Covering infectious diseases through history from plague to COVID-19.
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History lectures by Samuel Biagetti, a historian (and antique dealer) with a Phd in early American history; my dissertation was on Freemasonry in the 1700s. I focus on the historical myths and distortions, from "the Middle Ages" to "Race," that people use to rationalize the world in which we live. More info at www.historiansplaining.com Please see my Patreon page, https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5530632, if you want to keep the lectures coming, and to hear the patron-only materials.
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Historians At The Movies features historians from around the world talking about your favorite movies and the history behind them. This isn't rivet-counting; this is fun. Eventually, we'll steal the Declaration of Independence.
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Podcast Archives - The Partial Historians - Ancient Roman History with smart ladies
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An ancient Roman History podcast hosted by smart ladies!
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Chiara-Marie Hauser und Hannah Metzker haben 2019 zusammen mit dem Geschichtestudium an der Universität Wien angefangen. Eine von ihnen hat mittlerweile den Masterabschluss und schreibt an ihrer Doktorarbeit, die andere kann sich nach wie vor keine Jahreszahlen merken. Die beiden Historikerinnen werden durch den halben "Historian" in "Two and a half Historians" - Wikipedia - ergänzt. Jede Folge bringt eine von ihnen einen Wikipedia-Artikel mit, um das gewählte Thema tiefgründiger zu beleucht ...
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Join Dr Rad and Dr G as we discuss, spar, and laugh our way through different aspects of the ancient Roman world! Our main series 'From the Foundation of the City' follows Roman history year by year from the traditional foundation date of 753 BCE. We also interview academics and specialists from around the globe for their insights into history and the representation of Rome and the ancient Mediterranean in popular culture. Dr Fiona Radford is an expert on Rome on film and wrote her thesis on ...
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Culinary Historians of Chicago studies the history of food and drink in human cultures. Why we procure, prepare and serve the food we do has cultural, sociological, geographical, financial and political influences. We encourage participation from all walks of life: from academics to home cooks, chefs to grill masters, farmers to heirloom gardeners, food scientists to students. Our programs, and those of our sister organization Chicago Foodways Roundtable, are supported by research, fieldwork ...
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As featured on LEGO.com, Marvel.com, Slugfest, NPR, Wall Street Journal and the Today Show, host & series producer Alex Grand, author of the best seller, Understanding Superhero Comic Books (with various co-hosts Bill Field, David Armstrong, N. Scott Robinson, Ph.D., Jim Thompson) and guests engage in a Journalistic Comic Book Historical discussion between professionals, historians and scholars in determining what happened and when in comics, from strips and pulps to the platinum age comic b ...
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Working Historians is a podcast series that showcases the work and careers of historians in a wide variety of career fields. We hope to introduce history students and the general public to the career paths available to people who study history, introduce and promote historians to students and the public, and showcase the work that historians do on a regular basis. Hosts Rob Denning and Jimmy Fennessy can be reached at [email protected].
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Talking about history through the lens of film.
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Warp World Historians is a podcast in the pursuit of knowledge about all things video games. Join us as we take a deep dive into a different gaming topic every week, giving you the all the hidden details behind the games and companies you've cherished over the years.
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This is a Bi-weekly show where I casually talk about history, and how undeniably funny and weird it is. Join in and we'll have a lot of fun! If you like what I do here, just leave a message or comment. If you have some suggestions or feedback, you can find me on Instagram @historianscorner !
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Welcome to “Public Historians at Work,” a podcast series from the Center for Public History at the University of Houston, Texas. Our vision at CPH is to ignite an understanding of our diverse pasts by collaborating with and training historically minded students, practitioners, and the public through community-driven programming and scholarship. In this podcast series, we speak with academics, writers, artists, and community members about what it means to do history and humanities work for an ...
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Welcome to Beyond the Text, a podcast series dedicated to delving into intellectual history with depth and context. In a world saturated with quick takes, Beyond the Text goes the extra mile. Paying homage to Skinner's insights on the importance of context, this podcast unveils overlooked aspects of historical and intellectual narratives. Co-hosted by Samuel Woodall and Jack Thomson, Beyond the Text explores the profound impact of thought and ideas throughout human history—forces that have d ...
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A collection of interesting tales of mystery from those areas a bit off the beaten path. The stories will involve missing persons, ghosts, strange phenomena, & other mystifying stories.
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Waterloo Uncovered, the groundbreaking charity that combines world-class archaeology with veteran care and recovery, has been uncovering the secrets of the battlefield of Waterloo since 2015. Our brand new Visiting Historians podcast aims to shed new light on the battle and add valuable context to our archaeological discoveries by combining the archaeology with the history. In each episode, we'll bring you an exclusive interview with some of the world’s leading Napoleonic Historians and expe ...
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Hello and welcome to andallthat.co.uk’s new podcast series: Meet the Historians. Over the course of this first series I will be talking to a number of historians who have written about the Soviet Union and finding out a bit more about their historical methods and approaches. I will also be exploring their interpretations of key topics such as: Stalin’s wartime leadership; the effectiveness of Khrushchev’s de-Stalinisation programme; and the reasons for the breakup of the USSR. The series wil ...
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What's your favorite history? Each interview on this podcast begins with this one question. Our guests are people who like history and get really excited about a particular time, place or person from our distant or not so distant past. The jumping off point is the place where our they became curious then entered the rabbit hole into discovery through scholarly research, pop culture, documentaries, other podcasts...We look at history through the filter of other peoples eyes.https://www.buzzsp ...
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This is a show for all the nerdy medical history people. Three modern emergency physicians and their show's "medical history intern" take a lighthearted, humorous quest through various stories in the history of medicine. Topics from ancient times to recent history, all related to important advancements, people, or discoveries in the history of medicine. New episodes every two weeks!
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Comedian Shane Todd and author and director Hazel Hayes are on a mission to understand the colourful past of the island they call home. From the Bronze Age to Bono, Paganism to St. Patrick, every Tuesday they share a new tale from Ireland's history and have plenty of craic while they’re at it. So pull up a chair, pin back your ears, and get ready for an education in life on the Emerald Isle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Emergency Pod: The Majesty of Andor with Dr. Alan Malfavon
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1:18:17Andor is the greatest Star Wars we've ever seen on any screen and it's not close. My close friend Alan Malfavon joins in to talk about the brilliance of this show, what it means to us, and what we hope to see next. About our guest: Alan Malfavon resituates Mexico’s socio-political, cultural, and economic networks with the Atlantic World and the Gre…
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It’s 395 BCE and we explore the events that are the result of the epic year of 396 BCE. The Romans ended 396 BCE on a high with their military success against the southern-most city of the Etruscans, Veii. But is all well in the Roman world? That may depend on which god you talk to… An incomplete victory? The defeat of Veii leaves the northern peop…
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Episode 135 - Avian Flu with Natalie Porter
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58:29Natalie Porter (independent scholar) joins Merle and Lee to discuss her work on Avian Flu in Vietnam. Natalie begins with an explanation of what Avian (Bird) Flu is, alongside a survey of the culling that happens when epidemics occur among birds. Natalie explains how she came to work on this topic, and shares some of her own experiences as an anthr…
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Send us a text In this episode of Beyond the Text, Samuel Woodall and Jack Thomson sit down for an in-depth discussion on Plato’s Republic—one of the most influential works in the history of political thought. Written against the backdrop of Athenian political upheaval and the trial of Socrates, The Republic presents Plato’s radical vision of justi…
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Wettlauf gegen die Zeit: Mit Hundeschlitten gegen Diphterie
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19:52Die Diphterieepedemie, die 1925 in Nome, einer Stadt in Alaska, ausbricht, fordert die Bevölkerung zur Zusammenarbeit auf. Das Antitoxin zur Heilung muss durch Eis und Schnee in die Stadt geliefert werden, um das Sterben der damit infizierten Kinder zu stoppen. Viele Menschen melden sich freiwillig, um zu helfen. Auch auf Hundeschlitten wird zurück…
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Gladiator II with Alexandra Sills
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1:19:38Rounding out our trilogy of special episodes on Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, we are joined by gladiator expert, Alexandra Sills. Special Episode – Gladiator II with Alexandra Sills Alexandra holds a BA in Classical Studies from Birkbeck College, University of London and a MA in The Classical Mediterranean from the University of Leicester. Alexandra…
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The Legacy and Impact of the Farm-to-Table Movement in Chicago
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1:13:20The Legacy and Impact of the Farm-to-Table Movement in ChicagoChef Jason HammelCome join us as one of Chicago’s most iconic chefs, Jason Hammel, takes us back to the 1990s, tracing his journey from East Coast outsider to one of the Midwest’s most passionate advocates for hyper-local sourcing. He’ll recount the early days of the farm-to-table moveme…
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Episode 130: Robin Hood in film and history with Dr. Amy S. Kaufman
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55:39This week Dr. Amy S. Kaufman drops in to talk about our favorite representations of Robin Hood, how he has changed through history, and her new novel, The Traitor of Sherwood Forest. About our guest: Amy S. Kaufman is the author of The Traitor of Sherwood Forest, a Robin Hood retelling based on the medieval ballads (Penguin Books, 2025). Amy holds …
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Reckoning: What Do Tariffs Mean for Hollywood and Can We Escape Alcatraz with Sasha Abramsky
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52:02Sasha Abramsky drops in to talk about what effect tariffs might have on Hollywood and just what exactly do we do with Alcatraz prison. About our guest: Sasha Abramsky is The Nation's Western correspondent. He is the author of several books, including The American Way of Poverty, The House of Twenty Thousand Books, Little Wonder: The Fabulous Story …
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Send us a text In this episode of Beyond the Text, Samuel Woodall and Jack Thomson take a deep dive into the thought of John Rawls, exploring his major contribution to liberal political philosophy and the critiques it provoked from both libertarian and communitarian perspectives. We begin with A Theory of Justice (1971), where Rawls develops his in…
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History of Ideas Club: Plato's Republic
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1:07:59Send us a text In this History of Ideas Club session, we turn to one of the foundational texts of Western political thought: Plato’s Republic. Written in the aftermath of Athens’ political turmoil and the execution of Socrates, The Republic reflects Plato’s deep skepticism toward democracy and his radical vision for a just society governed by wisdo…
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Episode 129: Defiance and the Holocaust in Belarus and Ukraine with Dr. Waitman Beorn
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1:25:38This week Dr. Waitman Beorn drops in to talk about Defiance (2008) and his work researching the Holocaust in Europe during World War II. About our guest: Dr. Waitman Wade Beorn is an associate professor in History at Northumbria University in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. Dr. Beorn was previously the Director of the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond…
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History of Ideas Club: Rawls and Sandel
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1:21:22Send us a text In this session of the History of Ideas Club, we dive into the thought of John Rawls, one of the towering figures of 20th-century political philosophy, and explore the debate he sparked with thinkers like Robert Nozick and Michael Sandel. Rawls’ seminal work, A Theory of Justice (1971), redefined liberal political thought with his co…
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Gladiator II with Alexandra Sills
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1:19:37Rounding out our trilogy of special episodes on Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, we are joined by gladiator expert, Alexandra Sills. Alexandra holds a BA in Classical Studies from Birkbeck College, University of London and a MA in The Classical Mediterranean from the University of Leicester. Alexandra’s MA dissertation was awarded the Mark Pluciennik p…
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Episode 128: Dogma and What People Get Right (and Wrong) about the Bible with Dr. Dan McClellan
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1:16:01This week Bible scholar and TikTok superstar Dr. Dan McClellan drops in to talk about Ken Smith's 1999 thought piece on Catholicism and Dan's new book, The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) about Scripture's Most Controversial Issues.Bởi Jason Herbert
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Korea, pt. 2 -- The Perfect Kingdom
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1:49:44We follow Korea's thousand-year struggle to maintain its integrity and independence, fending off cataclysmic invasions by the Mongols, the Manchus, and the samurai of Japan, and repeatedly transforming itself -- from a confederation of Buddhist warrior-nobles, to a strictly Confucian surveillance state, to a fledgling modern industrial nation -- be…
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Reckoning: Making Sense of Slavery with Dr. Scott Spillman
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1:16:20Today Dr. Scott Spillman joins in to talk about how historians have conceptualized slavery and its role in the development of the United States. Get ready for a history of the history of slavery. About our guest: Scott Spillman is an American historian and the author of the book Making Sense of Slavery: America’s Long Reckoning, from the Founding E…
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Mensch ärgere Dich nicht: Die Geschichte des ikonischen Brettspiels
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27:15Mensch ärgere Dich nicht! ist wohl eines der populärsten Gesellschaftsspiele im deutschsprachigen Raum und darüber hinaus. Hannah hat diese Woche den Wikipedia-Artikel ausgesucht und redet mit Chiara nun über den Ursprung des Brettspiels und über die Kommerzialisierung. Was hat wohl der Erste Weltkrieg damit zutun? Hört rein!Wikipedia-Artikel: http…
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Episode 127: Is Sinners the Best Film of the 21st Century with Dr. Zandria Robinson
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1:28:38Today Dr. Zandria Robinson drops in to talk about Sinners and why it might be the best movie of the 21st century. We have a spoiler free introduction, a pause, and then a spoiler filled conversation about the Jim Crow South, the Great Migration, WWI, Chicago, Mississippi, the Ku Klux Klan, sex, music, and of course THAT SCENE. This conversation is …
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Reckoning: Pope Francis and the History of the Papacy with Dr. Matthew Gabriele
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50:38News broke yesterday of Pope Francis' death at the age of 88. Matt Gabriele joins in to talk about the man, the history of the papacy, and what comes next. About our guest: Matthew Gabriele is a professor of medieval studies in the Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech. His research and teaching generally explore religion, violence, n…
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Reckoning: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life with Dr. Mario Livio and Dr. Jack Szostak
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1:00:26Today astrophysicist Dr. Mario Livio and Nobel-winning chemist Dr. Jack Szostak drop in to talk about the search for extraterrestrial life. About our guests: Dr. Mario Livio is an internationally known astrophysicist, best-selling author, and popular speaker. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Livio has …
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Reckoning : Gun Violence in America with Sasha Abramsky and Dr. Cari Babitzke
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1:05:45We're a couple days removed from yet another on campus shooting. Sasha, Cari, and I ask what the hell is wrong with America and how did we get here. About our guests: Sasha Abramsky is The Nation's Western correspondent. He is the author of several books, including The American Way of Poverty, The House of Twenty Thousand Books, Little Wonder: The …
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Episode 126: Hunger, Bobby Sands, Irish Nationalism, and the Good Friday Agreement with John M. Burney and Andrew J. Auge
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1:36:03Talking about Bobby Sands, the Troubles, the Irish Republican Army, and the Good Friday Agreement with John M. Burney and Andrew J. Auge.
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We return for the final instalment on the fall of Veii in 396 BCE. In our previous episode, we witnessed the actual conquest of the great Etruscan city. Now it’s Camillus’ time to bask in the glory! He's a Real Trip Camillus has managed to secure victory for Rome, and one of the advantages now that it’s all over is that sweet, sweet booty. Everyone…
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Reckoning: The Far Right's Takeover of Small Town America with Sasha Abramsky
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52:21Today Sasha Abramsky joins in for the first time to talk about why small towns are so susceptible to far right rhetoric and if there is hope for the future. About our guest: Sasha Abramsky is The Nation's Western correspondent. He is the author of several books, including The American Way of Poverty, The House of Twenty Thousand Books, Little Wonde…
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Episode 134 - Marian Devotion and Plague in Late Medieval Italy with Bianca Lopez
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1:07:12Bianca Lopez (Southern Methodist University) joins the Infectious Historians to discuss her recent book on plague, piety and power in late medieval Italy. Lopez begins with a survey of the impact of the Black Death and subsequent second pandemic outbreaks on Italy and moves on to talk about the specific area she studies - Santa Maria di Loreto. She…
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Update & Excerpt -- History of the United States in 100 Obects: Beaver-Fur Hat
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8:35I give an update on the progress of the podcast, and an important caution on how to sign up as a patron while avoiding Apple's new fees. I give an excerpt from my latest episode for patrons, "History of the United States in 100 Objects -- 24: Beaver-Fur Stovepipe Hat, ca. 1590-1670" --On this episode: A tall “stovepipe” hat, which was made in the 1…
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Neuzeitliche Klimakrise: Die Kleine Eiszeit und ihre Auswirkungen
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25:14In der zweiten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts fällt die Jahresmitteltemperatur in der gesamten Nordhemisphäre um bis zu 2°C ab. Zwei Jahrzehnte lang hielt diese Kälteperiode an und zwang die Menschen in Europa dazu, sich den drastischen Klimaveränderungen anzupassen. Vor allem die Landwirtschaft, die die Lebensgrundlage der meisten neuzeitlichen Famil…
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Episode 125: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom with Dr. Kate Sheppard, Dr. Julia Troche, and Leah Packard-Grams
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1:44:44The gang is back together as we return to Indiana Jones franchise to talk about archaeology, British imperialism, representation of India on film, and why Harrison Ford never looked cooler than he did on the bridge.
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Mark Ditko and Mort Todd Ditkoverse Interview 2025
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1:03:36Ditkoverse publications are here: http://www.igg.me/at/ditkoverse1 Alex Grand speaks with Steve Ditko’s nephew, Mark Ditko, and longtime Ditko collaborator Mort Todd about their DitkoVerse publishing venture, a project dedicated to “remastering” and re-presenting classic Steve Ditko stories in high-quality editions . They describe their upcoming In…
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Reckoning: Exploring the Origins of the Universe with Dr. Matt Strassler
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1:00:07Physicist Matt Strassler drops in to talk about the origins of the universe and how we how what we know. About our guest: Dr. Matt Strassler is a theoretical physicist and writer. His research over the past thirty years has mainly been related mainly to the Large Hadron Collider, though he has written many papers on a wide variety of topics in stri…
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Gladiator II with Professor Martin M. Winkler
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1:08:42WARNING! This post and episode both contain spoilers! We are back to discuss Gladiator II, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s smash hit Gladiator (2000). Gladiator II is set in the joint reign of Caracalla and Geta. These emperors were brothers in real life, but not the creepy twins shown in the movie. However, let’s not get caught up in historical detai…
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Special Episode - Gladiator II with Professor Martin Winkler
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1:08:43WARNING! This post and episode both contain spoilers! We are back to discuss Gladiator II, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s smash hit Gladiator (2000). Gladiator II is set in the joint reign of Caracalla and Geta. These emperors were brothers in real life, but not the creepy twins shown in the movie. However, let’s not get caught up in historical detai…
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Episode 124: Don’t You Forget About Me: The Breakfast Club and Brat Pack America with Kevin Smokler
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1:29:53This week Kevin Smokler drops in to talk about The Breakfast Club, the Brat Pack, John Hughes, and the legacy of 80s teen movies. About our guest: Kevin Smokler is a writer, documentary filmmaker and event host focused on our relationship as human beings with pop culture. His most recent book BREAK THE FRAME: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS con…
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Will Eisner interview by David Armstrong
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32:55David Armstrong interviewed Golden Age great and Graphic Novelist, Will Eisner in 1997 on set at San Diego Comic Con about the early history of comic books, comic strip reprints, his entry into comics, WOW What A Magazine!, his partnership with Jerry Iger, the growing concept of early comic books with original material, starting the Eisner and Iger…
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Reckoning: How the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls with Dr. Gina Rippon
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1:02:47April 1 marks the beginning of Autism Awareness Month in the U.S. and the U.K. so I invited neuroscientist Dr. Gina Rippon on the pod to talk about what autism is, the history of its diagnosis, and how women and girls have been overlooked in autism research. About our guest: Professor Gina Rippon is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive NeuroImaging at A…
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Reckoning: What Is the Point of All of This?
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16:02Talking today about why we have to keep fighting and why we must move forward. Because it's not about us.
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Episode 133 - Cholera in 20th Century China with Xiaoping Fang
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56:10Xiaoping Fang (Monash University) comes on the podcast to discuss his recent book about cholera’s role in mid-20th century China. Fang begins by discussing cholera broadly before moving to focus on its role in China, primarily through examining it as a public health event. Although the mortality of the cholera epidemic was not very high, it was mor…
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Reckoning: Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender with Dr. Kit Heyam
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53:27This week Dr. Kit Heyem visits from across the Pond to talk about their new book, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender. This was an awesome conversation to talk nonbinary histories through time and why that is relevant today. About our guest: Dr Kit Heyam (they/them or he/him) is a Leeds-based freelance writer, heritage practitioner, trans…
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Die vergessene Kennedy: Rosemary's Leben als Opfer der Lobotomie
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35:15Ohne ihr Einverständnis wird an Rosemary Kennedy, der Schwester des späteren US-Präsidenten John F. Kennedy, 1941 eine Lobotomie durchgeführt. Ärzte diagnostizierten ihr bereits im Kindesalter eine leichte geistige Beeinträchtigung - ein Umstand, der nicht in das Bild der perfekten Kennedy-Familie passt. Die Lobotomie, eine vielversprechende Operat…
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Episode 123: Deep Cover with Dr. Walter Greason and Tim Fielder
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1:26:35In 1992 Bill Duke teamed up with Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum to create one of the best film noirs ever made and a masterpiece of Black cinema. Walter Greason and Tim Fielder join in to talk about it, the rise of hip hop, and the early 90s. About our guests: A native of Mississippi, Tim Fielder is an illustrator, cartoonist, animator and OG…
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Reckoning: "The Most Dangerous Man in the World" with Dr. Emily Herring
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59:09In the early 20th century, the New York Times dubbed French philosopher Henri Bergson as "the most dangerous man in the world." Bergson scared a lot of people in how he brought philosophy to the masses but he also won critical acclaim, receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature and France's highest honor, the Grand-Croix de la Legion d'honneur. Surpri…
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Stories from the Third Ward: War and the Third Ward
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16:31Send us a text All over the United States, communities and individuals banded together to support the country during the Second World War. Houston’s Third Ward was no different in this respect. In this special episode, UH graduate students Austin Lee and James Burke weave together accounts originally documented in the African American newspaper, Th…
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The Fall of Veii is finally upon us – or perhaps we should say it was finally upon them! After a shameful defeat early in 396, the Romans decided to appoint a dictator. It is time for a Republican hero to burst into the spotlight. Welcome to the stage, Marcus Furius Camillus! Episode 159 – The Fall of Veii: Part II A Hero is Born Camillus is a lege…
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The Fall of Veii is finally upon us – or perhaps we should say it was finally upon them! After a shameful defeat early in 396, the Romans decided to appoint a dictator. It is time for a Republican hero to burst into the spotlight. Welcome to the stage, Marcus Furius Camillus! Episode 159 – The Fall of Veii: Part II A Hero is Born Camillus is a lege…
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Episode 122: John Wick in Ireland: Black '47 and a New History of the Irish Famine with Dr. Padraic Scanlan
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1:53:33Imagine John Wick. Only instead of losing his puppy, he's lost his entire family because the British let them freeze to death. And imagine now that they're all in Ireland and it's the middle of the Famine. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Black '47. Joining us to talk about this film and the misconceptions around the Irish Potato Famine is Padraic …
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F. A. Hayek: Law, Legislation, and Liberty
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1:31:50Send us a text In this episode of Beyond the Text, we dive into Friedrich Hayek’s Law, Legislation, and Liberty, a profound exploration of legal philosophy, governance, and the limits of state power. Hayek draws a crucial distinction between law and legislation, arguing for the primacy of spontaneous order over centralized control. How do his insig…
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Bridging Generations with Collective Biography: Sharing Stories from 1977
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43:48Send us a text In 1977, thousands of women gathered in Houston, Texas, for the first and only federally funded National Women’s Conference (NWC) in U.S. History. Their purpose was to set and deliver an agenda to the president that would ensure that women’s rights would be a central focus in the wider human rights debate. The Sharing Stories from 19…
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