Harvard Press Podcast
78 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 11 years ago - ★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe Harvard Press Podcast brings you interviews with the authors of books currently being published by Harvard University Press. Chris Gondek talks with the authors about their books, their influences and their interests.
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Harvard Press Podcast- The Missile Next Door
November 10, 2012 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBChris Gondek interviews Gretchen Heefner about the history of the Minuteman Missile System and how its deployment in the Plains altered the lives of ranching and farming communities.
Harvard Press Podcast- Brigham Young
November 01, 2012 14:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBChris Gondek interviews John Turner about the life of Mormon pioneer, Brigham Young.
Harvard Press Podcast- Freaks of Fortune
October 22, 2012 14:00 - 19 minutes - 15.5 MBChris Gondek interviews Jonathan Levy about how the idea of risk changed in 19th century America.
Harvard Press Podcast- The Omnivorous Mind
April 16, 2012 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBChris Gondek interviews John Allen about our evolving relationship with food.
Harvard Press Podcast- Gothicka
March 21, 2012 14:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBChris Gondek interviews Victoria Nelson about the power of the Gothic imagination in modern culture..
Harvard Press Podcast- Solar Dance: Van Gogh, Forgery and the Eclipse of Certainty
March 06, 2012 14:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBChris Gondek interviews Modris Eksteins about a scandal involving forged Van Gogh's in Weimar Berlin.
Harvard Press Podcast- The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
February 28, 2012 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBChris Gondek interviews Lawrence Powell of Tulane University about the early history of New Orleans.
Harvard Press Podcast- To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker
January 09, 2012 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBChris Gondek interviews Sydney Nathans of Duke University about the efforts of escaped slave Mary Walker to liberate her family from North Carolina.
Harvard Press Podcast- The Unintended Reformation: How a Religous Revolution Secularized Society
November 28, 2011 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBChris Gondek interviews Brad Gregory of the University of Notre Dame about the ongoing consequences of the Protestant Reformation on modern society.
Harvard Press Podcast- The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing
October 17, 2011 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBChris Gondek interviews Mark McGurl of Stanford University about the history of Creative Writing Programs at American Universities.
Harvard Press Podcast- Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts
September 19, 2011 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBChris Gondek interviews Mark Peterson of Mt. Holyoke about how Galileo's artistic training influenced his scientific methods.
Harvard Press Podcast- The Keats Brothers: The Life of John and George
September 12, 2011 14:00 - 15 minutes - 12.3 MBChris Gondek interviews Denise Gigante of Stanford about the lives of the poet, John Keats and his brother, the Anglo-American businessman, George.
Harvard Press Podcast- Rising Force: The Magic of Magnetic Levitation
June 01, 2011 14:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBChris Gondek interviews James Livingston of MIT about the amazing properties of magnetic levitation.
Harvard Press Podcast- Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act
April 28, 2011 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBChris Gondek interviews Joe Roman of the University of Vermont about the history and consequences of the Endangered Species Act.
Harvard Press Podcast- The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition
April 13, 2011 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBChris Gondek interviews Nicholas Frankel of VCU about the historical background of this Oscar Wilde classic.
Harvard Press Podcast- The Law of Life and Death
April 01, 2011 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBChris Gondek interviews Elizabeth Price Foley of FIU about the legal issues around life and death in American jurisprudence.
Harvard Press Podcast- Deep Secrets: Boys, Friendships and the Crisis of Connection
March 23, 2011 14:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBChris Gondek interviews Niobe Way of NYU about the problems boys have maintaining emotionally intimate friendships with other boys as they enter their teens.
Harvard Press Podcast- Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition
November 10, 2010 14:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBDavid Garland is Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology at New York University. Interview by Michael Orey, Public Affairs Director, NYU School of Law..
Harvard Press- What Was African American Literture?
October 21, 2010 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBChris Gondek interviews Kenneth Warren about the relationship between Jim Crow and African American Literature.
Harvard Press- The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds and the Invention of Monogamy
May 17, 2010 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBChris Gondek interviews Bernd Heinrich, the author of The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds and the Invention of Monogamy.
Harvard Press- An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry
March 17, 2010 14:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBChris Gondek interviews Wes Davis, the Editor of An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry.
Harvard Press- We Ain't What We Ought To Be: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama
January 22, 2010 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBChris Gondek interviews Stephen Tuck, the author of We Ain't What We Ought To Be: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama.
Harvard Press- To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death
November 17, 2009 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBChris Gondek interviews Suzanne E. Smith, the author of To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death.
Harvard Press- America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity
October 26, 2009 14:00 - 11 minutes - 14.4 MBChris Gondek interviews Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall, the authors of America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity.
Harvard Press- Teaching What You Don't Know
October 12, 2009 14:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBChris Gondek interviews Therese Huston, the author of Teaching What You Don't Know.
Harvard Press- Selling Sounds:The Commercial Revolution in American Music
August 13, 2009 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBChris Gondek interviews David Suisman, the author of Selling Sounds: The Commercial Revolution in American Music.
Harvard Press- The Annotated Wind in the Willows
June 23, 2009 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14 MBChris Gondek interviews Seth Lerer, the editor of The Annotated Wind in the Willows.
Harvard Press- The Supreme Court and the American Elite: 1789-2008
June 10, 2009 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBChris Gondek interviews Lucas Powe Jr., the author of The Supreme Court and the American Elite: 1789-2008.
Harvard Press- Life in Space: Astrobiology for Everyone
May 27, 2009 14:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBChris Gondek interviews Lucas Mix, the author of Life in Space: Astrobiology for Everyone.
Harvard Press- The Generalissimo
May 18, 2009 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBChris Gondek interviews Jay Taylor, the author of The Generalissimo.
Harvard Press- How Professors Think
May 10, 2009 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBChris Gondek interviews Michele Lamont, the author of How Professors Think
Harvard Press- The Poltical Worlds of Slavery and Freedom
April 28, 2009 14:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBChris Gondek interviews Steven Hahn, the author of The Poltical Worlds of Slavery and Freedom.
Harvard Press- Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths About Science and Religion
April 21, 2009 14:00 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBChris Gondek interviews Ronald L. Numbers, the editor of Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths About Science and Religion.
Harvard Press- Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity
March 24, 2009 14:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBChris Gondek interviews Loren Graham, the co-author of Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity.
Harvard Press- Hysterical Men: The Hidden History of Male Nervous Illness
March 16, 2009 14:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBChris Gondek interviews Mark Micale, the author of Hysterical Men: The Hidden History of Male Nervous Illness.
Harvard Press- Who Owns the Sky: The Struggle to Control Airspace from the Wright Brothers On
March 09, 2009 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBChris Gondek interviews Stuart Banner, the author of Who Owns the Sky: The Struggle to Control Airspace from the Wright Brothers On.
Harvard Press- Loneliness as a Way of Life
March 02, 2009 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBChris Gondek interviews Timothy Dumm, the author of Loneliness as a Way of Life.
Harvard Press- What Happened at Vatican II
February 23, 2009 14:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBChris Gondek interviews Father John W. O'Malley, the author of What Happened at Vatican II.
Harvard Press- The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies
February 16, 2009 14:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBChris Gondek interviews Patricia Gandrea and Frances Contreras, the authors of The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies.
Harvard Press- The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art
February 09, 2009 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBChris Gondek interviews Tim Blanning, the author of The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art.
Harvard Press- The Warping of Government Work
October 14, 2008 14:00 - 13 minutes - 15 MBChris Gondek interviews John Donahue, the author of The Warping of Government Work.
Harvard Press- Unmaking the Public University: The Forty Year Assualt on the Middle Class
October 07, 2008 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBChris Gondek interviews Christopher Newfield, the author of Unmaking the Public University: The Forty Year Assualt on the Middle Class.
Harvard Press- Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population
September 01, 2008 14:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBChris Gondek interviews Matthew Connelly, the author of Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population.
Harvard Press- Starved for Science: How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa
August 25, 2008 14:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBChris Gondek interviews Robert Paarlberg, the author of Starved for Science: How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa.
Harvard Press- Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse
July 28, 2008 14:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBChris Gondek interviews Malcolm Salter, the author of Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse.
Harvard Press- Inside Beethoven's Quartets: History, Performance, Interpretation
June 30, 2008 14:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBCChris Gondek interviews Lewis Lockwood, co-author, along with the Julliard String Quartet, of Inside Beethoven's Quartets: History, Performance, Interpretation.
Harvard Press- Academic Freedom in the Wired World: Political Extremism, Corporate Power and the University
June 24, 2008 14:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBChris Gondek interviews Robert O'Neil, author of Academic Freedom in the Wired World: Political Extremism, Corporate Power and the University.
Harvard Press- Biobazaar: The Open Source Revolution and Biotechnology
June 19, 2008 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBChris Gondek interviews Janet Hope, author of Biobazaar: The Open Source Revolution and Biotechnology.
Harvard Press- Burning to Read: English Fundamentalism and its Reformation Opponents
May 18, 2008 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBChris Gondek interviews James Simpson, the author of Burning to Read: English Fundamentalism and its Reformation Opponents.
Harvard Press- The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
April 18, 2008 14:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBChris Gondek interviews David Kaiser, author of The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy.