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OxPods — 86 episodes

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1

Ashrams and the War on Non-Violence

2

Sufi Islam and Western Followers

3

​Hinduism and Comparative Religion

4

Soviet Hippiedom

5

Gulag Fiction: Narratives of Soviet Imprisonment

6

The Evolution of Autosexual Behaviour

7

The History of Yoga

8

Witchcraft in the English Imagination

9

British 'Hippiedom' and the Idea of India

10

A History of Western Fascination with the East

11

Giant Otters

12

The Five Senses in Medieval Thought

13

Decolonisation in Lusophone Africa

14

Writing Queer History

15

The First Thousand Years of Christianity

16

Decoding Climate Misinformation: Strategies for Navigating the Climate Conversation

17

What is History Now?

18

Creolization in Medieval Latin Europe

19

The Normalization of the Radical Right

20

Post-War Education and Youth Politics

21

OxSci x OxPods: Post-COVID-19 Era

22

Week 5 Blues? Depression, Depressive Symtoms, and Resiliance.

23

OxSci x OxPods: Re-imagining Justice for Humans and More-than-humans

24

From Hercules to the Hulk: Examining the Superhero

25

Pot-Banging and Protest in Twentieth-Century Spain

26

Shark on the Menu: Balancing Consumption and Conservation in Fisheries Management

27

The Sound Worlds of Grime

28

Echo Chambers: Dissecting Media's Role in Cultivating Extremism

29

Conservation Optimism: Shifting Perspectives in Action for Nature

30

‘Discomfortable Bodies’ in Renaissance Literature.

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31

Late Medieval Nostalgia

32

The Depression Question

33

Superconductors

34

The Afterlife of Classical Literature

35

Postmodern Historiography

36

When We Weren't Human: Discussing the Last Common Ancestor of the Pan and Homo Genera

37

Making International Institutions Work

38

The Island Syndrome

39

Shakespeare Today

40

The Evolution of Intelligent Life on Earth

41

The Church in Tudor England

42

The Power and Pitfalls of Expertise in Politics

43

The Enigma of Sex

44

A Barbie Girl in a Barbie Sound World

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45

Machiavelli's Political Legacy

46

Animals in Literature

47

Popular Politics in Early Modern England

48

Forensic Anthropology Now

49

Turning Back the Tide of Butterfly Extinction

50

Halloween Special: Witchcraft and Witch-Hunting

51

The Non-Identity Problem

52

Navigating Student Mental Health: Psychotherapy, Spirituality & Religion

53

Literature and Green Spaces

54

Understanding the Roman Emperor

55

Aggression in the Animal Kingdom and Beyond

56

Life Uncertainty in Mexico

57

Language Policy and the Nation in East Africa

58

The Future of Antibiotics

59

Greek Warfare and the Persian Wars

60

Parental Care

61

Medieval Worship

62

The Twelfth Century Renaissance

63

Protecting the Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa

64

Theory of Mind in Non-Human Animals

65

Friendship

66

Social Networks and The Spread of Behaviour

67

Memory in 18th Century Literature

68

The History of Poor Relief in Britain

69

The Origins of Agriculture

70

Street Art: a Parasite?

71

Modelling Epidemics

72

Medieval Romance, King Arthur and Beyond

73

The Invention of Coinage

74

Obesity: Social and Cultural Dimensions

75

The Philosophy of Marriage

76

Microbiomes and Host Niche Colonisation

77

Women’s Writing’ in Early Modern England

78

Colours of Paradise: Paul Gauguin in Martinique

79

Pottery in the Pandemic

80

Abrahamic Religions, Free Will and Determinism

81

Long-Term Population Studies

82

Shakespeare's Underappreciated Comedies

83

Political Polarisation: The State of American Democracy Today

84

Oxford and The Covid-19 Vaccine

85

The Moral Value of a Foetus

86

Dealing with Disease in Animal Collectives