1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast
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1869, Ep. 107 with John O'Keefe, author of Stranger Citizens
July 14, 2021 18:25 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBTranscript here: https://otter.ai/u/HKSiPpEyp5yUbQ9XaP2WK6MZwGo This episode, we speak with John O’Keefe, author of Stranger Citizens: Migrant Influence and National Power in the Early American Republic—https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501756092/stranger-citizens/#bookTabs=1 John is Associate Professor of History at Ohio University-Chillicothe We spoke to John about his interest in the history of what is still an ongoing, modern debate – who can be a citizen and who decides, h...
1869, Ep. 106 with Arnout van der Meer, author of Performing Power
June 24, 2021 13:44 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBTranscript: https://otter.ai/u/vx2yyXywDSWhWxkx67o2G9MpVt0?f= This episode, we speak with Arnout van der Meer, author of Performing Power: Cultural Hegemony, Identity, and Resistance in Colonial Indonesia — https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501758584/performing-power/ Arnout van der Meer is an Assistant Professor in History at Colby College. His research explores the importance of material and visual culture, such as dress, architecture, deference rituals, and symbols of power, ...
1869, Special SMH Ep. 105 with David Silbey, Jay Lockenour, and Edward Westermann
May 19, 2021 14:58 - 33 minutes - 76.4 MBTranscript: https://otter.ai/u/QDqWsQOh01wdMW-2T80h8jYl4mU For this special military history episode, we speak with David Silbey, Jay Lockenour, and Edward Westermann. David Silbey is the series editor for our book series Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/series/battlegrounds-cornell-studies-in-military-history/ David is the Associate Director of the Cornell in Washington program and Adjunct Associate Professor at Cornell University. H...
1869, Ep. 104 with Larry Kirwan, author of Rockaway Blue: A Novel
March 08, 2021 14:54 - 32 minutes - 75.1 MBTranscript: https://otter.ai/u/vUBRlSvfgqroxnYkA21BBT4LcFg This episode, we speak with Larry Kirwan, author of the new book Rockaway Blue: A Novel: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501754227/rockaway-blue/ Larry Kirwan was the leader of the New York-based Irish political rock band Black 47 for twenty-five years. He is the author of five previous books, including Liverpool Fantasy, Rockin' the Bronx, and Green Suede Shoes, as well as sixteen plays and musicals, including Hard Ti...
1869, Ep. 103 with Allegra Martschenko, CUP Acquisitions Assistant and Mellon Diversity Fellow
February 24, 2021 18:58 - 12 minutes - 28 MBhttps://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/careers-and-internships/ Cornell University Press is proud to be a participant in the Andrew W. Mellon University Press Diversity Fellowship Program which was developed in 2016 to help bring more diversity into academic publishing. The Fellowship Program actively works to address diversity issues by providing underrepresented individuals an opportunity to have real work experience in scholarly publishing and a network of peers and mentors to assist them i...
1869, Ep. 102 with Danielle Lupton, author of Reputation for Resolve
February 18, 2021 19:19 - 19 minutes - 43.6 MBTranscript available here: https://otter.ai/u/J0NWb3ft4vqGS5x9po05h9-wOOU This episode, we speak with Danielle Lupton, author of the recent book Reputation for Resolve: How Leaders Signal Determination in International Politics: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501747717/reputation-for-resolve/#bookTabs=0 Danielle L. Lupton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colgate University. She has published articles in Political Analysis, Political Research Quarterly, Interna...
1869, Ep. 101 with Joel Christensen, author of The Many-Minded Man
February 12, 2021 13:40 - 23 minutes - 53.9 MBTranscript available here: https://otter.ai/u/jDoXAS9ny6QwgxOJbux8wyT5_A8 This episode, we speak with Joel Christensen, author of The Many-Minded Man: The "Odyssey," Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501752346/the-many-minded-man/ Joel P. Christensen is Associate Professor and Chair of Classical Studies at Brandeis University. He is coauthor of A Beginner's Guide to Homer and Homer's Thebes. Follow him on Twitter @sentantiq. We spoke to Joe...
1869, Ep. 100 with Cornell University Press Director Jane Bunker
January 13, 2021 15:41 - 25 minutes - 58.9 MBTranscript here: https://otter.ai/u/KC4N388m923il95763-ZHuqSQ6c This episode we speak with Cornell University Press Director Jane Bunker: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/contact/administration/ Jane has been serving as director since March of 2020 and is the first woman to lead Cornell University Press. She was previously the Director of Northwestern University Press, where she served since 2010. Under her leadership NUP significantly developed its profile, growing widely respected lis...
1869, Ep. 99 with Jessie Hewitt, author of Institutionalizing Gender
December 17, 2020 16:43 - 28 minutes - 64.7 MBThis episode we speak with Jessie Hewitt, editor of the new book Institutionalizing Gender: Madness, the Family, and Psychiatric Power in Nineteenth-Century France - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501753329/institutionalizing-gender/#bookTabs=1 Jessie Hewitt is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Redlands. Follow her on Twitter @jessie_hewitt. We spoke to Jessie about how psychiatric professionals in the 19th century dealt with gender, how men and women would ...
1869, Ep. 98 with Lisa A. Tucker, editor of Hamilton and the Law
October 19, 2020 15:45 - 16 minutes - 38.5 MBThis episode we speak with Lisa Tucker, editor of the new book Hamilton and the Law: Reading Today’s Most Contentious Legal Issues through the Hit Musical - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501753381/hamiltonand-the-law/ Lisa A. Tucker is Associate Professor of Law at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University and author of the novel Called On, as well as eleven books for children. She has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the Washington Post, the C...
1869, Ep. 97 with Patricia Norland, author of The Saigon Sisters
August 13, 2020 16:21 - 19 minutes - 43.7 MBThis episode we speak with Patricia Norland, author of the new book The Saigon Sisters: Privileged Women in the Resistance - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501749735/the-saigon-sisters/ https://www.thesaigonsisters.com/ Patricia D. Norland most recently worked as a public diplomacy officer within the US Department of State. She is the translator of Beyond the Horizon and the author of Vietnam in the Children of the World series. We spoke to Patricia about how her chance en...
1869, Ep. 96 with Benno Weiner, author of The Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier
July 23, 2020 15:04 - 11 minutes - 25.8 MBThis episode we speak with Benno Weiner, author of the new book The Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501749391/the-chinese-revolution-on-the-tibetan-frontier/ Benno Weiner is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and co-editor of Conflicting Memories. We spoke to Benno about how the public has been asking the wrong question about the Tibet question, why it is essential that historians of China...
1869, Ep. 95 with Jasmine-Kim Westendorf, author of Violating Peace
June 17, 2020 14:03 - 13 minutes - 31.9 MBThis episode we speak with Jasmine-Kim Westendorf, author of the new book Violating Peace: Sex, Aid, and Peacekeeping - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501748059/violating-peace/ Jasmine-Kim Westendorf is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at La Trobe University, Australia, and a Research Associate at the Developmental Leadership Program. She is author of Why Peace Processes Fail. Follow her on Twitter @jasminekimw. We spoke to Jasmine-Kim about the consolidated data t...
1869, Ep. 94 with Ray Brescia, author of The Future of Change
May 25, 2020 15:01 - 14 minutes - 34 MBThis episode we speak with Ray Brescia, author of the new book The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501748110/the-future-of-change/ Ray Brescia is the Hon. Harold R. Tyler Chair in Law & Technology and a Professor of Law at Albany Law School. Before, he was a lawyer and community organizer in New York City, working in Harlem, Washington Heights, the South Bronx, and Chinatown to promote housing rights, worker rights, ...
1869, Ep. 93 with Richard W. Maass, author of The Picky Eagle
May 20, 2020 15:03 - 13 minutes - 29.9 MBThis episode we speak with Richard W. Maass, author of the new book The Picky Eagle: How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited U.S. Territorial Expansion - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501748752/the-picky-eagle/#bookTabs=2 Richard W. Maass is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Evansville. Follow him on Twitter @richardmaass. We spoke to Richard about why the United States stopped annexing territory, and why U.S leaders often declined even profitable op...
1869, Ep. 92 with Melissa M. Lee, author of Crippling Leviathan
April 15, 2020 13:44 - 10 minutes - 24.3 MBThis episode we speak with Melissa M. Lee, author of the new book Crippling Leviathan: How Foreign Subversion Weakens the State. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501748363/crippling-leviathan Melissa M. Lee is Assistant Professor of Political and International Affairs at Princeton University. Visit her website at melissamlee.com. We spoke to Melissa about the problem of ungoverned space–pockets of territory outside the control of the central government; why ungoverned space is...
1869, Ep. 91 with Mary Brazelton, author of Mass Vaccination
April 02, 2020 14:55 - 18 minutes - 41.3 MBThis episode we speak with Mary Brazelton, author of the new book Mass Vaccination: Citizen’s Bodies and State Power in Modern China - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739989/mass-vaccination/ Mary Augusta Brazelton is University Lecturer in Global Studies of Science, Technology and Medicine at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. We spoke to Mary about the striking parallels between China’s success in eradicating smallpox and ...
1869, Ep. 90 with Cecilia Gaposchkin & Anne Lester, Editors of the new MSRC series
March 25, 2020 16:30 - 14 minutes - 32.8 MBThis episode we speak with Cecilia Gaposchkin and Anne Lester, editors of our exciting new series Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/series/medieval-societies-religions-and-cultures/ Sign up here to get updates on new books in this series and all of our new books in medieval studies: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/sign-up/ M. Cecilia Gaposchkin is Professor of History at Dartmouth College. She is the author of The Making of Saint Louis: K...
1869, Ep. 89 with Mila Dragojević, author of Amoral Communities
March 24, 2020 21:12 - 12 minutes - 29.3 MBThis episode we speak with Mila Dragojević, author of the new book Amoral Communities: Collective Crimes in Time of War - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739828/amoral-communities/#bookTabs=2 Mila Dragojević is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of the South. She is the author of The Politics of Social Ties. We spoke to Mila about what inspired her to write her new book, how it is possible for peaceful places to suddenly transform into areas of unspeakable vi...
1869, Ep. 88 with Taomo Zhou, author of Migration in the Time of Revolution
March 05, 2020 21:59 - 11 minutes - 27 MBThis episode we speak with Taomo Zhou, author of the new book Migration in the Time of Revolution: China Indonesia, and the Cold War - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739934/migration-in-the-time-of-revolution/ Taomo Zhou is Assistant Professor in the School of Humanities at Nanyang Technological University. We spoke to Taomo about why the close partnership between Indonesia and China started unraveling in the mid 1960s, what this meant to ethnic Chinese living in Indonesia...
1869, Ep. 87 with Jun Zhang, author of Driving toward Modernity
March 02, 2020 19:06 - 28 minutes - 65.2 MBThis episode we speak with Jun Zhang, author of the new book Driving toward Modernity: Cars and the Lives of the Middle Class in Contemporary China - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501738401/driving-toward-modernity/#bookTabs=1 Jun Zhang is Assistant Professor of Asian and International Studies at City University of Hong Kong. We spoke to Jun about what it is like to be the first person in your family to ever own a car, the massive increase of cars, and car owners, within Chi...
1869, Ep. 86 with John Farnsworth, author of Nature beyond Solitude
February 25, 2020 16:53 - 20 minutes - 47.5 MBThis episode we speak with John Farnsworth, author of the new book Nature beyond Solitude: Notes from the Field - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501747281/nature-beyond-solitude/#bookTabs=1 A lifelong student of literary natural history, John Farnsworth taught environmental writing and literature at Santa Clara University. He is author of Coves of Departure, also from Cornell. We spoke to John about his positive experiences at six different field stations along the West coas...
1869, Ep. 85 with Mellon Diversity Fellow Alexis Siemon
February 13, 2020 18:12 - 18 minutes - 26.1 MBWe're hiring for our next Mellon Diversity Fellow! Please apply at the Working at Cornell website: https://cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCareerPage/job/Ithaca-Main-Campus/Mellon-Diversity-Fellow----Acquisitions-Assistant_WDR-00022497-1 The deadline for applications is March 14, 2020, so act now! Alexis's contact information can be found here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/contact/acquisitions/ and other current Mellon Fellows can be found at this link: http://www.aupresses.o...
1869, Ep. 84 with Sara Lewis, author of Spacious Minds
January 30, 2020 17:26 - 20 minutes - 47 MBThis episode we speak with Sara Lewis, author of the new book Spacious Minds: Trauma and Resilience in Tibetan Buddhism: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501715358/spacious-minds/ Sara E. Lewis is Associate Professor of Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology at Naropa University. You can follow her on Twitter @DeathRebirthLab. We spoke to Sara about what inspired her to write her new book, how Tibetan Buddhists treat trauma differently than Western psychologists, ...
1869, Ep. 83 - MLA 2020 discussion w/ Editor in Chief Mahinder Kingra
January 06, 2020 21:31 - 8 minutes - 18.3 MBThis episode we are joined by our Editor in Chief Mahinder Kingra who will be attending the 2020 MLA Annual Convention in Seattle this January 9th through the 12th. We spoke with him a few days before his trip.
1869, Ep. 82 - AHA 2020 discussion w/ Michael McGandy, Emily Andrew, and Alexis Siemon
December 22, 2019 22:41 - 11 minutes - 26.1 MBThis episode we are joined by Three Hills Editorial Director Michael McGandy, Senior Editor Emily Andrew and Acquisitions Assistant Alexis Siemon. They will all be attending the American Historical Association annual meeting this January 3rd-6th in New York City. We spoke to them in Ithaca as they were prepping for the meeting.
1869, Ep. 81 - AIA/SCS 2020 discussion w/ Bethany Wasik and Ellen Murphy
December 22, 2019 21:50 - 5 minutes - 9.66 MBThis episode we are joined by Assistant Editor Bethany Wasik and Acquisitions Assistant Ellen Murphy. They will both be attending the Joint Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)and the Society for Classical Studies(SCS)which is taking place in Washington, D.C., January 2–5, 2020.
A true ghost story from Data Processing Manager Patrick Garrison
October 31, 2019 18:28 - 2 minutes - 2.25 MBCornell University Press's Sage House is haunted. Listen to Data Processing Manager Patrick Garrison recount his experience with potential paranormal activity at Sage House this past summer. Music by CO.AG Music
A true ghost story from Senior Acquistions Editor Jim Lance
October 31, 2019 16:20 - 1 minute - 1.3 MBCornell University Press's Sage House is haunted. Listen to Senior Acquisitions Editor Jim Lance recount his experience with a real ghost early one winter morning. Music by CO.AG Music
1869, Ep. 80 with Brandon Schechter, author of The Stuff of Soldiers
October 10, 2019 15:56 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBTrascript here: https://otter.ai/u/3woF9NXmQKFjm3Jh3UI66OcDHgk This episode we speak with Brandon Schechter, author of the new book The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II through Objects: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739798/the-stuff-of-soldiers/ Brandon Schechter is a historian of the Soviet Union whose research focuses on the creation of meaning in times of crisis. In addition to his new book, he has published essays on the integration of nati...
1869, Ep. 79 with Vince Houghton, author of The Nuclear Spies
September 12, 2019 15:59 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBThis episode we speak with Vince Houghton, author of the new book The Nuclear Spies: America’s Atomic Intelligence Operation against Hitler and Stalin. Follow Vince at @intelhistorian Vince Houghton is Historian and Curator at the International Spy Museum. He taught courses in Cold War history and intelligence history at the University of Maryland and is the host and creative director of Spycast, the Spy Museum's popular podcast. His work has been published widely in such media as the Wall S...
1869, Ep. 78 w/ The Liberty Hyde Bailey's Gardener's Companion editors John Stempien & John Linstrom
September 05, 2019 18:10 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBThis episode we speak with John Stempien and John Linstrom, editors of the new book The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener’s Companion: Essential Writings. John Stempien teaches history in Lowell, Michigan, and served as the first director of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum from 2006–2012. John Linstrom is a writer and doctoral candidate in English. He edited the centennial edition of Bailey's The Holy Earth. Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) grew up on a farm in Michigan and went on to become Dea...
1869, Ep. 78 w/ The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener's Companion editors John Stempien & John Linstrom
September 05, 2019 18:10 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBThis episode we speak with John Stempien and John Linstrom, editors of the new book The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener’s Companion: Essential Writings. John Stempien teaches history in Lowell, Michigan, and served as the first director of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum from 2006–2012. John Linstrom is a writer and doctoral candidate in English. He edited the centennial edition of Bailey's The Holy Earth. Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) grew up on a farm in Michigan and went on to become Dea...
1869, Ep. 77 with Michael Touchton & Amanda Ashley, co-authors of Salvaging Community
August 01, 2019 15:11 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBSalvaging Community: How American Cities Rebuild Closed Military Bases provides a comprehensive evaluation of how American communities redevelop former military bases following the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. In this episode we speak with book's co-authors Michael Touchton and Amanda Ashley. Michael Touchton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. Amanda J. Ashley is Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Commun...
1969, Ep. 76 with Anne Zacharias-Walsh, author of Our Unions, Our Selves
July 25, 2019 15:58 - 30 minutes - 28 MBThis episode we speak with Anne Zacharias-Walsh, author of the recent book Our Unions, Our Selves: The Rise of Feminist Labor Unions in Japan. (https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501703058/our-unions-our-selves/) Anne Zacharias-Walsh is an activist and writer who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. She has worked with progressive labor unions and social justice organizations and campaigns throughout the United States and Japan for more than twenty-five years. We spoke to Anne about how sh...
1869, Ep. 75 with Jason Cragle from Cornell & Andrew Rappaport from Chiang | Obrien Architects
July 18, 2019 13:15 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBThis episode we speak with Jason Cragle, Project Manager for Facilities and Campus Services at Cornell University, and Andrew Rappaport, an Associate at Chiang/O’Brien Architects, a local architect firm that focuses on working with institutions of higher education. We spoke to Jason and Andrew about what we are calling the Big Dig - the foundation restoration project for Sage House, home to Cornell University Press, which is ongoing for the entire summer. We discuss what steps Jason, Andrew,...
1869, Ep. 74 with Jeff Sahadeo, author of Voices from the Soviet Edge
July 03, 2019 16:05 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBThis episode we speak with Jeff Sahadeo, author of the new book Voices from the Soviet Edge: Southern Migrants in Leningrad and Moscow. Jeff is Associate Professor at the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University. He is author of Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865–1923 and co-editor of Everyday Life in Central Asia. We spoke to Jeff about his research on the Soviet Era migration of people from the Caucasus and Central Asia into Leningrad and Moscow, ...
1869, Ep. 73 with James Bradford, author of Poppies, Politics, and Power
June 12, 2019 14:44 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBThis episode we speak with James Bradford, author of the new book Poppies, Politics, and Power: Afghanistan and the Global History of Drugs and Diplomacy. James Bradford is Assistant Professor of History at Berklee College of Music, and Adjunct Lecturer at Babson College. He has published in the Journal of Iranian Studies, Oxford University Handbook of Drug History, and Illegal Cannabis Cultivation in the World. Follow James at We spoke to James about the long history of opium production in ...
1869, Ep. 72 with Jonathan Kirshner & Jon Lewis, editors of When the Movies Mattered
June 06, 2019 16:48 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBThis episode we speak with Jonathan Kirshner and Jon Lewis, editors of the new book When the Movies Mattered: The New Hollywood Revisited. Jonathan Kirshner is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Boston College and the author of numerous books, including Hollywood's Last Golden Age. Jon Lewis is the Distinguished Professor of Film Studies and University Honors College Eminent Professor at Oregon State University and the author of Hard-Boiled Hollywood, and several other books ...
1869, Ep. 71 with Glenn Albrecht, author of Earth Emotions
May 16, 2019 13:24 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBThis episode we speak with Australian environmental thinker Glenn Albrecht, author of the new book Earth Emotions: New Words for a New World. Glenn established the now widely used and accepted concept of solastalgia, or the lived experience of negative environmental change. He retired from Murdoch University in 2014 as a Professor of Sustainability, and he is now an Honorary Associate in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney. Follow Glenn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Glenn...
1869, Ep. 70 with Christopher Martin, author of No Longer Newsworthy
April 18, 2019 16:12 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBThis episode we speak with Christopher Martin, Professor of Digital Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. Chris is the award-winning author of Framed!: Labor and the Corporate Media, and now has a new book out this month, No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class. Follow Chris on Twitter: @chrismartin100 We spoke to Chris about why the news media stopped writing for working class readers starting in the late 1960s, the unint...
1869, Ep. 69 with Dan Meegan, author of America the Fair
April 10, 2019 13:47 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBThis episode we speak with Dan Meegan, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Guelph and author of the new book, America the Fair: Using Brain Science to Create a More Just Nation. We spoke to Dan about how he, a cognitive scientist, got interested in studying politics, what key issue can potentially unite conservatives and liberals in America, and what recommendations does he have, based on his research, for Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. As a loyal listener t...
1869, Ep. 68 with Jeff Kosseff, author of The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet
April 03, 2019 15:29 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBThis episode we speak with Jeff Kosseff, author of the new book, The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet. Jeff Kosseff is Assistant Professor in the US Naval Academy's Cyber Science department, where he teaches cybersecurity law. He has practiced technology and First Amendment law, and clerked for Judges Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and Leonie M. Brinkema of the US District Court for the Eastern District Court of Virginia. He was a finalist for...
1869, Ep. 67 with author Cheryl Einhorn and Lakshmi Bhojraj, Executive Director of the Parker Center
March 26, 2019 15:29 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBIn this episode we are proud to present to you a special talk featuring Cheryl Strauss Einhorn, author of the new book Investing in Financial Research: A Decision-Making System for Better Results, and Lakshmi Bhojraj, Executive Director of the Parker Center for Investment Research at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business. Cheryl Strauss Einhorn is the creator of the AREA Method, a decision making system for individuals and companies to solve complex problems. Cheryl is the foun...
1869, Ep. 66 with Tom Jones, author of From Willard Straight to Wall Street
March 20, 2019 18:07 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBThis episode we speak with Tom Jones, author of the new book, From Willard Straight to Wall Street: A Memoir. Tom Jones is founder and senior partner of venture capital investment firm TWJ Capital. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Global Investment Management at Citigroup; Vice Chairman, President, and Chief Operating Officer at TIAA-CREF; and Senior Vice-President and Treasurer at John Hancock Insurance Company. Jones received Masters degrees from Cornell University and Bos...
1869, Ep. 65 with Joan Neuberger, author of This Thing of Darkness
February 20, 2019 18:26 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBThis episode we speak with Joan Neuberger, author of the new book, This Thing of Darkness: Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible in Stalin’s Russia. Joan Neuberger is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. She has written extensively in print and online about Eisenstein, film, and modern Russian cultural history. We spoke to Joan about what makes Ivan the Terrible one of the greatest films of all time, what Eisenstein’s unpublished diaries and manuscripts tell us about his true ...
1869, Ep. 64 with Jay Geller, author of The Scholems
January 24, 2019 16:06 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBThis episode we speak with Jay Howard Geller. Jay is the Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of History at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of Jews in Post-Holocaust Germany, 1945-1953, co-editor of Three-Way Street and author of the new book from Cornell - The Scholems: A Story of the German-Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140108799460 Cornell University Press’s Marketing Director ...
1869, Ep. 63 with Maggie Solberg, author of Virgin Whore
January 17, 2019 14:12 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBThis episode we speak with Maggie Solberg. Maggie is an Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature and Culture in the English department at Bowdoin College, and author of the new book VIRGIN WHORE: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140106398330 We spoke to Maggie about the surprising ways the Virgin Mary was depicted in late English medieval literature, how our culture’s definition of virginity has changed since the Middle Ages, and the funny, comic and trickster side of Mary ...
1869, Ep. 62 with Jules Pretty, author of The East Country
December 19, 2018 16:16 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBThis episode we speak with Jules Pretty. Jules Pretty is Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Essex. He is the author of many books under our Comstock Publishing Associates imprint, including The Edge of Extinction, This Luminous Coast, and most recently, The East Country. We spoke to Jules about an idea that he introduced in his book The East Country: “The idea of a contemplative economy is appealing. If we spent more time immersed in nature, attentive too to one anothe...
1869, Ep. 61 with Philip Rathgeb, author of Strong Governments, Precarious Workers
December 13, 2018 14:48 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBThis episode we speak with Philip Rathgeb, author of the new book Strong Governments, Percarious Workers. Philip is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz. During the winter term 2018/19 Philip is a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Center For European Studies. Learn more at his website: http://www.philiprathgeb.com/ We spoke with Philip about his new book, the plight of precarious workers, and the best way forward for l...