Fans of On Being and Los Culturistas love this 2024 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Greg Louganis, Becky Albertalli, and so many more, guests from across the rainbow tell these authors how their books helped them overcome alienation, gender dysphoria, familial homophobia, and being outed. Essayist and Lambda Literary Fellow John Parker hosts the conversations with a gentle and energetic style, standing ...
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The original LGBTQ+ comic book podcast! With a heavy skew towards The X-Men and The MCU. Hosted by dumb bitches @thebrettmannest and @TheEvilJeff. He’s/Him’s
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Queer Words is a podcast of conversations with queer-identified authors about their works and lives hosted by Wayne Goodman
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Queer Lit is a podcast about LGBTQIA+* literature and culture. In each episode, literary studies researcher Lena Mattheis talks to an expert in the field of queer studies. Topics include lesbian literature, inclusive pronouns and language, gay history, trans and non-binary novels, intersectionality and favourite queer films, series or poems. New episode every other week! Recent transcripts here: https://lenamattheis.wordpress.com/queer-lit-transcripts/ [email protected] https://lenam ...
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Country Queers is a podcast featuring oral history interviews with rural and small-town LGBTQIA2S+ folks. We uplift often unheard stories of rural queer experiences across intersecting layers of identity including race, class, gender identity, age, religion, and occupation. Produced by and for country queers all over, we hope these stories help add more complexity to conversations and ideas about rural spaces and queer communities.
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Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books
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Kendra and Amanda are just a couple of queer folx from the midwest who aim to spread the word on queer-centric literature and creators by using a book club format. Each episode we read a book written by a queer author or featuring a queer character(s) and discuss the book with a guest. Generally the guests are actors, musicians, or other entertainers from the queer community or one of our allies. Help us spread the word on the wonderful world of queer literature.
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Book reviewer, Tara Scott, and award-winning author, Kris Bryant, discuss queer books, movies, TV shows, graphic novels and narrow down selections for listeners. Grab a glass of wine, dram of whisky, or cup of coffee and join them as they suggest to you, the listener, and to each other, something wonderfully queer and inspiring to check out.
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A cosy book club podcast, hosted by two queer booksellers who really love talking about books! New episodes out monthly! And check us out on social media for some extra bonus content! So, traveller, come on in to our nice cosy tavern and join us by the fire...
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Two married lesbians trying to hold it together in Texas by discussing their favorite queer books as a way of creating community.
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SFF Yeah! is a biweekly show dedicated to the latest happenings and our favorite recommendations from the worlds of science fiction and fantasy.
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Four LGBT friends bring you our take on a different book each month... while drinking.
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Interviews with scholars of Poland about their new books
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Welcome to My Therapist is Out! An Open Space Therapy Collective Podcast. We are your hub for queer and trans mental healthcare. Each episode therapist and host Renae Johnson, LPCC, ATR-BC (they/them), will speak with one of our therapists or LGBTQ+ community member about mental health and building community. To book a free consult call with one of our therapists visit: openspacetherapycollective.com/book-appointment
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A gothic, mystery and horror podcast.
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Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
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Established in 1989, Lesbians on the Loose Magazine was a much-loved monthly magazine for lesbians in Australia. (You can find the entire digital archive of the magazine on www.lotl.com/archive ). A lifeline for many and a leading voice within the community, the brand has become a historic part of the LGBTQ community in Australia. Building on its foundations and aligning with today's live, LOTL produces daily content across various channels, including the web, socials, podcasts and film.
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It’s a panel show with a revolving panel of characters talking about everything from politics to entertainment from a Queer perspective! A space to raise our voices and sound off!
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Interviews with Scientists about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science
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A podcast dedicated to all things literary and bookish in Brighton & beyond. Anna interviews authors, publishers, people working in literature programmes, gets recommendations from booksellers and bloggers, and shares the best upcoming events. Follow @annamburtt on Twitter and @btnbookclub on Instagram for updates. Email [email protected] for enquiries.
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Crack open a good book with two wise-cracking besties. Sarah and Cyrus are two queer English majors who use their degrees to commit crimes against literature. Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes and merch! https://www.patreon.com/crackedspinespodcast
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Welcome to the Queers of Time podcast! We're all about shining light on and discussing the queerer aspects of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series and the Amazon TV show. We discuss theories, representation in the books and the TV show, fan-shipping, the Divine Gift that is Siuaraine, and much more!
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Maddy Myers and Ryan Pagella review and break down the queer subtext of every X-Men cartoon/tv show/movie/game/book EVER. And maybe date Wolverine. E-Mail: [email protected] Discord server: https://discordapp.com/invite/VJ5P5ZH Voicemail: (508) 319-1668
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Interviews with scholars and activists on animals and animal-human relations. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/animal-studies
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A queer lit podcast. Come meet Joe and Becki as they discuss all things LGBTQ+ books! From literature to young adult they're talking, laughing, and sniffling their way through their favorite queer reads.
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Ripped from the pages of the hit indie comic book, this audio drama is a reimagined queer take on a classic genre that’s a blend of noir, horror, comedy, and mystery. 1940, Los Angeles. Openly gay private eye Dash Malone investigates strange and mysterious cases that have surprising links to his sordid past, his tumultuous love life, and an ancient power not seen in centuries. Can he conquer the monsters of the past to stop a terrifying future from occurring? “A love letter, a critique, and ...
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A queer sf review podcast about the emerging wizards vs. lesbians microgenre.
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Welcome to The Becoming Podcast, where we talk about modern-day rites of passage, radical transformation, and other times of becoming in our lives...and how these times can be a catalyst to become more of who you are. Hosted by coach, doula + author Jessie Harrold.
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This podcast is hosted by Jiamah; a Black NonBinary Pansexual Asexual Christian (a mouthful I know, imagine living it LOL) and their thoughts on whatever they feel like talking about XD *Official Podcast of The Bible Is Inclusive Website* Book: "Who Told You That God Was Homophobic?" By Jiamah Pearson Available on Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Scribd, and many other retailers! Twitter: @BibleInclusive Instagram: @TheBibleIsInclusive
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Get ready to dive into PANTS, with Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey. They met over twenty years ago playing best friends on the iconic, groundbreaking show THE L WORD. Each week, these two real-life BFFs catch up with each other on the big and small things going on in their lives, complete with hilarious oversharing, unqualified advice, and heated debates. PANTS is about friendship, queer life, chosen family and all things DIY. Listen to PANTS and eavesdrop on a friendship that’s as dynamic an ...
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Brown Girl Book Party is a monthly book club hosted by Rosa Leonardo and Shannon Dominguez-Stevens, celebrating fiction in all its glorious forms, especially the kind that centers brown, BIPOC and queer stories, characters and authors. We believe fiction has a lot to teach us, and we’re here to soak it all up. This is a bi-monthly podcast, focusing on one book a month. We’ll announce the book on the first Saturday of each month, and come back to discuss it on the last Saturday . Join us for ...
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Interviews with scholars and activist on LGBTQ+ matters. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies
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This podcast features the voices of future educators discussing their beliefs about the implications and responsibilities of incorporating diverse and inclusive materials in their classrooms. Completed as an assignment for a Cultural Rhetorics course at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire.
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Are you an exvangelical who still can’t get over Adventures in Odyssey? We can’t either! Join us — a queer married couple that met in Christian school and their gay ex-pastor friend — as we take a silly, irreverent, and sometimes thoughtful look at evangelicalism and LGBTQ identity through the lens of Focus on the Family’s long-running children’s radio show.
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The "NBN Book of the Day" features the most timely and interesting author interviews from the New Books Network delivered to you every weekday. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day
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Hello everybody I’m Denzel and this is The Black Queer Witch podcasts where I want to talk about my journey as a black witch and as a queer person and how that effects the world around me. Welcome to the coven fellow witch. Now come gather at the circle. Follow on Instagram @theblack_queerwitch
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Tune in to hear two friends discuss all the steamy (and sometimes tepid) details of the regency romance genre. Join us each episode as we take a trip across the pond and into the past in search of swoon-worthy Happily Ever Afters! We talk about all your regency favorites like Julia Quinn’s Bridgertons or Lisa Kleypas’ Ravenels, plus we dive deep into exciting new releases from rising stars like Scarlett Peckham, Cat Sebastian, and Evie Dunmore. We’ve got full book reviews AND fabulous interv ...
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This isn’t your average podcast—it’s a radical little book club for your ears. Each week on Assigned Reading, feminist business coach Becky Mollenkamp invites a brilliant guest to read and unpack a feminist essay. Together, they dive into the juicy, nuanced, sometimes uncomfortable questions these texts raise about power, identity, leadership, liberation, and more. If you’ve ever wanted to have big conversations about big ideas—but without having to get dressed, make small talk, or leave you ...
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Fight fascism and fall in love with Rebel Ever After, a new leftist romance podcast. Join sex & culture critic and BUT HOW ARE YOU, REALLY author Ella Dawson as she interviews Romancelandia citizens about writing swoony, sexy and progressive romance novels.
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Hello everyone, welcome to the Lez Represent Podcast. A podcast about all things queer womxn and marginalized genders, LGBT representation, and everyday stories from the queer community. Because who best represents you than you. Follow us on Twitter! https://linktr.ee/lezrerpresentpodcast
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Knihomol na mol je nový knižný podcast o dvoch kamarátkach s drastický odlišným čitateľským vkusom. Čítame, aby ste vy nemuseli!
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A Podcast on Living as a Witch in Today’s World
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Love Is Spoken Queer is a podcast where the Topics are Gospel and the Voices are LGBTQ+! Join Dustin Larsen (an active GAY member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), René Hernandez, Hayden Davis and Todd Richardson as they discuss Gospel Topics through Queer Perspectives. Add your own Queer Perspective on Gospel Topics by sending them to: [email protected].
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Welcome! My name’s David Guignion and I distill complicated philosophical and theoretical ideas for wide audiences. While ideas are important to help us understand the world, it is even more important to put ideas into action. Some of this channel’s key theoretical and pragmatic influences include, but are not limited to, Marxism, Decolonialization, Feminism, Gender and Queer theory, and Critical Race Theory. This channel’s content is recorded on the in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal, the traditional t ...
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Welcome to Curdled Ink podcast, one woman’s tirade against poor writing and problematic romance. Literary criticism from a queer, kinky, sex positive perspective, starting with 50 Shades of Grey. Posts every other Tuesday!
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Midday Edition uplifts voices in San Diego with fearless conversations about intriguing issues. Host, Jade Hindmon, cuts through the noise with questions that give listeners a deeper understanding of themselves, people and the community they live in. Guests share diverse perspectives from their expertise and lived experience. In a city and world that's rapidly changing, Jade’s interviews inspire, inform and make you think. New episodes drop Monday - Thursday afternoons.
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Interviews with Scholars of Gender about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies
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A show about queer women in history and historic literature, plus coverage of the field of sapphic historical fiction. Content note: May include discussions of sex within an academic context.
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In our 342nd episode, we react to the rumors about Jake Schreier directing MCU X-Men AND to Ryan Coogler's gothic period piece SINNERS! Plus, our obligatory X-Men comic reviews and more!By Universehead Podcast Network
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New book explores queer identity, grief and basketball
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15:00Local author Mac Crane's latest book "A Sharp Endless Need" draws from their own experience as a former Division I basketball player.
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The Murderbot Diaries with Esmé and Martha Wells
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58:09What would it feel like for other people to love me if they were to truly see me and truly know me as I am right now? Today we meet Esmé and we’re talking about the queer book that saved their life: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. And Martha joins us for the conversation! Esmé has been slinging radical books at Firestorm since 2019. They wea…
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Elyssa Ford and Rebecca Scofield, "Slapping Leather: Queer Cowfolx at the Gay Rodeo" (U Washington Press, 2023)
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1:20:41What would a rodeo open to anyone and everyone look like? In their new book, Slapping Leather: Queer Cowfolx at the Gay Rodeo (U Washington, 2023), history professors Elyssa Ford (Northwest Missouri State) and Rebecca Scofield (University of Idaho) argue that the International Gay Rodeo Associaton (IGRA) provides a template. Founded in the 1970s as…
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New exhibit spotlights San Diego's rich Filipino food scene
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45:56The exhibit, "Taste San Diego: Filipino Culinary Journeys" explores Filipino American history and identity and its deep connections to San Diego.
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In classic 50 Shades fashion, this episode starts with a consent violation and ends with Ana's boss being full-on cartoon-villain creepy. He's leaving for New York without her, so he's damn well gonna take that out on her every chance he gets. And meanwhile Christian is...well, being Christian at her. This girl needs a vacation from men. Content wa…
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Matthew Restall, "On Elton John: An Opinionated Guide" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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1:20:03Elton John is not only "still standing," he is a living superlative, the ultimate record-breaking, award-winning survivor of the great era of pop and rock music that he helped to shape during his six decades in the music industry. Yet few of his numerous biographies and song guides take him as a historical subject worthy of scholarly study. In cont…
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Guo Quan Seng, "Strangers in the Family: Gender, Patriliny, and the Chinese in Colonial Indonesia" (SAPP, 2023)
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55:53In Strangers in the Family: Gender, Patriliny, and the Chinese in Colonial Indonesia (SAPP, 2023), Guo-Quan Seng provides a gendered history of settler Chinese community formation in Indonesia during the Dutch colonial period (1816–1942). At the heart of this story lies the creolization of patrilineal Confucian marital and familial norms to the col…
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Lucia Soriano, "Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times" (Lexington Books, 2024)
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55:21Embodying Normalcy: Women’s Work in Neoliberal Times (Lexington Books, 2024) calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like K…
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Joanna Rubin Dranger, "Remember Us to Life: A Graphic Memoir" (Ten Speed Graphic, 2025)
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33:56Told through a genre-defying blend of illustrations, photography, and found objects, Remember Us to Life: A Graphic Memoir (Ten Speed Graphic, 2023) chronicles Joanna Rubin Dranger’s investigation into her Jewish family’s history, spanning time, space, and three continents in search of her lost relatives. As discolored photos are retrieved from hal…
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Matthew Restall, "On Elton John: An Opinionated Guide" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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1:20:03Elton John is not only "still standing," he is a living superlative, the ultimate record-breaking, award-winning survivor of the great era of pop and rock music that he helped to shape during his six decades in the music industry. Yet few of his numerous biographies and song guides take him as a historical subject worthy of scholarly study. In cont…
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Ben Jackson, "Material Masculinities: Men and Goods in Eighteenth-Century England" (Manchester UP, 2025)
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58:41Material Masculinities: Men and Goods in Eighteenth-Century England (Manchester University Press, 2025) by Dr. Ben Jackson examines the material and consumer practices of over 1000 men from the middling and upper ranks of eighteenth-century society, c.1650-1850. It draws upon evidence from over 35 archives and museum collections to detail how mater…
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Lucia Soriano, "Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times" (Lexington Books, 2024)
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55:21Embodying Normalcy: Women’s Work in Neoliberal Times (Lexington Books, 2024) calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like K…
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Noel Rubinton, "Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee" (Princeton UP, 2025)
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46:51John McPhee has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1965 and has written more than thirty acclaimed books that began on the magazine's pages. But few readers know or fully appreciate the true breadth of his writing. Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee (Princeton University Press, 2025) leads readers through…
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Noel Rubinton, "Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee" (Princeton UP, 2025)
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46:51John McPhee has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1965 and has written more than thirty acclaimed books that began on the magazine's pages. But few readers know or fully appreciate the true breadth of his writing. Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee (Princeton University Press, 2025) leads readers through…
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Academic Librarians: A Discussion with Karen McCoy
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55:53The library is an important partner in academic success for students and professors. So why do so many people overlook this key resource? Karen McCoy takes us inside her job on two college campuses, unpacking what librarians do, and why she’s so happy to help everyone find exactly what they need. Our guest is: Karen B. McCoy, who is a librarian cur…
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Mayukh Sen, "Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star" (Norton, 2025)
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57:15In 2022, Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. But she wasn’t the first actress of Asian origin to be nominated. In 1935, Merle Oberon was nominated for Best Actress for the role of Kitty Vane in The Dark Angel, only her second film in the U.S. film industry. But no one knew Oberon was Asian. Her pu…
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Steve McCauley on Barbara Pym: The Comic Novel Explored and Adored (JP)
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30:31Back in 2019, John spoke with the celebrated comic novelist Stephen McCauley. Nobody knows more about the comic novel than Steve--his latest is You Only Call When You're in Trouble, but John still holds a candle for his 1987 debut, Object of My Affection, made into a charming Jennifer Aniston Paul Rudd movie. And there is no comic novelist Steve lo…
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Tyler Neill discusses the new platform Pāṇḍitya, an online graph visualization tool illustrating connections between works and authors in the Pandit Prosopographical Database of Indic Texts. It also facilitates exploration of the Sanskrit E-Text Inventory (SETI) as an overlay on the Pandit network. Tyler's blog "Sanskrit and Tech with Tyler" is her…
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Coping with death and healing through therapy
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38:00On Midday Edition, we speak to former death investigator Paul Parker about his book,"In the Shadows of Death: Writing Life’s Final Chapter.” We also speak with local psychotherapist Ben Yalom about the book he co-authored, “Hour of the Heart: Connecting in the Here and Now.”
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Myka Tucker-Abramson, "Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel and American Hegemony" (Stanford UP, 2025)
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59:54The road novel is often dismissed as a mundane, nostalgic genre: Jack, Sal, and other tedious white men on the road trying to recapture an authentic youth and American past that never existed. Yet, new road novels appear every year, tackling unexpected questions and spanning new geographies, from Mexico, Brazil, Bulgaria, Palestine, Ukraine, and fo…
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Claire McNulty, "Edinburgh's Unruly Women: Gender, Discipline, and Power, 1560-1660" (Routledge, 2024)
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36:29Edinburgh's Unruly Women: Gender, Discipline, and Power, 1560-1660 (Routledge, 2024) examines experiences of church discipline across parish communities through Edinburgh and its environs. The book argues that experiences of discipline were not universal, varying according to any number of factors such as age, gender, marital status, and social ran…
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Rochelle Rojas, "Bad Christians and Hanging Toads: Witch Crafting in Northern Spain, 1525–1675" (Cornell UP, 2025)
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45:09Bad Christians and Hanging Toads: Witch Crafting in Northern Spain, 1525–1675 (Cornell University Press, 2025) by Dr. Rochelle Rojas tells riveting stories of witchcraft in everyday life in early modern Navarra. Belief in witchcraft not only emerged in moments of mass panic but was woven into the fabric of village life. Some villagers believed witc…
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Annie Zaleski, "I Got You Babe: A Celebration of Cher" (Running Press Adult, 2025)
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54:31Covering her life and sixty-year career from Sonny & Cher to show-stopping solo performer, award-winning actress, fashion icon, and beyond, this is a glorious retrospective of one of the world's most enduring entertainers, Cher. Featuring a foreword by Cyndi Lauper! Commemorating six decades since her first #1 hit in 1965, I Got You Babe (Running P…
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False Dawn: A Conversation with George Selgin on Recovering from the Great Depression
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1:00:16Join us on Madison's Notes as we sit down with George Selgin, senior fellow and director emeritus of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives and professor emeritus of economics at the University of Georgia. In this insightful conversation, Selgin unpacks the myths and realities of FDR’s New Deal through the lens of his b…
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Júlia Király, "Hungary and Other Emerging EU Countries in the Financial Storm: From Minor Troubles to Global Hurricane" (Springer, 2020)
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46:31Donald Trump is putting liberal democracy through its greatest test in 80 years. None of it is original. His style of rule is straight from the democratic backsliders' playbook. To secure long-term power rather than short-term office, rulers must take over the institutions that check and balance majority rule and bend them to their will. Trump has …
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Rochelle Rojas, "Bad Christians and Hanging Toads: Witch Crafting in Northern Spain, 1525–1675" (Cornell UP, 2025)
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45:09Bad Christians and Hanging Toads: Witch Crafting in Northern Spain, 1525–1675 (Cornell University Press, 2025) by Dr. Rochelle Rojas tells riveting stories of witchcraft in everyday life in early modern Navarra. Belief in witchcraft not only emerged in moments of mass panic but was woven into the fabric of village life. Some villagers believed witc…
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Michael Buser, "Ecologies of Care in Times of Climate Change: Water Security in the Global Context" (Policy Press, 2024)
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36:41Ecologies of Care in Times of Climate Change: Water Security in the Global Context (Policy Press, 2024) investigates and analyses places in Europe, North America and Asia that are facing the immense challenges associated with climate change adaptation. Presenting real-world cases in the contexts of coastal change, drinking water and the cryosphere,…
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Brain Rot: What Our Screens Are Doing to Our Minds (8)
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27:03In Episode 8, Dr. Messina and Dr. Gill, the host and co-host of this podcast, talked about the emotional toll that is associated with lost time---time that cannot be reclaimed. While there are many things in life that can be found or recovered when lost, time is not among them; once it is gone, it is lost forever. They highlighted the impact of tec…
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What is environmental authoritarianism and why we should be mindful of its allure
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37:21The argument that authoritarian governments are better at dealing with the climate emergency is gaining ground, fuelled by the idea that undemocratic states face fewer constraints and so can operate more efficiently and effectively. Some are even arguing that this isn’t just a necessary evil but a legitimate policy response to pending environmental…
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Marc Shapiro, "Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New: The Unique Vision of Rav Kook" (Littman Library, 2025)
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49:51Rav Kook’s Vision: Halakhah, Secular Knowledge, and the Renewal of Judaism. Those of us who know something about Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook’s life and philosophy know about his being stuck outside of the Land of Israel during WWI, being the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine, and his encouragement of the secular Zionis…
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Daniel Behar, "Syrian Poets and Vernacular Modernity" (Edinburgh UP, 2025)
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29:32Syrian Poets and Vernacular Modernity (Edinburgh UP, 2025) examines a poetic movement that rose from under official state discourse in 1970s Syria Closely examines a wealth of unknown primary poetic texts from Syria that make up a new poetics which challenges received ideas about modern Arabic poetry Rereads along transnational lines the works of f…
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Here To Make Friends (featuring Kate & Leisha)
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1:07:01Kate & Leisha join hosts Jessi Klein and Liz Feldman on Here to Make Friends to discuss their new co-written book So Gay For You, plus '90s fashion talk, the Kate/Leisha origin story, Jessi's lesbian education, and a couple of unforgettable ravioli moments! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Navigating the Queer Journey with PJ Brescia (they/them)
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55:18What does it mean to come out—not just once, but over and over again—as you uncover more of who you are? In this episode Renae (they/them) sits down with PJ Brescia (they/them), the heart and brains behind Baby Gay, a nonprofit devoted to supporting folks in their coming out journeys. PJ shares their story of coming out later in life, discovering t…
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E165: Happy Mermay! Mermaid Books with Desiree M. Niccoli
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1:03:17Today I welcome mermaid aficionado and longtime friend, Desiree M. Niccoli to discuss mermaids across genre fiction. I had her on for a previous MerMay episode a few years ago, soon after the release of her book CALLED TO THE DEEP. Today she created a fun mermaid quiz, which we do at the end of the show, and we discuss the rise in mermaid fiction s…
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Tracing Japanese American history in San Diego
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31:00We walk through the history of the Japanese American community in San Diego and Imperial Counties through one family's story of migration and incarceration during World War II.
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Talkin' In The Tavern - 5 Stars and TBR Treasures
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55:06April shaped up to be a strange reading month, with some varying highs and lows in our reading, as our hosts read both books they loved and books that were just "okay", so come pull up a chair and let us tell you all about them! Make sure that you follow us on Instagram (@HearthAndTomePod) and Bluesky (@HearthAndTome) and Tiktok @Hearth.And.Tome - …
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Claire McNulty, "Edinburgh's Unruly Women: Gender, Discipline, and Power, 1560-1660" (Routledge, 2024)
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36:29Edinburgh's Unruly Women: Gender, Discipline, and Power, 1560-1660 (Routledge, 2024) examines experiences of church discipline across parish communities through Edinburgh and its environs. The book argues that experiences of discipline were not universal, varying according to any number of factors such as age, gender, marital status, and social ran…
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Anna Wainwright, "Widow City: Gender, Emotion, and Community in the Italian Renaissance" (U Delaware Press, 2025)
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55:11Widow City: Gender, Emotion, and Community in Renaissance Italy (University of Delaware Press, 2025) investigates the ever-evolving role of the widow in medieval and early modern Italian literature, from canonical authors such as Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, to the numerous widowed writers who rose to prominence in the sixteenth century—includin…
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Katherine Addison, "The Tomb of Dragons" (Tor Books, 2025)
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55:07Katherine Addison’s novel The Tomb of Dragons (Tor, 2025) is the concluding novel in her Cemeteries of Amalo Trilogy. The novels follow Thara Celehar, a once-obscure prelate in an industrializing empire who once garnered unwanted attention by uncovering the people behind the assassination of the old emperor. Now he lives in the city of Amalo, on th…
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Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia MacDonald, "The Rise of Unmanned Warfare: Origins of the Us Autonomous Military Arsenal" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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48:29The Rise of Unmanned Warfare: Origins of the Us Autonomous Military Arsenal (Oxford UP, 2023) tells the fascinating story of the people, processes, and beliefs that led to the contemporary American unmanned arsenal. It takes an expansive look at automated and autonomous technologies, from mines and torpedoes to guided bombs and missiles, satellites…
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Pollyanna Rhee, "Natural Attachments: The Domestication of American Environmentalism, 1920–1970" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
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44:50A massive oil spill in the Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara, California, in 1969 quickly became a landmark in the history of American environmentalism, helping to inspire the creation of both the Environmental Protection Agency and Earth Day. But what role did the history of Santa Barbara itself play in this? In Natural Attachments: The Domesticati…
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James B. Haile III, "The Dark Delight of Being Strange: Black Stories of Freedom" (Columbia UP, 2024)
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1:18:30An ambitious genre-crossing exploration of Black speculative imagination, The Dark Delight of Being Strange: Black Stories of Freedom (Columbia University Press 2024) combines fiction, historical accounts, and philosophical prose to unveil the extraordinary and the surreal in everyday Black life. In a series of stories and essays, James B. Haile, I…
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Robert F. Darden and Stephen M. Newby, "Soon and Very Soon: The Transformative Music and Ministry of Andraé Crouch" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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51:56Gospel singer and seven-time Grammy winner Andraé Crouch (1942-2015) hardly needs introduction. His compositions--"The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power," "Through It All," "My Tribute (To God be the Glory)," "Jesus is the Answer," "Soon and Very Soon," and others--remain staples in modern hymnals, and he is often spoken of in the same "genius" panth…
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Brian VanDeMark, "Kent State: An American Tragedy" (Norton, 2024)
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52:02Fifty-five years after the terrible shooting at Kent State University, I spoke with Brian VanDeMark, a Professor of History at the US Naval Academy, about his new book, Kent State: An American Tragedy (Norton, 2024). Cutting through the reductive narratives of the shooting, VanDeMark offers a definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam Wa…
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Jeanne Sheehan, "American Democracy in Crisis: The Case for Rethinking Madisonian Government Post January 6" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
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35:13American Democracy in Crisis: The Case for Rethinking Madisonian Government Post January 6 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) analyzes the roots of widespread disenchantment with American government. While blame often falls on the individuals in office, they are not operating in isolation. Rather they are working within a system designed by the Framers wit…
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Anna Wainwright, "Widow City: Gender, Emotion, and Community in the Italian Renaissance" (U Delaware Press, 2025)
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55:11Widow City: Gender, Emotion, and Community in Renaissance Italy (University of Delaware Press, 2025) investigates the ever-evolving role of the widow in medieval and early modern Italian literature, from canonical authors such as Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, to the numerous widowed writers who rose to prominence in the sixteenth century—includin…
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Brian VanDeMark, "Kent State: An American Tragedy" (Norton, 2024)
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52:02Fifty-five years after the terrible shooting at Kent State University, I spoke with Brian VanDeMark, a Professor of History at the US Naval Academy, about his new book, Kent State: An American Tragedy (Norton, 2024). Cutting through the reductive narratives of the shooting, VanDeMark offers a definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam Wa…
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