Episodes 9
Avg. Duration 45m
Activity Highly Active
Since Oct 2020
Latest Episode Apr 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Hosting
humanitiescenter.byu.edu

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About This Podcast

Since its formation in 2012, the BYU Humanities Center’s mission has been to promote innovative scholarship in areas pertaining to the language, literature, thought, culture, and history of the human conversation. This podcast is a continuation of that mission. During each episode, our listeners will be able to hear conversations with distinguished scholars across many disciplines about their current work and its exploration into these diverse areas of the human experience. We hope that you, in listening to this podcast, find additional ways to Think Clearly, Act Well, and Appreciate Life. Thanks for listening.

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Recent Episodes

Ep. 116: “Sacred Art and Spiritual Healing,” with Katie Kresser, Seattle Pacific University

Apr 06, 2026 52m

Katie Kresser is Seattle Pacific University’s resident Art Historian. She’s the author of books on John La Farge and on how the death of Christ ushers in the birth of art as a window onto the divine.…

Ep. 114: “Saints, Prophets, Martyrs, and the Making of Modern Comedy,” with Jason Crawford, Union University

Mar 23, 2026 43m

Jason Crawford is Professor of English at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, where he teaches and writes about early modern literature and culture, with secondary interests in ancient drama and…

Trailer: “Faith and Imagination,” a New Podcast from the BYU Humanities Center

Jan 22, 2021 1m

Hello listeners, we wanted to let you all know of a new podcast series from the Center coming this Monday, January 25th 2021, called “Faith and Imagination.” This new podcast series will feature…

On Academics, Aesthetics, and Advocacy, with guest Cherene Sherrard, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jan 11, 2021 49m

Intersections between areas of scholarly inquiry and areas of creative expression are both fraught with complexity and ripe with opportunity. Where and how these spheres of academic, intellectual and…

“The Art of Holy Attention,” with guest David Marno, University of California, Berkeley

Dec 14, 2020 47m

Poetry represents perhaps the most elegant use of language, the most delicate expression of the wide range of moods and feelings that make us most deeply human. For that reason, poetry can move us to…

On Religious Universities and Church Education, with guest John Tanner, BYU and former president of BYU-Hawaii

Nov 30, 2020 45m

What is the role of religious universities like BYU? How should they resemble or differ from secular universities, and has their role evolved in the past few decades? Or will it? Our guest on this…

Contemplative Studies, and What it Fails to Contemplate, with guest Jacob Sherman, California Institute of Integral Studies

Nov 16, 2020 44m

Contemplative studies is an emerging interdisciplinary field in universities. It explores the intersection of what we learn with how we learn, asserting that minds that are aware of their own…

Why We Need Needless Things: On the Power of Literary Romance – Guest Scott Black, University of Utah

Nov 02, 2020 40m

What is literature? For much of western history, the word simply designated “educated writing” or “discourse,” a meaning it still retains. However, since the turn of the nineteenth century,…

Scotland – and the Arts – in the Modern World: with guest Cairns Craig, University of Aberdeen

Oct 19, 2020 47m

Scotland is a small nation that has exerted an outsized influence on the modern world, an influence ranging from politics and economics, to university disciplines, the arts, and even the study of…

Subduing Rage through Ancient Greek Myth: with Matthew Wickman and guest Emily Katz Anhalt, Sarah Lawrence College

Oct 05, 2020 40m

What do we need in violent times? Stronger weapons systems? Better intelligence so that we can root out threats before they arise? A more robust police force or rules for governing its use? Emily…

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