Harvard Press Podcast

By Harvard University Press

What's Harvard Press Podcast about?

The Harvard Press Podcast brings you interviews with the authors of books currently being published by Harvard University Press. Chris Gondek talks with the authors about their books, their influences and their interests.

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Harvard Press Podcast episodes:

11.10.2012
Harvard Press Podcast- The Missile Next Door
Chris Gondek interviews Gretchen Heefner about the history of the Minuteman Missile System and how its deployment in the Plains altered the lives of ranching and farming communities.
11.01.2012
Harvard Press Podcast- Brigham Young
Chris Gondek interviews John Turner about the life of Mormon pioneer, Brigham Young.
10.22.2012
Harvard Press Podcast- Freaks of Fortune
Chris Gondek interviews Jonathan Levy about how the idea of risk changed in 19th century America.
04.16.2012
Harvard Press Podcast- The Omnivorous Mind
Chris Gondek interviews John Allen about our evolving relationship with food.
03.21.2012
Harvard Press Podcast- Gothicka
Chris Gondek interviews Victoria Nelson about the power of the Gothic imagination in modern culture..
03.06.2012
Harvard Press Podcast- Solar Dance: Van Gogh, Forgery and the Eclipse of Certainty
Chris Gondek interviews Modris Eksteins about a scandal involving forged Van Gogh's in Weimar Berlin.
02.28.2012
Harvard Press Podcast- The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
Chris Gondek interviews Lawrence Powell of Tulane University about the early history of New Orleans.
01.09.2012
Harvard Press Podcast- To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker
Chris Gondek interviews Sydney Nathans of Duke University about the efforts of escaped slave Mary Walker to liberate her family from North Carolina.
11.28.2011
Harvard Press Podcast- The Unintended Reformation: How a Religous Revolution Secularized Society
Chris Gondek interviews Brad Gregory of the University of Notre Dame about the ongoing consequences of the Protestant Reformation on modern society.
10.17.2011
Harvard Press Podcast- The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing
Chris Gondek interviews Mark McGurl of Stanford University about the history of Creative Writing Programs at American Universities.
09.19.2011
Harvard Press Podcast- Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts
Chris Gondek interviews Mark Peterson of Mt. Holyoke about how Galileo's artistic training influenced his scientific methods.
09.12.2011
Harvard Press Podcast- The Keats Brothers: The Life of John and George
Chris Gondek interviews Denise Gigante of Stanford about the lives of the poet, John Keats and his brother, the Anglo-American businessman, George.
06.01.2011
Harvard Press Podcast- Rising Force: The Magic of Magnetic Levitation
Chris Gondek interviews James Livingston of MIT about the amazing properties of magnetic levitation.
04.28.2011
Harvard Press Podcast- Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act
Chris Gondek interviews Joe Roman of the University of Vermont about the history and consequences of the Endangered Species Act.
04.13.2011
Harvard Press Podcast- The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition
Chris Gondek interviews Nicholas Frankel of VCU about the historical background of this Oscar Wilde classic.
04.01.2011
Harvard Press Podcast- The Law of Life and Death
Chris Gondek interviews Elizabeth Price Foley of FIU about the legal issues around life and death in American jurisprudence.
03.23.2011
Harvard Press Podcast- Deep Secrets: Boys, Friendships and the Crisis of Connection
Chris Gondek interviews Niobe Way of NYU about the problems boys have maintaining emotionally intimate friendships with other boys as they enter their teens.
11.10.2010
Harvard Press Podcast- Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition
David Garland is Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology at New York University. Interview by Michael Orey, Public Affairs Director, NYU School of Law..
10.21.2010
Harvard Press- What Was African American Literture?
Chris Gondek interviews Kenneth Warren about the relationship between Jim Crow and African American Literature.
05.17.2010
Harvard Press- The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds and the Invention of Monogamy
Chris Gondek interviews Bernd Heinrich, the author of The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds and the Invention of Monogamy.
03.17.2010
Harvard Press- An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry
Chris Gondek interviews Wes Davis, the Editor of An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry.
01.22.2010
Harvard Press- We Ain't What We Ought To Be: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama
Chris Gondek interviews Stephen Tuck, the author of We Ain't What We Ought To Be: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama.
11.17.2009
Harvard Press- To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death
Chris Gondek interviews Suzanne E. Smith, the author of To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death.
10.26.2009
Harvard Press- America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity
Chris Gondek interviews Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall, the authors of America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity.
10.12.2009
Harvard Press- Teaching What You Don't Know
Chris Gondek interviews Therese Huston, the author of Teaching What You Don't Know.
08.13.2009
Harvard Press- Selling Sounds:The Commercial Revolution in American Music
Chris Gondek interviews David Suisman, the author of Selling Sounds: The Commercial Revolution in American Music.
06.23.2009
Harvard Press- The Annotated Wind in the Willows
Chris Gondek interviews Seth Lerer, the editor of The Annotated Wind in the Willows.
06.10.2009
Harvard Press- The Supreme Court and the American Elite: 1789-2008
Chris Gondek interviews Lucas Powe Jr., the author of The Supreme Court and the American Elite: 1789-2008.
05.27.2009
Harvard Press- Life in Space: Astrobiology for Everyone
Chris Gondek interviews Lucas Mix, the author of Life in Space: Astrobiology for Everyone.
05.18.2009
Harvard Press- The Generalissimo
Chris Gondek interviews Jay Taylor, the author of The Generalissimo.
05.10.2009
Harvard Press- How Professors Think
Chris Gondek interviews Michele Lamont, the author of How Professors Think
04.28.2009
Harvard Press- The Poltical Worlds of Slavery and Freedom
Chris Gondek interviews Steven Hahn, the author of The Poltical Worlds of Slavery and Freedom.
04.21.2009
Harvard Press- Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths About Science and Religion
Chris Gondek interviews Ronald L. Numbers, the editor of Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths About Science and Religion.
03.24.2009
Harvard Press- Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity
Chris Gondek interviews Loren Graham, the co-author of Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity.
03.16.2009
Harvard Press- Hysterical Men: The Hidden History of Male Nervous Illness
Chris Gondek interviews Mark Micale, the author of Hysterical Men: The Hidden History of Male Nervous Illness.
03.09.2009
Harvard Press- Who Owns the Sky: The Struggle to Control Airspace from the Wright Brothers On
Chris Gondek interviews Stuart Banner, the author of Who Owns the Sky: The Struggle to Control Airspace from the Wright Brothers On.
03.02.2009
Harvard Press- Loneliness as a Way of Life
Chris Gondek interviews Timothy Dumm, the author of Loneliness as a Way of Life.
02.23.2009
Harvard Press- What Happened at Vatican II
Chris Gondek interviews Father John W. O'Malley, the author of What Happened at Vatican II.
02.16.2009
Harvard Press- The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies
Chris Gondek interviews Patricia Gandrea and Frances Contreras, the authors of The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies.
02.09.2009
Harvard Press- The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art
Chris Gondek interviews Tim Blanning, the author of The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art.
10.14.2008
Harvard Press- The Warping of Government Work
Chris Gondek interviews John Donahue, the author of The Warping of Government Work.
10.07.2008
Harvard Press- Unmaking the Public University: The Forty Year Assualt on the Middle Class
Chris Gondek interviews Christopher Newfield, the author of Unmaking the Public University: The Forty Year Assualt on the Middle Class.
09.01.2008
Harvard Press- Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population
Chris Gondek interviews Matthew Connelly, the author of Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population.
08.25.2008
Harvard Press- Starved for Science: How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa
Chris Gondek interviews Robert Paarlberg, the author of Starved for Science: How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa.
07.28.2008
Harvard Press- Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse
Chris Gondek interviews Malcolm Salter, the author of Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse.
06.30.2008
Harvard Press- Inside Beethoven's Quartets: History, Performance, Interpretation
CChris Gondek interviews Lewis Lockwood, co-author, along with the Julliard String Quartet, of Inside Beethoven's Quartets: History, Performance, Interpretation.
06.24.2008
Harvard Press- Academic Freedom in the Wired World: Political Extremism, Corporate Power and the University
Chris Gondek interviews Robert O'Neil, author of Academic Freedom in the Wired World: Political Extremism, Corporate Power and the University.
06.19.2008
Harvard Press- Biobazaar: The Open Source Revolution and Biotechnology
Chris Gondek interviews Janet Hope, author of Biobazaar: The Open Source Revolution and Biotechnology.
05.18.2008
Harvard Press- Burning to Read: English Fundamentalism and its Reformation Opponents
Chris Gondek interviews James Simpson, the author of Burning to Read: English Fundamentalism and its Reformation Opponents.
04.18.2008
Harvard Press- The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Chris Gondek interviews David Kaiser, author of The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy.

What's Harvard Press Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Harvard Press Podcast episodes:

Harvard Press Podcast- The Missile Next Door

Harvard Press Podcast- Brigham Young

Harvard Press Podcast- Freaks of Fortune

Harvard Press Podcast- The Omnivorous Mind

Harvard Press Podcast- Gothicka

Harvard Press Podcast- Solar Dance: Van Gogh, Forgery and the Eclipse of Certainty

Harvard Press Podcast- The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans

Harvard Press Podcast- To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker

Harvard Press Podcast- The Unintended Reformation: How a Religous Revolution Secularized Society

Harvard Press Podcast- The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing

Harvard Press Podcast- Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts

Harvard Press Podcast- The Keats Brothers: The Life of John and George

Harvard Press Podcast- Rising Force: The Magic of Magnetic Levitation

Harvard Press Podcast- Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act

Harvard Press Podcast- The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition

Harvard Press Podcast- The Law of Life and Death

Harvard Press Podcast- Deep Secrets: Boys, Friendships and the Crisis of Connection

Harvard Press Podcast- Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition

Harvard Press- What Was African American Literture?

Harvard Press- The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds and the Invention of Monogamy

Harvard Press- An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry

Harvard Press- We Ain't What We Ought To Be: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama

Harvard Press- To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death

Harvard Press- America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity

Harvard Press- Teaching What You Don't Know

Harvard Press- Selling Sounds:The Commercial Revolution in American Music

Harvard Press- The Annotated Wind in the Willows

Harvard Press- The Supreme Court and the American Elite: 1789-2008

Harvard Press- Life in Space: Astrobiology for Everyone

Harvard Press- The Generalissimo

Harvard Press- How Professors Think

Harvard Press- The Poltical Worlds of Slavery and Freedom

Harvard Press- Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths About Science and Religion

Harvard Press- Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity

Harvard Press- Hysterical Men: The Hidden History of Male Nervous Illness

Harvard Press- Who Owns the Sky: The Struggle to Control Airspace from the Wright Brothers On

Harvard Press- Loneliness as a Way of Life

Harvard Press- What Happened at Vatican II

Harvard Press- The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies

Harvard Press- The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art

Harvard Press- The Warping of Government Work

Harvard Press- Unmaking the Public University: The Forty Year Assualt on the Middle Class

Harvard Press- Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population

Harvard Press- Starved for Science: How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa

Harvard Press- Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse

Harvard Press- Inside Beethoven's Quartets: History, Performance, Interpretation

Harvard Press- Academic Freedom in the Wired World: Political Extremism, Corporate Power and the University

Harvard Press- Biobazaar: The Open Source Revolution and Biotechnology

Harvard Press- Burning to Read: English Fundamentalism and its Reformation Opponents

Harvard Press- The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy