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Society & Culture
History
2001
Lorenzo Costaguta, "Workers of All Colors Unite...
An interview with Lorenzo Costaguta
50 min
2002
Kidada E. Williams, "I Saw Death Coming: A Hist...
An interview with Kidada E. Williams
43 min
2003
You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Pola...
An interview with Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner
48 min
2004
Yang Va Lor, "Unequal Choices: How Social Class...
An interview with Yang Va Lor
56 min
2005
Chris Campion and Bud Lee, "The War is Here: Ne...
An interview with Chris Campion
41 min
2006
Tazeen M. Ali, "The Women’s Mosque of America: ...
An interview with Tazeen M. Ali
30 min
2007
Scott McGaugh, "Brotherhood of the Flying Coffi...
An interview with Scott McGaugh
59 min
2008
Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and ...
An interview with Jon Peterson and Peter Bebergal
56 min
2009
Joel Lafayette Fletcher III, "With Hawks and An...
An interview with Joel Lafayette Fletcher III
27 min
2010
Strategy and Saratoga: A Conversation with Kevi...
56 min
2011
Naoíse Mac Sweeney, "The West: A New History of...
An interview with Naoíse Mac Sweeney
40 min
2012
Kenneth Mondschein, "On Time: A History of West...
An interview with Kenneth Mondschein
46 min
2013
Missing: Men at Work — A Conversation with Nick...
50 min
2014
Evelyn Alsultany, "Broken: The Failed Promise o...
An interview with Evelyn Alsultany
58 min
2015
Saskia Coenen Snyder, "A Brilliant Commodity: D...
An interview with Saskia Coenen Snyder
56 min
2016
Party
A Discussion with Sheila Liming
15 min
2017
Money or Meaning? A Discussion on Choice and Re...
57 min
2018
James Zarsadiaz, "Resisting Change in Suburbia:...
An interview with James Zarsadiaz
55 min
2019
America & Democracy Ep. 5: Brandon Terry on MLK
An interview with Brandon Terry
46 min
2020
Rebecca Brückmann, "Massive Resistance and Sout...
An interview with Rebecca Brückmann
67 min
2021
Alicia Gutierrez-Romine, "From Back Alley to th...
An interview with Alicia Gutierrez-Romine
52 min
2022
Christopher H. Evans, "Do Everything: The Biogr...
An interview with Christopher H. Evans
57 min
2023
America & Democracy Ep. 3: Carol A. Stabile on ...
An interview with Carol A. Stabile
42 min
2024
Book Talk 60: Cleo McNellly Kearns on Mark Twai...
An interview with Cleo McNellly Kearns
75 min
2025
Landon Jones, "Celebrity Nation: How America Ev...
An interview with Landon Jones
23 min