The Mystery of the Great Fire of 1776
January 16, 2024
Benjamin L. Carp— New York City was the most important spot on the map in 1776. The British thought it was vital to retake it, and the American rebels strained… READ MORE
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Ep. 130 — Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
January 15, 2024
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Philip Freeman about Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor. Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor is part of the Ancient Lives Series,… READ MORE
The Art Plunderer of Paris
January 12, 2024
Jonathan Petropoulos— The evening was planned as a form of theater, a series of carefully staged scenes. Each room, or set, in the extraordinary eighteenth-century Parisian hôtel particulier featured a… READ MORE
Ep. 129 — Mark Polizzotti on Why Surrealism Matters
January 10, 2024
Ever insightful and ever eloquent, the writer and translator Mark Polizzotti discusses his new book, Why Surrealism Matters, at the 100th anniversary of André Breton’s Manifesto of Surrealism. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Pandora | Spotify | Soundcloud
A Shining Star of Kingship: Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd Century BCE
January 9, 2024
Patrick Olivelle— Few kings or emperors—or even people in power today—have been sufficiently self-aware and self-reflective to express regret or remorse for anything they may have done. When the king… READ MORE
Impressionism and the Industrialization of Time
January 5, 2024
André Dombrowski— Even an instant demands to measured. Anything but stable and discrete, an instant is never as long as a second, certainly not a minute; it is shorter than… READ MORE
The Courageous Merze Tate
December 21, 2023
Barbara D. Savage — On a spring evening in 1921, more than four hundred people crammed into a high school auditorium in Battle Creek, Michigan, to witness an annual student… READ MORE
Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity
December 20, 2023
Michael S. Roth— Advocates for unfettered speech are often following the “free market” approach: just as more competition in the economic marketplace makes it more likely that goods and services… READ MORE
A Woodworker, a Blacksmith, and Suspicious State Secrets
December 19, 2023
Katlyn Marie Carter— According to recent reports, a woodworker, maid, and plumber may be among those called to testify against former U.S. President Donald Trump as he stands trial for… READ MORE
We Need To Talk About Empathy
December 18, 2023
Abraham Burickson— You’ve heard it—maybe you’ve said it—what this world really needs is a lot more empathy. How could anyone argue with that? But there are those who would have us do… READ MORE
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