Ep. 19 – The Poetry of Pop Music
March 30, 2017
Can pop artists be poets? Adam Bradley, professor of English, founding director of the Laboratory for Race & Popular Culture (RAP Lab), and author of The Poetry of Pop discusses… READ MORE
Category: Current Affairs
The New Power of Popular Protest
March 23, 2017
Nathan Stoltzfus— The new administration’s condemnation of dissent and the arrogation of more and more power in the president’s hands have made street protest and its images more forceful. The… READ MORE
Ep. 18 – Decoding the Voynich Manuscript
We try to unlock the secrets of the Voynich Manuscript with Raymond Clemens from the Beinecke Library and Joseph Calamia, senior editor at Yale University Press.
When Healthcare Is About ‘Parts and Money’
March 21, 2017
Abraham M. Nussbaum— As you become a physician, you feel as if you are learning to see people as a compendium of parts and a source of income: parts and… READ MORE
Ep. 17 – Thomas Wilfred’s Lumia
March 20, 2017
Keely Orgeman, assistant curator at the Yale University Art Gallery, discusses Lumia, the nearly-forgotten, but strange and beautiful, art of Thomas Wilfred. YaleUniversity · An Interview with Yale University Art… READ MORE
Reports of the Russian-American Détente’s Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
James Kirchick— On the highly peculiar relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, a conventional wisdom appears to have taken hold: however friendly the two presidents appear towards one another… READ MORE
Ep. 16 – The Importance of a Good Night’s Sleep
March 16, 2017
Everyone could use more sleep, and Dr. Meir Kryger, global sleep expert and author of The Mystery of Sleep, tells us how to get it. We have tips for identifying… READ MORE
Why Should Speech Be Free?
Timothy Garton Ash— The fact that most states in the world have signed international treaties guaranteeing freedom of expression, and make such promises in their constitutions, does not answer the… READ MORE
Closing the Courthouse Doors to Challenges to the Trump Presidency
March 15, 2017
Erwin Chemerinsky— The first weeks of the Trump presidency demonstrate that the federal judiciary must be available as an essential check to enforce the Constitution. Already many lawsuits have been… READ MORE
Conspicuousness/Invisibility
March 14, 2017
Sally McKee— In August, 2014, while all across the United States many African Americans and their allies protested the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, I sat at… READ MORE
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