New Books Network Podcast

Buddhist Studies March 25, 2023

Toward a New Image of Paramartha

Yogacara and Tathagatagarbha Buddhism Revisited

Ching Keng

Hosted by Jessica Zu

Today I talked to Ching Keng about his book Toward a New Image of Paramartha: Yogacara and Tathagatagarbha Buddhism Revisited (Bloomsbury, 2022). Yogacara and Tathagatagarbha are often regarded as antagonistic Indian Buddhist …

Art March 22, 2023

Visual Culture and the Forensic

Culture, Memory, Ethics

David Houston Jones

Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez

The relationship between images and truth has a complicated history. In the Western tradition, the Kantian settlement on aesthetic judgment as detached from external interests gave rise to artistic production …

Academic Life March 9, 2023

Can we Engage in Public Scholarship with Feminist and Accessible Communication?

A Discussion with Alex D. Ketchum

Alex D. Ketchum

Hosted by Christina Gessler

Today’s book is: Engage in Public Scholarship: A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication, by Dr. Alex D. Ketchum. Public scholarship—sharing research with audiences outside of academic settings—has become increasingly …

Journalism March 6, 2023

The Los Angeles Review of Books

A Conversation with Michelle Chihara and Annie Berke

Michelle Chihara and Annie Berke

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Today I talked to Michelle Chihara, Editor-in-Chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books and Annie Berke, the Film Editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books. We talked about book reviewing in …

Academic Life February 16, 2023

A Primer for Teaching Digital History

Ten Design Principles

Jennifer Guiliano

Hosted by Christina Gessler

Today’s book is: A Primer for Teaching Digital History: Ten Design Principles (Duke UP, 2022), which is a guide for those who are teaching digital history for the first time …

Islamic Studies February 10, 2023

A New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures

Shahzad Bashir

Hosted by SherAli Tareen

In his innovative and conceptually ingenious new online, open-access, interactive book A New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures (MIT Press, 2022), Shahzad Bashir invites his readers to rethink and …

Digital Humanities January 22, 2023

Podcast Series: Hell on Earth

The 30 Years War and the Violent Birth of Capitalism

Chris Wade and Matt Christman

Hosted by Michael Vann

Hell on Earth: The 30 Years War and the Violent Birth of Capitalism is a new 10-part series from the creators of Hell of Presidents — one of Entertainment Weekly’s …

Scholarly Communication January 14, 2023

Digital Codicology

Medieval Books and Modern Labor

Bridget Whearty

Hosted by Jen Hoyer

Medieval manuscripts are our shared inheritance, and today they are more accessible than ever—thanks to digital copies online. Yet for all that widespread digitization has fundamentally transformed how we connect …

High Theory January 13, 2023

Criticism Amplified

New Media and the Podcast Form

Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu

This episode is a recording of a short paper presented by Kim and Saronik in the panel “Literary Criticism: New Platforms” organized by Anna Kornbluh at the 2023 Convention of …

Scholarly Communication December 26, 2022

The Partially Examined Life

A Conversation with Wes Alwan

Wes Alwan

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

"The Partially Examined Life" is a philosophy podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it." In …

Academic Life December 22, 2022

Archival Kismet

Lessons in Launching An Online Conference

Courtney Thompson

Hosted by Christina Gessler

What is the feeling of archival kismet? And how can we reimagine the format of academic conferences to better support scholars? This episode explores: The complex feelings of finding unexpected …

Media December 22, 2022

Sad by Design

On Platform Nihilism

Geert Lovink

Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez

Why is the internet making us so unhappy? Why is it in capital’s interests to cultivate populations that are depressed and desperate rather than driven by the same irrational exuberance …

Scholarly Communication December 21, 2022

Writing the Revolution

Wikipedia and the Survival of Facts in the Digital Age

Heather Ford

Hosted by Jen Hoyer

A close reading of Wikipedia's article on the Egyptian Revolution reveals the complexity inherent in establishing the facts of events as they occur and are relayed to audiences near and …

Digital Humanities November 30, 2022

Ourboox

A Conversation with Mel Rosenberg

Mel Rosenberg

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In this interview, Mel Rosenberg discusses his love for children's literature, what makes for a memorable picture book, and the company he created, Ourboox. Ourboox is a free site that …

Grinnell College: Authors and Artists November 21, 2022

All the Comfort Sin Can Provide

Grant Faulkner

Hosted by Marshall Poe

Today I had the pleasure of talking to Grant Faulkner. We discuss National Novel Writing Month, of which Grant is the executive director, 100 Word Story, of which Grant is …

Digital Humanities November 17, 2022

Plumbing the Depths of Wikipedia

A Conversation with Annie Rauwerda

Annie Rauwerda

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In 2020, during the nadir of the pandemic, Annie Rauwerda began posting strange, humorous, and obscure Wikipedia entries on social media. She dubbed her project Depths of Wikipedia, and after several …

Art November 16, 2022

Women In Art Magazine

A Conversation with Laureline Latour

Laureline Latour

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Laureline Latour founded Women In Art Magazine in July 2022 from a desire to bring together artists from different countries. She studied German and Russian ab initio at Oxford University. Women …

Native American Studies November 16, 2022

Heart of All

Oral Histories of Oglala Lakota People on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Mark Hetzel

Hosted by Lukas Rieppel

Working with a group of over fifty students at the Little Wound School in Kyle, South Dakota, Mark Hetzel collected countless hours of oral history interviews with Oglala Lakota people …

High Theory November 11, 2022

100th Episode: Public Humanities

Saronik Bosu

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu

Saronik Bosu talks about humanities work engaging diverse communities and publics, misconceptions about what the ‘public’ in public humanities might mean as well as the recent attention paid to it …

Politics & Polemics November 4, 2022

Aufhebunga Bunga and Global Politics

A Conversation with Alex Hochuli, George Hoare and Philip Cunliffe

Alex Hochuli, George Hoare and Philip Cunliffe

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Aufhebunga Bunga is the global politics podcast at the End of the End of History. In this episode, Alex Hochuli, George Hoare, and Philip Cunliffe talk about their work as academics …