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Society & Culture
History
2026
Carceral Capitalism
A reading by Conor Rose
24 min
2027
Kathryn J. McGarr, "City of Newsmen: Public Lie...
An interview with Kathryn J. McGarr
61 min
2028
Virginia Jackson, "Before Modernism: Inventing ...
An interview with Virginia Jackson
46 min
2029
Mark Paul, "The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming Ame...
An interview with Mark Paul
50 min
2030
Thom Shanker and Andrew Hoehn, "Age of Danger: ...
An interview with Thom Shanker and Andrew Hoehn
60 min
2031
The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Lee: A Convers...
80 min
2032
Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick, "Bad Bridg...
An interview with Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick
44 min
2033
Kody W. Cooper and Justin Buckley Dyer, "The Cl...
An interview with Kody W. Cooper
77 min
2034
Matthew Jagel, "Khmer Nationalist: Sơn Ngc Thàn...
An interview with Matthew Jagel
58 min
2035
Pharmacological Histories Ep. 2: Mikkael A. Sek...
An interview with Mikkael A. Sekeres
33 min
2036
Michelle Smirnova, "The Prescription-To-Prison ...
An interview with Michelle Smirnova
61 min
2037
Alvin J. Henry, "Black Queer Flesh: Rejecting S...
An interview with Alvin J. Henry
57 min
2038
Bill Steigerwald, "30 Days a Black Man: The For...
An interview with Bill Steigerwald
44 min
2039
Jonathan Eig, "King: A Life" (FSG, 2023)
An interview with Jonathan Eig
36 min
2040
Maria L. Quintana, "Contracting Freedom: Race, ...
An interview with Maria L. Quintana
49 min
2041
John Klaess, "Breaks in the Air: The Birth of R...
An interview with John Klaess
57 min
2042
Philip Clayton Shackelford, "Rise of the Maveri...
An interview with Philip Clayton Shackelford
43 min
2043
Naomi McDougall Jones, "The Wrong Kind of Women...
An interview with Naomi McDougall Jones
61 min
2044
Jack Parlett, "Fire Island" (Hanover Square Pre...
An interview with Jack Parlett
66 min
2045
Timothy Sandefur, "Freedom's Furies: How Isabel...
An interview with Timothy Sandefur
35 min
2046
Co-Illusion: Dispatches from the End of Communi...
An interview with David Levi Strauss
21 min
2047
Saturation: Race, Art, and the Circulation of V...
A Reading by C. Riley Snorton and Hentyle Yapp
25 min
2048
Christianity and the American Founding with Mar...
56 min
2049
Karin Chenoweth, "Districts That Succeed: Break...
An interview with Karin Chenoweth
44 min
2050
Gregory Harms, "No Politics, No Religion?: How ...
An interview with Gregory Harms
60 min