Archive: Faculty in the Media
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- Faculty in the Media
The Eternal Return of ‘The Odyssey’
“The real threat of the poem is that Odysseus will become invisible and will not be remembered, and it emphasizes that we live on in the stories people tell about us,” said…
July 23, 2026
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White House Criticizes Smithsonian for ‘Extreme Political Activism’
ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with history professor Chandra Manning about the Smithsonian having to defend itself this week on Capitol.…
July 22, 2026
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The Biggest Winners of the American Economy Fear They’re Sinking Fast
“The rise of AI, especially, is bound to change the workplace radically,” said Georgetown University historian Joseph McCartin. “But the way it’s going to happen is similar to…
July 19, 2026
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The Comforting Resurgence of ‘Grandma Hobbies’
“Grandma hobbies reconnect us to ourselves,” said Cal Newport, a professor of computer science at Georgetown University who writes about technology, focus and.…
July 18, 2026
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Truth Without Reconciliation
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, an associate professor of philosophy, explores why Brazil’s democratic institutions have held firm while those in the United States have quickly.…
July 16, 2026
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What ‘Familect’ Do You Speak? Linguists Explain the Weird Words and Phrases Used Within Families
Georgetown University linguist Cynthia Gordon spent over two decades recording how families really talk at.…
July 13, 2026
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How American Socialism Changed, and Stormed the Democratic Party
“This is the first time that a mass socialist organization has had members where almost all of them decide to run as Democrats, instead of running on their own party line,” said…
July 10, 2026
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Trump Always Does This 1 Extremely Boomer Thing In His Truth Social Posts
“My guess would be [it’s] to remind people he’s the president and to have the pleasure of seeing ‘President Donald Trump,’” said Deborah Tannen, a distinguished linguistics…
July 9, 2026
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Juneteenth Gathering at Sacred Heart in Bowie Honors Legacy of Enslaved Ancestors
Adam Rothman, a professor in the Department of History at Georgetown University and the director of Georgetown’s Center for the Study of Slavery and its Legacies, said serving on…
June 27, 2026
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Screens Are Virtually Inescapable. What Are They Doing to Our Health?
Horizons from PBS News moderator William Brangham explores what we know and don’t know with researchers Georgetown's Kostadin Kushlev and Northwestern's Courtney K..…
June 26, 2026