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For the Love of Tamil celebrates the life and work of E. Annamalai (born 1938), the most prominent Tamil linguist of his generation. Spanning six decades and multiple continents, his scholarship ranges from formal analyses of Tamil syntax and semanti... more

The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City (SUNY Press, 2025) offers a new look at over a century of Yiddish culture in New York City. Author Henry H. Sapoznik focuses on theater, music, architecture, crime, Black-Jewish cultural interactions,... more

A transdisciplinary array of authors offering a new frame of reference for autotheory and its genre-bending synthesis of autobiography and critical theory.

Autotheories (MIT Press, 2025) tells the story of a field in formation. Building on traditio... more

The Philosophy of Translation (Yale UP, 2024) is a fresh, approachable, and convincing account of what translation really is and what translators actually do. As the translator of sixty books from multiple languages, Damion Searls has spent decades g... more

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Margherita Trento
Editor of For the Love of Tamil, Essays in the Honor of E. Annamalai
University affiliation not explicitly stated in transcript
Episode: Margherita Trento et al., "For the Love of Tamil: Essays in Honor of E. Annamalai" (UnionPress, 2025)
Costas Nacassis
Editor of For the Love of Tamil, Essays in the Honor of E. Annamalai
University affiliation not explicitly stated in transcript
Episode: Margherita Trento et al., "For the Love of Tamil: Essays in Honor of E. Annamalai" (UnionPress, 2025)
Henry Sapoznik
Award-winning producer, musicologist, performer, and writer in the fields of traditional and popular Yiddish and American music and culture
Independent researcher and author; founder of YIVO Sound Archives; creator of the Yiddish Radio Project
Episode: The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City with Henry Sapoznik
Alex Brostoff
Assistant Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies, Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Episode: Alex Brostoff and Vilashini Cooppan eds., "Autotheories" (MIT Press, 2025)
Vilashini Cooppan
Professor of Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz
Episode: Alex Brostoff and Vilashini Cooppan eds., "Autotheories" (MIT Press, 2025)
Damion Searls
Translator and author of The Philosophy of Translation
Episode: Damion Searls, "The Philosophy of Translation" (Yale UP, 2024)
Dr. Jieun Kiaer
Professor of Korean Linguistics at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
Episode: Jieun Kiaer, "Emoji Speak: Communication and Behaviours on Social Media" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Sophie Salvo
Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
Episode: Sophie Salvo, "Articulating Difference: Sex and Language in the German Nineteenth Century"(U Chicago Press, 2024)
Dr. Renny Thomas
Co-editor of Decolonial Keywords: South Asian Thoughts and Attitudes
Columbia University Press
Episode: Renny Thomas and Sasanka Perera, "Decolonial Keywords: South Asian Thoughts and Attitudes" (Columbia UP, 2025)

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Eddy Portnoy
Host with disciplinary focus on language and Jewish studies; frequent contributor to discussions on translation and multilingual culture
Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host of New Books Network language channels; experienced in language, translation, and linguistics discussions

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4.3 out of 5 stars from 39 ratings
  • Variable quality; can be very good

    Perhaps that speaks to the variety of books covered.

    I suggest having an annotated transcript to allow a deeper dive, similar to SmartyPants or ScienceFriday.

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    Nirgal_ii
    United States6 years ago
  • Less informative than an infomercial

    Talk radio on the net. The podcaster believes we are a captive audience like their students.

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    August Consumer
    United States7 years ago

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The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City with Henry Sapoznik
Q: What motivated the shift from Yiddish to Hebrew and the impact on preserving older styles like chazanis?
The host explains that postwar shifts, rising Israel as a cultural center, and changes in synagogue practices reduced emphasis on older Yiddish cantorial traditions, contributing to the loss of some material culture.
The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City with Henry Sapoznik
Q: Was there reluctance or hesitation around addressing certain topics in the book, such as the crime chapter and its ties to cemeteries or churches?
The discussion acknowledges complex, sometimes uncomfortable histories, arguing that careful contextualization and cross-referencing help illuminate these connections rather than sensationalize them.
The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City with Henry Sapoznik
Q: With such a rich history and so much of the building stock still standing, why is there not a single NYC historic district on the Lower East Side?
The guest suggests that visibility is uneven, with some sites protected by landmarking while others lack formal protection; efforts succeed on a case-by-case basis, but broad district-wide recognition remains challenging.
Sophie Salvo, "Articulating Difference: Sex and Language in the German Nineteenth Century"(U Chicago Press, 2024)
Q: Could you elaborate on how the fantasy of sexual complementarity acted as a necessary premise for the production of linguistic knowledge in this era?
Sophie discusses how many language theories used gendered ideas as foundational premises, often assuming a hierarchical relationship between the sexes that influenced linguistic classifications.
Sophie Salvo, "Articulating Difference: Sex and Language in the German Nineteenth Century"(U Chicago Press, 2024)
Q: How did you become interested in this idea of language and gender?
Sophie traces her interest back to her college days as a comparative literature major, where she first encountered feminist theories of language.

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This show centers on scholarly conversations about language, translation, literature, and related humanities topics, often anchored by freshly published academic works. Episodes frequently feature authors and editors discussing linguistic theory, translation philosophy, world literature, and language politics, with heavy emphasis on cross-cultural exchange, decoding how language shapes knowledge, identity, and society. A standout pattern is the blend of rigorous textual analysis with accessible storytelling, archival insight, and pedagogy-focused discussion, making complex scholarly debates inviting for researchers, students, and professionals in publishing, education, and cultural studies. The format often combines deep dives into a single... more

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