Black Mountain Institute Podcast

Black Mountain Institute Podcast featuring audio files from lectures, readings, and institute events.

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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #135: BMI 10th Anniversary - 11/21/16


In this episode, the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute hosts a tenth anniversary celebration. It features a number of prominent speakers including Cheryl Strayed, Charles Bock, Tom Bissell, Olivia Clare, and Vu Tran. The event was held November 21, 2016 in the Student Union Ballroom at UNLV.


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 December 2, 2016  1h37m
 
 

Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #134: Vegas Valley Book Festival After Dark - 10/15/16


In this episode, the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute hosts an evening of readings and conversations with three acclaimed authors: Katherine Boo, Geoff Dyer, Adam Johnson, and Jen Kramer. The event was held October 15, 2016 at the Inspire Theater in Las Vegas, NV.


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 December 2, 2016  2h23m
 
 

Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #131: Breaking Silence: Women Writing on Crime, Conspiracy, and Cruelty - 03/14/16


Black Mountain Institute welcomes three extraordinary writers who explore the myths and untruths of society and culture through the stories of silenced women. The stories of female truthtellers is the key to understanding a society’s (often corrupt) power structure. Maggie Nelson is an American poet, critic, and author of five non-fiction books, including the recent bestselling The Argonauts. Eliza Griswold is a poet, journalist and non-fiction author who writes for The New Yorker...


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 November 16, 2016  1h23m
 
 

Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #133: The Spectacle of Violence - 09/29/16


In this episode, the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute hosts a panel discussion entitled "The Spectacle of Violence: Why We Need to Watch." It features William Vollmann, Kerry Howley, Jonathan Gottschall, and Brian Villmoare. Joshua Wolf Shenk moderates. The event was held September 29, 2016 in the Si Redd Room in the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV.


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 October 7, 2016  1h36m
 
 

Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #132: Echoes of Homer - 05/05/16


In this episode, the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute hosts a panel discussion entitled "Echoes of Homer." It features George Packer, Brian Turner, Siobhan Fallon, and Phil Klay: four writers who've had first-hand experience with the intersection of war and literature. The event was held May 5, 2016 in the UNLV Student Union Theatre.


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 May 11, 2016  1h43m
 
 

Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #130: Stroke of Genius: What Brain Injury Reveals about Creativity, Consciousness, and the Mind-Body Connection - 11/13/15


In this episode, the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute hosts a panel discussion entitled "Stroke of Genius: What Brain Injury Reveals about Creativity, Consciousness, and the Mind-Body Connection." Sience writers Sandra Blakeselee and George Johnson, neurologist Dr...


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 November 13, 2015  1h32m
 
 

Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #129: This Land Is Your Land ... Or Is It? - 09/24/15


Who owns the land? This question has dominated the history of the American West, where the interests and ambitions of governments and agencies, of capitalists and environmentalists, of new arrivals and old stakeholders often collide. Can there be common ground on issues so contentious that they have led to armed standoff? To discuss this important issue, Black Mountain Institute is proud to welcome a panel of extraordinary writers of diverse backgrounds and views...


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 September 27, 2015  1h40m
 
 

Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #129: This Land Is Your Land ... Or Is It? - 09/24/15


Who owns the land? This question has dominated the history of the American West, where the interests and ambitions of governments and agencies, of capitalists and environmentalists, of new arrivals and old stakeholders often collide. Can there be common ground on issues so contentious that they have led to armed standoff? To discuss this important issue, Black Mountain Institute is proud to welcome a panel of extraordinary writers of diverse backgrounds and views...


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 September 27, 2015  1h40m
 
 

Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #128: Walter Mosley - 05/07/15


In this episode, writer Walter Mosley delivers the inaugural Jim Rogers Contrarian Lecture. Presented every other year, this series invites a celebrated writer and intellectual to offer a “contrarian” view on an issue of contemporary importance. This year, Walter Mosley will address the subject of higher education. Mosley appeared May 7, 2015 at UNLV's Student Union Ballroom in Las Vegas, NV.


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 March 21, 2015  1h24m
 
 

Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #128: Walter Mosley - 05/07/15


In this episode, writer Walter Mosley delivers the inaugural Jim Rogers Contrarian Lecture. Presented every other year, this series invites a celebrated writer and intellectual to offer a “contrarian” view on an issue of contemporary importance. This year, Walter Mosley will address the subject of higher education. Mosley appeared May 7, 2015 at UNLV's Student Union Ballroom in Las Vegas, NV.


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 March 21, 2015  1h24m