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On this minisode of The Oxford Comment, Katelyn Phillips sits down with Lexi Beach, owner of Astoria Bookshop, to discuss how politics play a role in stacking the shelves at independent bookstores.

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On this episode of the Oxford Comment, we are taking a look at how elections are influenced by technology with the help of Jamie Susskind and Siva Vaidhyanathan. From fake news to Cambridge Analytica, the 2016 election was the first look at how digital media will influence modern campaigns. The 2018 midterm elections will amplify the effects seen by social media in the last election and how our current dependence on technology will affect the future political power structure.

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Warning: This episode of The Oxford Comment includes discussion of sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.

On this minisode of The Oxford Comment, we hop on a call with Jes Lukes, co-owner of “A Room of One’s Own” an independent book store in the heart of college town Madison, Wisconsin. Jes provides insight to some new initiatives by college campuses to acknowledge the culture of consent, including some applicable literature recommendations.

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Warning: This episode of The Oxford Comment includes discussion of sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.

On this episode of The Oxford Comment we are discussing how one’s thoughts on consent are formed over a lifetime. From what students learn in school to how popular culture in their teenage years frames their reference, the psychology of consent goes beyond a seminar at university orientation. But how students are taught consent in their formative years will affect how they perceive more sensitive topics like abuse and sexual assault in during their college years. We’re joined by Donna Freitas, author of “Consent on Campus” and Brendan Kiely (@KielyBrendan) author of “All American Boys” to further discuss the role consent plays from childhood to college campuses, and into adulthood.

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On this minisode of The Oxford Comment, Katelyn Phillips sits down with Hannah Oliver-Depp, Communications Director of WORD Bookstores and Cafe, Jersey City & Brooklyn.

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On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we explore what drives people to dedicate their lives to humanitarianism. We also take a look at rising social media trends centered around advocacy and humanitarian efforts. Activists use social platforms to engage with one another and attract attention to their causes. Humanitarian efforts are going beyond hashtags to create lasting change, but how can the rest of society be engaged beyond the internet?

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On this minisode of the Oxford Comment, we spoke with Adam Sonderberg from the Seminary Co-op Bookstore to discuss how the rise of narrative nonfiction has impacted indie bookstore culture.

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On this episode of the Oxford Comment we take a look at what has narrative nonfiction turning the industry on its head. Sitting down with host Erin Katie Meehan, authors Simon Winchester (The Meaning of Everything), Dan Drezner (The Ideas Industry), Patricia Fara (A Lab of One’s Own), Leigh Fought (Women in the World of Fredrick Douglas), Jeffrey Stewart (The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke), Mary Schmidt Campbell (An American Odyssey), Philip Nel (Was the Cat in The Hat Black?), and Duende District Bookstore owner Angela Maria Spring discussed the emerging trends of diversity and education in publishing.

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On this episode, we sat down with authors Judith S. Weis (Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know®) Daniel K. Gardner (Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®) and Philip J. Landrigan (Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know®) to discuss the global plastic problem and how it impacts a global population, hosted by OUP’s Senior Marketing Manager, Erin Katie Meehan.

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World Press Freedom Day provides a forum to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom, and to defend the media from attacks on their independence. This year, we sat down with OUP President Niko Pfund, as well as authors Nadine Strossen (HATE) and Tom Nichols (The Death of Expertise) to discuss the challenges faced by the media today, and the future of press freedom, hosted by OUP’s Senior Marketing Manager, Erin Katie Meehan.

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