Systems and Cybernetics

History

History

episodes
Max Krahé and Sara Schulte, "Housing Policy At An Expensive Dead End" (Dezernat Zukunft, 2026)

June 3, 2026

Housing Policy At An Expensive Dead End

Max Krahé and Sara Schulte
A Divine Comedy: On Hollywood, Creativity, and Religion with Rob Long

June 3, 2026

A Divine Comedy

Rob Long
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel
Education

Education

episodes

Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

Revolutionary America

Revolutionary America

episodes

Revolutionary America features conversations with authors of new scholarship on the transformative era spanning the 1750s through the 1820s across the Americas. Featuring interviews that explore political upheaval, social change, and the many meanings of “revolution” in this period, the channel highlights work on independence movements, constitutional formations, imperial crises, and the lived experiences of diverse peoples navigating a rapidly changing world. Co-directed by Edward Blum and Amy Weitzman, and produced in collaboration with the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR), Revolutionary America brings cutting-edge historical research to scholars, students, and the interested public.

Annette Gordon-Reed ed., "Jefferson on Race: A Reader" (Princeton UP, 2026)

May 30, 2026

Jefferson on Race

Annette Gordon-Reed
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Helen Graham, "Deconstituting Museums: Participation’s Affective Work" (UCL Press, 2024)

January 16, 2026

Deconstituting Museums

Helen Graham
Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Physics and Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry

episodes

Interviews with physicists and chemists about their new books.

Janani Balasubramanian and Natalie Gosnell, "Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration" (U California Press, 2026)

May 30, 2026

Art-Science Undisciplined

Janani Balasubramanian and Natalie Gosnell
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Drew M. Dalton, "The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism" (Northwestern UP, 2024)

May 17, 2026

The Matter of Evil

Drew M. Dalton
Sound Studies

Sound Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Sound Studies about their new books.

Petal Kimberly Samuel, "The Quiet Zone: Caribbean Expressive Cultures and the Feminist Aesthetics of Disturbance" (Rutgers UP, 2026)

May 26, 2026

The Quiet Zone

Petal Kimberly Samuel
Hosted by Kendall Dinniene
The YIVO Sound Archive at 40: A Celebration

May 11, 2026

The YIVO Sound Archive at 40

Hankus Netsky, Henry Sapoznik, Lorin Sklamberg, Eléonore Biezunski, and Jenny Romaine
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Popular Culture

Popular Culture

episodes

Interviews with scholars of popular culture about their new books.

Rivka Weinberg, "The Meaning of It All: Ultimate Meaning, Everyday Meaning, Cosmic Meaning, Death, and Time" (Oxford UP, 2026)

June 3, 2026

The Meaning of It All

Rivka Weinberg
Hosted by Blain Neufeld
Geraldine Fela, "Critical Care: Nurses on the Frontline of Australia's AIDS Crisis" (UNSW Press, 2024)

June 3, 2026

Critical Care

Geraldine Fela
Hosted by Hannah Forsyth