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Podcast: The Final Straw Radio Episode: Clare Follman on Humans in Nature and How We Imagine Belonging Pub date: 2026-08-02 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/47ab9af929ca48e29b94e243afcede42/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Final Straw Radio, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: Historically Thinking Episode: Corn Syrup: Brian Leech does local history, regional history, labor history, technological history, environmental history, and food history Pub date: 2026-07-29 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/b1a3fab5809443b4bea7c5a3010a353f/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Al Zambone, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: Queer Lit Episode: “Cisgender” with Perry Zurn Pub date: 2026-07-20 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/257dc6de135448aa817d642147b5531d/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Lena Mattheis, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: Free Thinking Episode: The Ethics of Knowledge Pub date: 2026-07-10 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/0780db6b5153402087f9de3983960c71/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC Radio 4, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies Episode: Rachel Silveri, "The Art of Living in Avant-Garde Paris: Ethics and Self-Making in Dada, Simultanism, and Surrealism" (U Chicago Press, 2026) Pub date: 2026-07-04 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/9026932f13c64b79aa1b8470048fc9e4/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from New Books Network, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast Episode: Design for the Ineffable: Crafting a Flourishing world with Dr Jenna Mikus Pub date: 2026-07-01 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/f788f55ae9cf411c8a37624b604d2367/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Accidental Gods, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: The afikra Podcast Episode: How Egypt Used Theater to Fight British Occupation | Prof. Carmen Gitre Pub date: 2026-06-22 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/19f5cd2ec98c4c4382bfbba61505f5c1/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from afikra, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: New Books in Gender Episode: Karl Whittington, "Queer Making: On Artists and Desire in Medieval Europe" (Pennsylvania State UP, 2025) Pub date: 2026-06-15 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/3ccfe65de48543cb9b329fd7fa0b5095/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from New Books Network, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: CrowdScience Episode: Do plants have personalities? Pub date: 2026-06-05 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/a864e7746fe543d6a33177152b14fe7c/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC World Service, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: Momus: The Podcast Episode: Abbas Akhavan – Season 9, Episode 5 Pub date: 2026-05-27 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/b08c4fbd1ce8436c9942632740693843/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Momus, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: The Sobremesa Podcast Episode: Conquistadors and Culture Wars Pub date: 2026-06-06 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/5d2a90a101064f3d98734116d14ed3b1/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Sobremesa Podcast, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: New Books in Business, Management, and Marketing Episode: Nayantara Srinivasan, "The Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore in Contemporary India" (Cambridge UP, 2025) Pub date: 2026-05-17 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/14403684cb0c4f90979fca5d90f8726a/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from New Books Network, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: The Culture Journalist Episode: The slow cancellation of the future: A Mark Fisher primer Pub date: 2026-05-08 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/9737fabe955f4227810b6d09b18a5c12/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Culture Journalist, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: After Words Episode: The 1990s Golden Era of Black Sitcoms Pub date: 2026-05-03 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/79446ceb96c543c9b84e81e53264fd9e/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from C-SPAN, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: KPFA - Against the Grain Episode: Science Fiction and the Far Right Pub date: 2026-04-27 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/6a4a2ffd1299426387fd440f2890108e/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from KPFA, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: In Our Time Episode: Dadaism Pub date: 2026-04-16 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/0d90fd71613a4ddb8b45bec7077a1bcf/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC Radio 4, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: The Iris Murdoch Society podcast Episode: Comyns, Murdoch, du Maurier, and the Gothic Podcast Pub date: 2026-04-04 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/c9c0ea78243244228529048d2b200999/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Iris Murdoch Society, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: Intelligence Squared Episode: How deeply was the British Crown involved in the transatlantic slave trade? With author of The Crown’s Silence, Brooke Newman Pub date: 2026-03-29 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/511c1c386436483d8d2b569ce40c5661/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Intelligence Squared, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: Ivory Tower Boiler Room Episode: Why Did The Salem Witch Trials Happen? (with Stacy Schiff) Pub date: 2026-03-22 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/58b9d793bb054ef889fca1f8c92f4ca8/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Andrew Rimby , which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films Episode: The Ethics of Seeing in Susan Sontag’s “On Photography” (Part 2) Pub date: 2026-03-23 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/f2f43ba9c14a4bca97fe3dcc42aae1c9/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wes Alwan and Erin O'Luanaigh, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: The Great Women Artists Episode: Nicholas Fox Weber on Anni Albers Pub date: 2026-03-11 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/80685c2009c34b82bd75496616eea7e3/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Katy Hessel, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: It Could Happen Here Episode: Paramount, Warner Bros. and How Monopolies Ruin Everything Pub date: 2026-03-05 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/96f4f2e37d674010b5eb338b0d5eacf3/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life. Episode: Episode 134: Non-Boring History Pub date: 2026-02-25 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/79106c0871ce489dada99068db7db711/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Fea, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: CAA Conversations Episode: S09E11 Performing Knowledge- Pedagogy, Institutions, and Speculative Frameworks PART 2 Pub date: 2026-02-14 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/802971c715e64327a261858261bb66ae/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CAA, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: New Books Network Episode: Areum Jeong, "K-Pop Fandom: Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today" (U Michigan Press, 2026) Pub date: 2026-02-10 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/0a4e111359c04a438c3d7e20fa8ffea6/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from New Books, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
