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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 33 days 9 hours 32 minutes
episode 612: Helen Rozwadowski, "Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans" (Reaktion Books, 2018)
Rozwadowski talks about the history of the oceans and how these oceans have shaped human history in profound ways...
episode 59: Karine Gagné, "Caring for Glaciers: Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas" (U Washington Press, 2019)
Gagné explores how relations of reciprocity between land, humans, animals, and glaciers foster an ethics of care in the Himalayan communities of Ladakh...
episode 42: Michael E. Mann, "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars : Dispatches from the Front Lines" (2012)
How do you reconcile the fact that, in a democracy, everyone’s vote is equal but everyone’s opinion is not?
episode 2: Elena Past, "Italian Ecocinema: Beyond the Human" (Indiana UP, 2019)
Past studies a complex of issues surrounding on-location films made in Italy and the way their production leaves lasting, material traces on the environment...
episode 221: Cara New Daggett, "Birth of Energy: Fossil Fuels, Thermodynamics, and the Politics of Work" (Duke UP, 2019)
Daggett suggests that reassessing our relationships with fossil fuels in the face of climate change also requires that we rethink the concept of energy itself...
episode 2: Elena Past, "Italian Ecocinema: Beyond the Human" (Indiana UP, 2019)
Past studies a complex of issues surrounding on-location films made in Italy and the way their production leaves lasting, material traces on the environment...
episode 45: Kathryn Conrad on University Press Publishing
What do university presses do, and how do they do it?
episode 637: David Biggs, "Footprints of War: Militarized Landscapes in Vietnam" (U Washington Press, 2018)
By now we all know that Vietnam is a country, not a war. But how have decades, and even centuries, of war impacted the land of this southeast Asian nation?
episode 81: J. Neuhaus, "Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers" (West Virginia UP, 2019)
The things that make people academics do not necessarily make them good teachers...
episode 219: Ann Elias, "Coral Empire: Underwater Oceans, Colonial Tropics, Visual Modernity" (Duke UP, 2019)
With the threats of sea water warming and ocean acidification, coral reefs have become both a fire alarm and a barometer for the dangers of human induced climate change...