Best Steven Cherry Podcasts (2024)

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E270: Christopher Pieczynski: Cape Henry in the American Revolution 23:10

1d ago23:10

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This week our guest is JAR contributor Christopher Pieczynski. The Cape Henry lighthouse was a strategic location off the coast of Virginia, and played into the plans of British, American, and French commanders. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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E269: Liam Connor: Boudica and the American Revolution 28:19

8d ago28:19

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This week our guest is JAR contributor Liam Connor. In the ancient world, Iceni Queen Boudica rocked the Roman World. During the Revolution, some drew parallels. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Kate McDonald on Asian Mobility History as Labor History 1:13:33

15d ago1:13:33

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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks to Kate McDonald, Associate Professor of History at University of California, Santa Barbara, about her fascinating research on the history of mobility in Asia and how it looks different when we approach it as a history of work and labor. The pair traverse McDonald’s career from her current project, The Ricks…

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E268: David Kindy: A Thirteen Star American Flag Found 21:27

16d ago21:27

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This week our guest is JAR contributor David Kindy. A thirteen star was found in a box that many speculated was from the American Revolution. Later scientific analysis proved its originality. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

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Justin B. Stein, "Alternate Currents: Reiki’s Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific" (U Hawaii Press, 2023) 56:56

17d ago56:56

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In the second half of the twentieth century, Reiki went from an obscure therapy practiced by a few thousand Japanese and Japanese Americans to a global phenomenon. By the early twenty-first century, people in nearly every corner of the world have undergone the initiations that authorize them to channel a cosmic energy—known as Reiki—to heal body, m…

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Christina Yi et al., "Passing, Posing, Persuasion: Cultural Production and Coloniality in Japan's East Asian Empire" (U Hawaii Press, 2023) 1:16:35

19d ago1:16:35

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Passing, Posing, Persuasion: Cultural Production and Coloniality in Japan's East Asian Empire (U Hawaii Press, 2023) interrogates the intersections between cultural production, identity, and persuasive messaging that idealized inclusion and unity across Japan’s East Asian empire (1895–1945). Japanese propagandists drew on a pan-Asian rhetoric that …

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Steven K. Bailey, "Target Hong Kong: A True Story of U.S. Navy Pilots at War" (Osprey, 2024) 1:18:05

21d ago1:18:05

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In January 1945, the final year of the Pacific War, Japanese-held Hong Kong became the site of coordinated attacks by the U.S. Navy on Japanese warships and aircraft. Target Hong Kong: A True Story of U.S. Navy Pilots at War (Osprey, 2024) by Steven K. Bailey tells the story of what those air raids were like for the men who lived through them. Targ…

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E267: Salina B. Baker: John Warren's Loss of His Brother Joseph Warren 15:22

23d ago15:22

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This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Salina B. Baker. John Warren was angered and hurt by his brother Joseph death. It would play a critical part in his journey toward the Patriot cause. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran, "The Same Moon Shines on All: The Lives and Selected Poems of Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran" (Columbia UP, 2024) 54:00

23d ago54:00

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Yanagawa Seigan (1789–1858) and his wife Kōran (1804–79) were two of the great poets of nineteenth-century Japan. They practiced the art of traditional Sinitic poetry—works written in literary Sinitic, or classical Chinese, a language of enduring importance far beyond China’s borders. Together, they led itinerant lives, traveling around Japan teach…

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Laura Moretti and Satō Yukiko, "Graphic Narratives from Early Modern Japan: The World of Kusazōshi" (Brill, 2024) 1:03:36

25d ago1:03:36

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Part of a formidable publishing industry, cheap yet eye-catching graphic narratives consistently charmed early modern Japanese readers for around two hundred years. These booklets were called kusazōshi (“grass books”). Graphic Narratives from Early Modern Japan: The World of Kusazōshi (Brill, 2024) is the first English-language publication of its k…

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Diana P. Parsell, "Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington's Cherry Trees" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:00:51

26d ago1:00:51

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Eliza Scidmore (1856-1928) was a journalist, a world traveler, a writer, an amateur photographer, the first female board member of the National Geographic Society — and the one responsible for the idea to plant Japanese cherry trees in Washington DC. Her fascinating life is expertly told by Diana Parsell in Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journali…

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E266: Linda J. Rice: Teaching About Young Patriots Through Newbery Classic Novels 24:37

30d ago24:37

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This week our guest is JAR contributor Linda J. Rice. Newbery Classic Novels brought amazing stories to thousands of children, and new lessons can be learned by studying them. For more information, visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Viren Murthy, "Pan-Asianism and the Legacy of the Chinese Revolution" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 1:28:22

1M ago1:28:22

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Recent proposals to revive the ancient Silk Road for the contemporary era and ongoing Western interest in China’s growth and development have led to increased attention to the concept of pan-Asianism. Most of that discussion, however, lacks any historical grounding in the thought of influential twentieth-century pan-Asianists. In Pan-Asianism and t…

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Anri Yasuda, "Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890-1930" (Columbia UP, 2024) 39:44

1M ago39:44

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The notion of beauty is inherently elusive: aesthetic judgments are at once subjective and felt to be universally valid. In Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890-1930 (Columbia UP, 2024), Anri Yasuda demonstrates that by exploring the often conflicting yet powerful pull of aesthetic sentiments, major author…

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Wendy Matsumura, "Waiting for the Cool Moon: Anti-Imperialist Struggles in the Heart of Japan's Empire" (Duke UP, 2024) 59:25

1M ago59:25

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In Waiting for the Cool Moon: Anti-Imperialist Struggles in the Heart of Japan's Empire (Duke UP, 2024) Wendy Matsumura interrogates the erasure of colonial violence at the heart of Japanese nation-state formation. She critiques Japan studies’ role in this effacement and contends that the field must engage with anti-Blackness and anti-Indigeneity a…

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E265: David Otersen: Parliament and the American Revolution: The British Perspective 21:46

1M ago21:46

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This week our guest is JAR contributor David Otersen. Parliament had strong opinions on the American Revolution. Some might come as a surprise. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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E264: Steven M. Baule: Jean Marie Cardinal: Revolutionary War Hero? 26:54

1M ago26:54

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This week our guest is JAR contributor Steven M. Baule. In the distant lands of the Mississippi River valley, Jean Marie Cardinal fought for liberty. His legacy, however, remains in question. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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E263: Jason A. Cherry: William Trent: Factor of Ambition 45:11

2M ago45:11

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This week our guest is author Jason A. Cherry. William Trent was a critical figure in the American colonies, a merchant on the East Coast, and a key player in the emerging west. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Judith Vitale et al., "Drugs and the Politics of Consumption in Japan" (Brill, 2023) 1:13:15

2M ago1:13:15

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In early modern Japan, upper status groups coveted pills and powders made of exotic foreign ingredients such as mummy and rhinoceros horn. By the early twentieth century, over-the-counter-patent medicines, and, more alarmingly, morphine, had become mass commodities, fueling debates over opiates in Japan's expanding imperial territories. The fall of…

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Jorge Almazán et al., "Emergent Tokyo:: Designing the Spontaneous City" (Oro Editions, 2024) 36:14

2M ago36:14

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If ancient Kyoto stands for orderly elegance, then Tokyo, within the world’s most populated metropolitan area, calls to mind–– jam-packed chaos. But in Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City (Oro Editions, 2022), Professor Jorge Almazán of Keio University and his Studio Lab colleagues ask us to look again—at the shops, markets, restaurants …

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E262: Robert Scott Davis: Fighting in the Shadowlands: Loyalist Colonel Thomas Waters 18:02

2M ago18:02

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This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Robert Scott Davis. Colonel Thomas Waters was a noted loyalist commander in war torn Georgia. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Sidney Xu Lu, "The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism" (Cambridge UP, 2019) 1:17:26

2M ago1:17:26

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Sidney Lu’s The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism: Malthusianism and Trans-Pacific Migration, 1868-1961 (Cambridge 2019) places the concept of “Malthusian expansionism” at the center of Japanese settler colonialism around the Pacific. For Japan’s imperial apologists and the discursive architecture they disseminated, alleged overpopulation―or m…

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BEST OF JAR: Sarah Swift: Searching for Samuel Babcock’s Service 15:29

2M ago15:29

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This week our guest is JAR contributor Sarah Swift. Samuel Babcock was a United Empire Loyalist, but finding him in the historical record was a daunting task. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.comBy Dispatches

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Aaron Fischman, "A Baseball Gaijin: Chasing a Dream to Japan and Back" (Sports Publishing, 2024) 1:06:32

2M ago1:06:32

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Like many American boys, Tony Barnette yearned to one day make it to “The Show,” playing baseball professionally. The Arizona State pitcher was drafted in 2006 by the in-state Diamondbacks. Gradually ascending the minor-league ladder, it looked like this was the beginning of a blessed life, where he could play the game he loved on the grandest of s…

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E261: William Caldwell: Isaac Shelby, Patrick Ferguson, and Fire & Sword: The Power of a Good Story 28:38

2M ago28:38

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This week our guest is JAR contributor William Caldwell. The Battle of King's Mountain was a brutal partisan bloodletting. New research shows that its most famous quote may not have ever been uttered. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Thersa Matsuura, "The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth" (Adams Media, 2024) 30:36

3M ago30:36

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Discover everything you’ve ever wondered about the legendary spirits, creatures, and figures of Japanese folklore including how they have found their way into every corner of our pop culture from the creator of the podcast Uncanny Japan. Welcome to The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth (…

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Gary J. Bass, "Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia" (Knopf, 2023) 49:21

3M ago49:21

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In December 1948, a panel of 12 judges sentenced 23 Japanese officials for war crimes. Seven, including former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, were sentenced to death. The sentencing ended the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, an over-two-year-long trial over Imperial Japan’s atrocities in China and its decision to attack the U.S. But u…

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Using AI to Clear Land Mines in Ukraine 28:01

3M ago28:01

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Gabriel Steinberg, co-founder of the nonprofit Demining Research Community and the startup Safe Pro AI talks with Spectrum editor Eliza Strickland about using machine learning to speed up demining operations in former Ukranian battlefields.By IEEE Spectrum

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Peter Wetzler, "Imperial Japan and Defeat in the Second World War: The Collapse of an Empire" (Bloomsbury, 2020) 1:30:15

3M ago1:30:15

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Informed Western understanding of Imperial Japan still often conjures up images of militarism, blind devotion to leaders, and fanatical pride in the country. But, as Imperial Japan and Defeat in the Second World War: The Collapse of an Empire (Bloomsbury, 2020)reveals, Western imagination is often reductive in its explanation of the Japanese Empire…

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Rebecca Copeland, "Handbook of Modern and Contemporary Japanese Women Writers" (Amsterdam UP, 2023) 44:39

3M ago44:39

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The Handbook of Modern and Contemporary Japanese Women Writers (MHM Limited and Amsterdam University Press, 2022) offers a comprehensive overview of women writers in Japan, from the late 19th century to the early 21st. Featuring 24 newly written contributions from scholars in the field—representing expertise from North America, Europe, Japan, and A…

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E260: Philip D. Weaver: Caleb Brewster's Spy Boat Boys 26:33

3M ago26:33

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This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Philip D. Weaver. Caleb Brewster's exploits off the coast of New York are legendary, and Phil Weaver explains why. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Peter Harmsen, "Bernhard Sindberg: The Schindler of Nanjing" (Casemate, 2024) 36:39

3M ago36:39

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In December 1937, Bernhard Sindberg arrives at a cement factory outside of Nanjing. He’s one of just two foreigners, and he gets there just weeks before the Japanese invade and commit the now infamous atrocities in the Chinese city. As the writer Peter Harmsen notes, Bernhard’s background isn’t particularly compelling: He’s bounced from job to job,…

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Robert Lyman, "A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma, and Britain: 1941–45" (Osprey, 2021) 1:40:00

3M ago1:40:00

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In 1941 and 1942 the British and Indian Armies were brutally defeated and Japan reigned supreme in its newly conquered territories throughout Asia. But change was coming. New commanders were appointed, significant training together with restructuring took place, and new tactics were developed. A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma, and Britain: 194…

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E259: David Price: Albigence Waldo: Surgeon, Soldier, Diarist, Poet 30:34

3M ago30:34

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This week our guest is author and JAR contributor David Price. Albigence Waldo left behind a treasure in the form a diary kept during his harsh winter at Valley Forge. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Martin Dusinberre, "Mooring the Global Archive: A Japanese Ship and Its Migrant Histories" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:06:34

3M ago1:06:34

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In Mooring the Global Archive: A Japanese Ship and Its Migrant Histories (Cambridge UP, 2023), Martin Dusinberre follows the Yamashiro-maru steamship across Asian and Pacific waters in an innovative history of Japan's engagement with the outside world in the late-nineteenth century. His compelling in-depth analysis reconstructs the lives of some of…

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Wei Wu, "Esoteric Buddhism in China: Engaging Japanese and Tibetan Traditions, 1912–1949" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:08:02

3M ago1:08:02

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During the Republican period (1912–1949) and after, many Chinese Buddhists sought inspiration from non-Chinese Buddhist traditions, showing a particular interest in esoteric teachings. What made these Buddhists dissatisfied with Chinese Buddhism, and what did they think other Buddhist traditions could offer? Which elements did they choose to follow…

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Never Recharge Your Consumer Electronics Again? 26:54

3M ago26:54

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Founder and CEO of Exeger, Giovanni Fili, talks with IEEE Spectrum editor Stephen Cass about Exeger's Powerfoyle flexible dye-based solar cells for consumer electronics, which can recharge devices even in indoor light, and how Exeger convinced major companies to incorporate its tech into their products.…

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E258: Timothy Symington: Huzza! Toasting a New Nation, 1760-1815 32:15

3M ago32:15

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This week our guest is author Timothy Symington. Toasts were more than just an excuse to raise a glass, but they were powerful political statements made in an ever-changing world. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Kristine Ohkubo and Kanariya Eiraku, "Talking About Rakugo 1: The Japanese Art of Storytelling" (2022) 44:37

3M ago44:37

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Rakugo is a live performance art that has penetrated the borders of Japan and continues to gain popularity overseas. The rakugo stage once dominated by Japanese raconteurs now features foreign storytellers, as well as Japanese performers, both amateur and professional, who endeavor to entertain us in English. The only requirements for rakugo storyt…

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E257: Tom Hogan: The Milford Connecticut Cartel 24:17

3M ago24:17

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This week our guest is JAR contributor Tom Hogan. With support for the war waning, news of a mistreated party of Patriot POW's reignited the fires of liberty. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Richard M. Jaffe, "Seeking Sakyamuni: South Asia in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhism" (U Chicago Press, 2019) 1:06:50

3M ago1:06:50

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Though fascinated with the land of their tradition’s birth, virtually no Japanese Buddhists visited the Indian subcontinent before the nineteenth century. In the richly illustrated Seeking Śākyamuni: South Asia in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhism (U Chicago Press, 2019), Richard M. Jaffe reveals the experiences of the first Japanese Buddhi…

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Reiki and the Subtle Body, with Justin B. Stein 1:02:18

3M ago1:02:18

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Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Justin B. Stein, a specialist in modern Japanese religion and the preeminent historian of Reiki. We discuss Justin’s new book, Alternate Currents: Reiki’s Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific (U Hawaii Press, 2023), about the transnational origins of Reiki, and also get into his perspective as a both …

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The UK's ARIA Is Searching For Better AI Tech 24:30

3M ago24:30

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The United Kingdom has created a new government agency, the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, or ARIA, similar to the United States' DARPA. ARIA's first foray is into creating new enabling technologies to make AI faster and more energy efficient, and the program director, Suraj Bramhavar spoke with Spectrum editor Dina Genkina about some of t…

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E256: J.L. Bell: Dr. Warren's Crucial Informant 25:45

4M ago25:45

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This week our guest is author and JAR contributor J.L. Bell. Dr. Joseph Warren was a primary source of intelligence in Boston during 1775. J.L. Bell tries to track down his sources. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Hiromi Ito, "Tree Spirits Grass Spirits" (Nightboat Books, 2023) 50:23

4M ago50:23

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A collected series of intertwined poetic essays written by acclaimed Japanese poet Hiromi Ito--part nature writing, part travelogue, part existential philosophy. Written between April 2012 and November 2013, Tree Spirits Grass Spirits (Nightboat Books, 2023) adopts a non-linear narrative flow that mimics the growth of plants, and can be read as a c…

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E255: Raphael Corletta: The Two "Empires of Liberty" 13:56

4M ago13:56

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This week our guest is JAR contributor Raphael Corletta. Thomas Jefferson and Esther Reed both used the phrase "Empire of Liberty" to describe their nation, but they used them in very different ways. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Zipline's Droid Brings U.S. Commercial Drone Delivery Closer 20:16

4M ago20:16

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Zipline originally established itself delivering medical supplies in rural Africa. Now, Zipline cofounder and CTO Keenan Wyrobek talks with senior editor Stephen Cass about recent milestones in bringing commercial drone delivery to the United States, including the development of Platform 2 and its tethered mini-droid that makes precision drop-offs …

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E254: Eric Sterner: Congress and the Commodore: Esek Hopkins and the Raid on Nassau 25:13

4M ago25:13

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This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Eric Sterner. After receiving orders to move down the American coast, Commodore Esek Hopkins raided Nassau. As a result, he was censured by Congress. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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Adam Kabat, "The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales: Monster Comics from Edo Japan" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:03:08

4M ago1:03:08

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Adam Kabat’s The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales: Monster Comics from Edo Japan (Columbia UP, 2023) is an in-depth introduction to the rich and ribald world of kibyōshi, a short-lived (1778-1807) subgenre of books combining text and illustration on the same page, much like comic books and manga today. This book presents a selection o…

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E253: Selden West: A Smart Engagement: A Whaleboat Fight Off Stamford, CT 25:53

4M ago25:53

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This week our guest is JAR contributor Selden West. In 1778 a small group of locals from Stamford, CT attempted to steal a British sloop. The engagement that followed would be an early prelude to the famed Whaleboat Wars. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

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