On Open Stacks, the podcast from the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, we dig through our shelves, cracking open new books and old, and speak with writers, publishers, editors, booksellers, and readers.
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This week on Open Stacks, music writer Joe Bonomo reads from his "Field Recordings from the Inside," a collection of essays which traces Bonomo's relationship to pop music. Music writer John Corbett and Matt Macaughan of Superchunk discuss Corbett's book, "Vinyl Freak" and their shared passion for record collecting. Plus a new segment with two of our favorite Co-op personalities.
Tell him like the scrolls of leaves that fall unread
after prolonged rain has stripped the branches,
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This week on Open Stacks, Carolyn Purnell talks about the history of the senses and her delectable book "The Sensational Past." Bianca Bosker talks about her book "Cork Dork", which explores the wild world of wine-obsessed sommeliers. Plus, tasting notes from local somm Derrick Westbrook.
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This week on Open Stacks, we look at issues of incarceration and recidivism. We'll hear from activist Susan Burton, a formerly incarcerated woman who founded a non-profit called A New Way of Life, which helps formerly incarcerated women to get clean, find a job and stay out of prison for good. She will discuss her life and work as portrayed in her new memoir, Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women. Also,...
This week, we explore the lives and studios of two of the 20th Century's greatest cartoonists and illustrators, George Herriman and Saul Steinberg. Michael Tisserand discusses his book Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White and Art Institute curator Mark Pascale talks about Along The Lines: Selected Drawings of Saul Steinberg.
Check out drawings from George Herriman:
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Debates over healthcare rage on as millions of Americans stand to lose coverage should the Affordable Healthcare Act be repealed. This week on Open Stacks, we examine economic, racial and geographic barriers to quality healthcare, and how we got to where we are today.
Chicago-based doctor and activist Dr. David Ansell discusses The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills, which highlights the vast disparities in life...
This week, Open Stacks explores the shifting boundaries between wildness and domesticity. Biologist Lee Dugatkin tells the tale of a decades-long fox domestication experiment in Siberia that has led to remarkable insights on evolution and domestication. Environmentalists John Hausdoerffer & Gavin Van Horn discuss the future of wildness and the problematic nature of the word "wilderness." Public Artist Caryl Yasko discusses her famous Hyde Park mural, "Under City Stone."
This episode was produced by Kit Brennen and Imani Jackson.
Follow along with Dugatkin's talk with the presentation slides below:
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This week, Open Stacks goes back to college, for a look at the culture of sex on campus today. Essayist Laura Kipnis discusses her latest book Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus touching on professor-student relationships and trigger warnings. Sociologist Lisa Wade discusses campus hook-up culture and her book American Hookup.
This episode was produced by Kit Brennen.
Philosopher Bart Schultz discusses The Happiness Philosophers which explores the ideas and the eccentric lives of the great Utilitarians. Kate Hennessy gives an inside look into the family life of her grandmother, famed Catholic activist Dorothy Day.
This episode was produced by Kit Brennen and Imani Jackson.