The U.S. Supreme Court – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 2

October 14, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastearl warren, john marshall, linda greenhouse, mitch mcconnell, ruth bader ginsburg, scotus, the us supreme court, the very short introductions podcast, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse introduces the U.S. Supreme Court, which she spent 30 years chronicling as a correspondent for the New York Times.

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Linda Greenhouse was the New York Times Supreme Court correspondent for 30 years. She was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism (Beat Reporting) in 1998. She in now Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and writes a biweekly opinion column on the Supreme Court and the law for the New York Times web site.

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Ancient Greece – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 1

October 12, 2020The Very Short Introductions Podcastancient greece, greek history, oup, paul cartledge, the very short introductions podcast, very short introductions, vsi, vsi25oxfordacademic

In this episode, Paul Cartledge introduces Ancient Greece, a period of unmatched influence on the politics, philosophy, religion, and social relations of Western civilization.

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Paul Cartledge is the inaugural A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge.

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Urban Studies, City Life, and COVID-19 – Episode 56 – The Oxford Comment

August 24, 2020The Oxford Comment, The Oxford Commentcities, city life, covid-19, james mansell, obo, oxford bibliographies, pandemic, richard dilworth, toronto, urban soundscapes, urban studies, zack tayloroxfordacademic

On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with three scholars involved in the launch of the upcoming Oxford Bibliographies in Urban Studies. Editor-in-Chief Richard Dilworth and authors Zack Taylor (“Toronto”) and James Mansell (“Urban Soundscapes”) discussed the new OBO subject at large, their individual contributions, and attempted to answer for us the question on everyone’s mind: what is the future of cities in a post-COVID world?

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Art and Theater After Stonewall – Episode 55 – The Oxford Comment

June 22, 2020The Oxford Comment, The Oxford Commentbroadway, chicago art scene, gay culture, gay rights, lgbt movement, lgbtq, lgbtq art, lgbtq theater, pride, pride month, stonewall, stonewall riotsoxfordacademic

On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with Elizabeth Wollman, author of “Hard Times: The Adult Musical in 1970s New York City,” and Micah Salkind, author of “Do You Remember House?: Chicago’s Queer of Color Undergrounds,” on the convergence of LBGTQ culture and art, especially in the aftermath of the 1969 Stonewall riots and other movements focusing on gay rights in the late 1960s and 1970s.

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Earth Day at 50: Conservation, Spirituality, and Climate Change – Episode 54 – The Oxford Comment

April 20, 2020The Oxford Comment, The Oxford Commentaldo leopold, aldo leopold foundation, belden lane, buddy huffaker, conservation, earth day, earth day 50, john muir, land ethic, lufti radwan, nature, spirituality, st ignatius, ted steinberg, willowbrook farmoxfordacademic

On this episode, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. We spoke with Ted Steinberg, author of “Down to Earth: Nature’s Role in American History,” Belden Lane, author of “The Great Conversation: Nature and the Care of the Soul,” Lufti Radwan of Willowbrook Farm, and Buddy Huffaker, executive director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, about conservation history, spirituality, organic farming, land ethics, and, of course, climate change.

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