Why We Argue Podcast
1) Seeing Truth in Physics
Stephon Alexander talks about a better way of thinking about the interconnections between music, physics, and creativity and how as someone often seen as “outside” the field, he has found freedom to t...Show More
2) Seeing Truth in the Climate Crisis
Feeling bad about the environment? You should. Artist Alexis Rockman talks about his art, the potential for real change, and his ongoing relationship with the American Museum of Natural History. Learn...Show More
3) Seeing Truth in the Lab
Max Liboiron founder of Environmental Action Research (CLEAR), a feminist, anti-colonial laboratory talks about making better science and how they aren’t interested in dismantling the masters house (b...Show More
4) Seeing Truth in Photographs
Artist Penelope Umbrico talks about her work, images as currency, and how technology and various platforms herd images. And is photography tyrannical? Umbrico has some thoughts. Learn more about the S...Show More
5) Seeing Truth in the Archives
Joel Sweimler, Exhibition Specialist at the American Museum of Natural History, talks about his career at the museum, working on Seeing Truth, and what his favorite object in the collection happen to ...Show More
6) Seeing Truth in Museums
Feeling down about museums? We have so many reasons to, but Chris Newell, Tribal Community Member-in-Residence at UConn and Director of Education at the Akomawt Educational Initiative, gives a dose of...Show More
7) Seeing Truth in the Speculative: A Conversation with Dexter Gabriel
Historian and author Dexter Gabriel talks about his relationship to truth and memory in his fiction and non-fiction writing. Come for his thoughts on what truth we can find in history and stay for his...Show More
8) Seeing Truth in Picturing the Pandemic:
Professor Sarah Willen talks about her part in creating the Pandemic Journaling Project and how that has morphed into a series of visual exhibitions that emphasis how we all can work to create new his...Show More
9) Seeing Truth in Variability, Creativity, and Building Biological Collections
In this episode, scientists speak back to ideas about collection building, knowledge making, and the role of art and creativity in research. Bernard Goffinet and Eric Schultz, professors in the depart...Show More
Seeing Truth in Variability, Creativity, and Building Biological Collections
44:08 | Dec 15th, 2022
10) Seeing Truth in Plant Humanities
Art historian Romita Ray has long puzzled power, visual culture, and how knowledge moves globally. Currently writing about tea, we talk with Ray about botany, picking tea, archives, and the sexiness (...Show More