Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTamar Mitts, "Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Extremism" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Episode 403
Content moderation on social media has become one of the most daunting challenges of our time. Nowhere is the need for action more urgent than in the…
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Brian Baker, "The Road" (Akashic Books, 2025)
Episode 1509
The Road (Akashic Books, 2025) is an illuminating selection of photographs spanning iconic punk rock guitarist Brian Baker’s many years of global tou…
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Disco's Revenge
Episode 1508
In the wake of Disco Demolition Night in 1979—a cultural bonfire that seemed to signal the end of disco—something unexpected began to rise from Chica…
1 year ago
Kubrick’s Worlds: Power, Paranoia, and the Politics of the Human Condition
Episode 1507
In this episode of International Horizons, Interim Director Eli Karetny speaks with film scholar Nathan Abrams about the enduring relevance of Stanle…
1 year ago
Gilles Deleuze, "On Painting" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
Episode 1506
Charles J. Stivale (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University) and Dan Smith (Professor of Philosophy, Purdue University) join me to d…
1 year ago
Hector Vera, "Yardstick Nation: The Metric System in America" (Vanderbilt UP, 2025)
Episode 1505
Why is there no metric system in the United States? Why is it that a country known for its openness to the future, its scientific innovations, and it…
1 year ago
Harry Cliff, "Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding of the Universe" (Doubleday, 2024)
Episode 1504
Nothing captivates the human imagination like the vast unknowns of space. Ancient petroglyphs present renderings of the heavens, proof that we have b…
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Scott D. Anthony, "Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World" (Harvard Business Review Press, 2025)
Episode 1503
Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World (Harvard Business Review Press, 2025) arrives at the perfect moment as artificial intel…
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What Do You Want Out of Life? A Philosophical Guide to Figuring Out What Matters
Episode 1502
What do you want out of life? To make a lot of money, work for justice, run marathons, sing in a choir, have children, travel the world? The things w…
1 year ago
Greg Soden, "Unscripted Moments: Conversations with Propagandhi (2020-2025)" (Earth Island Books, 2025)
Episode 1501
Propagandhi formed in 1986 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada and are now based in Winnipeg. Their outspoken influence and consistency in anti-f…
1 year ago