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Dr. Andrew Billing
Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Macalester College
Episode: Andrew Billing, "Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-century Liberal Political Writing" (Routledge, 2023)
Dr. Jennifer Vail
A tribologist who studies friction
Harvard University Press
Episode: Jennifer Vail, "Friction: A Biography" (Harvard UP, 2026)
Andreas Killen
Professor of History at City College New York
City College New York
Episode: Andreas Killen, "Nervous Systems: Brain Science in the Early Cold War" (Harper, 2023)
John Rudolph
Distinguished professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Episode: John L. Rudolph, "Why We Teach Science (and Why We Should)" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Dr. Emily Mendenhall
A medical anthropologist studying chronic illness.
University of California Press
Episode: Emily Mendenhall, "Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID" (U California Press, 2026)
Alex Wellerstein
Associate professor in the Science and Technology Studies program at the Stevens Institute of Technology and visiting researcher at Sciences Po in Paris.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Episode: Alex Wellerstein, "The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age" (Harper, 2025)
Steve Ramirez
An associate professor in Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University
Boston University
Episode: Steve Ramirez, "How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Clare Griffin
Professor of history at Indiana University
Indiana University
Episode: Clare Griffin, "Mixing Medicines: The Global Drug Trade and Early Modern Russia" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2022)
Jim Endersby
Professor of History of Science at the University of Sussex
University of Sussex
Episode: Jim Endersby, "The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology's Imaginary Futures, 1900-1935" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

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Andrew Billing, "Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-century Liberal Political Writing" (Routledge, 2023)
Q: How does the figure of the animal help us according to Diderot to understand humanity better?
Diderot believed that animal behavior and moral actions mirrored human qualities, helping to establish moral philosophy foundations.
Andrew Billing, "Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-century Liberal Political Writing" (Routledge, 2023)
Q: What do you mean by political zoology?
It's a term that references how historical political theory often engages with animal references to explore human political concepts.
Andrew Billing, "Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-century Liberal Political Writing" (Routledge, 2023)
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to this project?
Dr. Billing became interested in animal references in political writings through Rousseau's works and his interactions with Jacques Derrida.
Andreas Killen, "Nervous Systems: Brain Science in the Early Cold War" (Harper, 2023)
Q: How does this book link historical brain science to modern issues?
The history of brain science, particularly practices like brainwashing and the treatments developed during that era, has implications for understanding contemporary issues in mental health and the use of interrogation techniques in the War on Terror.
Andreas Killen, "Nervous Systems: Brain Science in the Early Cold War" (Harper, 2023)
Q: What were the key technological advances in brain science during the 1950s?
Electroencephalography (EEG), advancements in epilepsy research by Walter Penfield, and studies into sensory deprivation were significant developments that opened new avenues for understanding brain function and dysfunction.

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