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Society & Culture
History
2001
Melanie Heath, "Forbidden Intimacies: Polygamie...
An interview with Melanie Heath
45 min
2002
Daniel L. Hatcher, "Injustice, Inc.: How Americ...
An interview with Daniel L. Hatcher
60 min
2003
Alvin Hall, "Driving the Green Book: A Road Tri...
An interview with Alvin Hall
66 min
2004
Daniel Heath Justice and Jean M. O'Brien, "Allo...
An interview with Daniel Heath Justice and Jean M. O'Brien
24 min
2005
Rose Marshack, "Play Like a Man: My Life in Pos...
An interview with Rose Marshack
50 min
2006
China's Century? Why America's Edge Will Endure
An interview with Michael Beckley
29 min
2007
Patrick L. Schmidt, "Harvard's Quixotic Pursuit...
An interview with Patrick L. Schmidt
77 min
2008
Magdalena J. Zaborowska, "James Baldwin’s Turki...
An interview with Magdalena J. Zaborowska
58 min
2009
Felicity Hwee-Hwa Chan, "Tensions in Diversity:...
An interview with Felicity Hwee-Hwa Chan
65 min
2010
Michael Walzer, "The Struggle for a Decent Poli...
An interview with Michael Walzer
48 min
2011
Roy Schwartz, "Is Superman Circumcised?: The Co...
An interview with Roy Schwartz
102 min
2012
Jessica Wilson, "It's Always Been Ours: Rewriti...
An interview with Jessica Wilson
56 min
2013
Tisa Wenger and Sylvester A. Johnson, "Religion...
An interview with Tisa Wenger and Sylvester A. Johnson
49 min
2014
Roger Biles and Mark H. Rose, "A Good Place to ...
An interview with Roger Biles and Mark H. Rose
61 min
2015
Bradford Vivian, "Campus Misinformation: The Re...
An interview with Bradford Vivian
53 min
2016
R. J. M. Blackett, "Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Lif...
An interview with R. J. M. Blackett
57 min
2017
The Deception Dividend: FDR's Undeclared War
An interview with John Schuessler
35 min
2018
Stephen Prothero, "God, the Bestseller: How One...
An interview with Stephen Prothero
42 min
2019
Nicholas Carnes and Lilly J. Goren, "The Politi...
An interview with Nicholas Carnes and Lilly J. Goren
62 min
2020
Damian Alan Pargas, "Freedom Seekers: Fugitive ...
An interview with Damian Alan Pargas
68 min
2021
Traveling Black, A Story of Race and Resistance...
48 min
2022
Cherished and Cursed: Toward a Social History o...
An interview with Stephen J. Whitfield
33 min
2023
"Prettier Than They Used to Be”: Femininity, Fa...
An interview with Mary Kelley
27 min
2024
Kelsey Klotz, "Dave Brubeck and the Performance...
An interview with Kelsey Klotz
66 min
2025
Susan J. Stanfield, "Rewriting Citizenship: Wom...
123 min