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Risk
Episode 146
In this episode of High Theory, Faye Raquel Gleisser tells us about Risk. A calculable danger in economics, athletics, sociology, or healthcare, risk…
1 year, 11 months ago
Deborah Parker, "Becoming Belle Da Costa Greene: A Visionary Librarian Through Her Letters" (Villa I Tatti, 2024)
Episode 77
In Becoming Belle da Costa Greene: A Visionary Librarian through Her Letters (Harvard University Press, October 2024), Deborah Parker chronicles the …
1 year, 11 months ago
Alison Stone, "Women on Philosophy of Art: Britain 1770-1900" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Episode 161
Women on Philosophy of Art: Britain 1770-1900 (Oxford UP, 2024) is the first study of women's philosophies of art in long nineteenth-century Britain.…
1 year, 11 months ago
R. Murray Schaffer (1933-2021), Part 2
Episode 30
How to think about the contradictory figure of R. Murray Schafer? A renegade scholar who used sound technology to create an entirely new field of stu…
1 year, 11 months ago
Non-literary Fiction
Episode 145
In this episode of High Theory, Esther Gabara talks with us about Non-Literary Fiction, that is, works of fiction that belong to the world of contemp…
1 year, 11 months ago
R. Murray Schafer (1933-2021), Part 1
Episode 29
R. Murray Schafer recently passed away on August 14th 2021. If you’re someone who works with sound or enjoys sound art or experimental music–or you’v…
2 years ago
Freya Gowrley, "Fragmentary Forms: A New History of Collage" (Princeton UP, 2024)
Episode 160
Fragmentary Forms: A New History of Collage (Princeton UP, 2024) is a beautifully illustrated global history of collage from the origins of paper to …
2 years ago
On Listening In
Episode 28
Today, in honor of World Listening Day, we rebroadcast our story on renowned Australian sound composer, media artist and curator Lawrence English.
Thi…
2 years ago
Paris, Cuba, and David from Any Direction with Lucy Benjamin
Episode 8
In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lucy Benjamin.
Dr Lucy Benjamin is a researcher in architectural theory and creative practice. Her work focuses on …
2 years ago
Christopher Smith, "Samurai with Telephones: Anachronism in Japanese Literature" (U Michigan Press, 2024)
Episode 160
What is going on when a graphic novel has a twelfth-century samurai pick up a telephone to make a call, or a play has an ancient aristocrat teaching …
2 years ago