Beste Discovery Inspiration podcasts (2024)

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Elena Machado Sáez, “Activism and Resistance in Contemporary Latinx Theater” 22:06

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Theatrical productions allow playwrights and audiences alike to engage with historical and contemporary social realities. But what are the consequences when particular types of dramatic texts and performances are inadequately disseminated and preserved? Elena Machado Sáez (NHC Fellow, 2022–23) is analyzing the ways that Latinx theater in the United…

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Gregg Hecimovich, “The Zealy Daguerreotypes: Confronting Images of Enslavement” 21:24

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In March 1850, five men and two women were photographed in the studio of South Carolina artist Joseph Zealy. When these daguerreotypes were uncovered in 1976, they quickly became some of the best-known pre-Civil War images of enslaved African Americans. Gregg Hecimovich (NHC Fellow, 2015–16; 2022–23) is asking important questions about why these im…

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Naomi André, “A History of Blackness in Opera” 19:12

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As an art form, opera has proven to be simultaneously entertaining and relatable to diverse audiences, even though it has also been characterized by associations with whiteness and elitism. Naomi André (NHC Fellow, 2022–23) is working to tell a more comprehensive and inclusive story of this genre by constructing a history of Blackness in opera from…

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Brian Lewis, “George Cecil Ives and the Transformation of Discourses on Sexuality” 25:06

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The British writer, reformer, and criminologist George Cecil Ives lived through a transformation in our collective understanding of sexuality. Born in 1867, Ives found early inspiration in the Classical tradition and witnessed the rise of sexology and psychoanalysis before his death in the mid-twentieth century. But Ives did not simply observe thes…

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Jontyle Robinson, “Curating Change: ‘Bearing Witness’ and Legacy of African American Women Artists” 22:52

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In 1996, an exhibition entitled “Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists,” was produced for the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art’s contribution to the Olympic games held in Atlanta, Georgia. Today, Jontyle Theresa Robinson (NHC Fellow, 2022–23) is undertaking a multi-tiered initiative to reflect upon and advance the …

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W. Jason Miller, “Nina Simone and Langston Hughes: Collaborators Across Genres” 19:40

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The influence that Nina Simone and Langston Hughes have had on American music, literature, and culture can hardly be overstated. However, the relationship between these two figures has received little to no attention from scholars to date, despite their long history of collaboration. W. Jason Miller (NHC Fellow, 2022–23) is conducting research into…

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Nancy F. Cott, “Accidental Internationalists: American Journalists Abroad Between the World Wars” 43:20

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This lecture illuminates the field of international possibility seen by a leading fraction of young Americans in the 1920s. It offers a counter-narrative to the well-worn account of American “expatriates” who succumbed to the seductions of Paris and soon returned home chastened. A far larger stratum of would-be writers lived outside the United Stat…

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Paul S. Sutter, “Public Health and the Panama Canal” 27:45

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When the Panama Canal opened in 1914, it not only revolutionized international trade, but brought about new developments in public health. While diseases like yellow fever and malaria were seen as an inherent threat of “the tropics” by the Americans and French, the process of constructing the canal actually created conditions in which such diseases…

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Paul Ushang Ugor, “Socially Responsible Cinema: Femi Odugbemi’s Artistic Vision” 25:25

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For the past twenty years, Nigerian filmmaking has dominated media production in Africa and among African diasporic communities. One of the most influential figures in this industry is the writer, director, and producer Femi Odugbemi, whose work is an example of the "socially responsible cinema" that has been under-explored in scholarly analyses of…

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Maggie M. Cao, “Imperial Painting: Nineteenth-Century Art and the Making of American Empire” 21:45

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Nineteenth-century American paintings frequently depict foreign settings, from the Caribbean to the Arctic. Many of these artworks seem to reveal moments of cultural exchange or scientific inquiry, but they have rarely been seen as evidence of the growing imperialist tendencies of the United States throughout this century.In this podcast, Maggie Ca…

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Howard Chiang, “Psychoanalysis in China” 22:32

1+ y ago22:32

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In the early twentieth century, psychoanalytic ideas based on the work of Sigmund Freud were taken up, translated, and even challenged by practitioners from a variety of geographic regions and backgrounds. However, the importance of psychoanalytic thought in China has not always been given adequate attention.In this podcast, Howard Chiang (NHC Fell…

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Elizabeth S. Manley, “Imagining the Tropics: Women and Tourism in the Caribbean” 24:35

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Widely understood as a destination for leisure and pleasure, the Caribbean has drawn visitors from the global north for over a century. Women have played a central role in establishing this image of the islands, from the proliferation of women's travel writing beginning in the late nineteenth century to their active roles in shaping the tourism and…

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Tony Frazier, “Slavery, English Law, and Abolition in the Eighteenth Century” 14:27

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In the 1772 court case “Somerset v Stewart,” an English court found that the concept of slavery had no basis in English law. Although this case has long been linked to the eventual abolition of the Atlantic slave trade in Britain, the emancipation of enslaved persons was a long and complex process.In this podcast, Tony Frazier (NHC Fellow, 2021–22)…

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Andrew Delbanco, “The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul” 1:04:12

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Andrew Delbanco (NHC Fellow, 2013–14), Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University; President, The Teagle FoundationFor decades after its founding, the fact that enslaved black people repeatedly risked their lives to flee their masters in the South in search of freedom in the North proved that the “united” states was act…

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Cara Robertson, “The Trial of Lizzie Borden” 57:34

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Cara Robertson (NHC Trustee; NHC Fellow, 2004–05; 2005–06)When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest of the couple’s younger daughter Lizzie turned the case into international news and her trial into a spectacle unparalleled in American history. Everyone—rich and poor, suffragi…

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Joy Connolly, “The Life of Roman Republicanism” 1:04:49

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Joy Connolly (NHC Trustee), President, American Council of Learned SocietiesA distinguished classics scholar as well as an accomplished academic administrator, Connolly argues in her most recent book, “The Life of Roman Republicanism” that “Cicero, Sallust, and Horace inspire fresh thinking about central concerns of contemporary political thought a…

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Jane O. Newman, “The Decameron” 59:20

1+ y ago59:20

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Jane O. Newman (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 2015–16), Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California, IrvineAs constructed by Boccaccio, “The Decameron” is a classic collection of fourteenth-century stories, one hundred tales shared by a group of young men and women sheltering in a secluded villa outside Florence to avoid the Great Bubonic …

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Martha S. Jones, “Vanguard” 1:00:09

1+ y ago1:00:09

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Martha S. Jones (NHC Fellow, 2013–14), Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and Professor of History, Johns Hopkins UniversityIn the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. But this overwhelmingly white women’s movement did not win the vote for…

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Mia Bay, “Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance” 52:22

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Mia Bay (NHC Fellow, 2009–10), Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Chair in American History, University of PennsylvaniaFrom stagecoaches and trains to buses, cars, and planes, “Traveling Black” explores when, how, and why racial restrictions took shape and brilliantly portrays what it was like to live with them. It also recounts the many forms of resi…

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Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, “Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America” 1:00:38

1+ y ago1:00:38

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Jacquelyn Dowd Hall (NHC Fellow, 1996–97), Julia Cherry Spruill Professor Emerita of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, National Humanities Medal RecipientDescendants of a prominent slaveholding family, Elizabeth, Grace, and Katharine Lumpkin grew up in a culture of white supremacy. But while Elizabeth remained a lifelong believe…

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Andrew Jewett, “Science under Fire: Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America” 1:00:08

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Andrew Jewett (NHC Fellow, 2013–14), Elizabeth D. Rockwell Visiting Professor of Ethics and Leadership, University of Houston“Science under Fire” reconstructs a century of battles over the cultural implications of science in the United States, showing how suspicion of scientific methods and motivation has played a major role in American politics an…

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Thomas M. Lekan, “Our Gigantic Zoo: A German Quest to Save the Serengeti” 1:00:30

1+ y ago1:00:30

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Thomas M. Lekan (NHC Fellow, 2009–10; 2010–11; 2022–23), Professor of History, University of South CarolinaDemonstrating the conflicts between international conservation, nature tourism, decolonization, and national sovereignty, “Our Gigantic Zoo” explores the legacy of Bernhard Grzimek, Europe’s greatest wildlife conservationist, who portrayed him…

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Kim F. Hall, “Othello Was My Grandfather” 1:04:34

1+ y ago1:04:34

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Kim F. Hall (NHC Fellow, 2016–17), Lucyle Hook Professor of English and Professor of Africana Studies, Barnard College, Columbia UniversitySince her first book, “Things of Darkness,” appeared in 1996, Kim F. Hall’s work has helped generate a new wave of scholarship on race in Shakespeare and Renaissance/Early Modern texts. For this talk, she places…

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Tsitsi Ella Jaji, “Mother Tongues: Poems” 1:05:49

1+ y ago1:05:49

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Tsitsi Ella Jaji (NHC Fellow, 2017–18), Associate Professor of English, Duke UniversityZimbabwean poet and scholar Tsitsi Ella Jaji discusses and reads selections from “Mother Tongues: Poems,” her award-winning second book of verse, in which she explores our relationships with language, from the first words we learn to the vows we swear, examining …

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Annette Gordon-Reed & Peter S. Onuf, “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs” 1:01:32

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Annette Gordon-Reed (NHC Trustee), Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History, Harvard Law School; Peter S. Onuf, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor, Emeritus, University of VirginiaPrimarily set at Monticello, where Jefferson not only developed his Enlightenment values but oversaw the workings of a slave plantation, “Most Bless…

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Martin Summers, “Madness in the City of Magnificent Intentions” 1:02:26

1+ y ago1:02:26

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Martin Summers (NHC Fellow, 2013–14), Professor of History, Boston CollegeFounded in 1855 to treat insane soldiers and sailors as well as civilian residents in the nation’s capital, Saint Elizabeths became one of the country’s preeminent research and teaching psychiatric hospitals. From the beginning of its operation, Saint Elizabeths admitted blac…

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Alexis Pauline Gumbs, “M Archive: After the End of the World” 57:57

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Alexis Pauline Gumbs (NHC Fellow, 2020–21), Independent Scholar, Writer, and ActivistThe second book in an experimental triptych, “M Archive ”is a series of poetic artifacts that speculatively documents the persistence of Black life following the worldwide cataclysm we are living through now. Engaging with the work of the foundational Black feminis…

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Kathleen DuVal, “Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution” 1:03:55

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Kathleen DuVal (NHC Fellow, 2008–09), Bowman & Gordon Gray Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillOver the last decade, award-winning historian Kathleen DuVal has revitalized the study of early America’s marginalized voices. Now, in “Independence Lost,” she recounts an untold story as rich and significant as that of the Fo…

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Joseph Luzzi, “In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love” 59:35

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Joseph Luzzi (NHC Fellow, 2004–05), Professor of Comparative Literature, Bard CollegeOn a cold November morning, Bard College professor Joseph Luzzi found himself racing to the hospital—his wife, Katherine, eight-and-a-half months pregnant, had been in a horrible car accident. In an instant, Luzzi became both a widower and a first-time father. In t…

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Laura T. Murphy, “Freedomville: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt” 1:00:57

1+ y ago1:00:57

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Laura T. Murphy (NHC Fellow, 2017–18), Professor of Human Rights and Contemporary Slavery, Sheffield Hallam University“Freedomville” is the story of a small group of enslaved villagers in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, who founded their own town of Azad Nagar—Freedomville—after staging a rebellion against their slaveholders. But Laura T. Murphy…

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David Bromwich, “American Breakdown: The Trump Years and How They Befell Us” 1:02:07

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David Bromwich (NHC Trustee), Sterling Professor of English, Yale UniversitySince at least as far back as the expansion of the Vietnam War and the lies and coverups that brought down Richard Nixon, every presidency has further centralized and strengthened executive power, producing the political conditions for our present crisis. In “American Break…

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Laura F. Edwards, “A Legal History of the Civil War and Reconstruction” 1:00:58

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Laura F. Edwards (NHC Fellow, 2007–08), Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor in the History of American Law and Liberty, Princeton UniversityLaura F. Edwards’s compelling book considers the sweeping transformation of American law produced in the wake of the Civil War. Through her analysis of constitutional amendments, Supreme Court decisions, and l…

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John McGowan, “Pragmatist Politics: Making the Case for Liberal Democracy” 1:02:12

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John McGowan (NHC Fellow, 2017–18), John W. and Anna H. Hanes Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillIn “Pragmatist Politics,” John McGowan suggests that perhaps the best response to the cynicism and despair that permeate contemporary American politics is a return to pragmatism. Offering an expansive…

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Catherine M. Cole, “Performance and the Afterlives of Injustice” 1:01:53

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Catherine M. Cole (NHC Fellow, 2006–07), Divisional Dean of the Arts and Professor of Dance and English, University of Washington“Performance and the Afterlives of Injustice” reveals how the voices and visions of artists in South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo can help us see what otherwise evades perception from the injustices produce…

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Bart D. Ehrman, “Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife” 54:47

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Bart D. Ehrman (NHC Fellow, 2009–10; 2018–19), James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillIn clear and compelling terms, Bart D. Ehrman recounts the long history of the afterlife, from the Epic of Gilgamesh to the writings of Augustine, focusing especially on the teachings of Jesus and his…

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Joseph Allen Boone, “Furnace Creek” 1:00:51

1+ y ago1:00:51

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Joseph Allen Boone (NHC Fellow, 2009–10), Gender Studies Professor in Media and Gender and Professor of English, Comparative Literature and Gender Studies, University of Southern CaliforniaTaking its inspiration from “Great Expectations,” “Furnace Creek” teases us with the question of what Pip might have been like had he grown up in the American So…

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William D. Cohan, “Four Friends: Promising Lives Cut Short” 59:29

1+ y ago59:29

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William D. Cohan (NHC Trustee)Written by their Andover classmate, journalist William D. Cohan, “Four Friends” tells the stories of Jack Berman, the child of impoverished Holocaust survivors, who used his unlikely Andover pedigree to achieve the American dream, only to be cut down in an unimaginable act of violence; Will Daniel, Harry Truman’s grand…

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Mark Evan Bonds, “Breaking Music’s Fourth Wall” 18:08

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Contemporary audiences may be familiar with the phenomenon of “breaking the fourth wall” in television, film, theater, and other forms of media. In these instances, creators and performers address the audience directly or draw attention to the conventions of a performance in a way that disrupts its immersive or continuous nature.In this podcast, Ma…

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John D. Wong, “A City in Flux: Commercial Aviation and the Story of Modernity in Hong Kong” 16:52

1+ y ago16:52

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The emergence of commercial aviation in the early twentieth century redefined global commerce by facilitating the movement of people and goods at previously unimaginable speeds. In Hong Kong, however, this phenomenon was not an inevitable development, and the growth of its aviation industry reflected a complex interplay between political interests,…

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Timothy L. Stinson, “The Evolution of Medieval Vengeance Narratives” 20:08

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In 70 CE, the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans led early Christians to claim that this event was an example of divine retribution for the death of Jesus. Narratives promoting this cause-and-effect story of vengeance circulated widely throughout Europe in the medieval period, with frequent alterations designed to appeal to local constituencies…

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Jacob M. Baum, “Disability and Autobiography in the Sixteenth Century” 19:52

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Prior to the modern era, autobiographical narratives were primarily authored by members of elite classes of society, giving modern-day historians relatively limited insight into the ways that lower-class individuals experienced political, cultural, and economic events of their time. However, the surviving documents that constitute an exception to t…

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Gregg Mitman, “Bloodborne: Invasion and the Politics of Disease” 19:45

3y ago19:45

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For the past several decades, authorities have become increasingly concerned about the threat posed by emerging diseases—not only to public health, but also to political and economic stability at a global scale. Attention has been particularly focused on tropical hotspots such as west and central Africa, where human encroachment has increased the l…

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Jordynn Jack, “Training the Brain: Rhetoric, Neuropolicy, and Education” 23:02

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Over the past several decades, neuroscientific studies have been invoked in order to justify policy decisions and associated legislation. Although such scientific findings are always subject to change or re-interpretation, increasingly, the logic of “brain science” is being equated with a kind of fundamental truth. Practically, this often leads to …

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Lester Tomé, “Movement and Modernism: Carpentier’s Transatlantic Ballet” 22:51

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Though modernist ballet is often associated with European companies such as the Ballets Russes, the ideas and concepts that emerged from this movement soon found their way around the globe. In Latin countries such as Cuba, this foreign cultural form was adapted to meet local needs and provided an important way to articulate national identity.In thi…

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Janny HC Leung, “Language, Law, and the Limits of Digital Autonomy” 21:52

3y ago21:52

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As more of our lives shift online, the question of how speech should be regulated in this digital space becomes increasingly relevant. In response, social media companies have set precedents for regulating language on their private platforms. However, these mechanisms are often designed in order to work in tandem with artificial intelligence-based …

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Christopher Moore, “Sôphrosunê and Self-Knowledge: An Ancient Greek Virtue and the Modern Condition” 15:17

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Scholars have traditionally translated the ancient Greek virtue of Sôphrosunê as “temperance” or “chastity,” implicitly suggesting that it is concerned with forms of self-control in the face of desire or dramatic bodily sensations. As a result, this concept has often been downplayed and relegated to the forgotten corners of philosophical inquiry.In…

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Rachel Watson, “Evidence and Racial Discourse in Segregation-Era Literature” 22:46

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When we read most novels, we assume that characters are the most important components of a story. However, in noteworthy American literature of the segregation era, it is often forms of evidence that structure novelistic worlds, making us recognize and question the ways that details of ordinary life can take on particular significance. In this podc…

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Ryan Emanuel, “Water in the Lumbee World: Indigenous Rights and the Transformation of Home” 19:44

3y ago19:44

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Though debates about water usage and environmental justice are often conducted in the future tense—with one eye trained on impending catastrophes—the causes are usually rooted in past injustices. For this reason, attempts to understand and avert these crises necessarily involve attending to the voices of those who have suffered them in the past—inc…

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Molly Worthen, “From St. Paul to Populist Politics: The Evolution of Charismatic Leadership” 27:07

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Charisma is a concept we typically use to refer to individuals who fascinate, attract, and captivate us in some way. The word’s modern usage, however, obscures its origins in Christian doctrine. In such contexts, charismatic figures were understood to have a kind of divinely ordained authority and spiritual influence.In this podcast episode, Molly …

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Katherine Mellen Charron, “Women, Rural Communities, and the Struggle for Black Freedom” 15:20

4y ago15:20

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When mapping the struggle for Black freedom and racial justice, historians have often emphasized the events and organizational efforts that occurred in urban areas, largely led by men. However, in order to take Black Power politics seriously in a more comprehensive fashion, we need to understand how they also emerged from and developed in rural Ame…

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