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.

Kasey Jernigan, "Commod Bods: Embodied Heritage, Foodways, and Indigeneity" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Commod Bods

Kasey Jernigan
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Yingyi Ma, "Ambitious and Anxious: How Chinese College Students Succeed and Struggle in American Higher Education" (Columbia UP, 2020)

April 15, 2026

Ambitious and Anxious

Yingyi Ma
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.

Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller, "Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers" (U California Press, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Boom to Bust

Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller
Hosted by Pete Kunze
The Case for Career Services

April 16, 2026

The Case for Career Services

Rebekah Paré
Media and Communications

Media and Communications

episodes

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

Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller, "Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers" (U California Press, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Boom to Bust

Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller
Hosted by Pete Kunze
Nathaniel Greenberg, "The Long War of Ideas: American Public Diplomacy in Arabic After 9/11" (Columbia UP, 2026)

April 19, 2026

The Long War of Ideas

Nathaniel Greenberg
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Critical Theory

Critical Theory

episodes

Interviews with scholars of critical theory about their new books.

Manuel Barcia, "Pirate Imperialism: Trade, Abolition, and Global Suppression of Maritime Raiding, 1825–1870" (Yale UP, 2026)

April 18, 2026

Pirate Imperialism

Manuel Barcia
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Disability Studies

Disability Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of disability about their new books.

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
Katherine Harvey, "The Medieval Guide to Healthy Living" (Reaktion, 2026)

April 1, 2026

The Medieval Guide to Healthy Living

Katherine Harvey
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.

Kim Embrey, "Coca and the Victorians: From Botanical Curiosity to Regulated Drug, 1835–1912" (Transcript Publishing, 2025)

April 12, 2026

Coca and the Victorians

Kim Embrey
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Alex Diamond, "Governing the Excluded: Rural Livelihoods Beyond Coca in Colombia's Peace Laboratory" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

April 6, 2026

Governing the Excluded

Alex Diamond
Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
Education

Education

episodes

Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

Emely Rumble, "Bibliotherapy in The Bronx" (Row House, 2025)

April 18, 2026

Bibliotherapy in the Bronx

Emely Rumble
Hosted by Raymond Williams
Amanda Anderson and Simon During, "Humanities Theory" (Oxford UP, 2026)

April 17, 2026

Humanities Theory

Amanda Anderson and Simon During
Economics

Economics

episodes

Interviews with economists about their new books.

Security and Risk: Challenges for Economy and Business in the Global 20th Century: A Conversation with Marie Huber, Nina Kleinöder, and Christian Kleinschmidt

April 16, 2026

Security and Risk

Marie Huber, Nina Kleinöder, Christian Kleinschmidt (Eds.)
Devika Dutt et al., "Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction" (Polity Press, 2025)

April 14, 2026

Decolonizing Economics

Devika Dutt, Carolina Alves, Surbhi Kesar, Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven
Finance

Finance

episodes

An interview with scholars of finance about their new books.

Money Beyond Borders with Barry Eichengreen

April 13, 2026

Money Beyond Borders

Barry Eichengreen
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
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.

Samuel Clowes Huneke, "I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany" (Aevo UTP, 2026)

April 18, 2026

I Will Not Abandon You

Samuel Clowes Huneke
Hosted by Deep Acharya
Gwyneth Lonergan, "Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy: Migrant Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Maternity Care in the UK" (Bristol UP, 2025)

April 16, 2026

Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy

Gwyneth Lonergan
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Genocide Studies

Genocide Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of genocide about their new books.

From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg: Memoir and Testimony

April 19, 2026

From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg

Justin Cammy
Hosted by YIVO Institute
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
Higher Education

Higher Education

episodes

Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

Human Rights

Human Rights

episodes

Interviews with scholars of human rights about their new books.

Lisa Siraganian, "The Problem of Personhood: Giving Rights to Trees, Corporations, and Robots" (Verso, 2026)

April 14, 2026

The Problem of Personhood

Lisa Siraganian
Tim Connor et al., "Global Business and Local Struggle: Reimagining Non-Judicial Remedy for Human Rights" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

April 10, 2026

Global Business and Local Struggle

Tim Connor, Annie Delaney, Fiona Haines, Kate Macdonald, and Shelley Marshall
Hosted by Caitlin Murphy
Journalism

Journalism

episodes

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

Nathaniel Greenberg, "The Long War of Ideas: American Public Diplomacy in Arabic After 9/11" (Columbia UP, 2026)

April 19, 2026

The Long War of Ideas

Nathaniel Greenberg
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
John Bechtold, "U.S. Militarism and the Terrain of Memory: Negotiating Dead Space" (Taylor & Francis, 2024)

April 12, 2026

U.S. Militarism and the Terrain of Memory

John Bechtold
Hosted by John Armenta
Language and Translation

Language and Translation

episodes

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

Nathaniel Greenberg, "The Long War of Ideas: American Public Diplomacy in Arabic After 9/11" (Columbia UP, 2026)

April 19, 2026

The Long War of Ideas

Nathaniel Greenberg
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Yanara Friedland, "Thanatographies" (U Alabama Press, 2026)

April 18, 2026

Thanatographies

Yanara Friedland
Hosted by Rachel Pafe
Law

Law

episodes

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

Masako Ichihara, "Climate Change Litigation in Japan: Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities for Environmental Law" (Brill, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Climate Change Litigation in Japan

Masako Ichihara
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Manuel Barcia, "Pirate Imperialism: Trade, Abolition, and Global Suppression of Maritime Raiding, 1825–1870" (Yale UP, 2026)

April 18, 2026

Pirate Imperialism

Manuel Barcia
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
LGBTQ+ Studies

LGBTQ+ Studies

episodes

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

Samuel Clowes Huneke, "I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany" (Aevo UTP, 2026)

April 18, 2026

I Will Not Abandon You

Samuel Clowes Huneke
Hosted by Deep Acharya
Gabriel S. Estrada, "Queer Indigenous Cinemas: Sovereign Genders from Seven Directions" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

April 13, 2026

Queer Indigenous Cinemas

Gabriel S. Estrada
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
National Security

National Security

episodes

Interviews with scholars of national security about their new books.

Nathaniel Greenberg, "The Long War of Ideas: American Public Diplomacy in Arabic After 9/11" (Columbia UP, 2026)

April 19, 2026

The Long War of Ideas

Nathaniel Greenberg
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Jane Vaynman, "Enemies in Agreement: Political Volatility and the Design of Arms Control" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

April 18, 2026

Enemies in Agreement

Jane Vaynman
Philanthropy

Philanthropy

episodes

Interviews with authors about their new philanthropy books.

The Club: Where American Artists Found Refuge in Belle Epoque Paris

April 2, 2026

The Club

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
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

The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence

April 9, 2026

The Coroner’s Silence

Terence Keel
Meg Groff, "Not If I Can Help It: A Family Lawyer's Battles for Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence and the Poor" (Rivertowns Books, 2025)

April 4, 2026

Not If I Can Help It

Meg Groff
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
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.

Jane Vaynman, "Enemies in Agreement: Political Volatility and the Design of Arms Control" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

April 18, 2026

Enemies in Agreement

Jane Vaynman
Politics & Polemics

Politics & Polemics

episodes

Interviews with partisans and polemicists about their new books.

Myung-jin Han with Nicolas Levi, "I Was a North Korean Diplomat: Inside the Secret World of Pyongyang's Foreign Service" (Independently Published, 2026)

April 18, 2026

I Was a North Korean Diplomat

Myung-jin Han with Nicolas Levi
Hosted by Anthony Kao
Public Policy

Public Policy

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public policy about their new books.

The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence

April 9, 2026

The Coroner’s Silence

Terence Keel
Tim Cresswell, "The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

April 3, 2026

The Citizen and the Vagabond

Tim Cresswell
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

episodes

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

Alisa Kessel, "Rape Fantasies: Rape Culture and the Persistence of Sexual Violence" (Oxford UP, 2025)

April 16, 2026

Rape Fantasies

Alisa Kessel
Daphne A. Brooks, "Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign: The Sonic Afterlives of David Bowie and Prince" (Duke UP, 2026)

April 14, 2026

Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign

Daphne A. Brooks
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Sociology

Sociology

episodes

Interviews with sociologists about their new books.

Gwyneth Lonergan, "Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy: Migrant Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Maternity Care in the UK" (Bristol UP, 2025)

April 16, 2026

Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy

Gwyneth Lonergan
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Larry M. Bartels and Katherine J. Cramer, "The Politics of Social Change: From the Sixties to the Present Through the Eyes of a Generation" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

April 15, 2026

The Politics of Social Change

Larry M. Bartels and Katherine J. Cramer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sound Studies

Sound Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Sound Studies about their new books.

Christina Schwenkel, "Sonic Socialism: Crisis and Care in Pandemic Hanoi" (U California Press, 2025)

March 31, 2026

Sonic Socialism

Christina Schwenkel
Hosted by Camellia Pham
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.

Jerry West and Jonathan Coleman, "West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life" (Little, Brown and Co, 2011)

April 16, 2026

West by West

Jerry West and Jonathan Coleman
Hosted by Paul Knepper
Pavel Brunssen, "The Making of 'Jew Clubs': Performing Jewishness and Antisemitism in European Football and Fan Cultures" (Indiana UP, 2025)

April 9, 2026

The Making of "Jew Clubs"

Pavel Brunssen
Hosted by Keith Rathbone
Urban Studies

Urban Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books

Tim Altenhof, "Breathing Space: The Architecture of Pneumatic Beings" (Zone Books, 2026)

April 5, 2026

Breathing Space

Tim Altenhof
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Kristina Jonutytė, "Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia" (Cornell UP, 2026)

April 1, 2026

Between the Buddha and the New Tsar

Kristina Jonutytė
Hosted by Miranda Melcher