Official podcast of the American University of Kuwait.The American University of Kuwait (AUK) is an independent, private, equal opportunity, and coeducational liberal arts institution of higher education. The educational, cultural, and administrative structure, methods and standards of AUK are based on the American model of higher learning.
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The LRB Podcast brings you weekly conversations from Europe’s leading magazine of culture and ideas. Hosted by Thomas Jones and Malin Hay, with guest episodes from the LRB's US editor Adam Shatz, Meehan Crist, Rosemary Hill and more. Find the LRB's new Close Readings podcast in on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or search 'LRB Close Readings' wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A sporadic conversation between poet Ed Skoog and fiction writer J. Robert Lennon about food, literature, music, and escaped zoo animals.
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In Juneau, quirky people, untold stories and little mysteries are as abundant as the rain. For the things about Juneau you can’t Google, why not work with a KTOO reporter to satisfy your curiosity? Curious Juneau is a recurring news feature driven by questions and reporting from our audience, starring you and your questions.
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We're not your grandmother's birding podcast. Join Sean, Scott, and Heather as they interview birders from all flocks of life. Subscribe on the podcasting app of your choice for more puns and fowl language.
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I'm Herbert - the host of Brighter with Herbert, a channel covering all things Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, Neuralink etc. Known as "The $TSLA Milestones Guy" you can follow @herbertong on Twitter I can predict the future! Just kidding, but I do keep track of the key upcoming milestones and catalysts for $TSLA stock with the occasional what-ifs! What I think will be fun and important is to showcase the key people in the Tesla community and get to know them better. With Tesla, we are li ...
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The great auk was a flightless, populous and reportedly delicious bird, once found widely across the rocky outcrops of the North Atlantic. By the 1860s it was extinct, its decline sharpened by specimen collectors and at least one volcanic eruption. Human-driven extinction was ‘almost unthinkable’ until the auk’s disappearance, Liam Shaw writes. He …
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This episode is a chapter from Complicated Women by Bee Wilson, a new LRB audiobook, based on pieces first published in the London Review of Books. Wilson explores the lives of ten figures, from Lola Montez to Vivienne Westwood, who challenged the limitations imposed on women in dramatically different ways. In this free chapter, she describes the w…
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Jean-Paul Sartre: 'Being and Nothingness'
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This week, a chapter from a new LRB audiobook, Becoming a Philosopher: Spinoza to Sartre by Jonathan Rée. This collection of ten biographical pieces, read by Rée, describes the lives of some of most influential thinkers of the past four hundred years and the radical and sometimes bizarre ideas that emerged from them. The audiobook also includes an …
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Jane Austen, Simone de Beauvoir and Herodotus
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What do Jane Austen, Simone de Beauvoir and Herodotus have in common? They all appear in three of this year’s Close Readings series, in which a pair of LRB contributors explore an area of literature through a selection of key works. This week, we’re revisiting some of the highlights from subscriber-only episodes: Clare Bucknell and Colin Burrow on …
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The Book of Genesis begins with the creation of the universe and ends with the death of Jacob, patriarch of the Israelites. Between these two events, successive generations confront the moral tests set for them by God, and in doing so usher in the Abrahamic religious tradition. In Reading Genesis, Marilynne Robinson argues for the continued relevan…
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In the 160s CE, Rome was struck by a devastating disease which, a new book argues, may have been the world’s first pandemic. Galen began his career treating ’the protracted plague’ with viper flesh, opium and urine, but despite his extensive documentation, we still don’t know what a modern diagnosis would be. Josephine Quinn joins Malin to discuss …
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When Wittgenstein published his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus in 1921, he claimed to have solved all philosophical problems. One problem that hasn’t been solved though is how best to translate this notoriously difficult work. The expiry of the book’s copyright in 2021 has brought three new English translations in less than a year, each grappling w…
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Patrick McGuinness: Back to Bouillon
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Patrick McGuinness reads his diary from our 6th June issue about his family’s hometown of Bouillon in Belgium. He reflects on the linguistic and national barriers he crossed to return there each year; on the changes wrought on the town by the end of the industrial era; and on the ways that history and global politics can shape a locality beyond rec…
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Ed wrote a book about his childhood home. John’s thinking about the eighties. Together they discuss whether nostalgia is bad for art, the pig at the blueberry farm, science fiction and romance, Oaxacan cuisine, kids today with their monolithic half-century of cultural indoctrination, and how long a muffin stays tasty. Follow links to Quisp, Cross o…
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At the Republican National Convention: Day Four
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It’s the final day of the Republican National Convention. Andrew O'Hagan and Deborah Friedell dissect Trump’s marathon acceptance speech and ask what a second term could look like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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At the Republican National Convention: Day Three
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At day three of the Republican National Convention, Andrew O'Hagan and Deborah Friedell discuss what a second Trump presidency would mean for American foreign policy. They compare notes on J.D. Vance's memoir Hillbilly Elegy, and reflect on his keynote speech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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At the Republican National Convention: Day Two
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Andrew O'Hagan and Deborah Friedell return to the Republican National Convention. They explore second day's theme, Make America Safe Again, and discuss how this convention compares to the last one Andrew attended, the RNC in 2004. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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At the Republican National Convention: Day One
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Andrew O'Hagan and Deborah Friedell report on day one of the Republican National Convention. They react to Trump's choice of vice president and reflect on the key note speech by Sean O'Brien, the first time the head of the Teamsters' Union has ever addressed the RNC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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A paper boat made by KTOO staff braves Gold Creek. July 11, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cj_race-2.mp3 Alaskans celebrate the Fourth of July in a myriad of ways, whether it’s log-rolling competitions, launching cars off of cliffs, or jumping high in the air in the blanket toss. Do you have a …
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