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Maria San Filippo, "Provocauteurs and Provocations: Screening Sex in 21st Century Media" (Indiana UP, 2021)
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Twenty-first century media has increasingly turned to provocative sexual content to generate buzz and stand out within a glut of programming. New distribution technologies enable and amplify these provocations, and encourage the branding of media creators as "provocauteurs" known for challenging sexual conventions and representational norms. While …
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Ian Whicher, "The Integrity of the Yoga Darsana: A Reconsideration of Classical Yoga" (SUNY Press, 1998)
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Join Raj Balkaran as he discusses yoga philosophy with Ian Whicher. We begin with a discussion on how he began his journey towards yoga philosophy before probing his assertion that the Yoga-Sūtras do not advocate abandonment of the world, but rather support a stance that enables one to live more fully in the world without being enslaved by worldly …
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Richard White, "California Exposures: Envisioning Myth and History" (Norton, 2020)
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This book began as a bet between a father and son: could Richard White, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University and renowned historian of the American West, tell a complete history of California through photographs taken by his son, the photographer Jesse Amble White? As he tells it, no - Richard White lost that bet to Jesse. But the resulting bo…
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Richard K. Miller (2): Founding President of Olin College of Engineering
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In part two of the interview with Rick Miller, the founding President of Olin College of Engineering, he describes the key elements of the Olin model that have helped this bold start-up become one of the most highly-rated and innovative models of undergraduate engineering education. David Finegold is the president of Chatham University. Learn more …
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Takeshi Watanabe, "Flowering Tales: Women Exorcising History in Heian Japan" (Harvard UP, 2020)
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Telling stories: that sounds innocuous enough. But for the first chronicle in the Japanese vernacular, A Tale of Flowering Fortunes (Eiga monogatari), there was more to worry about than a good yarn. The health of the community was at stake. Flowering Tales: Women Exorcising History in Heian Japan (Harvard University Press, 2020) is the first extens…
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Karen Petrou, "Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America" (Wiley, 2021)
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Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy placed much greater focus on stabilizing the market than on helping struggling Americans. As a result, the richest Americans got a lot richer while the middle class shrank and economic and wealth inequality skyrocketed. In Engine of Inequality, Karen Petrou offers pragmatic …
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Sarah J. Sloat, "Hotel Almighty" (Sarabande, 2020)
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Visually arresting and utterly one-of-a-kind, Sarah J. Sloat's Hotel Almighty (Sarabande Books) is a book-length erasure of Misery by Stephen King, a reimagining of the novel's themes of constraint and possibility in elliptical, enigmatic poems. Here, "joy would crawl over broken glass, if that was the way." Here, sleep is “a circle whose diameter …
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Lisa Björkman, "Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai's Other World-Class Histories" (Association for Asian Studies, 2020)
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Drawing on a decade of ethnographic research in the Indian city of Mumbai, Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai's Other World-Class Histories (Association for Asian Studies, 2020) is an unconventional little book – experimental in form – about how we come to know the worlds about which we write. The narrative follows the author’s fieldnotes dia…
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KT Sparks, "Four Dead Horses" (Regal House, 2021)
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Today I talked to KT Sparks about her debut novel Four Dead Horses (Regal House, 2021) On May 1, 1982, eighteen-year-old Martin Oliphant watches a horse drown off the shore of Lake Michigan—the first of four equine corpses marking the trail that will lead Martin out of the small-minded small town of Pierre, Michigan, onto the open ranges of Elko, N…
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Amanpour: Max Foster, Simon Lewis, Patricia Scotland and Saeed Khatibzadeh
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As the British Royal family announce the passing of Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh at the age of 99, royal correspondent Max Foster joins Christiane Amanpour from Windsor to reflect on the life and legacy of the man who stood by the Queen’s side for 73 years. Then former communications Secretary to the Queen Simon Lewis explains how he moderni…
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Steve Gruber, 0 Flu deaths this year... Seriously!!
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James Hohman, When Will Gov. Whitmer Relinquish Unilateral Control of Michigan Society?
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James Hohman, Director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. When Will Gov. Whitmer Relinquish Unilateral Control of Michigan Society?By Steve Gruber
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Tori Sachs, Top Whitmer Official Overseeing Vaccine Distribution Defies Governor's Warning Of Vacationing In Florida
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Tori Sachs, executive director of Michigan Rising Action. Top Whitmer Official Overseeing Vaccine Distribution Defies Governor's Warning Of Vacationing In FloridaBy Steve Gruber
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Steve Gruber, I have just returned from the Free State of Florida—a place where citizens move about freely—deciding what is best for them—masks/ no masks— vaccines or not
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GOD BLESS AMERICA—I AM AMERICA’S VOICE—I’M STEVE GRUBER AND THIS IS THE STEVE GRUBER SHOW— THREE— There will be no Pledge of Alliance as they redistrict the congressional district of Michigan TWO— No pass on the MET test, I guess we will get to see just how badly we have done ONE— I have just returned from the Free State of Florida—a place where ci…
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Rich Studley, Proposed Biden-Harris federal tax hikes. Their proposal would slow the economy and result in 1M lost jobs over the next two years!
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From the most powerful voice for Business in Michigan. TheMichigan Chamber Business Brief. Rich Studley, President& Chief Executive Officer of the Michigan Chamber ofCommerce. Proposed Biden-Harris federal tax hikes. Their proposal would slow the economy and result in 1M lost jobs over the next two years!…
Allan Saxe is a retired professor of Political Science at the University of Texas Arlington.By Steve Gruber
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Jonathan Levy, M.D., surgeon, SMG General Surgery
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Steve Gruber, The FOURTH Wave of Covid is being handled very differently in different states— and with very different outcomes
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LIVE FROM THE NO PANIC ZONE—I AM AMERICA’S VOICE—I’M STEVE GRUBER—GOD BLESS AMERICA—THIS IS THE STEVE GRUBER SHOW— HERE ARE 3 BIG THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR HOUR 2— THREE— TWO— The Biden Administration is in charge of the largest breach of the American Border—EVER—more minors and more illegals are pouring into the country—unchecked—and unvetted—th…
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Steve Gruber, Buyer's Remorse in the mainstream media
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Kyle Olson, Top Gretchen Whitmer Aide Takes Spring Break Trip to Florida, Ignoring MI Gov’s Warning.
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Kyle Olson is a Breitbart news reporter. Top Gretchen Whitmer Aide Takes Spring Break Trip to Florida, Ignoring MI Gov’s Warning.By Steve Gruber
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Steve Gruber, Self Righteous Politicians that live by their own rules
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Steve Gruber, The Free State of Florida is booming—the lockdown states are collapsing—with more evidence every day that closing businesses and schools has been and continues to be a terrible failure
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TELLING THE TRUTH EVERY DAY—SCARING THE HELL OUT OF LIBERALS—I’M STEVE GRUBER—I AM AMERICA’S VOICE—THIS IS THE STEVE GRUBER SHOW— HERE ARE 3 BIG THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW— THREE— Prince Harry returns for Royal funeral of his grandfather—BUT Miss Meghan is nowhere to be found—do you think at some point—he thinks maybe he made a mistake—or is…
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Senate Oversight Committee Chairman Sen. Ed McBroom, CDC is pushing MI to enact more restrictions.
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Senate Oversight Committee Chairman Sen. Ed McBroom.By Steve Gruber
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David A. Ditch, Biden’s Tax-and-Spend “Infrastructure” Plan Would Slow Economy, Deepen Swamp
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David A. Ditch, a budget and transportation associate at the Heritage Foundation, focuses on federal spending and fiscal policy. Biden’s Tax-and-Spend “Infrastructure” Plan Would Slow Economy, Deepen SwampBy Steve Gruber
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Scot Bertram, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director anticipates that all schools will be fully in person and no longer remote in September 2021.
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Live—from the campus of Hillsdale College in beautiful Hillsdale Michigan— this is Scot Bertram in for Steve on the Steve Gruber Show for –Thursday, April 8, 2021— —Here are 3 big things you need to know— Three— State Representative Jewell Jones of Inkster is out of jail in Livingston County but remains under investigation after a crash on Intersta…
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Robby Soave, Why Hasn't the Mainstream Media Pilloried 60 Minutes for Spreading Misinformation?
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Robby Soave is a senior editor at Reason. Why Hasn't the Mainstream Media Pilloried 60 Minutes for Spreading Misinformation?By Steve Gruber
Donald J. Devine is the author of The Enduring Tension. He also was the Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management and President Reagan's chief advisor on Federal civil service personnel matters. Book: The Enduring TensionBy Steve Gruber
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Philip Wegmann, Biden and the All-Star Game A Presidential Wild Pitch?
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Philip Wegmann is a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner. Biden and the All-Star Game A Presidential Wild Pitch?By Steve Gruber
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Scot Bertram, More than 20-thousand unaccompanied migrant children are in U.S. custody.
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Live—from the campus of Hillsdale College in beautiful Hillsdale Michigan— this is Scot Bertram in for Steve on the Steve Gruber Show for –Thursday, April 8, 2021— —Here are 3 big things you need to know— Three— It's very likely 20-percent of the nation is now fully protected against coronavirus. The CDC shows more than 64-million people have recei…
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Saul Anuzis, Center-Right Coalition Launches Website to Stop Corporate Tyranny
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Saul Anuzis is President of the 60 Plus Association. Center-Right Coalition Launches Website to Stop Corporate TyrannyBy Steve Gruber
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James M. Hohman, Invest COVID-19 Relief in Michigan's Financial Future
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James M. Hohman is the director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Invest COVID-19 Relief in Michigan's Financial FutureBy Steve Gruber
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Scot Bertram, The White House appears to be spending 60-million dollars a week to care for the surge of children at the border.
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Live—from the campus of Hillsdale College in beautiful Hillsdale Michigan— this is Scot Bertram in for Steve on the Steve Gruber Show for –Friday, April 9, 2021— —Here are 3 big things you need to know— Three— More than 66-million people are now fully protected against coronavirus. And almost double that are just waiting for their second shot. Some…
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Pandemic Perspectives from a Recent College Graduate: A Discussion with Amy Sumerfield
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Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@…
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Pedro Gustavo Teixeira, "The Legal History of the European Banking Union: How European Law Led to the Supranational Integration of the Single Financial Market" (Hart, 2020)
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Today I talked to Pedro Gustavo Teixeira about his new book The Legal History of the European Banking Union: How European Law Led to the Supranational Integration of the Single Financial Market (Hart, 2020) Since 1950, the political and economic integration of Europe has tended to accelerate through functional mini-unions: coal and steel, nuclear p…
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Julio Capó Jr., "Welcome to Fairyland: Queer Miami before 1940" (UNC Press, 2017)
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Welcome to Fairyland: Queer Miami before 1940 (University of North Carolina Press, 2017)highlights how transnational forces—including (im)migration, trade, and tourism—to and from the Caribbean shaped Miami’s queer past. The book has received six awards and honors, including the Charles S. Sydnor Award from the Southern Historical Association for t…
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Kenneth Shonk, "Ireland's New Traditionalists: Fianna Fáil Republicanism and Gender, 1926-1938" (Cork UP, 2021)
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Today on New Books in History, a channel on the New Books Network we are joined by Kenneth L. Shonk, Professor of History at University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse to talk about his new book, Ireland’s New Traditionalists: Fianna Fail Republicanism and Gender, 1926 – 38, out this year, 2021, with Cork University Press. The creation of Fianna Fáil in 1926…
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Sheila E. Jelen, "Salvage Poetics: Post-Holocaust American Jewish Folk Ethnographies" (Wayne State UP, 2020
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In Salvage Poetics: Post-Holocaust American Jewish Folk Ethnographies (Wayne State University Press, 2020), Sheila Jelen explores how American Jewish post-Holocaust writers, scholars, and editors adapted pre-Holocaust works, such as Yiddish fiction and documentary photography, for popular consumption by American Jews in the post-Holocaust decades. …
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Alexandra Kemmerer, "Human Dignity in Context" (Nomos/Hart, 2018)
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Human dignity is the key term that the Universal Declaration on Human Rights placed at the center of legal discourse on a global level. In 1949, Germany incorporated the concept of human dignity in its Basic law. Human Dignity in Context (Nomos/Hart, 2018), edited by Dieter Grimm, Alexandra Kemmerer, and Christoph Möllers, provides a contextual ana…
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Philip N. Howard, "Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives" (Yale UP, 2020)
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Technology is breaking politics - what can be done about it? Artificially intelligent "bot" accounts attack politicians and public figures on social media. Conspiracy theorists publish junk news sites to promote their outlandish beliefs. Campaigners create fake dating profiles to attract young voters. We live in a world of technologies that misdire…
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Mungo Keulemans: CEO and Entrepreneur
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Mungo Keulemans talks about growing up in South Africa, working in the family business, his army experiences, his move to Europe, Japan and back to Europe. We hear about his entrepreneurial journey in the family business in Poland, and after its sale to one of the world’s leading companies, his time in the larger corporation and his return to entre…
