Arts & Letters

Architecture

Architecture

episodes

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

Jorge Almazán et al., "Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City" (Oro Editions, 2024)

June 19, 2024

Emergent Tokyo

Jorge Almazán and Studiolab
Hosted by James Wunsch
Victoria Perry, "A Bittersweet Heritage: Slavery, Architecture and the British Landscape" (Hurst, 2022)

March 14, 2024

A Bittersweet Heritage

Victoria Perry
Hosted by Katrina Anderson
Art

Art

episodes

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

Sonia-Doris Andras, "The Women of 'Little Paris': Women’s Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

July 26, 2024

The Women of 'Little Paris'

Sonia-Doris Andras
Hosted by Roland Clark
Hannah Freed-Thall, "Modernism at the Beach: Queer Ecologies and the Coastal Commons" (Columbia UP, 2023)

July 25, 2024

Modernism at the Beach

Hannah Freed-Thall
Children's Literature

Children's Literature

episodes

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

Muslimness in Books for Young Readers: A Chat with A. M. Dassu

July 25, 2024

Muslimness in Books for Young Readers

A. M. Dassu
Hosted by Radio Reorient
Charly Palmer and Karida Brown, "The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families" (Chronicle Books, 2023)

July 15, 2024

The New Brownies' Book

Charly Palmer and Karida Brown
Hosted by N'Kosi Oates
Comics and Graphic Novels

Comics and Graphic Novels

episodes
Laura Moretti and Satō Yukiko, "Graphic Narratives from Early Modern Japan: The World of Kusazōshi" (Brill, 2024)

July 19, 2024

Graphic Narratives from Early Modern Japan

Laura Moretti and Satō Yukiko
Hosted by Jingyi Li
Sultan vs. Dracula

July 17, 2024

Sultan vs. Dracula

Razwan Ul-Haq
Hosted by Radio Reorient
Digital Humanities

Digital Humanities

episodes

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

Miguel Escobar Varela, "Theater as Data: Computational Journeys Into Theater Research" (U Michigan Press, 2021)

July 24, 2024

Theater as Data

Miguel Escobar Varela
Hosted by Shu Wan
Jason Hannan, "Trolling Ourselves to Death: Democracy in the Age of Social Media" (Oxford UP, 2023)

July 2, 2024

Trolling Ourselves to Death

Jason Hannan
Hosted by Michael LaMagna
Fantasy

Fantasy

episodes

Interviews with fantasy writers about their new books.

Eric Reinders, "Reading Tolkien in Chinese: Religion, Fantasy and Translation" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

July 20, 2024

Reading Tolkien in Chinese

Eric Reinders
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Dana Elmendorf, "In the Hour of Crows" (Mira Books, 2024)

June 23, 2024

In the Hour of Crows

Dana Elmendorf
Hosted by A. E. Lanier
Film

Film

episodes

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

Rosemary Pennington, "Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media" (Indiana UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Pop Islam

Rosemary Pennington
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier
Jonathan Branfman, "Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy" (NYU Press, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Millennial Jewish Stars

Jonathan Branfman
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Folklore

Folklore

episodes

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

Food

Food

episodes
Theresa McCulla, "Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

July 11, 2024

Insatiable City

Theresa McCulla
Hosted by Kelly Spivey
Michelle T. King, "Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food" (Norton, 2024)

July 3, 2024

Chop Fry Watch Learn

Michelle T. King
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
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.

Sören Schoppmeier, "Playing American: Open-World Videogames and the Reproduction of American Culture" (De Gruyter, 2023)

July 19, 2024

Playing American

Sören Schoppmeier
Souvik Mukherjee, "Videogames in the Indian Subcontinent: Development, Culture(s) and Representations" (Bloomsbury, 2022)

July 1, 2024

Videogames in the Indian Subcontinent

Souvik Mukherjee
Hosted by Xenia Zeiler
Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

episodes

Interviews with writers of historical fiction about their new books.

Orientalism in Representations of Muslims: A Discussion with Laury Silvers

July 18, 2024

Orientalism in Representations of Muslims

Laury Silvers
Hosted by Radio Reorient
Eve J. Chung, "Daughters of Shandong" (Berkley Books, 2024)

July 8, 2024

Daughters of Shandong

Eve J. Chung
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
Library Science

Library Science

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in library science.

Özge Çelikaslan, "Archiving the Commons: Looking Through the Lens of bak.ma" (DPR Barcelona, 2024)

July 19, 2024

Archiving the Commons

Özge Çelikaslan
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz and Sara A. Howard, "Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations in Librarianship" (Litwin Books, 2024)

July 14, 2024

Grabbing Tea

Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz and Sara A. Howard
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Literary Studies

Literary Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of literature about their new books.

Muslimness in Books for Young Readers: A Chat with A. M. Dassu

July 25, 2024

Muslimness in Books for Young Readers

A. M. Dassu
Hosted by Radio Reorient
Steven Powell, "Love Me Fierce In Danger: The Life of James Ellroy" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

July 25, 2024

Love Me Fierce In Danger

Steven Powell
Hosted by Daniel Moran
Literature

Literature

episodes

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

A. J. Rodriguez, "Papel Picado," The Common Magazine (2024)

July 26, 2024

Papel Picado

A. J. Rodriguez
Hosted by Emily Everett
Naomi Westerman, "Happy Death Club: Essays on Death, Grief, and Bereavement Across Cultures" (404 Inklings, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Happy Death Club

Naomi Westerman
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Museum Studies

Museum Studies

episodes

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

Özge Çelikaslan, "Archiving the Commons: Looking Through the Lens of bak.ma" (DPR Barcelona, 2024)

July 19, 2024

Archiving the Commons

Özge Çelikaslan
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Laura Helton, "Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History" (Columbia UP, 2024)

May 22, 2024

Scattered and Fugitive Things

Laura Helton
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Music

Music

episodes

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

40 Years of Purple Rain: What to Make of the Movie/Album in 2024

July 25, 2024

40 Years of Purple Rain

Hosted by UConn PopCast
Jams Bond

July 22, 2024

Jams Bond

cris cheek
Hosted by Mack Hagood
Performing Arts

Performing Arts

episodes

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

Jonathan Branfman, "Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy" (NYU Press, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Millennial Jewish Stars

Jonathan Branfman
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Miguel Escobar Varela, "Theater as Data: Computational Journeys Into Theater Research" (U Michigan Press, 2021)

July 24, 2024

Theater as Data

Miguel Escobar Varela
Hosted by Shu Wan
Photography

Photography

episodes

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

Sean Redmond, "The Loneliness Room: A Creative Ethnography of Loneliness" (Manchester UP, 2024)

June 28, 2024

The Loneliness Room

Sean Redmond
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Siobhan Angus, "Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography" (Duke UP, 2024)

June 21, 2024

Camera Geologica

Siobhan Angus
Hosted by Sarah Kearns
Poetry

Poetry

episodes

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

Christian J. Collier, "Greater Ghost" (Four Way Books, 2024)

July 22, 2024

Greater Ghost

Christian J. Collier
Hosted by Megan Wildhood
Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran, "The Same Moon Shines on All: The Lives and Selected Poems of Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran" (Columbia UP, 2024)

July 21, 2024

The Same Moon Shines on All

Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran
Hosted by Jingyi Li
Popular Culture

Popular Culture

episodes

Interviews with scholars of popular culture about their new books.

Rosemary Pennington, "Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media" (Indiana UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Pop Islam

Rosemary Pennington
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier
Jonathan Branfman, "Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy" (NYU Press, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Millennial Jewish Stars

Jonathan Branfman
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Science Fiction

Science Fiction

episodes

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

Graham McNeill, "Horus Heresy - False Gods" (Games Workshop, 2014)

June 25, 2024

Horus Heresy - False Gods

Graham McNeill
Hosted by Michael Morales
Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis, "Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away" (Vernon Press, 2023)

May 10, 2024

Star Wars

Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis