Beneath the Feathers
September 8, 2023
Barney A. Schlinger— Setting humans aside for a moment, how many mammals did you see today? Any? If you have a dog and cat, you saw two species. A squirrel… READ MORE
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A Fundamental Right
September 7, 2023
Charles R. Geisst— Since antiquity, the idea of basic fairness and equity in society has been hotly debated. In many cases, the ideas remained general and very fuzzy, content with… READ MORE
A Tribute to Edith Grossman
September 6, 2023
John Donatich— When Edie published her book Why Translation Matters with Yale, I remember talking with her about why, of all the interpretive arts, translation had to defend itself against the insensitive… READ MORE
Dear Aliens
September 5, 2023
Matthew Bowman— You probably don’t exist. Or perhaps you did once, but it was billions of years ago in another arm of the Milky Way. Or maybe you will appear… READ MORE
Labor Day Reading List 2023
September 4, 2023
In the latter half of the 19th century, growing labor movements and unions pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the contributions of American workers. On June 28th, 1894, President… READ MORE
How Cold War Intellectuals Destroyed Liberalism to Save It
September 1, 2023
Samuel Moyn— The Cold War ended decades ago. It seems like, well, ancient history. The same must seem true of the form of liberalism that emerged in the middle of… READ MORE
Ep. 119—The World’s First Media Celebrity
August 29, 2023
Acclaimed translator Sarah Ruden talks with us about her new biography, Vergil: The Poet’s Life. In this volume of the Ancient Lives Series, Ruden uses evidence from Roman life and… READ MORE
Supreme Hubris: A Conversation with Aaron Tang
August 28, 2023
In Supreme Hubris: How Overconfidence Is Destroying the Court—and How We Can Fix It, legal scholar Aaron Tang tackles the Supreme Court’s public legitimacy crisis and proposes a solution that… READ MORE
To Forget What We Are Carrying
August 25, 2023
Carl Phillips— When I was ten, I wanted to learn to play the clarinet and eventually join the school band. But (or And, or So—) my father found an affordable,… READ MORE
The Detective Story that Broke Politics
August 24, 2023
Luke A. Nichter— For me, December 7th is not “a date which will live in infamy,” as Franklin D. Roosevelt said in 1941. It is a date—December 7th, 2017—in which… READ MORE
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