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Odyssey—April 29, 2005
Originally broadcast December 10, 2004 |
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Film Forum: Movie Romance
Giuliana Bruno—Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University Rochelle
Rochelle Mabry—Professor, Department of Film; University of Florida, Gainesville
Romance is a staple of the movies. And comedy may have set most of the conventions for movie romance—think of Sleepless in Seattle—but cinematic visions of romance can also be darker. What's the interest of movies in romance?
Film scholars Giuliana Bruno and Rochelle Mabry join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Bruno is author of Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film and Streetwalking on a Ruined Map. Mabry is author of “About a Girl: Contemporary Popular Texts for Women.” |
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Odyssey—April 28, 2005
Originally broadcast September 24, 2004 |
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Feminism and The Second Sex
Nancy Bauer—Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University
Toril Moi—James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies, Duke University
Simone de Beauvoir's book The Second Sex is widely viewed as a foundation for modern feminism. As feminism evolves,
does our reading of Beauvoir's work change with it? What is the legacy of The Second Sex?
Philosopher Nancy Bauer and comparative literature scholar Toril Moi join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the
discussion. Bauer is author of Simone de Beauvoir: The Making of an Intellectual Woman. Moi is author of Simone
de Beauvoir, Philosophy, and Feminism. |
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Odyssey—April 27, 2005
Originally broadcast October 25, 2004 |
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The Ghost in American Culture
Renee Bergland—Associate Professor of English, Simmons College
Jeffrey Weinstock—Assistant Professor of Language and Literature, Central Michigan University
From Washington Irving's “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” to Toni Morrison's Beloved, some of America's best stories happen to be ghost stories. But beyond the thrills and the goose bumps, what are writers using ghosts to explore?
Literary scholars Renee Bergland and Jeffrey Weinstock join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Bergland is author of The Natural Uncanny: Indian Ghosts and American Subjects. She's also on faculty at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Weinstock is editor of Spectral America: Phantoms and the American Imagination, and he's working on the book, Scare Tactics: Supernatural Fiction by American Women As a Form of Social Protest. |
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Odyssey—April 26, 2005
Originally broadcast January 24, 2005 |
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Propaganda and Democracy
Geoffrey Stone—Harry Kalven, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago
Bruce Williams—Professor, Institute of Communications Research; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Propaganda is associated with totalitarian regimes, but it also has a long history in democracies—and the United States is no exception. What is the place of propaganda in a democratic society?
Communications scholar Bruce Williams and legal scholar Geoffrey Stone join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Williams is finishing the book, And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Eroding Boundaries Between News and Entertainment and What They Mean for Mediated Democracy in the 21st Century. Stone is author of Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorrism. |
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Odyssey—April 25, 2005
Originally broadcast December 8, 2004
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Our Domestic Animals
Janet Davis—Chair, Department of American Studies; University of Texas, Austin
Susan Jones—Faculty Member, Department of History; University of Colorado, Boulder
Americans have a variety of relationships with animals, but the distinctions we draw among different animals haven't always been so clear. How have animals come to play their different roles in American life?
Historians Janet Davis and Susan Jones join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Davis is author of The Circus Age: Culture and Society Under the American Big Top. She's also working on a book about the history of the animal welfare movement in the United States. Jones is author of Animal Values: Veterinarians and Their Patients in Modern America. |
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Odyssey—April 22, 2005 |
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Genetics and Human History
Katayoun Chamany—Director and Founder, Science, Technology, and Society Program; Eugene Lang College, New School University
M. Susan Lindee—Professor, Department of the History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
The National Geographic Society plans to reconstruct human migration patterns by conducting genetic studies of indigenous populations, renewing the debate over genetic research. What can genetics contribute to our understanding of the human species?
Biologist and science educator Katayoun Chamany and historian of scientific philosophy M. Susan Lindee join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Lindee is author of the book, Genetic Disease in American Culture: Moments of Truth. |
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Odyssey—April 21, 2005 |
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The Legacy of Radical Feminism
Alice Echols—Associate Professor of Gender Studies and English, University of Southern California
Judith Grant—Associate Professor of Political Science, Ohio University
In the 1960s, radical feminists argued that the only way to truly liberate women was through a complete transformation of society. That movement has faded, but its ideas continue to influence feminism. How did radical feminism shape the women's movement?
Political theorist Judith Grant and historian Alice Echols join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Grant is finishing the book, Dworkin and Mackinnon. Echols is author of Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967–75. |
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Odyssey—April 20, 2005 |
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Washington, D.C.
Lucy Barber—Historian and Archivist, California State Archives
Robert Burgoyne—Associate Professor, Department of English; Co-director, Film Studies, Wayne State University
For years, groups have marched on Washington as a potent way to make political claims and statements. But the city's politics
are also a regular feature of television and movies. How do we use D.C. to represent political life in America?
Historian Lucy Barber and film scholar Robert Burgoyne join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion.
Barber is author of the book, Marching on Washington: The Forging of an American Political Tradition. Burgoyne is
author of the book, Film Nation: Hollywood looks at U.S. History. |
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Odyssey—April 19, 2005 |
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Saul Bellow and American Literature
From his early novels such as The Adventures of Augie March to his later works such as Ravelstein, the late Saul Bellow is remembered for both his distinctive voice and social criticism. How did Saul Bellow change the American novel? |
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Odyssey—April 18, 2005 |
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American Self-help
Paul Lichterman—Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California
Micki McGee—Faculty Fellow in Humanities and Social Thought, New York University
The American public is bombarded with opportunities for self-improvement. Self-help books reign over the bestseller lists, and daytime talk shows allow us to revel in the renovation of others. What drives our culture of self-help?
Sociologists Paul Lichterman and Micki McGee join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Lichterman is author of Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions. McGee is author of Self Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life. |
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Odyssey—April 15, 2005 |
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Film Forum: The New Film Noir
James Naremore—Professor, Emeritus, Department of Communication and Culture; Indiana University, Bloomington
Will Schmenner—Director, Block Cinema, Northwestern University
Sin City has some critics raving about its intriguing use of film noir cinema and others arguing that it is derivative of a classic genre. But Sin City isn’t the first film to recast the noir style. Why are we continually fascinated by noir?
Film scholars James Naremore and Will Schmenner join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Naremore is author of the book, More Than Night: Film Noir in its Contexts. |
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Odyssey—April 14, 2005
Originally broadcast December 22, 2004
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Photography and the Depression
Cara Finnegan—Assistant Professor of Speech Communication, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
James Miller—Faculty Member, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
In 1935, the federal government launched a project to photograph the social and economic fallout of the Great Depression. Some of the resulting images are now iconic. How have these photos shaped our relationship to that era—and to the past?
Literary scholar James Miller and communications scholar Cara Finnegan join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. James Miller's writings on documentary and the Depression include the article, “Inventing the ‘Found’ Object: Artifactuality, Folk History, and the Rise of Capitalist Ethnography in 1930s America.” He's working on the book, Managerial Memory: The Invention of White-Collar Roots in American Culture. Finnegan is author of Picturing Poverty: Print Culture and FSA Photographs, and she's working on the book, Image Vernaculars: Rhetorics of Photography in American Public Discourse. |
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Odyssey—April 13, 2005 |
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Settlers
Ian Lustick—Professor and Bess W. Heyman Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Susan Pedersen—Professor, History Department, Columbia University
Settlers have historically been a powerful tool for national expansion, playing key roles in periods of colonization. How does the settler reflect the process and politics of nation building?
Political scientist Ian Lustick and historian Susan Pedersen join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Lustick is author of the books, Unsettled States, Disputed Lands: Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank-Gaza and For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel. Pederson is author of the book, Eleanor Rathbone and the Politics of Conscience (Society and the Sexes in the Modern World). |
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Odyssey—April 12, 2005 |
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The Patriot Act—Four Years Later
Kate Martin—Director, Center for National Security Studies
John Yoo—Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
The USA Patriot Act expanded the powers of government in an effort to combat terrorism. It was passed in 2001 with broad Congressional support, but lawmakers are revisiting some of its provisions. How has debate over the Patriot Act changed?
Kate Martin and legal scholar John Yoo join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Martin has litigated and written extensively on national security and civil liberties issues. Yoo is author of War, Peace, and the Constitution. |
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Odyssey—April 11, 2005 |
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The Legacy of Vatican II
Paul Griffiths—Schmitt Professor of Catholic Studies and Chair, Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies; University of Illinois, Chicago
Susan Ross—Professor of Theology, Loyola University Chicago
In the 1960s, the Second Vatican Council proposed modernizing measures for the Catholic Church: a vernacular mass, a more engaged laity, decentralization of authority. But with Pope John Paul II's death, what does Vatican II mean for Catholicism?
Theologian Susan Ross and philosopher of religion Paul Griffiths join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Ross is author of Extravagant Affections: A Feminist Sacramental Theology. Griffiths is author of Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity. |
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Odyssey—April 8, 2005 |
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Politics, Gender, and Muslim Women
Janet Afary—Associate Professor, Department of History, Purdue University
Saba Mahmood—Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology; University of California, Berkeley
While in Afganistan, Laura Bush praised Muslim women for seeking education and offered them as evidence that tyranny had been replaced by democracy and freedom. How does the place of women effect a western understanding of the Muslim world and its politics?
Historian Janet Afary and anthropologist Saba Mahmood join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Afray is coauthor of the book, Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism. Mahmood is author of the book, Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject. |
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Odyssey—April 7, 2005 |
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Universal Ethics
Samuel Fleischacker—Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, Chicago
Carol Gould—Director, Center for Global Ethics, and Professor of Philosophy and Government, George Mason University
Catastrophes such as genocide and natural disasters cut across cultures. They're hard to address on a practical level, and due to different value systems, they can also pose ethical dilemmas. Does solving global problems require a shared set of ethics?
Philosophers Carol Gould and Samuel Fleischacker join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Gould is author of Globalizing Democracy and Human Rights. Fleischacker is author of A Short History of Distributive Justice. He's participating in the conference, “Global Ethics: The Search for Common Ground,” being held April 13 & 14, 2005, at the University of Chicago. |
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Odyssey—April 6, 2005 |
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Genetic Inheritance and Evolution
David Baulcombe—Professor, John Innes Centre; Norwich, England
Kenneth Weiss—Evan Pugh Professor of Biological Anthropology and Genetics, Pennsylvania State University
Scientists have discovered at least one species of plant that can reach back two generations to reclaim a trait that its parent did not possess. Does this finding change our understanding of the role of genes in evolution?
Evolutionary geneticist Kenneth Weiss and molecular biologist David Baulcombe join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Weiss is coauthor of Genetics and the Logic of Evolution. Baulcombe researches plant genetics. |
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Odyssey—April 5, 2005 |
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The Papacy and International Affairs
Scott Appleby—John M. Regan, Jr., Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Professor of History, University of Notre Dame
Brian Porter—Associate Professor of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Pope John Paul II traveled to more than 100 countries, opposed Communism, and advocated for world peace. All that made him a popular and sometimes controversial figure. How did John Paul II change the international profile of the Papacy?
Historians Brian Porter and Scott Appleby join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Porter is finishing the book, For God and Fatherland: The Roman Catholic Church, Poland, and Modernity. Appleby is author of Church and Age Unite!: The Modernist Impulse in American Catholicism. |
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Odyssey—April 4, 2005 |
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The Internet and the Law
Douglas Lichtman—Professor of Law, University of Chicago
Randal Picker—Leffmann Professor of Commercial Law, University of Chicago
The Supreme Court is considering two cases that may change how the U.S. government regulates the Internet. Rapidly-changing technology has left existing laws in the dust, so what role should the government now play in telecommunications?
Legal scholars Randal Picker and Douglas Lichtman join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Picker is author of Security Interests in Personal Property: Cases, Problems, and Materials. He's a senior fellow with the Computation Institute of the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory. Lichtman is coauthor of Telecommunications Law and Policy. He's a visiting professor at the University of Southern California. |
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Odyssey—April 1, 2005 |
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Film Forum: The Star System
Susan McLeland—Lecturer, Department of Radio Television and Film, University of Texas, Austin
Diane Negra—Lecturer, School of Film and Television Studies, University of East Anglia
Movies stars used to be groomed, trained, and given personalities by large Hollywood studios. But these days actors or their agents wield more control, even greenlighting and producing their own films. Is there a new star system in Hollywood?
Film scholars Susan McLeland and Diane Negra join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. McLeland is author of the essay, “Barbarella Goes Radical: Hanoi Jane and the American Popular Press,” from the collection, Headline Hollywood: A Century of Film Scandal. Negra is author of the book, Off-White Hollywood: American Culture and Ethnic Female Stardom, and coeditor of the essay collection, A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema. |
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