
Interviews with authors of MIT Press books.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 568 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Education | |||

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MIT Press remains on the cutting edge of human thought: not just trendy buzz words like “artificial intelligence,” but rather on the cutting edge of concepts across the humanities. Tune in…you won’t regret it.
I would expect MIT to have a well produced podcast. While the content is interesting the sound quality and audio from the host is VERY sub-par.
Magnificent insight into the production of texts…like a Director’s Cut with critic’s commentary.
Literally the best
This was one of the first great publisher podcasts so it was a shame when it went quiet a while back, wonderful to see it up and running again now and going from strength to strength!
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The show features in-depth conversations with authors and scholars connected to MIT Press, focusing on critical intersections of technology, culture, and society. Episodes span topics from archival theory and data practices to epistemology, game studies, digital culture, industrial history, lithium mining, knowledge ownership, and military technology. The discussions tend to surface historical context, methodological approaches, and ethical implications, often tying scholarly work to contemporary issues in information infrastructure, design, and policy. A distinctive strength is the breadth of disciplines represented—information science, philosophy, game studies, technology history, and feminist science studies—delivered through thoughtful ... more
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