The Art of Anime
November 19, 2018
Susan Napier— Who’s the good guy? Who’s the bad guy? Why isn’t there more dialogue? It seems kind of slow. Why are their eyes so big? Shouldn’t the music be… READ MORE
Category: Social Science
The Boasian Circle: Intellectual Kinship and Racial Privilege
October 8, 2018
Ned Blackhawk and Isaiah Lorado Wilner— The circle of scholars, authors, and intellectuals who shaped, and were shaped by, the anthropologist Franz Boas is wide and varied. Indeed, the intellectual… READ MORE
We Are Not Our Parents’ Parent
August 13, 2018
Jody Gastfriend— I often refer to my 89-year-old mother as the Energizer Bunny. She’s always on the go and is good at recharging her reservoir of energy. While her walking… READ MORE
Color Codes
August 1, 2018
David Scott Kastan— Up until the eighteenth century, Asian people appeared white to European eyes. Sometime early in 1515, a Portuguese merchant named Tomé Pires sent a detailed account of… READ MORE
No Wakanda for Us
July 23, 2018
Ruma Chopra— Maroons were tiny communities of escaped slaves who held an in-between status in many New World slave societies, somewhere between freedom and captivity. They avoided the brutality of… READ MORE
The Rural Race to Arms
July 16, 2018
Loka Ashwood— Rural Americans do, indeed, have more guns than their urban counterparts. According to the General Social Survey, the highest rates of gun ownership can be found in the… READ MORE
Two Rocks in the Holy Land
July 6, 2018
Gabriel Said Reynolds— A traveler walking along the road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem could be forgiven for missing the ruins of the Kathisma Church. The ruins, found just past a… READ MORE
Adapting Atticus
June 26, 2018
Anders Walker— Now that the lawsuit between Harper Lee’s estate and Broadway producer Scott Rudin is settled, the question remains whether the stage version of Atticus Finch is going to… READ MORE
Ep. 59 – The Psychology of Human Societies
June 14, 2018
We’re all part of groups, large or small, but how and why do humans form groups and societies? We look at how cognition influences society and what it means for… READ MORE
Ep. 56 – On Being Fabulous
May 10, 2018
What does it mean to be fabulous? A look at the issues facing queer, brown, and marginalized people with madison moore. YaleUniversity · On Being Fabulous Subscribe: Apple Podcasts |… READ MORE
A Conversation with Trudier Harris on Bigger: A Literary Life