Humanities Now
Humanities Now is the official podcast of the Humanities Center at Texas Tech. We feature conversations with members of the humanities community at Texas Tech University. With every episode, these varied voices help us realize the Center’s mission: asking out loud, “What does it mean to be human?” and demonstrating how can we answer that question from so many different perspectives.
Podcasting since 2020 • 21 episodes
Humanities Now
Latest Episodes
On Shakespeare, Monkeys, and the Divine: A Conversation with Heather Warren-Crow and T.J. Geiger II
Could a gaggle of monkeys randomly typing produce a literary classic? Could they by chance produce the complete works of Shakespeare, as many have speculated in an ongoing thought experiment for over a century now.These questions are the...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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40:10
On the Value of the Avant-Garde: Jerry Hunt Visits Lubbock
In this episode, Michael Borshuk looks back on our February art exhibition, Jerry Hunt: Transmissions from the Pleroma, which the Humanities Center hosted in collaboration with Brooklyn's Blank Forms and the TTU School of Art. In think...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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25:10
On Censorship: Conversations with Rob Weiner and Belinda Kleinhans
On this episode, we continue our Value/Values theme by thinking about the value of confronting works of art that challenge our values. Michael Borshuk speaks with Rob Weiner from Texas Tech libraries about transgressive cinema and...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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46:29
Our Theme for 2023-2024 is Value/Values!
On the first episode of our new season, Michael Borshuk introduces our programming theme for 2023-2024, Value/Values. Speaking about recent volatile debates in American universities about fiscal responsibility and academic programming,...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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23:25
Living with #longcovid: A Conversation with Dr. Bill Poirier
On this episode, Michael Borshuk speaks with Dr. Bill Poirier, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Joint Professor of Physics, and Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Research Awardee at Texas Tech. In a very personal conversation, Bi...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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31:52