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Demography – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 39

November 4, 2021The Very Short Introductions Podcastdemography, malthusian, population, sarah harper, study of people, the very short introductions podcast, thomas malthus, vsioxfordacademic

In this episode, Sarah Harper introduces demography, the study of people, which addresses the size, distribution, composition, and density of populations, and considers the impact certain factors will have on both individual lives and the changing structure of human populations.

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Sarah Harper is Professor of Gerontology at Oxford University, Director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing, and Director of the Clore Programme on Population-Environment Change. She is also the Director of the Royal Institute, London.

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Psychopathy – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 38

October 28, 2021The Very Short Introductions Podcastessi viding, personality disorder, psychopathy, the very short introductions podcast, vsioxfordacademic

In this episode, Essi Viding introduces psychopathy, a personality disorder that has long captured the public imagination. Despite the public fascination with psychopathy, there is often a very limited understanding of the condition, and several myths about psychopathy abound.

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Essi Viding is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, where she co-directs the Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit. She is also adjunct faculty at Yale University Medical School Child Study Centre.

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Modern Drama – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 37

October 21, 2021The Very Short Introductions Podcasta doll's house, henrik ibsen, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, modern drama, modern theater, samuel beckett, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, waiting for godotoxfordacademic

In this episode, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr introduce modern drama, the tale of which is a story of extremes, testing both audiences and actors to their limits through hostility and contrarianism.

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Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr is Professor of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Catherine’s College. She is the author of Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett, Science on Stage: From Doctor Faustus to Copenhagen, and Ibsen and Early Modernist Theatre, 1890-1900, as well as numerous articles on modern drama.

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Slang – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 36

October 14, 2021The Very Short Introductions Podcastenglish language, history of english, jonathan green, slang, the very short introductions podcast, vsioxfordacademic

In this episode, Jonathon Green introduces slang. Slang has been recorded since at least 1500 AD, and today’s vocabulary, taken from every major English-speaking country, runs to over 125,000 slang words and phrases.

Please note that this episode contains a few instances of explicit language. Listener discretion is advised.

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Jonathon Green is Britain’s foremost lexicographer of slang and an independant scholar. His has written many publications including the Chambers Slang Dictionary, the Slang Thesaurus, and Slang Down the Ages. He has also compiled dictionaries of quotations and oral histories of modern culture.

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Creativity – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 35

October 7, 2021The Very Short Introductions Podcastcreativity, the very short introductions podcast, Vlad Glăveanu, vsioxfordacademic

In this episode, Vlad Glăveanu introduces creativity, a term that emerged in the 19th century but only became popular around the mid-20th century despite creative expression existing for thousands of years.

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Vlad Glăveanu is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology and Counselling at Webster University Geneva, Associate Professor II at Bergen University, Norway, and Director of the Webster Center for Creativity and Innovation (WCCI).

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