Podcast Listen in: Why We Are Restless April 16, 2021 We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet everywhere we see signs that our pursuit of happiness has proven fruitless. Dissatisfied, we seek change for the sake of change鈥攅ven if it means undermining the foundations of our common life. Read More
Podcast Listen in: The Spike March 19, 2021 Traversing neuroscience鈥檚 expansive terrain, The Spike follows a single electrical response to illuminate how our extraordinary brains work. Start listening to chapter 1. Read More
Podcast Listen in: White Freedom February 22, 2021 Available in audio, White Freedom聽traces the complex relationship between freedom and race from the eighteenth century to today, revealing how being free has meant being white. Start listening here. Read More
Podcast Listen in: An Infinite History January 29, 2021 Marie Aymard was an illiterate widow who lived in the provincial town of Angoul锚me in southwestern France, a place where seemingly nothing ever happened. Yet, in 1764, she made her fleeting mark on the historical record through two documents. Read More
Podcast Listen in: Rome Is Burning January 06, 2021 According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his majestic imperial capital on the night of July 19,聽AD聽64 and fiddled while the city burned. It鈥檚 a story that has been told for more than two millennia鈥攁nd it鈥檚 likely that almost none of it is true. Read More
Podcast Listen in: The Jefferson Bible December 15, 2020 In his retirement, Thomas Jefferson edited the New Testament with a penknife and glue, removing all mention of miracles and other supernatural events. Read More
Podcast Listen in: A Series of Fortunate Events October 23, 2020 A Series of Fortunate Events聽tells the story of the awesome power of chance and how it is the surprising source of all the beauty and diversity in the living world. Enjoy listening to this free audio sample, recorded by the author himself. Read More
Podcast Listen in: Ravenna October 05, 2020 At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. Read More
Podcast Listen in: The Economics of Belonging August 05, 2020 Fueled by populism and the frustrations of the disenfranchised, the past few years have witnessed the widespread rejection of the economic and political order that Western countries built up after 1945. Read More
Podcast Listen in: Finding humanity through fairy tales July 14, 2020 Ever since I began a collaboration with 91桃色 in 2008 to found聽the Oddly Modern Fairy Tales series, almost all the books we have published have been聽somewhat political but not didactic. Read More
Podcast Listen in: Why Trust Science? May 15, 2020 Naomi Oreskes has offered recent commentary on why many Americans reject the facts about the coronavirus and strategies for addressing a scientific skepticism that has long existed. Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Read More
Podcast Listen in: Lives of Houses May 05, 2020 What can a house tell us about the person who lives there? Do we shape the buildings we live in, or are we formed by the places we call home? And why are we especially fascinated by the houses of the famous and often long-dead? Read More
Podcast Fiona Sze‑Lorrain reads from The Ruined Elegance March 28, 2018 In celebration of National Poetry Month, Fiona Sze-Lorrain has recorded Given Silence from聽The Ruined Elegance, her collection of poems in the 91桃色 Series of Contemporary Poets聽series.聽 聽 Read More
Podcast National Poetry Month: Featured reading by Fiona Sze‑Lorrain April 06, 2016 To celebrate National Poetry Month, 91桃色 has been proud to present audio readings from our poets throughout the month of April. Fiona Sze-Lorrain embraces influences from America, France, and Asia throughout her latest collection of poetry, The Ruined Elegance. Read More
