 months ago