The Hedgehog and the Fox

By The Hedgehog and the Fox

Podcasts hosted by George Miller, presenting fresh ideas and stimulating conversations on a wide variety of subjects, with a particular focus is on books published by university presses.

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February 01, 2018 David Bellos: what makes a translation good?
In this interview, part of the Conversations with Translators series, I talk to David Bellos of Princeton University about his book on translation, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?,… Read More
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30min
January 11, 2018 Dur’s beer fer dogs: the joys of Liverpudlian English
Tony Crowley’s new Liverpool English Dictionary is a treasure trove for anyone interested in the rich variety of spoken and written language found in this country. I suspect that even… Read More
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37min
December 19, 2017 Chris Chambers on the sins of psychology
“Remember that science is nothing more than a competition for status in a field of storytellers. You are doing what the system requires of you [in committing fraud], and, in… Read More
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38min
November 28, 2017 Marina Frolova-Walker: Russianness in music
“In Russian music you have a very different portrayal of Russia [from the one you find in literature], which has very strong rhythms, very festive images. It’s very bright, very… Read More
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25min
November 12, 2017 Greg Garrett: still life with zombies
I spoke recently to Greg Garrett, who is professor of English at Baylor University in Texas, where he teaches fiction and screenwriting, literature, film, popular culture, and theology. Greg’s latest… Read More
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28min
November 04, 2017 Ingrid Tague: how we came to love pets
The eighteenth century was when pet-keeping went mainstream. The first recognizable pet shops were set up, the first missing dog ads appeared in the newspapers. Over the course of the… Read More
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35min
October 27, 2017 Ronald Hutton: the lurking fear of witches
“The fear of bad magic lurks below the skin of Western society. At times it comes up above the surface.” In his new book, The Witch: A History of Fear… Read More
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34min
October 20, 2017 Rosalyn LaPier: the Blackfeet’s “invisible reality”
My guest on this week’s programme is Rosalyn LaPier who’s associate professor in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Montana and a research associate at the National Museum… Read More
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25min
October 11, 2017 Rachel Sherman: living on Uneasy Street
New School sociologist Rachel Sherman interviewed fifty affluent residents of New York (the most unequal city in the United States) to find out their attitudes to wealth. She writes of… Read More
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31min
October 03, 2017 Helen Fry on The London Cage: “It’s a house of secrets…”
The ‘house’ in question was in Kensington Palace Gardens and, as far as its clandestine wartime function was concerned, did not officially exist. In 1940 four mansions were requisitioned to… Read More
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21min

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