Arts & Letters

Architecture

Architecture

episodes

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

Mark Crinson, "Aviationland: Heathrow and the Making of an Airport Landscape" (Paul Mellon Centre, 2026)

July 22, 2026

Aviationland

Mark Crinson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Dmytro Soloviov, "Ukrainian Modernism: Modernist Architecture of Ukraine" (Fuel, 2025)

July 3, 2026

Ukrainian Modernism

Dmytro Soloviov
Hosted by Megan Buskey
Art

Art

episodes

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

Meredith Gamer, "City of the Gallows: Art and Execution in Eighteenth-Century London" (Yale UP, 2026)

July 27, 2026

City of the Gallows

Meredith Gamer
Hosted by Kelsey Brosnan
Victoria Donovan, "Life in Spite of Everything: Tales from the Ukrainian East" (Daunt Books, 2025)

July 26, 2026

Life in Spite of Everything

Victoria Donovan
Children's Literature

Children's Literature

episodes

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

Yevgenia Nayberg, "Another Tongue" (Neal Porter, 2026)

July 24, 2026

Another Tongue

Yevgenia Nayberg
Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Celebrating "Piece by Piece: How Stephen Sondheim Made Musical Puzzles Come Alive" with Stacy Innerst

July 19, 2026

Piece by Piece:

Erin Frankel
Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Comics and Graphic Novels

Comics and Graphic Novels

episodes
A Conversation with LeUyen Pham illustrator of "As I Dream of You" (First Second, 2026)

July 26, 2026

As I Dream of You

Jennifer Lee illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Jilanne Hoffmann, "HeartLand" (Little, Brown, 2026)

July 2, 2026

HeartLand

Jilanne Hoffmann
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
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.

M. A. Carrick, "The Eye of Leviathan" (Orbit, 2026)

July 12, 2026

The Eye of Leviathan

M. A. Carrick
Hosted by A. E. Lanier
David Ly, "Not All Dragons" (Poplar Press, 2026)

June 30, 2026

Not All Dragons

David Ly
Hosted by Hollay Ghadery
Film

Film

episodes

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

David Zeitlyn and Chihab El Khachab eds., "Understanding Social Images: Essays on Visual Methods and Teaching Visual Anthropology" (Berghahn, 2025)

July 27, 2026

Understanding Social Images

Marcus Banks, David Zeitlyn and Chihab El Khachab eds.
Anja Foerschner, "Female Art and Agency in Yugoslavia, 1971–2001" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

July 19, 2026

Female Art and Agency in Yugoslavia, 1971–2001

Anja Foerschner
Hosted by Iva Glisic
Folklore

Folklore

episodes

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

Michelle Bigenho and Henry Stobart, "Heritage Fever: Law and Cultural Politics in a Decolonizing State" (Oxford UP, 2025)

July 26, 2026

Heritage Fever

Michelle Bigenho and Henry Stobart
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Patrick Nunn, "Whispers from Celtic Seas: The True Meanings of Ancient Stories from Northwest Europe" (Reaktion, 2026)

July 26, 2026

Whispers from Celtic Seas

Patrick Nunn
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Food

Food

episodes

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

Samantha Iyer, "Agrarian Superpower: Food, Development, and the Global Ascendancy of the United States" (Columbia UP, 2026)

July 25, 2026

Agrarian Superpower

Samantha Iyer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
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.

David I. Waddington, "The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2026)

July 22, 2026

The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games

David I. Waddington
Daniel L. Gardner, "Thresholds of Digital Gameplay" (MIT Press, 2025)

July 21, 2026

Thresholds of Digital Gameplay

Daniel L. Gardner
Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

episodes

Interviews with writers of historical fiction about their new books.

April Howells, "The Unforgettable Mailman" (Alcove Press, 2026)

July 15, 2026

The Unforgettable Mailman

April Howells
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
Shana Galen, "A Shop Girl's Guide to Wooing a Lord" (Berkley, 2026)

June 18, 2026

A Shop Girl's Guide to Wooing a Lord

Shana Galen
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
Library Science

Library Science

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in library science.

Angela I. Fritz, "AI and Digital Leadership: Transforming Libraries, Archives, and Museums for the Future" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

May 15, 2026

AI and Digital Leadership

Angela I. Fritz
Hosted by Michael LaMagna
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
Literary Studies

Literary Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of literature about their new books.

Matthew Ritger, "Houses of Correction: Carceral Institutions and Humanist Culture in Early Modern England" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2026)

July 27, 2026

Houses of Correction

Matthew Ritger
Hosted by Jane Degenhardt
Leah Pope Parker, "Light of the Everlasting Life: Disability and Crip Eschatology in Old English Literature" (U Michigan Press, 2025)

July 26, 2026

Light of the Everlasting Life

Leah Pope Parker
Hosted by Shu Wan
Literature

Literature

episodes

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

Elisabeth Rhoads, "Haggard House" (Bodger Books, 2025)

July 28, 2026

Haggard House

Elisabeth Rhoads
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Charles Akl, "Red Like Orange" (Hoopoe, 2026)

July 27, 2026

Red Like Orange

Charles Akl
Hosted by Tugrul Mende
Museum Studies

Museum Studies

episodes

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

Victoria Donovan, "Life in Spite of Everything: Tales from the Ukrainian East" (Daunt Books, 2025)

July 26, 2026

Life in Spite of Everything

Victoria Donovan
Sadiah Qureshi, "Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" (Penguin, 2025)

July 4, 2026

Vanished

Sadiah Qureshi
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Music

Music

episodes

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

Stacey Copeland, "Lavender Sounds: From Lesbian Radio to Queer Feminist Soundwork" (U Michigan Press, 2026)

July 17, 2026

Lavender Sounds

Stacey Copeland
Hosted by Jana Byars
Gayle F. Wald, "This Is Rhythm: Ella Jenkins, Children’s Music, and the Long Civil Rights Movement" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

July 15, 2026

This Is Rhythm

Gayle F. Wald
Hosted by Kristen Turner
Performing Arts

Performing Arts

episodes

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

Michelle Bigenho and Henry Stobart, "Heritage Fever: Law and Cultural Politics in a Decolonizing State" (Oxford UP, 2025)

July 26, 2026

Heritage Fever

Michelle Bigenho and Henry Stobart
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Ashton Lazarus, "Performing Transgression: Crowds and Bodies in Heian Japan" (Harvard UP, 2026)

July 24, 2026

Performing Transgression

Ashton Lazarus
Hosted by Jingyi Li
Photography

Photography

episodes

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

David Zeitlyn and Chihab El Khachab eds., "Understanding Social Images: Essays on Visual Methods and Teaching Visual Anthropology" (Berghahn, 2025)

July 27, 2026

Understanding Social Images

Marcus Banks, David Zeitlyn and Chihab El Khachab eds.
Nick Yablon, "From the Skyscraper to the Wildflower: C. G. Hine's 1905 Photographic Survey of Broadway" (Columbia UP, 2026)

July 22, 2026

From the Skyscraper to the Wildflower

Nick Yablon
Hosted by Robert Snyder
Poetry

Poetry

episodes

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

Molly Peacock, "The Widow’s Crayon Box" (WW Norton & Co, 2025)

July 23, 2026

The Widow's Crayon Box

Molly Peacock
Hosted by Hollay Ghadery
Phillip B. Williams, "Lift Every Voice" (Penguin, 2026)

July 14, 2026

Lift Every Voice

Phillip B. Williams
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Popular Culture

Popular Culture

episodes

Interviews with scholars of popular culture about their new books.

David Denby, "Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer" (Henry Holt, 2025)

July 22, 2026

Eminent Jews

David Denby
Hosted by Marc Katz
David I. Waddington, "The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2026)

July 22, 2026

The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games

David I. Waddington
Science Fiction

Science Fiction

episodes

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

Inside Science Fiction Studies

July 15, 2026

Inside Science Fiction Studies

Phoenix Alexander, Stephen Darren Dougherty, Colin Milburn, Patrick Sharp, and Elizabeth (Lisa) Swanstrom
Hosted by Sherryl Vint
Soraya Murray, "Technothriller: Film and the American Imagination" (MIT Press, 2026)

July 14, 2026

Technothriller

Soraya Murray
Hosted by Ailin Zhou
Young Adult Literature

Young Adult Literature

episodes

Interviews with authors of Young Adult Literature

A Conversation with LeUyen Pham illustrator of "As I Dream of You" (First Second, 2026)

July 26, 2026

As I Dream of You

Jennifer Lee illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
April Henry, "In the Blood" (Christy Ottaviano Books, 2026)

July 16, 2026

In the Blood

April Henry
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan