New Books Network
Critical Theory September 17, 2021

Lenin and the Logic of Hegemony

Political Practice and Theory in the Class Struggle

Alan Shandro

Hosted by Stephen Dozeman
Few figures stand as prominently in Marxist theory and history as V.I. Lenin. The revolutionary who played a pivotal role in one of the most important events in world …

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East Asian Studies September 17, 2021

The Global White Snake

Liang Luo

Hosted by Huiying Chen
Liang Luo's book The Global White Snake (U Michigan Press, 2021) examines the Chinese White Snake legends and their extensive, multidirectional travels within Asia and across the globe. Such travels across …
Politics & Polemics September 17, 2021

Sensuous Knowledge

A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone

Minna Salami

Hosted by Lee Pierce
Minna Salami's book Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone (Amistad/HarperCollins, 2021) is a collection of thought provoking essays that explore questions central to how we see ourselves, our history, and …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast September 17, 2021

The Derveni Papyrus

Richard Janko

Hosted by Howard Burton
The Derveni Papyrus is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Richard Janko, Gerald F. Else Distinguished University Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan …
American West September 17, 2021

Black Towns, Black Futures

The Enduring Allure of a Black Place in the American West

Karla Slocum

Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Oklahoma's Black towns aren't just places of the past - they maintain an enduring allure, and look toward the future, argues Karla Slocum in her new book, Black Towns, Black Futures: The …
Psychology September 17, 2021

Shameless Parenting

Everything You Need to Raise Shame-free Confident Kids & Heal Your Shame Too!

Tina Schermer Sellers

Hosted by Meg Gambino
Shameless Parenting: Everything You Need to Raise Shame-free Confident Kids & Heal Your Shame Too! (2021) is the 21st-century book parents have been asking for! It highlights the trickiest parts …
Systems and Cybernetics September 17, 2021

Gaian Systems

Lynn Margulis, Neocybernetics, and the End of the Anthropocene

Bruce Clarke

Hosted by Tom Scholte
Often seen as an outlier in science, Gaia has run a long and varied course since its formulation in the 1970s by atmospheric chemist James Lovelock and microbiologist Lynn Margulis …
Nordic Asia Podcast September 17, 2021

Salafism and the State

Islamic Activism and National Identity in Contemporary Indonesia

Chris Chaplin

Hosted by Petra Desatova
How important is Islam to Indonesia’s identity? How different is Salafism from a more mainstream Sunni Islam? Why is it popular with mostly young Indonesian Muslims? And what effect does …
Environmental Studies September 17, 2021

The Gospel of Climate Skepticism

Why Evangelical Christians Oppose Action on Climate Change

Robin Globus Veldman

Hosted by Brady McCartney
Why are white evangelicals the most skeptical major religious group in America regarding climate change? Previous scholarship has pointed to cognitive factors such as conservative politics, anti-science attitudes, aversion to …
Islamic Studies September 17, 2021

Muslims in the Movies

A Global Anthology

Kristian Petersen

Hosted by Shobhana Xavier
Kristian Petersen’s new edited volume Muslims in the Movies: A Global Anthology (Ilex Foundation and Harvard University Press, 2021), introduces the subject of Muslims and film. The volume contains nineteen …
Anthropology September 17, 2021

Margaret Mead

Paul Shankman

Hosted by Adam Bobeck
Tracing Mead’s career as an ethnographer, as the early voice of public anthropology, and as a public figure, this elegantly written biography links the professional and personal sides of her …
Intellectual History September 17, 2021

Aesthetic Science

Representing Nature in the Royal Society of London, 1650-1720

Alexander Wragge-Morley

Hosted by Alexandra Ortolja-Baird
The scientists affiliated with the early Royal Society of London have long been regarded as forerunners of modern empiricism, rejecting the symbolic and moral goals of Renaissance natural history in …
Architecture September 17, 2021

The Speculative City

Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles

Susanna Phillips Newbury

Hosted by Bryan Toepfer
Underlying every great city is a rich and vibrant culture that shapes the texture of life within. In The Speculative City: Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast September 17, 2021

Princeton UP's Pedia Series

Beautiful, Short Books About Big, Important Subjects

Robert Kirk

Hosted by Marshall Poe
Today I talked to Robert Kirk, the publisher of Princeton University Press's "Pedia" book series. Encyclopedic in nature and miniature in form, these books explore the wonders of the natural world, from …
Asian Review of Books September 16, 2021

The Tale of the Horse

A History of India on Horseback

Yashaswini Chandra

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
The horse is an important symbol in India’s culture, as shown by the many stories and works we see of Indian royalty and adventurers on horseback. As noted by Mughal …
Sports September 16, 2021

Our Team

The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball

Luke Epplin

Hosted by Paul Knepper
In July 1947, not even three months after Jackie Robinson debuted on the Brooklyn Dodgers, snapping the color line that had segregated Major League Baseball, Larry Doby would follow in …
Science September 16, 2021

The Plant-Based Athlete

A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance

Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance (HarperOne, 2021) by Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke reveals the incontrovertible proof that the human body does not need meat, eggs, or …
Sociology September 16, 2021

Where Misfits Fit

Counterculture and Influence in the Ozarks

Thomas Michael Kersen

Hosted by Michael Johnston
All regions and places are unique in their own way, but the Ozarks have an enduring place in American culture. Studying the Ozarks offers the ability to explore American life …
SSEAC Stories September 16, 2021

Preserving Local Languages to Protect Cultural and Environmental Rights in Laos

Human Rights and Research in Southeast Asia Series

Nick Enfield

Hosted by Thushara Dibley
In September-October 2021, SSEAC Stories will be hosting a mini-series of podcasts exploring the role that research plays in understanding and advocating for human rights in Southeast Asia. In the …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast September 16, 2021

Exploring Spinoza

Susan James

Hosted by Howard Burton
Exploring Spinoza is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Susan James, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London. Susan James is an internationally-renowned Spinoza scholar …