What Can Extinct Hominins Teach Us About Being Human?

What Can Extinct Hominins Teach Us About Being Human?

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | July 14, 2022

When Arthur Conan Doyle showed up at his own memorial service. (Maybe.)

When Arthur Conan Doyle showed up at his own memorial service. (Maybe.)

By Emily Temple | July 13, 2022

When Writing Becomes Traumatic: Reporting on the Jonestown Massacre

When Writing Becomes Traumatic: Reporting on the Jonestown Massacre

Julia Scheeres on the Things She Saw (and the Toll They Took)

By Julia Scheeres | July 13, 2022

How Josephine Baker Learned to Hate the Nazis Before Most of America

How Josephine Baker Learned to Hate the Nazis Before Most of America

Damien Lewis on an American Icon's Transformation from Dancer to Spy

By Damien Lewis | July 13, 2022

The Remarkable Story of the Quaker Teacher Who Defied Hitler

The Remarkable Story of the Quaker Teacher Who Defied Hitler

Deborah Cadbury in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 13, 2022

On the Life of Czech Sci-Fi Author Karel Čapek, the Man Who Coined the Term “Robot”

On the Life of Czech Sci-Fi Author Karel Čapek, the Man Who Coined the Term “Robot”

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 12, 2022

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First As Tragedy Then As Farce: How the Soviet and American Invasions of Afghanistan Are Comparable

By Keen On | July 11, 2022

Robert Gottlieb on the Enigma of Greta Garbo

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Who is Fire Island for? On the Currency of Reading (and Six Packs) in Pines Society

By Jack Parlett | July 8, 2022

Is There a Viable Model for Political Change in 21st-Century America?

Is There a Viable Model for Political Change in 21st-Century America?

Andrew Keen Wonders What’s Really Going to Work

By Andrew Keen | July 8, 2022

Rebecca Donner on the Family Story It Took Nearly a Lifetime to Write

Rebecca Donner on the Family Story It Took Nearly a Lifetime to Write

This Week on Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers‘ Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | July 7, 2022

On the Most Ambitious Literary Podcast in the History of the World

On the Most Ambitious Literary Podcast in the History of the World

How Does Doug Metzger Manage to Do It?

By Gabriel Pasquini | July 6, 2022

Reading Mahfouz: Egyptian Literature Between Old and New, Freedom and Censorship

Reading Mahfouz: Egyptian Literature Between Old and New, Freedom and Censorship

Mohamed Shoair on the Cultural and Political Impact of Naguib Mahfouz's Children of The Alley

By Mohamed Shoair | July 6, 2022

“To Secure Democracy You Have To Be Ready to Fight For It Relentlessly.” Readings To Inspire Democratic Struggle

“To Secure Democracy You Have To Be Ready to Fight For It Relentlessly.” Readings To Inspire Democratic Struggle

David E. Hoffman Recommends Larry Diamond, Timothy Snyder, And More

By David E. Hoffman | July 6, 2022

Why One of the 20th Century’s Most Important Thinkers Remains So Relevant in the 21st Century

Why One of the 20th Century’s Most Important Thinkers Remains So Relevant in the 21st Century

Andrew Hodges in Conversation with Andrew Keen About Alan Turing

By Keen On | July 5, 2022

“With Laughing Cheer, As Is Her Custom.” On the Laughing Queens of Early Modern Europe

“With Laughing Cheer, As Is Her Custom.” On the Laughing Queens of Early Modern Europe

Joy Wiltenburg Considers the Power of Laughter In Female Rulers

By Joy Wiltenburg | July 5, 2022

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