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Podcast Roundup: Fall 2021

By Alex Reshanov November 16, 2021 facebook twitter email

This is a collection of some of our favorite podcasts from liberal arts faculty members. Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe.

Audio QT

Hosted by Karma Chavez, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies

Audio QT is a feature of QT Voices, the online magazine of the LGBTQ Studies Program at the University of Texas at Austin.

The Benson at 100(also available in Spanish)

Hosted by Maria Del Pilar Zazueta, Lecturer, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, and Daniel Arbino, Librarian for U.S. Latina and Latino Studies, University of Texas Libraries

The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection is one of the most important collections of Latin American and U.S. Latinx materials on the planet, visited by scholars and students from far and wide. Join faculty and librarians at UT Austin to explore the region through the Benson archives and books.

How to Be Wrong

Hosted by John W. Traphagan, Professor, Department of Religious Studies and John J. Kaag, Chair and Professor, Department of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell

Explores mistakes, errors and the importance of embracing intellectual humility in a world that seems increasingly dominated by uncritically oppositional thinking. The hosts talk with scholars, artists, authors and others about things that have gone wrong and ask them to discuss the ways this has influenced their lives and work and their ideas about certainty and humility.

IHS Podcast

Hosted by Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, Professor, Department of History, and Ashley Garcia, PhD Candidate, Department of History

IHS podcast is a new podcast series initiated by the Institute for Historical Studies’ Director, Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra. The latest episode highlights the scholarship of Madeline McMahon, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of History.

LatinXperts

Hosted by various Latino studies scholars at UT Austin

The official podcast of Latino studies at UT Austin. An expert is “a person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area.” A LatinXpert occupies this space cautiously. A LatinXpert admits they have knowledge and an important perspective, but leads with questions instead of answers, acknowledges what they don’t know and is always accountable to Latinx communities.

Race and Democracy

Hosted by Peniel Joseph, Professor, Department of History

Peniel Joseph, founding director of the UT Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, discusses issues of race, democracy, public policy and social justice with expert guests. Race and Democracy asks, Who is America? Where have we been, where do we want to go and how can we get there?

Second Reading

Hosted by Jim Henson, Director, Texas Politics Project, and Lecturer, Department of Government, and Josh Blank, Director of Research, Texas Politics Project

Join the directors of the Texas Politics Project as they dive into the Texas political sphere every week. Henson and Blank analyze current events, crunch the numbers and give you their informed takes on the latest happenings.

Sounds of Success

Hosted by Philip Butler, Director, Office of Student Success

Listen in as the Office of Student Success in the College of Liberal Arts chats with campus experts about a wide variety of topics focused on how students can succeed at UT Austin.

This is Democracy

Hosted by Jeremi Suri, Professor, Department of History.

The future of democracy is uncertain, but we are committed to its urgent renewal today. The past offers hope for the present and the future, if only we can escape the negativity of our current moment. This podcast brings together thoughtful voices from different generations to help make sense of current challenges and propose positive steps forward.

Two Guys on Your Head

Hosted by Art Markman, Professor, Department of Psychology, and Bob Duke, Professor, Butler School of Music

Each week, Markman and Duke explore different aspects of human behavior and the brain. In conversations hosted by producer Rebecca McInroy, the two renowned psychologists cover everything from the effects of sugar on the brain, to what’s happening in our minds while we sleep, and much, much more.

Unpack This

Hosted by Jo Hsu, Assistant Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Writing and Constance Bailey, Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas

The hosts discuss their journeys as academic misfits, unpack pop culture takes on race, gender and disability and wander through neurodivergent tangents. Part demystification of academic genres, part spilling of tea and part wayward conversation, this is a show for students, scholars and non-academics who refuse to take themselves too seriously.

WeatherBrains

Weekly panelist Troy Kimmel, Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography and the Environment

WeatherBrains is the weekly netcast that’s all about weather. The show unites weather geeks worldwide, covering the world of weather in a fun way with great guests.

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