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A Public Humanities & Social Sciences Podcast

Smaller Narratives for a Larger World


    • Apr 24, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 10 EPISODES


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    “The Water Always Won” with George Homsy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2022 55:40


    Everyone says, ‘Act Local, Think Global,' but most people ‘Act Local, Think Local' because that's what they know and that's…

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    “Ever Heard of the Bobbies?” Conversation with John Havard

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2022 57:32


    Violence can take many forms. George Floyd wasn't killed by a gun. He was killed by someone carrying a gun.…

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    “Genocides Are Processes, Not Events”: Discussion with Kerry Whigham

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2022 55:55


    There's this precept by the philosopher George Santayana that gets said again and again: “He who does not remember the…

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    “We Are All Animals” with Leslie Heywood

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 59:38


    “Scientifically, no one life form is better than another. It's all of those evaluative hierarchies that we're still struggling with…

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    On Collective Memory and the Battle over History with David Mixter

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 60:08


    “Why do we need gift shops at these kinds of solemn sites?.. It's important for people to see these places, to…

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    On Speculative Poetry and the Human Myth with Akua Lezli Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 57:21


    “My day is lit again, forever, because I'm reminded of what exists beyond the limitations of the vessel in which I exist.…

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    On Humanity and the Working Class with Joe Weil

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 52:06


    “Because you see them in their fullness, you also see what's beyond the human. You see something beautiful… The bear…

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    (Re)Narrativization of “Voice” within the American Literary Canon, Curriculum, & Culture (with Ulrich Baer)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 60:15


    Co-host Gillian Kenah and guest Ulrich Baer discuss complicating the storytelling process of national history in both academic and non-academic…

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    “Doing Public Humanities” inside and outside the University (with Susan Smulyan)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 53:16


    In this episode, Gillian Kenah and Susan Smulyan of Brown University discuss ways to engage the community in University research,…

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    Biography, Transition, and Intimacy (with Mónica Szurmuk)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 55:17


    In this episode, our guest is Professor Mónica Szurmuk, who discusses three projects that focus on the genre of biographical…

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