Politics & Society

Animal Studies

Animal Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Animal Studies about their new books.

Sezai Ozan Zeybek, "Animals, Justice, and the Politics of Violence: Shared Struggles in Turkey" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)

March 9, 2026

Animals, Justice, and the Politics of Violence

Sezai Ozan Zeybek
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Vet at the End of the Earth: Adventures with Animals in the South Atlantic

March 5, 2026

The Vet at the End of the Earth

Jonathan Hollins
Anthropology

Anthropology

episodes

Interviews with anthropologists about their new books.

Nikita Kaur Simpson, "Tension: Mental Distress and Embodied Inequality in the Western Himalayas" (Duke UP, 2026)

March 29, 2026

Tension

Nikita Kaur Simpson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Nellie Chu, "Precarious Accumulation: Fast Fashion Bosses in Transnational Guangzhou" (Duke UP, 2026)

March 28, 2026

Precarious Accumulation

Nellie Chu
Hosted by Yadong Li
Archaeology

Archaeology

episodes

Interviews with archaeologists about their new books.

Jessica Clarke, "A New History of Ancient Roman Theatre" (Liverpool UP, 2025)

March 13, 2026

A New History of Ancient Roman Theatre

Jessica Clarke
Kim Bowes, "Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent" (Princeton UP, 2025)

March 12, 2026

Surviving Rome

Kim Bowes
Business, Management, and Marketing

Business, Management, and Marketing

episodes

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

Zheng Liu, "Cultural Mavericks: The Business and Politics of Independent Bookselling in China" (Columbia UP, 2026)

March 28, 2026

Cultural Mavericks

Zheng Liu (Sociology scholar)
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Nellie Chu, "Precarious Accumulation: Fast Fashion Bosses in Transnational Guangzhou" (Duke UP, 2026)

March 28, 2026

Precarious Accumulation

Nellie Chu
Hosted by Yadong Li
Media and Communications

Media and Communications

episodes

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

Mark Hlavacik, "Willing Warriors: A New History of the Education Culture Wars" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

March 28, 2026

Willing Warriors

Mark Hlavacik
Hosted by Laura Kelly
Gist Books: How Print on Demand Creates New Possibilities for the Publishing Industry

March 23, 2026

Gist Books

Ramona Liberoff and Liz Fried
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Critical Theory

Critical Theory

episodes

Interviews with scholars of critical theory about their new books.

Ainehi Edoro, "Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think" (Columbia UP, 2026)

March 29, 2026

Forest Imaginaries

Ainehi Edoro
Disability Studies

Disability Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of disability about their new books.

Doug Crandell, "Twenty-Two Cents an Hour: Disability Rights and the Fight to End Subminimum Wages" (Cornell UP, 2022)

March 21, 2026

Twenty-Two Cents an Hour

Doug Crandell
Hosted by Thomas Discenna
Susannah B. Mintz, "Hypochondria: In Sickness and in Story" (Reaktion, 2026)

March 15, 2026

Hypochondria

Susannah B. Mintz
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

episodes

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

Helen Redmond, "Liquid Handcuffs: Policing and Punishment in Methadone Clinics and the Future of Opioid Addiction Treatment" (North Atlantic Books, 2026)

March 3, 2026

Liquid Handcuffs

Helen Redmond, LCSW
Hosted by Emily Dufton
Education

Education

episodes

Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

Nick Juravich, "Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education" (U Illinois Press, 2024)

March 29, 2026

Para Power

Nick Juravich
Hosted by Thomas Discenna
Mark Hlavacik, "Willing Warriors: A New History of the Education Culture Wars" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

March 28, 2026

Willing Warriors

Mark Hlavacik
Hosted by Laura Kelly
Economics

Economics

episodes

Interviews with economists about their new books.

Kristin Ciupa, "The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market" (Brill, 2026)

March 29, 2026

The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela

Kristin Ciupa
Dovev Lavie, "The Cooperative Economy: A Solution to Societal Grand Challenges" (Routledge, 2023)

March 27, 2026

The Cooperative Economy

Dovev Lavie
Hosted by Alfred Marcus
Finance

Finance

episodes

An interview with scholars of finance about their new books.

J. S. Nelson, "Business Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know" (Oxford UP, 2021)

March 24, 2026

Business Ethics

J. S. Nelson
Hosted by Alfred Marcus
Orsi Husz, "Bankminded: Banks As Intimate Agents of Everyday Life in Welfare State Sweden" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2025)

March 22, 2026

Bankminded

Orsi Husz
Geography

Geography

episodes

Interviews with geographers about their new books.

Courtney Humphries, "Climate Change and the Future of Boston" (Anthem Press, 2026)

March 16, 2026

Climate Change and the Future of Boston

Courtney Humphries
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sezai Ozan Zeybek, "Animals, Justice, and the Politics of Violence: Shared Struggles in Turkey" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)

March 9, 2026

Animals, Justice, and the Politics of Violence

Sezai Ozan Zeybek
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Gender Studies

Gender Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of gender about their new books.

Cathryn J. Prince, "For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman" (U Illinois Press, 2026)

March 26, 2026

For the Love of Labor

Cathryn J. Prince
Hosted by Thomas Discenna
Genocide Studies

Genocide Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of genocide about their new books.

Susanne Vees-Gulani, 'Icon Dresden: Baroque City, Air War Symbol, Political Token" (U Michigan Press, 2026)

March 23, 2026

Icon Dresden

Susanne Vees-Gulani
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Lorena Sekwan Fontaine and Adam Muller eds., "The Erasure and Revitalization of Indigenous Cultures and Languages" A Special Issue of Genocide Studies International" (Vol 16, No 2)

March 21, 2026

The Erasure and Revitalization of Indigenous Cultures and Languages

Lorena Sekwan Fontaine and Adam Muller eds.
Hosted by Kelly McFall
Higher Education

Higher Education

episodes

Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

Sam Illingworth and Rachel Forsyth, "GenAI in Higher Education: Redefining Teaching and Learning" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

March 17, 2026

GenAI and Higher Education

Sam Illingworth and Rachel Forsyth
Upper Caste Liberalism with Ravikant Kisana

March 16, 2026

Upper Caste Liberalism

Ravikant Kisana
Human Rights

Human Rights

episodes

Interviews with scholars of human rights about their new books.

Alex Powell, "Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration" (Bristol UP, 2026)

March 17, 2026

Queering UK Refugee Law

Alex Powell
Hosted by Rine Vieth
Journalism

Journalism

episodes

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

Mark Hlavacik, "Willing Warriors: A New History of the Education Culture Wars" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

March 28, 2026

Willing Warriors

Mark Hlavacik
Hosted by Laura Kelly
On Trump as a “World Historical Individual” with author John B. Judis

March 25, 2026

On Trump as a “World Historical Individual”

John B. Judis
Hosted by Paul Starobin
Language and Translation

Language and Translation

episodes

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

Yiddish in Israel: A History

March 27, 2026

Yiddish in Israel

Rachel Rojanski
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Ricardo Wilson, "Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes" (Princeton UP, 2026)

March 27, 2026

Troubled Lands

Ricardo Wilson
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Law

Law

episodes

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

Colloquies on European Civil Procedure: A Conversation with Marco de Benito

March 28, 2026

Colloquies on European Civil Procedure

Marco de Benito
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Joanna Siekiera ed., "NATO Stability Policing: Beneficial Tool in Filling the Security Gap and Establishing the Rule of Law, and a Safe and Secure Environment" (NATO Stability Policing Centre Of Excellence, 2024)

March 25, 2026

NATO Stability Policing

Joanna Siekiera ed.
LGBTQ+ Studies

LGBTQ+ Studies

episodes

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

Cathryn J. Prince, "For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman" (U Illinois Press, 2026)

March 26, 2026

For the Love of Labor

Cathryn J. Prince
Hosted by Thomas Discenna
National Security

National Security

episodes

Interviews with scholars of national security about their new books.

Matthew Guariglia and Brian Hochman, "The Church Committee Report: Revelations from the Bombshell 1970s Investigation into the National Security State" (W. W. Norton & Co, 2026)

March 29, 2026

The Church Committee Report

Matthew Guariglia and Brian Hochman
Hosted by Luca Trenta
Joanna Siekiera ed., "NATO Stability Policing: Beneficial Tool in Filling the Security Gap and Establishing the Rule of Law, and a Safe and Secure Environment" (NATO Stability Policing Centre Of Excellence, 2024)

March 25, 2026

NATO Stability Policing

Joanna Siekiera ed.
Philanthropy

Philanthropy

episodes

Interviews with authors about their new philanthropy books.

Aidan Seale-Feldman, "The Work of Disaster: Crisis and Care Along a Himalayan Fault Line" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

February 23, 2026

The Work of Disaster

Aidan Seale-Feldman
Hosted by Elena Sobrino
Jack Wertheimer, "Jewish Giving: Philanthropy and the Shaping of American Jewish Life" (NYU Press, 2025)

December 10, 2025

Jewish Giving

Jack Wertheimer
Hosted by Alfred Marcus
Philosophy

Philosophy

episodes

Interviews with philosophers about their new books.

Catherine Elgin, "Epistemic Ecology" (MIT Press, 2025)

March 3, 2026

Epistemic Ecology

Catherine Elgin
Hosted by Carrie Figdor
John Drabinski, "So Unimaginable a Price: Baldwin and the Black Atlantic" (Northwestern UP, 2025)

February 18, 2026

So Unimaginable a Price

John E. Drabinski
Hosted by Sarah Tyson
Policing, Incarceration, and Reform

Policing, Incarceration, and Reform

episodes

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

The Criminal Record Complex: Risk, Race, and the Struggle for Work in America

March 26, 2026

The Criminal Record Complex

Melissa Burch
Foster Chamberlin, "Uncivil Guard: Policing, Military Culture, and the Coming of the Spanish Civil War" (Louisiana State UP, 2025)

March 15, 2026

Uncivil Guard

Foster Chamberlin
Hosted by Reuben Silverman
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.

On Our Continuing Age of Oil with Journalist Stanley Reed

March 28, 2026

On Our Continuing Age of Oil

Stanley Reed
Hosted by Paul Starobin
Thomas Hegghammer and Diego Gambetta eds., "Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity Mimicry in Conflict" (Oxford UP, 2024)

March 28, 2026

Fight, Flight, Mimic

Thomas Hegghammer and Diego Gambetta
Hosted by Lucas Tse
Politics & Polemics

Politics & Polemics

episodes

Interviews with partisans and polemicists about their new books.

Thomas Hegghammer and Diego Gambetta eds., "Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity Mimicry in Conflict" (Oxford UP, 2024)

March 28, 2026

Fight, Flight, Mimic

Thomas Hegghammer and Diego Gambetta
Hosted by Lucas Tse
Mark Hlavacik, "Willing Warriors: A New History of the Education Culture Wars" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

March 28, 2026

Willing Warriors

Mark Hlavacik
Hosted by Laura Kelly
Public Policy

Public Policy

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public policy about their new books.

David Ost, "Red Pill Politics: Demystifying Today's Far Right" (New Press, 2026)

March 29, 2026

Red Pill Politics

David Ost
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
Mark Hlavacik, "Willing Warriors: A New History of the Education Culture Wars" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

March 28, 2026

Willing Warriors

Mark Hlavacik
Hosted by Laura Kelly
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

episodes

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

Satya Shikha Chakraborty, "Colonial Caregivers: Ayahs and the Gendered History of Race and Caste in British India" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

March 25, 2026

Colonial Caregivers

Satya Shikha Chakraborty
Hosted by Saumya Dadoo
Maud Anne Bracke, "Reproductive Rights in Modern France: Reproductive Rights in Modern France: Feminism, Contraception, and Abortion, 1950-1980 (Oxford UP, 2025)

March 9, 2026

Reproductive Rights in Modern France

Maud Anne Bracke
Hosted by Gina Stamm
Sociology

Sociology

episodes

Interviews with sociologists about their new books.

Kristin Ciupa, "The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market" (Brill, 2026)

March 29, 2026

The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela

Kristin Ciupa
Thomas Hegghammer and Diego Gambetta eds., "Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity Mimicry in Conflict" (Oxford UP, 2024)

March 28, 2026

Fight, Flight, Mimic

Thomas Hegghammer and Diego Gambetta
Hosted by Lucas Tse
Sound Studies

Sound Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Sound Studies about their new books.

P. Thirumal and K. A. Nuaiman eds., "Inhabiting Technologies/Modernities: Media and Cultural Practices in South Asia" (Orient BlackSwan, 2025)

March 17, 2026

Inhabiting Technologies/Modernities

P. Thirumal and K. A. Nuaiman eds.
Hosted by Khadeeja Amenda
Sports

Sports

episodes

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

Alan McDougall, "Dreams and Songs to Sing: A People's History of Liverpool FC from Shankly to Klopp" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

March 24, 2026

Dreams and Songs to Sing

Alan McDougall
Hosted by Keith Rathbone
Michael James Roberts et al., "Roll and Flow: The Cultural Politics of Skateboarding and Surfing" (San Diego State UP, 2024)

March 5, 2026

Roll and Flow

Michael James Roberts, Kristin Lawler, and David P. Cline
Hosted by Michael Johnston
Urban Studies

Urban Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books

Robert Whiting, "Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies: The Outsiders who Shaped Modern Japan (Tuttle, 2024)

March 27, 2026

Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies

Robert Whiting
Erica Morawski, "Development Design: Hotels and Politics in the Hispanic Caribbean" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025)

March 26, 2026

Development Design

Erica Morawski
Hosted by Miranda Melcher