Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMichael Murawski, "Museums as Agents of Change: A Guide to Becoming a Changemaker" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021)
Episode 189
Museums everywhere have the potential to serve as agents of change—bringing people together, contributing to local communities, and changing people’s…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Internet, Inequality, and the “Digital Divide”
Episode 27
Information scholar Daniel Greene, an assistant professor at University of Maryland, talks about his book, The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequal…
3 years, 1 month ago
Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, "Claiming the State: Active Citizenship and Social Welfare in Rural India" (Cambridge UP, 2018)
Episode 174
Citizens around the world look to the state for social welfare provision, but often struggle to access essential services in health, education, and s…
3 years, 1 month ago
Iza Ding, "The Performative State: Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China" (Cornell UP, 2022)
Episode 131
What does the state do when public expectations exceed its governing capacity? The Performative State: Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance i…
3 years, 1 month ago
Border Lines: Refugees and the International Order
Episode 32
Climate change and war have flung millions of people on the move, who often seek safe harbor in the very countries responsible for their displacement…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ross Beveridge and Philippe Koch, "How Cities Can Transform Democracy" (Polity Press, 2022)
Episode 7
We live in an urban age. It is well-known that urbanization is changing landscapes, built environments, social infrastructures and everyday lives acr…
3 years, 1 month ago
Derrick Darby, "A Realistic Blacktopia: Why We Must Unite to Fight" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 306
In the United States, unjust disparities in things like income, opportunity, health, safety, and education tightly track racial categorizations of th…
3 years, 1 month ago
Alexandre I. R. White, "Epidemic Orientalism: Race, Capital, and the Governance of Infectious Disease" (Stanford UP, 2023)
Episode 1294
For many residents of Western nations, COVID-19 was the first time they experienced the effects of an uncontrolled epidemic. This is in part due to a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Peter Jones and Kristel van Ael, "Design Journeys Through Complex Systems" (Bis Publishers, 2022)
Episode 46
As I slowly settle into 2023 — reflecting on the blur that was 2022 — I can’t help but think about the complex problems (aka big messes!) we face at …
3 years, 1 month ago
Virtually Violent: Are Online Attacks "Violence?"
Episode 25
During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, vulnerable communities have been hit especially hard by disruptive online attacks. But calling these attacks "v…
3 years, 1 month ago