New Books Network Podcast

Scholarly Communication June 7, 2023

Reading, Writing, Research

A Discussion with Cybersecurity Scholar Mathias Payer

Mathias Payer

Hosted by Daniel Shea

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Listen to this interview of Mathias Payer, a security researcher and associate professor at the EPFL School of Computer and Communication Science, leading the HexHive group. We talk about research …

Digital Humanities June 5, 2023

Scholarly Podcasting

Why, What, How

Ian M. Cook

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

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Exploring what academic podcasting is and what it could be, Ian Cook's Scholarly Podcasting (Routledge, 2023) is the first to consider the why, what, and how academics engage with this insurgent, curious craft …

Scholarly Communication June 4, 2023

Life at the London Review of Books

A Conversation with Anthony Wilks

Anthony Wilks

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

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Anthony Wilks discusses his career heading up audio-visual projects for the London Review of Books. He tells the story of his winding career, in addition to some great musings about the …

Scholarly Communication June 1, 2023

Nick Enfield on Language, Influence, and Science Communications

Nick Enfield

Hosted by Daniel Shea

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Listen to this interview of Nick Enfield, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney for Language Research and the Sydney Initiative for Truth. We talk about communication as you …

Scholarly Communication May 31, 2023

Efficient Academic Writing

A Discussion with Mushtaq Bilal

Mushtaq Bilal

Hosted by Avi Staiman

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Mushtaq Bilal is an academic, content creator, thought leader, and public intellectual. Mushtaq discusses how he built an audience of more than 185,000 followers on Twitter and more than 30,00 …

Scholarly Communication May 30, 2023

What Is a Human?

Language, Mind, and Culture

James Paul Gee

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of James Gee, Regents' Professor and Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University. We talk about too much communication, about too …

MIT Press Podcast May 26, 2023

Publishing in Art, Architecture and Visual Culture

A Discussion with Thomas Weaver and Victoria Hindley

Thomas Weaver and Victoria Hindley

Hosted by MIT Press

This episode features discussions with Thomas Weaver (Senior Acquisitions Editor for Art and Architecture) and Victoria Hindley (Acquisitions Editor in Visual Culture and Design) about publishing in the fields of …

Library Science May 24, 2023

For the Encouragement of Learning

The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law

Myra Tawfik

Hosted by Jen Hoyer

Myra Tawfik's book For the Encouragement of Learning: The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law (U Toronto Press, 2023) addresses the contested history of copyright law in Canada, where the economic and …

Library Science May 16, 2023

Holy Digital Grail

A Medieval Book on the Internet

Michelle R. Warren

Hosted by Jen Hoyer

Medieval books that survive today have been through a lot: singed by fire, mottled by mold, eaten by insects, annotated by readers, cut into fragments, or damaged through well-intentioned preservation …

Sociology May 16, 2023

The Public and Their Platforms

Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media

Mark Carrigan and Lambros Fatsis

Hosted by Rituparna Patgiri

As social media is increasingly becoming a standard feature of sociological practice, this timely book The Public and Their Platforms: Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media (Bristol UP …

MIT Press Podcast May 6, 2023

Rapid Reviews: COVID-19

A Discussion with Amy Brand and Vilas Dhar

Amy Brand and Vilas Dhar

Hosted by MIT Press

Rapid Reviews: COVID-19 brings together urgency and scientific rigor so the world’s researchers can quickly disseminate new discoveries that the public can trust. Amy Brand (Director, The MIT Press) and …

Scholarly Communication May 3, 2023

Writing with Pleasure

Helen Sword

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of Helen Sword, professor emerita in the School of Humanities and the Centre for Arts and Social Transformation at the University of Auckland, founder of WriteSPACE, an …

MIT Press Podcast May 3, 2023

Semiotext(e)

The Theory Press

Chris Kraus and Hedi El Kholti

Hosted by MIT Press

Best known for its introduction of French theory to American readers, Semiotext(e) has been one of America's most influential independent presses since its inception more than three decades ago. Publishing …

Scholarly Communication May 3, 2023

Scientific Research in Information Systems

A Beginner's Guide

Jan Recker

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to this interview of Jan Recker, Professor for Information Systems and Digital Innovation at the University of Hamburg, Germany and author of Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner's Guide …

Think About It May 2, 2023

Campus Misinformation with Bradford Vivian

Free Speech 69

Bradford Vivian

Hosted by Uli Baer

State censorship and cancel culture, trigger warnings and safe spaces, pseudoscience, First Amendment hardball, as well as orthodoxy and groupthink: universities remain a site for important battles in the culture …

Library Science April 30, 2023

Moroccan Other-Archives

History and Citizenship After State Violence

Brahim El Guabli

Hosted by Jen Hoyer

Moroccan Other-Archives: History and Citizenship After State Violence (Fordham UP, 2023) investigates how histories of exclusion and silencing are written and rewritten in a postcolonial context that lacks organized and …

Library Science April 22, 2023

Archiving Cultures

Heritage, Community and the Making of Records and Memory

Jeannette A. Bastian

Hosted by Jen Hoyer

“Archivists feel that what their mission is, is to document society. And the question is: how can you document society if you only look at or value or preserve—maybe value …

Academic Life April 20, 2023

Contracts, Agents, and Editors, Oh My! Demystifying the Path to Publication

A Discussion with Laura Davulis

Laura Davulis

Hosted by Christina Gessler

What is an advance contract? Do you need an agent? How do you know which editor to approach with your manuscript? Successfully following the path to academic publishing can be …

MIT Press Podcast April 20, 2023

Quantitative Science Studies

A Discussion with Editor-in-Chief Ludo Waltman

Ludo Waltman

Hosted by MIT Press

Quantitative Science Studies (QSS) is a newly launched open access journal that was born out of a collaboration between the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI) and the MIT …

MIT Press Podcast April 19, 2023

Strong Ideas from MIT Libraries and the MIT Press

A Discussion with Gita Manaktala and Ellen Finnie

Gita Manaktala and Ellen Finnie

Hosted by MIT Press

In this episode, Gita Manaktala, Editorial Director at the MIT Press, and Ellen Finnie, Co-Interim Associate Director for Collections at MIT Libraries, discuss the Ideas series: a hybrid print and …