Small Things

A live-recorded podcast. One faculty guest, one object, one conversation.

Every episode starts with one object on the table. A guest from one of the six HISS departments brings something they have been thinking about, and for an hour we follow it wherever it leads: into an archive, across an ocean, back a few centuries, or just around the corner into a question nobody had thought to ask.

Recordings are live, on campus, at lunchtime, with pizza. Anyone can come. Edited episodes are published here and on the usual podcast apps once our student post-production team has finished with them.

If you are a faculty member with an object in mind, or a student who wants to work on the show, get in touch.

Upcoming recordings

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

Episodes