Time to Eat the Dogs
A Podcast About Science, History, and ExplorationReplay: The Mystery of Altitude Sickness
Lachlan Fleetwood talks about debates about altitude sickness in the Himalaya and the ways these debates became tied up with ideas about the physiology of Europeans and Himalayans. Fleetwood is the author of “Bodies in High Places: Exploration, Altitude Sickness and the Problem of Bodily Comparison in the Himalaya, 1800-50,” published in the journal Itinerario 43, no. 3 (2019): 489-515.
Lachlan Fleetwood
Empires of the Sky
Alexander Rose talks about the history of airplanes and airships at the turn of the century, a time when the direction of aviation remained unclear. Rose is the author of Empires of the Sky: Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men’s Epic Duel to Rule the World.
Alexander Rose
Replay: Love, Travel, and Separation
Kate Hollander talks about Bertolt Brecht’s life and work. She also talks about the community of artists who were his friends, lovers, and collaborators. Hollander is a historian of modern Europe. She’s also the author of a book of poems, My German Dictionary, which was awarded the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize by USA Poet Laureate Charles Wright.
Kate Hollander
Why Did Scientists Collect the Blood of Indigenous Peoples?
Genomic History of Aboriginal Australia (Nature)
Emma Kowal talks about the history of biospecimen collection among the aboriginal peoples of Australia. Kowal is a cultural and medical anthropologist at Deakin University. She’s the co-author, along with Joanna Radin, of “Indigenous Biospecimen Collections and the Cryopolitics of Frozen Life,” published in the Journal of Sociology.
Emma Kowal
Replay: Floating Coast
Bathsheba Demuth talks about the history of the Bering Strait, from the early 1800s to the present day. Demuth is an assistant professor of History & Environment and Society at Brown University. She’s the author of Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait.
Bathsheba Demuth
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