Politics & Society

Animal Studies

Animal Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Animal Studies about their new books.

Anthropology

Anthropology

episodes

Interviews with anthropologists about their new books.

Austin Knuppe, "Surviving the Islamic State: Contention, Cooperation, and Neutrality in Wartime Iraq" (Columbia UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Surviving the Islamic State

Austin Knuppe
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Naomi Westerman, "Happy Death Club: Essays on Death, Grief, and Bereavement Across Cultures" (404 Inklings, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Happy Death Club

Naomi Westerman
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Archaeology

Archaeology

episodes

Interviews with archaeologists about their new books.

Rubina Raja, "Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues Between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives" (Brepols, 2023)

May 19, 2024

Shaping Archaeological Archives

Rubina Raja
Hosted by Hallel Yadin
Bryan K. Miller, "Xiongnu: The World's First Nomadic Empire" (Oxford UP, 2024)

May 1, 2024

Xiongnu

Bryan K. Miller
Business, Management, and Marketing

Business, Management, and Marketing

episodes

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

Lucia Hulsether, "Capitalist Humanitarianism" (Duke UP, 2023)

July 21, 2024

Capitalist Humanitarianism

Lucia Hulsether
Hosted by Jacob Barrett
History and Digital Media: A Discussion with Allison Tourville

July 3, 2024

History and Digital Media

Allison Tourville
Hosted by Patryk Babiracki
Media

Media

episodes

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

Bishnupriya Ghosh, "The Virus Touch: Theorizing Epidemic Media" (Duke UP, 2023)

July 26, 2024

The Virus Touch

Rosemary Pennington, "Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media" (Indiana UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Pop Islam

Rosemary Pennington
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier
Critical Theory

Critical Theory

episodes

Interviews with scholars of critical theory about their new books.

Jonathan Branfman, "Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy" (NYU Press, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Millennial Jewish Stars

Jonathan Branfman
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld and Janet Ward, "Fascism in America: Past and Present" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

July 22, 2024

Fascism in America

Gavriel D. Rosenfeld and Janet Ward
Disability Studies

Disability Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of disability about their new books.

Patrick McKelvey, "Disability Works: Performance After Rehabilitation" (NYU Press, 2024)

July 23, 2024

Disability Works

Patrick McKelvey
Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
Sasha Warren, "Storming Bedlam: Madness, Mental Health, and Revolt" (Common Notions, 2024)

July 10, 2024

Storming Bedlam

Sasha Warren
Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

episodes

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

James Mallery, "City of Vice: Transience and San Francisco's Urban History, 1848-1917" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)

July 16, 2024

City of Vice

James Mallery
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Angela Garcia, "The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos" (FSG, 2024)

July 9, 2024

The Way That Leads Among the Lost

Angela Garcia
Hosted by Claire Clark
Education

Education

episodes

Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

Ujju Aggarwal, "Unsettling Choice: Race, Rights, and the Partitioning of Public Education" (U Minnesota Press, 2024)

July 20, 2024

Unsettling Choice

Ujju Aggarwal
Hosted by Laura Kelly
Economics

Economics

episodes

Interviews with economists about their new books.

Lucia Hulsether, "Capitalist Humanitarianism" (Duke UP, 2023)

July 21, 2024

Capitalist Humanitarianism

Lucia Hulsether
Hosted by Jacob Barrett
Matt Stoller, "Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy" (Simon & Schuster, 2020)

July 20, 2024

Goliath

Matt Stoller
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Finance

Finance

episodes

An interview with scholars of finance about their new books.

Lucia Hulsether, "Capitalist Humanitarianism" (Duke UP, 2023)

July 21, 2024

Capitalist Humanitarianism

Lucia Hulsether
Hosted by Jacob Barrett
David J. Hand, "Dark Data: Why What You Don't Know Matters" (Princeton UP, 2020)

July 8, 2024

Dark Data

David J. Hand
Hosted by Cory Brunson
Geography

Geography

episodes

Interviews with geographers about their new books.

Ed Pulford, "Past Progress: Time and Politics at the Borders of China, Russia, and Korea" (Stanford UP, 2024)

July 25, 2024

Past Progress

Ed Pulford
Hosted by Yadong Li
Mark Baker, "Pivot of China: Spatial Politics and Inequality in Modern Zhengzhou" (Harvard UP, 2024)

July 24, 2024

Pivot of China

Mark Baker
Hosted by Huiying Chen
Gender Studies

Gender Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of gender about their new books.

Jonathan Branfman, "Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy" (NYU Press, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Millennial Jewish Stars

Jonathan Branfman
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Alexander Sasha Kondakov, "Violent Affections: Queer Sexuality, Techniques of Power, and Law in Russia" (UCL Press, 2022)

July 24, 2024

Violent Affections

Alexander Sasha Kondakov
Genocide Studies

Genocide Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of genocide about their new books.

David Joseph, "Burgenland: Village Secrets and the First Tremors of the Holocaust" (Amberley, 2023)

July 12, 2024

Burgenland

David Joseph
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Michelle Gordon and Rachel O ́Sullivan, "Colonial Paradigms of Violence: Comparative Analysis of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Mass Killing" (Wallstein, 2022)

June 29, 2024

Colonial Paradigms of Violence

Michelle Gordon and Rachel O ́Sullivan
Hosted by Kelly McFall
Higher Education

Higher Education

episodes

Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

The Dissertation-To-Book Workbook: Exercises for Developing and Revising Your Book Manuscript (U Chicago Press, 2023)

July 25, 2024

The Dissertation-To-Book Workbook

Katelyn E. Knox and Allison Van Deventer
Ben Kaplan and Danny Parkins, "Pipeline to the Pros: How D3 Small-College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA" (Triumph Books, 2024)

July 24, 2024

Pipeline to the Pros

Ben Kaplan and Danny Parkins
Hosted by Paul Knepper
Human Rights

Human Rights

episodes

Interviews with scholars of human rights about their new books.

Lucia Hulsether, "Capitalist Humanitarianism" (Duke UP, 2023)

July 21, 2024

Capitalist Humanitarianism

Lucia Hulsether
Hosted by Jacob Barrett
Carl Öhman, "The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

July 14, 2024

The Afterlife of Data

Carl Öhman
Hosted by Jake Chanenson
Journalism

Journalism

episodes

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

Language

Language

episodes

Interviews with scholars of language about their new books.

Muslim Literacies in China

July 23, 2024

Muslim Literacies in China

Ibrar Bhatt
Eric Reinders, "Reading Tolkien in Chinese: Religion, Fantasy and Translation" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

July 20, 2024

Reading Tolkien in Chinese

Eric Reinders
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Law

Law

episodes

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

Jean-Denis Mouton and Péter Kovács. "The Concept of Citizenship in International Law" (Brill/Nijhoff, 2018)

July 26, 2024

The Concept of Citizenship in International Law

Jean-Denis Mouton and Péter Kovács
Hosted by Daniel Lucas
Alexander Sasha Kondakov, "Violent Affections: Queer Sexuality, Techniques of Power, and Law in Russia" (UCL Press, 2022)

July 24, 2024

Violent Affections

Alexander Sasha Kondakov
LGBTQ+ Studies

LGBTQ+ Studies

episodes

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

Hannah Freed-Thall, "Modernism at the Beach: Queer Ecologies and the Coastal Commons" (Columbia UP, 2023)

July 25, 2024

Modernism at the Beach

Hannah Freed-Thall
Alexander Sasha Kondakov, "Violent Affections: Queer Sexuality, Techniques of Power, and Law in Russia" (UCL Press, 2022)

July 24, 2024

Violent Affections

Alexander Sasha Kondakov
National Security

National Security

episodes

Interviews with scholars of national security about their new books.

Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels, "Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Beyond Ukraine

Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels
David Burke, "The Puppet Masters: How MI6 Masterminded Ireland's Deepest State Crisis" (Mercier Press, 2024)

July 25, 2024

The Puppet Masters

David Burke
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Philanthropy

Philanthropy

episodes

Interviews with authors about their new philanthropy books.

Amy Schiller, "The Price of Humanity: How Philanthropy Went Wrong—And How to Fix It" (Melville House, 2023)

June 27, 2024

The Price of Humanity

Amy Schiller
Hosted by Lilly Goren
Rhodri Davies, "What Is Philanthropy For?" (Bristol UP, 2023)

June 19, 2024

What Is Philanthropy For?

Rhodri Davies
Hosted by Nick Pozek
Philosophy

Philosophy

episodes

Interviews with philosophers about their new books.

Stephen Harris, "Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path: Santideva on Virtue and Well-Being" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

July 20, 2024

Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path

Stephen Harris
Hosted by Malcolm Keating
Shannon Vallor, "The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 10, 2024

The AI Mirror

Shannon Vallor
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

Alessandra Montalbano, "Ransom Kidnapping in Italy: Crime, Memory, and Violence" (U Toronto Press, 2023)

July 19, 2024

Ransom Kidnapping in Italy

Alessandra Montalbano
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit

July 18, 2024

Freeman's Challenge

Robin Bernstein
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.

Austin Knuppe, "Surviving the Islamic State: Contention, Cooperation, and Neutrality in Wartime Iraq" (Columbia UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Surviving the Islamic State

Austin Knuppe
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Changing Dynamics in the Presidential Race, 2024

July 25, 2024

Changing Dynamics in the Presidential Race, 2024

Meena Bose and Daniel E. Ponder
Politics & Polemics

Politics & Polemics

episodes

Interviews with partisans and polemicists about their new books.

Changing Dynamics in the Presidential Race, 2024

July 25, 2024

Changing Dynamics in the Presidential Race, 2024

Meena Bose and Daniel E. Ponder
Anne Applebaum, "Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World" (Doubleday Books, 2024)

July 23, 2024

Autocracy, Inc.

Anne Applebaum
Hosted by Tim Jones
Public Policy

Public Policy

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public policy about their new books.

Kirsten Moore-Sheeley, "Nothing But Nets: A Biography of Global Health Science and Its Objects" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)

July 24, 2024

Nothing But Nets

Kirsten Moore-Sheeley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Patrick McKelvey, "Disability Works: Performance After Rehabilitation" (NYU Press, 2024)

July 23, 2024

Disability Works

Patrick McKelvey
Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

episodes

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

Alexander Sasha Kondakov, "Violent Affections: Queer Sexuality, Techniques of Power, and Law in Russia" (UCL Press, 2022)

July 24, 2024

Violent Affections

Alexander Sasha Kondakov
Sarah Milton, "Ageing and New Intimacies: Gender, Sexuality and Temporality in an English Salsa Scene" (Manchester UP, 2024)

July 17, 2024

Ageing and New Intimacies

Sarah Milton
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sociology

Sociology

episodes

Interviews with sociologists about their new books.

Bishnupriya Ghosh, "The Virus Touch: Theorizing Epidemic Media" (Duke UP, 2023)

July 26, 2024

The Virus Touch

Austin Knuppe, "Surviving the Islamic State: Contention, Cooperation, and Neutrality in Wartime Iraq" (Columbia UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Surviving the Islamic State

Austin Knuppe
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sound Studies

Sound Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Sound Studies about their new books.

Jams Bond

July 22, 2024

Jams Bond

cris cheek
Hosted by Mack Hagood
Sports

Sports

episodes

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

Ben Kaplan and Danny Parkins, "Pipeline to the Pros: How D3 Small-College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA" (Triumph Books, 2024)

July 24, 2024

Pipeline to the Pros

Ben Kaplan and Danny Parkins
Hosted by Paul Knepper
Adam Berg, "The Olympics that Never Happened: Denver '76 and the Politics of Growth" (U Texas Press, 2023)

June 12, 2024

The Olympics that Never Happened

Adam Berg
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Urban Studies

Urban Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books

Mark Baker, "Pivot of China: Spatial Politics and Inequality in Modern Zhengzhou" (Harvard UP, 2024)

July 24, 2024

Pivot of China

Mark Baker
Hosted by Huiying Chen
Lisandro Perez, "Sugar, Cigars and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York" (NYU Press, 2018)

July 22, 2024

Sugar, Cigars and Revolution

Lisandro Perez
Hosted by Beth Harpaz