The Nazi Mind
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Psychiatrist Joel Dimsdale discusses the pathology of Nazi war criminals
The Good, The Flat, and the Ugly
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In a special edition of the Yale University Press Podcast, we share an episode of The Observatory podcast from Design Observatory. Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand discuss Instagram, logo changes, and the impact of design on your daily life.
Understanding Russia
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Russia expert David Satter talks about the fall of Yeltsin, the rise of Putin, and what lies ahead for Russia and the United States
How Dinosaurs Became Birds
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Journalist and author Richard Conniff talks dinosaurs, the Peabody, and the future of museums on this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast
Making Medicine More Human
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Abraham Nussbaum discusses why the medical field could be a little more personal and shares stories from his own experiences as a physician.
A Conversation with Tim Parks
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John Donatich sits down to talk with author and translator Tim Parks about Giacomo Leopardi, writing, and the process of translation.
A Conversation with Jennifer Michael Hecht
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In this episode, Jennifer Michael Hecht, author of Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It, speaks with Yale University Press Director John Donatich, about how we can forestall the rising tide of suicides in the United States and worldwide, combing through the history of suicide to recover the most powerful arguments against the irretrievable act.
A Conversation with Leo Damrosch
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In this episode, Leo Damrosch, author of Jonathan Swift: His Life and World, speaks with Yale University Press Director John Donatich, about the story of Swift’s life anew, probing holes in the existing evidence to show how the public version of his life – the one accepted until recently – was deliberately misleading.
A Conversation with Jess Bravin
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Jess Bravin, Supreme Court Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, has covered the Guantanamo Bay prison camp since its inception reports on the legal, political, and moral issues that have stood in the way of justice. The deplorable story is a chapter in the War on Terror that has never been fully told before. Here, Bravin speaks with Yale University Press Director John Donatich about his new book, The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay.
A Conversation with Trita Parsi
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Chris Gondek speaks with the President of the National Iranian American Council and 2010 Grawemeyer Award-winner for Ideas Improving World Order, Trita Parsi returns to the Yale Press Podcast to speak about his new book, A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran. Parsi uncovers the full details of the diplomatic encounters between Washington and Tehran during Obama’s early presidency, then discusses whether diplomacy should be the foreign policy approach of choice for the U.S.