This Week on The Academic Minute (2022.09.26)

This Week on The Academic Minute 2022.09.26

Monday, September 26th

Frank McAndrew, Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at Knox College, explores why men feel the need for physical bravery more often.

Tuesday, September 27th

Magnus Course, senior lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, explores the old and the new meanings of purgatory.

Wednesday, September 28th

Aram Goudsouzian, professor of history at the University of Memphis, considers the life of one player who changed the game of basketball by himself.

Thursday, September 29th

Timothy Hampton, Aldo Scaglione and Marie M. Burns Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and French at the University of California Berkeley, examines the feeling of cheerfulness.

Friday, September 30th

David Richardson, professor of environmental and occupational health at the University of California, Irvine, explores how to ensure better protection moving forward for uranium miners and those exposed to radon.