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Scholarly Communication January 12, 2022

Academic or Trade Publisher? How Do You Decide?

A Discussion with Dr. Talya Miron-Shatz, author of "Your Life Depends on It"

Talya Miron-Shatz

Hosted by Avi Staiman

Tune in to hear Prof. Talya Miron Shatz, author of Your Life Depends on It: What You Can Do to Make Better Choices About Your Health (Basic Books, 2021) discuss …

Scholarly Communication December 31, 2021

Exploring Science Literacy and Public Engagement with Science

Ayelet Baram-Tsabari

Hosted by Avi Staiman

Listen to this interview of Ayelet Baram-Tsabari. We talk about the accessibility of science using Google to scholars and students in languages beyond English and how scholars can de-jargonize their …

Science December 22, 2021

Joseph Reagle on H. G. Wells's "World Brain" (1937)

Joseph Reagle

Hosted by Galina Limorenko

In a series of talks and essays in 1937, H. G. Wells proselytized for what he called a World Brain, as manifested in a World Encyclopedia--a repository of scientifically established …

Digital Humanities December 22, 2021

Living Books

Experiments in the Posthumanities

Janneke Adema

Hosted by Sarah Kearns

In Living Books: Experiments in the Posthumanities (MIT Press, 2021), Janneke Adema proposes that we reimagine the scholarly book as a living and collaborative project -- not as linear, bound …

Scholarly Communication December 24, 2021

Making "Nature"

The History of a Scientific Journal

Melinda Baldwin

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of Melinda Baldwin about her book Making 'Nature': The History of a Scientific Journal (U Chicago Press, 2015). Melinda is AIP Endowed Professor in History of Natural Sciences at …

Mathematics December 7, 2021

Arguing with Numbers

The Intersections of Rhetoric and Mathematics

James Wynn and G. Mitchell Reyes

Hosted by Cory Brunson

One pervasive stereotype about mathematics is that it is objective, unbiased, or otherwise exempt from the influence of human passions. James Wynn and G. Mitchell Reyes's edited collection will be …

General History December 7, 2021

The Library

A Fragile History

Andrew Pettegree and Arthur Der Weduwen

Hosted by Ryan Shelton

Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes, or filled with bean bags …

Literary Studies December 3, 2021

Humanist Reason

A History, an Argument, a Plan

Eric Hayot

Hosted by Bryant Scott

In Humanist Reason: A History, an Argument, a Plan (Columbia UP, 2021), Eric Hayot develops the concept of “humanist reason” to understand the nature and purpose of humanist intellectual work …

Scholarly Communication December 2, 2021

On Revision

The Only Writing That Counts

William Germano

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of William Germano, Professor of English at Cooper Union, New York, We talk about his new book On Revision: The Only Writing That Counts (U Chicago Press, 2021), about …

Science November 23, 2021

The Importance of Being Interested

Adventures in Scientific Curiosity

Robin Ince

Hosted by John Weston

Multi-award-winning comedian and author Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later …

Scholarly Communication November 19, 2021

Joining the Conversation

A Guide and Handbook for Writers With 2020 APA Update

Mike Palmquist and Barbara Wallraff

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of Mike Palmquist, Professor of English (with a focus on rhetoric and composition) and also University Distinguished Teaching Scholar. We have a conversation. Mike Palmquist …

Scholarly Communication November 8, 2021

Defense of the Scientific Hypothesis

From Reproducibility Crisis to Big Data

Bradley Alger

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of Bradley Alger, Professor Emeritus of Physiology at University of Maryland School of Medicine and author of Defense of the Scientific Hypothesis: From Reproducibility Crisis to Big …

Scholarly Communication November 8, 2021

How University Presses Keep Up With Everything

A Discussion with Lisa Bayer

Lisa Bayer

Hosted by Marshall Poe

At the New Books Network, we love university presses. So we're happy to tell you about University Press Week, the annual celebration of UPs and their important work. Today I talked …

Scholarly Communication October 27, 2021

A Conversation with Aliyah Kovner

Science Writer and Science Podcaster

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of Aliyah Kovner, science writer and also host of the podcast A Day in the Half-Life. We talk about who science communication reaches: peers, other experts …

Scholarly Communication October 26, 2021

How to Write a Scientific Paper

An Academic Self-Help Guide for PhD Students

Jari Saramäki

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of Jari Saramäki, author of How to Write a Scientific Paper: An Academic Self-Help Guide for PhD Students (2018) and professor of computational science at Aalto University, Finland …

Scholarly Communication October 21, 2021

Editing Scholarly Writing

A Discussion with Avi Staiman of "Academic Language Experts"

Avi Staiman

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of Avi Staiman, who is CEO, founder, and director of Academic Language Experts. We talk about how complex and how simple editing is. Avi Staiman …

Scholarly Communication October 20, 2021

Hilary Glasman-Deal and Andrew Northern on STEMM Communications

Centre for Academic English, Imperial College London

Hilary Glasman-Deal and Andrew Northern

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of Hilary Glasman-Deal and Andrew Northern, teachers of STEMM communication at the Centre for Academic English, Imperial College London. We talk about what's so special about …

Political Science October 18, 2021

How to Write a Better Book

The Minority-Serving Institution Virtual Book Workshop Project

Heath Brown and Niambi Carter

Hosted by Susan Liebell

Book workshops produce great books, but too few scholars have access to the resources needed to organize and execute one, especially scholars at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving …

Scholarly Communication October 14, 2021

An Interview with Josh Schimel and Karl Ritz of "Soil Biology and Biochemistry"

Focus on the Scholarly Journal (no. 1)

Josh Schimel and Karl Ritz

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of Josh Schimel and Karl Ritz, Editors-in-Chief of Soil Biology and Biochemistry. We talk about the people who all scientists are, and we demonstrate why all …

Scholarly Communication October 11, 2021

Teaching College Students to Communicate

A Discussion with Elena Cotos

Elena Cotos

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of Elena Cotos, Director of the Center for Communication Excellence at the Graduate College (Iowa State University) and also Associate Professor in the English Department (Iowa …