New Books Network Podcast

American West December 2, 2022

West Side Rising

How San Antonio's 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement

Char Miller

Hosted by Stephen Hausmann

On September 9, 1921, a tropical storm raged above San Antonio, Texas. The rain that night flooded the city's many waterways, distributing unequal destruction throughout its many neighborhoods. For the whiter …

On Religion November 15, 2022

On Migrational Religion and the Latinx Diaspora

A Discussion with João Chaves and Arlene Sánchez-Walsh

João Chaves and Dr. Arlene Sánchez-Walsh

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. João Chaves and Dr. Arlene Sánchez-Walsh discuss Brazil and the book Migrational Religion: Context and Creativity in the Latinx Diaspora, out now from Baylor University Press. …

On Religion November 14, 2022

On Mexican American Religions

A Discussion with Brett Hendrickson and Arlene Sánchez-Walsh

Brett Hendrickson and Arlene Sánchez-Walsh

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Arlene Sánchez-Walsh is in conversation with Dr. Brett Hendrickson on the book Mexican American Religions: An Introduction (Religion in America), out now from Routledge. …

On Religion November 11, 2022

On Meatpacking, Migration, and Faith

A Discussion with Kristy Nabhan-Warren and Arlene Sanchez Walsh

Kristy Nabhan-Warren and Arlene Sanchez Walsh

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Kristy Nabhan-Warren is the V. O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair of Catholic Studies and a professor in the Departments of Religious Studies and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies …

Religion November 11, 2022

Heathen: Religion and Race in American History

Religion and Race in American History

Kathryn Gin Lum

Hosted by Piotr Kosicki

In Heathen: Religion and Race in American History (Harvard University Press, 2022), Kathryn Gin Lum shows how the idea of the “heathen” has been maintained from the colonial era to …

Politics & Polemics November 2, 2022

Chingona

Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice

Alma Zaragoza-Petty

Hosted by Galina Limorenko

In Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice (Broadleaf Books, 2022), Mexican American activist, scholar, and podcast host Alma Zaragoza-Petty helps us claim our inner chingona, a Spanish …

Latino Studies November 1, 2022

The African Heritage of Latinx and Caribbean Literature

Sarah Quesada

Hosted by Anna Lindner

The African Heritage of Latinx and Caribbean Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2022) unearths a buried African archive within widely-read Latinx writers of the last fifty years. It challenges dominant narratives in World …

On Religion November 1, 2022

On the Religion of 'The Young Lords'

A Discussion with Jorge Juan Rodríguez V

Jorge Juan Rodríguez V

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Jorge Juan Rodríguez V, the son of two Puerto Rican migrants, was raised by his mother, father, grandmother, and uncle in a small affordable housing community outside of Hartford, Connecticut …

American West October 31, 2022

Unsettled Land

From Revolution to Republic, the Struggle for Texas

Sam W. Haynes

Hosted by Andrew Graybill

The Texas Revolution has long been cast as an epic episode in the origins of the American West. As the story goes, larger-than-life figures like Sam Houston, David Crockett, and …

Literary Studies October 26, 2022

Against Marginalization

Convergences in Black and Latinx Literatures

Jose O. Fernandez

Hosted by Anna Lindner

In Against Marginalization: Convergences in Black and Latinx Literatures (Ohio State University Press, 2022), Jose O. Fernandez examines thematic, aesthetic, historical, and cultural commonalities among post-1960s Black and Latinx writers, showing …

Sports October 19, 2022

Mexican American Fastpitch

Vernacular Sport and Cultural Citizenship in Mid-America

Ben Chappell

Hosted by Keith Rathbone

Today we are joined by Ben Chappell, Professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas, and author of Mexican American Fastpitch: Identity at Play in Vernacular Sport (Stanford University …

On Religion October 14, 2022

On Latinx Religion

A Discussion with Felipe Hinojosa and Arlene Sánchez-Walsh

Felipe Hinojosa and Arlene Sánchez-Walsh

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Guest host Arlene M. Sánchez-Walsh, Ph.D., is a professor of religious studies and the author of the award-winning book Latino Pentecostal Identity: Evangelical Faith, Self, and Society (Columbia University Press …

Historical Fiction September 29, 2022

Miss Del Río

A Novel of Dolores del Río, the First Major Latina Star in Hollywood

Bárbara Mujica

Hosted by C. P. Lesley

Miss del Río (Graydon House Books, 2022) explores the biography of a real-life actress, Dolores del Río, who became a silent movie star in Hollywood, navigated the transition to talkies, and …

Latino Studies September 26, 2022

Critical Dialogues in Latinx Studies

A Reader

Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas and Mérida M. Rúa

Hosted by Jonathan Cortez

Latinx Studies has long been overdue for a revamp – a different orientation to the questions with which we concern ourselves. Critical Dialogues in Latinx Studies: A Reader (New York …

On Religion September 14, 2022

On Latinx Islam

A Discussion with Harold Morales

Harold Morales

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Harold D. Morales' research focuses on the intersections between race and religion and between lived and mediated experience. He draws on these critical lenses to engage Latinx religions in general …

Latino Studies September 8, 2022

Translating Blackness

Latinx Colonialities in Global Perspective

Lorgia García Peña

Hosted by Anna Lindner

In Translating Blackness: Latinx Colonialities in Global Perspective (Duke University Press, 2022), Lorgia García Peña considers Black Latinidad in a global perspective in order to chart colonialism as an ongoing sociopolitical force …

LGBTQ+ Studies August 31, 2022

Brown and Gay in LA

The Lives of Immigrant Sons

Anthony Christian Ocampo

Hosted by Sohini Chatterjee

Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of immigrants featured in Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons (NYU Press, 2022) could not have …

Latin American Studies August 24, 2022

Feminista Frequencies

Community Building through Radio in the Yakima Valley

Monica De La Torre

Hosted by Brad Wright

Beginning in the 1970s Chicana and Chicano organizers turned to community radio broadcasting to educate, entertain, and uplift Mexican American listeners across the United States. In rural areas, radio emerged …

Latino Studies August 18, 2022

Pioneer of Mexican-American Civil Rights

Alonso S. Perales

Cynthia E. Orozco

Hosted by Tiffany Gonzalez

In this episode, Tiffany speaks with Professor Cynthia Orozco about her new book, Pioneer of Mexican-American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales, published with Arte Público Press in 2020. Alonso S …

Education August 3, 2022

Why They Hate Us

How Racist Rhetoric Impacts Education

Lindsay Pérez Huber and Susana M. Muñoz

Hosted by Autumn Wilke

Why They Hate Us: How Racist Rhetoric Impacts Education (Teachers College Press, 2021) examines how racist political rhetoric has created damaging and dangerous conditions for Students of Color in schools …