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Yale Press Podcast: Listen In. Let it Grow on You. New Podcasts from Yale University Press
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Welcome to the Yale Press Podcast, a monthly show about arts, letters, ideas, history, and just about everything else on our authors’ minds. Featuring the latest Yale University Press authors and hosted by Chris Gondek.
Now you can subscribe to the Yale Press Podcast and all other University-related podcasts on iTunes U. Visit iTunes.yale.edu for more details and subscription information. |
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Available Episodes:
Episode 1: Adrian Goldsworthy, Ivan Brunetti, Todd Hignite, and Fred Shapiro
Episode 2: Adam LeBor, T.J. Clark, and John Gribbin
Episode 3: Sidney Kirkpatrick, Gerald Edelman, Leonie Gombrich, John Marzluff, and Tony Angell
Episode 4: Hugh Brogan, Heather Cox Richardson, Allen Dwight Callahan, and Norton Garfinkle
Episode 5: Ali A. Allawi, Matthew Levitt, and Joshua Kurlantzick
Episode 6: Nayan Chanda, Harold Cook, and Alan Klein
Episode 7: Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez, Amitai Etzioni, and Gregg Mitman
Episode 8: Michael Makovsky, Tennent Bagley, and Emily Cockayne
Episode 9: Trita Parsi and James Prosek
Episode 10: Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones and Russell Korobokin
Episode 11: A.K. Sandoval-Strausz and Claudia Nahson
Episode 12: Victoria Clark and Daniel J. Solove
Episode 13: Richard Sennett and Gus Speth
Episode 14: Steve Fraser and Jay Parini
Episode 15: Josh Ozersky and Richard Thaler
Episode 16: Jonathan Zittrain and Benny Morris
Episode 17: Marwan Muasher and Rob Riemen |
Episode 17 - June 2008
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In Episode 17, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Marwan Muasher about the contribution of modern Arab states to the Middle East peace process and (2) Rob Riemen about the importance of spiritual development to the health of the body politic. |
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Episode 16 - June 2008
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In Episode 16, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Jonathan Zittrain about The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It, and with (2) Benny Morris about the founding of Israel and the first Arab-Israeli War. |
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Episode 15 - May 2008
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In Episode 15, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Josh Ozersky , about the history of the American hamburger, and with (2) Richard Thaler, co-author with Cass Sunstein of Nudge, about the importance of structuring choices. |
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Episode 14 - April 2008
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In Episode 14, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Steve Fraser, about how Americans have perceived Wall Street and its more well known investors throughout its history, and with (2) Jay Parini, about the importance of poetry for both individuals and for cultures. |
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Episode 13 - March 2008
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In Episode 13, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Richard Sennett, winner of the 2006 Hegel Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and social sciences, about the art of craftsmanship; and (2) Gus Speth, dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale, about how the free market system will need to adjust in the face of serious environmental changes. |
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Episode 12 - New Year 2008
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In Episode 12, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Victoria Clark about Zionism and the American evangelical communtity and (2) Daniel J Solove about the permanent and global nature of the Internet is affecting people’s reputations. |
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Episode 11 - Yale Press Holiday 2007
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In Episode 11, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) A. K. Sandoval-Strausz who explores the idea of American hospitality and the modern hotel as an uniquely American invention, and with (2) Claudia Nahson about the art of William Steig — the well-known cartoonist and cover artist for The New Yorker. |
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Episode 10 - November 2007
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In Episode 10, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones about the earliest beginnings of the bureau, their current fights with organized crime, and the war on terror, and with (2) Russell Korobkin about the current and future legal issues surrounding stem cell therapy. |
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Episode 9 - October 2007
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In Episode 9, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Trita Parsi about his behind-the scenes revelations about events in the Middle East and the geopolitical competition between Israel, Iran, and the United States, and with (2) James Prosek, author, watercolorist, and musician about the Yale Anglers' Journal tenth anniversary as well as its rise as one of world's premier literary journals devoted to the sport. |
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Episode 8 - July 2007
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In Episode 8, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Michael Makovsky about Winston Churchill’s views on Zionism, (2) Tennent Bagley about the controversy surrounding a KGB defector in the early 1960s, and (3) Emily Cockayne about urban nuisances people suffered in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries. |
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Episode 7 - June 2007
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In Episode 7, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez aboutFoxbats over Dimona, (2) Amitai Etzioni about a new direction in American foreign policy, and (3) Gregg Mitman about how allergies have affected American society since the Nineteenth Century. |
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Episode 6 - Globalization, Past & Present, April 2007
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In Episode 6, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Nayan Chanda of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization about the historical forces at play in globalization, (2) Harold Cook about how the growing international trading power of the Dutch republic in the 16th and 17th centuries led to advancements in medicine and science, and (3) Alan Klein about how Major League Baseball is reaching out to an international audience. |
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Episode 5 - Our World, April 2007
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In Episode 5, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Ali A. Allawi about Iraqi society and politics before, during, and after the American-led coalition’s invasion of Iraq, (2) Matthew Levitt on how Hamas embraces politics, charity, and terror, and (3) Joshua Kurlantzick on how China is using Soft Power in the International arena. |
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Episode 4 - America, Late February 2007
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In Episode 4, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Hugh Brogan about the life of Alexis de Tocqueville, (2) Heather Cox Richardson about the reconstruction of America after the Civil War, (3) Dr. Allen Dwight Callahan about the relationship of African-Americans with the Bible, and (4) Norton Garfinkle about the political and moral implications of American economic policy. |
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Episode 3 - Human Knowledge, Human Nature, Early February 2007
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In Episode 3, Chris Gondek interviews (1) Sidney D. Kirkpatrick about the unconventional life and art of Thomas Eakins, (2) Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Gerald Edelman about the intersection of brain science and human knowledge, (3) Leonie Gombrich about E.H. Gombrich's phenomenal A Little History of the World, and (4) John Marzluff and Tony Angell about the storied relationship between crows and humans. |
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Episode 2 - New Year's Perspective, January 2007
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In Episode 2, Chris Gondek interviews (1) journalist Adam LeBor about the UN’s inability to deal with genocide, (2) art historian T.J. Clark about the power of sustained attention to art, and (3) astronomer and best-selling science writer John Gribbin about The Origins of the Future: Ten Questions for the Next Ten Years. |
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Episode 1 - Holiday Books, November / December 2006
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The premier episode of the Yale Press Podcast gets into the holiday spirit! Host Chris Gondek interviews (1) Adrian Goldsworthy about his book, Caesar: Life of a Colossus, (2) Ivan Brunetti, editor of An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories, and Todd Hignite, author of In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists, about the history of comics, and (3) Fred Shapiro, editor of the Yale Book of Quotations, about the genesis of that monumental new tome. |
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