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Podcasts
Frigate is a podcast series hosted by ANHW Midwest Zone Chair Cathy Nelson.
“The Ministry for the Future: A Novel” with Kim Stanley Robinson
January 23, 2025
The Ministry for the Future is a near future science fiction novel that tells the story of confronting the climate crisis successfully. Listen in as author Kim Stanley Robinson discusses this unique, popular, and fast-paced read.
“Academic Writing as if Readers Matter” with Leonard Cassuto
January 19, 2025
Listen in to the practical and profound advice of Leonard Cassuto, author of Academic Writing as if Readers Matter, just out from Princeton University Press as part of their Skills for Scholars Series.
Whether you are writing for work or play, this book will help you not only with useful tips, but also with deeper questions about how the written word can best connect us and our ideas to one another.
“Attack from Within” with Barbara McQuade
May 15, 2024
Listen to Barbara McQuade discuss her book, Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabbotaging America, to 1) hear how social media, AI, and foreign actors have combined in recent years to spread dis- and misinformation throughout our society and 2) learn what we can do about it.
“Ain’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth with Frederique Irwin of the National Women’s History Museum
February 29, 2024
Listen in as we visit with Frederique Irwin of the National Women’s History Museum and take a trip back in time to explore the ideas of Sojourner Truth in celebration of Women’s History Month. Our book selection, Ain’t I a Woman? (from the Penguin Great Ideas Series) provides a short and powerful text for your next book club meeting.