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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 113 days 10 hours 26 minutes
episode 46: Jathan Sadowski, "Too Smart" (MIT Press, 2020)
The ubiquity of technology that collects massive volumes of all kinds of data lends itself to one overarching question: “What?” As in what is the purpose(s) of this collection? What are the benefits? And, what are the impacts?
episode 139: Fiona Vera-Gray, "The Right Amount of Panic: How Women Trade Freedom for Safety" (Policy Press, 2018)
Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence?
episode 193: Leslie M. Harris, "Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies" (U Georgia Press, 2019)
How involved with slavery were American universities? And what does their involvement mean for us?
episode 138: Christopher D. Bader, "Fear Itself: The Causes and Consequences of Fear in America" (NYU Press, 2020)
From moral panics about immigration and gun control to anxiety about terrorism and natural disasters, Americans live in a culture of fear...
episode 61: Thomas Piketty, "Capital and Ideology" (Harvard UP, 2020)
Piketty expands his focus to include the political and ideological in his comparative analysis of capital accumulation and ‘inequality regimes’.
episode 135: Baptiste Brossard, "Forgetting Items: The Social Experience of Alzheimer’s Disease" (Indiana UP, 2019)
Alzheimer's disease has not only profound medical consequences for the individual experiencing it but a life-changing impact on those around them...
episode 137: Pawan Dhingra, "Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough" (NYU Press, 2020)
Dhingra offers up-close evaluation of the competitive nature of the United States education system and the extra-curricular and co-curricular activities associated with them...
episode 50: Carlo Caduff, "The Pandemic Perhaps: Dramatic Events in a Public Culture of Danger" (U California Press, 2015)
In this episode, we discuss the pandemic when it was a ‘perhaps’, unpack the blurring of reason and faith among expert interlocutors and draw out lessons on preparedness and its paradoxes for the present global coronavirus crisis...
episode 62: Maura Finkelstein, "The Archive of Loss: Lively Ruination in Mill Land Mumbai" (Duke UP, 2019)
Mumbai's textile industry is commonly but incorrectly understood to be an extinct relic of the past...
A Discussion with Kelly McFall about Using "Reacting to the Past" in College Courses
The "Reacting" technique asks students to play the roles of historical actors and to re-enact particular events and situations. The instructors using the method have had great success...