Best Sacred Art Temple Podcasts (2024)

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Lise Butler, "Michael Young, Social Science, and the British Left, 1945-1970" (Oxford UP, 2020) 1:14:59

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Lise Butler’s Michael Young, Social Science and the British Left, 1945-70 (Oxford UP, 2020) invites us to revisit a figure who, in Butler’s words, is both a ‘relatively obscure’ yet also ‘curiously ubiquitous’ in the political and cultural history of twentieth-century Britain. The book uses Young, a policy maker and sociology to explore the role of…

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What If... Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings - A Novel Review & Discussion 28:15

1h ago28:15

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On this "Very Special Episode", Hayley and Brian Discuss What If... Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings: A Scarlet Witch & Spider-Man Story by Seanan McGuire. Penguin Random House graciously sent Preview copies of the novel for the SPaRC crew to discuss. Come and see what happens if Wanda was raised alongside Peter Parker instead of Pietr…

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Tracy Pintchman, "Goddess Beyond Boundaries: Worshipping the Eternal Mother at a North American Hindu Temple" (Oxford UP, 2023) 42:34

1h ago42:34

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The Parashakthi Temple in Pontiac, Michigan serves as a site of worship for the Hindu goddess Karumariamman, whose origins are in South India. In her American home Karumariamman has assumed the status of Great Goddess, a tantric deity and wonder worker who communicates directly with devotees through dreams, visions, and miracles. Drawing on fifteen…

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Mark Valeri, "The Opening of the Protestant Mind: How Anglo-American Protestants Embraced Religious Liberty" (Oxford UP, 2023) 49:45

1h ago49:45

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During the mid-seventeenth century, Anglo-American Protestants described Native American ceremonies as savage devilry, Islamic teaching as violent chicanery, and Catholicism as repugnant superstition. By the mid-eighteenth century, they would describe amicable debates between evangelical missionaries and Algonquian religious leaders about the moral…

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"More Butterflies, Less Dragons": Accountability and Repair After Harm with Ohad Pele 1:22:47

2h ago1:22:47

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If you have ever done the wrong thing, you might have a sense of what it is like to deal with the aftermath. Maybe you denied your responsibility, or hoped that no-one would notice. Maybe you fessed up and found that people can be pretty unforgiving. Or, perhaps those around you understood and could support you to learn from the experience. In this…

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Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds, "Understanding Maritime Security" (Oxford UP, 2024) 40:27

3h ago40:27

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Whether it is pirates, smugglers, illicit fishing, or disputes in the South China Sea, the oceans are of increasing importance in international security. In Understanding Maritime Security (Oxford UP, 2024), Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds provide a concise introduction to the history of security at sea and explain the core frameworks of analy…

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Secret Wars (2015) Primer/ Read-Through - Chapter Three: WARZONES I, Part Two (1872) 38:37

10h ago38:37

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SOMEONE TRIED TO BLOW UP THE DAM!!! We're staying in the BATTLEWORLD WARZONE... in the town of Timely, in the year 1872! Hayley and Brian are covering the 2015 Secret Wars comic event, with 1872 being the comic run discussed this episode. Will Sheriff Steve Rogers bring law and order to the town? Will Mayor Fisk get away with murder? Will the local…

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Jay Garfinkel, "Kohelet's Cocktail: Beyond the Pursuit of Happiness" (Illuminated Press, 2024) 27:03

1h ago27:03

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Dive into the timeless wisdom of Ecclesiastes in Jay Garfinkel's groundbreaking work, Kohelet's Cocktail: Beyond the Pursuit of Happiness (Illuminated Press, 2024) This exquisite "illuminated" digital masterpiece marries the ancient with the avant-garde, offering a fresh, poetic voice to the biblical text that has resonated with humanity for millen…

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Robert McCorquodale, "Business and Human Rights" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:20:01

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Business and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law. In this new volume in the Elements series, Robert McCorquodale explores how the responsibility for human rights abuses has transitioned from a purely state obligation to also being the responsibility of businesses. Bus…

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Oliver Volckart, "The Silver Empire: How Germany Created Its First Common Currency" (Oxford UP, 2024) 53:02

3h ago53:02

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The problems that gave rise to the widespread desire to introduce a common currency were myriad. While trade was able to cope with-and even to benefit from-the parallel circulation of many different types of coin, it nevertheless harmed both the common people and the political authorities. The authorities in particular suffered from neighbours who …

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Secret Wars (2015) Primer/ Read-Through - Chapter Three: WARZONES I, Part One (1602: Witch Hunter Angela) 44:28

4h ago44:28

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We're heading back to the Battleworld! This time, heading into the WARZONE!! Hayley and Brian are once again covering the 2015 Secret Wars comic event, with 1602: Witch Hunter Angela as the topic of discussion this episode. Get ready to find out what Faustians, Witchbreed, and a possessed talking skull have in common, ye mortals! Comics covered: 16…

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Laura S. Lieber, "Staging the Sacred: Performance in Late Ancient Liturgical Poetry" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:04:36

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Staging the Sacred: Performance in Late Ancient Liturgical Poetry (Oxford UP, 2023) examines the importance of Christian, Jewish, and Samaritan liturgical poetry from Late Antiquity through the lenses of performance, entertainment, and spectacle. Laura Lieber proposes an account of hymnody as a performative and theatrical genre, combining religious…

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Sacred Jedi Texts: Darth Bane, Dynasty of Evil (Book 3 of 3) 1:18:38

1d ago1:18:38

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Source Pages Presents: The Sacred Jedi Texts returns... AGAIN! This time, Hayley, Todd, James and Brian discuss "Dynasty of Evil" the 3rd, and final, book in Drew Karpyshyn's Darth Bane Trilogy. Will this be the end for the Sith'ari? Will Darth Zannah take the helm as the Dark Lord of the Sith from Darth Bane? Are there new dark side practitioners …

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Teresa Morgan, "The New Testament and the Theology of Trust" (Oxford UP, 2022) 35:15

8d ago35:15

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The New Testament and the Theology of Trust (Oxford UP, 2022) argues for the recovery of trust as a central theme in Christian theology, and offers the first theology of trust in the New Testament. 'Trust' is the root meaning of Christian 'faith' (pistis, fides), and trusting in God and Christ is still fundamental to Christians. But unlike faith, a…

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Iris Berent, "The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason about Human Nature" (Oxford UP, 2020) 56:28

2d ago56:28

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Do newborns think-do they know that 'three' is greater than 'two'? Do they prefer 'right' to 'wrong'? What about emotions--do newborns recognize happiness or anger? If they do, then how are our inborn thoughts and feelings encoded in our bodies? Could they persist after we die? Going all the way back to ancient Greece, human nature and the mind-bod…

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Marissa Nicosia, "Imagining Time in the English Chronicle Play: Historical Futures, 1590-1660" (Oxford UP, 2023) 46:09

2d ago46:09

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Imagining Time in the English Chronicle Play: Historical Futures, 1590-1660 (Oxford University Press, 2023) argues that dramatic narratives about monarchy and succession codified speculative futures in the early modern English cultural imaginary. This book considers chronicle plays—plays written for the public stage and play pamphlets composed when…

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Arif Hasan, "The Search for Shelter: Writings on Land and Housing" (Oxford UP, 2022) 52:33

3d ago52:33

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The Search for Shelter: Writings on Land and Housing (Oxford UP, 2022) sheds light on the global population living in slums, which has increased from 1 billion in 2014 to 1.6 billion in 2018. The book also looks at the impact of neoliberalism on urban planning, the manner of organization and the struggles of the communities affected by these proces…

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Samuel C. Heilman and Mucahit Bilici, "Following Similar Paths: What American Jews and Muslims Can Learn from One Another" (U California Press, 2024) 35:04

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Two academics, one Jewish and one Muslim, come together to show how much their faiths have in common—particularly in America. This book provides a braided portrait of two American groups whose strong religious attachments and powerful commitments to ritual observance are not always easy to adapt to American culture. Orthodox Jews and observant Musl…

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Answering the Age-Old Riddle: Nature, Nurture, or Involuntary Extraterrestrial DNA Insertion with Molecular Biologist Max Rempel, PhD 2:23:23

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Today's guest is Max Rempel, Molecular Biologist and PHD. Open Loops has a PhD on the show?!?! It wouldn't be the first time a true academic and practitioner came on the show....it's more that after 280 episodes of shamelessly fringe madness, Greg's just shocked he can get one back! Max must've never listened to it. That said, don't let the title f…

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Nora Stone, "How Documentaries Went Mainstream: A History, 1960-2022" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:08:59

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How Documentaries Went Mainstream: A History, 1960-2022 (Oxford University Press, 2023) provides a more comprehensive and meaningful periodization of the commercialization of documentary film. Although the commercial ascension of documentary films might seem meteoric, it is the culmination of decades-long efforts that have developed and fortified t…

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Katharine Sykes, "Symbolic Reproduction in Early Medieval England" (Oxford UP, 2024) 42:33

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Katharine Sykes joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, Symbolic Representation in Early Medieval England (Oxford University Press, 2024). In the early Middle Ages, the conversion of the early English kingdoms acted as a catalyst for significant social and cultural change. One of the most visible of these changes was the introduction of a new …

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Samuel Ely Bagg, "The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:21:53

20d ago1:21:53

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This year, many countries around the world, including most of the world's most populous democracies, have consequential nation-wide elections. In many of these elections, democracy itself is at stake. The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy (Oxford UP, 2023) is an urgent call to rethink centuries of conventional wisdom about…

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Eyal Regev, "The Temple in Early Christianity: Experiencing the Sacred" (Yale UP, 2019) 36:58

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Eyal Regev's The Temple in Early Christianity: Experiencing the Sacred (Yale UP, 2019) is he first scholarly work to trace the Temple throughout the entire New Testament, this study examines Jewish and Christian attitudes toward the Temple in the first century and provides both Jews and Christians with a better understanding of their respective fai…

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Deadpool & Wolverine Review & Comparison 51:46

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We came, we saw, we met Marvel Jesus! Hayley and BVK saw Deadpool & Wolverine and are here to chat about it and compare it to the primer material that was covered! Time to say "Bye Bye Bye" to whatever it is that you were doing and listen to this podcast. Maximum effort achieved. LFG!! EMAIL: SPARCPODCAST@GMAIL.COM TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Sour…

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Birth the New ART-chitecture to Remember Who You Are & Tap Your Creative Power 56:37

22d ago56:37

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Are you a high-achieving, spirit-conscious woman architect or designer? Are you hearing the call to step into a new way of creating architecture? A way that's in tune with nature, your soul's mission and divine calling? Now is the time and we are the ones. Tune into this episode of the New Earth Architectress™ with my special guest, Anemona Crisan …

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Katherine Hempstead, "Uncovered: The Story of Insurance in America" (Oxford UP, 2023) 44:37

8d ago44:37

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Historically, the insurance industry in America has been fragmented. As a result, there have been debates and conflicts over the proper roles of federal and state governments, business, and the responsibilities of individuals. Who should cover the risks of loss? And to what extent should risk be shared and by whom? In Uncovered: The Story of Insura…

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Petra Goedde, "The Politics of Peace: A Global Cold War History" (Oxford UP, 2019) 57:04

12d ago57:04

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Earlier histories of the Cold War haven’t exactly been charitable toward the peace activists and pacifists who led peace initiatives. Pacifists in the United States were either simplistic and naïve, or they were fellow travelers of the Soviet Union. Peace proposals coming from the Soviet Union were nothing more than propaganda. Activists in Europe,…

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Kate Hext, "Wilde in the Dream Factory: Decadence and the American Movies" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:10:06

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Hollywood is haunted by the ghost of playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde. Wilde in the Dream Factory: Decadence and the American Movies (Oxford University Press, 2024) by Dr. Kate Hext is the story of his haunting, told for the first time. Set within the rich evolving context of how the American entertainment industry became cinema, and how cinema …

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David Pozen, "The Constitution of the War on Drugs" (Oxford UP, 2024) 44:22

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The U.S. government's decades-long "war on drugs" is increasingly recognized as a moral travesty as well as a policy failure. The criminalization of substances such as marijuana and magic mushrooms offends core tenets of liberalism, from the right to self-rule to protection of privacy to freedom of religion. It contributes to mass incarceration and…

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Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez, "The Soviet-Israeli War, 1967-1973: The USSR's Military Intervention in the Egyptian-Israeli Conflict" (Oxford UP, 2017) 1:19:05

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Russia's forceful re-entry into the Middle Eastern arena, and the accentuated continuity of Soviet policy and methods of the 1960s and '70s, highlight the topicality of this groundbreaking study, which confirms the USSR's role in shaping Middle Eastern and global history. The Soviet-Israeli War, 1967-1973: The USSR's Military Intervention in the Eg…

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Robin Darling Young et al, "Evagrius of Pontus: The Gnostic Trilogy" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:35:18

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The Gnostic Trilogy is the best-known and most important work by the ascetic philosopher and teacher Evagrius of Pontus. Among the writers of his age, Evagrius stands out for his short, perplexing, and absorbing aphorisms, which provide sharp insight into philosophy, Scripture, human nature, and the natural world. The first part of the trilogy, the…

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Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels, "Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:14:05

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War in the 21st century will remain a chameleon that takes on different forms and guises. Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War (Oxford University Press, 2024) edited by Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels offers the first comprehensive update and revision of ideas about the future of war since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. It argues that …

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Jonathan Dimbleby, "Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War" (Oxford UP, 2024) 44:32

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The war on the Eastern front remains relatively less well explored as compared to the western front of World War II. Yet some of the most titanic battles in modern military history occurred on the steppes of eastern Europe. Stalingrad and Moscow are names known to most but less well-known are the vast battles that occurred in Byelorussia. By June 1…

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Star Wars: The Acolyte (Disney+) Review & Comparison 150TH EPISODE!! 57:39

27d ago57:39

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The GFFA (Galaxy Far Far Away) just got a little more expansive, with the conclusion of Season One of The Acolyte, the earliest live action canon show in the Star Wars timeline. Hayley and Brian discuss it and compare it to what was covered in the Vernestra Rwoh primer. Also, it's the 150th episode of Source Pages. Here's to 150 more... and beyond!…

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Charles Barr, "British Cinema: a Very Short Introduction" (Oxford UP, 2022) 1:02:00

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Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the 20th century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial–often derided as a whole, but also vigorously celebrated, especially in terms of specific films and film-makers. In British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction…

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Kevin Mattson, "We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America" (Oxford UP, 2020) 1:09:00

1M ago1:09:00

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In his new book, We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America (Oxford UP, 2020), Kevin Mattson documents punk rock in the early 1980s through a comprehensive look into the music, zines, films, bands, and punk Do-It-Yourself (DIY) tactics. He shows how widespread the punk movement was in creating a…

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🌕 Full Moon Ephesus Party! 1:11:45

1M ago1:11:45

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Are you a high-achieving, spirit-conscious woman architect or designer? Are you hearing the call to step into a new way of creating architecture? A way that's in tune with nature, your soul's mission and divine calling? Now is the time and we are the ones. Join me for Episode 40 of the New Earth Architectress™, to tune into key moments from my 44th…

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Anthony Kaldellis, "The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:02:45

30d ago1:02:45

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In recent decades, the study of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium, has been revolutionized by new approaches and more sophisticated models for how its society and state operated. No longer looked upon as a pale facsimile of classical Rome, Byzantium is now considered a vigorous state of its own, inheritor of many of Rome's features,…

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Integrating Altered States of Consciousness: Amánda Argot 1:01:25

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It’s one thing to summon the courage and create the safety to dive into an altered state of consciousness. It’s another thing entirely to know how best to care for ourselves, and be cared for, after the experience is over. But as our guest in this episode, psychedelic integration coach, Amánda Argot, explains, this post-experience phase is vital to…

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Reality Transurfing 101: Riddles, Revelations and a Russian Researcher in Ray-Bans with Quantum Capitalist Renee Garcia 1:23:12

1M ago1:23:12

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Author of "Quantum Capitalist," Renee Garcia, joins Greg to talk about a phenomenon sweeping the spiritual world of people who accidentally stumble on Instagram handles of cool-looking Russian physics PhDs who know how to live a fun life—no, wearing a tie with the galaxy on it isn't the only way a physicist scholar gets invited to parties. What the…

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

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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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Jeremiah Coogan, "Eusebius the Evangelist: Rewriting the Fourfold Gospel in Late Antiquity" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:22:22

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The development of Christian scriptures did not terminate once, for example, following Irenaeus and other influential patristic figures, the four gospels that would later be located at the front of the church’s New Testament were accepted by most churches and transmitted together in the same codex. Instead, erudite Christian readers employed new an…

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Life in a New Language, Part 6: Citizenship 40:53

1M ago40:53

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This episode of the Language on the Move Podcast is part of the Life in a New Language series. Life in a New Language is a new book just out from Oxford University Press. Life in a New Language examines the language learning and settlement experiences of 130 migrants to Australia from 34 different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin Americ…

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Deadpool & Wolverine Primer #3: Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe (2012) 40:19

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Just like Marvel Universe, we're at the end of the line. In the final primer for Deadpool & Wolverine, Hayley and Brian read, what else could it have been..., "Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe". See how many different ways a newly "even more whacked-out" Deadpool can kill our favorite Marvel Heroes and Villains. Can anyone stop him, and are the c…

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Emily Wilbourne, "Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:07:06

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Grounded in new archival research documenting a significant presence of foreign and racially-marked individuals in Medici Florence, Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence (Oxford University Press, 2024) by Dr. Emily Wilbourne argues for the relevance of such individuals to the history of Western music and for the importance of sou…

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Life in a New Language, Part 5: Monolingual Mindset 34:39

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This episode of the Language on the Move Podcast is part of the Life in a New Language series. Life in a New Language is a new book just out from Oxford University Press. Life in a New Language examines the language learning and settlement experiences of 130 migrants to Australia from 34 different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin Americ…

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Shannon Vallor, "The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:06:36

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There's a lot of talk these days about the existential risk that artificial intelligence poses to humanity -- that somehow the AIs will rise up and destroy us or become our overlords. In The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking (Oxford UP), Shannon Vallor argues that the actual, and very alarming, existential risk of…

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Deadpool & Wolverine Primer #2: X-Men RED (2018) 1:01:40

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Continuing on the Deadpool & Wolverine primer train (Choo Choo!), Hayley and BVK tackle the first 5 issues in the 2018 X-Men RED run. It has Cassandra Nova, who looks to be a "Big Bad" in D&W, and she does some really terrible stuff in these comics. But there is Gabby Kinney in them as well, and Honey Badger don't care!! Comics Read: X-Men: RED (20…

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Benjamin J. B. Lipscomb, "The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics" (Oxford UP, 2021) 43:27

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The story of four remarkable women who shaped the intellectual history of the 20th century: Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch. On the cusp of the Second World War, four women went to Oxford to begin their studies: a fiercely brilliant Catholic convert; a daughter of privilege longing to escape her stifling upbringing…

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Paige Reynolds, "Modernism in Irish Women's Contemporary Writing: The Stubborn Mode" (Oxford UP, 2023) 58:12

2M ago58:12

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Paige Reynolds's book Modernism in Irish Women's Contemporary Writing: The Stubborn Mode (Oxford UP, 2023) examines the tangled relationship between contemporary Irish women writers and literary modernism. In the early decades of the twenty-first century, Irish women's fiction has drawn widespread critical acclaim and commercial success, with a sur…

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