Best McGill University Podcasts (2025)

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 11:35 AM PST: McGill No. 1 in Canada in 2026 QS World University Rankings - McGill Reporter, Mexique: au moins deux morts au passage de l'ouragan «Erick», qui s'affaiblit 2:25

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Today's Top Headlines:- McGill No. 1 in Canada in 2026 QS World University Rankings - McGill Reporter: https://tinyurl.com/2cxmxghc- Mexique: au moins deux morts au passage de l'ouragan «Erick», qui s'affaiblit: https://tinyurl.com/2yh982mk- Mexique: au moins deux morts au passage de louragan «Erick», qui saffaiblit: https://tinyurl.com/2com84oh- G…

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CanadaFarsi - June 21, 2025 - 06:51 AM PST: Rhode Island lawmakers pass bill to ban sales of assault weapons, Whitehorse's McIntyre Creek area is now a territorial park 2:15

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Today's Top Headlines:- Rhode Island lawmakers pass bill to ban sales of assault weapons: https://tinyurl.com/2azdwz2z- Whitehorse's McIntyre Creek area is now a territorial park: https://tinyurl.com/22lpk99p- Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Burnaby sign agreement to co-manage Barnet Marine Park: https://tinyurl.com/25pltfc4- Nanaimo mom upset with drug …

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CanadaFarsi - June 21, 2025 - 05:50 AM PST: Jane Silverstone Segal Increases Number of Shares of DAVIDsTEA Inc. Under Her Control, Universities Win Order Voiding Agency’s 15% Research Cost Cap 2:29

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Today's Top Headlines:- Jane Silverstone Segal Increases Number of Shares of DAVIDsTEA Inc. Under Her Control: https://tinyurl.com/23gkotro- Universities Win Order Voiding Agency’s 15% Research Cost Cap: https://tinyurl.com/2y75t5jd- Man dead after shooting in Brampton: https://tinyurl.com/25mlerg6- N.W.T. education minister announces sweeping revi…

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CanadaFarsi - June 21, 2025 - 04:50 AM PST: Regina's supervised consumption site reopens after fire, Nopiming business owners hope province will help shoulder losses from summer season cut short by wildfires ... 2:30

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Today's Top Headlines:- Regina's supervised consumption site reopens after fire: https://tinyurl.com/2a6uejez- Nopiming business owners hope province will help shoulder losses from summer season cut short by wildfires: https://tinyurl.com/29jbcor9- 'The noise is gone': Family of murdered teen describes 379 days of grief at sentencing hearing: https…

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CanadaFarsi - June 21, 2025 - 03:48 AM PST: One person critically injured in Brampton shooting, paramedics say, Parks Canada says fatal Banff rockfall not foreseeable or preventable 2:15

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Today's Top Headlines:- One person critically injured in Brampton shooting, paramedics say: https://tinyurl.com/23psf6oa- Parks Canada says fatal Banff rockfall not foreseeable or preventable: https://tinyurl.com/28ukm3za- B.C. ostrich farm granted stay of cull pending review: https://tinyurl.com/26xjohmn- Life sentence with no parole for 12 years …

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CanadaFarsi - June 21, 2025 - 02:48 AM PST: Secondary school students show off in “Valemount-a-palooza”, The Gardner Legacy 2:14

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Today's Top Headlines:- Secondary school students show off in “Valemount-a-palooza”: https://tinyurl.com/2d9v5dgo- The Gardner Legacy: https://tinyurl.com/2cyqyo96- CP NewsAlert: Internal trade part of Bill C-5 passes in House of Commons: https://tinyurl.com/299ttcad- Dr. Lael Parrott appointed Dean of the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science: https…

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CanadaFarsi - June 21, 2025 - 01:47 AM PST: Teck Resources eyes output boost for chipmaking-metal germanium, Vulnerable women sent to jail for fatal beating in case Winnipeg judge calls 'dreadful, yet ... 2:24

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Today's Top Headlines:- Teck Resources eyes output boost for chipmaking-metal germanium: https://tinyurl.com/2cz9jghk- Vulnerable women sent to jail for fatal beating in case Winnipeg judge calls 'dreadful, yet not uncommon': https://tinyurl.com/225awt9o- ‘Multi-storey building coming down’: Banff rock slide survivor describes deadly incident: http…

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Claire Pierson, "Women's Troubles: Gender and Feminist Politics in Post-Agreement Northern Ireland" (Manchester University Press, 2025) 55:28

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How do feminist movements develop and organise in ethno-nationally divided societies? How does this challenge our understandings of contemporary fourth wave feminism? Women's Troubles: Gender and Feminist Politics in Post-Agreement Northern Ireland (Manchester University Press, 2025) by Dr. Claire Pierson sets out to answer these questions using ri…

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Marc Sapir, "I'll Fly Away: Stories About Amazing Disabled Elders" (2025) 50:39

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We all hope to grow old with dignity and some joyfulness. The intimate narratives of 40 extraordinary elders shared in I'll Fly Away: Stories About Amazing Disabled Elders explore both the challenges of aging and the joys and vibrancy that often persist in the twilight years. Poignant observations of the patients and families by a team of health pr…

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CanadaFarsi - June 21, 2025 - 12:46 AM PST: Environment Canada warns of extreme heat for Windsor-Essex, Chatham, Sarnia areas, N.S. government pushes for buy-in as some municipalities balk at resource ... 2:26

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Today's Top Headlines:- Environment Canada warns of extreme heat for Windsor-Essex, Chatham, Sarnia areas: https://tinyurl.com/2ya5owsb- N.S. government pushes for buy-in as some municipalities balk at resource development: https://tinyurl.com/249pzm5s- ‘Someone who needs help’: Montreal mom charged with abandoning daughter to be detained until bai…

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 11:45 PM PST: Hot weather expected to arrive in Waterloo region, Guelph and area this weekend, Two 18-year-olds now face manslaughter charges after teen killed in hit-and ... 2:38

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Today's Top Headlines:- Hot weather expected to arrive in Waterloo region, Guelph and area this weekend: https://tinyurl.com/2a9ya7oz- Two 18-year-olds now face manslaughter charges after teen killed in hit-and-run last summer: https://tinyurl.com/2bab29pb- RCMP finally identifies Air India bomb-testing suspect: https://tinyurl.com/28rm27dw- Winnip…

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 10:44 PM PST: Lions, Bombers head into rematch with wounded stars, Trump says America has ‘too many’ national holidays and they’re hurting the economy. Is he right? 2:16

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Today's Top Headlines:- Lions, Bombers head into rematch with wounded stars: https://tinyurl.com/299pl9oe- Trump says America has ‘too many’ national holidays and they’re hurting the economy. Is he right?: https://tinyurl.com/2aoq3j5o- Relief, but few answers in community where Quebec girl was found: https://tinyurl.com/29ubn4bn- Father, son facing…

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 09:43 PM PST: More microplastics in glass bottles than plastic: study, Big-name porn sites back online in France after age check row 2:31

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Today's Top Headlines:- More microplastics in glass bottles than plastic: study: https://tinyurl.com/2d2wg8og- Big-name porn sites back online in France after age check row: https://tinyurl.com/23hfa3al- Pilot killed in small plane crash in North Carolina raised a wheel to avoid a turtle, NTSB says: https://tinyurl.com/23ajvg3t- British superyacht …

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 08:43 PM PST: Snowden Sports Day, Talk of the town(home): Row homes see strong demand 1:26

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Today's Top Headlines:- Snowden Sports Day: https://tinyurl.com/2792avlv- Talk of the town(home): Row homes see strong demand: https://tinyurl.com/23cft8vd- DHL Express halts operations as anti-replacement worker bill takes effect amid strike: https://tinyurl.com/2yy9pjh7- UK lawmakers back a bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives: …

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 07:42 PM PST: Chris Brown pleads not guilty to assault charge in U.K., Acuvue contact lenses recalled in Canada over 'microbubbles' issue 2:17

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Today's Top Headlines:- Chris Brown pleads not guilty to assault charge in U.K.: https://tinyurl.com/2azzyhey- Acuvue contact lenses recalled in Canada over 'microbubbles' issue: https://tinyurl.com/25c287a3- ANALYSIS: Stanley Cup winners a masterclass in leadership: https://tinyurl.com/2casy7lw- Unifor asks feds to reject DHL’s request for strike …

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 06:41 PM PST: RCMP investigating suspicious death in Colliers, Man wanted on 1st-degree murder charge after Toronto stabbing 2:21

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Today's Top Headlines:- RCMP investigating suspicious death in Colliers: https://tinyurl.com/24thp96l- Man wanted on 1st-degree murder charge after Toronto stabbing: https://tinyurl.com/22qv8552- Fires restricted in much of Yukon as weather warms: https://tinyurl.com/2dkkhwqf- North Edmonton residents displaced after lightning ignites house, apartm…

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 05:40 PM PST: Accident mortel sous la pluie intense à Lévis, Rights groups slam Saudi execution of journalist 1:49

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Today's Top Headlines:- Accident mortel sous la pluie intense à Lévis: https://tinyurl.com/29gdhzx6- Rights groups slam Saudi execution of journalist: https://tinyurl.com/2dljzq3b- England's 2 late wickets spoil great start by India on first morning at Headingley: https://tinyurl.com/24r2k8tl- El balcón de Cristina Fernández, motivo de disputa …

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 04:40 PM PST: TomaGold Set to Launch Strategic Drilling Campaign on its Chibougamau Projects, Noella Eaton 2:22

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Today's Top Headlines:- TomaGold Set to Launch Strategic Drilling Campaign on its Chibougamau Projects: https://tinyurl.com/2ba8drxa- Noella Eaton: https://tinyurl.com/2yblon9m- H.C. Wainwright reiterates buy rating on Kura Oncology stock at $40: https://tinyurl.com/27jea2ed- Array Technologies price target raised to $9 from $8 at Mizuho: https://t…

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 03:39 PM PST: Scattered power outages, Factory Road reopens after downed hydro lines, UPDATE: Power restored for hundreds of Hydro One customers in Picton 2:11

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Today's Top Headlines:- Scattered power outages, Factory Road reopens after downed hydro lines: https://tinyurl.com/27gqff3t- UPDATE: Power restored for hundreds of Hydro One customers in Picton: https://tinyurl.com/2ax3mqzw- Iran's internet blackout leaves public in dark and creates an uneven picture of the war with Israel: https://tinyurl.com/23p…

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 02:38 PM PST: 纽博格林是赛车圣地,更是BMW M的传奇福地, Singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty in London assault case 2:12

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Today's Top Headlines:- 纽博格林是赛车圣地,更是BMW M的传奇福地: https://tinyurl.com/27hw7occ- Singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty in London assault case: https://tinyurl.com/2bn58wfh- Asian shares are mixed and oil gains as world waits to see if U.S. will join Israel’s war against Iran: https://tinyurl.com/224l2rym- June 2025 CPP, OAS payments come out soon for e…

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 01:37 PM PST: Canadians are ‘leading’ in LGBTQ2 support amid global declines: Ipsos, Philpot, Alouettes remain undefeated with 38-28 victory over Elks 2:21

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Today's Top Headlines:- Canadians are ‘leading’ in LGBTQ2 support amid global declines: Ipsos: https://tinyurl.com/2942osue- Philpot, Alouettes remain undefeated with 38-28 victory over Elks: https://tinyurl.com/23dq84m3- United Conservative Party releases CPP survey results 21 months late: https://tinyurl.com/2dx3lymj- Surrey trucking company targ…

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 12:36 PM PST: A week into their war, Israel and Iran launch new strikes even as diplomatic effort gets underway, UK lawmakers begin crunch debate on allowing terminally ill ... 2:21

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Today's Top Headlines:- A week into their war, Israel and Iran launch new strikes even as diplomatic effort gets underway: https://tinyurl.com/25k2tdll- UK lawmakers begin crunch debate on allowing terminally ill adults to end their lives: https://tinyurl.com/2booeyar- Young powwow dancers, drummers in Thunder Bay, Ont., share their craft with fell…

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 10:34 AM PST: New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon talks trade in meeting with China’s Xi, China’s Record Oil Stockpile Offers Buffer as Iran Crisis Builds 2:34

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Today's Top Headlines:- New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon talks trade in meeting with China’s Xi: https://tinyurl.com/22tlc3ln- China’s Record Oil Stockpile Offers Buffer as Iran Crisis Builds: https://tinyurl.com/2acjy5xw- Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of June 19, 2025: All Submitted Resolutions Were Adopted: https://tinyurl.com/2yz22kr9- It’s Rai…

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 09:33 AM PST: GEN3 Evo赛车亮相雅加达,FE电动方程式第11赛季冠军之争进入白热化, Hardware Security Modules (HSM) Company Evaluation Report 2025 Featuring Over 100 Players: Thales, IBM, And Utimaco Management ... 3:00

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Today's Top Headlines:- GEN3 Evo赛车亮相雅加达,FE电动方程式第11赛季冠军之争进入白热化: https://tinyurl.com/28ccmrs2- Hardware Security Modules (HSM) Company Evaluation Report 2025 Featuring Over 100 Players: Thales, IBM, And Utimaco Management Services Crowned The HSM Industry Giants: https://tinyurl.com/2cv9eabo- Foam-Based Beauty And Personal Care Products Market To Gro…

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 08:32 AM PST: Environment Canada explains timing of Essex tornado alert, as experts weigh in, Quebec dials back emissions projections due to global uncertainty 2:16

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Today's Top Headlines:- Environment Canada explains timing of Essex tornado alert, as experts weigh in: https://tinyurl.com/27dnz3ey- Quebec dials back emissions projections due to global uncertainty: https://tinyurl.com/24p8zz24- B.C. driver who caused life-altering injuries for A&W worker gets $1,500 fine: https://tinyurl.com/2atjv3jw- B.C. fores…

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CanadaFarsi - June 20, 2025 - 07:31 AM PST: Environment Canada explains timing of Essex tornado alert, as experts weigh in, Quebec dials back emissions projections due to global uncertainty 2:10

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Today's Top Headlines:- Environment Canada explains timing of Essex tornado alert, as experts weigh in: https://tinyurl.com/27dnz3ey- Quebec dials back emissions projections due to global uncertainty: https://tinyurl.com/24p8zz24- B.C. driver who caused life-altering injuries for A&W worker gets $1,500 fine: https://tinyurl.com/2atjv3jw- Canada won…

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Laura Frances Goffman, "Disorder and Diagnosis: Health and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Arabia" (Stanford UP, 2024) 53:05

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Disorder and Diagnosis: Health and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Arabia (Stanford UP, 2024) offers a social and political history of medicine, disease, and public health in the Persian Gulf from the late nineteenth century until the 1973 oil boom. Foregrounding the everyday practices of Gulf residents--hospital patients, quarantined passe…

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Laura Frances Goffman, "Disorder and Diagnosis: Health and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Arabia" (Stanford UP, 2024) 53:05

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Disorder and Diagnosis: Health and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Arabia (Stanford UP, 2024) offers a social and political history of medicine, disease, and public health in the Persian Gulf from the late nineteenth century until the 1973 oil boom. Foregrounding the everyday practices of Gulf residents--hospital patients, quarantined passe…

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Atinuke O. Adediran, "Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress" (Cambridge UP, 2025) 33:46

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The 2020 murder of George Floyd sparked mass protests that challenged many institutions, including large for-profit companies, to reflect on how to address racial inequality. Large corporations began making systematic public statements to show alignment with causes that impact people of color. These statements were also used to protect corporate re…

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Howard A. Husock, "The Projects: A New History of Public Housing" (NYU Press, 2025) 39:35

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How housing policy failed the people it was designed to help -- and how to fix it As the US struggles to provide affordable housing, millions of Americans live in deteriorating public housing projects, enduring the mistakes of past housing policy. In The Projects: A New History of Public Housing (NYU Press, 2025), Howard A. Husock explains how we g…

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L. Sasha Gora, "Culinary Claims: Indigenous Restaurant Politics in Canada" (University of Toronto Press, 2025) 1:00:20

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Culinary Claims: Indigenous Restaurant Politics in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2025) by Dr. L. Sasha Gora explores the complex relationships between wild plants and introduced animals, Indigenous foodways, and Canadian regulations. Blending food studies with environmental history, the book examines how cuisines reflect social and political…

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Carolyn Wolf-Gould et al., "A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States" (SUNY Press, 2025) 1:07:01

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A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States (SUNY Press, 2025) takes an empathic approach to an embattled subject. Sweeping in scope and deeply personal in nature, this groundbreaking volume traces the development of transgender medicine across three centuries-centering the voices of transgender individuals, debunking myths about gender-…

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L. Sasha Gora, "Culinary Claims: Indigenous Restaurant Politics in Canada" (University of Toronto Press, 2025) 1:00:20

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Culinary Claims: Indigenous Restaurant Politics in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2025) by Dr. L. Sasha Gora explores the complex relationships between wild plants and introduced animals, Indigenous foodways, and Canadian regulations. Blending food studies with environmental history, the book examines how cuisines reflect social and political…

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Fady Dagher, Chief of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) 39:14

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This week on The CEO Series, Karl Moore speaks with Fady Dagher, Chief of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM). Fady shares his early journey into law enforcement, what inspired him to serve, and the growing focus on mental health support for officersBy iHeartRadio

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Andrew Herscher, "Under the Campus, the Land: Anishinaabe Futuring, Colonial Non-Memory, and the Origin of the University of Michigan" (U Michigan Press, 2025) 42:33

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In the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs, Anishinaabe leaders granted land to a college where their children could be educated. At the time, the colonial settlement of Anishinaabe homelands hardly extended beyond Detroit in what settlers called the “Michigan Territory.” Four days after the Treaty of Fort Meigs was signed, the First College of Michigania wa…

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Maraam A. Dwidar, "Power to the Partners: Organizational Coalitions in Social Justice Advocacy" (University of Chicago Press, 2025) 30:00

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A vital examination of how social and economic justice organizations overcome resource disadvantages and build political power. Why do some coalitions triumph while others fall short? In Power to the Partners: Organizational Coalitions in Social Justice Advocacy, Maraam A. Dwidar documents the vital role of social and economic justice organizations…

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David Zweig, "An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions" (MIT Press, 2025) 57:39

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An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions (MIT Press, 2025) is a devastating account of the decision-making process behind one of the worst American policy failures in a century—the extended closures of public schools during the pandemic. In fascinating and meticulously reported detail, David Zweig shows how…

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Jonathan Tarleton, "Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons" (Beacon Press, 2025) 1:27:05

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In Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons (Beacon Press, 2025), urban planner and oral historian Jonathan Tarleton introduces readers to 2 social housing co-ops in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Longtime residents of St. James Towers and Southbridge Towers lock horns over whether to maintain the rules that have kept thei…

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Sladja Blažan, "Ghosts and Their Hosts: The Colonization of the Invisible World in Early America" (University of Virginia Press, 2025) 53:18

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In Ghosts and Their Hosts: The Colonization of the Invisible World in Early America (University of Virginia Press, 2025), Dr. Sladja Blažan explains the foundational role of ghost stories in fostering the cultural imaginary, offering a medium for framing political ideologies, philosophical thought, racial anxieties, and social concerns. Ghosts and …

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Jenn Hobbs, "Bodily Fluids, Fluid Bodies and International Politics: Feminist Technoscience, Biopolitics and Security" (Bristol University Press, 2024) 1:04:05

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In recent years, security actors have become increasingly concerned with health issues. Bodily Fluids, Fluid Bodies and International Politics: Feminist Technoscience, Biopolitics and Security (Bristol University Press, 2024) by Dr. Jenn Hobbs reveals how understandings of race, sexuality and gender are produced/reproduced through healthcare policy…

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Fernando Pérez-Montesinos, "Landscaping Indigenous Mexico: The Liberal State and Capitalism in the Purépecha Highlands" (U Texas Press, 2025) 1:15:56

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Fernando Pérez-Montesinos's first book, Landscaping Indigenous Mexico: The Liberal State and Capitalism in the Purépecha Highlands (University of Texas Press, 2025), focuses on the Purépecha people of Michoacán, Mexico, and examines why and how long-standing patterns of communal landholding changed in response to liberal policies, railroad expansio…

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Coll Thrush, "Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific" (University of Washington Press, 2025) 32:13

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The Northwest Coast of North America is a treacherous place. Unforgiving coastlines, powerful currents, unpredictable weather, and features such as the notorious Columbia River bar have resulted in more than two thousand shipwrecks, earning the coastal areas of Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver Island the moniker “Graveyard of the Pacific.” Beginni…

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Coll Thrush, "Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific" (University of Washington Press, 2025) 32:13

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The Northwest Coast of North America is a treacherous place. Unforgiving coastlines, powerful currents, unpredictable weather, and features such as the notorious Columbia River bar have resulted in more than two thousand shipwrecks, earning the coastal areas of Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver Island the moniker “Graveyard of the Pacific.” Beginni…

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Robert Chernomas, Gregory Chernomas, and Ian Hudson, "The American Gene: Unnatural Selection Along Class, Race, and Gender Lines" (Routledge, 2025) 26:31

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Biological justification for all forms of inequality has a long history, with the claim that particular groups suffer disproportionately from inherited flaws of ability and character used to explain a remarkably wide variety of inequalities. Providing an important critique of that biodeterminist history and how the Human Genome Project has inspired…

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