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Scott Kushner on the History of Crowd Control
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Heather Rowan-Kenyon and Mandy Savitz-Romer on how Covid-19 upended college counseling
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Elizabeth Lanphier on the Translational Work of Bioethics
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Jennifer Hochschild and David Beavers on Covid Conspiracy Theories
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Sahanika Ratnayake on the Philosophical Issue with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Our guest today is Dr Sahanika Ratnayake - a philosopher of psychiatry and medicine, whose work focuses on talking therapy. She is interested in what constitutes evidence for talking therapy, the ethics of therapy and the integration of therapy into healthcare...

Rafael Walker on Ernest Gaines's final nod to Toni Morrison
Last month, the United States Post office announced its 2023 slate of stamp designs, which includes tributes to writers Toni Morrison and Ernest Gaines, both of whom died in 2019. Our guest today, Dr. Rafael Walker, recently published a paper in the journal...

Nicholas Tilmes on the Fuzzy Edges of Psychiatric Diagnosis
Our guest today is Nicholas Tilmes, whose research focuses on the intersection of cognition, law, and technology, ranging from disability rights to neurotechnology and AI. He holds an M.A. in Bioethics from NYU and a B.A. in Philosophy & Psychology from...

Samuel Woolley on how online manipulation is evolving
Our guest this week is Dr. Samuel Woolley, a researcher and writer who examines how emerging media tools are used for both democracy and control. He is a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin and directs the Propaganda Research Lab at UT’s Center...

New School President Dwight McBride on "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats"
Hopkins Press is honored to welcome to this episode President of The New School in New York City, Dr. Dwight McBride. Dr. McBride became the university's ninth President in April of 2020. Dr. McBride is an accomplished higher education leader, educator...

Rebecca Natow on why Higher Education bills pass in Congress - and why they don't
This week, we are joined by Dr. Rebecca Natow, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at Hofstra University, where she is also the director of the Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies program. Dr. Natow is an expert on higher...

Wendy Doniger on Her Life in Wonderland
Joining us this episode is Dr. Wendy Doniger. Dr. Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, Emerita. She is the author of over forty books, including The Hindus: An Alternative...

Maria Ortiz-Myers on how Parents of Transgender and Non-Binary Youth Access Information
On this podcast episode we welcome Maria Ortiz-Myers. Maria is a doctoral candidate in library and information science at the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Her research focuses on information practice...

Clara Humpston on the prism of truths in Schizophrenic impossibilities
How can clinicians differentiate the "impossible" world a person with schizophrenia lives in, without denying its existence as a lived experience? Clara Humpston helps us understand the "prism of truths in impossibilities" she details in her recent paper...

Rachel Pruchno on The Pain and Possibilities of Serious Mental Illness
Hopkins Press Acquisitions Editor Joe Rusko is joined this week by Dr. Rachel Pruchno to discuss her book, "Beyond Madness: The Pain and Possibilities of Serious Mental Illness". Dr. Pruchno is an endowed professor of medicine at Rowan University and the...
