The Power of Words – Episode 64 – The Oxford Comment

August 31, 2021The Oxford Commentanti-communism, anti-racism, authoritarianism, black lives matter, carmen bugan, civil rights, cold war, communism, language, myisha cherry, poetry, poetry and language of oppression, protests, the case for rageoxfordacademic

We’re all familiar with the phrase “words have power”—but in a political and cultural climate where we become more aware of the power that money, influence, and privilege have every day—how do people wield the power of words?

On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with philosopher Myisha Cherry and poet Carmen Bugan to talk about how they see their disciplines addressing the questions of language, oppression, and resistance, and exactly what tools the arts and humanities provide to address injustice.

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Host: Tom Woollard

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The Neuroscience of Human Consciousness – Episode 63 – The Oxford Comment

July 27, 2021The Oxford Commentanil seth, human brain, human consciousness, john parrington, mind shift, neuroscience, neuroscience of consciousnessoxfordacademic

On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we focused on human consciousness and how studying the neurological basis for human cognition can lead not only to better health but a better understanding of human culture, language, and society as well.

We are joined today by Dr. John Parrington, author of the newly published book Mind Shift: How Culture Transformed the Human Brain, and Professor Anil Seth, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Access journal Neuroscience of Consciousness, to learn more about the study of human consciousness and how it can help us to understand autism spectrum disorders, mental illnesses, and neurological diseases like multiple sclerosis, the focus of this year’s World Brain Day (July 22).

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Host: Julia Baker
Science Correspondant: Victoria Sparkman

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Ocean Health: Life and Livelihoods – Episode 62 – The Oxford Comment

June 29, 2021The Oxford Commentbiodiversity, climate change, deep sea, fishing industry, lisa levin, ocean acidification, ocean health, overfishing, ray hilborn, seaspiracy, trawlingoxfordacademic

June is National Ocean Month in the United States, and earlier this month, the whole world observed World Oceans Day, a day that has been celebrated since 2008 with a different theme each year. The theme for 2021 was “Life and Livelihoods.”

Covering 71% of the earth’s surface, the ocean is home to a vast array of life—an estimated 2.2 million species—and provides livelihoods for 40 million people in the fishing industry. But many scientists warn that the health of our oceans is in decline, threatening these species and the humans who depend on them.

The threats to our oceans’ health are multifold, and include deep-sea mining, offshore drilling, and ocean acidification. On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we are joined by biological oceanographer Lisa Levin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and contributor to Natural Capital and Exploitation of the Deep Ocean, and Ray Hilborn, a professor at the University of Washington and co-author of Ocean Recovery: A Sustainable Future for Global Fisheries? We tapped into their expertise to better understand the threats posed by overfishing, climate change, and biodiversity loss.

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American Business History – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 34

June 10, 2021The Very Short Introductions Podcastamerican business history, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, walter a friedmanoxfordacademic

In this episode, Walter A. Friedman introduces American business history and its evolution since the early 20th century when the United States was first described as a ‘business civilization’.

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Walter A. Friedman is a historian and lecturer at Harvard Business School, where he directs the Business History Initiative and curriculum development at the Case Method Project. He is author of Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America and Fortune Tellers: The Story of America’s First Economic Forecasters.

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The Animal Kingdom – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 33

June 3, 2021The Very Short Introductions Podcastanimals, biology, evolution, evolutionary tree, invertibrates, peter holland, the animal kingdom, the very short introductions podcast, vertibrates, vsioxfordacademic

In this episode, Peter Holland introduces the animal kingdom and explains how our understanding of the animal world has been vastly enhanced by analysis of DNA and the study of evolution and development in recent years.

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Peter Holland is Linacre Professor of Zoology and Head of the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. After a degree in Zoology and a PhD in Genetics he has spent the last 20 years undertaking research into the evolution of the animal kingdom, focussing primarily on the genetic and developmental differences between animal groups.

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