In the Weeds

Nicole Asquith

In the weeds explores how culture shapes our relationship to the natural world through interviews with a wide range of guests, from scientists to artists to cultural critics and theologians.

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In the Weeds

Episodes (64)

Mar 15, 2025 Horse Travel and Horse Warfare: A Conversation with Historian Gary Shaw
Feb 26, 2024 Dinosaurs with Lydia Millet
Jul 29, 2023 David Abram's The Spell of the Sensuous with Trevien Stanger, Part 2

In the Weeds

Mar 15, 2025
53½ minutes
37 MB

We’re back! After a long hiatus due to professional/ life stuff, I’m happy to share with you my interview with Gary Shaw, Professor of History and Medieval Studies at Wesleyan University. Continuing our series on horses, we explore another angle of the long-standing relationship between humans and horses, looking at the role that horses played in human transportation and warfare. As we brace ourselves for the impact of A.I., I find it instructive to look back to a time when our transportation and military technologies depended on other animals. It’s impossible to fully comprehend the impact...

In the Weeds

Horse Travel and Horse Warfare: A Conversation with Historian Gary Shaw

Nicole Asquith

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