Politics & Society

Animal Studies

Animal Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Animal Studies about their new books.

Creatures of Story and Song: Tracing Britain's Lost Species with Lee Raye (Reaktion, 2026)

October 4, 2026

Creatures of Story and Song

Lee Raye
Hosted by Jana Byars
Anthropology

Anthropology

episodes

Interviews with anthropologists about their new books.

In Defence of the Human Being:  Foundational Questions of an Embodied Anthropology with Thomas Fuchs (Oxford UP, 2021)

October 18, 2026

In Defence of the Human Being

Thomas Fuchs
Hosted by Anya Daly
Sublime Sociality: An (Auto)Ethnographic Theory of Chinese Christianity with Gareth Breen (LSE Press, 2026)

October 17, 2026

Sublime Sociality

Gareth Breen
Hosted by Suvi Rautio
Archaeology

Archaeology

episodes

Interviews with archaeologists about their new books.

Tyrants and Traders: Tintagel, Arthur and the Lost Kings with Ken Dark (Bloomsbury, 2026)

October 9, 2026

Tyrants and Traders

Ken Dark
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Avraham Faust and Zev I. Farber, "The Bible’s First Kings: Uncovering the Story of Saul, David, and Solomon" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

September 14, 2026

The Bible's First Kings

Avraham Faust and Zev I. Farber
Business, Management, and Marketing

Business, Management, and Marketing

episodes

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

Beneath the Wage: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work with Annie McClanahan (Princeton UP, 2026)

October 18, 2026

Beneath the Wage

Annie McClanahan
Hosted by Thomas Discenna
Making Sense of China's Economy with Tao Wang and Michael Leger (Routledge, 2023)

October 13, 2026

Making Sense of China's Economy

Tao Wang
Hosted by Lucas Tse
Media and Communications

Media and Communications

episodes

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

Action Bodies: VFX, Identity, and Embodiment in Blockbuster Cinema with Drew Ayers (U Texas Press, 2026)

October 18, 2026

Action Bodies

Drew Ayers
Hosted by Cory Barker
Fire in the Heart of the City: The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Charity with David Conrad-Pérez (NYU Press, 2026)

October 18, 2026

Fire in the Heart of the City

David Conrad-Pérez
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Critical Theory

Critical Theory

episodes

Interviews with scholars of critical theory about their new books.

In Defence of the Human Being:  Foundational Questions of an Embodied Anthropology with Thomas Fuchs (Oxford UP, 2021)

October 18, 2026

In Defence of the Human Being

Thomas Fuchs
Hosted by Anya Daly
Living Chinese Philosophy: Zoetology As First Philosophy with Roger T. Ames (SUNY Press, 2025)

October 16, 2026

Living Chinese Philosophy

Roger T. Ames
Hosted by Jessica Zu
Disability Studies

Disability Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of disability about their new books.

Action Bodies: VFX, Identity, and Embodiment in Blockbuster Cinema with Drew Ayers (U Texas Press, 2026)

October 18, 2026

Action Bodies

Drew Ayers
Hosted by Cory Barker
Fitness for Freedom: Disability, Degeneration, and Modern Irish Writing with Marion Quirici (Syracuse UP, 2025)

September 27, 2026

Fitness for Freedom

Marion Quirici
Hosted by Helen Penet
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

episodes

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

The Warm Hug: Substance Use and How to Fix the Failure of Treatment and Recovery in America with Keith Keller (Infinite Recovery, 2026)

October 16, 2026

The Warm Hug

Keith Keller
Hosted by Emily Dufton
Hit Doctors: Care, Harm, and the Art of Survival with Sarah Brothers (U California Press, 2026)

October 14, 2026

Hit Doctors

Sarah Brothers
Hosted by Emily Dufton
Education

Education

episodes

Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

Multiracial Mandarin: Asian Americans and Impossible Language with David Shuang Song (U of Minnesota Press, 2026)

October 17, 2026

Multiracial Mandarin

David Shuang Song
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstream with Dixie Dillon Lane (Eerdmans, 2026)

October 15, 2026

Skipping School

Dixie Dillon Lane
Hosted by Justin McGeary
Economics

Economics

episodes

Interviews with economists about their new books.

Beneath the Wage: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work with Annie McClanahan (Princeton UP, 2026)

October 18, 2026

Beneath the Wage

Annie McClanahan
Hosted by Thomas Discenna
Making Sense of China's Economy with Tao Wang and Michael Leger (Routledge, 2023)

October 13, 2026

Making Sense of China's Economy

Tao Wang
Hosted by Lucas Tse
Finance

Finance

episodes

An interview with scholars of finance about their new books.

Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World: Natural Capital and Climate Disaster in Belize with Patrick M. Gallagher (Columbia UP, 2026)

October 7, 2026

Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World

Patrick M. Gallagher
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Credit to the Nation: Eastern European Jewish Immigrant Bankers and the Shaping of American Finance, 1873–1930 with Rebecca Kobrin (Harvard UP, 2026)

October 2, 2026

Credit to the Nation

Rebecca Kobrin
Geography

Geography

episodes

Interviews with geographers about their new books.

Green Thinking: Unlearning Outdated Ideas in Science, Economics and Politics with Natalie Bennett (Routledge, 2026)

October 10, 2026

Green Thinking

Natalie Bennett
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Gender Studies

Gender Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of gender about their new books.

Reading for Pleasure: Working Women and the Popular Romance in Early Twentieth-Century Britain with Lise Shapiro Sanders (Bloomsbury, 2026)

October 17, 2026

Reading for Pleasure

Lise Shapiro Sanders
Hosted by Jane Degenhardt
Monstrous Bitch: A History of Terrifying Women with Eleanor Johnson (Princeton UP, 2026)

October 17, 2026

Monstrous Bitch

Eleanor Johnson
Genocide Studies

Genocide Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of genocide about their new books.

Punishment: Behind Japanese Military Brutality with Danny Orbach (Hurst, 2026)

October 18, 2026

Punishment

Danny Orbach
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Meghan Garrity, "Mass Expulsion: The Politics of Forced Population Removal" (Oxford UP, 2026)

September 5, 2026

Mass Expulsion

Meghan M. Garrity
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Higher Education

Higher Education

episodes

Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

Creating an Informed Citizenry: Knowledge and Democracy in the Early American Republic with George D. Oberle (U Virginia Press, 2025)

October 11, 2026

Creating an Informed Citizenry

George D. Oberle
Hosted by Edward Blum
Working with Critical Realism: Stories of Methodological Encounters with Alpesh Maisuria and Grant Banfield (Routledge, 2022)

October 10, 2026

Working with Critical Realism

Alpesh Maisuria and Grant Banfield eds.
Human Rights

Human Rights

episodes

Interviews with scholars of human rights about their new books.

Punishment: Behind Japanese Military Brutality with Danny Orbach (Hurst, 2026)

October 18, 2026

Punishment

Danny Orbach
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Tyrell Haberkorn In Conversation with Duncan McCargo

October 16, 2026

Tyrell Haberkorn In Conversation with Duncan McCargo

Tyrell Haberkorn
Hosted by Duncan McCargo
Journalism

Journalism

episodes

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

Class Struggle and the New York Mets: A Conversation with AM Gittlitz

September 18, 2026

Class Struggle and the New York Mets

AM Gittlitz
Hosted by Stephen Hubbell
Jennifer Hoewe, "Enjoyment Is Breaking News: How We Became Less Informed and More Divided (and How to Fix It)" (MIT Press, 2026)

September 13, 2026

Enjoyment Is Breaking News

Jennifer Hoewe
Hosted by Cory Barker
Language and Translation

Language and Translation

episodes

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

Multiracial Mandarin: Asian Americans and Impossible Language with David Shuang Song (U of Minnesota Press, 2026)

October 17, 2026

Multiracial Mandarin

David Shuang Song
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Satirical Tibet: The Politics of Humor in Contemporary Amdo with Timothy Thurston (U Washington Press, 2025)

October 15, 2026

Satirical Tibet

Timothy Thurston
Hosted by Magna Mohapatra
Law

Law

episodes

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

Punishment: Behind Japanese Military Brutality with Danny Orbach (Hurst, 2026)

October 18, 2026

Punishment

Danny Orbach
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Governance by Emulation: The Oversight Board, the Digital Services Act, and the Struggle for Platform Accountability with Moritz A. Schramm (Cambridge UP, 2026)

October 14, 2026

Governance by Emulation

Moritz A. Schramm
Hosted by Jake Chanenson
LGBTQ+ Studies

LGBTQ+ Studies

episodes

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

Queer Resistance: Contesting State, Family, and Inequality in Post-Socialist China with Susanne Yuk-Ping Choi (U California Press, 2026)

October 19, 2026

Queer Resistance

Susanne Yuk-Ping Choi
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
An Inconvenient Woman: The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America with Keri Leigh Merritt (St. Martin's Press, 2026)

October 17, 2026

An Inconvenient Woman

Keri Leigh Merritt
Hosted by Raymond Williams
National Security

National Security

episodes

Interviews with scholars of national security about their new books.

God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America with Jacob Ware (Columbia UP, 2024)

October 10, 2026

God, Guns, and Sedition

Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware
Assassins and Secret Listeners: Britain's Invisible Armies, 1939-45 with Alistair Moffat (Birlinn, 2026)

October 1, 2026

Assassins and Secret Listeners

Alistair Moffat
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Philanthropy

Philanthropy

episodes

Interviews with authors about their new philanthropy books.

Fire in the Heart of the City: The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Charity with David Conrad-Pérez (NYU Press, 2026)

October 18, 2026

Fire in the Heart of the City

David Conrad-Pérez
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Colombo Plan: Development Internationalism in Cold War Asia with David Lowe (Cambridge UP, 2025)

October 3, 2026

The Colombo Plan

David Lowe
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Philosophy

Philosophy

episodes

Interviews with philosophers about their new books.

Silence in Mood Disorders: A Philosophical Investigation with Dan Degerman (Routledge, 2026)

October 10, 2026

Silence in Mood Disorders

Dan Degerman
Hosted by Carrie Figdor
Robert A. Wilson, "Kin Matters: Relational Beings in the Fragile Sciences" (Oxford UP, 2026)

September 10, 2026

Kin Matters

Robert A. Wilson
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

Crime and No Punishment: Wealth, Power, and Violence in America with Marie Gottschalk (Princeton UP, 2026)

October 11, 2026

Crime and No Punishment

Marie Gottschalk
The Real Pain of Punishment: Prison, Belonging, and the Quest for Humanized Justice with Federica Coppola (Cambridge UP, 2026)

October 3, 2026

The Real Pain of Punishment

Federica Coppola
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
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.

Tyrell Haberkorn In Conversation with Duncan McCargo

October 16, 2026

Tyrell Haberkorn In Conversation with Duncan McCargo

Tyrell Haberkorn
Hosted by Duncan McCargo
Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardner Tyler with Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy (UP of Kansas, 2026)

October 16, 2026

Presidentess

Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy
Hosted by Jane Scimeca
Politics & Polemics

Politics & Polemics

episodes

Interviews with partisans and polemicists about their new books.

Night Hawk: A Nineteenth-Century Superhero and the Dawn of American Mass Culture with Matthew Warner Osborn (U Chicago Press, 2026)

October 17, 2026

Night Hawk

Matthew Warner Osborn
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Democracy Exchange: Asia Asks, Latin America Responds

October 12, 2026

The Democracy Exchange

Jennifer Cyr
Postcolonial Studies

Postcolonial Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Postcolonial Studies

The French Médersa: Islamic Education and Empire in Northwest Africa with Samuel D. Anderson (Cornell UP, 2026)

October 11, 2026

The French Médersa

Samuel D. Anderson
Hosted by Madina Thiam
An Anticolonial Development: Race, Schooling, and Emancipation in Twentieth-Century West Africa with Elisa Prosperetti (Cambridge UP, 2026)

October 10, 2026

An Anticolonial Development

Elisa Prosperetti
Public Policy

Public Policy

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public policy about their new books.

Punishment: Behind Japanese Military Brutality with Danny Orbach (Hurst, 2026)

October 18, 2026

Punishment

Danny Orbach
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstream with Dixie Dillon Lane (Eerdmans, 2026)

October 15, 2026

Skipping School

Dixie Dillon Lane
Hosted by Justin McGeary
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

episodes

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

Sociology

Sociology

episodes

Interviews with sociologists about their new books.

Queer Resistance: Contesting State, Family, and Inequality in Post-Socialist China with Susanne Yuk-Ping Choi (U California Press, 2026)

October 19, 2026

Queer Resistance

Susanne Yuk-Ping Choi
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Multiracial Mandarin: Asian Americans and Impossible Language with David Shuang Song (U of Minnesota Press, 2026)

October 17, 2026

Multiracial Mandarin

David Shuang Song
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sound Studies

Sound Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Sound Studies about their new books.

Musical Pripetshik: Lyrics and Melodies of Traditional Yiddish Folksongs

August 25, 2026

Musical Pripetshik

Michael Lukin
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Mhoze Chikowero, "The Military Entertainment Complex: Chimurenga Afrosonic Making of Zimbabwe" (MIT Press, 2026)

August 24, 2026

The Military Entertainment Complex

Mhoze Chikowero
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sports

Sports

episodes

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

David Bentley Hart on Life, Literature, and Baseball (U Notre Dame Press, 2026)

October 9, 2026

A Gathering of Leaves

David Bentley Hart
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Spies and Other Pigeons: Hospitality and Hostility in Multispecies Pakistan with Muhammad A. Kavesh (U Washington, 2026)

September 26, 2026

Spies and Other Pigeons

Muhammad A. Kavesh
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Urban Studies

Urban Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books

Fire in the Heart of the City: The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Charity with David Conrad-Pérez (NYU Press, 2026)

October 18, 2026

Fire in the Heart of the City

David Conrad-Pérez
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Shanghai: The Story of China's Most Dynamic City

October 15, 2026

Shanghai

Michael Dillon
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon