The revelation of the Book of Mormon at 200 On today’s episode, we’re joined by two preeminent scholars on the history and theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints t...
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Revisiting toxic masculinity and #MeToo On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we explore two recognizable components in contemporary conversations on gender and gendered violence: that of...
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The great gun conundrum In this podcast episode, we discuss the history of the gun debate in the US with Robert J. Spitzer and how a reform of policing can deter gun violence with Philip J...
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Privacy and the LGBT+ experience: the Victorian past and digital future Scholars continue to explore the role of sexuality in private lives—from the retrospective discovery of transgende...
Digital dilemmas: feminism, ethics, and the cultural implications of AI In episode 82 of The Oxford Comment, we discussed the ethics and cultural implications of artificial intelligence (A...
Climate emergency: lessons from Classic Maya to contemporary China In episode 81 of The Oxford Comment, we discussed the environmental resilience of the Maya with scholar Kenneth E. Seligs...
Women in sports: Althea Gibson, Billie Jean King, and their legacies Women’s history in sports has in fact been a long series of shocks that have reshaped the world of athletics as well ...
Mind the gap: the growth in economic inequality Amid the current economic crises, how do we recover? How can we address such financial distress and inequity, and how might we go about enac...
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Looking into space: how astronomy and astrophysics are teaching us more than ever before On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we’re looking at what these recent discoveries mean t...
Egyptology at the turn of the century On November 1, 1922 Egyptologist Howard Carter and his team of excavators began digging in a previously undisturbed plot of land in the Valley of the ...
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Distrust in institutions: past, present, and future In this episode of The Oxford Comment, we speak with Brian Levack, Robert Faris, and Tom Nichols on the past, present, and future of ins...
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The need for affordable and clean energy Check out Episode 75 of The Oxford Comment to hear from Martin J. Pasqualetti and Paul F, Meier on the need for affordable and clean energy, the hi...
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Equity in health care There are many factors that affect our ability to be healthy, but we unfortunately do not all face the same barriers to accessing care. Such roadblocks can be related...
Hong Kong 2022: one country, two systems? The first of July 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China. It also marks the halfway point of a 50-year...
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Oxford World English Symposium 2022 recap This past April, the Oxford English Dictionary hosted the World English Symposium, a two-day event featuring a series of parallel sessions and pan...
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The role of DNA research in society For today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we’re commemorating National DNA Day in the United States with Amber Hartman Scholz and Dee Denver. OUP...
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Women’s economic empowerment, past and future In the western world, discussions about the gender pay gap have dominated discussions for the last few decades, but the issues around the ec...
https://blog.oup.com/2022/03/womens-economic-empowerment-past-and-future-podcast/
The color line: race and education in the United States Black History Month celebrates the achievements of a globally marginalized community still fighting for equal representation and opp...
https://blog.oup.com/2022/02/the-color-line-race-and-education-in-the-united-states-podcast/
Holiday cheer As we approach the end of 2021, we can look back at the previous two years of restrictions, lockdowns, COVID tests and vaccination lines, not to mention all the political str...
COVID-19 and mental health: where do we go from here? The effects of COVID-19 reach far beyond mortality, triggering widespread economic and sociopolitical consequences. It is unsurprising...
https://blog.oup.com/2021/11/covid-19-and-mental-health-where-do-we-go-from-here-podcast/
What is the impact of opening research? Open access is a publishing model that has been gathering momentum across the world for more than 15 years and each year, during the last week of Oc...
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What is public debt? What do you think of when you hear the term “public debt?” If you’re familiar with the phrase, you might think about elected officials debating budgets and h...
The power of words We’re all familiar with the phrase “words have power” but in a political and cultural climate where we become more aware of the power that money, influence, and pr...
The neuroscience of human consciousness How can the study of the human brain help us unravel the mysteries of life? Going a step further, how can having a better understanding of the brain...
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How does ocean health impact life and livelihoods? In episode 62 of The Oxford Comment, we are joined by biological oceanographer Lisa Levin and Professor Ray Hilborn to better understand ...
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