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Society & Culture
History
401
Lesley Smith, "Fragments of a World: William of...
An interview with Lesley Smith
35 min
402
Shaul Magid, "Meir Kahane: The Public Life and ...
An interview with Shaul Magid
58 min
403
A Hidden Life (with Brian Zahnd)
The Life and Martyrdom of Bl. Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943)
65 min
404
James Madison and the Spirit of Self-Government...
55 min
405
Zoë Bossiere, "Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir...
An interview with Zoë Bossiere
47 min
406
Paul Volcker: “The only number that works is zero”
In the Room at the Federal Reserve, Episode 4
43 min
407
Arthur Burns: “The smartest guy in the room”
An interview with Arthur Burns
41 min
408
Na'ou Liu, "Urban Scenes" (Cambria Press, 2023)
An interview with Yaohua Shi and Judith Amory
55 min
409
Bill Martin: “Truman looked at him and said: ‘T...
In the Room at the Federal Reserve, Episode 2
42 min
410
Edward Shanks, "The People of the Ruins" (MIT P...
An interview with Paul March-Russell
55 min
411
Alexandra Popoff, "Ayn Rand: Writing a Gospel o...
An interview with Alexandra Popoff
54 min
412
Marriner Eccles: Reform “may not have happened ...
In the Room at the Federal Reserve, Episode 1
58 min
413
Douglas Greene, "The New Reformism and the Revi...
An interview with Douglas Greene
80 min
414
Yiman Wang, "To Be an Actress: Labor and Perfor...
An interview with Yiman Wang
54 min
415
Iman Mersal, "Traces of Enayat" (Transit Books,...
An interview with Iman Mersal
57 min
416
Laura Beers. "Orwell’s Ghosts Wisdom and Warnin...
An interview with Laura Beers
40 min
417
Shaul Magid on the Jewish Radicalism of Meir Ka...
A Discussion with Shaul Magid and Eugene Sheppard
49 min
418
Tim Cooper, "When Christians Disagree: Lessons ...
An interview with Tim Cooper
29 min
419
Jim Higgins, "Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listenin...
An interview with Jim Higgins
45 min
420
Steven E. Lindquist, "The Literary Life of Yājñ...
An interview with Steven E. Lindquist
58 min
421
Robin Darling Young et al, "Evagrius of Pontus:...
An interview with Charles M. Stang, Luke Dysinger, Robin Darling Young, Joel Kalvesmaki, Columba Stewart
89 min
422
Sheila Curran Bernard, "Bring Judgment Day: Rec...
An interview with Sheila Curran Bernard
30 min
423
Robyn Hitchcock, "1967: How I Got There and Why...
An interview with Robyn Hitchcock
47 min
424
Justin B. Stein, "Alternate Currents: Reiki’s C...
An interview with Justin B. Stein
51 min
425
Naomi Westerman, "Happy Death Club: Essays on D...
An interview with Naomi Westerman
46 min