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Society & Culture
History
2026
M. Todd Bennett, "Neither Confirm Nor Deny: How...
An interview with M. Todd Bennett
82 min
2027
The Ascendance of Social Conservatism in the Pu...
A Conversation with Ryan T. Anderson
55 min
2028
The History of the American Shopping Mall and I...
A Conversation with Alexandra Lange
65 min
2029
Rachel E. Walker, "Beauty and the Brain: The Sc...
An interview with Rachel E. Walker
48 min
2030
Frank Costigliola, "Kennan: A Life Between Worl...
An interview with Frank Costigliola
60 min
2031
Vicky Johnson-Dahl, "Buffalo in 50 Maps" (Belt,...
An interview with Vicky Johnson-Dahl
36 min
2032
Lloyd Daniel Barba, "Sowing the Sacred: Mexican...
An interview with Lloyd Daniel Barba
22 min
2033
Susan McCall Perlman, "Contesting France: Intel...
An interview with Susan McCall Perlman
71 min
2034
Anna Piela, "Wearing the Niqab: Muslim Women in...
An interview with Anna Piela
51 min
2035
Allan E. S. Lumba, "Monetary Authorities: Capit...
An interview with Allan E. S. Lumba
39 min
2036
Judith Hicks Stiehm, "Janet Reno: A Life" (UP o...
An interview with Judith Hicks Stiehm
21 min
2037
Moon-Ho Jung, "Menace to Empire: Anticolonial S...
An interview with Moon-Ho Jung
40 min
2038
The Rhetoric of Decline
A Conversation with Jed Esty
18 min
2039
Samuel J. Redman, "The Museum: A Short History ...
An interview with Samuel J. Redman
59 min
2040
Nate G. Hilger, "The Parent Trap: How to Stop O...
An interview with Nate G. Hilger
55 min
2041
Jacqueline Beatty, "In Dependence: Women and th...
An interview with Jacqueline Beatty
48 min
2042
Lee Lowenfish, "Baseball's Endangered Species: ...
An interview with Lee Lowenfish
50 min
2043
Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik, "Blood in the Tra...
An interview with Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik
55 min
2044
Kathryn Olivarius, "Necropolis: Disease, Power,...
An interview with Kathryn Olivarius
86 min
2045
Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn, "The Autocratic Acad...
An interview with Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn
65 min
2046
Patrick J. Charles, "Vote Gun: How Gun Rights B...
An interview with Patrick J. Charles
40 min
2047
Amanda L. Van Lanen, "The Washington Apple: Orc...
An interview with Amanda L. Van Lanen
46 min
2048
James Kyung-Jin Lee, "Pedagogies of Woundedness...
An interview with James Kyung-Jin Lee
23 min
2049
Mark R. Warren, "Willful Defiance: The Movement...
An interview with Mark R. Warren
34 min
2050
Robin James, "The Future of Rock and Roll: 97X ...
An interview with Robin James
60 min