Death and Numbers Podcast
1) The Afterlife of Confederate Statues
The long debate over what to do with UT’s Confederate statues seems to have finally come to an end — mostly. But as UT is finding, once the statues come down, the story isn’t over. Instead, ther...Show More
2) Dolls: The Baby Dolls of Brown v. Board of Education (Part 1)
Brown v. Board of Education ended the doctrine of “separate but equal” in public schools, and it laid the legal foundation to challenge segregation in every arena. So what’s a baby doll doing in the m...Show More
3) Dolls: The Baby Dolls of Brown v. Board of Education (Part 2)
How have the Clark doll tests, used the overturn legalized segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, held up to modern analysis? This episode is a part two in a series examining the impact of dolls ...Show More
4) Dolls: The History of Black Dolls
How American Girl’s Melody Ellison doll fits into the long and complicated history of black dolls in America. This episode is a part three in a series examining the impact of dolls in American history...Show More
5) Dolls: Radical Dolls
What makes a children’s toy radical? Exploring what American Girl’s Melody Ellison doll represents, the kind of play she inspires and why that matters. This episode is a part four in a series examinin...Show More
6) Food for Thought: Episode 1
In this three-part series, Amy and Caroline are cracking open cookbooks and archival records to learn about the bond between food and text. In episode one, we pair a largely forgotten 17th century Fre...Show More
7) Food for Thought: Episode 2
In this three-part series, Amy and Caroline are cracking open cookbooks and archival records to learn about the bond between food and text. The second episode breaks down how technology influences foo...Show More
8) Food for Thought: Episode 3
In this three-part series, Amy and Caroline are cracking open cookbooks and archival records to learn about the bond between food and text. The final episode uses recipe collections to represent the s...Show More
9) International Women’s History: The Convoy of 31000
Exploring French author Charlotte Delbo’s book, Convoy to Auschwitz, which details the lives of the women deported alongside Delbo during the Holocaust. This episode of part of a series on internation...Show More
10) International Women’s Day: A Storm In June
In the 1930s, Jewish Russian exile Irène Némirovsky was living in France as a well-established author. In 1940, that all changed. Hear about her life, death and the way her daughters carried on her le...Show More