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Asif Siddiqi on Rockets, Prisons, Pop Songs, and So Much More
Asif Siddiqi on Rockets, Prisons, Pop Songs, and So Much More
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68 minutes
Released:
Apr 22, 2024
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Podcast episode
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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Asif Siddiqi, Professor of History at Fordham University, about the arc of his career and his wide-ranging interests and work. The pair start by discussing Siddiqi's wonderful book, The Red Rockets' Glare: Spaceflight and the Russian Imagination, 1857-1957 (Cambridge University Press, 2014), a history of the social and cultural trends, including a heavy dose of science fiction and mysticism, in Russia and the Soviet Union that led to Sputnik. They then talk about Siddiqi's other projects and interests from prisons to pop songs to global histories of space infrastructures. They also discuss the promises of recent turns to global and international research projects and stories in the history of technology.
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Released:
Apr 22, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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