Arts & Letters

Architecture

Architecture

episodes

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

Shanghai: The Story of China's Most Dynamic City

October 15, 2026

Shanghai

Michael Dillon
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
All Around Is Fairy Ground: Pleasure and the Regency Garden with Timothy Mowl (Reaktion, 2026)

October 5, 2026

All Around Is Fairy Ground

Timothy Mowl
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Art

Art

episodes

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

Book Talk 70: Neil Selkirk on Why Photographs?

October 21, 2026

Neil Selkirk on Why Photographs?

Hosted by Uli Baer
The Kennicott Bible: A Masterpiece of Jewish Book Art with Katrin Kogman-Appel (Bodleian Library, 2023)

October 15, 2026

The Kennicott Bible

Katrin Kogman-Appel
Hosted by Drora Arussy
Children's Literature

Children's Literature

episodes

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

The Haunted Playground with R. J. Palacio (Random House, 2026)

October 21, 2026

The Haunted Playground

R. J. Palacio
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
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
Comics and Graphic Novels

Comics and Graphic Novels

episodes
The Koren Tanakh Graphic Novel - Bereshit Volume 1: The Beginning with Jordan B Gorfinkel (Koren Publishers, 2026)

October 20, 2026

The Koren Tanakh Graphic Novel

Jordan B Gorfinkel
Hosted by Marc Katz
Huda F Would Love You?: A Graphic Novel with Huda Fahmy (Dial Books, 2026)

October 19, 2026

Huda F Would Love You?: A Graphic Novel

Huda Fahmy
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Digital Humanities

Digital Humanities

episodes

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

Fantasy

Fantasy

episodes

Interviews with fantasy writers about their new books.

Wickhills with Premee Mohamed (Tor Books, 2026)

October 4, 2026

Wickhills

Premee Mohamed
Hosted by A. E. Lanier
Exploring Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy Masterpiece

September 20, 2026

Exploring Earthsea

With Karen Joy Fowler, Nghi Vo, and Brian Attebery
Hosted by Max Rudin
Film

Film

episodes

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

Action Bodies: VFX, Identity, and Embodiment in Blockbuster Cinema with Drew Ayers (U Texas Press, 2026)

October 18, 2026

Action Bodies

Drew Ayers
Hosted by Cory Barker
Reading for Pleasure: Working Women and the Popular Romance in Early Twentieth-Century Britain with Lise Shapiro Sanders (Bloomsbury, 2026)

October 17, 2026

Reading for Pleasure

Lise Shapiro Sanders
Hosted by Jane Degenhardt
Folklore

Folklore

episodes

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

Satirical Tibet: The Politics of Humor in Contemporary Amdo with Timothy Thurston (U Washington Press, 2025)

October 15, 2026

Satirical Tibet

Timothy Thurston
Hosted by Magna Mohapatra
Creatures of Story and Song: Tracing Britain's Lost Species with Lee Raye (Reaktion, 2026)

October 4, 2026

Creatures of Story and Song

Lee Raye
Hosted by Jana Byars
Food

Food

episodes

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

Progress Is A Choice: On the Systems of Modern Civilization with Charles C. Mann

October 21, 2026

Progress Is A Choice

with Charles C. Mann
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel
American Bread: A History with Andrew Coe (U California Press, 2026)

October 13, 2026

American Bread

Andrew Coe
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.

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators with Jeremiah McCall (Routledge, 2026)

October 20, 2026

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms

Jeremiah McCall
How Dungeons and Dragons Changed the Way We Play with Aaron Trammell (Duke UP, 2026)

October 16, 2026

How Dungeons and Dragons Changed the Way We Play

Aaron Trammell
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

episodes

Interviews with writers of historical fiction about their new books.

The Age of Fury with John Stephens (Random House, 2026)

October 19, 2026

The Age of Fury

John Stephens
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
The Instrument Must Not Matter with Christine Fischer Guy (Buckrider Books, 2026)

October 15, 2026

The Instrument Must Not Matter

Christine Fischer Guy
Hosted by Hollay Ghadery
Library Science

Library Science

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in library science.

Yiddish Scholarship Comes to America: The YIVO Institute at 100 with Kalman Weiser (Wayne State UP, 2026)

October 9, 2026

Yiddish Scholarship Comes to America

Kalman Weiser
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Librarians as Researchers: Developing Our Scholarly Identities with Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle

September 28, 2026

Librarians as Researchers

Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle
Hosted by Michael LaMagna
Literary Studies

Literary Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of literature about their new books.

Rooted Movements: The Radical Poetics of Palestinian Space with Amanda Batarseh (Syracuse UP, 2026)

October 21, 2026

Rooted Movements

Amanda Batarseh
Hosted by Tugrul Mende
American Flash Fiction: Brilliant Brevities & Miniature Masterpieces

October 18, 2026

American Flash Fiction

with Lynne Tillman, Venita Blackburn, Ben Loory, and David L. Ulin
Hosted by Max Rudin
Literature

Literature

episodes

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

The Rhyl Poster with Tom McCarthy (Jonathan Cape, 2026)

October 21, 2026

The Rhyl Poster

Tom McCarthy
Hosted by Chris Holmes
Sutra Americana with Monona Wali (U Wisconsin Press, 2026)

October 20, 2026

Sutra Americana

Monona Wali
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Museum Studies

Museum Studies

episodes

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

Museums in Digital Age

September 18, 2026

Museums in Digital Age

Aya Kimura
Sandra Rozental, "The Absent Stone: Mexican Patrimony and the Aftershocks of State Theft" (Duke UP, 2026)

September 17, 2026

The Absent Stone

Sandra Rozental
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Music

Music

episodes

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

Christmas Carols: An English Enchantment with John Potter (Yale UP, 2026)

October 19, 2026

Christmas Carols

John Potter
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Brass Band Story with Trevor Herbert (Yale UP, 2026)

October 14, 2026

The Brass Band Story

Trevor Herbert
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Performing Arts

Performing Arts

episodes

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

The Brass Band Story with Trevor Herbert (Yale UP, 2026)

October 14, 2026

The Brass Band Story

Trevor Herbert
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere with Nsah Mala, Richard Watts and Giulia Champion

October 4, 2026

Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere

Nsah Mala and Nicki Hitchcott eds.
Hosted by Gina Stamm
Photography

Photography

episodes

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

Book Talk 70: Neil Selkirk on Why Photographs?

October 21, 2026

Neil Selkirk on Why Photographs?

Hosted by Uli Baer
Ben Westhoff ed.,"Lives Interrupted: The Fentanyl Tragedy" (Arsenault Family Foundation, 2026)

September 9, 2026

Lives Interrupted

Ben Westhoff
Hosted by Emily Dufton
Poetry

Poetry

episodes

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

An Alaṅkāra Reader: Classical Indian Poetics with Yigal Bronner (Columbia UP, 2026)

October 15, 2026

An Alaṅkāra Reader

Yigal Bronner
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day

October 15, 2026

Living Resistance

Kaitlin B. Curtice
Popular Culture

Popular Culture

episodes

Interviews with scholars of popular culture about their new books.

Book Talk 70: Neil Selkirk on Why Photographs?

October 21, 2026

Neil Selkirk on Why Photographs?

Hosted by Uli Baer
Christmas Carols: An English Enchantment with John Potter (Yale UP, 2026)

October 19, 2026

Christmas Carols

John Potter
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Science Fiction

Science Fiction

episodes

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

Exploring Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy Masterpiece

September 20, 2026

Exploring Earthsea

With Karen Joy Fowler, Nghi Vo, and Brian Attebery
Hosted by Max Rudin
Brian Jay Jones, "George Lucas: A Life" (Little, Brown and Company, 2016)

August 26, 2026

George Lucas

Brian Jay Jones
Hosted by Daniel Moran
Young Adult Literature

Young Adult Literature

episodes

Interviews with authors of Young Adult Literature

The Age of Fury with John Stephens (Random House, 2026)

October 19, 2026

The Age of Fury

John Stephens
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Huda F Would Love You?: A Graphic Novel with Huda Fahmy (Dial Books, 2026)

October 19, 2026

Huda F Would Love You?: A Graphic Novel

Huda Fahmy
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan