Science & Technology

Biology and Evolution

Biology and Evolution

episodes

Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books.

Tim Harris, "In Pursuit of Unicorns: A Journey Through 50 Years of Biotechnology" (Cold Springs Harbor, 2024)

November 11, 2024

In Pursuit of Unicorns

Tim Harris
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Harvey Whitehouse, "Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World" (Harvard UP, 2024)

November 10, 2024

Inheritance

Harvey Whitehouse
Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the environment about their new books.

Todd Stern, "Landing the Paris Climate Agreement: How It Happened, Why It Matters, and What Comes Next" (MIT Press, 2024)

November 8, 2024

Landing the Paris Climate Agreement

Todd Stern
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Adam Hanieh, "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market" (Verso, 2024)

November 2, 2024

Crude Capitalism

Adam Hanieh
Hosted by Geoffrey Gordon
History of Science

History of Science

episodes

Interviews with historians of science 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
Tim Harris, "In Pursuit of Unicorns: A Journey Through 50 Years of Biotechnology" (Cold Springs Harbor, 2024)

November 11, 2024

In Pursuit of Unicorns

Tim Harris
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Mathematics

Mathematics

episodes

Interviews with mathematicians about their new books.

Michael Gavin, "Literary Mathematics: Quantitative Theory for Textual Studies" (Stanford UP, 2022)

September 9, 2024

Literary Mathematics

Michael Gavin
Al Posamentier and Christian Speitzer, "The Mathematics of Everyday Life" (Prometheus Books, 2018)

September 8, 2024

The Mathematics of Everyday Life

Al Posamentier and Christian Speitzer
Hosted by Jim Stein
Medicine

Medicine

episodes

Interviews with doctors and scholars of medicine 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
Meta-Practice with Volker Scheid

November 11, 2024

Meta-Practice (on Chinese Medicine)

Volker Scheid
Hosted by Pierce Salguero
Neuroscience

Neuroscience

episodes

Interviews with neuroscientists 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
Anneli Jefferson, "Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?" (Routledge, 2024)

November 4, 2024

Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?

Anneli Jefferson
Hosted by Adrian Kind
Physics and Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry

episodes

Interviews with physicist and chemists about their new books.

Brian Clegg, "Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe" (MIT Press, 2021)

September 2, 2024

Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe

Brian Clegg
Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Alan Lightman, "Einstein's Dreams" (Vintage, 1992)

July 7, 2024

Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman
Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

episodes

Interviews with psychoanalysts about their new books.

Anneli Jefferson, "Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?" (Routledge, 2024)

November 4, 2024

Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?

Anneli Jefferson
Hosted by Adrian Kind
Stijn Vanheule, "Why Psychosis Is Not So Crazy: A Road Map to Hope and Recovery for Families and Caregivers" (Other Press, 2024)

October 29, 2024

Why Psychosis Is Not So Crazy

Stijn Vanheule
Hosted by Jordan Osserman
Psychology

Psychology

episodes

Interviews with psychologists and scholars of psychology 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
Rachel Zimmerman, "Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide" (SFWP, 2024)

November 9, 2024

Us, After

Rachel Zimmerman
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Public Health

Public Health

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public health about their new books

Paul M. Renfro, "The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS and Inequality in America" (UNC Press, 2024)

November 10, 2024

The Life and Death of Ryan White

Paul M. Renfro
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
Ethel Tungohan, "Care Activism: Migrant Domestic Workers, Movement-Building, and Communities of Care" (U Illinois Press, 2023)

November 7, 2024

Care Activism

Ethel Tungohan
Hosted by Ailin Zhou
Science

Science

episodes

Interviews with scientists about their new books.

Kostas Kampourakis, "Ancestry Reimagined: Dismantling the Myth of Genetic Ethnicities" (Oxford UP, 2023)

October 27, 2024

Ancestry Reimagined

Kostas Kampourakis
Francisco Aboitiz, "A History of Bodies, Brains, and Minds: The Evolution of Life and Consciousness" (MIT Press, 2024)

October 19, 2024

A History of Bodies, Brains, and Minds

Francisco Aboitiz
Science, Technology, and Society

Science, Technology, and Society

episodes

Interviews with scholars of science, technology and society about their new books.

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
Meta-Practice with Volker Scheid

November 11, 2024

Meta-Practice (on Chinese Medicine)

Volker Scheid
Hosted by Pierce Salguero
Systems and Cybernetics

Systems and Cybernetics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of systems and cybernetics about their new books.

Pete Barbrook-Johnson and Alexandra S. Penn, "Systems Mapping: How to Build and Use Causal Models of Systems" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)

January 20, 2024

Systems Mapping

Pete Barbrook-Johnson and Alexandra S. Penn
Hosted by Kevin Lindsay
Matthew O. Jackson, "The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors" (Vintage, 2019)

January 5, 2024

The Human Network

Matthew O. Jackson
Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Technology

Technology

episodes

Interviews with technologists and scholars of technology about their new books.

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
Tim Harris, "In Pursuit of Unicorns: A Journey Through 50 Years of Biotechnology" (Cold Springs Harbor, 2024)

November 11, 2024

In Pursuit of Unicorns

Tim Harris
Hosted by Ari Barbalat