Arts & Letters

Architecture

Architecture

episodes

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

Judith Hill, "Gothic: Building Castles in Post-Union Ireland" (Four Courts Press, 2026)

May 27, 2026

Gothic

Judith Hill
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Ellen Levitt, "Former Synagogues of the United States: Looking at Buildings That Once Housed Synagogues, Schools, and Other Jewish Institutions" (Resource Publications, 2026)

May 22, 2026

Former Synagogues of the United States

Ellen Levitt
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Art

Art

episodes

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

Kanika Singh, "The Story of a Sikh Museum: Heritage, Politics, Popular Culture" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

May 27, 2026

The Story of a Sikh Museum

Kanika Singh
Hosted by Harleen Kaur
Timothy K. August, "The Refugee Aesthetic: Reimagining Southeast Asian America" (Temple UP, 2020)

May 25, 2026

The Refugee Aesthetic

Timothy K. August
Hosted by Jennifer Lee
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
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.

Shannon Chakraborty, "The Tapestry of Fate" (Harper Voyager, 2026)

May 12, 2026

The Tapestry of Fate

Shannon Chakraborty
Hosted by A. E. Lanier
Peter Darbyshire, "The Wonder Lands War" (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025)

May 7, 2026

The Wonder Lands War

Hosted by Hollay Ghadery
Film

Film

episodes

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

Robin R. Means Coleman and Novotny Lawrence eds., "The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film" (Oxford UP, 2024)

May 29, 2026

The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film

Robin R. Means Coleman and Novotny Lawrence eds.
Hosted by Pete Kunze
Oscar Winberg, "Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics" (UNC Press, 2025)

May 25, 2026

Archie Bunker for President

Oscar Winberg
Hosted by Lilly Goren
Folklore

Folklore

episodes

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

Gregory Kenicer, "Scottish Plant Names: An A–Z" (Birlinn, 2026)

May 29, 2026

Scottish Plant Names

Gregory J. Kenicer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Angela Byrne, "Finding Mary: The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844" (Four Courts Press, 2025)

May 26, 2026

Finding Mary

Angela Byrne
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Food

Food

episodes

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

Ashley Rose Young, "Nourishing Networks: The Public Culture of Food in New Orleans" (Oxford UP, 2025)

May 29, 2026

Nourishing Networks

Ashley Rose Young
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Marissa Nicosia, "Shakespeare in the Kitchen" (Routledge, 2026)

May 19, 2026

Shakespeare in the Kitchen

Marissa Nicosia
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.

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

April 28, 2026

Games That Haunt Us

Stephanie Farnsworth
Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

episodes

Interviews with writers of historical fiction about their new books.

Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie, "A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams" (William Morrow, 2026)

May 15, 2026

A Founding Mother

Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
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
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.

Michael E. Sawyer, "The Door of No Return: Being-As-Black" (Temple UP, 2026)

May 28, 2026

The Door of No Return

Michael E Sawyer
Hosted by Brigid Wallace
What AI Means for Fiction: A Discussion with Literary Critic Mark McGurl

May 26, 2026

What AI Means for Fiction

Mark McGurl
Hosted by Paul Starobin
Literature

Literature

episodes

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

What AI Means for Fiction: A Discussion with Literary Critic Mark McGurl

May 26, 2026

What AI Means for Fiction

Mark McGurl
Hosted by Paul Starobin
chaun webster, "Without Terminus: untraining an archive" (Greywolf, 2026)

May 26, 2026

Without Terminus

chaun webster
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Museum Studies

Museum Studies

episodes

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

Kanika Singh, "The Story of a Sikh Museum: Heritage, Politics, Popular Culture" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

May 27, 2026

The Story of a Sikh Museum

Kanika Singh
Hosted by Harleen Kaur
Kristin LaFollette, "Rehumanizing People of the Past: Bioarchaeology, Medical Museums and Archives, and the Human Remains Trade" (SUNY Press, 2026)

May 20, 2026

Rehumanizing People of the Past

Kristin LaFollette
Hosted by Victoria Lupascu
Music

Music

episodes

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

Andrea Zarafshon Moore, "Audible Loss: New Music and the Crisis of Memory" (Fordham UP, 2025)

May 26, 2026

Audible Loss

Andrea Zarafshon Moore
Hosted by Kristen Turner
Samuel Markind, "Music Between Your Ears: How Musical Engagement Powers the Human Brain" (JHU Press, 2025)

May 24, 2026

Music Between Your Ears

Samuel Markind
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Performing Arts

Performing Arts

episodes

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

Robin R. Means Coleman and Novotny Lawrence eds., "The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film" (Oxford UP, 2024)

May 29, 2026

The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film

Robin R. Means Coleman and Novotny Lawrence eds.
Hosted by Pete Kunze
Photography

Photography

episodes

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

Fiona Rogers, "Cut Out: A Feminist History of Photo Collage, Montage and Assemblage" (Thames & Hudson, 2026)

May 22, 2026

Cut Out

Fiona Rogers
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
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
Poetry

Poetry

episodes

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

chaun webster, "Without Terminus: untraining an archive" (Greywolf, 2026)

May 26, 2026

Without Terminus

chaun webster
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Barry Devine and Ellen Scheible eds., "Teaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First Century" (UP of Florida, 2025)

May 23, 2026

Teaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First Century

Barry Devine and Ellen Scheible eds.
Hosted by Daniel Moran
Popular Culture

Popular Culture

episodes

Interviews with scholars of popular culture about their new books.

Robin R. Means Coleman and Novotny Lawrence eds., "The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film" (Oxford UP, 2024)

May 29, 2026

The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film

Robin R. Means Coleman and Novotny Lawrence eds.
Hosted by Pete Kunze
Shefalee Vasudev, "Stories We Wear: Status, Spectacle and the Politics of Appearance" (Westland Non-Fiction, 2025)

May 28, 2026

Stories We Wear

Shefalee Vasudev
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
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

Maria Ingrande Mora, "A Wild Radiance" (Peachtree Teen, 2026)

May 13, 2026

A Wild Radiance

Maria Ingrande Mora
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Elana K. Arnold, "Holloway" (Clarion Books, 2026)

May 9, 2026

Holloway

Elana K. Arnold
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan