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The Harvard Press Podcast brings you interviews with the authors of books currently being published by Harvard University Press. Chris Gondek talks with the authors about their books, their influences and their interests.

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    • Nov 10, 2012 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 15m AVG DURATION
    • 150 EPISODES


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    Harvard Press Podcast- The Missile Next Door

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2012 16:50


    Chris Gondek interviews Gretchen Heefner about the history of the Minuteman Missile System and how its deployment in the Plains altered the lives of ranching and farming communities.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Missile Next Door

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2012 16:50


    Chris Gondek interviews Gretchen Heefner about the history of the Minuteman Missile System and how its deployment in the Plains altered the lives of ranching and farming communities.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Brigham Young

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2012 19:32


    Chris Gondek interviews John Turner about the life of Mormon pioneer, Brigham Young.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Brigham Young

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2012 19:32


    Chris Gondek interviews John Turner about the life of Mormon pioneer, Brigham Young.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Freaks of Fortune

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2012 19:11


    Chris Gondek interviews Jonathan Levy about how the idea of risk changed in 19th century America.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Freaks of Fortune

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2012 19:11


    Chris Gondek interviews Jonathan Levy about how the idea of risk changed in 19th century America.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Omnivorous Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2012 16:51


    Chris Gondek interviews John Allen about our evolving relationship with food.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Omnivorous Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2012 16:51


    Chris Gondek interviews John Allen about our evolving relationship with food.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Gothicka

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2012 18:04


    Chris Gondek interviews Victoria Nelson about the power of the Gothic imagination in modern culture..

    Harvard Press Podcast- Gothicka

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2012 18:04


    Chris Gondek interviews Victoria Nelson about the power of the Gothic imagination in modern culture..

    Harvard Press Podcast- Solar Dance: Van Gogh, Forgery and the Eclipse of Certainty

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2012 17:26


    Chris Gondek interviews Modris Eksteins about a scandal involving forged Van Gogh's in Weimar Berlin.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Solar Dance: Van Gogh, Forgery and the Eclipse of Certainty

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2012 17:26


    Chris Gondek interviews Modris Eksteins about a scandal involving forged Van Gogh's in Weimar Berlin.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2012 16:36


    Chris Gondek interviews Lawrence Powell of Tulane University about the early history of New Orleans.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2012 16:36


    Chris Gondek interviews Lawrence Powell of Tulane University about the early history of New Orleans.

    Harvard Press Podcast- To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2012 16:39


    Chris Gondek interviews Sydney Nathans of Duke University about the efforts of escaped slave Mary Walker to liberate her family from North Carolina.

    Harvard Press Podcast- To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2012 16:39


    Chris Gondek interviews Sydney Nathans of Duke University about the efforts of escaped slave Mary Walker to liberate her family from North Carolina.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Unintended Reformation: How a Religous Revolution Secularized Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2011 26:09


    Chris Gondek interviews Brad Gregory of the University of Notre Dame about the ongoing consequences of the Protestant Reformation on modern society.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Unintended Reformation: How a Religous Revolution Secularized Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2011 26:09


    Chris Gondek interviews Brad Gregory of the University of Notre Dame about the ongoing consequences of the Protestant Reformation on modern society.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2011 15:55


    Chris Gondek interviews Mark McGurl of Stanford University about the history of Creative Writing Programs at American Universities.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2011 15:55


    Chris Gondek interviews Mark McGurl of Stanford University about the history of Creative Writing Programs at American Universities.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2011 16:16


    Chris Gondek interviews Mark Peterson of Mt. Holyoke about how Galileo's artistic training influenced his scientific methods.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2011 16:16


    Chris Gondek interviews Mark Peterson of Mt. Holyoke about how Galileo's artistic training influenced his scientific methods.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Keats Brothers: The Life of John and George

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2011 15:59


    Chris Gondek interviews Denise Gigante of Stanford about the lives of the poet, John Keats and his brother, the Anglo-American businessman, George.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Keats Brothers: The Life of John and George

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2011 15:59


    Chris Gondek interviews Denise Gigante of Stanford about the lives of the poet, John Keats and his brother, the Anglo-American businessman, George.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Rising Force: The Magic of Magnetic Levitation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2011 13:25


    Chris Gondek interviews James Livingston of MIT about the amazing properties of magnetic levitation.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Rising Force: The Magic of Magnetic Levitation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2011 13:25


    Chris Gondek interviews James Livingston of MIT about the amazing properties of magnetic levitation.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2011 15:59


    Chris Gondek interviews Joe Roman of the University of Vermont about the history and consequences of the Endangered Species Act.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2011 15:59


    Chris Gondek interviews Joe Roman of the University of Vermont about the history and consequences of the Endangered Species Act.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2011 14:15


    Chris Gondek interviews Nicholas Frankel of VCU about the historical background of this Oscar Wilde classic.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2011 14:15


    Chris Gondek interviews Nicholas Frankel of VCU about the historical background of this Oscar Wilde classic.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Law of Life and Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2011 16:18


    Chris Gondek interviews Elizabeth Price Foley of FIU about the legal issues around life and death in American jurisprudence.

    Harvard Press Podcast- The Law of Life and Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2011 16:18


    Chris Gondek interviews Elizabeth Price Foley of FIU about the legal issues around life and death in American jurisprudence.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Deep Secrets: Boys, Friendships and the Crisis of Connection

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2011 13:13


    Chris Gondek interviews Niobe Way of NYU about the problems boys have maintaining emotionally intimate friendships with other boys as they enter their teens.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Deep Secrets: Boys, Friendships and the Crisis of Connection

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2011 13:13


    Chris Gondek interviews Niobe Way of NYU about the problems boys have maintaining emotionally intimate friendships with other boys as they enter their teens.

    Harvard Press Podcast- Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2010 11:36


    David Garland is Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology at New York University. Interview by Michael Orey, Public Affairs Director, NYU School of Law..

    Harvard Press Podcast- Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2010 11:36


    David Garland is Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology at New York University. Interview by Michael Orey, Public Affairs Director, NYU School of Law..

    Harvard Press- What Was African American Literture?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2010 15:52


    Chris Gondek interviews Kenneth Warren about the relationship between Jim Crow and African American Literature.

    Harvard Press- What Was African American Literture?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2010 15:52


    Chris Gondek interviews Kenneth Warren about the relationship between Jim Crow and African American Literature.

    Harvard Press- The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds and the Invention of Monogamy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2010 14:45


    Chris Gondek interviews Bernd Heinrich, the author of The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds and the Invention of Monogamy.

    Harvard Press- The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds and the Invention of Monogamy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2010 14:45


    Chris Gondek interviews Bernd Heinrich, the author of The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds and the Invention of Monogamy.

    Harvard Press- An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2010 11:51


    Chris Gondek interviews Wes Davis, the Editor of An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry.

    Harvard Press- An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2010 11:51


    Chris Gondek interviews Wes Davis, the Editor of An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry.

    Harvard Press- We Ain't What We Ought To Be: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2010 14:38


    Chris Gondek interviews Stephen Tuck, the author of We Ain't What We Ought To Be: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama.

    Harvard Press- We Ain't What We Ought To Be: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2010 14:38


    Chris Gondek interviews Stephen Tuck, the author of We Ain't What We Ought To Be: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama.

    Harvard Press- To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2009 15:45


    Chris Gondek interviews Suzanne E. Smith, the author of To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death.

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    Harvard Press- To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2009 15:45


    Chris Gondek interviews Suzanne E. Smith, the author of To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death.

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    Harvard Press- America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2009 11:40


    Chris Gondek interviews Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall, the authors of America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity.

    Harvard Press- America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2009 11:40


    Chris Gondek interviews Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall, the authors of America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity.

    Harvard Press- Teaching What You Don't Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2009 11:52


    Chris Gondek interviews Therese Huston, the author of Teaching What You Don't Know.

    Harvard Press- Teaching What You Don't Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2009 11:52


    Chris Gondek interviews Therese Huston, the author of Teaching What You Don't Know.

    Harvard Press- Selling Sounds:The Commercial Revolution in American Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2009 14:15


    Chris Gondek interviews David Suisman, the author of Selling Sounds: The Commercial Revolution in American Music.

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