New History Social Sciences Podcasts

Thinking About Indigenous Religions

9 episodes - Latest episode: over 3 years ago
Welcome to «Thinking About Indigenous Religions», a podcast where scholars, activists, artists, practitioners, and students discuss their understandings and usages of the term indigenous religions....

Leaders in SHAPE

5 episodes - Latest episode: about 3 years ago
Professor Conor Gearty meets the most influential figures within and beyond academia, shaping the fields of social sciences, humanities and the arts.

ArchaeoEd Podcast

48 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 163 ratings
Get ready to embark on a time-traveling adventure with the legendary archaeologist, Dr. Ed Barnhart! Let's unearth the stories of the awe-inspiring civilizations of the Americas. These are the tal...

Facts-Chology

92 episodes - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago
History is full of interesting stories of people, animals, inventions, and events. Science is full of random, philosophical, and weird questions. We do the research and tell you the stories and ans...

BAB Interviews and Conversations

33 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago
BAB is a centre of documentation and expertise on Namibia and southern Africa, located in Basel, Switzerland. Our podcast features extracts from past and recent interviews with scholars and BAB gue...

Matrix Podcast

95 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago
The Matrix Podcast features interviews with social scientists from across the University of California, Berkeley campus (and beyond). It also features recordings of events, including panels and lec...

Anthrolactology

7 episodes - Latest episode: over 3 years ago
A podcast about breastfeeding, science, and society!

Humanities Matter by Brill

107 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago
With the challenges the world is facing today, the humanities and social sciences are needed and more relevant than ever to help us understand what it means to ‘lead a good life’. The authors and e...

Shady Things Podcast

5 episodes - Latest episode: over 2 years ago
A podcast that covers dark history, unethical science, unbelievable paranormal experiences, and conspiracy theories.

Getting Into Good Trouble | Innovation Diploma

119 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago
The most significant aspect of our learning is what we do with it. Speaking intelligently with real people about global conflicts and issues that affect them has substantial educational value for ...

Yonder Lies: Unpacking the Myths of Jackson Hole

29 episodes - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago
Few places have come to symbolize the rapidly-changing American West quite like the valley of Jackson Hole, Wyoming—grizzlies still graze by the roadside, elk eat farm-raised grass, and, all the wh...

Oxford Political Review Podcast

11 episodes - Latest episode: about 4 years ago
Interview series by the team at the Oxford Political Review with guests ranging from political theorists, journalists, social scientists, politicians, and more. The Oxford Political Review is an Ox...

Medicalization

13 episodes - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Medicalization is a non-fiction podcast mini-series that bridges the gap between history and science. The podcast's mission is to tell the most fascinating and peculiar stories in medicine while e...

Selden Society lecture series Australia

41 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago
Join a variety of judicial officers, legal professionals and academics for this informative and provocative series of legal history lectures. Each episode presents a single story uncovering a uniqu...

Great Talks at American Philosophical Society

9 episodes - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Great Talks at the American Philosophical Society explores some of the most interesting lectures given at Society meetings throughout the years. Each episode dives deep into a diverse array of them...

Turning Points History

47 episodes - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
What are we? Are we divine heroes or feral beast? Perhaps, we are a bit of both. Join me, Thomas Mitchell, as we examine the people, events, and stories, both collective and individual that have sh...

American Journey

12 episodes - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
We are a nation of immigrants! Some of us got here yesterday, some of us centuries ago, and some of us move about from state to state. Hosted by Jeremy Rishe, a New York based actor/writer, America...

Doctor Psycho

268 episodes - Latest episode: over 1 year ago
A psychotherapist dives into the broken underbelly of society, shining a light on more neglected topics in Pop Culture, Psychology, & Modern Media

This Week I Learned

80 episodes - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★ - 226 ratings
Your audio guide to the most fascinating and fun revelations, reports, and studies on the internet. Quick, concise, and infectiously entertaining, This Week I Learned promises to make learning fun ...

Origin Stories

86 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 412 ratings
Explore human evolution one story at a time. This award-winning show blends storytelling with science that will change your understanding of who we are.

Economics Detective Radio

155 episodes - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Economics Detective Radio is a podcast about markets, ideas, institutions, and all things related to the field of economics. Episodes consist of long-form interviews and are generally released on F...

Witch-Hunts and Persecution

16 episodes - Latest episode: almost 11 years ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratings
In this course, we will use the anthropological approach and methodology to understand witch-hunts and persecution. We start by looking at magic, witchcraft and sorcery and explaining the persisten...

Hold That Thought

228 episodes - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★ - 12 ratings
Hold That Thought brings you research and ideas from Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Throughout the year we select a few topics to explore and then bring together thoughtful ...

Studying the Arts and Humanities - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: about 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This unit is an introduction to studying the arts and humanities. It takes you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance and improve your c...

French Revolution - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: about 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
This unit provides basic historical background to the French Revolution. It will show that the Revolution accelerated intellectual, cultural and psychological change, and opened up new horizons and...

Delacroix - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: about 13 years ago
In this unit you will be introduced to a variety of Delacroix’s work and see how his paintings relate to the cultural transition from Enlightenment to Romanticism. You will study Delacroix’s early ...

Wilberforce - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: about 13 years ago
William Wilberforce, the politician and religious writer, was instrumental in the abolition of slavery in Britain in 1807. This unit explores Wilberforce’s career and writings and assesses their hi...

Medicine transformed: on access to health care - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: about 13 years ago
Access to healthcare is important to all of us. Did the arrival of state medicine in the twentieth century mean that everyone had access to good medical services? If you fell sick in 1930 where cou...

Introducing the classical world - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: about 13 years ago
How do we learn about the world of the ancient Romans and Greeks? This unit will provide you with an insight into the Classical world by introducing you to the various sources of information used b...