Key Conversations with Phi Beta Kappa
By The Phi Beta Kappa Society
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Key Conversations with Phi Beta Kappa is a podcast from The Phi Beta Kappa Society's Visiting Scholars program, featuring leading scholars across multiple disciplines in conversation with Fred Lawrence, PBK's Secretary and CEO.
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Ancient China: Looking at Classical Texts, Nationalism, and Comparative Antiquity with Martin Kern
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May 05, 2025 |
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2024 Lebowitz Prize: A Discussion on the "Dehumanization and its Discontents"
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Exploring the Evolution of Animal Weapons and How it Relates to Arms Races in Military Technologies With Professor Doug Emlen
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Unearthing the Voices of the Marginalized Through Medieval Studies with Professor Kristina Richardson
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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2024 Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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How Professor and Journalist Corey Robin Interprets Political Theory in and Beyond the Classroom
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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How Professor Kendra McSweeney uses Geography to Protect Forests in Indigenous Homelands
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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How Dr. Shawkat Toorawa Uses Music and Pop Culture to Make Arabic Literature Accessible
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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From Dinosaurs to Birds: The Science and Language of Evolution with Dr. Julia Clarke
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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REPLAY: Professor Emily Yeh Advocates for Environmental Protection for Tibetan’s Cultural Legacy
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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REPLAY: Exploring Disability as an Identity with Professor Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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REPLAY: How Natalia’s Experience as a First-Gen Allows her to Connect to the Humanities—and her Students
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Why Dr. Talitha Washington’s Determined to Make Science More Equitable
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May 06, 2024 |
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2023 Lebowitz Prize: A Discussion on the “Norms of Attention” by Two Philosophers
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Why Professor Corey D.B. Walker Looks to the Past to Understand Today’s Complex World
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Professor Emily Yeh Advocates for Environmental Protection for Tibetan’s Cultural Legacy
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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2023 Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Exploring the Muddled Middle with Cathleen Kaveny
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Exploring Disability as an Identity with Professor Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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How Natalia’s Experience as a First-Gen Allows her to Connect to the Humanities—and her Students
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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REPLAY: Professor Ed Ayers on Teaching a Morally Engaging History
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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REPLAY: Sociologist Marta Tienda on Why Demography is Not Destiny
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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REPLAY: Biologist Victoria Sork on What Trees Teach Us
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Why Harvard History Professor Maya Jasanoff Studies the Past to Understand the Present
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May 29, 2023 |
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Understanding the Intricacies of Life Expectancy with Professor Mark Hayward
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May 01, 2023 |
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2022 Lebowitz Prize: What Is Wrong With Democracy and What We Should Do According to These Two Philosophers
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Why Professor Kay E. Holekamp’s Research into Animal Behavior is Beneficial to Humans
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Kathryn Lofton Thinks About Religion Through Unique Systems of Worship
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Ricardo Padrón is Mapping Spanish Exploration of the Pacific
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Why Geographer Bill Moseley Grounds His Work in Real Life
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Laurence Smith Knows the Many Stories Rivers Tell Us
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Buddhist Scholar Donald Lopez on the Staying Power of Ancient Questions
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Howard Bloch Sees Human Choices in Medieval History
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Biologist Victoria Sork on What Trees Teach Us
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Sociologist Marta Tienda on Why Demography is Not Destiny
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Professor Ed Ayers on Teaching a Morally Engaging History
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May 16, 2022 |
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Editor Bob Wilson Celebrates A Career of Literary Journalism
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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2021 Lebowitz Award Winners on How We Perceive Our Selves
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Professor Joan Waugh Debunks the “Easy Stereotypes of History”
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Princeton’s Doug Massey Unpacks U.S. Migration and Housing Segregation
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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2021 Book Awards Keynote Roundtable
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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How Biophysicist Karen Fleming Explores the Rules of Life, Evolution, and Disease
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Bro Adams Knows What the Humanities Can Do Beyond Campuses
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Yale’s Tracey Meares Deconstructs Our Relationship with the Police
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Anthropologist Elizabeth Cullen Dunn on Why Geography Is a Way of Thinking
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Biophysicist Martin Gruebele on the Future of Scientific Discovery
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Philosopher Susan Wolf on Meaningfulness as a Dimension of a Good Life
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Paul Robbins on How to Save Biodiversity in the Planet
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May 28, 2021 |
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Lebowitz Award Winners on How We Reason in Moments of Transformation
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Roger Guenveur Smith Makes the Sublime and the Profane Artful
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Genetics Researcher Janet Westpheling on Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Poet Evie Shockley on Why Poems Are an Analysis Genre
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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2020 Book Awards Keynote Roundtable
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Former Obama Advisor Joseph Aldy on How Climate Change Policies Can Bolster the Economy Post COVID-19
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Political Scientist Corey Brettschneider on Why We Should Distrust Our Presidents
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Latin American Scholar Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel Connects Latin American Identities Across Geography and Literature
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Classics Scholar Peter Meineck on How Greek Theater Trains Better Citizens
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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REPLAY: Celebrated Author Edwidge Danticat Retraces the Arc of Her Literary Genius
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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College Admissions Field Welcomes a New Leader, Dr. Angel B. Pérez, Who Sees Its Strengths and Faults
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Math Professor Ken Ono Is Connecting Swimming, Ramanujan, and Hollywood
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May 28, 2020 |
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Dan Simon on the Intersection of Law and Psychology
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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Middle East Scholar Jamsheed Choksy Retraces the Roots of the Western Belief in Good and Evil
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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Laura Brown Traces Our Love of Animals Through Literature
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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Alfred Spector: Envisioning the Synergies between the Liberal Arts and Computer Science
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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2019 Book Awards Dinner Keynote Roundtable
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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Why Dr. Dava Newman Will Be Among the People to Get Humans to Mars
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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Two Philosophers Ponder What It Means to Act Together
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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Celebrated Author Edwidge Danticat Retraces the Arc of Her Literary Genius
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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How Neuroscientist Susan Birren Is Mapping New Pathways from the Brain
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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REPLAY: Economist Paula Stephan on Incentives and Gender Biases
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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REPLAY: We Ask Literature Professor Ayanna Thompson “What Would Shakespeare Say?”
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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REPLAY: Former Diplomat Harold Koh Is Worried
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May 31, 2019 |
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Middle East Scholar Lisa Anderson on Leading a University in Cairo During the Arab Spring
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May 03, 2019 |
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SPECIAL EXTENDED EPISODE: What Should We Make of the College Admissions Scandal?
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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Historian Ed Larson Takes a Critical Look at the Presidency
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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Economist Paula Stephan on Incentives and Gender Biases
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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Amy Cheng Vollmer: The Unofficial Ambassador for Good Bacteria
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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We Ask Literature Professor Ayanna Thompson “What Would Shakespeare Say?”
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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Legal Scholar Harold Hongju Koh Talks International Law and College Cafeterias
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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Key Conversations with Phi Beta Kappa Trailer
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Aug 30, 2018 |