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Odyssey—December 31, 2004 |
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Superheroes
Originally broadcast July 19, 2004
Scott Bukatman—Associate Professor of Art and Art History, Stanford University
Bradford Wright—Instructor, University of Maryland, University College
These days, superheroes can be found at the cineplex, on television, or in novels. In his comic book heyday, the superhero embodied a particular notion of American justice. How has the meaning of the superhero changed? Joining Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the conversation are Scott Bukatman and Bradford Wright. Bukatman is author of Matters of Gravity: Special Effects and Supermen in the Twentieth Century. Wright is author of Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America. |
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Odyssey—December 30, 2004 |
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International Adoption
Originally broadcast September 10, 2004
Laura Briggs—Associate Professor, University of Arizona
Christina Klein—Associate Professor of Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When the practice of adopting children from abroad emerged in the aftermath of WWII, it was very much a product of the political circumstances of the era. What is the relationship between international adoption and U.S. politics? Women's studies scholar Laura Briggs and literary scholar Christina Klein join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Briggs is author of Red and Yellow, Black and White: The Politics of Transnational and Transracial Adoption. Klein is author of Cold War Orientalism: Asia in the Middlebrown Imagination, 1945-1961. |
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Odyssey—December 29, 2004 |
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Exploitation
Originally broadcast July 20, 2004
Ruth Sample—Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire
Alan Wertheimer—John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont
Exploitation is one of those words that tends to be tossed around liberally. It’s used to describe sweatshop labor, payday loans, the sex trade, even housework. But exactly what is it that renders a situation exploitative? Philosopher Ruth Sample and political scientist Alan Wertheimer join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Sample is author of Exploitation: What It Is and Why It's Wrong. Wertheimer is author of Exploitation. |
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Odyssey—December 28, 2004 |
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Frankenstein
Originally broadcast August 4, 2004
Michael Gordin—Assistant Professor of History, Princeton University
Maureen McLane—Lecturer in History and Literature, Harvard University
Mary Shelley's novel has served as a cautionary tale about any number of contemporary social ills. But Shelley was responding to issues and ideas relevant to the 19th Century. What does Frankenstein reveal about its own time? Historian of science Michael Gordin and literary scholar Maureen McLane join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. McLane is author of Romanticism and the Human Sciences: Poetry, Population, and the Discourse of the Species. She's also a visiting media scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gordin is author of A Well-Ordered Thing: Dmitrii Medeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic Table. |
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Odyssey—December 27, 2004 |
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Alternative Religions in America
Originally broadcast May 7, 2004
Lorne Dawson—Faculty Member, Department of Sociology, University of Waterloo
Thomas Tweed—Distinguished Professor, Department of Religious Studies; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
America has always been fertile ground for new forms of religious expression, but in recent decades, alternative religions
have grown more visible—and perhaps more accepted. What explains the rise of new religious movements?
Historian Thomas Tweed and sociologist Lorne Dawson join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion.
Tweed is author of The American Encounter with Buddhism, 1844-1912: Victorian Culture and the Limits of Dissent.
Dawson is author of Comprehending Cults: The Sociology of New Religious Movements. |
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Odyssey—December 24, 2004 |
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Film Forum: Color in Film
Originally broadcast September 17, 2004
Scott Higgins—Assistant Professor of Film Studies, Wesleyan University
Richard Neupert—Assistant Professor of Film Studies, University of Georgia
In some films, the use of color is as carefully executed as plot and character development. But how does color contribute to
the style and meaning of a movie?
Film scholars Scott Higgins and Richard Neupert join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Higgins
is author of Harnessing the Rainbow: Technicolor Aesthetics in the 1930s. Neupert is author of A History of
the French New Wave Cinema. |
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Odyssey—December 23, 2004 |
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The Dynamics of Deliberation
Archon Fung—Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University
Cass Sunstein—Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence; Law School, Department of Political
Science, and the College; University of Chicago
Deliberation is a hallmark of American democracy and plays a central role in many institutions. We value the active exchange
of opinions and ideas in the crafting of decisions and policies. But does deliberation actually work? Political scientist Archon Fung and legal scholar Cass Sunstein join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Fung is author of Empowered Participation: Reinventing Urban Democracy. Sunstein is author of Why Societies Need Dissent. He's also finishing the book, How Groups Blunder. |
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Odyssey—December 22, 2004 |
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Photography and the Depression
Cara Finnegan—Assistant Professor of Speech Communication, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
James Miller—Faculty Member, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
In 1935, the federal government launched a project to photograph the social and economic fallout of the Great Depression. Some of the resulting images are now iconic. How have these photos shaped our relationship to that era—and to the past? Literary scholar James Miller and communications scholar Cara Finnegan join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. James Miller's writings on documentary and the Depression include the article, “Inventing the ‘Found’ Object: Artifactuality, Folk History, and the Rise of Capitalist Ethnography in 1930s America.” He's working on the book, Managerial Memory:
The Invention of White-Collar Roots in American Culture. Finnegan is author of Picturing Poverty: Print Culture and FSA Photographs, and she's working on the book, Image Vernaculars: Rhetorics of Photography in American Public Discourse. |
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Odyssey—December 21, 2004 |
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Understanding Freedom
David Hackett Fischer—University Professor and Warren Professor of History, Brandeis University
Eric Foner—DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University
Freedom is a quintessentially American idea: it inspired our country’s founders; permeates our national symbols; and has even served as a rationale for war, both inside our borders and abroad. But how have Americans understood what it means to be free? Historians David Hackett Fischer and Eric Foner join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Fischer is author of Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America’s Founding Ideas. Foner is author of The Story of American Freedom. |
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Odyssey—December 20, 2004 |
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Imagining Sleep
Kelly Bulkeley—Faculty Member, Graduate Theological Union
Carolyn Fay—Assistant Professor of French, Pennsylvania State University
Every human being needs sleep, and concern about sleep permeates almost every culture. But what we imagine is going on while we sleep has varied across time and place. What are our cultural conceptions of sleep? Religious studies scholars Kelly Bulkeley and literary scholar Carolyn Fay join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Bulkeley is author of numerous books on sleeping and dreaming, including Visions of the Night: Dreams, Religion, and Psychology. He's also editor of Dreams: A Reader on Religious, Cultural, and Psychological Dimensions of Dreaming. Fay is working on the book, Stories of Sleep: Narratives of Sleep and Dream in Nineteenth-Century France. |
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Odyssey—December 17, 2004 |
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Human Rights and the Environmental Movement
Hari Osofsky—Assistant Professor, Whittier Law School
James Salzman—Professor, School of Law, Duke University
Climate change, pollution, and decreasing biodiversity are threats to the environment. Increasingly, these problems and their effects are characterized as violations of human rights. What is the relationship between environmental justice and human rights?
Legal scholars Hari Osofsky and James Salzman join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Osofsky is director of the Center for International and Comparative Law. Salzman is coauthor of International Environmental Law and Policy. |
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Odyssey—December 16, 2004 |
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The Lure of the Sea
Helen Rozwadowski—Director, Maritime Studies Program; University of Connecticut, Avery Point
Eric Wilson—Chair, Department of English, Wake Forest University
From scientific investigations to a movie based on the life of Jacques Cousteau, we have a longstanding fascination with the sea. What ideas about the ocean do these different explorations produce? Historian Helen Rozwadowski and literary scholar Eric Wilson join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Rozwadowski is author of The Sea Knows No Boundaries: A Century of Marine Science under ICES, and she's finishing the book, Fathoming the Ocean: The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea. Wilson is author of The Spiritual History of Ice: Romanticism, Science, and Imagination, and he's working on the book, Romantic Sleepwalkers: On Spirit and Matter in the Age of Animal Magnetism. |
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Odyssey—December 15, 2004 |
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Justice in the Aftermath of Military Rule
Felipe Aguero—Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Miami
Ruti Teitel—Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law, New York Law School
Leaders such as former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who's standing trial for human rights abuses, were once considered immune from legal accountability. What does his case say about the ability of new democracies to confront their violent pasts? Legal scholars Ruti Teitel and political scientist Felipe Aguero join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Teitel is author of Transitional Justice. Aguero is author of Soldiers, Civilians, and Democracy: Post-Franco Spain in Comparative Perspective. |
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Odyssey—December 14, 2004 |
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Elections and Democracy
Jason Brownlee—Assistant Professor of Government, University of Texas, Austin
John Carey—Associate Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
In Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and even the United States, the process of holding free and fair elections is proving difficult. For nations in transition and for established democracies, what are elections meant to accomplish? Political scientists John Carey and Jason Brownlee join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Carey writes about constitutions and the design of electoral rules, including the report, “The Organization of Executive and Legislative Authority in a New Iraqi Government.” Brownlee writes about democratization in the Middle East, including his article, “The Decline of Pluralism in Mubarak's Egypt.” He's a visiting fellow at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. |
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Odyssey—December 13, 2004 |
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Deunionization
Joshua Freeman—Executive Officer, Ph.D. Program in History; Graduate Center, City University of New York
Sanford Jacoby—Howard Noble Professor of Management, University of California, Los Angeles
Labor unions have been on the decline in the U.S. for the past 30 years, leaving a mark not only on the workplace, but also on the political, social, and cultural facets of American life. How does the decline of organized labor affect our society? Historian Joshua Freeman and economist Sanford Jacoby join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Freeman is author of Working Class New York. Jacoby is author of The Embedded Corporation: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations in Japan and the United States. |
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Odyssey—December 10, 2004 |
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Movie Romance
Giuliana Bruno—Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University
Rochelle Mabry—Professor, Department of Film, University of Florida, Gainsville
Romance is a staple in the movies. Comedy may have set most of the conventions for movie romance—think of Sleepless in Seattle—but cinematic visions of romance can also be darker. What is the interest of movies in romance?
Film scholars Giuliana Bruno and Rochelle Mabry join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Bruno is author of Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film and Streetwalking on a Ruined Map. Mabry is author of "About a Girl: Contemporary Popular Texts for Women."
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Odyssey—December 9, 2004 |
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Remembering Napoleon
David Jordan—Distinguished Professor of French History, University of Illinois, Chicago
Judith Miller—Associate Professor of History, Emory University
An egomaniacal military dictator, Napoleon Bonaparte is an enormously controversial figure. But his rule in the decades following the French Revolution laid the groundwork for the modern nation-state. What are we to think of Napoleon today? French historians Judith Miller and David Jordan join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Miller is coeditor of Taking Liberties: Problems of New Order from the French Revolution to Napoleon. Jordan is working on the book, Napoleon as Revolutionary. |
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Odyssey—December 8, 2004 |
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Our Domestic Animals
Janet Davis—Chair, Department of American Studies; University of Texas, Austin
Susan Jones—Faculty Member, Department of History; University of Colorado, Boulder
Americans have a variety of relationships with animals, but the distinctions we draw among different animals haven't always been so clear. How have animals come to play their different roles in American life? Historians Janet Davis and Susan Jones join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Davis is author of The Circus Age: Culture and Society Under the American Big Top. She's also working on a book about the history of the animal welfare movement in the United States. Jones is author of Animal Values: Veterinarians and Their Patients in Modern America. |
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Odyssey—December 7, 2004 |
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The Politics of the NAACP
Matthew Countryman—Assistant Professor of History and American Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Robert Charles Smith—Professor of Political Science, San Francisco State University
As the country's premier civil rights organization, the NAACP holds a storied place in 20th Century American history. How has the NAACP shaped American politics? Historian Matthew Countryman and political scientist Robert Charles Smith join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Countryman is finishing the book, Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia. Smith is author of We Have No Leaders: African-Americans in the Post-Civil Rights Era. |
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Odyssey—December 6, 2004 |
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Bodies Under Surveillance
Kirsten Ostherr—Assistant Professor of English, Rice University
Saskia Sassen—Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago
Old anxieties combined with new technologies have us tracking and inspecting bodies in a variety of ways, raising concerns about civil liberties and privacy. But what are some of the other effects of tracking bodies in a globalized world? Film scholar Kirsten Ostherr and sociologist Saskia Sassen join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Ostherr is finishing the book, Cinematic Prophylaxis: Globalization and Contagion in the Discourse of World Health. Sassen's numerous books on globalization include Global Networks/Linked Cities. She's finishing the book, Denationalization: Economy and Policy in a Global Digital Age. |
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Odyssey—December 3, 2004 |
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The Appeal of Tragedy
Helene Foley—Professor of Classics, Barnard College
Simon Goldhill—Professor of Greek Literature and Culture, Cambridge University
With a tremendous resurgence in productions of plays such as Medea and Oedipus Rex, Greek tragedy has been experiencing a popular revial. Why does this ancient art form still resonate today? Classics scholars Helene Foley and Simon Goldhill join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Foley is author of Women in the Classical World: Image and Text. Goldhill is author of Love, Sex, and Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives. |
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Odyssey—December 2, 2004 |
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Reconstruction and American Politics
Michael Dawson—Professor of Government, Harvard University
Steven Hahn—Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
After the Civil War, Reconstruction attempted to secure civil rights and political equality for blacks. But it ultimately failed, giving way to segregation and Jim Crow. What is the legacy of Reconstruction? Political scientist Michael Dawson and historian Steven Hahn join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Dawson is author of Black Visions: The Roots of Contemporary African American Mass Political Ideologies. Hahn is author of A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration, which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for History. |
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Odyssey—December 1, 2004 |
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The Future of the UN Security Council
Paul Kennedy—J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, Yale University
Erik Voeten—Assistant Professor of Political Science, George Washington University
The United Nations is considering a proposal that would overhaul its security council. The proposal comes as changes in the international environment have prompted questions about whether the Security Council as it is has grown obsolete. Historian Paul Kennedy and political scientist Erik Voeten join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Kennedy is working on Parliament of Man, a book exploring changing ideas about the United Nations. Voeten has written extensively on voting and decision-making within the UN. |
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