The Isis Podcasts: In Conversation with Judith Matloff
Join us for a conversation with international journalist Judith Matloff. In an over 40 year career, Matloff has reported from Rwanda, Angola, Mexico and Russia, and her articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, The Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Matloff now teache
The Isis Podcasts: In Conversation with Eric Walters
Join us for a conversation with children’s author Eric Walters. Walters is a Canadian writer who has written 124 books for children. His topics have ranged from the Rwandan Genocide to the current pandemic. He is the recipient of multiple children’s literature awards, as well as the Orde
The Isis Podcasts: In Conversation with Janine di Giovanni
Join us for a conversation with long-time war reporter and award-winning author Janine di Giovanni. She was named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, and in 2020, the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded her the Blake-Dodd nonfiction prize for her lifetime body of work. She is currently a Senior Fello
The Academic Gig Economy
It isn’t obvious that Uber drivers and other ‘gig economy’ workers have much in common with Oxford dons. The gig economy business model is simple yet exploitative: companies like Uber extract the maximum labour while offering the minimum employment rights in return – something they manage vi
The Isis Podcasts: In Conversation with Rachel Cusk
Join us for a conversation with author and memoirist Rachel Cusk. A prolific writer, Cusk has written ten novels and four works of non-fiction during her career. We discuss the role of the narrator, the idea of ‘autofiction’, and the effects of isolation on the creative process. Hosted by Lucy T
The Isis Podcasts: In Conversation with Oobah Butler
The Isis is back with a new season of podcasts with a new jingle! Join us for a conversation with filmmaker and writer Oobah Butler, best known for creating ‘The Shed at Dulwich’, a fake restaurant that got to #1 in London on TripAdvisor. We talk about going viral, his fascination with
Democracy Born in the Wild
Overnight camp is a staple of North American summer: Weeks spent sleeping in bunk beds, nose to nose with the person next to you, tanned skin, and skinned knees against the backdrop of endless lakes. Camp screams freedom; hours in the wilderness with no parental supervision, where the most authorita
Staff-Student Relationships: Where Permissive Policy Goes Wrong
trigger warning: sexual harassment “In our story, there’s no villain, no witch, no fairy godmother, no moral imperative or cautionary conclusion,” reads My Oxford Year, a novel by Julia Whelan featuring a romance between American student Ella Duran and her lecturer, the ‘troubled’ J
The Isis Podcasts: In Conversation with Samira Ahmed
Join The Isis for a conversation with the journalist, writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed, discussing Ahmed’s journey into journalism, her childhood in London and why she regrets pulling all-nighters at Oxford. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3HmOYPliDt4SvZPqD4s6jv?si=kuHWPDJf