Best The Mit Press Podcasts (2024)

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Francis Stevens, "The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories" (MIT Press, 2024) 40:43

1h ago40:43

40:43

When three people in Philadelphia inhale dust developed by a scientist who has discovered parallel universes, they are transported into an interdimensional no-man's-land that is populated by supernatural beings. From there, they go on to an alternate-future version of Philadelphia—a frightening dystopian nation-state in which citizens are numbered,…

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Andrew W. Kahrl, "The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 59:03

1h ago59:03

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In The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America (U Chicago Press, 2024), Andrew W. Kahrl uncovers the history of inequitable and predatory tax laws in the United States. He examines the structural traps within America’s tax system that have forced Black Americans to pay more for less despite being taxpayers with few…

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Christina Dodd, "A Daughter of Fair Verona" (John Scognamiglio, 2024) 38:19

20m ago38:19

38:19

It takes a certain gall to update one of William Shakespeare’s most enduring and most beloved tragedies. Anyone who has survived an English literature class at a US high school or college knows that neither Romeo nor Juliet lives to old age; and those few who have not read the play, for pleasure or under duress, have probably seen one of the screen…

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Move aside, kale, because it's seaweeds turn to be the hot, nutritious green.

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Move aside, kale, because it's seaweeds turn to be the hot, nutritious green.

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The US Coast Guard released a map of the expansive debris field generated shortly after last years fatal OceanGate Titan submersible implosion .

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The US Coast Guard released a map of the expansive debris field generated shortly after last years fatal OceanGate Titan submersible implosion .

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The placebo effect can have a significant influence on treatment outcomes.

9h ago

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The placebo effect can have a significant influence on treatment outcomes.

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A new species of ghost shark or spookfish was discovered lurking in the deep, dark waters off the coast of New Zealand.

9h ago

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A new species of ghost shark or spookfish was discovered lurking in the deep, dark waters off the coast of New Zealand.

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We know that the agricultural industry has a massive greenhouse gas problem.

12h ago

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We know that the agricultural industry has a massive greenhouse gas problem.

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Earths extinct volcanoes might be an untapped source of highly in-demand rare earth elements.

18h ago

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Earths extinct volcanoes might be an untapped source of highly in-demand rare earth elements.

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I always thought my workspace was pretty functional.

20h ago

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I always thought my workspace was pretty functional.

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You can simplify and upgrade your desktop PC setup by adding a monitor with a built-in webcam.

18h ago

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You can simplify and upgrade your desktop PC setup by adding a monitor with a built-in webcam.

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Jane Little Botkin, "The Pink Dress: A Memoir of a Reluctant Beauty Queen" (She Writes Press, 2024) 39:41

14m ago39:41

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Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn’t have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in college, she became the first protégé of El Paso’s Richard Guy and Rex Holt, known as the “Kings of Beauty”—just as the 1970’s counterculture movement began to take off. A pink, rose-covered gown—a Guyrex cr…

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Jane Little Botkin, "The Pink Dress: A Memoir of a Reluctant Beauty Queen" (She Writes Press, 2024) 39:41

3h ago39:41

39:41

Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn’t have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in college, she became the first protégé of El Paso’s Richard Guy and Rex Holt, known as the “Kings of Beauty”—just as the 1970’s counterculture movement began to take off. A pink, rose-covered gown—a Guyrex cr…

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Sara Johnson Allen, "Down Here We Come Up" (Black Lawrence Press, 2023) 29:09

22m ago29:09

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In Sara Johnson Allen's novel Down Here We Come Up (Black Lawrence Press 2023), Kate Jessup’s mother lures her back home to North Carolina. Jackie Jessup is a con-artist, always working a scheme, always taking what she wanted, and she taught Kate to do the same. Now she’s dying, and Kate is estranged and living far away in Boston. Kate, her mother,…

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Jane Little Botkin, "The Pink Dress: A Memoir of a Reluctant Beauty Queen" (She Writes Press, 2024) 39:41

31m ago39:41

39:41

Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn’t have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in college, she became the first protégé of El Paso’s Richard Guy and Rex Holt, known as the “Kings of Beauty”—just as the 1970’s counterculture movement began to take off. A pink, rose-covered gown—a Guyrex cr…

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William H. F. Altman, "Plato the Teacher: The Crisis of the Republic" (Lexington, 2012) 1:39:30

22m ago1:39:30

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In Plato the Teacher: The Crisis of the Republic (Lexington, 2012), William Altman shines a light on the pedagogical technique of the playful Plato, especially his ability to create living discourses that directly address the student. Reviving an ancient concern with reconstructing the order in which Plato intended his dialogues to be taught as opp…

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Ari Gautier, "Nocturne Pondicherry" (Hachette India, 2024) 1:01:54

22m ago1:01:54

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A postman struggles to deliver the last letter on his last day of work. A prostitute elopes with the auto rickshaw driver who arranged clients for her. An inspector discovers the dead body of the boy he had an altercation with the previous evening. In Nocturne Pondicherry (Hachette India, 2024), Ari Gautier peels back the layers of human emotions u…

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Black holes are one of the most mysterious cosmic phenomena, despite how much we continue to learn about them.

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Black holes are one of the most mysterious cosmic phenomena, despite how much we continue to learn about them.

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Sure, you could blast leaves and dust across your entire neighborhood with a leaf blower, or you could get a leaf vacuum and tidy up your yard without making a bigger mess.

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Sure, you could blast leaves and dust across your entire neighborhood with a leaf blower, or you could get a leaf vacuum and tidy up your yard without making a bigger mess.

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There are many theories on how to best handle a rare (but possible ) cataclysmic asteroid collision with Earth .

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There are many theories on how to best handle a rare (but possible ) cataclysmic asteroid collision with Earth .

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How do scientists follow an impressively long bird migration?

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How do scientists follow an impressively long bird migration?

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A dead car battery can be inconvenient at best and an emergency at worst, which is why everyone needs a portable jump starter.

1d ago

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A dead car battery can be inconvenient at best and an emergency at worst, which is why everyone needs a portable jump starter.

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Chinese startup Deep Blue Aerospace narrowly missed completing the first successful high-altitude vertical recovery flight test for its Nebula-1 rocket on September 22.

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Chinese startup Deep Blue Aerospace narrowly missed completing the first successful high-altitude vertical recovery flight test for its Nebula-1 rocket on September 22.

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Calling all handy people itching to get a new tool or upgrade their old one: DeWalt has seriously slashed the price on its high-powered 20V Max Cordless Drill.

4m ago

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Calling all handy people itching to get a new tool or upgrade their old one: DeWalt has seriously slashed the price on its high-powered 20V Max Cordless Drill.

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A good computer for you doesn't necessarily mean a good computer for me, and a good computer for me doesn't necessarily mean it'd be a good fit for a domestic shorthair tabby who just had her 9th birthday ...

4m ago

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A good computer for you doesn't necessarily mean a good computer for me, and a good computer for me doesn't necessarily mean it'd be a good fit for a domestic shorthair tabby who just had her 9th birthday (happy birthday!)

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An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for foodand its not alone.

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An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for foodand its not alone.

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Although a high frequency wand looks like a tool Dr. Frankenstein would use to bring his monster to life, its far from scary to use.

1d ago

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Although a high frequency wand looks like a tool Dr. Frankenstein would use to bring his monster to life, its far from scary to use.

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Wayne A. Wiegand, "In Silence or Indifference: Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries" (UP of Mississippi, 2024) 29:26

1h ago29:26

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Librarians around the country are currently on a battleground, defending their right to purchase and circulate books dealing with issues of race and systemic racism. Despite this work, the library community has often overlooked—even ignored—its own history of White supremacy and deliberate inaction on the part of White librarians and library leader…

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Francis Stevens, "The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories" (MIT Press, 2024) 40:43

1h ago40:43

40:43

When three people in Philadelphia inhale dust developed by a scientist who has discovered parallel universes, they are transported into an interdimensional no-man's-land that is populated by supernatural beings. From there, they go on to an alternate-future version of Philadelphia—a frightening dystopian nation-state in which citizens are numbered,…

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Francis Stevens, "The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories" (MIT Press, 2024) 40:43

1h ago40:43

40:43

When three people in Philadelphia inhale dust developed by a scientist who has discovered parallel universes, they are transported into an interdimensional no-man's-land that is populated by supernatural beings. From there, they go on to an alternate-future version of Philadelphia—a frightening dystopian nation-state in which citizens are numbered,…

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David M. Driesen, "The Specter of Dictatorship: Judicial Enabling of Presidential Power" (Stanford UP, 2021) 57:18

2d ago57:18

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At the end of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin was asked whether we have a republic or a monarchy. He replied “A Republic…if you can keep it.” In The Specter of Dictatorship: Judicial Enabling of Presidential Power (Stanford UP, 2021), David M. Driesen argues that Donald Trump's presidency challenged Americans to con…

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F. J. Watson, "Lies of the Flesh" (Polygon, 2024) 46:13

1h ago46:13

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When evil stalks the land, who can you trust? Autumn 1314. In the aftermath of the Scottish victory at the Battle of Bannockburn, the villagers of Warcop wait desperately for the return of loved ones. When brothers Wat and Rob Dickinson bring news of the death of their companion, Adam Fothergill, as they fled home, there is no one to mourn him. But…

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Francis Stevens, "The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories" (MIT Press, 2024) 40:43

3h ago40:43

40:43

When three people in Philadelphia inhale dust developed by a scientist who has discovered parallel universes, they are transported into an interdimensional no-man's-land that is populated by supernatural beings. From there, they go on to an alternate-future version of Philadelphia—a frightening dystopian nation-state in which citizens are numbered,…

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Francis Stevens, "The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories" (MIT Press, 2024) 40:43

29m ago40:43

40:43

When three people in Philadelphia inhale dust developed by a scientist who has discovered parallel universes, they are transported into an interdimensional no-man's-land that is populated by supernatural beings. From there, they go on to an alternate-future version of Philadelphia—a frightening dystopian nation-state in which citizens are numbered,…

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Francis Stevens, "The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories" (MIT Press, 2024) 40:43

1h ago40:43

40:43

When three people in Philadelphia inhale dust developed by a scientist who has discovered parallel universes, they are transported into an interdimensional no-man's-land that is populated by supernatural beings. From there, they go on to an alternate-future version of Philadelphia—a frightening dystopian nation-state in which citizens are numbered,…

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S J. Naudé, "Fathers and Fugitives" (Europa, 2024) 44:56

2h ago44:56

44:56

Daniel is a worldly and urbane journalist living in London. His relationships appear to be sexually fulfilling but sentimentally meager. A young gay man with no relationships outside of sexual ones, he can seem at once callow and, at times, cold to the point of cruel with his lovers. Emotionally distant from his elderly, senile father, Daniel nonet…

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Jason A. Josephson Storm, "The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences" (U Chicago Press, 2017) 1:10:14

13m ago1:10:14

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A great many theorists have argued that the defining feature of modernity is that people no longer believe in spirits, myths, or magic. Jason Ā. Josephson-Storm argues that as broad cultural history goes, this narrative is wrong, as attempts to suppress magic have failed more often than they have succeeded. Even the human sciences have been more en…

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Francis Stevens, "The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories" (MIT Press, 2024) 40:43

1h ago40:43

40:43

When three people in Philadelphia inhale dust developed by a scientist who has discovered parallel universes, they are transported into an interdimensional no-man's-land that is populated by supernatural beings. From there, they go on to an alternate-future version of Philadelphia—a frightening dystopian nation-state in which citizens are numbered,…

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Emily Carman, "Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System" (U Texas Press, 2016) 1:15:08

1h ago1:15:08

1:15:08

During the heyday of Hollywood’s studio system, stars were carefully cultivated and promoted, but at the price of their independence. This familiar narrative of Hollywood stardom receives a long-overdue shakeup in Emily Carman’s new book. Far from passive victims of coercive seven-year contracts, a number of classic Hollywood’s best-known actresses…

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Emily Carman, "Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System" (U Texas Press, 2016) 1:15:08

1h ago1:15:08

1:15:08

During the heyday of Hollywood’s studio system, stars were carefully cultivated and promoted, but at the price of their independence. This familiar narrative of Hollywood stardom receives a long-overdue shakeup in Emily Carman’s new book. Far from passive victims of coercive seven-year contracts, a number of classic Hollywood’s best-known actresses…