Harvard Press Podcast

Harvard Press Podcast- To Free a Family- The Journey of Mary Walker

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews James Livingston of MIT about the amazing properties of magnetic levitation.

Harvard Press Podcast- Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Nicholas Frankel of VCU about the historical background of this Oscar Wilde classic.

Harvard Press Podcast- The Law of Life and Death

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:00:00 PST

David 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?

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 17 May 2010 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Therese Huston, the author of Teaching What You Don't Know.

Harvard Press- Selling Sounds:The Commercial Revolution in American Music

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews David Suisman, the author of Selling Sounds: The Commercial Revolution in American Music.

Harvard Press- The Annotated Wind in the Willows

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Seth Lerer, the editor of The Annotated Wind in the Willows.

Harvard Press- The Supreme Court and the American Elite: 1789-2008

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Wed, 27 May 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Lucas Mix, the author of Life in Space: Astrobiology for Everyone.

Harvard Press- The Generalissimo

Mon, 18 May 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Jay Taylor, the author of The Generalissimo.

Harvard Press- How Professors Think

Sun, 10 May 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Michele Lamont, the author of How Professors Think

Harvard Press- The Poltical Worlds of Slavery and Freedom

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Timothy Dumm, the author of Loneliness as a Way of Life.

Harvard Press- What Happened at Vatican II

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 14 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 07 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:00:00 PST

CChris 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

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Janet Hope, author of Biobazaar: The Open Source Revolution and Biotechnology.

Harvard Press- Burning to Read: English Fundamentalism and its Reformation Opponents

Sun, 18 May 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris 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

Thu, 18 Apr 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews David Kaiser, author of The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Harvard Press- On Nuclear Terrorism

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Micheal Levi, author of On Nuclear Terrorism.

Harvard Press- Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews David Edwards, author of Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation.

Harvard Press- Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire.

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Lisa Diamond, author of Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire.

Harvard Press- The Denial of Aging: Perpetual Youth, Eternal Life and other Dangerous Fantasies

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Dr. Muriel Gillick, author of The Denial of Aging: Perpetual Youth, Eternal Life and other Dangerous Fantasies.

Harvard Press- Worst Cast Scenarios

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Cass R. Sunstein, author of Worst Cast Scenarios.

Harvard Press- Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyrical Form

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Helen Vendler, author of Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyrical Form.

Harvard Press- Henry Kissinger and the American Century

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Jeremi Suri, author of Henry Kissinger and the American Century.

Harvard Press- Green Sisters: A Spiritual Ecology

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Sarah McFarland Taylor, author of Green Sisters: A Spiritual Ecology.

Harvard Press- My Dearest Friend: The Letters of Abigail and John Adams.

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Margaret Hogan, one of the editors of My Dearest Friend: The Letters of Abigail and John Adams.

Harvard Press- The Roman Triumph

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Mary Beard, author of The Roman Triumph.

Harvard Press- Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Tom Griffiths, author of Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica.

Harvard Press- 1812: War With America

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Jon Latimer, author of 1812: War With America.

Harvard Press- That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews James Dawes, author of That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity.

Harvard Press- The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids First Politics

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews David Kirp, author of The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids First Politics.

Harvard Press- The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Poltical History

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Donald Critchlow, author of The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Poltical History.

Harvard Press- The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Mary Waters, a co-editor of The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965.

Harvard Press- A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men and the Making of the United States

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Stephen Mihm, author of A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men and the Making of the United States.

Harvard Press- The Lost Promise of Civil Rights

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Risa Goluboff, author of The Lost Promise of Civil Rights.

Harvard Press- Songs of Ourselves: The Uses of Poetry in America

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Joan Shelley Rubin, author of Songs of Ourselves: The Uses of Poetry in America.

Harvard Press- The Jamestown Project

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Karen Ordahl Kupperman, author of The Jamestown Project.

Harvard Press- Cold War at 30,000 Feet: The Anglo-American Fight for Aviation Supremacy

Sat, 05 May 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Jeffrey Engel, author of Cold War at 30,000 Feet: The Anglo-American Fight for Aviation Supremacy.

Harvard Press- The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering

Sat, 05 May 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Michael Sandel, author of The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering.

Harvard Press- Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America

Fri, 04 May 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Giles Slade, author of Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America.

Harvard Press- Surviving Large Losses: Financial Crises, the Middle Class, and the Development of Capital Markets

Fri, 04 May 2007 06:00:00 PST

>Chris Gondek interviews Phillip T. Hoffman, co-author of Surviving Large Losses: Financial Crises, the Middle Class, and the Development of Capital Markets.

Harvard Press- Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction

Thu, 09 Apr 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Thomas McCraw, author of Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction.

Harvard Press- Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, author of Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor.

Harvard Press- Gamer Theory

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews McKenzie Wark, author of Gamer Theory.

Harvard Press- Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:00:00 PST

Chris Gondek interviews Rawi Abdelal, author of Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance.