Many Academies

"What if the university is a mother?": Gil Anidjar on the possibility and politics of 'Alma Mater: The University at War'

Gil Anidjar attends to the persistence of the phrase, "Alma Mater," considering what it helps us to see about the place and role of the university in politics and the reproduction and perdurance of our world.

"Maybe the future of our writing lies in that weirdness": Katina Rogers on her new book and the difficult beauty of critical hope

Katina Rogers describes the value of understanding the ecology of higher education as networks of care and possibility. Discussing her forthcoming book, "Unexpected Flourishing: Growth from Decay in the Mycelial University," she considers the necessity of critical hope when we might be given to despair.

""I can't think of another way": Tim Roberts on the challenges of inventing new university presses

In this episode, Lette Bragg talks with Tim Roberts about the origins of np: From publishing books to starting university presses, the non-profit works to critique the university by finding new ways to produce knowledge and to study. But why is it so hard to do? And what happens in spite of this challenge?

Notes from a Research Assistant: Talking about Many Academies, Graduate School, and Thinking Now

On this episode, celebrating International Open Access Week, Lette talks to Nina Zhuo, the podcast's first research assistant, about how working on The Many Academies Podcast affects her decision to attend graduate school. The conversation is grounded in an awareness of what is possible to do both inside/outside the university, as well as what constrains study and writing.

"The proliferation I see everywhere": Sophie Lewis on the praxis and theory of utopia and abolition

Lette Bragg talks with Sophie Lewis, author of Full Surrogacy Now, Abolish the Family, and Enemy Feminisms, about actualizing care and thinking.