Peoples & Places

African Studies

African Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Africa about their new books.

Robert Rouphail, "Cyclonic Lives in an Indian Ocean World: Environment, Disaster, and Identity in Modern Mauritius" (Ohio UP, 2026)

May 18, 2026

Cyclonic Lives in an Indian Ocean World

Robert M. Rouphail
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Inken Von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas, "Exit from International Organizations: Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change” (Cambridge UP, 2025)

May 18, 2026

Exit from International Organizations

Inken von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas
African American Studies

African American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of African American and Black studies about their new books.

Steven W. Thrasher, "The Overseer Class: A Manifesto" (Amistad, 2026)

May 19, 2026

The Overseer Class

Steven W. Thrasher
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Heather Ann Thompson, "Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage" (Pantheon, 2026)

May 18, 2026

Fear and Fury

Heather Ann Thompson
Hosted by N'Kosi Oates
American Politics

American Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of American politics about their new books.

Kori Schake, "The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States" (Wiley, 2025)

May 21, 2026

The State and the Soldier

Kori Schake
Hosted by John Armenta
S5E8 Debating the Constitution: On Originalism's Most Pressing Quarrels with Sherif Girgis

May 20, 2026

Debating the Constitution

Sherif Girgis
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel
American Studies

American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of America about their new books.

Evelyn Iritani, "Safe Passage: The Untold Story of Diplomatic Intrigue, Betrayal, and the Exchange of American and Japanese Civilians by Sea During World War II" (FSG, 2026)

May 21, 2026

Safe Passage

Evelyn Iritani
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Kori Schake, "The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States" (Wiley, 2025)

May 21, 2026

The State and the Soldier

Kori Schake
Hosted by John Armenta
American South

American South

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the American South about their new books.

Justin Randolph, "Mississippi Law: Policing and Reform in America’s Jim Crow Countryside (UNC Press, 2026)

May 17, 2026

Mississippi Law

Justin Randolph
Hosted by Michael Stauch
Shannon McKenna Schmidt, "You Can't Catch Us: Lady Bird Johnson’s Trailblazing 1964 Campaign Train and the Women Who Rode With Her" (Sourcebooks, 2026)

May 10, 2026

You Can't Catch Us

Shannon McKenna Schmidt
Hosted by Jane Scimeca
American West

American West

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the American West about their new books.

Frontier Films for America250: On the Western Genre and Beyond with Matthew J. Franck

May 6, 2026

Frontier Films for America250

Matthew J. Franck
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel
Caste and Race: Ambedkar and King with the Ambedkar King Study Circle

April 27, 2026

Caste and Race

S. Karthikeyan and S. Subbulakshmi
Asian American Studies

Asian American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Asian America about about their new books.

Scott Kurashige, "American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism" (U California Press, 2026)

May 2, 2026

American Peril

Scott Kurashige
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Yingyi Ma, "Ambitious and Anxious: How Chinese College Students Succeed and Struggle in American Higher Education" (Columbia UP, 2020)

April 15, 2026

Ambitious and Anxious

Yingyi Ma
Australian and New Zealand Studies

Australian and New Zealand Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Australia and New Zealand about their new books.

Mia Martin Hobbs, Carolyn Holbrook, and Joan Beaumont, "Challenging Anzac: Stories That Don't Fit the Legend" (NewSouth, 2026)

April 25, 2026

Challenging Anzac

Mia Martin Hobbs and Joan Beaumont
British Studies

British Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the United Kingdom about their new books.

Matthew L. Reznicek, "Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale" (Liverpool UP, 2026)

May 21, 2026

Tales of Health

Matthew L. Reznicek
Hosted by Victoria Lupascu
Marissa Nicosia, "Shakespeare in the Kitchen" (Routledge, 2026)

May 19, 2026

Shakespeare in the Kitchen

Marissa Nicosia
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Canadian Studies

Canadian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Canada about their new books.

Gabriel S. Estrada, "Queer Indigenous Cinemas: Sovereign Genders from Seven Directions" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

April 13, 2026

Queer Indigenous Cinemas

Gabriel S. Estrada
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Allan Greer, "Canada in the Age of Rum" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2026)

March 31, 2026

Canada in the Age of Rum

Allan Greer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Caribbean Studies

Caribbean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books.

Martin Munro and Eliana Vagalau eds., "Jean-Claude Charles: A Reader's Guide" (Liverpool UP, 2022)

May 14, 2026

Jean-Claude Charles: a Reader's Guide

Martin Munro and Eliana Vagalau
Hosted by Gina Stamm
Rawlston Williams, "The Caribbean Cookbook" (Phaidon Press, 2026)

April 15, 2026

The Caribbean Cookbook

Rawlston Williams
Hosted by N'Kosi Oates
Central Asian Studies

Central Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Central Asia about their new books.

Stephen F. Jones, "The First Social Democracy: The Democratic Republic of Georgia, 1918–1921" (Harvard UP, 2026)

April 21, 2026

The First Social Democracy

Stephen F. Jones
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Warwick Ball, "Ancient Civilizations of Afghanistan: From the Earliest Times to the Mongol Conquest" (Reaktion, 2025)

February 26, 2026

Ancient Civilizations of Afghanistan

Warwick Ball
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Chinese Studies

Chinese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of China about their new books.

Mengqi Wang, "Anxious Homes: Inflexible Demand and China's Housing Market" (Cornell UP, 2026)

May 19, 2026

Anxious Homes

Mengqi Wang
Hosted by Yadong Li
Evan N. Dawley, "Taiwan: A People′s History" (Reaktion Books, 2026)

May 18, 2026

Taiwan

Evan N. Dawley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
East Asian Studies

East Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of East Asia about their new books.

Mengqi Wang, "Anxious Homes: Inflexible Demand and China's Housing Market" (Cornell UP, 2026)

May 19, 2026

Anxious Homes

Mengqi Wang
Hosted by Yadong Li
Evan N. Dawley, "Taiwan: A People′s History" (Reaktion Books, 2026)

May 18, 2026

Taiwan

Evan N. Dawley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Eastern European Studies

Eastern European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Eastern Europe about their new books.

"My Heart is in the East": How Yiddish Speakers Moved to the East

May 19, 2026

"My Heart is in the East"

Shaul Stampfer
Hosted by YIVO Institute
In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

May 18, 2026

In the Midst of Civilized Europe

Jeffrey Veidlinger in conversation with Steven Zipperstein
Hosted by YIVO Institute
European Politics

European Politics

episodes

Interview with scholars of modern European politics about their new books.

Carlos Martins, "Fascism: Beyond Hitler and Mussolini" (Desassossego, 2022)

May 18, 2026

Fascismos

Carlos Martins
Hosted by Joe Williams
Inken Von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas, "Exit from International Organizations: Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change” (Cambridge UP, 2025)

May 18, 2026

Exit from International Organizations

Inken von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas
French Studies

French Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of France about their new books.

Denise Z. Davidson, "Surviving Revolution: Bourgeois Lives and Letters" (Cornell UP, 2025)

May 19, 2026

Surviving Revolution

Denise Z. Davidson
Hosted by Jana Byars
German Studies

German Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Germany about their new books.

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos

May 13, 2026

The Light of Days

Judy Batalion
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Gideon Reuveni, "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" (Cornell UP, 2026)

May 9, 2026

The Great Repair

Gideon Reuveni
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Iberian Studies

Iberian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Iberia about their new books

India Studies

India Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of India about their new books.

Erica Bornstein, "A Revolution of Rules: The Regulatory Reform of India's Nonprofit Sector" (Stanford UP, 2025)

May 21, 2026

A Revolution of Rules

Erica Bornstein
Hosted by Lilly Goren
Nayantara Srinivasan, "The Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore in Contemporary India" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

May 17, 2026

The Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore in Contemporary India

Nayantara Srinivasan
Hosted by Karishma Koshal
Indian Ocean World

Indian Ocean World

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Indian Ocean World about their new books.

Shyam Ranganathan, "Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism: The Irrationality of Oppression" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026)

May 21, 2026

Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism

Shyam Ranganathan
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Robert Rouphail, "Cyclonic Lives in an Indian Ocean World: Environment, Disaster, and Identity in Modern Mauritius" (Ohio UP, 2026)

May 18, 2026

Cyclonic Lives in an Indian Ocean World

Robert M. Rouphail
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Indigenous Studies about their new books.

Shyam Ranganathan, "Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism: The Irrationality of Oppression" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026)

May 21, 2026

Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism

Shyam Ranganathan
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Georgia C. Ennis, "Rainforest Radio: Language Reclamation and Community Media in the Ecuadorian Amazon" (U Arizona Press, 2025)

May 19, 2026

Rainforest Radio

Georgia Ennis
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Iranian Studies

Iranian Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about their new books in Iranian and Persian studies.

Irish Studies

Irish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ireland about their new books.

Christopher Cusack et al. eds., "The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature" (Liverpool UP, 2026)

May 5, 2026

The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature

Christopher Cusack and Bridget English
Hosted by Helen Penet
Malcolm Sen, "Irish Anthropocene: Literature, Climate Change, Sovereignty" (Syracuse UP, 2026)

May 4, 2026

Irish Anthropocene

Malcolm Sen
Hosted by Helen Penet
Israel Studies

Israel Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Israel about their new books.

Gideon Reuveni, "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" (Cornell UP, 2026)

May 9, 2026

The Great Repair

Gideon Reuveni
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet, "Polanim: From Poland to Israel" (Academic Studies Press, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Polanim

Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet
Hosted by Marc Katz
Italian Studies

Italian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Italy about their new books.

Japanese Studies

Japanese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Japan about their new books.

Evelyn Iritani, "Safe Passage: The Untold Story of Diplomatic Intrigue, Betrayal, and the Exchange of American and Japanese Civilians by Sea During World War II" (FSG, 2026)

May 21, 2026

Safe Passage

Evelyn Iritani
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Tom Meschery, "The Mad Manchurian: From the Internment Camps of Tokyo to the Hardwood Courts of the NBA" (Coffeetown Press, 2025)

May 19, 2026

The Mad Manchurian

Tom Meschery
Hosted by Paul Knepper
Korean Studies

Korean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Korea about their new books.

Gregg A. Brazinsky, "Cold War Comrades: An Emotional History of the Sino-North Korean Alliance" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

May 16, 2026

Cold War Comrades

Gregg A. Brazinsky
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Fyodor Tertitskiy, "Pyongyang on the Brink: Sixteen Crises That Shaped North Korea" (Hurst, 2026)

May 14, 2026

Pyongyang on the Brink

Fyodor Tertitskiy
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Latino Studies

Latino Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Latinx Studies about their new books.

Rachel Grace Newman, "The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite" (U California Press, 2026)

May 10, 2026

The Future in Their Hands

Rachel Grace Newman
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Arely M. Zimmerman, "Contentious Citizenship: Salvadoran Activism and Belonging Across Borders" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

May 3, 2026

Contentious Citizenship

Arely M. Zimmerman
Hosted by Mary Reynolds
Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

episodes
Georgia C. Ennis, "Rainforest Radio: Language Reclamation and Community Media in the Ecuadorian Amazon" (U Arizona Press, 2025)

May 19, 2026

Rainforest Radio

Georgia Ennis
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Rachel Grace Newman, "The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite" (U California Press, 2026)

May 10, 2026

The Future in Their Hands

Rachel Grace Newman
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Mexican Studies

Mexican Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholar of Mexico about their new books

Rachel Grace Newman, "The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite" (U California Press, 2026)

May 10, 2026

The Future in Their Hands

Rachel Grace Newman
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte, "In the Land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism" (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2025)

May 2, 2026

In the Land of the Lacandón

Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Middle Eastern Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Middle East about their new books.

Utku Balaban, "Industrial Islamism: How Authoritarian Movements Mobilize Workers" (U California Press, 2025)

May 20, 2026

Industrial Islamism

Utku Balaban
Hosted by Jaclyn Michael
Inken Von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas, "Exit from International Organizations: Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change” (Cambridge UP, 2025)

May 18, 2026

Exit from International Organizations

Inken von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas
Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies

episodes

Discussions with scholars of the Pacific region about their new books

Ruth Mandujano López, "Steamships Across the Pacific: Maritime Journeys between Mexico, China, and Japan, 1867–1914" (Hong Kong UP, 2025)

April 9, 2026

Steamships across the Pacific

Ruth Mandujano López
Gregory Smits, "The Ryukyu Islands: A New History from the Stone Age to the Present" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

March 30, 2026

The Ryukyu Islands

Gregory Smits
Hosted by Ran Zwigenberg
Polish Studies

Polish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Poland about their new books

Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet, "Polanim: From Poland to Israel" (Academic Studies Press, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Polanim

Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet
Hosted by Marc Katz
Joshua D. Zimmerman, "Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland" (Harvard UP, 2022)

February 8, 2026

Jozef Pilsudski

Joshua D. Zimmerman
Hosted by Piotr Kosicki
Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russian and Eurasian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Russia and Eurasia about their new books.

Gennady Estraikh, "The History of Birobidzhan: Building a Soviet Jewish Homeland in Siberia" (Bloombury, 2023)

April 26, 2026

The History of Birobidzhan

Gennady Estraikh
Hosted by Alisa Kuzmina
Stephen F. Jones, "The First Social Democracy: The Democratic Republic of Georgia, 1918–1921" (Harvard UP, 2026)

April 21, 2026

The First Social Democracy

Stephen F. Jones
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Southeast Asian Studies

Southeast Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Southeast Asia about their new books hosted by Nick Cheesman, Michele Ford, Patrick Jory, Duncan McCargo and Natali Pearson.

George Baylon Radics, "Emotional Filipinos: The American Myth of the 'Lazy Native' and Islamic Separatism in the Philippines" (U Georgia Press, 2026)

May 20, 2026

Emotional Filipinos

George Baylon Radics
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Lim Tse Wei, "Little Perfections: Eating in Singapore" (Kitchen Arts and Letters, 2026)

May 12, 2026

Little Perfections

Lim Tse Wei
Hosted by Ernest Lee
South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of South Asia about their new books.

Shyam Ranganathan, "Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism: The Irrationality of Oppression" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026)

May 21, 2026

Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism

Shyam Ranganathan
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Erica Bornstein, "A Revolution of Rules: The Regulatory Reform of India's Nonprofit Sector" (Stanford UP, 2025)

May 21, 2026

A Revolution of Rules

Erica Bornstein
Hosted by Lilly Goren
Taiwan Studies

Taiwan Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Taiwan about their new books.

Evan N. Dawley, "Taiwan: A People′s History" (Reaktion Books, 2026)

May 18, 2026

Taiwan

Evan N. Dawley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
J. Michael Cole, "The Taiwan Tinderbox: The Island-Nation at the Centre of the New Cold War" (Polity, 2025)

May 6, 2026

The Taiwan Tinderbox

J. Michael Cole
Hosted by Anthony Kao
Turkish Studies

Turkish Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in Turkish studies.

Alice von Bieberstein, "Temptations in Ruin: Sovereign Accumulation and the Making of Post-Genocide Turkey" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025)

May 17, 2026

Temptations in Ruin

Alice von Bieberstein
Hosted by Armanc Yildiz
Ayşehan Jülide Etem, "Film Diplomacy: A Media History of Turkey-US Relations" (Columbia UP, 2026)

May 16, 2026

Film Diplomacy

Ayşehan Jülide Etem
Hosted by Ailin Zhou
Ukrainian Studies

Ukrainian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ukraine about their new books

The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of Sholem Aleichem

March 24, 2026

The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of Sholem Aleichem

Jeremy Dauber and Adam Kirsch
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Elliot Dolan-Evans, "Making War Safe for Capitalism: The World Bank, IMF, and the Conflict in Ukraine" (Bristol UP, 2025)

February 28, 2026

Making War Safe for Capitalism

Elliot Dolan-Evans
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Western European Studies

Western European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Western Europe about their new books.

Matthew L. Reznicek, "Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale" (Liverpool UP, 2026)

May 21, 2026

Tales of Health

Matthew L. Reznicek
Hosted by Victoria Lupascu
Hugo Drochon, "Elites and Democracy" (Princeton UP, 2026)

May 20, 2026

Elites and Democracy

Hugo Drochon
World Affairs

World Affairs

episodes

Interviews with scholars of World Affairs about their new books.

Nathan K. Finney, "Orchestrating Power: The American Associational State in the First World War" (Cornell UP, 2025)

May 21, 2026

Orchestrating Power

Nathan K. Finney
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Brett Neilson, "The Rest and the West: Capital and Power in a Multipolar World" (Verso, 2024)

May 20, 2026

The Rest and the West

Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson