Peoples & Places

African Studies

African Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Africa about their new books.

R. Joseph Parrott, "Dream the Size of Freedom: How African Liberation Mobilized New Left Internationalism" (U of Pennsylvania Press, 2025)

July 21, 2026

Dream the Size of Freedom

R. Joseph Parrott
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Kelly M. Duke Bryant, "Negotiating Childhood: French Colonialism and African Children in Senegal, 1848-1940" (U Mass Press, 2026)

July 21, 2026

Negotiating Childhood

Kelly M. Duke Bryant
African American Studies

African American Studies

episodes

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

Maria Pinto, "Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival" (UNC Press, 2026)

July 21, 2026

Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless

Maria Pinto
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Khiara Bridges, "Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans" (MIT Press, 2026)

July 19, 2026

Expecting Inequity

Khiara Bridges
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
American Politics

American Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of American politics about their new books.

Michael Patrick Cullinane, "Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Court Cabinet" (U Nebraska Press, 2026)

July 22, 2026

Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Cabinet

Michael Patrick Cullinane
Hosted by Ryan Tripp
Kurt Warner, "False Idols: How Diversion is Destroying Democracy" (Vernon Press, 2024)

July 21, 2026

False Idols

Kurt Warner
Hosted by Dessy Vassileva
American Studies

American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of America about their new books.

David Denby, "Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer" (Henry Holt, 2025)

July 22, 2026

Eminent Jews

David Denby
Hosted by Marc Katz
Michael Patrick Cullinane, "Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Court Cabinet" (U Nebraska Press, 2026)

July 22, 2026

Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Cabinet

Michael Patrick Cullinane
Hosted by Ryan Tripp
American South

American South

episodes

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

Angela Frederick, "Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster" (NYU Press, 2025)

July 18, 2026

Disabled Power

Angela Frederick
Hosted by Shu Wan
Gregg Andrews, "Shoe Workers in Hannibal, Missouri: The Rise and Fall of Manufacturing in America’s Hometown, 1890–1970" (LSU Press, 2026)

July 8, 2026

Shoe Workers in Hannibal, Missouri

Gregg Andrews
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
American West

American West

episodes

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

Paul Stangl, "San Francisco Seafood: A History from Ocean to Table" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

July 17, 2026

San Francisco Seafood

Paul Stangl
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Mary E. Mendoza, "Deadly Divide: How Insects, Pathogens, and People Defied the US-Mexico Border" (UNC Press, 2026)

July 11, 2026

Deadly Divide

Mary E. Mendoza
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Asian American Studies

Asian American Studies

episodes

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

Rachel Phan, "Restaurant Kid: A Memoir of Family and Belonging" (Douglas & McIntyre, 2025)

July 11, 2026

Restaurant Kid

Rachel Phan
Hosted by Hollay Ghadery
Charlotte Brooks, "The Moys of New York and Shanghai: One Family’s Extraordinary Journey Through War and Revolution" (U California Press, 2026)

June 18, 2026

The Moys of New York and Shanghai

Charlotte Brooks
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Australian and New Zealand Studies

Australian and New Zealand Studies

episodes

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

Simon Ville, et al., "Global Enterprise in Australia: International Business Down Under since Federation" (Routledge, 2026)

June 28, 2026

Global Enterprise in Australia

Simon Ville, Pierre van der Eng, André Sammartino, David Merrett, and Monica Keneley
Mardi Reardon-Smith, "Making Do: Conservation Ethics and Ecological Care in Australia" (Stanford UP, 2025)

June 10, 2026

Making Do

Mardi Reardon-Smith
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
British Studies

British Studies

episodes

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

Martin Shaw, "The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges After Gaza" (Agenda Publishing, 2025)

July 22, 2026

The New Age of Genocide

Martin Shaw
Hosted by Kelly McFall
Mark Crinson, "Aviationland: Heathrow and the Making of an Airport Landscape" (Yale UP, 2026)

July 22, 2026

Aviationland

Mark Crinson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Canadian Studies

Canadian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Canada about their new books.

Peter C. Mancall, "Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America, c. 1000–1680" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 11, 2026

Contested Continent

Peter C. Mancall
Hosted by Ryan Tripp
Cheryl Thompson, "Staging Blackface in Canada: Public Amusements, Variety Shows, and Racial Acts in an Age of Imitation, 1898-1919" (Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2026)

June 16, 2026

Staging Blackface in Canada

Cheryl Thompson
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Caribbean Studies

Caribbean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books.

Cécile Bishop, "Forms of Blackness: Race and Visibility in the French-Speaking World" (Duke UP, 2026)

July 11, 2026

Forms of Blackness

Cécile Bishop
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
Michelle Chase and Isabella Cosse eds., "The Cuban Revolution and the New Left: Transnational Histories of Gender, Sexuality, and Family" (U Florida Press, 2026)

June 25, 2026

The Cuban Revolution and the New Left

Michelle Chase and Isabella Cosse
Hosted by Katie Coldiron
Central Asian Studies

Central Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Central Asia about their new books.

Chinese EVs: From Nordic Streets to Central Asian Hubs

July 2, 2026

Chinese EVs

Matthew Gray
Olivier Hein, "Mother of the World: The Remarkable History of Turkmenistan" (Hurst, 2026)

July 2, 2026

Mother of the World

Olivier Hein
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Chinese Studies

Chinese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of China about their new books.

Gregory Smits, "The Ryukyu Islands: A New History from the Stone Age to the Present" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

July 9, 2026

The Ryukyu Islands

Gregory Smits
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Xian Aubin Wang, "Islam and Maoism in Southern Yunnan: State Violence and Resistance, 1949–2024" (Cornell UP, 2026)

July 3, 2026

Islam and Maoism in Southern Yunnan

Xian Aubin Wang
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
East Asian Studies

East Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of East Asia about their new books.

Gregory Smits, "The Ryukyu Islands: A New History from the Stone Age to the Present" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

July 9, 2026

The Ryukyu Islands

Gregory Smits
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Eastern European Studies

Eastern European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Eastern Europe about their new books.

Suzy Hansen, "From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan" (FSG, 2026)

July 21, 2026

From Life Itself

Suzy Hansen
Hosted by Reuben Silverman
Anja Foerschner, "Female Art and Agency in Yugoslavia, 1971–2001" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

July 19, 2026

Female Art and Agency in Yugoslavia, 1971–2001

Anja Foerschner
Hosted by Iva Glisic
European Politics

European Politics

episodes

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

Kurt Warner, "False Idols: How Diversion is Destroying Democracy" (Vernon Press, 2024)

July 21, 2026

False Idols

Kurt Warner
Hosted by Dessy Vassileva
Armenia moves West, Georgia moves East: What next for The Caucasus?

July 15, 2026

Armenia moves West, Georgia moves East

Thomas de Waal
Hosted by Jason Pack
French Studies

French Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of France about their new books.

Kelly M. Duke Bryant, "Negotiating Childhood: French Colonialism and African Children in Senegal, 1848-1940" (U Mass Press, 2026)

July 21, 2026

Negotiating Childhood

Kelly M. Duke Bryant
Sarah Kaminsky, "The Forger of Paris" (Doppelhouse Press, 2025)

July 15, 2026

The Forger of Paris

Sarah Kaminsky
Hosted by Ilana Maymind
German Studies

German Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Germany about their new books.

Susanne Paola Antonetta,  "The Devil's Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry's Troubled History Reverberates Today" (Catapult, 2025)

July 17, 2026

The Devil's Castle

Susanne Paola Antonetta
Hosted by Elizabeth Cronin
Chad S. A. Gibbs "Survival at Treblinka: Geography, Gender, and Social Networks in Jewish Resistance" (U Wisconsin Press, 2026)

July 16, 2026

Survival at Treblinka

Chad S. A. Gibbs
Hosted by Paul Lerner
Iberian Studies

Iberian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Iberia about their new books

Marta Dominguez Diaz, "Tunisia's Andalusians: The Cultural Identity of a North African Minority" (Edinburgh UP, 2025)

June 25, 2026

Tunisia's Andalusians

Marta Dominguez Diaz
Hosted by Amanie Antar
India Studies

India Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of India about their new books.

Luna Sabastian, "Fascism in India: Race, Caste, and Hindutva" (Harvard UP, 2025)

July 16, 2026

Fascism in India

Luna Sabastian
Hosted by Sachin Nikarge
The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera

June 8, 2026

The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera

Prachi Patankar and Ram Vishwanathan
Indian Ocean World

Indian Ocean World

episodes

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

Renisa Mawani, "Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire" (Duke UP, 2018)

July 17, 2026

Across Oceans of Law

Renisa Mawani
Hosted by Helen Dewar
Aditi Chandra, "Unruly Monuments: Disrupting the State at Delhi's Islamic Architecture" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

July 1, 2026

Unruly Monuments

Aditi Chandra
Hosted by Sohini Majumdar
Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Indigenous Studies about their new books.

Ian J. McNiven, "Sentient Seas: Archaeologies of Seascapes and Maritime Rituals" (UP Florida, 2026)

July 20, 2026

Sentient Seas

Ian J. McNiven
Hosted by Natali Pearson
Robert G Parkinson, "Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier" (Norton, 2024)

July 13, 2026

Heart of American Darkness

Robert G Parkinson
Hosted by Edward Blum
Iranian Studies

Iranian Studies

episodes

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

Massoud Amin, "Both Your Houses: Iran, America, and the Wages of Unchecked Power" (Wisdom Editions, 2026)

July 15, 2026

Both Your Houses

Massoud Amin
Hosted by Alfred Marcus
Ciruce A. Movahedi-Lankarani, "Accelerant: Energy Infrastructures and the Natural World in Making Modern Iran" (Stanford UP, 2026)

June 24, 2026

Accelerant

Ciruce A. Movahedi-Lankarani
Irish Studies

Irish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ireland about their new books.

Kevin Reilly, "Gregory Ghosts: Haunting Irishness" (Peter Lang, 2026)

June 30, 2026

Gregory Ghosts: Haunting Irishness

Kevin Reilly
Hosted by Aidan Beatty
Cyanne E. Loyle, "Escaping Justice: Impunity for State Crimes in the Age of Accountability" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

June 24, 2026

Escaping Justice

Cyanne E. Loyle
Israel Studies

Israel Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Israel about their new books.

Are Capitalism and Democracy Fundamentally Incompatible? A Conversation with Mordecai Kurz

July 15, 2026

Private Power and Democracy's Decline

Mordecai Kurz
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
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
Italian Studies

Italian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Italy about their new books.

Bradford A. Bouley, "The Barberini Butchers: Meat, Murder, and Warfare in Early Modern Italy" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2026)

July 18, 2026

The Barberini Butchers

Bradford A. Bouley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Krzysztof Rowiński, "Failure Narratives Beyond Redemption: Twentieth Century Literature and Film" (Routledge, 2026)

July 6, 2026

Failure Narratives Beyond Redemption

Krzysztof Rowiński
Hosted by Jane Degenhardt
Japanese Studies

Japanese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Japan about their new books.

Gregory Smits, "The Ryukyu Islands: A New History from the Stone Age to the Present" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

July 9, 2026

The Ryukyu Islands

Gregory Smits
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Korean Studies

Korean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Korea about their new books.

Don Baker, "Korean New Religions" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

June 20, 2026

Korean New Religions

Don Baker
Hosted by Leslie Hickman
Paige Towers, "What They Stole: A Familicide Rooted in Intercountry Adoption" (U Iowa Press, 2026)

May 28, 2026

What They Stole

Paige Towers
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Latino Studies

Latino Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Latinx Studies about their new books.

Gabriella Soto, "Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

July 19, 2026

Border Afterlives

Gabriella Soto
Becoming the System

July 8, 2026

Becoming the System

Nelson Flores
Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

episodes
Brendan Greeley, "The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World's Most Powerful Money" (Crown, 2026)

July 20, 2026

The Almighty Dollar

Brendan Greeley
Hosted by Rachel Newman
Gabriella Soto, "Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

July 19, 2026

Border Afterlives

Gabriella Soto
Mexican Studies

Mexican Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholar of Mexico about their new books

Gabriella Soto, "Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

July 19, 2026

Border Afterlives

Gabriella Soto
Mary E. Mendoza, "Deadly Divide: How Insects, Pathogens, and People Defied the US-Mexico Border" (UNC Press, 2026)

July 11, 2026

Deadly Divide

Mary E. Mendoza
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Middle Eastern Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

episodes

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

Martin Shaw, "The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges After Gaza" (Agenda Publishing, 2025)

July 22, 2026

The New Age of Genocide

Martin Shaw
Hosted by Kelly McFall
Elad Lapidot, "State of Others: Levinas and Decolonial Israel" (Indiana UP, 2025)

July 21, 2026

State of Others

Elad Lapidot
Hosted by Amir Engel
Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies

episodes

Discussions with scholars of the Pacific region about their new books

Ian J. McNiven, "Sentient Seas: Archaeologies of Seascapes and Maritime Rituals" (UP Florida, 2026)

July 20, 2026

Sentient Seas

Ian J. McNiven
Hosted by Natali Pearson
Paul Stangl, "San Francisco Seafood: A History from Ocean to Table" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

July 17, 2026

San Francisco Seafood

Paul Stangl
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Polish Studies

Polish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Poland about their new books

Democratic Backsliding and Resistance: Poland’s Civil Society, Electoral Strategies, and Institutional Levers

July 12, 2026

Democratic Backsliding and Resistance

Mikołaj Cześnik, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Marek Tatała, and Dominika Lasota
Hosted by Frances Cayton
Jay Szpilka, "BDSM Practices in Contemporary Poland: Barbed Wire Floggings, Rope Orgasms, and the Problem with Desire" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)

July 7, 2026

BDSM Practices in Contemporary Poland

Jay Szpilka
Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russian and Eurasian Studies

episodes

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

Martin Shaw, "The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges After Gaza" (Agenda Publishing, 2025)

July 22, 2026

The New Age of Genocide

Martin Shaw
Hosted by Kelly McFall
Diana Cucuz, "Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds: Selling Cold War Culture in the US and the USSR" (U Toronto Press, 2023)

July 11, 2026

Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds

Diana Cucuz
Hosted by Alisa Kuzmina
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.

Matthew Campbell, "The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy" (Penguin, 2026)

July 16, 2026

The Man Who Stole the Gods

Matthew Campbell
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Chiara Formichi, "Domestic Nationalism: Muslim Women, Health, and Modernity in Indonesia" (Stanford UP, 2025)

June 30, 2026

Domestic Nationalism

Chiara Formichi
Hosted by Leah Cargin
South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of South Asia about their new books.

Debolina Dutta, "A Jurisprudence of Conversations: Law, Life and Feminism in Post-colonial India" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

July 22, 2026

A Jurisprudence of Conversations

Debolina Dutta
Hosted by Saumya Dadoo
Caste as a Material Question with Rahul Sonpimple

July 20, 2026

Caste as a Material Question

Rahul Sonpimple
Taiwan Studies

Taiwan Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Taiwan about their new books.

Olivier Krischer and Shuxia Chen, "Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s-1980s" (Australian Centre on China in the World, 2025)

June 22, 2026

Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s-1980s

Olivier Krischer and Shuxia Chen
Hosted by Li-Ping Chen
Turkish Studies

Turkish Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in Turkish studies.

Suzy Hansen, "From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan" (FSG, 2026)

July 21, 2026

From Life Itself

Suzy Hansen
Hosted by Reuben Silverman
Ukrainian Studies

Ukrainian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ukraine about their new books

Martin Shaw, "The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges After Gaza" (Agenda Publishing, 2025)

July 22, 2026

The New Age of Genocide

Martin Shaw
Hosted by Kelly McFall
Dmytro Soloviov, "Ukrainian Modernism: Modernist Architecture of Ukraine" (Fuel, 2025)

July 3, 2026

Ukrainian Modernism

Dmytro Soloviov
Hosted by Megan Buskey
Western European Studies

Western European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Western Europe about their new books.

Martin Shaw, "The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges After Gaza" (Agenda Publishing, 2025)

July 22, 2026

The New Age of Genocide

Martin Shaw
Hosted by Kelly McFall
Lucy D. Curzon, "Art and Citizenship in Conflict: British Women War Artists, 1939–45" (Manchester UP, 2025)

July 20, 2026

Art and Citizenship in Conflict

Lucy D. Curzon
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
World Affairs

World Affairs

episodes

Interviews with scholars of World Affairs about their new books.

Brendan Greeley, "The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World's Most Powerful Money" (Crown, 2026)

July 20, 2026

The Almighty Dollar

Brendan Greeley
Hosted by Rachel Newman