Paris’s Centre Pompidou
December 16, 2016
January 31st, 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the revolutionary building designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers. The building launched the… READ MORE
Category: Podcast
The Science of Human Evolution
November 29, 2016
How have humans evolved and what drives this evolution? Evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon, author of Future Humans, discusses the science of human evolution. Listen in iTunes. YaleUniversity · The Science… READ MORE
A History of Things That Go Bump in the Night
November 22, 2016
On this special Halloween edition of the podcast, cultural historian Leo Braudy, author of Haunted, sat down with us to talk about the history of monsters and other scary creatures…. READ MORE
Frank Lloyd Wright and San Francisco
October 25, 2016
Stanford University professor emeritus Paul V. Turner, author of the new book Frank Lloyd Wright and San Francisco, shares marvelous stories from his years of research into Frank Lloyd Wright’s… READ MORE
The Founders’ Case for an Activist Government
October 22, 2016
The long-held belief that the Declaration of Independence calls for a small government may not be an accurate assessment. Historian Steve Pincus, author of The Heart of the Declaration: The… READ MORE
Joan Marter on Women of Abstract Expressionism
July 28, 2016
Welcome to our first Yale University Press art+architecture book podcast! We’ve interviewed Joan Marter, Rutgers professor and editor of the widely-acclaimed book Women of Abstract Expressionism. We also have a… READ MORE
Understanding Russia
June 6, 2016
Russia expert David Satter, author of The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep: Russia’s Road to Terror and Dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin talks about the fall of Yeltsin,… READ MORE
How Dinosaurs Became Birds
June 2, 2016
Richard Conniff, journalist and author of House of Lost Worlds, talks dinosaurs, the Yale Peabody, and the future of museums on this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast. Listen in iTunes…. READ MORE
Making Medicine More Human
May 10, 2016
Abraham Nussbaum, author of The Finest Traditions of My Calling, discusses why the medical field could be a little more personal and shares stories from his own experiences as a… READ MORE
A Conversation with Tim Parks
October 13, 2014
Shortly before his death in 1837, Giacomo Leopardi, a prolific Italian writer, translator, and thinker, began to organize a small, thematic collection of his writings in an attempt to give… READ MORE
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