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.

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
Archaeology

Archaeology

episodes

Interviews with archaeologists about their new books.

Susanna Elm and Kristina Sessa, "War and Community in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

April 27, 2026

War and Community in Late Antiquity

Susanna Elm and Kristina Sessa
Hosted by Michael Motia
Jessica Clarke, "A New History of Ancient Roman Theatre" (Liverpool UP, 2025)

March 13, 2026

A New History of Ancient Roman Theatre

Jessica Clarke
Business, Management, and Marketing

Business, Management, and Marketing

episodes

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

Stephan Meier, "The Employee Advantage: How Putting Workers First Helps Business Thrive" (PublicAffairs, 2024)

May 9, 2026

The Employee Advantage

Stephan Meier
Hosted by Alfred Marcus
Are Libraries the Hidden Book Market? with Erin Cox of Words & Money

April 29, 2026

Are Libraries the Hidden Book Market?

Erin Cox
Hosted by Sarah Russo
Media and Communications

Media and Communications

episodes

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

Robin Andersen, "The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel's Genocide in Gaza" (OR Books, 2026)

May 9, 2026

The Complicit Lens

Robin Andersen
Hosted by Stuti Roy
Carol Rittner and John K Roth, "This Time: Teaching the Holocaust Today" (‎iPub Cloud, 2026)

May 9, 2026

This Time

Carol Rittner and John K Roth
Hosted by Marci Mazzarotto
Critical Theory

Critical Theory

episodes

Interviews with scholars of critical theory about their new books.

Julia Bowes, "Every Man's Home a Castle: Parental Rights and the Makings of Modern Conservatism" (Princeton UP, 2026)

May 8, 2026

Every Man's Home a Castle

Julia Bowes
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Angela Dimitrakaki, "Feminism. Art. Capitalism" (Pluto Press, 2026)

May 6, 2026

Feminism. Art. Capitalism.

Angela Dimitrakaki
Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Disability Studies

Disability Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of disability about their new books.

Empathy Takes Action: An Autistic Therapist on the Radical Work of Connection

April 30, 2026

Empathy Takes Action

Aimee Cliff
Danielle Bainbridge, "Currencies of Cruelty: Slavery, Freak Shows, and the Performance Archive" (NYU Press, 2026)

April 3, 2026

Currencies of Cruelty

Danielle Bainbridge
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

episodes

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

Kenneth Anderson, "Sanitariums, Hospitals, and the Belladonna Cure: Volume Three of the Untold History of Addiction Treatment in the United States" (The HAMS Harm Reduction Network, Inc., 2022)

April 29, 2026

Sanitariums, Hospitals, and the Belladonna Cure

Kenneth Anderson
Hosted by Emily Dufton
Kaitlin P. Reed, "Settler Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California" (U Washington Press, 2023)

April 27, 2026

Settler Cannabis

Kaitlin P. Reed
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Education

Education

episodes

Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

Carol Rittner and John K Roth, "This Time: Teaching the Holocaust Today" (‎iPub Cloud, 2026)

May 9, 2026

This Time

Carol Rittner and John K Roth
Hosted by Marci Mazzarotto
Dennis Sherwood, Missing the Mark: Why So Many School Exam Grades are Wrong – and How to Get Results We Can Trust" (Canbury Press, 2022)

May 9, 2026

Missing the Mark

Dennis Sherwood
Hosted by John Gibbs
Economics

Economics

episodes

Interviews with economists about their new books.

Stephan Meier, "The Employee Advantage: How Putting Workers First Helps Business Thrive" (PublicAffairs, 2024)

May 9, 2026

The Employee Advantage

Stephan Meier
Hosted by Alfred Marcus
Claudia Goldin, "Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity" (Princeton UP, 2021)

May 6, 2026

Career and Family

Claudia Goldin
Hosted by Marshall Poe
Finance

Finance

episodes

An interview with scholars of finance about their new books.

Paul Blustein, "King Dollar: The Past and Future of the World's Dominant Currency" (Yale UP, 2025)

April 30, 2026

King Dollar

Paul Blustein
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Trevor Jackson, "The Insatiable Machine: How Capitalism Conquered the World" (Norton, 2026)

April 28, 2026

The Insatiable Machine

Trevor Jackson
Hosted by Steven Rodriguez
Geography

Geography

episodes

Interviews with geographers about their new books.

Christian Henderson, "Monarchies of Extraction: The Gulf States in the Global Food System" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

April 12, 2026

Monarchies of Extraction

Christian Henderson
Hosted by Alec Fiorini
Caroline Tracey, "Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History" (W. W. Norton, 2026)

April 3, 2026

Salt Lakes

Caroline Tracey
Hosted by Zeb Larson
Gender Studies

Gender Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of gender about their new books.

Julia Bowes, "Every Man's Home a Castle: Parental Rights and the Makings of Modern Conservatism" (Princeton UP, 2026)

May 8, 2026

Every Man's Home a Castle

Julia Bowes
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Genocide Studies

Genocide Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of genocide about their new books.

Carol Rittner and John K Roth, "This Time: Teaching the Holocaust Today" (‎iPub Cloud, 2026)

May 9, 2026

This Time

Carol Rittner and John K Roth
Hosted by Marci Mazzarotto
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
Higher Education

Higher Education

episodes

Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

Carol Rittner and John K Roth, "This Time: Teaching the Holocaust Today" (‎iPub Cloud, 2026)

May 9, 2026

This Time

Carol Rittner and John K Roth
Hosted by Marci Mazzarotto
Dennis Sherwood, Missing the Mark: Why So Many School Exam Grades are Wrong – and How to Get Results We Can Trust" (Canbury Press, 2022)

May 9, 2026

Missing the Mark

Dennis Sherwood
Hosted by John Gibbs
Human Rights

Human Rights

episodes

Interviews with scholars of human rights about their new books.

Fighting for a Foothold: How Government and Markets Undermine Black Middle-Class Suburbia

May 7, 2026

Fighting for a Foothold

Angela Simms
Max Morris, "Not Sex Work: Queer Intimacy, Post-identity, and Incidental Encounters in the Digital Era" (Routledge, 2025)

May 6, 2026

Not Sex Work

Max Morris
Hosted by Rine Vieth
Journalism

Journalism

episodes

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

Robin Andersen, "The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel's Genocide in Gaza" (OR Books, 2026)

May 9, 2026

The Complicit Lens

Robin Andersen
Hosted by Stuti Roy
Jeremy Harding's Analogue Africa: Notes on the Anti-Colonial Imagination

May 5, 2026

Analogue Africa

Jeremy Harding
Hosted by Leonard Benardo
Language and Translation

Language and Translation

episodes

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

Yiddish: Biography of a Language

May 6, 2026

Yiddish: Biography of a Language

Jeffrey Shandler
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Bilingual Writers and Corpus Analysis

May 5, 2026

Bilingual Writers and Corpus Analysis

David Palfreyman
Law

Law

episodes

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

Olivier Sylvain, "Recovering the Internet: How Big Tech Took Control-And How We Can Take It Back" (Columbia Global Reports, 2026)

May 9, 2026

Recovering the Internet

Olivier Sylvain
Hosted by Jake Chanenson
LGBTQ+ Studies

LGBTQ+ Studies

episodes

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

Max Morris, "Not Sex Work: Queer Intimacy, Post-identity, and Incidental Encounters in the Digital Era" (Routledge, 2025)

May 6, 2026

Not Sex Work

Max Morris
Hosted by Rine Vieth
William Stell, "Born Again Queer: A History of Evangelical Gay Activism and the Making of Antigay Christianity" (Princeton UP, 2026)

May 5, 2026

Born Again Queer

William Stell
Hosted by Jacob Barrett
National Security

National Security

episodes

Interviews with scholars of national security about their new books.

Odd Arne Westad, "The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History" (Henry Holt and Co, 2026)

May 6, 2026

The Coming Storm

Odd Arne Westad
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Jack Cheevers, "Kennedy’s Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America's Descent into Vietnam" (Simon and Schuster, 2026)

April 27, 2026

Kennedy’s Coup

Jack Cheevers
Hosted by Luca Trenta
Philanthropy

Philanthropy

episodes

Interviews with authors about their new philanthropy books.

Rhea Rahman, "Racializing the Ummah: Muslim Humanitarians Beyond Black, Brown, and White" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

April 29, 2026

Racializing the Ummah

Rhea Rahman
Hosted by Amanie Antar
The Club: Where American Artists Found Refuge in Belle Epoque Paris

April 2, 2026

The Club

Philosophy

Philosophy

episodes

Interviews with philosophers about their new books.

Kathryn Nave, "A Drive to Survive: The Free Energy Principle and the Meaning of Life" (MIT Press, 2025)

April 10, 2026

A Drive to Survive

Kathryn Nave
Hosted by Carrie Figdor
Andrew Lister, "Justice and Reciprocity" (Oxford UP, 2024)

April 5, 2026

Justice and Reciprocity

Andrew Lister
Hosted by Blain Neufeld
Policing, Incarceration, and Reform

Policing, Incarceration, and Reform

episodes

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

Adam Henig, "Baseball's Outcast: The Story of Ron LeFlore" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

April 20, 2026

Baseball's Outcast

Adam Henig
Hosted by Paul Knepper
The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence

April 9, 2026

The Coroner’s Silence

Terence Keel
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.

Julia Bowes, "Every Man's Home a Castle: Parental Rights and the Makings of Modern Conservatism" (Princeton UP, 2026)

May 8, 2026

Every Man's Home a Castle

Julia Bowes
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Politics & Polemics

Politics & Polemics

episodes

Interviews with partisans and polemicists about their new books.

Robin Andersen, "The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel's Genocide in Gaza" (OR Books, 2026)

May 9, 2026

The Complicit Lens

Robin Andersen
Hosted by Stuti Roy
Public Policy

Public Policy

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public policy about their new books.

Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

episodes

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

Max Morris, "Not Sex Work: Queer Intimacy, Post-identity, and Incidental Encounters in the Digital Era" (Routledge, 2025)

May 6, 2026

Not Sex Work

Max Morris
Hosted by Rine Vieth
Sociology

Sociology

episodes

Interviews with sociologists about their new books.

Zeina Al-Azmeh, "Syrian Intellectuals in Exile: The Dilemmas of Revolution and the Cost of Leaving" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

May 9, 2026

Syrian Intellectuals in Exile

Zeina Al Azmeh
Hosted by Matt Dawson
Steffen Mau et al., "The Trigger Points: Inequality and Political Polarization in Contemporary Society" (Policy Press, 2026)

May 8, 2026

Trigger Points

Steffen Mau, Thomas Lux, Linus Westheuser
Hosted by Hannah Pool
Sound Studies

Sound Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Sound Studies about their new books.

The World According to Sound: Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett on Audio Art, Wonder, and Humanistic Reasoning

May 4, 2026

The World According to Sound

Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett
Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Deirdre Loughridge & Thomas Patteson, "The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments" (Reaktion, 2026)

April 30, 2026

The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments

Deirdre Loughridge and Thomas Patteson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sports

Sports

episodes

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

Nicholas Thompson, "The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports" (Random House, 2025)

May 4, 2026

The Running Ground

Nicholas Thompson
Shameem Black, "Flexible India: Yoga's Cultural and Political Tensions" (Columbia UP, 2023)

April 23, 2026

Flexible India

Shameem Black
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Urban Studies

Urban Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books

Sharon Zukin, "Loft Living: Culture and Capital in Urban Change" (Rutgers UP, 2014)

May 8, 2026

Loft Living

Sharon Zukin
Hosted by Alex Hallbom