Episodi

  • Summer Reading List: Banned Books Edition

    Summer Reading List: Banned Books Edition
    Jul 10 2022
    The American Library Association reports that last year 1,597 books were challenged or removed from libraries, schools, and universities, a record high number (compared to 273 books in 2020). Most of the challenged or removed books deal with themes relating to race or sexuality and gender, and challenges come from both the right and the left. What are the implications for your thought-provoking summer reading? Josh and Ray talk to Stanford English professor Paula Moya about attempts to remove Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye from schools; activist Chaz Stevens about his crusade to ban the Bible from Florida schools; and Jennifer Ruth & Michael Bérubé about their new book, It’s Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom.
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    52 min
  • Why Poetry Matters

    Why Poetry Matters
    Apr 10 2022
    Some people say they find poetry impenetrable. Yet readership is increasing: in a 2017 survey, the National Endowment for the Arts found that nearly 12% of adults in the US had read poetry in the last year. So what explains the enduring appeal of poetry as an art form? Are there any limits to who counts as a poet, or what counts as poetry? And what makes a poem good anyway? Josh and Ray wax lyrical with Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück, author of American Originality: Essays on Poetry.
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    51 min
  • The 2022 Dionysus Awards

    The 2022 Dionysus Awards
    Mar 20 2022
    What recent movies artfully explored philosophical ideas and questions, or complicated political or ethical issues that previously seemed straightforward? Josh and guest co-host Jeremy Sabol present our annual Dionysus Awards for the most thought-provoking films of 2021, including: Best Attempt to Redeem 80+ Years of Questionable Ethics Best Film about Complicated Mothers Telling Uncomfortable Truths Best Adapted Novel about Trauma, Marginalization, Self-Deception, and the Gap Between Appearance and Reality
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    52 min