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Society & Culture
History
1976
Anna Piela, "Wearing the Niqab: Muslim Women in...
An interview with Anna Piela
51 min
1977
Susan McCall Perlman, "Contesting France: Intel...
An interview with Susan McCall Perlman
71 min
1978
Lloyd Daniel Barba, "Sowing the Sacred: Mexican...
An interview with Lloyd Daniel Barba
22 min
1979
Allan E. S. Lumba, "Monetary Authorities: Capit...
An interview with Allan E. S. Lumba
39 min
1980
Moon-Ho Jung, "Menace to Empire: Anticolonial S...
An interview with Moon-Ho Jung
40 min
1981
Judith Hicks Stiehm, "Janet Reno: A Life" (UP o...
An interview with Judith Hicks Stiehm
21 min
1982
Nate G. Hilger, "The Parent Trap: How to Stop O...
An interview with Nate G. Hilger
55 min
1983
Samuel J. Redman, "The Museum: A Short History ...
An interview with Samuel J. Redman
59 min
1984
The Rhetoric of Decline
A Conversation with Jed Esty
18 min
1985
Jacqueline Beatty, "In Dependence: Women and th...
An interview with Jacqueline Beatty
48 min
1986
Lee Lowenfish, "Baseball's Endangered Species: ...
An interview with Lee Lowenfish
50 min
1987
Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik, "Blood in the Tra...
An interview with Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik
55 min
1988
Kathryn Olivarius, "Necropolis: Disease, Power,...
An interview with Kathryn Olivarius
86 min
1989
Patrick J. Charles, "Vote Gun: How Gun Rights B...
An interview with Patrick J. Charles
40 min
1990
Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn, "The Autocratic Acad...
An interview with Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn
65 min
1991
Amanda L. Van Lanen, "The Washington Apple: Orc...
An interview with Amanda L. Van Lanen
46 min
1992
James Kyung-Jin Lee, "Pedagogies of Woundedness...
An interview with James Kyung-Jin Lee
23 min
1993
Mark R. Warren, "Willful Defiance: The Movement...
An interview with Mark R. Warren
34 min
1994
Robin James, "The Future of Rock and Roll: 97X ...
An interview with Robin James
60 min
1995
Michael T. Friedman, "Mallparks: Baseball Stadi...
An interview with Michael T. Friedman
71 min
1996
Erik J. Dahl, "The COVID-19 Intelligence Failur...
An interview with Erik J. Dahl
58 min
1997
The History of 19th-Century Quarantine Politics...
85 min
1998
J. T. Roane, "Dark Agoras: Insurgent Black Soci...
An interview with J. T. Roane
63 min
1999
Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour, "The Politics of S...
An interview with Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour
87 min
2000
Chris Suh, "The Allure of Empire: American Enco...
An interview with Chris Suh
115 min