MSU Press Podcast
66 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -Since its founding in 1947, the mission of the Michigan State University Press has been to be a catalyst for positive intellectual, social, and technological change through the publication of research and intellectual inquiry, making significant contributions to scholarship in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. In this podcast series, we interview MSU Press authors about their research and discuss scholarly publishing with the professionals who make it happen.
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Episode 8 - Intellectual Populism
May 18, 2020 13:15 - 49 minutes - 43 MBIn conversation with Paul Stob about his book Intellectual Populism: Democracy, Inquiry, and the People, this episode explores the rhetoric of populist movements from America's nineteenth century.
Intellectual Populism
May 18, 2020 13:15 - 49 minutes - 43 MBOn today’s episode, we’re joined by Paul Stob to discuss his book, Intellectual Populism: Democracy, Inquiry, and the People. In response to denunciations of populism as undemocratic and anti-intellectual, Intellectual Populism argues that populism has contributed to a distinct and democratic intellectual tradition in which ordinary people assume leading roles in the pursuit of knowledge. Focusing on the Gilded Age and Progressive Eras, the book uses case studies of intellectual fig...
Episode 7 - Blackhood against the Police Power
May 11, 2020 13:15 - 55 minutes - 47.1 MBOn today’s episode, we’re joined by Dr. Tryon Woods to discuss his book, Blackhood against the Police Power: Punishment and Disavowal in the “Post-Racial” Era.
Blackhood against the Police Power
May 11, 2020 13:15 - 55 minutes - 47.1 MBDr. Tryon Woods is Associate Professor of crime and justice studies at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth where he teaches Black Studies and critical approaches to de-disciplining knowledge. In Blackhood against the Police Power, Dr. Woods “addresses the punishment of ‘race’ and the disavowal of sexual violence central to the contemporary ‘post racial’ culture of politics." Blackhood against the Police Power, is available at msupress.org and other fine booksellers. You can ...
(New) Fascism: Contagion, Community, Myth
May 04, 2020 13:15 - 43 minutes - 38.5 MBIn (New) Fascism, Dr. Lawtoo discusses the new forms of fascism haunting our contemporary political scene. He reads this new style of fascism and crowd psychology through the lens of mimetic theory and traces the genealogy of (new) fascism back to the three related mimetic concepts of contagion, community, and myth. These concepts were once central to the spread of fascism in Europe and are now proving central to the rise of new fascisms as well. As Dr. Lawtoo writes, “A protean fig...
Episode 6 - (New) Fascism: Contagion, Community, Myth
May 04, 2020 13:15 - 43 minutes - 38.5 MBA wide ranging discussion with Dr. Nidesh Lawtoo based on his book, (New) Fascism: Contagion, Community, Myth.
Episode 5 - Toward the Wild Abundance
April 27, 2020 13:15 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBOn today’s episode, we’re joined by Kristin Brace to discuss her lovely book of poems, Toward the Wild Abundance.
Toward the Wild Abundance
April 27, 2020 13:15 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBToward the Wild Abundance received the Wheelbarrow Books Prize for Poetry from Center for Poetry at the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities here at MSU in 2018. In her introduction to the volume, the contest’s judge, Sarah Bagby, says the book “conjures emotions initiated by the frailty and wonder of our lives. ... These kaleidoscopic poems also shine brilliance on themes of memory and the passage of time. They fluidly transport us from past to present and into the imagin...
Episode 4 - Once Upon a Time at the Opera House
April 20, 2020 13:15 - 58 minutes - 52.3 MBOn today’s episode, we’re joined by James Berton Harris to discuss his book, Once Upon a Time at the Opera House: Drama at Three Historic Michigan Theaters, 1882-1928. The book explores the importance of opera houses to the cultural and community life of nonmetropolitan areas in Michigan. As both the civic and arts center for the community, the local opera house was a venue for community meetings, political rallies, concerts, lectures, and theatrical entertainments.
Once Upon a Time at the Opera House
April 20, 2020 13:15 - 58 minutes - 52.3 MBOnce Upon a Time at the Opera House explores the importance of opera houses to the cultural and community life of nonmetropolitan areas in Michigan. As both the civic and arts center for the community, the local opera house was a venue for community meetings, political rallies, concerts, lectures, and theatrical entertainments. The well-illustrated and often humorous stories readers encounter in the book are based on historical facts, anecdotes, urban legends, and tall tales associa...
Episode 3 - RESPECT: The Poetry of Detroit Music
April 13, 2020 13:15 - 45 minutes - 39.6 MBToday on the MSU Press podcast we’re headed to the poor man’s promised land: Detroit rock city, the home of Motown, the birthplace of funk, the eight mile cradle of American music. Joining us on our trip today are Jim Daniels and M. L. Liebler, the editors of exciting anthology from MSU Press of “the poetry of Detroit Music” entitled RESPECT.
RESPECT: The Poetry of Detroit Music
April 13, 2020 13:15 - 45 minutes - 39.6 MBRESPECT is a massive collection of poems and lyrics, a monument that shows the global impact of Detroit’s music scene. Its contents span genres from jazz and Motown and R&B to hip-hop, rap, rock, and even techno and electronica. The book’s contributors are Grammy winners, Pulitzer Prize winners, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, and poets laureate. In its nearly 450 pages appear pieces by Eminem, June Jordan, Rita Dove, Jack White, Nikki Giovanni, Patricia Smith, Billy Bragg, an...
James D. Diamond on Healing after Rampage Shootings
April 06, 2020 13:15 - 47 minutes - 41.4 MBIn this episode, James D. Diamond discusses his book After the Bloodbath: Is Healing Possible in the Wake of Rampage Shootings. Topics include Indigenous justice traditions, restorative justice, the effects of rampage shootings on victims and families, and potential changes to the US legal system to encourage healing in the wake of tragedy. After the Blood Bath, “examines the typical American reaction to the tragedy of rampage killings,” the “interplay between offenders and their ...
Episode 2 - James D. Diamond on Healing after Rampage Shootings
April 06, 2020 13:15 - 47 minutes - 41.4 MBIn this episode, James D. Diamond discusses his book After the Bloodbath: Is Healing Possible in the Wake of Rampage Shootings. Topics include Indigenous justice traditions, restorative justice, the effects of rampage shootings on victims and families, and potential changes to the US legal system to encourage healing in the wake of tragedy.
About MSU Press and University Press Publishing
March 30, 2020 13:15 - 33 minutes - 34.2 MBIn this episode, the press's director, Gabe Dotto, and the press's editor-in-chief, Catherine Cocks, join us to talk about the history and future of MSU Press and some of the challenges facing university press publishers today. You can connect with the press on Facebook and @msupress on twitter, where you can also find me @kurtmilb. The MSU Press podcast is a joint production of MSU Press and the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University. Thanks to Daniel Trego, Madiha...
Episode 1 - About MSU Press and University Press Publishing
March 30, 2020 13:15 - 33 minutes - 34.2 MBIn this episode, the press's director, Gabe Dotto, and the press's editor-in-chief, Catherine Cocks, join us to talk about the history and future of MSU Press and some of the challenges facing university press publishers today. This episode was recorded before the coronavirus pandemic shut down MSU's campus, and so the conversation does not include many of the new challenges facing UP publishers in response to the situation.