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Kindness & Salt, Recipes For the Care & Feeding Of Your Friends & Neighbors

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The Varnish and the Glaze, Painting Splendor With Oil, 1100-1500

Chemistry

London

Beijing

Marilyn Monroe

World War II

Colonialism

United States

Capitalism

French Empire

Victorian Journalism

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Democracy

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Politics

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John McCurdy

Professor of history

Eastern Michigan University

Episode: John Gilbert McCurdy, "Vicious and Immoral: Homosexuality, the American Revolution, and the Trials of Robert Newburgh" (JHU Press, 2024)

Bryant Simon

Historian, author of For Customers Only, Public Bathrooms and the Making of American Inequality

University of Chicago Press (author)

Episode: Bryant Simon, "For Customers Only: Public Bathrooms and the Making of American Inequality" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

Andrew Seth Meyer

Author; Professor of History at Brooklyn College; author of To Rule All Under Heaven

Brooklyn College / Oxford University Press

Episode: Andrew Seth Meyer, "To Rule All Under Heaven: A History of Classical China, from Confucius to the First Emperor" (Oxford UP, 2026)

James D. Ryan

Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Integral Studies

California Institute of Integral Studies

Episode: James D. Ryan, "The Upanisads as They Are: Brhadaranyaka, Chandogya, Aitareya, Taittiriya, Kausitaki" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

Laura Portwood-Stacer

Author of The Book Proposal Book, A Guide for Scholarly Authors

Manuscript Works / Princeton University Press

Episode: Laura Portwood-Stacer, "The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors" (Princeton UP, 2021)

Giuseppe Motta

Associate Professor of History of International Relations

Sapienza University of Rome

Episode: Giuseppe Motta, "Jewish Refugees and the International Community Between the Two World Wars: Beyond the State" (Routledge, 2026)

Darinee Alagirisamy

Historian of modern South Asia; author of Sober State

National University of Singapore

Episode: Darinee Alagirisamy, "Sober State: Origins of Alcohol Prohibition in India" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Sheila L. Macrine

Professor of STEM education

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Episode: Sheila L. Macrine and Jennifer M.B. Fugate, "Embodied Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Natural, Artificial, and Hybrid Systems" (MIT Press, 2026)

Jennifer Fugate

Professor of psychology

Kansas City University

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The lady’s voice is so sharp, it’s painful to listen to. Sorry.
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Radioactive Dixie episode….
A very prejudiced and loaded episode. Why would living near a nuclear power station will affect your life significantly? It wouldn’t. Have either of you visited one? Author or interviewer?
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Ben Bronx
United Kingdom8 months ago
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Lisa Silverman is an historian whose books I want to explore, based on this interview. I’m not an academically-trained historian, but read and study a lot, especially from the first half of the twentieth century. Thank you for giving her the platform for explaining her ideas. I’m embarking on post-WWII histories now, and my reading list is enhanced.
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Simms pedaling his ludicrous "theory". Hitler was obsessed with Bolshevism and the threat of communism.
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Leonhard Emmerling, "The Idiots: The History of the Homo Nullus" (Seagull Books, 2026)

Q: You discuss Nietzsche's treatment of Christ in the Antichrist. How does Nietzsche's view shift, and what does that reveal about Western perceptions of weakness and innocence?

Nietzsche initially condemns pity and weakness, but as he develops his analysis, he comes to admire Christ's apparent innocence and detachment from worldly power, portraying Christ as a figure who transcends conventional social ties and highlights the tension between religious ideals and institutional church power.

Leonhard Emmerling, "The Idiots: The History of the Homo Nullus" (Seagull Books, 2026)

Q: Before we start talking about the book, can you briefly introduce yourself and explain how the idea of the book came about, given its 2,500-year scope?

I'm an art historian, and the book emerged from tracing how the term idiota and its cultural derivatives evolved across philosophy, religion, and art, showing how 'outsider' figures have repeatedly challenged established order and inspired new forms of cultural production.

Mubanga Kalimamukwento, "The Shipikisha Club" (Cassava Republic Press, 2026)

Q: If there's, you know, one thing that you want readers to take away from your novel, what would that be?

She emphasizes that there isn't a single takeaway; the novel invites readers to engage with multiple perspectives and draw their own interpretations about gender, power, and family dynamics.

Patrick Griffin, "The Age of Atlantic Revolution: The Fall and Rise of a Connected World" (Yale UP, 2023)

Q: What was your criteria for selecting sources and shaping the narrative across four continents?

He describes relying on colleagues, talks, and a wide reading of secondary literature, using comparative analysis to weave together diverse regional histories into a coherent narrative about sovereignty and crisis.

Patrick Griffin, "The Age of Atlantic Revolution: The Fall and Rise of a Connected World" (Yale UP, 2023)

Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you arrived at this project.

Griffin explains his academic trajectory, notes Yale University Press approached him, and describes how initial doubts gave way to a broad, ambitious plan that tied together multiple regions and topics into an expansive Atlantic history.

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