Interviews with University of Pennsylvania Press book authors and editors http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html en-us Copyright 2012 Fri, 1 Nov 2012 00:15:00 -0500 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:15:00 -0500 http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/ pressmkt@pobox.upenn.edu (University of Pennsylvania Press) 60 Penn Press Interviews with University of Pennsylvania Press book authors and editors. Interviews with University of Pennsylvania Press book authors and editors. Stephanie Brown pressmkt@pobox.upenn.edu No http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_swartz.mp3 David R. Swartz, Asbury University historian and author of Moral Minority: The Evangelical Left in an Age of Conservatism, discusses the overlooked history of the America's evangelical progressives. Swartz talks about the differences between Christian fundamentalists and other evangelicals, and the influence of people such as Ron Sider, Mark Hatfield, and Jim Wallis. Podcasts Fri, 2 Nov 2012 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No David R. Swartz, Asbury University historian and author of Moral Minority: The Evangelical Left in an Age of Conservatism, discusses the overlooked history of the America's evangelical progressives in the twentieth century. Swartz talks about the differences between Christian fundamentalists and other evangelicals, and the influence of leaders such as Ron Sider, Mark Hatfield, and Jim Wallis. 00:16:29 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, evangelical, Christian, politics, American history, 1970s, 1960s http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_parker.mp3 First posted on February, 2011. Robert Dale Parker is James M. Benson Professor in English and Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois. Parker's collection of poetry, Changing Is Not Vanishing, reinvents the early history of American Indian literature and the history of American poetry by presenting a vast but forgotten archive of American Indian poems. In this podcast, Parker discusses the editing process and reads selected poems from his book. Podcasts Mon, 1 Oct 2012 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Robert Dale Parker is James M. Benson Professor in English and Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois. Parker's collection of poetry, Changing Is Not Vanishing, reinvents the early history of American Indian literature and the history of American poetry by presenting a vast but forgotten archive of American Indian poems. In this podcast, Parker discusses the editing process and reads selected poems from his new book. 00:34:00 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, poetry, American Indian, Native American, American literature http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_churella.mp3 Albert J. Churella, Associate Professor in the Social and International Studies Department at Southern Polytechnic State University and author of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1: Building an Empire, 1846-1917, talks about his monumental history of the transportation giant. At the end of the nineteenth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest privately owned business corporation in the world. Churella discusses the birth of this enterprise and its relationship to America's natural, technological, and political landscape. Podcasts Fri, 01 Sep 2012 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Albert J. Churella, Associate Professor in the Social and International Studies Department at Southern Polytechnic State University and author of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1: Building an Empire, 1846-1917, talks about his monumental history of the transportation giant. At the end of the nineteenth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest privately owned business corporation in the world. Churella discusses the birth of this enterprise and its relationship to America's natural, technological, and political landscape. 00:21:56 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania, American history, business, railroad, train, PRR, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_spencer.mp3 John P. Spencer, Associate Professor of Education at Ursinus College and author of In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American School Reform, talks about the work of a leading public educator who was assassinated in 1973. Spencer shares Foster's success stories and struggles in the Philadelphia and Oakland school systems, and explains what Foster's comprehensive, bridge-building approach can teach us in an age of finger-pointing debates about failing urban schools. Podcasts Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No John P. Spencer, Associate Professor of Education at Ursinus College and author of In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American School Reform, talks about the work of a leading public educator who was assassinated in 1973. Spencer shares Foster's success stories and struggles in the Philadelphia and Oakland school systems, and explains what Foster's comprehensive, bridge-building approach can teach us in an age of finger-pointing debates about failing urban schools. 00:21:56 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania, American history, education, school reform, Marcus Foster, Philadelphia, Oakland http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_wolcott.mp3 Victoria W. Wolcott, Associate Professor of History at the University at Buffalo, SUNY and author of Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters: The Struggle over Segregated Recreation in America, discusses an overlooked aspect of twentieth-century public accommodations controversies. Wolcott tells how African Americans and their allies fought to integrate parks and playlands across the United States, often in the face of violence and intimidation. Podcasts Sun, 01 July 2012 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Victoria W. Wolcott, Associate Professor of History at the University at Buffalo, SUNY and author of Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters: The Struggle over Segregated Recreation in America, discusses an overlooked aspect of twentieth-century public accommodations controversies. Wolcott tells how African Americans and their allies fought to integrate parks and playlands across the United States, often in the face of violence and intimidation. 00:29:11 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania, books, American history, race, African American, black, amusement parks, recreation http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_karras.mp3 Ruth Mazo Karras, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Medieval Studies at the University of Minnesota, reminds us that traditional marriage was not the only option for couples in medieval Europe. Her new book Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages examines the various relationships that took shape during that period. Podcasts Mon, 04 June 2012 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Ruth Mazo Karras, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Medieval Studies at the University of Minnesota, reminds us that traditional marriage was not the only option for couples in medieval Europe. Her new book Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages examines the various relationships that took shape during that period. 00:33:25 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania, books, marriage, medieval, church, middle ages, European history http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_ambar.mp3 Lehigh University political scientist Saladin M. Ambar, author of How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency, discusses the role that governorship played in shaping America's executive branch. Ambar talks about the influence of governors and presidents such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Bob La Follette, and Rutherford Hayes. He also discusses the implications of this leadership legacy for the 2012 presidential election. Podcasts Mon, 01 May 2012 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Lehigh University political scientist Saladin M. Ambar, author of How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency, discusses the role that governorship played in shaping America's executive branch. Ambar talks about the influence of governors and presidents such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Bob La Follette, and Rutherford Hayes. He also discusses the implications of this leadership legacy for the 2012 presidential election. 00:16:40 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania, books, American history, political science, politics, presidents, governors, Roosevelt, Ambar, Woodrow Wilson http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_justerhorace.mp3 Penn Press's own Sara Davis reads selections from The Satires of Horace, translated by A.M. Juster. In the Satires, the Roman philosopher and dramatic critic Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-3 B.C.), known as Horace, provides trenchant social commentary on men's perennial enslavement to money, power, fame, and sex. Juster's striking new translation relies on the tools and spirit of the English light verse tradition while taking care to render the original text as accurately as possible. Podcasts Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Penn Press's own Sara Davis reads selections from The Satires of Horace, translated by A.M. Juster. In the Satires, the Roman philosopher and dramatic critic Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-3 B.C.), known as Horace, provides trenchant social commentary on men's perennial enslavement to money, power, fame, and sex. Juster's striking new translation relies on the tools and spirit of the English light verse tradition while taking care to render the original text as accurately as possible. 00:16:22 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, interviews, books, poetry, literature, horace, roman, classic, translation, juster http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_chengj.mp3 Historian John Cheng discusses the early culture of popular science fiction. Cheng's new book, Astounding Wonder: Imagining Science and Science Fiction in Interwar America, examines the origins of the genre and its community of fans. Cheng shows how pulp science fiction magazines of the 1920s and 30s reflected mainstream views of race and gender while inspiring both professional scientists and amateurs to pursue research. Podcasts Thu, 1 Mar 2012 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Historian John Cheng discusses the early culture of popular science fiction. Cheng's new book, Astounding Wonder: Imagining Science and Science Fiction in Interwar America, examines the origins of the genre and its community of fans. Cheng shows how pulp science fiction magazines of the 1920s and 30s reflected mainstream views of race and gender while inspiring both professional scientists and amateurs to pursue research. 00:45:05 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, interviews, books, merican history, science fiction, science, history of science, ming the merciless, asian, asian american, Hugo Gernsback, rocket, pulp, publishing, Amazing Stories, popular culture, twentieth century, race, gender, flash gordon, reaction motors http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_alexander.mp3 Shawn Leigh Alexander, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and interim director of the Langston Hughes Center at the University of Kansas, discusses the efforts of T. Thomas Fortune, Ida B. Wells, W. E. B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, and other leaders featured in his book, An Army of Lions: The Civil Rights Struggle Before the NAACP. Podcasts Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Shawn Leigh Alexander, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and interim director of the Langston Hughes Center at the University of Kansas, discusses the efforts of T. Thomas Fortune, Ida B. Wells, W. E. B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, and other leaders featured in his book, An Army of Lions: The Civil Rights Struggle Before the NAACP. 00:20:40 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, interviews, books, black, african american, american history, NAACP, T. Thomas Fortune, Ida B. Wells, W. E. B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, civil rights, human rights http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_silver.mp3 Larry Silver, Farquhar Professor of History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania, talks about his award-winning book Peasant Scenes and Landscapes: The Rise of Pictorial Genres in the Antwerp Art Market. Podcasts Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Larry Silver, Farquhar Professor of History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania, talks about his award-winning book Peasant Scenes and Landscapes: The Rise of Pictorial Genres in the Antwerp Art Market. 00:22:10 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, interviews, books, Art History, painting, genre, Antwerp, Bosch, Bruegel, Dutch, landscape, engraving, etching, early modern, art market http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_katzwhy.mp3 Michael B. Katz, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the history of urban inequality and answers the question posed by the title of his latest book Why Don't American Cities Burn? Podcasts Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Michael B. Katz, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the history of urban inequality and answers the question posed by the title of his latest book Why Don't American Cities Burn?. 00:35:55 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, books, American History, urban, city, cities, race, Philadelphia, African American, black, social unrest, inequality, urban studies, public policy, political science, immigration, ethnicity http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_milleretal.mp3 Originally posted on Oct 1, 2010. Naomi F. Miller, Katherine M. Moore, and Kathleen Ryan from University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology discuss the facets of Sustainable Lifeways, how humans adapt to changes in their environment over time. Podcasts Mon, 01 Nov 2011 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Naomi F. Miller, Katherine M. Moore, and Kathleen Ryan from University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology discuss the facets of Sustainable Lifeways, how humans adapt to changes in their environment over time. 00:31:44 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, interviews, books, archeology, anthropology, climate, agriculture, sustainable, pastoralists, herding, Gordion, Africa, Kenya, South America, Bolivia, Turkey, Gordion http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_silber.mp3 September 30, 2011 Podcasts Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Mitchell D. Silber, Director of Intelligence Analysis for the New York Police Department and author of The Al Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West, discusses the the characteristics of jihadist terror activities in Europe and North America and their various relationships to Al Qaeda. 00:18:13 terrorism, terror, islamist, law enforcement, police, cops, New York, NYPD, al qaeda, jihadist, political science, security, national security, homeland security, public safety, Penn Press, UPenn, University of Pennsylvania, book, books, publishing. http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_meleiswachter.mp3 September 1, 2011 Podcasts Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No In the September podcast, Afaf Ibrahim Meleis and Susan M. Wachter, two of the coeditors of Women's Health and the World's Cities, discuss why gender matters in public health and urban planning. Afaf Ibrahim Meleis is the Dean of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Susan M. Wachter is the Richard B. Worley Professor of Financial Management and Professor of Real Estate and Finance at The Wharton School and Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Women's Health and the World's Cities was also coedited by Eugenie L. Birch, Professor and Chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and codirector with Wachter of the Penn Institute for Urban Research. 00:24:22 Women, women's rights, women and girls, health, public health, health care, nursing, urban, urban planning, city, global, poverty, planning, public safety, infrastructure, development, developing world, global south, gender, water, sanitation, traffic, crime, migration, immigration, green, care, collective, Penn Institute for Urban Research, families, Penn Press, UPenn, University of Pennsylvania, book, books, publishing. http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_williamson.mp3 August 8, 2011 Podcasts Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Scott Gabriel Knowles is Associate Professor of History at Drexel University. He is the editor of Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City and the author of a new book, The Disaster Experts: Mastering Risk in Modern America. In this podcast, Knowles talks about urban disaster preparedness and mitigation at the dawn of the twentieth century, thoughout the Cold War, in the years leading to the birth of FEMA, and after the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11/2001. Knowles also considers the implications of America's history of growing disaster expertise and risk taking on current and future dangers, such as terrorism and climate change. 00:30:21 American history, 911, September 11, urban studies, urban history, disaster, fire, fire codes, fire safety, fire insurance, Iroquois Theater, Cold War, civil defence, FEMA, hurricane, atomic bomb, nuclear war, 20th century, homeland security, hazard, terrorism, riot, risk management, insurance, climate change, flood, Penn Press, UPenn, University of Pennsylvania, book, books, publishing. http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_williamson.mp3 July 12, 2011 Podcasts Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Craig Williamson, poet and Professor of English Literature at Swarthmore College, is the editor and A Feast of Creatures: Anglo-Saxon Riddle-Songs. His latest book is Beowulf and Other Old English Poems. In this podcast, Wiliamson discusses the challenge of translating poetry from Old English into English. He also reads from his translation of Beowulf and recites a section of the original poem in Old English. 00:26:03 Beowulf, Grendel, poet, poem, poetry, riddles, Exeter, translation, English, Anglo Saxon, Old English, Tolkien, literature, language, creativity, monsters, Craig Williamson, Swarthmore, Penn Press, UPenn, University of Pennsylvania, book, books, publishing. http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_peiss.mp3 June 15, 2011 Podcasts Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No University of Pennsylvania Historian Kathy Peiss, author of Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style, talks about the long career of a big suit. She covers the suit's creation in Harlem, it's connection with swing music, the pachuco culture of the Southwest, the Zoot Suit riot, Al Capp's take on the zoot suit, the zoot suit overseas, the rebirth of the suit as a symbol of ethnic pride, and today's zoot suit. 00:24:05 zoot, zoot suit, pachuco, swing, jazz, fashion history, street, retro fashion, style, culture, subculture, Kathy Peiss, American history, American culture, world war II, 1930, 1930s, 1940, 1943, 1940s, war time, rationing, twentieth century, Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, interviews, books, California, LA, Los Angeles, Harlem, African American, Black, Mexican, Latino, wasp, Al Capp, Spike Lee, Malcolm X http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_krieger.mp3 May 5, 2011. Listen to a candid talk with Martin H. Krieger, Professor of Planning at the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development and author of Urban Tomographies. Krieger's latest book scans contemporary Los Angeles to illuminate different aspects of a community, from work to worship. Podcasts Thu, 5 May 2011 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Listen to a candid talk with Martin H. Krieger, Professor of Planning at the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development and author of Urban Tomographies. Krieger's latest book scans contemporary Los Angeles to illuminate different aspects of a community, from work to worship. 00:51:43 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, photography, urban studies, cities, urban planning, California, LA, Los Angeles, documentary, privacy http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_mitchell.mp3 February 1, 2011. Robert Dale Parker is James M. Benson Professor in English and Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois. Parker's collection of poetry, Changing Is Not Vanishing, reinvents the early history of American Indian literature and the history of American poetry by presenting a vast but forgotten archive of American Indian poems. In this podcast, Parker discusses the editing process and reads selected poems from his new book. Podcasts Tue, 2 Feb 2011 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Robert Dale Parker is James M. Benson Professor in English and Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois. Parker's collection of poetry, Changing Is Not Vanishing, reinvents the early history of American Indian literature and the history of American poetry by presenting a vast but forgotten archive of American Indian poems. In this podcast, Parker discusses the editing process and reads selected poems from his new book. 00:34:00 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, poetry, American Indian, Native American, American literature http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_mitchell.mp3 Jan 18, 2011. Stephen A. Mitchell is Stephen A. Mitchell is Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore at Harvard University and author of Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages, a full examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia. Podcasts Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Stephen A. Mitchell is Stephen A. Mitchell is Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore at Harvard University and author of Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages, a full examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia. 00:28:58 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, medieval, middle ages, Scandinavia, Scandinavian, Nordic, religion, folklore, witches, witch craft, witch trials, charms, magic, Christianity, Catholic http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_msmith.mp3 Dec 2, 2010. Rogers M. Smith is Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and the editor of Citizenship, Borders, and Human Needs, a new volume on the politics and economics of human migration. Podcasts Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Rogers M. Smith is Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and the editor of Citizenship, Borders, and Human Needs a new volume on the politics and economics of human migration. 00:18:08 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, immigration, migration, politics, political science, international relations, ethnic relations, citizenship, border patrol, border control, border http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_trubek.mp3 Nov 1, 2010. Anne Trubek, journalist and Associate Professor at Oberlin College, recounts her travels to writer's house museums across the United States. She has visited Hannibal, MO, the birthplace of Mark Twain; the Hemingway house in Key West, FL; and Concord, MA, home to Louisa May Alcott and a host of other American authors. Podcasts Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Anne Trubek, journalist and Associate Professor at Oberlin College, recounts her travels to writer's house museums across the United States. She shares her insights on many places including Hannibal, MO, the birthplace of Mark Twain; the Hemingway house in Key West, FL; and Concord, MA, home to Louisa May Alcott. 00:24:20 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, American literature, literature, authors, writing, tourism, historic preservation, American history, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Louisa May Alcott, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Charles Chesnutt, Jack London, Edith Wharton http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_milleretal.mp3 Oct 1, 2010. Naomi F. Miller, Katherine M. Moore, and Kathleen Ryan from University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology discuss the facets of Sustainable Lifeways, how humans adapt to changes in their environment over time. Podcasts Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Naomi F. Miller, Katherine M. Moore, and Kathleen Ryan from University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology discuss the facets of Sustainable Lifeways, how humans adapt to changes in their environment over time. 00:31:44 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, archeology, anthropology, climate, agriculture, sustainable, pastoralists, herding, Gordion, Africa, Kenya, South America, Bolivia, Turkey, Gordion http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_gillette.mp3 Sept 1, 2010. Rutgers University historian Howard Gillette, Jr., author of Civitas by Design: Building Better Communities, from the Garden City to the New Urbanism, covers a century of urban planning, architecture, and reform efforts. Podcasts Tue, 01 Sep 2010 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Rutgers University historian Howard Gillette, Jr., author of Civitas by Design: Building Better Communities, from the Garden City to the New Urbanism, covers a century of urban planning, architecture, and city reform efforts. 00:33:31 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, urban planning, urban studies, American history, 20th century, twentieth century, urban, urbanism, architecture, Progressive Era, New Deal, urban renewal, Garden City, landscape, design, political science, city, public, Public policy, housing, shopping mall http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_nussbaum.mp3 Aug 2, 2010. UCLA professor Felicity Nussbaum discusses the birth of celebrity culture and the changing roles of actress and women on stage and off in eighteenth-century England. Podcasts Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No UCLA professor Felicity Nussbaum discusses the birth of celebrity culture and the changing roles of actress and women on stage and off in eighteenth-century England. 00:21:50 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, drama, theater, literature, Restoration, England, actresses, actors, acting, gender, women, woman, celebrity, 18th century, George Farquhar, Nicholas Rowe, Colley Cibber, Arthur Murphy, David Garrick, Isaac Bickerstaff, Richard Sheridan, Anne Oldfield, Susannah Cibber, Catherine Clive, Margaret Woffington, Frances Abington, George Anne Bellamy http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_elverskog.mp3 Jul 1, 2010. Award-winning poet Len Krisak discusses his new translation of Virgil's Eclogues and reads some selections from the book of classic poems. Podcasts Tues, 01 Jun 2010 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Award-winning poet Len Krisak discusses his new translation of Virgil's Eclogues and reads some selections from the book of classic poems. 00:14:55 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, Virgil, Eclogues, bucolics, poetry, poem, poet, reading, poetry reading, classics, ancient, literature, Latin, translation, Len Krisak, Krisak http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_elverskog.mp3 Jun 1, 2010. Religious Studies professor Johan Elverskog discusses the history of interaction between two of the world's major religions on the cultural crossroads of Eurasia. Podcasts Tues, 01 Jun 2010 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Religious Studies professor Johan Elverskog discusses the history of interaction between two of the world's major religions on the cultural crossroads of Eurasia. 00:27:17 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, Johan Elverskog, Silk Road, Silk Route, Inner Asia, Eurasia, central Asia, Muslim, Islam, Islamic, Buddhism, Buddha, Dharma, Iran, Iraq, Persia, India, China, Mongol, Mongolian, Tibet, Khan, Asian history, Middle East, Middle East history, world history, religion, religious studies, caliphate, Qing dynasty http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_darnton.mp3 Apr 1, 2010. Historian and book expert Robert Darnton discusses literature of slander and libel in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France and reveals the names of history's forgotten muckrackers, including the author of The Bohemians. Podcasts Tues, 02 Mar 2010 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Historian and book expert Robert Darnton discusses literature of slander and libel in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France and reveals the names of history's forgotten muckrackers, including the author of The Bohemians. 00:29:06 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, Robert Darnton, France, French History, literature, libel, slander, scandal, gossip, journalism, muckeracking, muckracker, French Revolution, history of the book, publishing, printing, grub street, censorship, roman a clef http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_cotkin.mp3 Mar 1, 2010. Cultural historian George Cotkin calls for a "healthy dose of befuddlement" in considering some of the most controversial episodes of the last hundred years. Podcasts Tues, 02 Mar 2010 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Cultural historian George Cotkin calls for a "healthy dose of befuddlement" in considering some of the most controversial episodes of the last hundred years. 00:22:10 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, American history, Iraq, World War II, Just War, Black Like Me, John Howard Griffin, My Lai, war crimes, death penalty, capital punishment, civilians, Iraq, Hannah Arendt, George W Bush, empathy, evil, philosophy, ethics http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_zaring.mp3 Feb 1, 2010. David Zaring of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania discusses Import Safety. What can governments, businesses and consumers do to eliminate dangerous products from the world marketplace? Zaring is co-editor, along with Cary Coglianese, Adam M. Finkel, of Import Safety: Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy Podcasts Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No David Zaring of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania discusses Import Safety: Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy. What can governments, businesses, and consumers do to eliminate dangerous products from the world marketplace? 00:22:36 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, import, business, economics, Wharton, legal studies, international law, regulation, business ethics, globalization, tainted products, product safety, consumer, consumer safety, consumer protection, border, trade, interdiction, China, Chinese products, contamination, melamine, WTO, world trade, world trade organization, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Codex Alimentarius Commission http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_suisman.mp3 Dec, 1, 2009. David Suisman, historian and co-editor of Sound in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, discusses the role of sound in the history of the twentieth century from early bootleg records to Tokyo Rose to CB radio. Podcasts Tues, 01 Dec 2009 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No David Suisman, historian and co-editor of Sound in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, discusses the role of sound in the history of the twentieth century from early bootleg records to Tokyo Rose to CB radio. 00:26:03 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, sound, American history, American studies, communications, sound, audio, radio, records, LPs, speech, broadcast, broadcasting, recording industry, propaganda, World War II, bootleg, CB, citizens band, Tokyo Rose, Axis Annie, Lord Haw Haw, Jukebox, record collectors, Crippled Clarence Lofton, Walter Benjamin, political science, Charles De Gaulle, appel du 18 juin http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_knowles.mp3 Nov, 3, 2009. Scott Gabriel Knowles, historian and editor of Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City, discusses the legacy of the famous urban planner. Podcasts Tues, 03 Nov 2009 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Scott Gabriel Knowles, historian and editor of Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City, discusses the legacy of the famous urban planner 00:28:56 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, Edmund Bacon, Bacon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philly, American history, urban studies, urban planning, urbanism, city, urban, architecture, bicentennial, 1976, politics, political science, transportation, gentrification, urban renewal http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_rosner.mp3 Oct, 1, 2009. Historian Lisa Rosner dispells myths surrounding the Burke and Hare murder case and their client, Dr. Robert Knox. Rosner explains burking, and shared details about the victims of the nineteenth-century serial killers. Podcasts Thur, 01 Oct 2009 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Historian Lisa Rosner dispells myths surrounding the Burke and Hare murder case and their client, Dr. Robert Knox. Rosner explains burking, and shared details about the victims of the nineteenth-century serial killers. 00:27:27 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, true crime, murder, burke and hare, serial killer, Dr. Knox, Robert Knox, William Burke, William Hare, Scotland, Edinburgh, British history, 19th century, nineteeth century, Mary Paterson, burking, mystery, murder trial, dissection, cadaver, medical ethics, medical research, history of science http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_conn.mp3 Sep, 2, 2009. Historian Steven Conn discusses how museums have changed over the past century and the role they play in contemporary American life. Podcasts Wed, 02 Sept 2009 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Historian Steven Conn discusses how museums have changed over the past century and the role they play in contemporary American life. 00:27:27 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, museums, museum studies, American history, science, anthopology, natural history, art history, American culture, identity, education, culture, cultural politics http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_monshipouri.mp3 Aug, 3, 2009. International relations scholar Mahmood Monshipouri talks about identity politics in the Muslim world. Podcasts Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No International relations scholar Mahmood Monshipouri talks about identity politics in the Muslim world. 00:26:06 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, Islam, Islamic, Muslim, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Europe, immigrants, middle east, feminism, fundamentalist, Arab, human rights, secular, politics, international relations, terrorism, terror, womens rights http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_johnsonfreese.mp3 July, 1, 2009. Joan Johnson-Freese, Professor and Chair of the Department of National Security Studies at the Naval War College, talks about U. S. military interests in space. Podcasts Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Joan Johnson-Freese, Professor and Chair of the Department of National Security Studies at the Naval War College, talks about U. S. military interests in space. 00:24:21 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, outer space, treaty, arms control, SDI, military, space, weapons, national security, satellite, star wars, Reagan, defense, space, NASA, technology, science, science fiction, rods from god, ASAT, twentieth century http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_bentley.mp3 June, 2, 2009. Nancy Bentley talks about the interaction between literary culture and nascent mass culture at the turn of the twenthieth century. Podcasts Tues, 02 Jun 2009 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Nancy Bentley talks about the interaction between literary culture and nascent mass culture at the turn of the twenthieth century. 00:27:27 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, books, literature, literary, Henry James, Edith Wharton, American Indian, Native American, African, African American, American history, U.S. History, Mass Media, Mass Culture, pop culture, 1800s, 1900s, nineteenth century, twentieth century http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_lemire.mp3 May, 1, 2009. Elise Lemire talks about the history of slavery in the Concord area, including Walden Pond, and the lives of African Americans in the area before Thoreau. Podcasts Fri, 01 May 2009 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Elise Lemire talks about the history of slavery in and around Concord, including Walden Pond, and the lives of African Americans in the area before Thoreau. Elise Lemire talks about the history of slavery in and around Concord, including Walden Pond, and the lives of African Americans in the area before Thoreau. 00:27:27 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, Concord, Massachusetts, African, African American, American history, U.S. History, slavery, emancipation, Walden, Walden Pond, Walden Woods, New England, Henry David Thoreau, Thoreau, race, black, racism, Elise Lemire, Black Walden, Revolutionary War, green, 1700s, 1800s, seventeeth century, eighteenth century http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_millers.mp3 April, 1, 2009. Historian Steven P. Miller discusses the political life of the internationally renowned evangelist Billy Graham. Podcasts Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Historian Steven P. Miller discusses the political life of the internationally renowned evangelist Billy Graham. Historian Steven P. Miller discusses the political life of the internationally renowned evangelist Billy Graham. 00:29:25 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, Billy Graham, American history, U.S. History, political science, politics, religion, church and state, republican, evangelist, evangelical, evangelical Christian, south, southern, solid south, southern strategy, Nixon, Eisenhower, Jim Crow, segregation, conservative, conservativism, Steven P. Miller, Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_martinez.mp3 March, 2, 2009. Deirdre Martinez, Director of the Fels Public Policy Internship Program for the University of Pennsylvania, gives advice for students who seek political internships in Washington, DC. Podcasts Fri, 02 Mar 2009 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Deirdre Martinez, Director of the Fels Public Policy Internship Program for the University of Pennsylvania, gives advice for students who seek political internships in Washington, DC. Deirdre Martinez, Director of the Fels Public Policy Internship Program for the University of Pennsylvania, gives advice for students who seek political internships in Washington, DC. 00:24:00 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, Deirde Martinez, Washington, DC, Washington DC, careers, internships, job hunting, books, nonfiction, publishing, employment, jobs, job, intern, internships, job search, Fels Public Policy Internship Program, Fels Institute of Government http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_oleary.mp3 February, 2, 2009. Constitution consultant and ethnic reconciliation expert Brendan O'Leary discusses How the United States can withdraw from Iraq quickly and responsibly. Podcasts Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Constitution consultant and ethnic reconciliation expert Brendan O'Leary discusses how the United States can withdraw from Iraq quickly and responsibly. Constitution consultant and ethnic reconciliation expert Brendan O'Leary discusses how the United States can withdraw from Iraq quickly and responsibly. 00:24:05 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, Brendan O'Leary, books, nonfiction, publishing, Iraq, Iraqi, Kurd, Kurdistan, American history, U.S. history, history, political science, foreign policy, national security, middle east, Sunni, Shia, Iran, Arab, peace, war, conflict resolution, Persian Gulf, politics, international relations http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_schneider.mp3 January, 5, 2009. Historian Eric C. Schneider discusses the history of the heroin trade in New York City and other American cities. Podcasts Thurs, 08 Jan 2009 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Historian Eric C. Schneider discusses the history of the heroin trade in New York City and other American cities. Historian Eric C. Schneider discusses the history of the heroin trade in New York City and other American cities. 00:24:05 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, nonfiction, Eric C. Schneider, Eric Schneider, books, publishing, urban studies, urban, American history, U.S. history, history, smack, heroin, drugs, narcotics, opium, addiction, trafficking, drug trade, war on drugs, New York, New York city, NYC, 20th century, crime, sociology, city, addict, junkie http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_mosscrane.mp3 December, 3, 2008. Historican Roger W. Moss and photographer Tom Crane discuss their collaboration on a series of books on Philadelphia architecture. Moss also discusses architectural history and preservation. Podcasts Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Historican Roger W. Moss and photographer Tom Crane discuss their collaboration on a series of books on Philadelphia architecture. Moss also discusses architectural history and preservation. Historican Roger W. Moss and photographer Tom Crane discuss their collaboration on a series of books on Philadelphia architecture. Moss also discusses architectural history and preservation. 00:35:35 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, nonfiction, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, interviews, Roger W. Moss, Roger Moss, Tom Crane, photography, books, publishing, Philadelphia, architecture, landscape, urban studies, history, art history, historic preservation, building, design http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_mw.mp3 November, 1, 2008. Learning from Greensboro: Truth and Reconciliation in the United States authors Lisa Magarrell and Joya Wesley talk about applying the Truth and Reconciliation model in Greensboro, North Carolina to face the legacy of the Greensboro Massarcre of 1979. Podcasts Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No Learning from Greensboro: Truth and Reconciliation in the United States authors Lisa Magarrell and Joya Wesley talk about applying the Truth and Reconciliation model in Greensboro, North Carolina to face the legacy of the Greensboro Massarcre of 1979. Learning from Greensboro: Truth and Reconciliation in the United States authors Lisa Magarrell and Joya Wesley talk about applying the Truth and Reconciliation model in Greensboro, North Carolina to face the legacy of the Greensboro Massarcre of 1979. 00:30:51 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, nonfiction, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, Interviews, Lisa Magarrell, Joya Wesley, racism, Human rights, civil rights, justice, North Carolina, Greensboro, Truth and Reconciliation, books, publishing http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/index.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/podcast/pp_podcast_birchwachter.mp3 October, 1, 2008. In this first Penn Press podcast, Eugenie Birch and Susan Wachter, editors of Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century, discuss the environmental issues facing cities today. Podcasts Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:15:00 -0500 Stephanie Brown No In this first Penn Press podcast, Eugenie Birch and Susan Wachter, editors of Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century discuss environmental issues facing cities today. In this first Penn Press podcast, Eugenie Birch and Susan Wachter, editors of Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century discuss environmental issues facing cities today. 00:21:47 Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, UPenn, nonfiction, podcast, podcasting, podcaster, Interviews, Eugenie Birch, Susan Wachter, green, urban, urban studies, environment, city, government, sustainability, urban policy, Philadelphia, books, publishing