Episodes

41 RTB Books in Dark Times 13: Lorraine Daston, Historian of Science (JP)

July 24, 2020October 22, 2020

Anthropology

40 Global Policing 1: Hayal Akarsu on Turkish Community Policing (EF, JP)

July 16, 2020December 18, 2020

39 RTB Books in Dark Times 12: Carlo Rotella (JP)

July 9, 2020December 18, 2020

Beth Blum and Self-Help

38 Beth Blum on Self-Help from Carnegie to Today (JP)

July 6, 2020December 18, 2020

37 RTB Books In Dark Times 11: Elizabeth Bradfield (JP)

June 25, 2020December 18, 2020

36 Policing and White Power: (EF, JP) Global Policing Series

June 17, 2020December 18, 2020

35 RTB Books In Dark Times 10: Martin Puchner

June 11, 2020December 19, 2020

Anthropology

34 The Caribbean and Vectors of Warfare: Vincent Brown (EF, JP)

June 4, 2020December 19, 2020

33 RTB Books in Dark Times 9: Ben Fountain (JP)

May 28, 2020December 19, 2020

32 RTB Books in Dark Times 8: Paul Saint-Amour (JP 5/20)

May 21, 2020July 21, 2020

Pandemic in the Pacific: Kurt Vonnegut’s COVID novel

May 18, 2020July 21, 2020

31 RTB Books in Dark Times 7: Vanessa Smith (JP)

May 14, 2020July 21, 2020

In Focus

30 In Focus: Nir Eyal on (the deontology of) “Challenge Testing” a Covid Vaccine

May 7, 2020February 17, 2021

29 RTB Books in Dark Times 6: Kim Stanley Robinson (JP)

April 30, 2020October 15, 2020

28 RTB Books in Dark Times 5: Seeta Chaganti (JP)

April 23, 2020October 15, 2020

A Book in Dark Times: Albert Camus, “The Plague”

April 21, 2020July 21, 2020

27 RTB Books in Dark Times 4: David and John Plotz

April 16, 2020October 15, 2020

26 RTB Books in Dark Times 3: Plotz/Ferry

April 9, 2020October 15, 2020

25 RTB Books in Dark Times 2: Stephen McCauley (JP)

April 2, 2020October 15, 2020

Alex Star

24 RTB Books in Dark Times 1: Alex Star (JP)

March 26, 2020October 15, 2020

Books in Dark Times: What Are You Reading?

March 25, 2020December 2, 2020

Chris Desan

23 Recall This Buck 1: Chris Desan on Making Money (EF, JP)

March 20, 2020October 15, 2020

Podcast

9* Women in Political Power, with Manduhai Buyandelger (Rebroadcast, in honor of Elizabeth Warren)

March 14, 2020October 15, 2020

Ajantha Subramanian

22 Ajantha Subramanian: Meritocracy, Caste, and Class (EF, JP)

February 6, 2020October 22, 2020

Art

21 Silvia Bottinelli: Food, Art, Food Art!

January 17, 2020October 15, 2020

20 The Drama of Celebrity with Sharon Marcus (JP)

December 19, 2019October 15, 2020

Albion Lawrence conversation

19 Scientists, collaboration, and groupthink with Albion Lawrence (EF, JP)

December 5, 2019October 15, 2020

Fictional Empathy with Rita Felski and Namwali Serpell

18 Fictional Empathy. Rita Felski and Namwali Serpell (with JP)

November 14, 2019October 15, 2020

Filmmakers

17 In Focus: Mike Leigh (JP)

October 31, 2019October 15, 2020

Chris Walley

16 de/industrialization with Christine Walley (EF and JP)

October 24, 2019October 15, 2020

Aftermath

15x Afterthoughts on Zadie Smith (John and Elizabeth)

October 1, 2019October 15, 2020

15 In Focus: Zadie Smith (JP)

September 26, 2019October 15, 2020

Uncategorized

Fall RTB Lineup: Writers, Scholars, Auteur

September 15, 2019September 11, 2020

14x Afterthoughts about the Cixin Liu interview (Pu Wang and John)

August 13, 2019October 15, 2020

Cixin Liu Interview

14 In Focus: Cixin Liu (in English, with Pu Wang, JP)

August 13, 2019January 12, 2021

Cixin Liu Interview

14c 刘慈欣访谈中文版 Cixin Liu with Pu Wang (in Chinese)

August 13, 2019October 15, 2020

Podcast

13 Polynesia, Sea of Islands: with Christina Thompson

August 2, 2019October 15, 2020

Podcast

12 RTB Presents “The Electro–Library” (with Jared Green)

July 5, 2019October 15, 2020

Podcast

11 Xenophobia and Ethno-Nationalism, 1973 to today (Quinn Slobodian)

June 14, 2019October 15, 2020

Life, Writing and Life Writing with Helena DeBres

10 Life, Writing, and Life Writing with Helena DeBres

May 16, 2019October 22, 2020

Life, Writing and Life Writing with Helena DeBres

10x Bonus! “Exit Zero” and Life Writing

May 16, 2019October 15, 2020

Podcast

9 Women in Political Power; with Manduhai Buyandelger

March 28, 2019October 15, 2020

Spring Schedule and our new partnership with Literature Lab

March 21, 2019July 17, 2019

Distraction with Marina van Zuylen

8 Distraction, a Conversation (Marina Van Zuylen and John Plotz at Harvard’s Mahindra Center)

March 14, 2019October 15, 2020

In Focus

7 In Focus: Samuel Delany in conversation with John Plotz (Nevèrÿon, Triton, Gertrude Stein and more….)

March 7, 2019October 15, 2020

Minimalism’s Untidy Travels

March 6, 2019December 7, 2020

Podcast

6 Writing Then and Now: Martin Puchner (The Written World)

February 28, 2019October 15, 2020

Our Drugs, Our Stories, Ourselves

February 21, 2019July 17, 2019

Upcoming Episodes…and More

February 19, 2019July 17, 2019

5 The Comic Novel with Stephen McCauley

February 13, 2019October 15, 2020

Circe with Madeline Miller

4 In Focus: An Interview with Madeline Miller about Circe (JP, GT)

February 6, 2019December 7, 2020

Old and New Media with Lisa Gitelman

3 Old and New Media with Lisa Gitelman

January 30, 2019October 15, 2020

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January 25, 2019September 11, 2020

Addiction with Gina Turrigiano

2 Addiction with Gina Turrigiano

January 22, 2019December 6, 2020

Upcoming Episodes

January 16, 2019July 17, 2019

1 Minimalism with Tory Fair

January 1, 2019December 7, 2020