Dr. Chloe Summers Edmondson is a Lecturer in the Civic, Liberal, and Global Education program at Stanford. She received her PhD from Stanford in the French & Italian Department in 2020, and MA in Communication in 2014. Her research is situated at the crossroads of literary criticism, cultural history, and media studies, with a focus on 17th and 18th-century France. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Modern History, Digital Humanities Quarterly, and the series Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, including a volume she co-edited with Dan Edelstein entitled "Networks of Enlightenment: Digital Approaches to the Republic of Letters" (Liverpool University Press/ Voltaire Foundation, 2019).
Songs in this episode:
"Moby Dick" by Glass Wave
"We Used to Know" by Jethro Tull 
"Sunrain" by Ash Ra Tempel

Letter writing: A Media Revolution with Chloe Summers Edmondson

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A conversation about bioregionalism and reinhabitation with Mark Gonnerman, author of “A Sense of the Whole: Reading Gary Snyder.” Songs in this episode: “Comin’ Back to Me” by Jefferson Airplane and “Dear Mother Earth” by Canned Heat. PLEASE NOTE: In his introduction, Professor Robert Harrison misattributes the following passage to Gary Snyder: “reinhabitation means learning to […]

Bioregionalism and the Reinhabitation of Place with Mark Gonnerman

A meandering monologue on rivers with our host, Professor Robert Harrison. Songs in this episode: “Getting Ready” by Frans Bak, and “You Better Move On” by Arthur Alexander.

The Spirit of Rivers

A conversation about crime in America with Scott Thomas Anderson, author of “Shadow People,” journalist for Sacramento News & Review, and producer of the podcasts “Drinkers with Writing Problems” and “Trace of the Devastation.” Songs in this episode: “Helen” by Glass Wave and “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Crime in America with Scott Thomas Anderson

A conversation with Nate Klemp, a philosopher, writer, and founding partner at Mindfulness Magazine, on practicing mindfulness in our fast-paced, technology-dependent world. He is also co-author of the New York Times bestseller “Start Here.” Songs in this episode: “Nausicaa” by Glass Wave and “Dayvan Cowboy” by Boards of Canada.

Mindfulness in a Distracted World with Nate Klemp

In this philosophy-heavy episode, Professor Robert Harrison and David Bates, Professor of Rhetoric at UC Berkeley, discuss the “unnatural” origins of human technology and the difficulty of drawing sharp distinctions between artificial and natural intelligence. Songs in this episode: “Bourée” by Jethro Tull and “Ghost” by Fleetwood Mac.

Letter writing: A Media Revolution with Chloe Summers Edmondson

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