Humanities Minutes

Series produced by Victoria Davis

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Short, focused pieces on all things having to do with the humanities, including philosophy, literature, history, and education. These pieces are written for the Humanities Media Project by graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin.

Ever wondered where your mind ends and the world begins? Ever questioned the idea of morality or tried to challenge a widely held assumption? Listen up! We're making the same kinds of queries here, from a variety of perspectives within the humanities--literary, philosophical, historical, and cultural.

This series offers episodes on all things relevant to the humanities, from philosophical quandaries to pop cultural musings and beyond. Each piece is written by a graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin and produced on campus in the College of Liberal Arts.


116 Pieces

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Today’s episode challenges you to flex your rhetorical muscles.

Bought by KFOI Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 2
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This episode asks: how do you know what you know?

Bought by KFOI Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 2
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This episode will have you asking: What moral rules do I live by?

Bought by PRX Remix and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 2
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This episode will make you think twice before you blame Twitter or FaceBook for the downfall of society.

Bought by KFOI Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 3
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Today’s episode explores the significance of a sacred Hindu text—the Bhagavad Gita.

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 2
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This episode will have you quoting Bart Simpson’s chalkboard lines.

Bought by KFOI Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 3
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This episode might make you question every choice you’ve ever made.

Bought by KFOI Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 2
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This episode explores why Ben Franklin so admired Socrates.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Today’s episode might make you question everything you’ve learned.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:23
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This episode questions just what philosophy is really good for.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:56
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This episode reveals that there’s more to yoga than a bunch of poses.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:53
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Today’s episode dusts off the humanities for the digital age.

  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 03:02
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Today’s episode features a passionate literary friendship.

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 03:09
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This episode explores the contradictory character of America’s seventh President.

  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:14
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This episode will give you a new appreciation for the cod fish.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:09
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This episode will bring you back to a Presidency born out of controversy.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:24
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This episode explores the social construction of gender and the myth of objectivity.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 04:28
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This episode will make you look back on an incredible moment in US history.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode will have questioning whether being rational requires being emotional.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 03:48
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This episode explores the origins of the word “mogul.”

  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 03:30