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How to Read

How to Read


How to Read

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Length:
45 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Description

Conversations with professional over-thinkers for over-thinkers of all kinds
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 45 episodes

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The sounds of medieval books (with Andrew Albin)

Reading today is typically silent – whether reading a book in a library or readingClick...

17 minutes
Apr 01, 2022

Reenacting the past (with Catherine Grant)

When you think about historical reenactment, you probably think about reenacting Civil ...

18 minutes
Mar 18, 2022

The history of homemade books (with Deidre Lynch)

We may think of reading and writing as opposite activities, but there’s a long historyC...

16 minutes
Mar 05, 2022

Why apocalypse isn’t all bad (with Jennifer M. Wilks)

In the Bible, the Apocalypse is the end of the world as we know it,Click here for more ...

17 minutes
Feb 18, 2022

Musical storytelling with repurposed texts (with Randall Eng)

Music can tell stories in a variety of ways: operas and musicals have characters andCli...

18 minutes
Dec 11, 2021

The hidden politics of translation (with Lamyu Maria Bo)

During the Cold War, the US and Chinese governments didn’t drop bombs on each other,Cli...

16 minutes
Nov 20, 2021

One-sided relationships (with Elaine Auyoung)

A one-sided relationship is a bad relationship, right? Not necessarily, says Elaine Auy...

16 minutes
Nov 05, 2021

Language and injustice in the classroom (with Nelson Flores)

What we notice about someone else’s language is less to do with language itself thanCli...

17 minutes
Oct 23, 2021

Understanding chronic pain (with Travis Chi Wing Lau)

Chronic pain is pain that lasts for months, years or even a lifetime, and doctorsClick ...

18 minutes
Apr 16, 2021

The politics of chill (with Robin James)

You may have noticed that music has been sounding more chilled out recently, with softe...

17 minutes
Apr 02, 2021