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101. Sampling Food Critiques with Laura Reiley (30:09)

Date:
2019-01-30
Main contributors:
Reiley, Laura, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Dean Shanahan speaks with Tampa Bay Times food critic, Laura Reiley, a Pulitzer and Beard finalist, about changes to our food systems and whether food in restaurants is always what it claims to be.

102. Samuel, Ian, and Steve Sanders on the Modern Supreme Court (26:57)

Date:
2018-08-29
Main contributors:
Samuel, Ian, Sanders, Steve, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 93, Dean Shanahan interviews Maurer School of Law professors Ian Samuel and Steve Sanders. They talk about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel's time as Antonin Scalia's counter-clerk, judicial politics, and Samuel's podcast First Mondays.

103. Scott, James C., Patten Lecturer (42:37)

Date:
2016-03-27
Main contributors:
Scott, James C., Shanahan, James
Summary:
Ever since humans appeared on earth, we've been domesticating everything from plants and animals to fire. This week on Through the Gates, anthropologist and political scientist James C. Scott explains how the domestication process has worked in reverse, and how it's led to interesting relationships between humans and governments around the world.

104. Singer, Peter, On Animal Rights (24:28)

Date:
2018-10-24
Main contributors:
Singer, Peter, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 101, Dean Shanahan and bioethicist/moral philosopher Peter Singer talk about animal rights, global poverty and the climate.

105. Smith, Linda and the Study of Learning in Human Children and Machines (37:32)

Date:
2017-01-24
Main contributors:
Smith, Linda, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Jim Shanahan speaks to Linda Smith, Distinguished Professor and Chancellor’s Professor of psychological and brain sciences in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences. Professor Smith is leading "Learning: Brains, Machines, and Children," which is Indiana University's first Emerging Areas Research Initiative.

106. Spring Break Review (24:43)

Date:
2016-03-13
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James
Summary:
Through the Gates is off for Spring Break this week, but join us on a look back through the first seven episodes. There's much more to come through the rest of this semester!

107. Strong, James, Talks Soul Music (24:09)

Date:
2018-09-19
Main contributors:
Strong, James, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 96, Dean Shanahan and IU Soul Revue Director James Strong talk about soul music, the Soul Revue and Strong's time in the industry, working with artists from New Edition to Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, to Stephanie Mills.

108. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Director Jane Rogan (24:41)

Date:
2018-09-12
Main contributors:
Rogan, Jane, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 95, Dean Shanahan and Sustaining Hoosier Communities Director Jane Rogan talk about how her team addresses community-identified needs and opportunities by connecting Indiana towns with IU courses, students, and faculty.

109. Sustaining Hoosier Farms with James Farmer and Julia Valliant (29:47)

Date:
2019-01-23
Main contributors:
Farmer, James, Valliant, Julia, Shanahan, James
Summary:
James Farmer, associate professor from IU SPEA, and Julia Valliant, a postdoc researcher from the Ostrom Workshop, talk with Dean Shanahan about farm transfers, capturing the stories of Hoosier farmers, and sharing those stories in the media.

110. Talking Journalism, Politics, and Polls with Washington Post's Margaret Sullivan (33:33)

Date:
2017-12-13
Main contributors:
Sullivan, Margaret, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 74, Dean James Shanahan talks to Margaret Sullivan, media columnist for the Washington Post, about the relationship between the press and the American public. The conversation also touches on politics, the future of polling, and the possible impact of the "Weinstein effect."