Why You Should Read Proust In 2021
June 3, 2020
Proust scholar Caroline Weber told us why In Search of Lost Time makes for essential reading.
listen to this podcast The Truth About China and COVID
June 1, 2020
As China’s relationship with Hong Kong changes fundamentally and for the worse, the new episode of our coronavirus crisis podcast features Andreas Fulda, professor at the University of Nottingham, author of The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and the originator of an open letter criticizing China’s political and structural response to the outbreak of COVID within its borders. We spoke with Andreas about that response, why China acted the way it did, what...
listen to this podcastAdam Tooze on the COVID Economy
May 27, 2020
We spoke with Adam Tooze, professor at Columbia University and the author of Crashed, about the COVID economy and if it's permanent.
listen to this podcastTranslating The Plague During a Plague
May 26, 2020
We spoke with Laura Marris, the translator of a new version of Albert Camus’ seminal novel The Plague, about translating this classic during a pandemic.
listen to this podcastChina Uses the Pandemic to Squeeze BRI Borrowers
May 20, 2020
China is using the pandemic as an excuse to squeeze its BRI borrowers. Here's what the world can do about it.
listen to this podcastThe Spanish Flu, the Deadliest Pandemic
May 18, 2020
Our newest episode features best-selling author John Barry on his book The Great Influenza: The Deadliest Pandemic in History and the 1918 flu outbreak.
listen to this podcastNapoleon in Quarantine
May 11, 2020
We spoke with Mark Braude, author of The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba, about Napoleon and his own personal quarantine.
listen to this podcastThe Biotech Visionaries Fighting COVID
May 7, 2020
Our latest episode features Sarah Ives of Distributed Bio, a company at the forefront of treatment development for COVID via powerful biotech.
listen to this podcastWhy the Decameron Is Great Quarantine Reading
May 4, 2020
Our latest episode features Wayne Rebhorn, acclaimed translator of the Decameron, on Giovanni Boccaccio, his most famous work, and why it's still relevant.
listen to this podcastPaul Romer on testing our way out of COVID
April 29, 2020
Our latest episode features Nobel Prize winner Paul Romer and daring vision for how testing can be a way out of the COVID crisis for the U.S.
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