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The Yale University Press Podcast is a series of in-depth conversations with experts and authors on a range of topics including politics, history, science, art, and more for those who are intellectually curious. Michael Hoak hosts with Jessica Holahan discussing all things art and architecture and…

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    • Apr 24, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 179 EPISODES


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    Ruth Asawa

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 20:47


    A conversation with Janet Bishop, co-curator of the exhibition Ruth Asawa: Retrospective.

    J.M.W. Turner and John Constable

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 36:02


    A conversation with Nicola Moorby, author of a new dual biography of the painters.

    The Visual History of Panafricanism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 37:40


    Curators and scholars Antawan I. Byrd and Matthew S. Witkovsky discuss the new exhibition and book Project a Black Planet

    The Story of Drawing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 33:33


    Susan Owens on Her Alternative History of Art

    Why I Write: David Thomson Interviews Greil Marcus

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 68:11


    In this special episode, British film critic David Thomson interviews music journalist, author, and cultural critic Greil Marcus. They cover how Marcus writes, the upcoming presidential election, classical music, and more.

    Mies van der Rohe, Reconsidered

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 27:16


    A conversation with Dietrich Neumann about his new Mies biography.

    Around the World in Public Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 45:28


    A Conversation with Andrew Wasserman about his new book, The World Atlas of Public Art

    Interacting with Color

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 30:19


    Fritz Horstman talks us through some of the ideas in his new book, Interacting with Color: A Practical Guide to Josef Albers's Color Experiments.

    All About Portraits

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 39:55


    Alison Manges Nogueira and Kathryn Calley Galitz of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Conversation about Portraits and Portraiture.

    What’s in a Building?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 32:10


    A Conversation with British Architect Charles Holland on How to Enjoy Architecture.

    The Therapeutic Benefits of Reading Greek Tragedy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 54:14


    In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with award-winning classicist Edith Hall about her new book, Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me.

    The Search for a Forgotten Architect

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 70:12


    William Whitaker and Heather Isbell Schumacher talk about the life and work of Minerva Parker Nichols.

    Building Pluralistic Campuses with Michael S. Roth

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 40:35


    In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Wesleyan president Michael S. Roth about the history of the student, current crises facing higher education, and building pluralistic campuses.

    The History of Weaving at Black Mountain College

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 43:35


    A conversation with Michael Beggs and Julie Thomson.

    The Last Non-Christian Emperor of Rome

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 27:19


    In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Philip Freeman about Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor (Ancient Lives Series).

    Mark Polizzotti Makes the Case for Why Surrealism Matters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 39:36


    The author's new book offers insight into the Surrealism movement and why it continues to inspire.

    The Remarkable Stories of Women in British Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 36:46


    In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Helen Fry, author of Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars.

    A Conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson about Louise Nevelson

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 33:12


    We discuss the celebrated art historian's new book Louise Nevelson's Sculpture: Drag, Color, Join, Face.

    Do States Act Rationally?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 48:03


    In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with John J. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato about How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy.

    Artists Remake the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 35:52


    Vid Simoniti discusses the potential of contemporary art to bring about political change.

    Why We Should Stop Designing Things (And Start Designing Experiences)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 39:08


    Abraham Burickson on his New Book, Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto.

    The Intricacies of Marriage

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 44:57


    In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Devorah Baum about her new book, On Marriage.

    Grimoires, Magic Books, and Spells

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 29:13


    A Conversation With Owen Davies About His Illustrated History of Magical Texts

    Lisa Volpe on the 1955 Photographs of Robert Frank and Todd Webb

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 31:46


    A conversation with the curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston about the book and exhibition America and Other Myths.

    A Global History of Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 35:31


    In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with award-winning sociologist Michael Mann about his new book, On Wars.

    The World’s First Media Celebrity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 41:26


    In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Sarah Ruden, author of Vergil: The Poet's Life (Ancient Lives Series).

    Dorothy Liebes, the “Mother of Modern Weaving”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 40:25


    In Conversation with Susan Brown and Alexa Griffith Winton.

    What Do The Beatles and Measurement Have in Common?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2023 42:01


    In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with renowned physicist Piero Martin about his new book, The Seven Measures of the World.”

    California’s History of Slavery and Slave Revolts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 43:07


    In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Jean Pfaelzer, author of California, a Slave State. California, a Slave State is a survey of the untold history of slavery and resistance in California, from the Spanish missions, indentured Native American ranch hands, Indian boarding schools, Black miners, kidnapped Chinese prostitutes, and … Continue reading California's History of Slavery and Slave Revolts →

    Witold Rybczynski and Hugh Pearman on Architecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 50:06


    The two distinguished historians and critics of architecture compare the approaches they take in their new books.

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    Understanding Art Through the History of Pigments

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2023 40:22


    A Conversation with Kelly Grovier about his new book, The Art of Colour.

    The Traumatic Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 45:41


    A Conversation with artist Natalie Frank and translator Jack Zipes

    The Unknown Story of American Slavers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 52:01


    In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Sean M. Kelley about his new book, American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644-1865.

    The Art of Reading Landscapes with Noah Charney

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 41:27


    In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with conservation biologist Noah Charney about his new book, These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes.

    Historian of Abolition R. J. M. Blackett on Samuel Ringgold Ward

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 51:34


    This episode of our podcast features a conversation with historian R.J.M. Blackett about the 19th century newspaper editor, Congregational minister, and temperance advocate Samuel Ringgold Ward. Despite Ward's prominent role in the abolitionist movement, his story has been lost because of the decades he spent in exile. In Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle, … Continue reading Historian of Abolition R. J. M. Blackett on Samuel Ringgold Ward →

    A conversation with John Darlington about his new book, Amongst the Ruins: Why Civilizations Collapse and Communities Disappear

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 37:31


    The archaeologist shares compelling stories of ruins and lost civilizations, from the Garamantes of ancient northern Africa to Port Royal, Jamaica to Rapa Nui.

    Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 46:36


    In this episode, director of Yale University Press, John Donatich, talks with Ned Blackhawk about his new book, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History. Blackhawk offers a sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history, which recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America.

    David Pullins and Vanessa K. Valdés on Juan de Pareja

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 41:18


    A conversation about the 17th-century Spanish painter, famously depicted by Diego Velázquez, on his own terms.

    The Original Psychonauts

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 39:35


    In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Mike Jay about his new book, Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind.

    The World's First Known Author

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 43:55


    In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with cultural historian and translator Sophus Helle about his new book, Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author.

    Dance's Integral Connection to Human Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 44:35


    In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Mindy Aloff about her book Why Dance Matters. Why Dance Matters is a passionate and moving tribute to the captivating power of dance, not just as an art form but as a language that transcends barriers.

    Art Historian Brandon Taylor on the Story of Modern Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 32:24


    We talk with Brandon Taylor about his new book, Make It Modern: A History of Art in the 20th Century.

    The Tragic Essence of Geopolitics

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 26:52


    In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Robert D. Kaplan about his new book, The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power, a moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy.

    A Conversation with Designer Stephen Burks

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 38:09


    We talk to the celebrated designer about his exhibition at Atlanta's High Museum of Art and more.

    The History and Future of Abortion in America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2023 25:18


    In Roe: The History of a National Obsession, Mary Ziegler charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year history. In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Ziegler about the nation's obsession with Roe and the challenges facing those seeking abortions in America today.

    Why Does the Museum Matter?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 26:16


    A conversation with Daniel H. Weiss, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, about the importance and role of the art museum.

    Ancient Lives with James Romm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2023 25:46


    In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with author James Romm about his new book, Demetrius: Sacker of Cities. At the end of the episode, we discuss the larger goals of the Ancient Lives Series—to unfold the stories of thinkers, writers, kings, queens, conquerors, and politicians from all parts of the … Continue reading Ancient Lives with James Romm →

    John Singer Sargent’s Lifelong Interest in Spain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 33:10


    We talk with curator Sarah Cash about the exhibition and book Sargent and Spain, delving into the artist's love of all things Spanish.

    Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos Talks about the Art, Myths, and Gods of the Ancient Maya

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 42:50


    Two new books and an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art explore the artifacts and mythology of Classic Maya civilization.

    Matthew Ichihashi Potts on Forgiveness

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 34:19


    In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk to Matthew Ichihashi Potts about his new book, Forgiveness: An Alternative Account, a deeply researched and poignant reflection on the practice of forgiveness in an unforgiving world.

    Witold Rybczynski Tells the Story of Architecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 53:27


    The eminent writer and architect's new book follows the thread of architecture from the Stone Age to today.

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