Yale University Press Podcast

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What's Yale University Press Podcast about?

The Yale University Press Podcast is a series of in-depth conversations with experts and authors on a range of topics including politics, history, science, art, and more for those who are intellectually curious. Jessica Holahan hosts discussions on all things art and architecture and there are occasional appearances by Yale University Press Director John Donatich.

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Yale University Press Podcast episodes:

04.15.2024
The Therapeutic Benefits of Reading Greek Tragedy
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with award-winning classicist Edith Hall about her new book, Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me.
03.28.2024
The Search for a Forgotten Architect
William Whitaker and Heather Isbell Schumacher talk about the life and work of Minerva Parker Nichols.
03.12.2024
Building Pluralistic Campuses with Michael S. Roth
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Wesleyan president Michael S. Roth about the history of the student, current crises facing higher education, and building pluralistic campuses.
02.28.2024
The History of Weaving at Black Mountain College
A conversation with Michael Beggs and Julie Thomson.
01.15.2024
The Last Non-Christian Emperor of Rome
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Philip Freeman about Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (Ancient Lives Series).
01.09.2024
Mark Polizzotti Makes the Case for Why Surrealism Matters
The author’s new book offers insight into the Surrealism movement and why it continues to inspire.
12.14.2023
The Remarkable Stories of Women in British Intelligence
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Helen Fry, author of Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars.
12.04.2023
A Conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson about Louise Nevelson
We discuss the celebrated art historian’s new book Louise Nevelson’s Sculpture: Drag, Color, Join, Face.
11.22.2023
Do States Act Rationally?
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with John J. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato about How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy.
11.13.2023
Artists Remake the World
Vid Simoniti discusses the potential of contemporary art to bring about political change.
11.03.2023
Why We Should Stop Designing Things (And Start Designing Experiences)
Abraham Burickson on his New Book, Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto.
10.28.2023
The Intricacies of Marriage
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Devorah Baum about her new book, On Marriage.
10.19.2023
Grimoires, Magic Books, and Spells
A Conversation With Owen Davies About His Illustrated History of Magical Texts
10.11.2023
Lisa Volpe on the 1955 Photographs of Robert Frank and Todd Webb
A conversation with the curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston about the book and exhibition America and Other Myths.
09.20.2023
A Global History of Wars
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with award-winning sociologist Michael Mann about his new book, On Wars.
08.29.2023
The World’s First Media Celebrity
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Sarah Ruden, author of Vergil: The Poet’s Life (Ancient Lives Series).
08.08.2023
Dorothy Liebes, the “Mother of Modern Weaving”
In Conversation with Susan Brown and Alexa Griffith Winton.
07.21.2023
What Do The Beatles and Measurement Have in Common?
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with renowned physicist Piero Martin about his new book, The Seven Measures of the World.”
06.27.2023
California’s History of Slavery and Slave Revolts
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Jean Pfaelzer, author of California, a Slave State. California, a Slave State is a survey of the untold history of slavery and resistance in California, from the Spanish...
06.20.2023
Witold Rybczynski and Hugh Pearman on Architecture
The two distinguished historians and critics of architecture compare the approaches they take in their new books.
06.03.2023
Understanding Art Through the History of Pigments
A Conversation with Kelly Grovier about his new book, The Art of Colour.
05.30.2023
The Traumatic Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann
A Conversation with artist Natalie Frank and translator Jack Zipes
05.30.2023
The Unknown Story of American Slavers
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Sean M. Kelley about his new book, American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644-1865.
05.23.2023
The Art of Reading Landscapes with Noah Charney
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with conservation biologist Noah Charney about his new book, These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes.
05.08.2023
Historian of Abolition R. J. M. Blackett on Samuel Ringgold Ward
This episode of our podcast features a conversation with historian R.J.M. Blackett about the 19th century newspaper editor, Congregational minister, and temperance advocate Samuel Ringgold Ward. Despite Ward’s prominent role in the abolitionist movement, his story has been lost because...
04.27.2023
A conversation with John Darlington about his new book, Amongst the Ruins: Why Civilizations Collapse and Communities Disappear
The archaeologist shares compelling stories of ruins and lost civilizations, from the Garamantes of ancient northern Africa to Port Royal, Jamaica to Rapa Nui.
04.25.2023
Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
In this episode, director of Yale University Press, John Donatich, talks with Ned Blackhawk about his new book, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History. Blackhawk offers a sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history,...
04.21.2023
David Pullins and Vanessa K. Valdés on Juan de Pareja
A conversation about the 17th-century Spanish painter, famously depicted by Diego Velázquez, on his own terms.
04.18.2023
The Original Psychonauts
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Mike Jay about his new book, Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind.
03.28.2023
The World’s First Known Author
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with cultural historian and translator Sophus Helle about his new book, Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World’s First Author.
02.20.2023
Dance’s Integral Connection to Human Experience
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Mindy Aloff about her book Why Dance Matters. Why Dance Matters is a passionate and moving tribute to the captivating power of dance, not just as an art...
02.15.2023
Art Historian Brandon Taylor on the Story of Modern Art
We talk with Brandon Taylor about his new book, Make It Modern: A History of Art in the 20th Century.
02.09.2023
The Tragic Essence of Geopolitics
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Robert D. Kaplan about his new book, The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power, a moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens...
02.02.2023
A Conversation with Designer Stephen Burks
We talk to the celebrated designer about his exhibition at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art and more.
01.24.2023
The History and Future of Abortion in America
In Roe: The History of a National Obsession, Mary Ziegler charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year history. In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Ziegler about the nation’s obsession...
01.18.2023
Why Does the Museum Matter?
A conversation with Daniel H. Weiss, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, about the importance and role of the art museum.
01.13.2023
Ancient Lives with James Romm
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with author James Romm about his new book, Demetrius: Sacker of Cities. At the end of the episode, we discuss the larger goals of the Ancient Lives Series—to unfold...
12.14.2022
John Singer Sargent’s Lifelong Interest in Spain
We talk with curator Sarah Cash about the exhibition and book Sargent and Spain, delving into the artist’s love of all things Spanish.
12.07.2022
Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos Talks about the Art, Myths, and Gods of the Ancient Maya
Two new books and an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art explore the artifacts and mythology of Classic Maya civilization.
12.05.2022
Matthew Ichihashi Potts on Forgiveness
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk to Matthew Ichihashi Potts about his new book, Forgiveness: An Alternative Account, a deeply researched and poignant reflection on the practice of forgiveness in an unforgiving world.
11.30.2022
Witold Rybczynski Tells the Story of Architecture
The eminent writer and architect’s new book follows the thread of architecture from the Stone Age to today.
11.22.2022
Vincent W. Lloyd on Black Dignity: The Struggle Against Domination.
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk to professor Vincent W. Lloyd about his new book, Black Dignity: The Struggle Against Domination.
10.20.2022
Laura Wilson on Her New Book, The Writers: Portraits
The acclaimed photographer talks about her portraits of 38 of the most lauded and renowned contemporary writers.
09.01.2022
Architecture and Politics at MoMA in the Early 20th Century
A conversation with Patricio del Real about how the Museum of Modern Art’s treatment of Latin American architecture reflected U.S. political and cultural interests.
07.18.2022
Kimono Style
A conversation with Met curator Monika Bincsik about the kimono–its evolution from the Edo period to the 20th century and its relationship with Western fashion
06.21.2022
A Conversation about Anne Truitt’s Yield: The Journal of an Artist
We talk with Anne Truitt’s daughter, Alexandra Truitt, about preparing the fourth and final volume of her late mother’s journals for publication.
04.19.2022
A New Take on “Self-Taught” Artists
A conversation with writer and curator Lisa Slominski about her new book, Nonconformers: A New History of Self-Taught Artists, and her goal of constructing a more nuanced history of the work of so-called “Outsider” artists from the early twentieth century...
04.01.2022
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Reconsidered
A conversation with Met curator Elyse Nelson and Columbia University assistant professor and writer Wendy S. Walters about Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s sculpture Why Born Enslaved!
11.16.2021
Surrealism Beyond Borders
In conversation with curators Stephanie D’Alessandro and Matthew Gale, we discuss the exhibition and book that challenges traditional narratives of Surrealism, tracing its global impact and legacy from the 1920s through the 1970s.
10.28.2021
The Life and Art of Bob Thompson
A conversation with Colby College Museum of art curator Diana Tuite about her exhibition Bob Thompson: This House is Mine

What's Yale University Press Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Yale University Press Podcast episodes:

The Therapeutic Benefits of Reading Greek Tragedy

The Search for a Forgotten Architect

Building Pluralistic Campuses with Michael S. Roth

The History of Weaving at Black Mountain College

The Last Non-Christian Emperor of Rome

Mark Polizzotti Makes the Case for Why Surrealism Matters

The Remarkable Stories of Women in British Intelligence

A Conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson about Louise Nevelson

Do States Act Rationally?

Artists Remake the World

Why We Should Stop Designing Things (And Start Designing Experiences)

The Intricacies of Marriage

Grimoires, Magic Books, and Spells

Lisa Volpe on the 1955 Photographs of Robert Frank and Todd Webb

A Global History of Wars

The World’s First Media Celebrity

Dorothy Liebes, the “Mother of Modern Weaving”

What Do The Beatles and Measurement Have in Common?

California’s History of Slavery and Slave Revolts

Witold Rybczynski and Hugh Pearman on Architecture

Understanding Art Through the History of Pigments

The Traumatic Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann

The Unknown Story of American Slavers

The Art of Reading Landscapes with Noah Charney

Historian of Abolition R. J. M. Blackett on Samuel Ringgold Ward

A conversation with John Darlington about his new book, Amongst the Ruins: Why Civilizations Collapse and Communities Disappear

Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

David Pullins and Vanessa K. Valdés on Juan de Pareja

The Original Psychonauts

The World’s First Known Author

Dance’s Integral Connection to Human Experience

Art Historian Brandon Taylor on the Story of Modern Art

The Tragic Essence of Geopolitics

A Conversation with Designer Stephen Burks

The History and Future of Abortion in America

Why Does the Museum Matter?

Ancient Lives with James Romm

John Singer Sargent’s Lifelong Interest in Spain

Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos Talks about the Art, Myths, and Gods of the Ancient Maya

Matthew Ichihashi Potts on Forgiveness

Witold Rybczynski Tells the Story of Architecture

Vincent W. Lloyd on Black Dignity: The Struggle Against Domination.

Laura Wilson on Her New Book, The Writers: Portraits

Architecture and Politics at MoMA in the Early 20th Century

Kimono Style

A Conversation about Anne Truitt’s Yield: The Journal of an Artist

A New Take on “Self-Taught” Artists

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Reconsidered

Surrealism Beyond Borders

The Life and Art of Bob Thompson