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1 Editor Bob Wilson Celebrates A Career of Literary Journalism 24:28
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedThe retiring editor of The American Scholar magazine reflects on decades producing literary journalism, why he always supported women writers, and the role of journalists in turbulent times.
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1 2021 Lebowitz Award Winners on How We Perceive Our Selves 30:47
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedThe Lebowitz Award is presented each year to a pair of outstanding philosophers who hold contrasting views on a topic of current interest in the field. The 2021 winners, New York University's Ned Block and Johns Hopkins University's Ian Phillips, speak with Fred about how they approach philosophy of mind – specifically, our powers of perception and how that affects our consciousness.…
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1 Professor Joan Waugh Debunks the “Easy Stereotypes of History” 23:59
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedThe UCLA scholar tries to understand the past on its own terms, while interrogating how we memorialize it. She speaks with Fred about the memory wars that have outlived the Civil War, the politics of Reconstruction that gave us Confederate monuments, and what we can learn from Gettysburg by visiting the place.…
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1 Princeton’s Doug Massey Unpacks U.S. Migration and Housing Segregation 25:05
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedThe multidisciplinary scholar’s wide-ranging interests led him to demography and population research early on. He speaks with Fred about what people generally misunderstand about immigration into the U.S., how border enforcement has backfired, and why racial segregation and housing discrimination persist around the country.…
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The Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards are presented annually to three outstanding scholarly books published in the United States. The 2021 winners are Jenn Shapland for My Autobiography of Carson McCullers ; Sarah Stewart Johnson for The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World ; and Alice Baumgartner for South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War . During the ceremony, the authors shared their thought process that sparked their ideas, found commonality in courage, and reflected on the moments that spurred them on to pursue the work we honored.…
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1 How Biophysicist Karen Fleming Explores the Rules of Life, Evolution, and Disease 23:05
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedThe biophysicist has been running a discovery research lab for two decades at Johns Hopkins. She speaks with Fred about the randomness underlying all molecular processes, computer models that enable the integration of multiple scientific disciplines, and what she sees as compelling strategies for a more inclusive STEM pipeline. This interview was recorded remotely.…
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1 Bro Adams Knows What the Humanities Can Do Beyond Campuses 25:46
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedWilliam "Bro" Adams, the former head of the National Endowment of the Humanities, and President of Colby College and Bucknell University brought the humanities with him through his professional journey. While doing so he challenged colleges to rethink the impact liberal arts and sciences had on students, and the role they could play in the broader general public. In this episode, he shares how the meaningful life and the productive life can coexist and how they can both be served in higher education.…
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1 Yale’s Tracey Meares Deconstructs Our Relationship with the Police 25:08
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedShe’s a nationally recognized expert on policing. She speaks with Fred about the need to reimagine public safety and reform, the distinct American policing experience in a global context, and what it’s like trying to convince her law school students that criminal procedure is actually about constitutional law. This interview was recorded remotely.…
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1 Anthropologist Elizabeth Cullen Dunn on Why Geography Is a Way of Thinking 23:43
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedShe has spent years studying displaced people living in refugee camps around the world. And has sometimes even been claimed by residents thanks to her ability to acclimate with her research subjects. Here, Cullen Dunn explains why geography is a way of thinking, how we can reconsider the role of charity in resettlement efforts, and what the digital revolution has to do with forced migration.…
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1 Biophysicist Martin Gruebele on the Future of Scientific Discovery 24:18
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedHe studies a broad range of fundamental problems in chemical and biological physics, and thinks deeply about the course of scientific inquiry. And finds fascinating ways to explain things to Fred in this episode, like what Zebrafish and chemical reactions in the Ozone layer can teach us about collaboration, and why more policymakers and scientists should be talking to one another.…
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1 Philosopher Susan Wolf on Meaningfulness as a Dimension of a Good Life 25:21
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedThe moral philosopher ponders why being happy and acting morally may not be enough to satisfy us. She believes we need a vocabulary of meaning in public discourse, and suggests we strive for vitality––not joy––in the face of uncertainty and suffering. This interview was recorded remotely.
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1 Paul Robbins on How to Save Biodiversity in the Planet 23:40
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedHis research focuses on human interactions with nature and the politics of natural resource management. The professor and dean at the University of Wisconsin speaks with Fred about how the natural environment affects everything from racial and social justice to the population bust. And he reveals what coffee, frogs and workers can teach us about the survival of wildlife and humans. This interview was recorded remotely.…
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1 Lebowitz Award Winners on How We Reason in Moments of Transformation 24:32
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedThe Lebowitz Award is presented each year to a pair of outstanding philosophers who hold contrasting views on a topic of current interest in the field. The 2020 winners, University of Chicago’s Agnes Callard and Yale’s Laurie Paul, speak with Fred about their differing approaches to understanding and explaining what principles and mechanisms guide decision making when people face significant decisions.…
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1 Roger Guenveur Smith Makes the Sublime and the Profane Artful 26:53
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedThe writer, actor and director creates characters that resonate in the moment and speak compellingly to the day's dilemmas. From his collaboration with Spike Lee, to his portrayal of Frederick Douglas, Otto Frank and Rodney King, he unfolds fascinating stories that span his prolific career, like his unlikely decision to audition for the Yale School of Drama.…
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1 Genetics Researcher Janet Westpheling on Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists 25:08
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedShe knew early on she wanted to be a scientist. Today, her research at the intersection of academic and industrial microbiology addresses some of the most pressing energy issues of our time. The University of Georgia professor speaks with Fred about her upbringing, her work at The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, and her role as an educator and champion of scientific inquiry inside and outside of the lab.…
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1 Poet Evie Shockley on Why Poems Are an Analysis Genre 25:37
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedThe Rutgers professor, who left a career in law to pursue literature, speaks with Fred about the role of poetry in social justice, documenting and analyzing our lived experiences through poems, and why, contrary to popular belief, poems are one of the most accessible mediums of expression. And she reads two of her own.…
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The Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards are presented annually to three outstanding scholarly books published in the United States. The 2020 winners are Leah Price for What We Talk about When We Talk About Books: The History and Future of Reading ; Sarah Parcak for Archaeology From Space: How the Future Shapes the Past ; and Sarah Seo for Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American Freedom . During the ceremony, the authors shared their thought process that sparked their ideas, marveled at how much our quotidian experiences tell us about the human condition, and reflected on the individuals who spurred them on to pursue the work we honored.…
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1 Former Obama Advisor Joseph Aldy on How Climate Change Policies Can Bolster the Economy Post COVID-19 27:08
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedFormer Special Assistant to President Obama for Energy and Environment, Professor Joseph Aldy is an expert in thinking creatively about how climate change-friendly policies can bolster the economy in times of crisis. He reflects on lessons from 2009, and looks ahead at how we can build an American economy that is more resilient to risk in a post COVID-19 era.…
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1 Political Scientist Corey Brettschneider on Why We Should Distrust Our Presidents 27:36
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedBrown University’s Corey Brettschneider has spent years studying constitutional law and the purpose and limits of the presidency. As the 2020 election draws near, he speaks with Fred about the likelihood of bringing back constraints to the most powerful office in the land, why the words in the oath of office matter, and what our current political climate reveals about civil liberties, civil rights and the constitutional powers of the three branches of government.…
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1 Latin American Scholar Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel Connects Latin American Identities Across Geography and Literature 23:48
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedAs a critical reader and writer, Professor Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel at the University of Miami contextualizes colonial literature and contemporary Caribbean and Latino narratives, exploring issues of gender, sexuality, and migration. She speaks with Fred about feminism in colonial times, the literary thread between islands ruled by different empires, and what art and activism reveal about colonial legacies.…
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1 Classics Scholar Peter Meineck on How Greek Theater Trains Better Citizens 27:58
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedThe NYU's professor elaborates on how to better understand and live through today's social and moral turmoil by learning from the great theater works of antiquity. Meineck illustrates what Greek drama can teach us about understanding trauma, being informed voters, embracing difference, and what we should, and shouldn't, expect from leaders and heroes.…
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1 REPLAY: Celebrated Author Edwidge Danticat Retraces the Arc of Her Literary Genius 29:56
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedWhile promoting her new book, an accomplished short story collection called Everything Inside, the PBK member and noted writer talks about her formative experiences, like imagining herself not as Madeline but the classic’s author, and writing for a high school paper in New York City a mere year after immigrating to the US from Haiti. She opens up about “borrowed memories” in her life and her work, about the role of death and ritual in healing, and the continuity of purpose in her writing.…
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