Politics & Society

Animal Studies

Animal Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Animal Studies about their new books.

Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka, "Animals and the Right to Politics" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 17, 2026

Animals and the Right to Politics

Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka
Hosted by Kyle Johannsen
Rod Phillips, "Cats: A History" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

July 13, 2026

Cats

Rod Phillips
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Anthropology

Anthropology

episodes

Interviews with anthropologists about their new books.

Ting Hui Lau, "Decolonial Endurance: Lisu Worldmaking Against Chinese Settler Colonialism" (Stanford UP, 2026)

August 17, 2026

Decolonial Endurance

Ting Hui Lau
Hosted by Yadong Li
Máximo Badaró, "Pedagogies of Value: Marketing Foreign Goods in China" (Berghahn, 2026)

August 16, 2026

Pedagogies of Value

Máximo Badaró
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Archaeology

Archaeology

episodes

Interviews with archaeologists about their new books.

Amihai Mazar and Nava Panitz-Cohen, "Tel Rehov: A Bronze and Iron Age City in the Beth-Shean Valle" (The Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University, 2020)

August 17, 2026

Tel Rehov

Amihai Mazar and Nava Panitz-Cohen
Stefan Al, "Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home" (Norton, 2026)

August 9, 2026

Dwelling on Earth

Stefan Al
Hosted by Alex Hallbom
Business, Management, and Marketing

Business, Management, and Marketing

episodes

Interviews with scholars of business, management and marketing about their new books.

Media and Communications

Media and Communications

episodes

Interviews with scholars of media and communications about their new books.

Vincent Haddad, "Next Time on Dragon Ball: Playing with a Manga and Anime Franchise" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

August 18, 2026

Next Time on Dragon Ball

Vincent Haddad
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Karen M'Closkey and Keith VanDerSys eds., "Media Matters in Landscape Architecture" (Applied Research & Design, 2025)

August 16, 2026

Media Matters in Landscape Architecture

Karen M'Closkey and Keith VanDerSys
Hosted by Kelvin Vu
Critical Theory

Critical Theory

episodes

Interviews with scholars of critical theory about their new books.

Ting Hui Lau, "Decolonial Endurance: Lisu Worldmaking Against Chinese Settler Colonialism" (Stanford UP, 2026)

August 17, 2026

Decolonial Endurance

Ting Hui Lau
Hosted by Yadong Li
Gregorio Astengo and Davide Spina eds.,"Real Estate: Histories of Architecture and Capital" (gta Verlag, 2026)

August 16, 2026

Real Estate

Gregorio Astengo and Davide Spina
Hosted by Matt Wells
Disability Studies

Disability Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of disability about their new books.

Leah Pope Parker, "Light of the Everlasting Life: Disability and Crip Eschatology in Old English Literature" (U Michigan Press, 2025)

July 26, 2026

Light of the Everlasting Life

Leah Pope Parker
Hosted by Shu Wan
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
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

episodes

Interviews with scholars of drugs, addiction and recovery about their new books.

David Petruccelli, "A Scourge of Humanity: The Origins of Interpol and the End of Empire in Central and Eastern Europe" (Oxford UP, 2025)

May 31, 2026

A Scourge of Humanity

David Petruccelli
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Benjamin Robert Siegel, "Markets of Pain: Opium, Capitalism, and the Global History of Painkillers" (Oxford UP, 2026)

May 12, 2026

Markets of Pain

Benjamin Robert Siegel
Hosted by Tom Sojka
Education

Education

episodes

Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

William Whyte, "The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood" (Harvard UP, 2025)

August 11, 2026

The University

William Whyte
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Chad Wellmon, "After the University: Higher Education and the Future of Intellectual Work" (JHU Press, 2026)

August 9, 2026

After the University

Chad Wellmon
Hosted by Soumyadeep Guha
Economics

Economics

episodes

Interviews with economists about their new books.

Finance

Finance

episodes

An interview with scholars of finance about their new books.

Dan Du, "This World in a Teacup: Credit, Taste, and Power in the U. S.-China Tea Trade, 1784–1911" (U Nebraska Press, 2026)

August 18, 2026

This World in a Teacup

Dan Du
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Devin Kennedy, "Coding Capitalism: Computers and the Remaking of the Postwar US Economy" (Columbia UP, 2026)

July 31, 2026

Coding Capitalism

Devin Kennedy
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Geography

Geography

episodes

Interviews with geographers about their new books.

Amihai Mazar and Nava Panitz-Cohen, "Tel Rehov: A Bronze and Iron Age City in the Beth-Shean Valle" (The Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University, 2020)

August 17, 2026

Tel Rehov

Amihai Mazar and Nava Panitz-Cohen
Oli Mould, "Postcapitalist cities: Towards a common urban future" (Manchester UP, 2026)

August 9, 2026

Postcapitalist cities

Oli Mould
Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Gender Studies

Gender Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of gender about their new books.

Linda Williams and eds. Christine Gledhill et al., "Melodrama As Provocateur" (Duke UP, 2026)

August 14, 2026

Melodrama As Provocateur

Linda Williams and Edited By Christine Gledhill, Laura Horak, and Elisabeth R Anker
Hosted by Alix Beeston
Yulia Gradskova et al., "Good Mothers, Nations and Nationalisms: Cases from Lithuania, Russia and Sweden" (CEU Press, 2026)

August 13, 2026

Good Mothers , Nations and Nationalisms

Yulia Gradskova, Ieva Bisigirskaite, and Soheyla Yazdanpanah
Hosted by CEU Press
Genocide Studies

Genocide Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of genocide about their new books.

Deborah Mayersen, "Genocide Prevention: An Evidence-Based Approach" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 18, 2026

Genocide Prevention

Deborah Mayersen
Hosted by Kelly McFall
Daniel Byman, "American Pogroms: How Forgotten Massacres Shape America" (Oxford UP, 2026)

August 14, 2026

American Pogroms

Daniel Byman
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Higher Education

Higher Education

episodes

Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

William Whyte, "The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood" (Harvard UP, 2025)

August 11, 2026

The University

William Whyte
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Chad Wellmon, "After the University: Higher Education and the Future of Intellectual Work" (JHU Press, 2026)

August 9, 2026

After the University

Chad Wellmon
Hosted by Soumyadeep Guha
Human Rights

Human Rights

episodes

Interviews with scholars of human rights about their new books.

Deborah Mayersen, "Genocide Prevention: An Evidence-Based Approach" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 18, 2026

Genocide Prevention

Deborah Mayersen
Hosted by Kelly McFall
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
Journalism

Journalism

episodes

Interviews with journalists and scholars of journalism about their new books.

Elizabeth Darling, "Palace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC, 1922–32" (Lund Humphries, 2026)

August 3, 2026

Palace of the Ether

Elizabeth Darling
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Emily Sneff, "When the Declaration of Independence Was News" (Oxford UP, 2026)

August 3, 2026

When the Declaration of Independence Was News

Emily Sneff
Hosted by Amy Weitzman
Language and Translation

Language and Translation

episodes

Interviews with scholars of language and translation about their new books.

A Very Jewish Christmas: When Jesus Spoke Yiddish

August 18, 2026

A Very Jewish Christmas

Naomi Seidman
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Are We In The Midst Of A Yiddish Renaissance?

August 15, 2026

Are We In The Midst Of A Yiddish Renaissance?

Rokhl Kafrisse, Jessica Kirzane, Sandra Fox, and Ben Kaplan
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Law

Law

episodes

Interviews with lawyers and scholars of law about their new books.

James Loeffler, "Exceptional Hatred: Antisemitism and the Fight over Free Speech in Modern America" (Metropolitan Books, 2026)

August 15, 2026

Exceptional Hatred

James Loeffler
Hosted by Thomas Discenna
Rick Ramseyer, "Girl Without a Country: The Untold Story of a Landmark Fight for U.S. Citizenship" (Purdue UP, 2026)

August 15, 2026

Girl Without a Country

Rick Ramseyer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
LGBTQ+ Studies

LGBTQ+ Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of LGBTQ+ Studies about their new books.

Julie Kliegman, "Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer" (HarperOne, 2026)

August 11, 2026

Finding Renée Richards

Julie Kliegman
Hosted by Paul Knepper
Ryan Schweitzer, "Homosexuality in Central Asia: Stories of Hardship and Hope" (B&N Press, 2026)

August 8, 2026

Homosexuality in Central Asia

Ryan Schweitzer
Hosted by Cholpon Ramizova
National Security

National Security

episodes

Interviews with scholars of national security about their new books.

Jacob Hagstrom, "Asymmetric Warfare: Politics and Cultures of Violence in the Modern Era" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

August 18, 2026

Asymmetric Warfare

Jacob Hagstrom
Hossam el-Hamalawy, "Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic" (Verso Books, 2026)

August 14, 2026

Counterrevolution in Egypt

Hossam el-Hamalawy
Hosted by Alec Fiorini
Philanthropy

Philanthropy

episodes

Interviews with authors about their new philanthropy books.

Philosophy

Philosophy

episodes

Interviews with philosophers about their new books.

Daniel Cohnitz and Jussi Haukioja, "Foundations for Metasemantics" (Oxford UP, 2025)

July 10, 2026

Foundations for Metasemantics

Daniel Cohnitz and Jussi Haukioja
Hosted by Carrie Figdor
Philippe Huneman, "When Metaphysics Meets Biology:  Kantian Approaches to the Concept of An Organism" (Routledge, 2026)

June 13, 2026

When Metaphysics Meets Biology

Philippe Huneman
Hosted by Carrie Figdor
Policing, Incarceration, and Reform

Policing, Incarceration, and Reform

episodes

Interviews with scholars of policing, incarceration and reform about their new books

Bordering On Indifference: Immigration Agents Negotiating Race and Morality

August 13, 2026

Bordering On Indifference

Irene Vega
Valena Beety, "Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity" (New Press, 2026)

August 4, 2026

Pink Crime

Valena Beety
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Political Science

Political Science

episodes

The New Books in Political Science podcast provides lively discussions of politics based on the work of political scientists (and scholars concerned with politics in other disciplines). The podcast thinks holistically about politics – from global to local.

Our hosts! Lilly Goren is professor of Political Science at Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Susan Liebell is professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Lamis Abdelaaty is associate professor of Political Science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs.

Deborah Mayersen, "Genocide Prevention: An Evidence-Based Approach" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 18, 2026

Genocide Prevention

Deborah Mayersen
Hosted by Kelly McFall
Elizabeth Tynan, "Nuclear Archipelago: Secrets, Power and the Biggest Atomic Blast in Australia" (NewSouth, 2026)

August 16, 2026

Nuclear Archipelago Secrets

Elizabeth Tynan
Politics & Polemics

Politics & Polemics

episodes

Interviews with partisans and polemicists about their new books.

Jacob Hagstrom, "Asymmetric Warfare: Politics and Cultures of Violence in the Modern Era" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

August 18, 2026

Asymmetric Warfare

Jacob Hagstrom
Daniel Byman, "American Pogroms: How Forgotten Massacres Shape America" (Oxford UP, 2026)

August 14, 2026

American Pogroms

Daniel Byman
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Public Policy

Public Policy

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public policy about their new books.

John E. McDonough, "America's Wrong Turn: US Health Care in the Neoliberal Era" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

August 11, 2026

America's Wrong Turn

John E. McDonough
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Beyond Free Speech: Why AI Governance Demands Freedom of Thought

August 9, 2026

Beyond Free Speech

Eduardo Albrecht
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

episodes

Interviews with scholars of sex, sexuality and sex work about their new books.

Jeana Jorgensen, "Sex Education 101: Approachable Essays on Folklore, Culture, & History" (Fox Folk Press, 2023)

August 17, 2026

Sex Education 101

Jeana Jorgensen
Hosted by Rachel Hopkin
Leopoldina Fortunati, "The Arcana of Reproduction: Housewives, Prostitutes, Workers and Capital" (Verso, 2025)

August 8, 2026

The Arcana of Reproduction

Leopoldina Fortunati
Sociology

Sociology

episodes

Interviews with sociologists about their new books.

Sound Studies

Sound Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Sound Studies about their new books.

Michelle Bigenho and Henry Stobart, "Heritage Fever: Law and Cultural Politics in a Decolonizing State" (Oxford UP, 2025)

July 26, 2026

Heritage Fever

Michelle Bigenho and Henry Stobart
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Stacey Copeland, "Lavender Sounds: From Lesbian Radio to Queer Feminist Soundwork" (U Michigan Press, 2026)

July 17, 2026

Lavender Sounds

Stacey Copeland
Hosted by Jana Byars
Sports

Sports

episodes

Interviews with athletes and scholars of sports about their new books.

Jon Mackenzie, "The Spectre of Pep: How Guardiola Haunts Modern Football Tactics" (Seven Dials, 2026)

August 16, 2026

The Spectre of Pep

Jon Mackenzie
Hosted by Samee Siddiqui
Julie Kliegman, "Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer" (HarperOne, 2026)

August 11, 2026

Finding Renée Richards

Julie Kliegman
Hosted by Paul Knepper
Urban Studies

Urban Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books

Amihai Mazar and Nava Panitz-Cohen, "Tel Rehov: A Bronze and Iron Age City in the Beth-Shean Valle" (The Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University, 2020)

August 17, 2026

Tel Rehov

Amihai Mazar and Nava Panitz-Cohen
Kiara Wyndham, "Diversityland: Hiding Racial Inequality in an American Suburb" (U California Press, 2026)

August 17, 2026

Diversityland

Kiara Wyndham
Hosted by Miranda Melcher