New Books Network Podcast

Peoples & Things October 2, 2023

Twenty Years After “The New Economy”

A Conversation with Doug Henwood

Doug Henwood

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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Economic journalist and broadcaster Doug Henwood revisits his 2003 book, After the New Economy (New Press), with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. “The New Economy” was a catchphrase that became …

Peoples & Things September 18, 2023

Forty Years of Technology Studies

A Conversation with Steve Barley

Steve Barley

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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Stephen Barley, professor emeritus at both Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Barbara, talks about the long arc of his forty-year career studying organizations and technologies with Peoples …

Peoples & Things September 11, 2023

Race and Electrical Infrastructure in the Jim Crow South

A Conversation with Conor Harrison

Conor Harrison

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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Conor Harrison, Associate Professor of Geography and the School of Earth, Ocean, and Environment at the University of South Carolina, talks about his research into the racist development of electrical …

Peoples & Things August 28, 2023

The Ideology of Entrepreneurship

A Conversation with Robert Eberhart

Robert N. Eberhart

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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Robert Eberhart, Associate Professor of Management and Faculty Director of International Business at the University of San Diego, talks about his work on the ideology of entrepreneurship with Peoples & …

Peoples & Things August 21, 2023

Outside the Box

The History and Future of Globalization

Marc Levinson

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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Economist, historian, and author Marc Levinson talks about his book, Outside the Box: How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas (Princeton UP, 2020), with Peoples & Things host …

Peoples & Things August 14, 2023

How Uber Disrupted Washington, D.C.

A Conversation with Katie Wells and Kafui Attoh

Katie Wells and Kafui Attoh

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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Katie Wells, a Postdoctoral Fritz Fellow with Georgetown University's Tech and Society Initiative, and Kafui Attoh, Associate Professor of Urban Studies in the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies …

Peoples & Things August 7, 2023

Driving While Black - African Americans and the Automobile

A Conversation with Gretchen Sorin

Gretchen Sorin

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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Gretchen Sorin, Director and Distinguished Professor of the Cooperstown Graduate Program at the State University of New York - Oneonta, talks about her book, Driving While Black: African American Travel …

Peoples & Things July 31, 2023

Powering American Farms

A Conversation with Richard Hirsh

Richard F. Hirsh

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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Richard Hirsh, Professor of History at Virginia Tech, talks about his book, Powering American Farms: The Overlooked Origins of Rural Electrification (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022), with Peoples & Things host …

Peoples & Things July 24, 2023

US History in 15 Foods

A Conversation with Anna Zeide

Anna Zeide

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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Anna Zeide, Associate Professor of History at Virginia Tech, talks about her book, US History in 15 Foods (Bloomsbury, 2023), with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. US History in …

Peoples & Things July 17, 2023

African American Women on the American Railroad

A Conversation with Miriam Thaggert

Miriam Thaggert

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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Miriam Thaggert, Professor of English at the University of Buffalo, talks about her book, Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad (University of Illinois Press, 2022), with …

Peoples & Things July 10, 2023

Palo Alto

A Conversation with Malcolm Harris

Malcolm Harris

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

This is the second Peoples & Things episode featuring a guest host. In this case, it is M. R. “Mols” Sauter, an assistant professor of information studies at the University …

Peoples & Things June 26, 2023

The Singer Sewing Machine in Spain and Mexico

Multinational Business, Gender, and Technologies

Paula A. De La Cruz-Fernández

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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Historian Paula de la Cruz-Fernandez talks about her book, Gendered Capitalism: Sewing Machines and Multinational Business in Spain and Mexico, 1850-1940 (Routledge, 2021), with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel …

Peoples & Things June 19, 2023

The History of the American Shopping Mall and Its Cultures

A Conversation with Alexandra Lange

Alexandra Lange

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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Writer and design critic Alexandra Lange talks about her book, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Shopping Mall (Bloombury, 2023), with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. Meet …

Peoples & Things June 12, 2023

Red Team Blues and the Social Dimensions of Technology

A Conversation with Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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This episode is a first for the Peoples & Things podcast: it features a guest host. It is something you will be seeing more of in the future. Guest host …

Peoples & Things June 5, 2023

The History of 19th Century Quarantine Politics

A Conversation with David S. Barnes

David S. Barnes

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

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David S. Barnes, Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania, talks about his book, Lazaretto: How Philadelphia Used an Unpopular Quarantine Based on Disputed …

Peoples & Things April 3, 2023

Control Through Communication

The Rise of System in American Management

JoAnne Yates

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

JoAnne Yates, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management, Emerita and Professor of Managerial Communication and Work and Organization Studies at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, talks about her classic and award-winning …

Peoples & Things March 20, 2023

Left to Our Own Devices

A Conversation with Julia Ticona

Julia Ticona

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

Over the past three decades, digital technologies like smartphones and laptops have transformed the way we work in the US. At the same time, workers at both ends of the …

Peoples & Things March 13, 2023

Traveling Black, A Story of Race and Resistance

A Conversation with Mia Bay

Mia Bay

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

Mia Bay, the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Chair in American History at the University of Pennsylvania, talks about her book Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance …

Peoples & Things March 6, 2023

Radio Broadcasting Along Mexico's Northern Border, 1930-1950

A Conversation with Sonia Robles

Sonia Robles

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

Sonia Robles, an assistant professor of history at the University of Delaware, talks about her book, Mexican Waves: Radio Broadcasting Along Mexico’s Northern Border, 1930-1950 (University of Arizona Press, 2019) …

Peoples & Things February 23, 2023

New Books Network and Future Plans for "Peoples and Things"

Lee Vinsel

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

A special bonus episode. Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel talks about the podcast’s recent move to the New Books Network and plans the Peoples & Things team have for …