Death and Numbers

The long debate over what to do with UT’s Confederate statues seems to have finally come to an end — mostly. But as UT is finding, once the statues come down, the story isn’t over. Instead, there’s a whole new set of questions: what should be done with those statues? Where do they belong, how […]

Brown v. Board of Education ended the doctrine of “separate but equal” in public schools, and it laid the legal foundation to challenge segregation in every arena. So what’s a baby doll doing in the middle of it? This episode is a part one in a series examining the impact of dolls in American history.

How have the Clark doll tests, used the overturn legalized segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, held up to modern analysis? This episode is a part two in a series examining the impact of dolls in American history.

How American Girl’s Melody Ellison doll fits into the long and complicated history of black dolls in America. This episode is a part three in a series examining the impact of dolls in American history.

What makes a children’s toy radical? Exploring what American Girl’s Melody Ellison doll represents, the kind of play she inspires and why that matters. This episode is a part four in a series examining the impact of dolls in American history.

In this three-part series, Amy and Caroline are cracking open cookbooks and archival records to learn about the bond between food and text. The second episode breaks down how technology influences food writing and criticism by focusing on the effect of visual technology.

In this three-part series, Amy and Caroline are cracking open cookbooks and archival records to learn about the bond between food and text. The final episode uses recipe collections to represent the sometimes haphazard but often meaningful associations created around our closest relationships with food.

Exploring French author Charlotte Delbo’s book, Convoy to Auschwitz, which details the lives of the women deported alongside Delbo during the Holocaust. This episode of part of a series on international women’s history.

In the 1930s, Jewish Russian exile Irène Némirovsky was living in France as a well-established author. In 1940, that all changed. Hear about her life, death and the way her daughters carried on her legacy.   This episode of part of a series on international women’s history.

Ways in which feminism can be defined, with a focus on the work of prominent Nigerian feminist and author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This episode of part of a series on international women’s history.

 What does it take to make a dystopia? Listen to this episode to find out what inspired authors like Margaret Atwood, George Orwell and Sinclair Lewis to write on dystopian themes and how they relate to politics today.

How the popularity of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, a graphic novel and memoir from 1980 to 1994, has reframed the Iranian Hostage Crisis for readers in America and around the world.