Ministry of Ideas

By Zachary Davis

A podcast about the ideas that shape our lives. Hosted by Zachary Davis and produced at Harvard Divinity School.

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January 08, 202321st Century Citizenship
What does it mean to be a citizen in America today?
Guests
Danielle Allen, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and University Professor at Harvard University
Erhardt Graeff, PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab Center for Civic Media
Shanelle Matthews, Director of Communications for the Black Lives Matter global network

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16min
January 07, 2023Mirror Image
16th-century glass mirrors and 21st-century camera phones actually share a lot in common; they both are technologies that shaped new forms of the self.
Guests
Ian Mortimer, historian and author of Millennium: From Religion to Revolution: How Civilization Has Changed Over a Thousand Years
Ilan Stavans, professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and author of I Love My Selfie

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16min
January 06, 2023White Balance
Understanding race in America requires understanding its relationship to class.
Guests
Joshua Bennett, writer and poet
Julian Bourg, Professor of History at Boston College
Nancy Isenberg, author of White Trash

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14min
January 05, 2023(In)efficiency
Efficiency has moved from a technique for measuring machines to a widely held moral value. But at what cost?
Guests
Jennifer Alexander, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota and author of The Mantra of Efficiency: From Waterwheel to Social Control
Tom Hodgkinson, founder and editor of The Idler

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17min
January 04, 2023Generation Why?
Who gets to define generational cohorts and do they obscure more than illuminate?
Guests
Neil Howe, author of Generations
Tony Tulathimutte, author of Why There’s No ‘Millennial’ Novel

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14min
January 03, 2023Seriously Funny
What happens when politics becomes comedy and the jester becomes the king?
Guests
Emily Nussbaum, television critic for The New Yorker
Avi Steinberg, writer
Kwesi Mensah, comedian

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15min
January 02, 2023The Shape of History
The way we think about history can affect our belief that we can change it.
Guests
Jo Guldi, Associate Professor at Southern Methodist University and author of The History Manifesto
Amber Morningstar Byars, artist and Standing Rock protestor

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13min
January 01, 2023 Introducing Ministry of Ideas
Introducing Ministry of Ideas, a podcast that explores the ideas that shape our lives.

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2min
November 29, 2022 Illuminations Episode 3: Divine Technology
It’s common to feel that technology removes the magic of the world, but Hindu worshippers in Bangalore have shown that it's all in the approach.
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17min
November 07, 2022 Illuminations Episode 2: Beyond Belief
Do scientists ever reject science? Research data on the controversial topic of extraterrestrial life has met with resistance from some in the scientific community and openness from communities of faith.
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26min

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