Episode 331 with Ella Fratantuonohosted by Chris Gratien and Seçil Yılmaz Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Though it is often ignored among the many histories of the great migrations of the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire exper

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with Betty Anderson hosted by Chris Gratien Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud The political, social, and cultural roots of the modern Middle East stretch into the early modern period of Ottoman and Safavid rule and even beyond. S

with Karen Rignall hosted by Graham Cornwell Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Pre-Saharan Morocco is a transitional space between the Atlas Mountains in the north and the Sahara in the south, and the oases of pre-Saharan Morocco

with Anne Marie Moulin hosted by Chris Gratien Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud During the late 19th century, Louis Pasteur and his disciples promoted a laboratory-based study of disease and contagion that led to what many call

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with Antonis Hadjikyriacou hosted by Michael Talbot Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud The history of Mediterranean islands offers a dynamic paradox of insularity engendered by geographical isolation and connectivity fostered by a

with Eve Troutt Powell hosted by Susanna Ferguson Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud The epithet "abid," Arabic for "slave," still follows those with dark skin as they move around today's Cairo. The word an

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with Elias Muhanna hosted by Chris Gratien and Zoe Griffith readings by Nora Lessersohn Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Classical encyclopedias and compendia such as Pliny’s Natural History have long been known to Western audie