Pamela M. Lee, "Think Tank Aesthetics: Midcentury Modernism, the Cold War, and the Neoliberal Present" (MIT Press, 2020)
In her groundbreaking and timely book Think Tank Aesthetics: Midcentury Modernism, the Cold War, and the Neoliberal Present (MIT Press, 2020), distinguished art historian Pamela M. Lee poses fundament...
16 Maj 20231h 11min
America & Democracy Ep. 5: Brandon Terry on MLK
In the final episode of this series, Brandon Terry, political theorist and African American Studies scholar at Harvard discusses the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. Terry is the editor of Fift...
16 Maj 202346min
America & Democracy Ep. 4: George Zarkadakis on Digital Liberalism
Around the world, liberal democracies are in crisis. Citizens have lost faith in their government; right-wing nationalist movements frame the political debate. At the same time, economic inequality is...
15 Maj 202334min
America & Democracy Ep. 3: Carol A. Stabile on the Red Scare
In this series of interviews from The MIT Press Podcast, we'll be drawing on the research of various authors to reflect on some of the issues shaping the American political landscape of today. In this...
14 Maj 202342min
America & Democracy Ep. 2: Jonathan M. Berman on Anti-Vaxxers
In this series of interviews from The MIT Press Podcast, we'll be drawing on the research of various authors to reflect on some of the issues shaping the American political landscape of today. The sec...
13 Maj 202339min
Anne Kaun and Fredrik Stiernstedt, "Prison Media: Incarceration and the Infrastructures of Work and Technology" (MIT Press, 2023)
Prisons are not typically known for cutting-edge media technologies. Yet from photography in the nineteenth century to AI-enhanced tracking cameras today, there is a long history of prisons being used...
13 Maj 202325min
America & Democracy Ep. 1: Robert I. Rotberg on Corruption
In this series of interviews from the MIT Press Podcast, we'll be drawing on the research of various authors to reflect on some of the issues shaping the American political landscape of today. In this...
12 Maj 202333min
Pharmacological Histories Ep. 4: Andy Roberts on LSD's Cosmic Courier
Michael Hollingshead, the man who turned Timothy Leary onto LSD, managed to fundamentally influenced modern drug culture whilst remaining virtually anonymous in popular culture at large. In this episo...
11 Maj 20231h 5min
