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In a world beset by climatic emergencies, the continuing resonance of the flood story is perhaps easy to understand. Whether in the tortured alpha male intensity of Russell Crowe’s Noah, in Darren Aronofsky’s eponymous 2014 film, or other recent deri... more

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Recent Guests

Philip Almond
Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought at the University of Queensland
University of Queensland
Episode: Philip C. Almond, "Noah and the Flood in Western Thought" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Becca Voelcker
Author of Land Cinema in an Age of Extraction
Goldsmiths, University of London (faculty)
Episode: Becca Voelcker, "Land Cinema in an Age of Extraction" (U California Press, 2025)
Paul Kohlbry
Assistant Professor of Global Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara; author of Plots and Deeds, Agrarian Annihilation and the Fight for Land Justice in Palestine
Stanford University Press
Episode: Paul Kohlbry, "Plots and Deeds: Agrarian Annihilation and the Fight for Land Justice in Palestine" (Stanford UP, 2026)
Piero Di Giminiani
Editor of The Futures of Reparations in Latin America, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Episode: Piergiorgio Di Giminiani et al. eds., "The Futures of Reparations in Latin America: Imagination, Translation, and Belonging" (Rutgers UP, 2026)
Helene Risør
Editor of The Futures of Reparations in Latin America, Teaching Associate Professor of Anthropology
Copenhagen University / Millennium Institute for Research on Violence and Democracy
Episode: Piergiorgio Di Giminiani et al. eds., "The Futures of Reparations in Latin America: Imagination, Translation, and Belonging" (Rutgers UP, 2026)
Karine Vanthuyne
Editor of The Futures of Reparations in Latin America, Professor of Anthropology
University of Ottawa
Episode: Piergiorgio Di Giminiani et al. eds., "The Futures of Reparations in Latin America: Imagination, Translation, and Belonging" (Rutgers UP, 2026)
Miriam Ticktin
Author of Against Innocence, Undoing and Remaking the World
University of Chicago Press (author)
Episode: Miriam Ticktin, "Against Innocence: Undoing and Remaking the World" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Stuart Jones
Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
Episode: H. S. Jones, "Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Alec Ryrie
Professor of History of Christianity at Durham University
Durham University
Episode: Alec Ryrie, "The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It" (Reaktion, 2025)

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    Really enjoyed this conversation with Dr Welch.

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  • Learn to use a microphone

    Trying to listen to Wolin’s discussion of his new Heidegger book. Not sure if it’s Wolin or his interlocutor who keeps touching his microphone, but good grief. Unlistenable, even beyond Wolin’s tedious prolixity.

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  • More 2 Author Discussions

    Absolutely engaging and informative discussion between Slobodian and Stern and the kind of format change that will set the pod apart. Hope you decide to continue in this direction.

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    carterfrancis
    United States10 months ago
  • Insightful research about capitalism + whack picks

    Hit or miss episodes. The episodes hosted by Dr. Miranda Melcher recently are the best, with researchers who apply pretty diverse methodologies to building our understanding of history of labor, science / philosophy, finance, and institutions under capitalism and imperialism. Other episodes are wild, typical virtue-signaling masturbatory culture-war-fetishizing types of content that don’t seem to understand what capitalism is or that we operate within it. Gotta pick the ones worth listening to.

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    United Statesa year ago
  • Extremely disappointing. I thought this was a rigorous leftist podcast.

    I used to listen to this podcast regularly, but I will no longer be doing so. The episode with genocide apologist Susie Linfield was offensive, racist, unserious and smug. The usual Zionist qualities. Susie poses as a leftist, but is anything but. She attacks the real left in patronizing fashion, without any substantive critique of her own, positioning herself as an expert in the Middle East and “Terrorism” while ignoring or dismissing the real experts in the field. The host coddles her rac... more

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Philip C. Almond, "Noah and the Flood in Western Thought" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Q: How have interpretive shifts from allegory to literalism affected scientific understanding of the Flood over time?
He outlines a progression from allegorical and spiritual readings dominating early Christian interpretation to a dominant literal/historical reading post-Reformation, which then faces conflict with naturalistic science as new evidence emerges.
Philip C. Almond, "Noah and the Flood in Western Thought" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Q: Let's start talking about this book. What initially drew you to the Noah narrative as a focal point for Western thought?
Almond explains that the Noah story serves as a bridge between ancient myth and modern disciplines, revealing how foundational narratives shape scientific inquiry, ethics, and historical worldviews across cultures.
Paul Kohlbry, "Plots and Deeds: Agrarian Annihilation and the Fight for Land Justice in Palestine" (Stanford UP, 2026)
Q: How do concepts like 'ruined land' and 'land for those who work it' help us understand gender dynamics and private property in land defense?
Ruined land becomes a site for contested narratives and strategies, while 'land for those who work it' roots ownership in peasant labor, yet gender and inheritance laws complicate these claims, shaping who can defend or profit from land.
Paul Kohlbry, "Plots and Deeds: Agrarian Annihilation and the Fight for Land Justice in Palestine" (Stanford UP, 2026)
Q: What does agrarian annihilation reveal about the relationship between coercive violence and market forces in the West Bank and broader region?
It demonstrates that immediate acts of dispossession coexist with slower, less visible processes like wage shifts, land price increases, and real estate development, all contributing to ecological and social transformation that undermines agrarian life.
H. S. Jones, "Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Q: Who is James Bryce and why is his work considered important in liberal thought?
Bryce was a prominent Victorian liberal thinker and public intellectual whose work connected education, public opinion, and political culture to the functioning of liberal democracies, with a special emphasis on how nations and institutions should be open, publicly accountable, and sensitive to national contexts.

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This show features in-depth conversations with scholars about recently published theory-heavy books across philosophy, political theory, literature, and related fields. Episodes often explore topics like critical theory, state power, memory, language, and globalization through rigorous intellectual discussion, sometimes blending archival anecdotes, pedagogical reflections, and cross-disciplinary perspectives. A standout trait is the sustained emphasis on how theory translates into public understanding, with guests ranging from translation philosophy to autotheory and the politics of memory, all aimed at researchers, students, and curious, academically inclined listeners. Notable strengths include long-form, conversation-heavy formats that p... more

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