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Clare Griffin
Professor of history at Indiana University
Indiana University
Episode: Clare Griffin, "Mixing Medicines: The Global Drug Trade and Early Modern Russia" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2022)
Jim Endersby
Professor of History of Science at the University of Sussex
University of Sussex
Episode: Jim Endersby, "The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology's Imaginary Futures, 1900-1935" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Mike Jay
An author and curator focusing on drug history and psychoactive substances
Yale University Press
Episode: Mike Jay, "Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind" (Yale UP, 2023)
Amit Varshizky
Israeli historian, novelist, and essayist.
Episode: Amit Varshizky, "The Metaphysics of Race: Science and Faith in the Nazi Worldview" (Taylor & Francis, 2024)
Kate Clancy
A professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois and author focusing on menstruation and its societal implications.
University of Illinois
Episode: Kate Clancy, "Period: The Real Story of Menstruation" (Princeton UP, 2023)
Donna Drucker
Assistant Director of Scholarship and Research Development at the Columbia University School of Nursing
Columbia University
Episode: Donna J. Drucker, "Fertility Technology" (MIT Press, 2023)
Thomas Haigh
Eminent computer historian and author.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Episode: Thomas Haigh on the History of “AI” as a Brand
Taylor McCall
Managing editor of Speculum, the Journal of the Medieval Academy of America
Speculum, Journal of the Medieval Academy of America
Episode: Taylor McCall, "The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe" (Reaktion Books, 2023)
Thomas Morel
Professor of History of Mathematics at the University of Wuppertal in Germany
University of Wuppertal
Episode: Thomas Morel, "Underground Mathematics: Craft Culture and Knowledge Production in Early Modern Europe" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

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Clare Griffin, "Mixing Medicines: The Global Drug Trade and Early Modern Russia" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2022)
Q: What do Africa and America have to do with this history of medicines in Muscovy?
Griffin mentions the presence of American plants like sassafras in early modern Russia, despite tobacco being banned.
Clare Griffin, "Mixing Medicines: The Global Drug Trade and Early Modern Russia" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2022)
Q: Could you tell us a bit more about the Apothecary Chancellery? Who worked in it? What did it do?
The Apothecary Chancellery provided medical services primarily to the Tsar's court and later to the army, evolving from a personal service for nobility to a more public health role.
Clare Griffin, "Mixing Medicines: The Global Drug Trade and Early Modern Russia" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2022)
Q: How did you become a historian?
Clare Griffin shares that her interest in history developed haphazardly, starting with a random choice to study Russian in school.
Jim Endersby, "The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology's Imaginary Futures, 1900-1935" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Q: What kind of world do we want to live in and what kinds of responsibilities do we have for creating that world?
The question about living in a 'natural' way is incoherent because a natural life would mean succumbing to preventable diseases and leading primitive lifestyles, which we now reject. The metaphor of gardening implies that we must actively manage the planet's resources, adapting our values to create a balanced ecosystem.
Jim Endersby, "The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology's Imaginary Futures, 1900-1935" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Q: What did it tell us about the power of biology as a powerful political resource?
As the mutation theory emerged, some socialists began to argue that just as plants might enter a rapid mutation to create new species, societies too could experience rapid revolutionary change. This idea allowed them to frame their calls for political upheaval as scientific and rational.

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