Arts & Letters

Architecture

Architecture

episodes

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

Marita Sturken, "Terrorism in American Memory: Memorials, Museums, and Architecture in the Post-9/11 Era" (NYU Press, 2022)

September 6, 2026

Terrorism in American Memory

Marita Sturken
Aonghus MacKechnie, "Edinburgh: City of Romanticism" (Lund Humphries, 2026)

September 1, 2026

Edinburgh

Aonghus MacKechnie
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Art

Art

episodes

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

Duty, Banality, and Hopefulness with Alex Cain

September 1, 2026

Duty, Banality, and Hopefulness

with Alex Cain
Hosted by Pat McConville
Children's Literature

Children's Literature

episodes

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

Ellie Laks, "Gentle Hope and Healing at an Animal Sanctuary" (FSG Press, 2026)

September 5, 2026

Gentle

Ellie Laks (Author) Jennifer A. Bell (Illustrator)
Hosted by Maci Zakarin
Yevgenia Nayberg, "Another Tongue" (Neal Porter, 2026)

July 24, 2026

Another Tongue

Yevgenia Nayberg
Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Comics and Graphic Novels

Comics and Graphic Novels

episodes
WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration with Bruce Rutledge

August 19, 2026

WE HEREBY REFUSE

Bruce Rutledge
Vincent Haddad, "Next Time on Dragon Ball: Playing with a Manga and Anime Franchise" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

August 18, 2026

Next Time on Dragon Ball

Vincent Haddad
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Digital Humanities

Digital Humanities

episodes

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

Special Episode: Accounting for Computing, or Why We So Badly Need a New Social and Economic History of Everyday Digital Technology Use

August 31, 2026

Special Episode

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Aarthi Vadde, "We the Platform: How the Internet Changed Twenty-First-Century Literature (Columbia UP, 2026)

August 15, 2026

We the Platform

Aarthi Vadde
Hosted by Arnab Dutta Roy
Fantasy

Fantasy

episodes

Interviews with fantasy writers about their new books.

M. H. Ayinde, "A Song of Legends Lost" (Saga Press, 2025)

August 11, 2026

A Song of Legends Lost

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

July 12, 2026

The Eye of Leviathan

M. A. Carrick
Hosted by A. E. Lanier
Film

Film

episodes

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

Violaine Roussel, "Data-Driven Hollywood: The New Data Professionals in the Age of Streaming" (Princeton UP, 2026)

September 7, 2026

Data-Driven Hollywood

Violaine Roussel
Hosted by Pete Kunze
Stephen Lee Naish, "Point Break: Movies Minute by Minute" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

September 3, 2026

Point Break

Stephen Lee Naish
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Folklore

Folklore

episodes

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

Stuart McHardy, "Scotland's Geomythography: Myth, Landscape and the Roots of Culture" (Luath Press, 2025)

September 6, 2026

Scotland's Geomythography

Stuart McHardy
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
David Keohan, "The Wind Beneath the Stone: My Quest to Unearth a Piece of Ireland's Folklore" (Bloomsbury and Chelsea Green, 2026)

September 1, 2026

The Wind Beneath the Stone

David Keohan
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Food

Food

episodes

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

The Next Issue: Fall 2026 (26.3)

September 4, 2026

The Next Issue

Melissa Fuster and Rosi Song
Hosted by Gastronomica
Edward Cutler, "This Beautiful Country: How Italy's Nature Shaped Its Culture and Civilisation" (Chelsea Green, 2026)

September 1, 2026

This Beautiful Country

Edward Cutler
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.

Erin A. Craig, "Our Strange Duet: Inspired by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera" (Delacorte Press, 2026)

September 1, 2026

Our Strange Duet

Erin A. Craig
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, "The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois" (HarperCollins, 2021)

August 25, 2026

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Library Science

Library Science

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in library science.

Lauren Stara, "Planning Library Spaces: A Practical Guide for Library Building Projects" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

August 12, 2026

Planning Library Spaces

Lauren Stara
Hosted by Michael LaMagna
James W. Cortada, "Beyond the Facts: Tacit Knowledge and the Hidden Infrastructure of Our Informed Times" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

August 3, 2026

Beyond the Facts

James W. Cortada
Hosted by Michael LaMagna
Literary Studies

Literary Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of literature about their new books.

Jonathan Swift and David Womersley ed., "Gulliver's Travels: Cambridge Anniversary Edition" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

September 7, 2026

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift, David Womersley ed.
Agnes Mueller, "Holocaust Migration in German Jewish Literatures" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

September 5, 2026

Holocaust Migration in German Jewish Literatures

Agnes Mueller
Hosted by Amir Engel
Literature

Literature

episodes

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

Jonathan Swift and David Womersley ed., "Gulliver's Travels: Cambridge Anniversary Edition" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

September 7, 2026

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift, David Womersley ed.
Ellie Laks, "Gentle Hope and Healing at an Animal Sanctuary" (FSG Press, 2026)

September 5, 2026

Gentle

Ellie Laks (Author) Jennifer A. Bell (Illustrator)
Hosted by Maci Zakarin
Museum Studies

Museum Studies

episodes

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

Emily Matson, "China’s Date Debate: How Manchurian Scholars Rewrote World War II" (U Michigan Press, 2026)

September 6, 2026

China's Date Debate

Emily Matson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Marita Sturken, "Terrorism in American Memory: Memorials, Museums, and Architecture in the Post-9/11 Era" (NYU Press, 2022)

September 6, 2026

Terrorism in American Memory

Marita Sturken
Music

Music

episodes

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

Ashley Kahn, "Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland" (Atria Books, 2026)

September 5, 2026

Days of Miracle and Wonder

Ashley Kahn
Hosted by Bradley Morgan
Erin Osmon, "Won't Back Down: Heartland Rock and the Fight for America" (W. W. Norton, 2026)

September 1, 2026

Won't Back Down

Erin Osmon
Hosted by Bradley Morgan
Performing Arts

Performing Arts

episodes

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

Erin A. Craig, "Our Strange Duet: Inspired by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera" (Delacorte Press, 2026)

September 1, 2026

Our Strange Duet

Erin A. Craig
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
John Trafton, "Los Angeles and Film: A Cultural History of 20th-Century Hollywood" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

August 31, 2026

Los Angeles and Film

John Trafton
Hosted by Cory Barker
Photography

Photography

episodes

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

Karène Sanchez Summerer and Sary Zananiri eds., "Palestine in Transition: Frank Scholten's Visual Archive of the British Mandate Period" (CEU Press, 2026)

August 17, 2026

Palestine in Transition

Karène Sanchez Summerer and Sary Zananiri eds.
Hosted by CEU Press
Christopher R. Rogers, "My City Need Something" (Common Notions, 2026)

August 11, 2026

My City Need Something

Christopher R. Rogers
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Poetry

Poetry

episodes

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

Kirby, "Fairy" (Palimpsest Press, 2026)

September 6, 2026

Fairy

Kirby
Hosted by Hollay Ghadery
Inside Ink & Ribbon Press with Founder G.K. Allum and Poet Jan Noble

September 3, 2026

Inside Ink & Ribbon Press

G.K. Allum and Jan Noble
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Popular Culture

Popular Culture

episodes

Interviews with scholars of popular culture about their new books.

Ashley Kahn, "Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland" (Atria Books, 2026)

September 5, 2026

Days of Miracle and Wonder

Ashley Kahn
Hosted by Bradley Morgan
Stephen Lee Naish, "Point Break: Movies Minute by Minute" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

September 3, 2026

Point Break

Stephen Lee Naish
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Science Fiction

Science Fiction

episodes

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

Brian Jay Jones, "George Lucas: A Life" (Little, Brown and Company, 2016)

August 26, 2026

George Lucas

Brian Jay Jones
Hosted by Daniel Moran
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
Young Adult Literature

Young Adult Literature

episodes

Interviews with authors of Young Adult Literature

Erin A. Craig, "Our Strange Duet: Inspired by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera" (Delacorte Press, 2026)

September 1, 2026

Our Strange Duet

Erin A. Craig
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Emily Charlotte, "Catching Feelings" (Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2026)

September 1, 2026

Catching Feelings

Emily Charlotte
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan