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Society & Culture
History
1001
Ariela Freedman, "Lea" (Linda Leith Publishing,...
An interview with Ariela Freedman
25 min
1002
Glenda E. Gilmore, "Romare Bearden in the Homel...
An interview with Glenda E. Gilmore
67 min
1003
Mark Henick, "So-Called Normal: A Memoir of Fam...
An interview with Mark Henick
44 min
1004
Gary B. Fogel, "Sky Rider: Park Van Tassel and ...
An interview with Gary B. Fogel
39 min
1005
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, "Straits: Beyond the ...
An interview with Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
46 min
1006
Lea Ypi, "Free: A Child and a Country at the En...
An interview with Lea Ypi
51 min
1007
Ehud Olmert, "Searching for Peace: A Memoir of ...
An interview with Ehud Olmert
71 min
1008
Stanley Bill, "Czesław Miłosz's Faith in the Fl...
An interview with Stanley Bill
70 min
1009
Michael Mackenzie, "Otto Dix and the First Worl...
An interview with Michael Mackenzie
47 min
1010
Ellen S. More, "The Transformation of American ...
An interview with Ellen S. More
64 min
1011
Maia Weinstock, "Carbon Queen: The Remarkable L...
An interview with Maia Weinstock
39 min
1012
Nancy Barile, "I'm Not Holding Your Coat: My Br...
An interview with Nancy Barile
59 min
1013
Amadou Hampâté Bâ, "Amkoullel: The Fula Boy" (D...
An interview with Jeanne Garane and Ralph Austen
42 min
1014
Mary Childs, "The Bond King: How One Man Made a...
An interview with Mary Childs
37 min
1015
Priyambada Sarkar, "Language, Limits, and Beyon...
An interview with Priyambada Sarkar
54 min
1016
Geoffrey Wheatcroft, "Churchill's Shadow: The L...
An interview with Geoffrey Wheatcroft
40 min
1017
George Warner, "The Words of the Imams: Al-Shay...
An interview with George Warner
56 min
1018
Book Talk 51: Ardythe Ashley on Oscar Wilde
An interview with Ardythe Ashley
65 min
1019
Rossa Ó Muireartaigh, "The Zen Buddhist Philoso...
An interview with Rossa Ó Muireartaigh
46 min
1020
Jeffrey Saks and Shalom Carmy, "Agnon’s Tales o...
An interview with Jeffrey Saks
50 min
1021
Takeshi Morisato, "Tanabe Hajime and the Kyoto ...
An interview with Takeshi Morisato
51 min
1022
James C. Klagge, "Wittgenstein's Artillery: Phi...
An interview with James C. Klagge
61 min
1023
Jason M. Baxter, "The Medieval Mind of C. S. Le...
An interview with Jason M. Baxter
66 min
1024
Yveline Alexis, "Haiti Fights Back: The Life an...
An interview with Yveline Alexis
43 min
1025
Alice Jardine, "At the Risk of Thinking: An Int...
An interview with Alice Jardine
49 min