Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCaste and Race: Ambedkar and King with the Ambedkar King Study Circle
Episode 922
This episode features S. Karthikeyan and S. Subbulakshmi, the Convenor and Secretary of the Ambedkar King Study Circle, an anti-caste organization ba…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Susanna Elm and Kristina Sessa, "War and Community in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Episode 923
Susanna Elm and Kristina Sessa, War and Community in Late Antiquity (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Late Antiquity (ca. 250–600 CE) was a world at war: barbaria…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Justin Bailey, "An Anthropology of Wandering: How Adventure Can Alleviate a Fearful Culture" (2026)
Episode 921
In a culture saturated by speed, safety protocols, and mediated fear, what might we rediscover by walking or hiking slowly into the unknown?
In this …
6 months ago
Ida Susser, "The Yellow Vests and the Battle for Democracy: Taking to the Streets of Paris in the 21st Century" (Routledge, 2026)
Episode 414
Written under the shadow of growing authoritarianism in the United States and Europe, this book is an effort to understand resistance movements of th…
6 months ago
Mujun Zhou, "The Death and Life of Chinese Civil Society" (U Michigan Press, 2026)
Episode 132
In a society undergoing rapid transformation, how do people engage in debates around a foreign concept and in doing so, pursue contested political fu…
6 months ago
Charlotte Linton, "Dyeing with the Earth: Textiles, Tradition, and Sustainability in Contemporary Japan" (Duke UP, 2025)
Episode 190
The past, present and future of ethical production in fashion
In Dyeing with the Earth, Charlotte Linton explores the intersection of small-scale tra…
6 months ago
Indigenous Employment and Cultural Safety: Building Real Pathways with guest Craig Seinor-Davies
Episode 917
*Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this episode may contain the name of deceased persons.*
Podcast description: In th…
6 months ago
Berardino Palumbo, "Where Saints Show Respect: Mafia, Modernity, and Rituals of Power" (Berghahn Books, 2026)
Episode 412
Where Saints Show Respect: Mafia, Modernity, and Rituals of Power is an anthropological exploration of how authority is produced not only through vio…
6 months ago
Kasey Jernigan, "Commod Bods: Embodied Heritage, Foodways, and Indigeneity" (U Arizona Press, 2026)
Episode 915
The term "commod bod" is used with humor and affection. It also offers a critical way to describe bodies shaped by long-term reliance on U.S. federal…
6 months, 1 week ago
Lia Kent, "The Unruly Dead: Spirits, Memory, and State Formation in Timor-Leste" (U Wisconsin Press, 2024)
Episode 913
“What might it mean to take the dead seriously as political actors?” asks Lia Kent in this exciting new contribution to critical human rights scholar…
6 months, 1 week ago