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Society & Culture
History
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Najati Sidqi, "Memoirs of a Palestinian Communi...
23 min
52
Thomas Aiello, "Return of the King: The Rebirth...
45 min
53
Betty Boyd Caroli, "A Slumless America: Mary K....
59 min
54
Duy Lap Nguyen, "Walter Benjamin and the Critiq...
35 min
55
Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams, "Kubrick: A...
An interview with Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams
53 min
56
Ben Ratliff, "Run the Song: Writing About Runni...
47 min
57
Andrew Burstein, "Being Thomas Jefferson: An In...
51 min
58
Christopher Lynch, "Formulating Foster: Stephen...
57 min
59
Oline Eaton, "Finding Jackie: The Second Act of...
An interview with Oline Eaton
53 min
60
Giles Tremlett, "El Generalísimo: A Biography o...
55 min
61
Everything Is Fine, I'll Just Work Harder: Conf...
36 min
62
Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, "P FKN...
53 min
63
Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui, "The Making of Globa...
71 min
64
Chris Boucher, "Harry "Bucky" Lew: A Biography ...
44 min
65
Matthew Kennedy, "On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opini...
An interview with Matthew Kennedy
63 min
66
Stuart Klawans, "Crooked, But Never Common: The...
An interview with Stuart Klawans
50 min
67
David Morris, "Stealing The Future: Sam Bankman...
55 min
68
Bo Tao, "Cooperative Evangelist: Kagawa Toyohik...
80 min
69
Kelsey Klotz, "Dave Brubeck and the Performance...
An interview with Kelsey Klotz
66 min
70
D. J. Taylor, "Orwell: The New Life" (Pegasus B...
An interview with T. J. Taylor
43 min
71
Ashley Brown, "Serving Herself: The Life and Ti...
An interview with Ashley Brown
45 min
72
Richard Wolin, "Heidegger in Ruins: Between Phi...
110 min
73
Richard Bradford, "Tough Guy: The Life of Norma...
An interview with Richard Bradford
69 min
74
Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, "Lin-Manuel Miranda: Th...
56 min
75
Douglas Morris, "Legal Sabotage: Ernst Fraenkel...
Morris describes the ways in which Frankel stood up to the Nazis and what understandings he drew from that experience...
59 min