Discovery & Inspiration

About Discovery & Inspiration

Discovery & Inspiration asks “What can we learn by talking to scholars about their research? What makes them so passionate about the subjects they study? What is it like to make a new discovery? To answer a confounding question?” For over 40 years the National Humanities Center has been a home away from home for scholars from around the world—historians and philosophers, scholars of literature and music and art and dozens of other fields. Join us as we sit down with scholars to discuss their work—to better understand the questions that intrigue and perplex them, the passion that drives them, and how their scholarship may change the ways we think about the world around us.

Publisher

National Humanities Center

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Mar 2016

Latest episode

9 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

116 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Feb 2025

   Between People and a Place: Chuck Hoskin Jr.

   Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. discusses his work improving the Cherokee Nation's economic and physical well-being, including securing the largest language investment for cultural preservation in this interview.

2. 

   9 Feb 2025

   Between People and a Place: Jim Hightower

   Political commentator Jim Hightower discusses his career as a writer and radio personality, highlighting the influence of Woody Guthrie on his work advocating for everyday Americans in this interview.

3. 

   9 Feb 2025

   Between People and a Place: Michael Wallis

   Author Michael Wallis discusses his work chronicling the American West, including Route 66 and figures like Billy the Kid, in this interview episode.

Who has been a guest on Discovery & Inspiration

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Chuck Hoskin Jr
• Jim Hightower
• Michael Wallis
• Jeff Stava
• Cindy Decker

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

243,566

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

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Quality

60

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

0

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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