Politics & Society

Animal Studies

Animal Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Animal Studies about their new books.

Nicolas Delsol, "Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas: A Zooarchaeological Historical Study" (UP of Florida, 2024)

October 28, 2024

Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas

Nicolas Delsol
Hosted by Sarah Newman
Anthropology

Anthropology

episodes

Interviews with anthropologists about their new books.

Linguistic Diversity as a Bureaucratic Challenge

November 15, 2024

Linguistic Diversity as a Bureaucratic Challenge

Clara Holzinger
Hosted by Ingrid Piller
David Shoemaker, "Wisecracks: Humor and Morality in Everyday Life" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

November 13, 2024

Wisecracks

David Shoemaker
Hosted by Damian Maher
Archaeology

Archaeology

episodes

Interviews with archaeologists about their new books.

Nicolas Delsol, "Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas: A Zooarchaeological Historical Study" (UP of Florida, 2024)

October 28, 2024

Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas

Nicolas Delsol
Hosted by Sarah Newman
Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, "Desert Ascetics of Egypt" (ARC Humanities Press, 2020)

September 30, 2024

Desert Ascetics of Egypt

Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom
Hosted by Michael Motia
Business, Management, and Marketing

Business, Management, and Marketing

episodes

Interviews with scholars of business, management and marketing about their new books.

Lior Arussy, "Dare to Author!: Take Charge of the Narrative of Your Life" (Greenleaf, 2024)

November 11, 2024

Dare to Author!

Lior Arussy
Hosted by Drora Arussy
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, "Corporatocracy: How to Protect Democracy from Dark Money and Corrupt Politicians" (NYU Press, 2024)

October 7, 2024

Corporatocracy

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
Hosted by Susan Liebell
Media

Media

episodes

Interviews with scholars of media and communications about their new books.

Erin Lee Mock, "Changed Men: Veterans in American Popular Culture after World War II" (U Virginia Press, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Changed Men

Erin Lee Mock
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Nicholas Baer, "Historical Turns: Weimar Cinema and the Crisis of Historicism" (U California Press, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Historical Turns

Nicholas Baer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Critical Theory

Critical Theory

episodes

Interviews with scholars of critical theory about their new books.

Laure Astourian, "The Ethnographic Optic: Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, and the Turn Inward in 1960s French Cinema" (Indiana UP, 2024)

November 14, 2024

The Ethnographic Optic

Laure Astourian
Hosted by Arya Rani
Anthony Grasso, "Dual Justice: America's Divergent Approaches to Street and Corporate Crime" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

November 11, 2024

Dual Justice

Anthony Grasso
Hosted by Susan Liebell
Disability Studies

Disability Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of disability about their new books.

Rachael Litherland and Philly Hare, "People with Dementia at the Heart of Research: Co-Producing Research through The Dementia Enquirers Model" (Jessica Kingsley, 2024)

November 16, 2024

People with Dementia at the Heart of Research

Rachael Litherland and Philly Hare
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Johanna Hedva, "How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom" (Zando-Hillman Grad Books, 2024)

October 27, 2024

How to Tell When We Will Die

Johanna Hedva
Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

episodes

Interviews with scholars of drugs, addiction and recovery about their new books.

Stuart Anderson, "Pharmacopoeias, Drug Regulation, and Empires: Making Medicines Official in Britain's Imperial World, 1618-1968" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2024)

November 6, 2024

Pharmacopoeias, Drug Regulation, and Empires

Stuart Anderson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sanaullah Khan, "Carceral Recovery: Prisons, Drug Markets, and the New Pharmaceutical Self" (Lexington Books, 2023)

November 3, 2024

Carceral Recovery

Sanaullah Khan
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Education

Education

episodes

Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

Agustina Paglayan, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (Princeton UP, 2024)

November 15, 2024

Raised to Obey

Agustina Paglayan
Hosted by Mark Klobas
Janusz Korczak, "How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works" (Vallentine Mitchell, 2018)

November 12, 2024

How to Love a Child

Janusz Korczak
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Economics

Economics

episodes

Interviews with economists about their new books.

Finance

Finance

episodes

An interview with scholars of finance about their new books.

Mara Kardas-Nelson, "We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance" (Metropolitan Books, 2024)

November 5, 2024

We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky

Mara Kardas-Nelson
Hosted by Nick Pozek
Justene Hill Edwards, "Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank" (Norton, 2024)

November 3, 2024

Savings and Trust

Justene Hill Edwards
Hosted by Brian Hamilton
Geography

Geography

episodes

Interviews with geographers about their new books.

Adam Bobbette, "The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java" (Duke UP, 2023)

November 15, 2024

The Pulse of the Earth

Adam Bobbette
Hosted by Michele Ford
Jerry Brotton, "Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction" (Penguin, 2024)

November 5, 2024

Four Points of the Compass

Jerry Brotton
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Gender Studies

Gender Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of gender about their new books.

Saadia Yacoob, "Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic Law" (U California Press, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Beyond the Binary

Saadia Yacoob
Hosted by Shehnaz Haqqani
We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance

November 14, 2024

We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance

Kellie Carter Jackson
Genocide Studies

Genocide Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of genocide about their new books.

Hannah Pollin-Galay, "Occupied Words: What the Holocaust Did to Yiddish" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

November 15, 2024

Occupied Words

Hannah Pollin-Galay
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Maksim Goldenshteyn, "So They Remember: A Jewish Family’s Story of Surviving the Holocaust in Soviet Ukraine" (U Oklahoma Press, 2022)

November 13, 2024

So They Remember

Maksim Goldenshteyn
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Higher Education

Higher Education

episodes

Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

Donna J. Nicol, "Black Woman on Board: Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and the Fight to Save Affirmative Action" (U Rochester Press, 2024)

November 9, 2024

Black Woman on Board

Donna J. Nicol
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Why Not Be Kind?: A Discussion with Catherine J. Denial

November 7, 2024

Why Not Be Kind?

Catherine J. Denial
Human Rights

Human Rights

episodes

Interviews with scholars of human rights about their new books.

Samuel Fury Childs Daly, "Soldier's Paradise: Militarism in Africa After Empire" (Duke UP, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Soldier's Paradise

Samuel Fury Childs Daly
Nandini Sundar, "The Burning Forest: India's War In Bastar" (Verso, 2019)

November 12, 2024

The Burning Forest

Nandini Sundar
Hosted by Stuti Roy
Journalism

Journalism

episodes

Interviews with journalists and scholars of journalism about their new books.

David Tereshchuk. "A Question of Paternity: My Life As an Unaffiliated Reporter" (Envelope Books, 2024)

November 15, 2024

A Question of Paternity

David Tereshchuk
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Our Enemies Will Vanish: A Conversation with Yaroslav Trofimov

November 13, 2024

Our Enemies Will Vanish

Yaroslav Trofimov
Hosted by Laura Laurent
Language

Language

episodes

Interviews with scholars of language about their new books.

Linguistic Diversity as a Bureaucratic Challenge

November 15, 2024

Linguistic Diversity as a Bureaucratic Challenge

Clara Holzinger
Hosted by Ingrid Piller
Hannah Pollin-Galay, "Occupied Words: What the Holocaust Did to Yiddish" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

November 15, 2024

Occupied Words

Hannah Pollin-Galay
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Law

Law

episodes

Interviews with lawyers and scholars of law about their new books.

Saadia Yacoob, "Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic Law" (U California Press, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Beyond the Binary

Saadia Yacoob
Hosted by Shehnaz Haqqani
Lizhi Liu, "From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China" (Princeton UP, 2024)

November 16, 2024

From Click to Boom

Lizhi Liu
Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
LGBTQ+ Studies

LGBTQ+ Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of LGBTQ+ Studies about their new books.

Ruth Vanita, "A Slight Angle" (India Viking, 2024)

November 14, 2024

Ruth Vanita

Ruth Vanita
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Sara Glass, "Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir" (Atria, 2024)

November 13, 2024

Kissing Girls on Shabbat

Sara Glass
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
National Security

National Security

episodes

Interviews with scholars of national security about their new books.

Jeremy Black, "Introduction to Global Military History: 1775 to the Present Day" (Routledge, 2018)

November 9, 2024

Introduction to Global Military History

Jeremy Black
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Lee Brice and Timothy Roberts, "The Boundaries of War: Local and Global Perspectives in Military History" (Marine Corps UP, 2024)

November 9, 2024

The Boundaries of War

Lee Brice and Timothy Roberts
Hosted by Roberto Mazza
Philanthropy

Philanthropy

episodes

Interviews with authors about their new philanthropy books.

Mara Kardas-Nelson, "We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance" (Metropolitan Books, 2024)

November 5, 2024

We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky

Mara Kardas-Nelson
Hosted by Nick Pozek
Adam Greenfield, "Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire" (Verso, 2024)

October 22, 2024

Lifehouse

Adam Greenfield
Hosted by Nick Pozek
Philosophy

Philosophy

episodes

Interviews with philosophers about their new books.

Matti Eklund, "Alien Structure: Language and Reality" (Oxford UP, 2024)

November 10, 2024

Alien Structure

Matti Eklund
Hosted by Carrie Figdor
Vanessa Christina Wills, "Marx's Ethical Vision" (Oxford UP, 2024)

October 21, 2024

Marx's Ethical Vision

Vanessa Christina Wills
Hosted by Sarah Tyson
Policing, Incarceration, and Reform

Policing, Incarceration, and Reform

episodes

Interviews with scholars of policing, incarceration and reform about their new books

Risk

November 15, 2024

Risk

Faye Raquel Gleisser
Anthony Grasso, "Dual Justice: America's Divergent Approaches to Street and Corporate Crime" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

November 11, 2024

Dual Justice

Anthony Grasso
Hosted by Susan Liebell
Political Science

Political Science

episodes

The New Books in Political Science podcast provides lively discussions of politics based on the work of political scientists (and scholars concerned with politics in other disciplines). The podcast thinks holistically about politics – from global to local.

Our hosts! Lilly Goren is professor of Political Science at Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Susan Liebell is professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Lamis Abdelaaty is associate professor of Political Science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs.

Samuel Fury Childs Daly, "Soldier's Paradise: Militarism in Africa After Empire" (Duke UP, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Soldier's Paradise

Samuel Fury Childs Daly
Lizhi Liu, "From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China" (Princeton UP, 2024)

November 16, 2024

From Click to Boom

Lizhi Liu
Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Politics & Polemics

Politics & Polemics

episodes

Interviews with partisans and polemicists about their new books.

Saadia Yacoob, "Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic Law" (U California Press, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Beyond the Binary

Saadia Yacoob
Hosted by Shehnaz Haqqani
Tom Theuns, "Protecting Democracy in Europe: Pluralism, Autocracy and the Future of the EU" (Hurst, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Protecting Democracy in Europe

Tom Theuns
Hosted by Tim Jones
Public Policy

Public Policy

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public policy about their new books.

Vishaan Chakrabarti, "The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy" (Princeton UP, 2024)

November 15, 2024

The Architecture of Urbanity

Vishaan Chakrabarti
Hosted by Amal Hashim
Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman, "What Are Children For?: On Ambivalence and Choice" (St. Martin's Press, 2024)

November 12, 2024

What Are Children For?

Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman
Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

episodes

Interviews with scholars of sex, sexuality and sex work about their new books.

Joanne Rosenthal, "Sex: Jewish Positions" (Hirmer Verlag, 2024)

November 4, 2024

Sex: Jewish Positions

Miriam Goldmann, Joanne Rosenthal, and Titia Zoeter
Hosted by Jana Byars
Jonathan A. Allan, "Uncut: A Cultural Analysis of the Foreskin" (U Regina Press, 2024)

November 2, 2024

Uncut

Jonathan A. Allan
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sociology

Sociology

episodes

Interviews with sociologists about their new books.

Linguistic Diversity as a Bureaucratic Challenge

November 15, 2024

Linguistic Diversity as a Bureaucratic Challenge

Clara Holzinger
Hosted by Ingrid Piller
Elsie Walker, "Life 24x a Second: Cinema, Selfhood, and Society" (Oxford UP, 2023)

November 14, 2024

Life 24x a Second

Elsie Walker
Hosted by Pete Kunze
Sound Studies

Sound Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Sound Studies about their new books.

On Listening In

October 28, 2024

On Listening In

Lawrence English
Hosted by Mack Hagood
Sports

Sports

episodes

Interviews with athletes and scholars of sports about their new books.

Seth E. Jenny et al., "Routledge Handbook of Esports" (Routledge, 2024)

November 9, 2024

Routledge Handbook of Esports

Seth E. Jenny
Mirin Fader, "Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon" (Hachette, 2024)

November 2, 2024

Dream

Mirin Fader
Hosted by Paul Knepper
Urban Studies

Urban Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books

Vishaan Chakrabarti, "The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy" (Princeton UP, 2024)

November 15, 2024

The Architecture of Urbanity

Vishaan Chakrabarti
Hosted by Amal Hashim
Manan Ahmed Asif, "Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in Lahore" (New Press, 2024)

November 10, 2024

Disrupted City

Manan Ahmed Asif
Hosted by Amal Hashim