Episodi

  • Food and Books

    Food and Books
    Feb 17 2026

    Dr. Amanda spends this episode talking about her two primary hobbies - food and books. Beginning with the role of food in culture and identity, Dr. Amanda moves into a discussion of food systems, covering nonfiction and fiction offerings on the subject.


    Books appearing in this episode include The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern (Lynda Cohen Loigman), The Guncle 2 (Steven Rowley), Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (Barbara Kingsolver), In Defense of Food (Michae Pollan), The Mighty Red (Louise Erdrich), and The Seed Keeper (Diane Wilson). And, of course, a few other books - and cookbooks - scattered throughout.

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    48 min
  • The Academy

    The Academy
    Feb 10 2026
    Dr. Amanda discusses the academy broadly, then talks about several academia-based books including The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister, Cut to the Feeling by M. A. Wardell and A. J. Truman, Vladamir by Julia May Jonas, Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon, and Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work by bell hooks.

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    46 min
  • Reading Russia, sort of

    Reading Russia, sort of
    Feb 4 2026

    Dr. Amanda hosts guest Dr. Natalia, an expert in Eastern European political and crisis communication and native of the region, to discuss books and histories coming out of the Soviet Union - with a bonus review of Ilya's Russian monologue in Heated Rivalry!


    Primary discussion features Pioneer Summer by Kateryna Sylvanova and Elena Malisova, translated to English by Anne O. Fisher, and Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham.

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    56 min
  • Reading through the Game Changers Series

    Reading through the Game Changers Series
    Jan 26 2026
    Dr. Amanda discusses the six published Game Changers books by Rachel Reid and offers insights about identity, organizational culture, and the agency to move within these structures.

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    46 min
  • The Heated Rivalry Adaptation and All That Buzz

    The Heated Rivalry Adaptation and All That Buzz
    Jan 23 2026
    Dr. Amanda discusses the success of the TV adaptation of Heated Rivalry and why it matters.

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    45 min