Arts & Letters

Architecture

Architecture

episodes

Interviews with architects and scholars of architecture about their new books.

Cooking Sections, "Waves Lost at Sea" (Spector Books, 2026)

May 2, 2026

Waves Lost at Sea

Cooking Sections
Hosted by Kelvin Vu
Lukas Novotny, "Modern New York: The Illustrated Story of Architecture in the Five Boroughs from 1920 to Today" (Rizzoli, 2023)

April 25, 2026

Modern New York

Lukas Novotny
Hosted by James Wunsch
Art

Art

episodes

Interviews with artists and scholars of art about their new books.

Angela Dimitrakaki, "Feminism. Art. Capitalism" (Pluto Press, 2026)

May 6, 2026

Feminism. Art. Capitalism.

Angela Dimitrakaki
Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Ana I. Oancea, "Dangerous Creations: The Inventor Novel in Fin-de-siècle France" (U Toronto Press, 2025)

May 6, 2026

Dangerous Creations

Ana I. Oancea
Hosted by Gina Stamm
Children's Literature

Children's Literature

episodes

Interviews with authors of children's literature about their new books

María Dolores Águila, "A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez" (Roaring Brook Press, 2025)

May 5, 2026

A Sea of Lemon Trees

María Dolores Águila
Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
David McMullin, "Rock 'N' Roll, Baby!" (Random House, 2026)

May 2, 2026

Rock 'N' Roll, Baby!

David McMullin
Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Comics and Graphic Novels

Comics and Graphic Novels

episodes
Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte, "In the Land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism" (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2025)

May 2, 2026

In the Land of the Lacandón

Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Digital Humanities

Digital Humanities

episodes

Interviews with digital humanists and scholars of digital humanities about their new work.

Eivind Røssaak, "The Cory Arcangel Hack: Digital Culture and Aesthetic Practice" (MIT Press, 2025)

April 4, 2026

The Cory Arcangel Hack

Eivind Røssaak
Ian M. Cook, "Scholarly Podcasting: Why, What, How" (Routledge, 2022)

January 12, 2026

Scholarly Podcasting

Ian M. Cook
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
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Fantasy

Fantasy

episodes

Interviews with fantasy writers about their new books.

Peter Darbyshire, "The Wonder Lands War" (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025)

May 7, 2026

The Wonder Lands War

Hosted by Hollay Ghadery
Lauren J.A. Bear, "Aphrodite in Pieces" (Ace, 2026)

April 21, 2026

Aphrodite in Pieces

Lauren J.A. Bear
Film

Film

episodes

Interviews with film makers and scholars of film about their new books.

Frontier Films for America250: On the Western Genre and Beyond with Matthew J. Franck

May 6, 2026

Frontier Films for America250

Matthew J. Franck
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel
Ana I. Oancea, "Dangerous Creations: The Inventor Novel in Fin-de-siècle France" (U Toronto Press, 2025)

May 6, 2026

Dangerous Creations

Ana I. Oancea
Hosted by Gina Stamm
Folklore

Folklore

episodes

Interviews with folklorists and scholars of folklore about their new books.

Jason R. Young, "The Mask of Memory: White Racial Fantasy After the Civil War" (UNC Press, 2026)

May 1, 2026

The Mask of Memory

Jason R. Young
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Constance Bailey et al. "Get It While It's Hot: Gas Station, Roadside, and Convenience Cuisine in the U.S. South" (LSU Press, 2026)

April 25, 2026

Get It While It's Hot

Constance Bailey, Shelley Ingram, and Casey Kayser
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Food

Food

episodes

Interview with authors and scholars about books on food and the culinary arts.

Cooking Sections, "Waves Lost at Sea" (Spector Books, 2026)

May 2, 2026

Waves Lost at Sea

Cooking Sections
Hosted by Kelvin Vu
Episode 53: Mapping Out Food and Philosophy

May 1, 2026

53 Mapping Out Food and Philosophy

Andrea Borghini
Hosted by Gastronomica
Game Studies

Game Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of games and gaming about their new books. For more information about the Game Studies special series, please contact Rudolf Thomas Inderst at rudolf.inderst@googlemail.com.

Stephanie Farnsworth, "Games That Haunt Us: Gothic Game Space as a Living Nightmare" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

April 28, 2026

Games That Haunt Us

Stephanie Farnsworth
Heather Shay, "Identity Building Among Role-Playing Gamers: Slaying Goblins in the Real World" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

April 27, 2026

Identity Building Among Role-Playing Gamers

Heather Shay
Hosted by Michael Johnston
Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

episodes

Interviews with writers of historical fiction about their new books.

Radha Lin Chaddah, "And the Ancestors Sing" (Rising Action, 2026)

April 21, 2026

And the Ancestors Sing

Radha Lin Chaddah
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Linda Hamilton, "The Fourth Wife" (Kensington, 2026)

April 15, 2026

The Fourth Wife

Linda Hamilton
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
Library Science

Library Science

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in library science.

Are Libraries the Hidden Book Market? with Erin Cox of Words & Money

April 29, 2026

Are Libraries the Hidden Book Market?

Erin Cox
Hosted by Sarah Russo
Kirsten Clark, "Practical Project Management for Librarians" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

April 26, 2026

Practical Project Management for Librarians

Kirsten Clark
Hosted by Michael LaMagna
Literary Studies

Literary Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of literature about their new books.

Frontier Films for America250: On the Western Genre and Beyond with Matthew J. Franck

May 6, 2026

Frontier Films for America250

Matthew J. Franck
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel
Literature

Literature

episodes

Interviews with writer of creative fiction and non-fiction about their new books.

Elana K. Arnold, "Holloway" (Clarion Books, 2026)

May 9, 2026

Holloway

Elana K. Arnold
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
A. J. Bermudez, “The Sixteenth Brother” The Common Magazine (Fall, 2025)

May 8, 2026

“The Sixteenth Brother”

A. J. Bermudez
Hosted by Emily Everett
Museum Studies

Museum Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors and scholars about new books in museum studies.

Jeremy Harding's Analogue Africa: Notes on the Anti-Colonial Imagination

May 5, 2026

Analogue Africa

Jeremy Harding
Hosted by Leonard Benardo
Beth Derderian, "Art Capital: Museum Politics and the Making of the Louvre Abu Dhabi" (Stanford UP, 2026)

April 3, 2026

Art Capital

Beth Derderian
Hosted by Tugrul Mende
Music

Music

episodes

Interviews with musicians and scholars of music about their new books.

Henry T. Drummond, "The Cantigas de Santa Maria: Power and Persuasion at the Alfonsine Court" (Oxford UP, 2024)

May 9, 2026

The Cantigas de Santa Maria

Henry T. Drummond
Hosted by Áine Palmer
Performing Arts

Performing Arts

episodes

Interviews with performing artists and scholars of the performing arts about their new books.

David Womersley, "Thinking Through Shakespeare" (Princeton UP, 2026)

April 28, 2026

Thinking Through Shakespeare

David Womersley
Jes Battis, "It's Only Forever: Labyrinth" (ECW Press, 2026)

April 25, 2026

It's Only Forever

Jes Battis
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Photography

Photography

episodes

Interviews with photographers and scholars of photography about their new books.

Vindhya Buthpitiya, "A Volatile Picture: War and the Political Work of Photography in Sri Lanka" (U Washington Press, 2026)

April 29, 2026

A Volatile Picture

Vindhya Buthpitiya
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Nathanial Gardner, "A Companion to Latin American Photography" (Tamesis, 2025)

April 26, 2026

A Companion to Latin American Photography

Nathanial Gardner
Hosted by Candela Marini
Poetry

Poetry

episodes

Interviews with poets and scholars of poetry about their new books.

Stephanie Bolster, "Long Exposure" (Palimpsest Press, 2025)

April 28, 2026

Long Exposure

Stephanie Bolster
Hosted by Hollay Ghadery
Kaie Kellough, "Interposition" (McClelland & Stewart, 2026)

April 26, 2026

Interposition

Kaie Kellough
Hosted by Hollay Ghadery
Popular Culture

Popular Culture

episodes

Interviews with scholars of popular culture about their new books.

Science Fiction

Science Fiction

episodes

Interviews with writers of science fiction and scholars of science fiction about their new books.

E. and H. Heron, "Flaxman Low: Occult Detective" (MIT Press, 2026)

March 15, 2026

Flaxman Low

E. and H. Heron
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Young Adult Literature

Young Adult Literature

episodes

Interviews with authors of Young Adult Literature

Elana K. Arnold, "Holloway" (Clarion Books, 2026)

May 9, 2026

Holloway

Elana K. Arnold
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Brianna Jett, "Under a Carnivore Sky" (Page Street YA, 2026)

May 2, 2026

Under a Carnivore Sky

Brianna Jett
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan