Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https:/
Alistaire Tallent joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, Fictions of Pleasure: The Putain Memo
The vibrant red sandstone temples of India's Deccan Plateau, such as the Pattadakal temple cluster,
A journey through Southern Appalachia to explore the complex messages food communicates about the re
A common argument to explain the ongoing global democratic crisis is that democracy has failed to de
From the emergence of money in the ancient world to today’s interconnected landscape of high-frequen
There has been a lot of commentary from scholars and journalists as to the meaning of Donald Trump’s
Queer men's cultures of intimacy have long been sites of fierce contestation. Indeed, debates have r
Frederick Rutland—”Rutland of Jutland”—was a war hero, renowned World War I aviator…and a Japanese s
In his marvelous new book, When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness (Princeton U
Dr Laura Smith-Khan speaks with Dr Anthea Vogl about her new book, Judging Refugees: Narrative and O
Technology has surpassed religion as the central focus of our lives, from our dependence on smartpho
Based on The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition (University of
For generations most of the canonical works that detail the lives of poor people have been created b
People have played games forever, but it’s only in the past few decades that people really started t
An interview with Dr. Hizer Mir on the Alt Right and Islam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
How are technocratic experts supporting populist politics? In The New Experts Populist Elites and Te
It is often assumed that classical Sanskrit poetry and drama lack a concern with the tragic. However
How do traditions and peoples grapple with loss, particularly when it is of such magnitude that it d
Between 1776 and 1783, Britain hired an estimated 30,000 German soldiers to fight in its war against
A thought-provoking reconsideration of how the revolutionary movements of the 1970s set the mold for
