Mar 2, 202641 min
Gil Anidjar attends to the persistence of the phrase, "Alma Mater," considering what it helps us to see about the place and role of the university in politics and the reproduction and perdurance of our world.
arts
Many Academies
Hosted by Lette Bragg · arts · EN
About this Podcast:
Many Academies is a monthly podcast designed for graduate students and early-career scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Featuring interviews with writers, publishers, teachers, and scholars who create new publics and practices through their work, the podcast dismantles the idea that there is one Academy, with a capital A, to which we must all work to belong.
Pitch Analysis
Required Pod Score for this podcast. PitchCentric checks your profile against host openness, topical fit, and audience signals before you generate a pitch.
Contact path
Public web form
Booking probability
20%
Guest openness
Selective
80/100
Required Score
Sign up to generate a grounded pitch for Many Academies.
Signup to Generate a PitchQuestions about Many Academies
What is Many Academies about?
Many Academies is a monthly podcast designed for graduate students and early-career scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Featuring interviews with writers, publishers, teachers, and scholars who create new publics and practices through their work, the podcast dismantles the idea that there is one Academy, with a capital A, to which we must all work to belong.
Who hosts Many Academies?
Many Academies is hosted by Lette Bragg. The show has published 10 episodes to date.
What has Many Academies covered recently?
Recent episodes include ""What if the university is a mother?": Gil Anidjar on the possibility and politics of 'Alma Mater: The University at War'" (2 March 2026, 41 minutes), ""Maybe the future of our writing lies in that weirdness": Katina Rogers on her new book and the difficult beauty of critical hope" (17 December 2025, 36 minutes), and """I can't think of another way": Tim Roberts on the challenges of inventing new university presses" (17 November 2025, 26 minutes).
How often does Many Academies publish?
Many Academies publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 10 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Many Academies?
Booking probability for Many Academies is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Many Academies requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Many Academies's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch Many Academies?
The strongest fits for Many Academies are Universities & Colleges and Educational Support Services. Many Academies has an arts audience.
About the host
Lette Bragg hosts Many Academies, an arts podcast with 10 episodes published.
Host email not verified for this podcastSign in to unlock →
Recent episodes
Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.
- Dec 17, 202536 min
Katina Rogers describes the value of understanding the ecology of higher education as networks of care and possibility. Discussing her forthcoming book, "Unexpected Flourishing: Growth from Decay in the Mycelial...
Episode #8
""I can't think of another way": Tim Roberts on the challenges of inventing new university presses
Nov 17, 202526 minIn this episode, Lette Bragg talks with Tim Roberts about the origins of np: From publishing books to starting university presses, the non-profit works to critique the university by finding new ways to produce knowledge...
Episode #7
Notes from a Research Assistant: Talking about Many Academies, Graduate School, and Thinking Now
Oct 23, 202525 minOn this episode, celebrating International Open Access Week, Lette talks to Nina Zhuo, the podcast's first research assistant, about how working on The Many Academies Podcast affects her decision to attend graduate...
Episode #6
"The proliferation I see everywhere": Sophie Lewis on the praxis and theory of utopia and abolition
Apr 9, 202541 minLette Bragg talks with Sophie Lewis, author of Full Surrogacy Now, Abolish the Family, and Enemy Feminisms, about actualizing care and thinking.
View More
- Apr 1, 202539 min
One of the challenges to thinking or being otherwise is naming what you do. On this episode of Many Academies, we name the practices and values that orient Pia Deas within the Black tradition.
- Nov 9, 202429 min
On this episode, Lette Bragg and The Cyborg Jillian Weise talk about Borg Diem, a new dictionary edited and curated by Cy Weise and others. The dictionary begins (and stays) a game for disabled people by disabled...
Episode #3
Studying at Night School Bar
Jul 1, 202433 minIn this episode, Lindsey Andrews and D.M. Spratley talk about Night School Bar, a faculty collective offering evening classes in the arts and humanities. We talk about the school's origins, Marxism, study, and the...
Episode #2
What the Seagrass Said
Jun 2, 202438 minIn this episode, I talk to Kriti Sharma and Michal Osterweil about their new book, co-authored with Arturo Escobar. Their book, Relationality: An Emergent Politics of Life Beyond the Human, moves away from conventional...
Episode #1
Thinking out loud with punctum books
May 1, 202443 minOn the first episode of Many Academies, Eileen Fradenburg Joy and Vincent van Gerven Oei , co-directors of punctum books , talk about the origin and mission of punctum, building an infrastructure to get books out, and...
Recent guests
Recent guests on Many Academies. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
T
Tim Roberts
Sports Medicine Manager at UFC Performance Institute, New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties
S
Sophie Lewis
Paediatric Surgery Registrar and Paediatric Surgery National Online Training Fellow, World Cetacean Alliance
L
Lindsey Andrews
divorce attorney, Minibar Delivery
E
Eileen Fradenburg Joy
punctum books
Best industries to pitch Many Academies for
PitchCentric classifies Many Academies under these industries. Guests from them are the closest fit, and each links to the best podcasts in that industry.
Similar Podcasts
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
Podcasts like Many Academies
Is this podcast yours and you'd like to remove or correct details? Request removal or email privacy@pitchcentric.com.
Questions about the free trial? See the pricing FAQ