How to Read Podcast
1) In Sacred Spaces 3: The Pier (with The House of Louboutin)
Welcome to In Sacred Spaces, a three-episode series in which we visit spaces around New York City that are sacred to specific communities. For this episode, we’re gathered at the Chelsea Piers with me...Show More
2) In Sacred Spaces 2: Grace Congregational Church of Harlem (with Nigel and Lisa Pearce)
Welcome to In Sacred Spaces, a three-episode series in which we visit spaces around New York City that are sacred to specific communities. For this episode, we’re at Grace Congregational Church of Har...Show More
3) In Sacred Spaces 1: St James Presbyterian (With Derrick McQueen)
Welcome to In Sacred Spaces, a three-episode series in which we visit spaces around New York City that are sacred to specific communities. For this episode, we’re at St James Presbyterian Church and t...Show More
4) The sounds of medieval books (with Andrew Albin)
Reading today is typically silent - whether reading a book in a library or reading messages on our phones, we don’t expect the activity to be noisy. At most, we expect the sound of a page quietly turn...Show More
5) Reenacting the past (with Catherine Grant)
When you think about historical reenactment, you probably think about reenacting Civil War battles or performing a character at a Renaissance fair. But Catherine Grant is interested in artists who use...Show More
6) The history of homemade books (with Deidre Lynch)
We may think of reading and writing as opposite activities, but there’s a long history of people reading with blank books by their side so they could write out their favorite passages as they went. De...Show More
7) Why apocalypse isn’t all bad (with Jennifer M. Wilks)
In the Bible, the Apocalypse is the end of the world as we know it, but it’s also the beginning of a new one. Jennifer Wilks argues that major catastrophes can be apocalyptic in the same way. A disast...Show More
8) Musical storytelling with repurposed texts (with Randall Eng)
Music can tell stories in a variety of ways: operas and musicals have characters and plots, a song can tell a short story, and even music without words can take listeners on a journey. But Randall Eng...Show More
9) The hidden politics of translation (with Lamyu Maria Bo)
During the Cold War, the US and Chinese governments didn’t drop bombs on each other, but they did drop translated works of literature. In fact, national governments put a lot of effort into creating t...Show More
10) One-sided relationships (with Elaine Auyoung)
A one-sided relationship is a bad relationship, right? Not necessarily, says Elaine Auyoung. She’s interested in what are called parasocial relationships, where we know and care a lot about someone bu...Show More