Best Andreas Matthias Podcasts (2025)

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Andre Pfob and Peter Dubsky on The Lucerne Toolbox 3 25:41

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Dr Andre Pfob (Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Heidelberg University Hospital) and Prof Peter Dubsky (Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne) discuss their Review entitled The Lucerne Toolbox 3: digital health and artificial intelligence to optimise the patient journey in early breast cancer—a multidisciplinary consen…

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In conversation with... Andre Pfob and Peter Dubsky 25:41

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Dr Andre Pfob and Prof Peter Dubsky discuss their Review entitled The Lucerne Toolbox 3: digital health and artificial intelligence to optimise the patient journey in early breast cancer—a multidisciplinary consensus.By The Lancet

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Andrea Kitta, "The Kiss of Death: Contagion, Contamination, and Folklore" (Utah State UP, 2019) 1:09:41

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Disease is a social issue and not just a medical one. This is the central tenet underlying The Kiss of Death: Contagion, Contamination, and Folklore (Utah State University Press 2019) by Andrea Kitta, Associate Professor in the English department at East Carolina University, examines the discourses and metaphors of contagion and contamination in ve…

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Gary Rodin on The human crisis in cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission 10:46

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Dr Gary Rodin discusses The human crisis in cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission which identifies a growing imbalance between technological innovation and the human dimensions of cancer care. Click here to read the full Commission: The human crisis in cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission And comment: Re-establishing human-centred care Tell us what …

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In conversation with... Gary Rodin 10:46

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Dr Gary Rodin discusses The human crisis in cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission which identifies a growing imbalance between technological innovation and the human dimensions of cancer care.By The Lancet

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Jessica Campbell, "The Brontës and the Fairy Tale" (Ohio UP, 2024) 55:34

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The Brontës and the Fairy Tale (Ohio UP, 2024) by Dr. Jessica Campbell is the first comprehensive study devoted to the role of fairy tales and folklore in the work of Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell Brontë. It intervenes in debates on genre, literary realism, the history of the fairy tale, and the position of women in the Victorian period. Bui…

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John Blair, "Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World" (Princeton UP, 2025) 51:29

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Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World (Princeton UP, 2025) by Professor John Blair provides the first in-depth, global account of one of the world’s most widespread yet misunderstood forms of mass hysteria—the vampire epidemic. In a spellbinding narrative, Dr. Blair takes readers from ancient Mesopotamia to present-d…

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Matthias Preusser on the phase 2 TUXEDO-3 trial 17:10

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Deputy Editor Ali Landman speaks with Matthias Preusser (Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria) about two reports from the phase 2 TUXEDO-3 trial investigating patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-Dxd) in patients with active brain metastases of breast cancer or non-small-cell lung cancer. Hear about the potential of HER3-targeted antibody-drug conj…

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In conversation with... Matthias Preusser 17:00

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Deputy Editor Ali Landman speaks with Matthias Preusser about two reports from the phase 2 TUXEDO-3 trial investigating patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-Dxd) in patients with active brain metastases of breast cancer or non-small-cell lung cancer.By The Lancet

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Matthias Egeler, "Elves and Fairies: A Short History of the Otherworld" (Yale UP, 2025) 42:59

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Originating in Norse and Celtic mythologies, elves and fairies are a firmly established part of Western popular culture. Since the days of the Vikings and Arthurian legend, these sprites have undergone huge transformations. From J. R. R. Tolkien’s warlike elves, based on medieval legend, to little flower fairies whose charms even Sir Arthur Conan D…

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Andrea Necchi on TAR-200 plus cetrelimab as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer 12:15

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Smriti Patodia, Senior Editor of The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Dr Andrea Necchi, Associate Professor at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, and the Director of Genitourinary Medical Oncology at the San Raffaele Hospital, in Milan, Italy, to discuss his SunRISe4-trial published in our October issue. Effective treatments are needed for patie…

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In conversation with... Andrea Necchi 12:15

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Andrea Necchi, Associate Professor at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, discusses his SunRISe4-trial published in our October issue.By The Lancet

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Fiona J. Mackenzie, "The Cadence of a Song: The Life of Margaret Fay Shaw" (Birlinn, 2025) 46:08

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The American-born folklorist and musician Margaret Fay Shaw’s passion for the Hebrides led her to the island of South Uist in 1929 and then to Canna in 1935 as the wife of the eminent folklorist John Lorne Campbell. Her extraordinary work in documenting and preserving traditional Gaelic songs and customs remains a vital resource for understanding H…

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Stuart McHardy, "Scotland's Sacred Goddess: Hidden in Plain Sight" (Luath, 2025) 27:30

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In Scotland’s Sacred Goddess: Hidden in Plain Sight (Luath Press, 2025), Stuart McHardy delves into the rich tapestry of pre-Christian Scottish beliefs, uncovering the enduring presence of ancient mythologies in today’s landscape. Long before the arrival of Christian monks, the Scots revered a pantheon of deities, with the Cailleach Goddess at its …

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Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux, "The Three Ravens Folk Tales: New Tellings of Half-forgotten Stories from England's 39 Historic Counties" (The History Press, 2025) 52:29

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Do you know the legends of the giants who ruled England before the first human kings? What about the demon dog Black Shuck who terrorized sixteenth-century Norfolk? Or the many times the Devil has tried to get his way before being outwitted by everyday people? England’s historic counties are overflowing with folklore, and this collection of 39 stor…

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Spike Bucklow, "The Year: An Ecology of the Zodiac" (Reaktion Books, 2025) 42:48

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Spike Bucklow joins Jana Byars to talk about The Year: An Ecology of the Zodiac (Reaktion, 2025). This delightful book defies genre. It is a journey through nature’s yearly cycle, blending science, history and poetic reflection.The Year takes us on a journey exploring how nature transforms across twelve months, each chapter focusing on a specific m…

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Linda Bi, Ruchit Patel, Chloe Gui, Farshad Nassiri, and Matija Snuderl on TERT expression and TERT promoter mutations in meningiomas 14:22

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Kat Gourd, Acting Deputy Editor of The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Dr Linda Bi, Dr Ruchit Patel, Dr Chloe Gui, Dr Farshad Nassiri, and Dr Matija Snuderl, from institutions in the USA and Canada, to discuss two exciting papers on TERT expression and TERT promoter mutations in meningiomas. In these two cohort studies, the authors analyse the expres…

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In conversation with... Linda Bi, Ruchit Patel, Chloe Gui, Farshad Nassiri, & Matija Snuderl 14:22

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Kat Gourd, Acting Deputy Editor of The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Dr Linda Bi, Dr Ruchit Patel, Dr Chloe Gui, Dr Farshad Nassiri, and Dr Matija Snuderl, from institutions in the USA and Canada, to discuss two exciting papers on TERT expression and TERT promoter mutations in meningiomas.By The Lancet

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Philip Carr-Gomm, "A Brief History of Nakedness" (Reaktion, 2010) 32:12

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Philip Carr-Gomm joins Jana Byars to talk about A Brief History of Nakedness (Reaktion, 2010) on the occasion of its newest paperback edition. From the naked sages of India to modern-day witches and Christian nudists, from Lady Godiva to Lady Gaga, Carr-Comm writes a survey of the touching, sometimes tragic, and often bizarre story of our relations…

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Matthew R. Sparks and Olivia Sizemore, "Haint Country: Dark Folktales from the Hills and Hollers" (UP of Kentucky, 2024) 42:20

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Matthew Sparks and Oliva Sizemore join Jana Byars for a fun, chilling, and thoughtful discussion about about Haint Country: Dark Tales from the Hills and Hollers (University Press of Kentucky, 2024). The hills of the Appalachia region hold secrets—dark, deep, varied, and mysterious. These secrets are often told in the form of eerie, thrilling, and …

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Dom Ford, "Mytholudics: Games and Myth" (de Gruyter, 2025) 56:10

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Dom Ford joins Jana Byars to talk about Mytholudics: Game and Myth (DeGruyter Brill, 2025). Games create worlds made of many different elements, but also of rules, systems and structures for how we act in them. So how can we make sense of them? Mytholudics: Games and Myth lays out an approach to understanding games using theories from myth and folk…

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Isabel Toral and Beatrice Gruendler, "An Unruly Classic: Kalīla and Dimna and Its Syriac, Arabic, and Early Persian Versions" (Brill, 2024) 1:05:02

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The collection of wisdom fables known as Kalila and Dimna began its long literary life in Sanskrit more than two millennia ago, and was subsequently translated to numerous languages. But it is the Arabic version, adapted from Middle Persian by the eighth-century scholar Ibn al-Muqaffa, that has left the most substantial literary footprint. A founda…

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In conversation with... Jinming Li 7:36

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Jinming Li discusses his international, multicohort, observational study on patterns in genomic mutations among patients with early-onset colorectal cancer.By The Lancet

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Jinming Li on patterns in genomic mutations among patients with early-onset colorectal cancer 7:36

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Cheryl Reeves, Senior Editor at The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Dr Jinming Li, from the Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre, Shanghai, China to discuss his international, multicohort, observational study on patterns in genomic mutations among patients with early-onset colorectal cancer. Read the full article:…

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Kirstie Macleod, "The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitch" (Quickthorn, 2025) 30:31

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The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitch (Quickthorn, 2025), shares the deeper story of The Red Dress, its embroiderers and Kirstie Macleod's own story whilst opening up the wider issues the garment prompts for its audiences through thematic essays by individuals involved in the greater project on subjects such as empowerment, finding voice, feminism…

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Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, "Finding the Singing Spruce: Musical Instrument Makers and Appalachia's Mountain Forests" (West Virginia UP, 2023) 1:08:24

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2023 Weatherford Award Finalist, Nonfiction How can the craft of musical instrument making help reconnect people to place and reenchant work in Appalachia? How does the sonic search for musical tone change relationships with trees and forests? Following three craftspeople in the mountain forests of Appalachia through their processes of making instr…

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Introducing The Critical Edition of the Works of C. G. Jung 15:33

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"Princeton University Press is thrilled to share news of a major new initiative: the publication of The Critical Edition of the Works of C. G. Jung. As the longtime publisher of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung in North America, PUP is honored to be global publisher of the Critical Edition, having recently secured world language rights and the sup…

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In conversation with... Abdalla Awidi 8:22

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Jamie Prowse, Senior Editor at The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Professor Abdalla Awidi (Founder and Director of Stem Cell Therapy Center, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan) to discuss The Lancet Oncology's Cancer control in the Middle East Series. The Series comprises five papers from regional experts who discuss the current outlook for cancer …

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Abdalla Awidi on cancer control in the Middle East 8:22

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Jamie Prowse, Senior Editor at The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Professor Abdalla Awidi (Founder and Director of Stem Cell Therapy Center, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan) to discuss The Lancet Oncology's Cancer control in the Middle East Series. The Series comprises five papers from regional experts who discuss the current outlook for cancer …

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ASCO 2025 Debrief 14:45

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Katherine Gourd, Acting Deputy Editor at The Lancet Oncology, and Vania Wisdom, Senior Executive Editor at The Lancet and the journal's Oncology Ambassador, join Leon Terner to share some of their experiences, impressions and highlights from this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference. If you haven't already, be sure to list…

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In conversation with... Caroline Robert 10:45

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Smriti Patodia, Senior Editor of The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Professor Caroline Robert from Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, France to discuss the EBIN trial on the use of a targeted-therapy induction regimen before treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with metastatic melanoma with BRAFV600E or BRAFV600K mutations.…

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Caroline Robert on treatments for patients with advanced melanoma with BRAFV600E or BRAFV600K mutations (EBIN trial) 10:45

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Smriti Patodia, Senior Editor of The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Professor Caroline Robert from Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, France to discuss the EBIN trial. EBIN was an open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 2 trial conducted at 37 centres in eight European countries, and aimed to investigate the use of a targeted-therapy induction regimen …

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Korshi Dosoo and Markéta Preininger, "Papyri Copticae Magicae: Coptic Magical Texts, Volume 1: Formularies" (de Gruyter, 2023) 1:25:50

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Papyri Copticae Magicae: Coptic Magical Texts, Volume 1: Formularies (de Gruyter, 2023) offers an accessible repository of edited Coptic magical texts. The book is a careful and thorough edition and philological study of thirty-seven distinct Coptic manuscripts, covering a wide range of magical applications—from love spells, to curses, to exorcisms…

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Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir, "Ghosts, Trolls, and the Hidden People: An Anthology of Icelandic Folk Legends" (Reaktion, 2025) 47:44

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Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, Ghosts, Trolls, and Hidden People: An Anthology of Icelandic Folk Legends (Reaktion, 2025). This unique and enchanting book opens the door to a captivating world of Icelandic folk legends. The six chapters of this anthology are each based on a different setting: farm, wilderness, da…

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James B. Haile III, "The Dark Delight of Being Strange: Black Stories of Freedom" (Columbia UP, 2024) 1:15:30

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An 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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Richard Bryant on transperineal vs transrectal biopsy for prostate cancer 18:02

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Kat Gourd, Acting Deputy Editor of The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Professor Richard Bryant from the University of Oxford to discuss the TRANSLATE trial. This extensive UK-based randomised controlled trial compares the use of local anaesthetic ultrasound-guided transperineal biopsy with the traditional transrectal biopsy approach for diagnosing p…

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In conversation with... Richard Bryant 18:02

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Kat Gourd, Acting Deputy Editor of The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Professor Richard Bryant from the University of Oxford to discuss the TRANSLATE trial on transperineal vs transrectal biopsy for prostate cancer.By The Lancet

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Nicholas Jubber, "Monsterland: A Journey Around the World’s Dark Imagination" (Scribe, 2025) 38:58

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Monsters, in all their terrifying glory, have preoccupied humans since we began telling stories. But where did these stories come from? In Monsterland: A Journey Around the World’s Dark Imagination (Scribe, 2025), award-winning author Nicholas Jubber goes on a journey to discover more about the monsters we’ve invented, lurking in the dark and the w…

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Christian Sheppard, "The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball: Lessons for Life from Homer's Odyssey to the World Series" (Greenleaf, 2025) 58:28

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Who are you, how are you supposed to live, and what about happiness? Answers to age-old questions are offered in classic myths about heroes, gods, and monsters, and at the ballgame. In The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball (Greenleaf, 2025), author Christian Sheppard interweaves Homer’s epics with glorious stories from the green fields of America’s pastim…

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In conversation with... Amar U. Kishan 7:33

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Professor Amar U. Kishan (Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA) discusses his paper on HYpofractionateD RAdiotherapy for Prostate Cancer (HYDRA): An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Randomised Trials in the MARCAP Consortium.By The Lancet

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Professor Amar U. Kishan on HYpofractionateD RAdiotherapy for Prostate Cancer (HYDRA) 7:33

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Professor Amar U. Kishan (Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA) discusses his paper on HYpofractionateD RAdiotherapy for Prostate Cancer (HYDRA): An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Randomised Trials in the MARCAP Consortium. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article…

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Liz William, "Rough Music: Folk Customs, Transgression and Alternative Britain" (Reaktion, 2025) 38:28

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Rough Music: Folk Customs, Transgression and Alternative Britain (Reaktion, 2025) by Liz Williams explores transgression and shame in British folklore and customs from ancient Britain to the present day. From Bonfire Night to Wassail, Morris dancing, Mari Lwyd and Twelfth Night, along with events like street football and the Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Ro…

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Jennifer L. Freeman Marshall, "Ain't I an Anthropologist: Zora Neale Hurston Beyond the Literary Icon" (U Illinois Press, 2023) 1:12:43

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Iconic as a novelist and popular cultural figure, Zora Neale Hurston remains underappreciated as an anthropologist. Is it inevitable that Hurston's literary authority should eclipse her anthropological authority? If not, what socio-cultural and institutional values and processes shape the different ways we read her work? Jennifer L. Freeman Marshal…

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Daemons, Tantra, and Cultural Exchange with David Gordon White 1:00:16

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In this episode, Dr. Pierce Salguero sits down with David Gordon White, a distinguished indologist and scholar of Tantra. Our conversation focuses on David’s most recent project tracing the transregional histories of spirits, gods, demons, and their associated rituals across Eurasia. Along the way, we dive into an intellectual conversation about do…

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Ariana Znaor on cancer surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean region 20:03

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Ariana Znaor (Cancer Surveillance Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France) discusses her Review on cancer surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a 10-year IARC-WHO EMRO collaboration. Tell us what you thought about this episode Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.so…

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In conversation with... Ariana Znaor on cancer surveillance 20:03

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Ariana Znaor (Cancer Surveillance Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France) discusses her Review on cancer surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a 10-year IARC-WHO EMRO collaboration.By The Lancet

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Audun Kjus et al., "Adventures in the Play-Ritual Continuum" (Utah State UP, 2024) 49:07

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Audun Kjus joins Jana Byars to talk about Adventures in the Play-Ritual Continuum (Utah State Press, 2025), eds. Audun Kjus, Jakob Löfgren, Cliona O’Carroll, Simon Poole & Ida Tolgensbakk. Utah State Press, 2025). The junctions between play and ritual are many and complex. Play is for fun and joy, but it also demands a total commitment and serious …

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Ann Schmiesing, "The Brothers Grimm: A Biography" (Yale UP, 2024) 49:42

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Ann Schmiesing, Ph.D. is Professor of German and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder, with research interests spanning 18th and 19th-century German and Norwegian literature and culture. In our interview we discuss her new book, The Brothers Grimm: A Biography (Yale UP, 2024), their first biography in over half a century. We t…

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In conversation with... Ian Tannock 18:03

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Professor Ian Tannock (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada) discusses his Policy Review on Common Sense Oncology principles for the design, analysis and reporting of phase 3 randomised clinical trials.By The Lancet