Best Colorado Music Experience Podcasts (2025)

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Laurian R. Bowles, "Headstrong: Women Porters, Blackness, and Modernity in Accra" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025) 1:03:02

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Headstrong: Women Porters, Blackness, and Modernity in Accra (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025) explores the experiences of women porters, called kayayei, in Accra, Ghana. Drawing on a decade of fieldwork, anthropologist Laurian R. Bowles shows how kayayei navigate precarity, bringing into sharp relief how racialization, rooted in histories of colonialis…

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My guest on this episode is filmmaker and cinematographer Charlie Howard who’s documentary film GCKUSS will premiere at Buckley Park in Durango, Colorado on Friday September 26, 2025. 30:44

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Join me for a conversation with Los Angeles based filmmaker and cinematographer Charlie Howard. We talk about his exciting new documentary called GCKUSS A Film About The Love Of Cycling following Durango’s own professional cyclist Sepp Kuss’ journey from Durango Kid to Champion of the Vuelta a Españia. This Friday September 26th will be the World P…

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Xiang Biao and Wu Qi, "Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) 1:39:40

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Today I had the pleasure of talking to Professor Xiang Biao on his new book, Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World, which was originally written and published in Chinese. The English translation has just come out with Palgrave Macmillan. Self as Method provides a manifesto of intellectual activism that counsels China’s young people t…

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Bonus episode #157 – Universal translator 41:20

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What if you could speak with anyone, in any language, in real time? In this bonus episode, Andrew explores that idea with a clear, step-by-step look at live translation. He reads a news article and explains the key ideas and terms in easy to understand English, showing how Apple, Google, and Meta are pursuing the “universal translator” and what it …

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Bonus episode #157 – Universal translator 41:20

3d ago41:20

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What if you could speak with anyone, in any language, in real time? In this bonus episode, Andrew explores that idea with a clear, step-by-step look at live translation. He reads a news article and explains the key ideas and terms in easy to understand English, showing how Apple, Google, and Meta are pursuing the “universal translator” and what it …

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Chatterbox #339 – Street smarts 25:47

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In this episode of Chatterbox, Andrew and Anna talk about street smarts: the practical skills and awareness people should have in order to stay safe and confident in cities. They share personal stories about living in places like Madrid, London, Seoul, and Canada, and explain how experiences such as pickpocketing or mugging can change the way peopl…

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Chatterbox #339 – Street smarts 25:47

4d ago25:47

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In this episode of Chatterbox, Andrew and Anna talk about street smarts: the practical skills and awareness people should have in order to stay safe and confident in cities. They share personal stories about living in places like Madrid, London, Seoul, and Canada, and explain how experiences such as pickpocketing or mugging can change the way peopl…

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Aliysha Arnold, a high school student from Towaoc, Colorado joins me on the program today to talk about “The Bear Dance” and “The Basket Lady” the two films she helped produce and her experience as an ... 30:15

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In this episode I am excited to be speaking with Aliysha Arnold from Towaoc, Colorado who is a member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and currently a junior at the Montezuma-Coretz High School. She has a passion for filmmaking and has already acted in and helped produce two films titled “The Bear Dance” and “The Basket Lady”, both projects are part o…

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Nidhi Mahajan, "Moorings: Voyages of Capital across the Indian Ocean" (U of California Press, 2025) 1:04:03

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Moorings: Voyages of Capital across the Indian Ocean (U of California Press, 2025) follows sailors from the Gulf of Kachchh in India as they voyage across the Indian Ocean on mechanized wooden sailing vessels known as vahans, or dhows. These voyages produce capital through moorings that are spatial, moral, material, and conceptual. With a view from…

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Simplified Speech #228 – Overrated or Underrated? Fun English Expressions Explained 27:40

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In this episode, Andrew and Indiana continue their fun conversation about things that are overrated or underrated. They share their opinions on topics like walking 10,000 steps a day, biohacking, pineapple on pizza, vinyl records, and even the idea of being famous. They compare their different views, tell stories, and explain why some things deserv…

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Simplified Speech #228 – Overrated or Underrated? Fun English Expressions Explained 27:40

12d ago27:40

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In this episode, Andrew and Indiana continue their fun conversation about things that are overrated or underrated. They share their opinions on topics like walking 10,000 steps a day, biohacking, pineapple on pizza, vinyl records, and even the idea of being famous. They compare their different views, tell stories, and explain why some things deserv…

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Susan M. Rigdon, "Oscar Lewis in Cuba: La Partida Final" (Berghahn Books, 2024) 1:07:48

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American anthropologist Oscar Lewis secured permission from Fidel Castro to undertake three years of field research on cultural and economic change in Cuba in the decade after the victory of Castro's M-26 Movement. Oscar Lewis in Cuba: La Partida Final (Berghahn Books, 2024) delves into Lewis' research goals, methods, the training and composition o…

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Chelsi West Ohueri, "Encountering Race in Albania: An Ethnography of the Communist Afterlife" (Cornell UP, 2025) 51:10

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Encountering Race in Albania: An Ethnography of the Communist Afterlife (Cornell University Press, 2025) is the first book to interrogate race and racial logics in Albania. Chelsi West Ohueri examines how race is made, remade, produced, and reproduced through constructions of whiteness, blackness, and otherness. She argues that while race is often …

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Evan Schertz, owner of Maria’s Bookshop talks about the Literary Foundation and it’s mission to expend access to books and storytelling and the current fundraiser called “Everyone A Reader” 29:40

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In this episode I have the pleasure of speaking with Evan Schertz, owner of Maria’s Bookshop, a locally owned and independent bookstore since 1984, which over the years has created may partnerships within our community. Maria’s mission is to provide a space for thoughtful and engaged dialogue which supports a learning environment. In this program w…

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Jovana Diković, "The Laissez-Faire Peasant: Post-Socialist Rural Development in Serbia" (UCL Press, 2025) 55:05

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What if rural progress isn’t about government intervention but about the self-reliance and ingenuity of peasants themselves? The Laissez-Faire Peasant: Post-Socialist Rural Development in Serbia (UCL Press, 2025) subverts conventional wisdom on rural development by shifting the focus from state-led planning to the agency of peasants themselves. Rej…

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Darcie Deangelo et al., "Demilitarizing the Future" (Anthem Press, 2025) 50:25

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Demilitarizing the Future (Anthem Press, 2025) draws from art, anthropology, and activism to investigate the entrenchment of militarism in everyday lives and consider novel imaginaries of its dissolution--of peacemaking, community, and shared equitable futures. This book will be published in October of 2025. In this episode, Rebecca Kastleman, Darc…

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Cold Rush 27:45

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In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Ingrid Piller speaks with Sari Pietikainen about her new book Cold Rush (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). This book is an original study of “Cold Rush,” an accelerated race for the extraction and protection of Arctic natural resources. The Northernmost reach of the planet is caught up in the double dev…

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Bonus episode #156 – Bad things come in threes 29:47

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Do bad things really come in threes? In this episode, Andrew tells you four mini stories from his week that will make you wonder about this old superstition. From unexpected moments during his evening run to tech troubles that tested his patience, you’ll hear authentic English storytelling that takes you from frustrating lows to feel-good highs. Yo…

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Bonus episode #156 – Bad things come in threes 29:47

17d ago29:47

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Do bad things really come in threes? In this episode, Andrew tells you four mini stories from his week that will make you wonder about this old superstition. From unexpected moments during his evening run to tech troubles that tested his patience, you’ll hear authentic English storytelling that takes you from frustrating lows to feel-good highs. Yo…

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Ruth E. Toulson, "Necropolitics of the Ordinary: Death and Grieving in Contemporary Singapore" (U Washington Press, 2024) 58:30

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Can a state make its people forget the dead? Cemeteries have become sites of acute political contestation in the city-state of Singapore. Confronted with high population density and rapid economic growth, the government has ordered the destruction of all but one burial ground, forcing people to exhume their family members. In Necropolitics of the O…

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Simplified Speech #227 – Indiana’s trip to Colorado 21:15

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In this episode, Andrew and Indiana talk about Indiana’s recent trip to Colorado. She shares stories about all of the activities she enjoyed during her time there, such as attending a wedding, spotting mountain goats on a hike, and adjusting to the thin air of “the Mile High City.” Indiana also tells Andrew about trying local craft beers and visiti…

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Simplified Speech #227 – Indiana’s trip to Colorado 21:15

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In this episode, Andrew and Indiana talk about Indiana’s recent trip to Colorado. She shares stories about all of the activities she enjoyed during her time there, such as attending a wedding, spotting mountain goats on a hike, and adjusting to the thin air of “the Mile High City.” Indiana also tells Andrew about trying local craft beers and visiti…

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Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, "Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East" (UP of Colorado, 2025) 58:49

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Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East (University Press of Colorado, 2025) by Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni offers an in-depth exploration of the Urartian empire, which occupied the highlands of present-day Turkey, Armenia, and Iran in the early first millennium BCE. Lesser known than its rival, the Neo-Assyrian empire, …

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Matt Bodo a Durango community member, actor and professional freelance writer shares his acting experiences in live theatre around the country.. 29:20

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In this episode I have the pleasure of speaking with Matt Bodo who is third generation from Durango, he’s a professional freelance writer and actor who was classically trained with a BFA in acting from CU Boulder and a veteran of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Matt honed his theatre, writing and stand-up comedy skills in New York City for 10 ye…

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Culips Community Update – September 2025 9:13

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In this episode, Alina recaps the Culips meetup that happened in July, introduces the next Culips meetup, and tells you all about the September challenge! September Challenge: Let’s talk about work Theme: Work-related English (interviews, dress codes, workplace situations) How it works: New tasks every other day throughout September Answer work-rel…

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Culips Community Update – September 2025 9:13

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In this episode, Alina recaps the Culips meetup that happened in July, introduces the next Culips meetup, and tells you all about the September challenge! September Challenge: Let’s talk about work Theme: Work-related English (interviews, dress codes, workplace situations) How it works: New tasks every other day throughout September Answer work-rel…

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Join me for a conversation with Jana Leslie, Executive Director of Stillwater Music and Lech Usinowicz former Executive Director of the Be Frank Foundation as we talk about the exciting merger of these ... 29:23

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In this episode I speak with Jana Leslie, executive Director of Stillwater music and Lech Usinowicz, former Executive Director of the Be Frank Foundation who will now be joining Stillwater Music as the Orchestra Department Chair. The consolidation of two all known music non-profits in our community will allow them to expand their reach and impact, …

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Catch Word #287 – Off the rails 25:07

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In this Catch Word episode, Andrew and Indiana teach you two very useful English idioms: to go off the rails and to get out of hand. These are common expressions that English speakers use to describe situations that become chaotic, unmanageable, or out of control. You’ll hear Andrew and Indiana explain the meaning, give background, and share many e…

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Catch Word #287 – Off the rails 25:07

27d ago25:07

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In this Catch Word episode, Andrew and Indiana teach you two very useful English idioms: to go off the rails and to get out of hand. These are common expressions that English speakers use to describe situations that become chaotic, unmanageable, or out of control. You’ll hear Andrew and Indiana explain the meaning, give background, and share many e…

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Maan Barua, "Plantation Worlds" (Duke UP, 2024) 58:49

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In Plantation Worlds (Duke UP, 2024), Maan Barua interrogates debates on planetary transformations through the histories and ecologies of plantations. Drawing on long-term research spanning fifteen years, Barua presents a unique ethnography attentive to the lives of both people and elephants amid tea plantations in the Indian state of Assam. In the…

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Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football 58:04

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Big-time college football promises prestige, drama, media attention, and money. Yet most athletes in this unpaid, amateur system encounter a different reality, facing dangerous injuries, few pro-career opportunities, a free but devalued college education, and future financial instability. In one of the first ethnographies about Black college footba…

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Vanessa Diaz, "Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood" (Duke UP, 2020) 50:01

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While Hollywood’s images present a veneer of fantasy for some, the work to create such images is far from escapism. In Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood (Duke University Press, 2020), anthropologist Vanessa Díaz examines the raced and gendered hierarchies and inequalities that are imbricated within the work …

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The Durango Arts Repertory Theatre presents the musical "The Spitfire Grill" and in this episode I am joined with three of the company members. 30:05

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In this program I have the pleasure of speaking with Monica DiBiasio co-director of the musical The Spitfire Grill which is currently playing at the Durango Arts Center. Also joining us are two of the actors, Isa Rosales who is playing Effy Krayneck, Post Mistress and village busy body and Sam Farmer who plays Sheriff Joe Sutter. The musical highli…

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Bettina Ng′weno, "No Place Like Home in a New City: Anti-Urbanism and Life in Nairobi" (U of California Press, 2025) 53:28

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Bettina Ng’weno is Professor of African American and African Studies at the University of California, Davis Nairobi, known as the Green City in the Sun, has taken shape through anti-urban ideologies that insist that the city cannot be home for most residents. Based on decades of experience in rapidly changing Nairobi, No Place Like Home in a New Ci…

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Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage 41:01

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In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Alexandra Grey speaks with Dr Zozan Balci about Zozan’s new book, Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage: Language, Identity and Belonging in the Lives of Cultural In-betweeners, published in 2025 by Routledge.. The conversation focuses on a study of adults with three languages ‘at play’ in their…

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Bonus episode #155 – Visiting Sapporo 31:35

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In this episode, Andrew talks about his recent trip to Sapporo, Japan. He tells you about exploring the Susukino district, visiting the coastal town of Otaru, and discovering beer and sake festivals throughout the city. You’ll also hear about many of his other adventures including witnessing a car accident and navigating the city without Google Map…

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Bonus episode #155 – Visiting Sapporo 31:35

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In this episode, Andrew talks about his recent trip to Sapporo, Japan. He tells you about exploring the Susukino district, visiting the coastal town of Otaru, and discovering beer and sake festivals throughout the city. You’ll also hear about many of his other adventures including witnessing a car accident and navigating the city without Google Map…

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Kate Herrity, "Sound, Order and Survival in Prison: The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown" (Bristol UP, 2024) 1:07:54

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The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous din to those who live and work with it? Sound, Order and Survival in Prison: The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown (Bristol UP, 2024) tells the story of a year spent with a UK prison community, bringing its social world vividl…

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Chatterbox #338 – Common sense 31:36

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Why do some people do foolish things even though they’re smart? And why do some things that are obvious to you seem difficult for others to understand? In this episode, Andrew and Anna explore the idea of “common sense.” They discuss what it means, where it comes from, and why people sometimes seem to lack it. As they chat, Andrew and Anna share fu…

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Chatterbox #338 – Common sense 31:36

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Why do some people do foolish things even though they’re smart? And why do some things that are obvious to you seem difficult for others to understand? In this episode, Andrew and Anna explore the idea of “common sense.” They discuss what it means, where it comes from, and why people sometimes seem to lack it. As they chat, Andrew and Anna share fu…

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Kevin P. Donovan, "Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 1:02:03

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In his book, Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2024), Kevin Donovan argues that East African decolonization was not coterminous with political sovereignty but rather consisted of a longer process of reorganizing how value was legitimately defined, produced, and distributed. It is an…

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Local Durango musician John Thomas along with Charmaine Stewart speak about the release party and concert for the latest edition of John Thomas’ Songbook and Songwriters Diary happening on August 14 at ... 29:04

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Joining me on the program are John Thomas and Charmaine Stewart who together recently published the latest edition of a music book written for guitar with a collection of John’s’ songs from his life and musical career. Charmaine who is an accomplished musical arranger transcribed and edited his songs by writing out the musical notations. Also joini…

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Kirin Narayan, "Cave of My Ancestors: Vishwakarma and the Artisans of Ellora" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 1:17:25

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On the podcast today I am joined by Kirin Narayan, emerita professor at the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. Kirin is joining me to talk about her new book, Cave of my Ancestors: Vishwakarma and the Artisans of Ellora published by Chicago University Press in 2024, and in 2025 as an Indian edition by HarperColli…

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Bonus episode #154 – Back in Osaka 25:10

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In this episode, Andrew tells the story of his quick one-day visit to Osaka. You’ll hear about his record shopping plans, an unexpected tsunami alert, and how he had to make some tough decisions about his travel plans. This is perfect for English learners because you’ll hear natural storytelling with everyday vocabulary and expressions. Andrew spea…

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Bonus episode #154 – Back in Osaka 25:10

1M ago25:10

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In this episode, Andrew tells the story of his quick one-day visit to Osaka. You’ll hear about his record shopping plans, an unexpected tsunami alert, and how he had to make some tough decisions about his travel plans. This is perfect for English learners because you’ll hear natural storytelling with everyday vocabulary and expressions. Andrew spea…

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Simplified Speech #226 – What we’re bad at 28:32

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In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew and Indiana explore a topic everyone can relate to – the things we’re bad at. They share funny and honest stories about their struggles with tasks like assembling IKEA furniture, drawing, handling insects, recalling movie details, parking while chatting, and even stretching. Through your hosts’ lighthearted…

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Simplified Speech #226 – What we’re bad at 28:32

2M ago28:32

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In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew and Indiana explore a topic everyone can relate to – the things we’re bad at. They share funny and honest stories about their struggles with tasks like assembling IKEA furniture, drawing, handling insects, recalling movie details, parking while chatting, and even stretching. Through your hosts’ lighthearted…

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Ayo Wahlberg, "Good Quality: The Routinization of Sperm Banking in China" (U California Press, 2018) 1:12:16

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From its crude and uneasy beginnings thirty years ago, Chinese sperm banking has become a routine part of China’s pervasive and restrictive reproductive complex. Today, there are sperm banks in each of China’s twenty-two provinces, the biggest of which screen some three thousand to four thousand potential donors each year. Given the estimated one t…

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Aidan Park and Ben Gross join me on the program today to talk about the upcoming event in Durango on Saturday, August 4th called YAY For Recovery!! A Daylong Journey to Wellness. 29:30

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The YAY Foundation is a non-profit group in Durango, Colorado that uses comedy and the healing power of laughter to help people dealing with addiction, depression and physical health issues and making those conversations more approachable. In this episode we talk about the exciting upcoming event called YAY For Recovery!! and my two guests who do s…

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"Age, Creativity and Culture: Reconsideration of how the Phases of Life Influence Knowledge, Experience, and Creation" 1:08:59

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“Age, Creativity and Culture: Reconsidering how the Phases of Life Influence Knowledge, Experience, and Creation” by Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera appeared in Nuevos Horizontes in 2024. The article examines age as a dimension of identity, creativity and cognition, and in this episode, Heidi Landecker, Samuel Jay Keyser, and Jenny Wilson consider the importa…