Best Sebastian Conrad Podcasts (2024)

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Eva Marlene Hausteiner, Pascale Siegrist and Kim König: Federations, constitutions and the German Basic Law 0:13

23h ago0:13

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Can federations be stable? Should political orders last forever and constitutions be permanent?75 years ago, the German Basic Law came into force. In this GHIL podcast interview, Research Fellow for Modern History Pascale Siegrist and PR Officer Kim König talk to Eva Marlene Hausteiner, Chair in Political Theory and History of Political Thought at …

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Eva Marlene Hausteiner: Should Federations be Made to Last? 0:35

1h ago0:35

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In political theory and political debates, an implicit expectation looms large: a ‘good’ polity is durable, ideally even permanent. Federal polities are accordingly conceptualized as orders which can regulate heterogeneity and resolve conflict—for the sake of long-term stability. The lecture will question this expectation of permanence by pointing …

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Sebastian Conrad: Colonial Times, Global Times: History and Imperial World-Making 0:50

21d ago0:50

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This podcast episode is a recording of the second Thyssen Lecture, given by Sebastian Conrad, and organized by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation in cooperation with the GHIL. Sebastian Conrad’s lecture explores how the construction of a particular, western notion of time and temporality, of modernity, was central to the constitution of western imperial …

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Sophie Wants a Cat 15:50

1M ago15:50

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Liked the episode? Let us know by sending a text message. In this episode, Sophie really wants a cat. She comes up with a cunning plan to convince Dad. But will she succeed? Please note that we've made some big changes to our podcast. We've moved over to a dedicated podcast hosting solution (Buzzsprout), and so our old website is no longer around. …

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Philipp Rössner, Marcus Meer and Kim König: Bad pennies and revolting peasants: 0:19

2M ago0:19

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Money doesn’t stink – or so the famous phrase goes. So, what did peasants in the Middle Ages mean when they complained about bad coin? Can a focus on monetary issues shed new light on the Peasants' War?In this GHIL Podcast interview, Research Fellow for Medieval History Marcus Meer and PR Officer Kim König are joined by Philipp Rössner, Professor o…

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Philipp Rössner: Peasants, Wars, and Evil Coins: 0:41

2M ago0:41

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The ‘Great German Peasant War’ of 1524–6 has quietly slipped off the historian’s agenda. Structural-materialist interpretations have waned since the fall of the Iron Curtain, giving rise to several ‘cultural’ and other ‘turns’, most of which have also passed. One phenomenon, however, has been missed completely, in older as well as more recent histo…

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Nina Verheyen, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: Global rankings: 0:14

3M ago0:14

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Why did people in Imperial Germany became increasingly interested in their personal performance? Was there a link between global entanglements of Imperial Germany on the one hand and a rise in personal achievement culture on the other?By Nina Verheyen, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König

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Nina Verheyen: Global Connections and Personal Achievements: 0:47

3M ago0:47

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Within a few decades, people in Imperial Germany witnessed a dramatic rise in global exchange, as well as an increased public interest in personal achievement. Work performance, intelligence, sporting achievements, and so on were measured, standardized, optimized and—above all—cherished. This lecture scrutinizes the link between both of these trend…

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Clare Anderson: Convicts, Creolization and Cosmopolitanism: 1:00

3M ago1:00

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Between the late eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, the British transported over a quarter of a million convicts to colonies and settlements including in Australia, the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean, and Southeast Asia. About one percent of the approximately 167,000 convicts shipped to the Australian colonies (1787-1868) were of Asian, African…

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Kokou Azamede: The Perception of Colonial Cultural Goods and Human Remains among Communities in the Former German Colony of Togo in the Context of the Restitution Debate 0:49

5M ago0:49

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The issue of restitution continues to animate public debate in both European and African societies. The search for ways and means to present the problem and to involve communities is becoming a challenge for some African leaders because opinions on the issue tend to diverge between the communities and social groups concerned, depending in part on t…

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Kokou Azamede, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: The restitution debate in Togo 0:22

5M ago0:22

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The issue of restitution is an ongoing topic of public debate in both European and African societies. In this GHIL podcast interview, GHIL Fellow for Colonial and Global History Mirjam Brusius and PR Officer Kim König talk to Kokou Azamede, Associate Professor at the Department of German Studies at the University of Lomé, about his work with local …

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Regina Toepfer: Homer’s Heroes in Early Modern Germany: 0:50

6M ago0:50

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In this lecture Regina Toepfer will present her concept of translational anthropology and show how philological comparisons can reveal patterns of thought, systems of knowledge, and values held by historical individuals and societies. She considers literary translations to be key anthropological texts and sees shifts in meaning between the source a…

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Awadhendra Sharan, Indra Sengupta and Kim König: Pollution and the modern city: 0:20

7M ago0:20

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How have India's colonial past and its life as a postcolonial nation state shaped the history of climate change, particulate matter, and germs and viruses in the region? What is the relationship between these histories and India's urban modernity?In this GHIL podcast interview GHIL Senior Fellow and Head of the India Research Programme Indra Sengup…

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Awadhendra Sharan: India’s Atmospheric Modernity: 0:52

7M ago0:52

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Around the mid nineteenth century, air pollution began to be discussed in India, especially in its largest cities, Calcutta and Bombay. The concern was with black smoke and the impact that this had on the quality of urban life, human health, and economic efficiency. In time, visible smoke yielded to invisible particulate matter as a serious object …

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Sumathi Ramaswamy: Imagining India in the Empire of Science 0:49

8M ago0:49

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This podcast episode is a recording of the inaugural Thyssen Lecture, given by Sumathi Ramaswamy, and organized by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation in cooperation with the GHIL. Drawing inspiration from Edward Said's concept of imperialism as geographical violence, she delves into the ways in which various scientific disciplines, like geography and car…

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Janaki Nair, Indra Sengupta and Kim König: The history of schooling in colonial India 0:28

8M ago0:28

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How can we unpack the history of schooling in colonial India by looking beyond official records of success and failure? How did the classroom in the Princely State of Mysore become a place where children and young adults unlearned traditional prejudices and picked up new sensory skills, which in turn shaped their understanding of their own selves i…

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Janaki Nair: The Classroom as Sensorium: 0:48

8M ago0:48

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How was the hand to be guided, the eye to be trained, the senses sharpened in preparing the child for an adult world? In princely Mysore in southern India, the missionaries, who took the initial steps in opening up education to wider circles than those entitled to forms of knowledge, and the Government efforts that followed were faced with new and …

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Layton's Detransitioning Journey 1:58:17

8M ago1:58:17

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Aloha friends and welcome to EPISODE 132 of the Conrad Podcast, which was recorded in Austin, Texas. In this interview, I spoke with return guest Layton about her Detransitioning Journey from Female to Male and back to Female, Narcissism, Fake Gurus + plenty of other hot topics during this wide-ranging conversation I thoroughly enjoyed. - Layton's …

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Fictions of Reality with D.M. Deyo 1:31:25

9M ago1:31:25

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Aloha friends and welcome to EPISODE 131 of the Conrad Podcast, which was recorded in Austin, Texas. In this interview, I spoke with author DM Deyo about his book "Harriet The Hummingbird," Leaving Mormonism, Creating Art + plenty of other hot topics during this wide-ranging conversation I thoroughly enjoyed. - Links - DM Deyo Twitter - https://twi…

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External Savior Conditioning 1:44:00

9M ago1:44:00

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Aloha friends and welcome to EPISODE 130 of the Conrad Podcast, which was recorded in Austin, Texas. In this solo show, I review and go more in-depth with several clips from my podcast appearance on the Let's Be Friends Podcast with Kara Mosher and Nick Hinton. I Dive into the disease of the external savior programming that has plagued humanity sin…

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Critical Thinking with Brandi Bishop 1:41:43

10M ago1:41:43

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Aloha friends and welcome to EPISODE 129 of the Conrad Podcast, which was recorded in Austin, Texas. In this interview, I spoke with Brandi Bishop about Libertarian Cultural Ideas, Porn Discussion, DMT trips + plenty of other hot topics during this wide-ranging conversation I thoroughly enjoyed. - Links - Brandi's Twitter - @creatrix_ttv Brandi's T…

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The Hero Within with Northern Wolves Podcast 2:00:13

10M ago2:00:13

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Aloha friends and welcome to EPISODE 128 of the Conrad Podcast, which was recorded in Austin, Texas. In this interview, I spoke with the Northern Wolves Podcast about Practical Survival Skills, Cataclysm Theory, Divinity Within + plenty of other hot topics during this wide-ranging conversation I thoroughly enjoyed. - Links - Northern Wolves Podcast…

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Patrick Anthony, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: Climate Crises and Politics in the Eighteenth Century 0:14

10M ago0:14

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Why was the Enlightenment a turning point in the way in which humans think about climate? In what way did climate catastrophes affect revolutions and vice versa? How did climate politics emerge during this time?In this GHIL podcast interview, Research Fellow for Colonial and Global History Mirjam Brusius and PR Officer Kim König, talk to Patrick An…

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Patrick Anthony: Terrestrial Enlightenment: 0:38

10M ago0:38

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Some scholars and scientists identify the Enlightenment as an inflection point in the Anthropocene, a geological age in which humans act as a planetary force. My talk suggests that this inflection point was characterized not only by new means and scales of environmental exploitation, but also by the emergence of climate politics. The naturalist Geo…

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All Roads Lead to Rome with Matty Boz 1:11:54

11M ago1:11:54

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Aloha friends and welcome to EPISODE 127 of the Conrad Podcast, where I interviewed Matty Boz about Rome and the Vatican, The Great Remembering, Earth's Return to Balance + plenty of other hot topics during this wide-ranging conversation I thoroughly enjoyed. - Matt's Links - First Podcast Appearance Episode 92 with Matty Boz Twitter: @naberiuswiza…

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The XRP G.O.A.T? with Joshua Barbin 1:32:05

11M ago1:32:05

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Aloha friends and welcome to EPISODE 126 of the Conrad Podcast, where I interviewed Joshua Barbin about XRP Price Predictions, Moon Dates, Restoration of Humanity, BLM + plenty of other hot topics during this wide-ranging conversation I thoroughly enjoyed. Joshua's Twitter Link: @joshuabarbin1 During this episode we dig into: Cryptocurrency, XRP, P…

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Stefan Hanß: The Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes: 0:45

11M ago0:45

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The ‘material Renaissance’, historians have argued, was an age of experimentation, and recipes were at the heart of this cultural movement. New collaborations between the humanities and the sciences allow for novel insights into Renaissance recipe cultures, and more specifically the degree of material experimentation and engagement by ‘recipe pract…

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Stefan Hanß, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: Analysing Renaissance recipes 0:17

11M ago0:17

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PR Officer Kim König and Research Fellow for Colonial and Global History Mirjam Brusius talk to Stefan Hanß about his research project which uses the scientific analysis and historical contextualization of the chemical fingerprints of Renaissance recipe users to offer a new understanding of material cultures, medicine, and the history of the body i…

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Life in & Leaving a Cult with Layton 1:45:57

11M ago1:45:57

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Aloha friends and welcome to EPISODE 125 of the Conrad Podcast, where I interviewed Layton about being in Christian Cult, Near Death Experience, Forced Conversion Therapy + plenty of other hot topics during this wide-ranging conversation I thoroughly enjoyed. Laytons Social Media Links: @origina1ange1 (Twitter) @origina1ange1 (TikTok) During this e…

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Currency of Attention with Sebastian Hidalgo 1:42:59

12M ago1:42:59

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Aloha friends and welcome to EPISODE 124 of the Conrad Podcast, where I interviewed Sebastian Hidalgo about the Currency of Attention, Branding, Authenticity vs Inauthenticity + plenty of other hot topics during this wide-ranging conversation I thoroughly enjoyed. Sebastian Hidalgo Links: https://thebrandchitect.com/ (Website) @TheSebasHidalgo (Twi…

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