July 28, 2023
This episode of the podcast features a conversation with renowned physicist Piero Martin about his new book, The Seven Measures of the World. In the podcast, Martin talks about how The Beatles are connected… READ MORE
July 26, 2023
Brooks Lamb— It’s 1999, and I’m five years old. I’m with my family in the long patch by the road, just a few hundred feet away from the four-way stop…. READ MORE
July 25, 2023
Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen— While we often think that being modern means aspiring to leave the past behind with every tick of the clock, reflecting on history is an integral aspect of… READ MORE
July 24, 2023
Nicholas Radburn— If you think about locations transformed by the transatlantic slave trade, you’ll likely recall American plantations or former slaving forts on the coast of West Africa. You are… READ MORE
July 20, 2023
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi— A Brief Overview of Ezra-Nehemiah My fascination with Ezra-Nehemiah was initially sparked by my teacher, mentor, and friend Kent H. Richards, whose seminar on the subject I… READ MORE
July 19, 2023
Sharon Kingsland— Global climate change is occurring much faster than was anticipated at the start of our century, and is now considered a crisis or emergency. Scientists in many fields… READ MORE
July 13, 2023
In By the Rivers of Babylon, one of Portugal’s most celebrated writers, António Lobo Antunes, creates an homage to the beauty of a cherished life in its confrontation with imminent… READ MORE
July 11, 2023
The new edition of The Artist’s Reality, Mark Rothko’s revered book on artistic practice and philosophy, features an afterword written for this occasion by artist and award-winning author Makoto Fujimura, whose own… READ MORE
July 10, 2023
Pennylyn Dykstra-Pruim and Jennifer Redmann— Our AI world poses renewed challenges for educators. How do we address AI-supported learning conditions that disincentivize “hard” work in favor of a potentially “easy”… READ MORE
July 7, 2023
John Mauceri— Among the many confusions about the private Russian army known as the Wagner Group is how to pronounce its name. Reporters and pundits seem to vacillate between “Wag-ner”… READ MORE
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