Population and The Human Predicament in a Nutshell
January 18, 2023
Paul R. Ehrlich— What should be taught in every middle school but isn’t. Humanity has been acting like an idiot child who is heir to a great fortune. She keeps… READ MORE
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Documenting History: The Paper Legacy Project
January 17, 2023
Mindell Dubansky — Who in my field had received the attention they deserve; and whose artistic contributions might disappear from the history of the book in the near future? How… READ MORE
Ep. 98 – Ancient Lives with James Romm
January 13, 2023
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with author James Romm about Demetrius: Sacker of Cities. At the end of the episode, we discuss the larger… READ MORE
Hocus Bogus
January 11, 2023
Romain Gary writing as Émile Ajar— There is no beginning. I was begotten—just like you—and since then I’ve been lumbered. I tried to get out of it every way I… READ MORE
Examining Heidegger’s Legacy: A Conversation with Richard Wolin
January 10, 2023
Martin Heidegger’s sympathies for the conservative revolution and National Socialism have long been well known. But the 2014 publication of his “Black Notebooks” reveals a deeper and more radical ideology… READ MORE
Voice Profiling and Freedom
January 9, 2023
Joseph Turow— Voice profiling is a gateway drug to a new era of hyper-personalized targeting. Since Apple introduced Siri for the phone in 2010 and Amazon debuted Alexa in 2014—with… READ MORE
Alex Zucker on Translation
January 6, 2023
Alex Zucker— The influence of Topolʼs early days as a poet are evident in his prose. An urgent propulsiveness, the vivid depiction of oppressive atmospheres interspersed with candescent moments of… READ MORE
Forgiveness: An Alternative Account
December 19, 2022
Matthew Ichihashi Potts— In the weeks after George Floyd was murdered, when people were marching and protesting in cities across the United States, a video of author and activist Kimberly Jones went… READ MORE
Ep. 97 – John Singer Sargent’s Lifelong Interest in Spain
December 14, 2022
In this episode of our podcast, we talk with Sarah Cash, associate curator of American and British paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, about the new exhibition and… READ MORE
Thomas S. Kidd on Thomas Jefferson and The University of Virginia
December 13, 2022
Thomas S. Kidd— “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past,” Jefferson told Adams in 1816. One such dream was his university. Like his… READ MORE
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