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.

Brazilian Elections 2026 with Gladys Mitchell-Walthour and Kia Lilly Caldwell

November 7, 2026

Brazilian Elections 2026

Gladys Mitchell-Walthour and Kia Lilly Caldwell
Hosted by Reighan Gillam
¡Huelga!: Indigenous Farm Labor Organizing in Mexico with James Daria (U Arizona Press, 2026)

November 6, 2026

¡Huelga!

James Daria
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Archaeology

Archaeology

episodes

Interviews with archaeologists about their new books.

Palimpsests Past and Present: The Sufis and Sultans of the Maklī Necropolis, 1380–1660 with Fatima Quraishi (UNC Press, 2026)

October 25, 2026

Palimpsests Past and Present

Fatima Quraishi
Hosted by Amal Hashim
On the Street of the Hidden Shops: One City Block, Two Thousand Years, and a Walk Through the Layered Lives of Rome with Elizabeth Rodini (U Chicago Press, 2026)

October 24, 2026

On the Street of the Hidden Shops

Elizabeth Rodini
Hosted by Jana Byars
Business, Management, and Marketing

Business, Management, and Marketing

episodes

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

Assembling Religion: The Ford Motor Company and the Transformation of Religion in America with Kati Curts (NYU Press, 2025)

November 6, 2026

Assembling Religion

Kati Curts
Hosted by Ignatz DeCourcey
Media and Communications

Media and Communications

episodes

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

Critical Theory

Critical Theory

episodes

Interviews with scholars of critical theory about their new books.

Marx and the Politics of Need with George Boss (Routledge, 2026)

November 7, 2026

Marx and the Politics of Need

George Boss
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman
Disability, Revolution with Robert McRuer (U California Press, 2026)

November 6, 2026

Disability, Revolution

Robert McRuer
Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
Disability Studies

Disability Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of disability about their new books.

Disability, Revolution with Robert McRuer (U California Press, 2026)

November 6, 2026

Disability, Revolution

Robert McRuer
Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
Disability: A History of Resistance with David Turner (Random House, 2026)

October 20, 2026

Disability

David Turner
Hosted by Corinne Doria
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

Drugs, Addiction and Recovery

episodes

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

Last Day: How to Stop Losing Our Loved Ones to the Opioid Crisis with Stephanie Wittels Wachs (Gallery/Lemonada Books, 2026)

October 29, 2026

Last Day

Stephanie Wittels Wachs
Hosted by Emily Dufton
In Praise of Addiction: Or How We Can Learn to Love Dependency in a Damaged World with Elizabeth F. S. Roberts (Princeton UP, 2026)

October 26, 2026

In Praise of Addiction

Elizabeth F. S. Roberts
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Education

Education

episodes

Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

Applied History in the US Department of State

November 5, 2026

Applied History in the US Department of State

Lydia Sizer
Hosted by Patryk Babiracki
University Press Week 2026 with President Stephanie Williams

November 4, 2026

University Press Week 2026

Stephanie Williams
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Economics

Economics

episodes

Interviews with economists about their new books.

The Capitalist Era with Jeremy Adelman (Princeton UP, 2026)

November 8, 2026

The Capitalist Era

Jeremy Adelman
Marx and the Politics of Need with George Boss (Routledge, 2026)

November 7, 2026

Marx and the Politics of Need

George Boss
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman
Finance

Finance

episodes

An interview with scholars of finance about their new books.

The Disease of Money: Japan’s Monetization in the Early Middle Ages with Mikael S. Adolphson (U Hawai’i Press, 2026)

November 8, 2026

The Disease of Money

Mikael S. Adolphson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
One from the Many: The Global Economy Since 1850 with Christopher Meissner (Oxford UP, 2024)

November 7, 2026

One from Many

Meissner
Geography

Geography

episodes

Interviews with geographers about their new books.

Gender Studies

Gender Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of gender about their new books.

Save a Seat For Me: Notes on American Fatherhood with Mark Anthony Neal (Simon & Schuster, 2026)

November 6, 2026

Save a Seat For Me

Mark Anthony Neal
Hosted by Mickell Carter
Black Market Intimacies: The Transpacific Sexual Economy of the Korean War with Jeongmin Kim (Stanford UP, 2026)

November 4, 2026

Black Market Intimacies

Jeongmin Kim
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Genocide Studies

Genocide Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of genocide about their new books.

Holocaust Distortion in Poland: A Comparative European Perspective

November 4, 2026

Holocaust Distortion in Poland

Jan Grabowski
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Sacred Betrayal: How the French Catholic Church Broke Its Pledge to Protect Jews During the Holocaust (Harvard UP, 2026)

November 1, 2026

Sacred Betrayal

Aliza Luft
Hosted by Amber Nickell
Higher Education

Higher Education

episodes

Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

University Press Week 2026 with President Stephanie Williams

November 4, 2026

University Press Week 2026

Stephanie Williams
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Upskilling for Library Workers: A Guide for Future-Ready Professionals with Ann Medaille (ALA Editions, 2026)

November 2, 2026

Upskilling for Library Workers

Ann Medaille 
Hosted by Michael LaMagna
Human Rights

Human Rights

episodes

Interviews with scholars of human rights about their new books.

Guantanamo Bay and the Enduring Struggle for Human Rights with Joshua Colangelo-Bryan

November 2, 2026

Guantanamo Bay and the Enduring Struggle for Human Rights

Joshua Colangelo-Bryan
Carceral Utopia: A Global History of Model Prisons with Gregory Salle (Polity, 2026)

October 26, 2026

Carceral Utopia

Gregory Salle
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Journalism

Journalism

episodes

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

BAM!: John Madden, the NFL Explosion, and the Video Game that Changed Sports with Scott Howard-Cooper (Diversion Books, 2026)

October 27, 2026

BAM!

Scott Howard-Cooper
Hosted by Paul Knepper
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
Language and Translation

Language and Translation

episodes

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

Multilingualism, Migration, and Domestic Work

November 4, 2026

Multilingualism, Migration, and Domestic Work

Sandra Issel-Dombert
Hosted by Ingrid Piller
Law

Law

episodes

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

LGBTQ+ Studies

LGBTQ+ Studies

episodes

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

Disability, Revolution with Robert McRuer (U California Press, 2026)

November 6, 2026

Disability, Revolution

Robert McRuer
Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
Outed: LBJ’s Confidant and the Arrest that Transformed a Presidency with Timothy Stewart-Winter (U Chicago Press, 2026)

October 23, 2026

Outed

Timothy Stewart-Winter
Hosted by Michael Stauch
National Security

National Security

episodes

Interviews with scholars of national security about their new books.

The War on Terror with Andrew Thomson (Agenda Publishing, 2025)

November 6, 2026

The War on Terror

Andrew Thomson and Rubrick Biegon
Hosted by Jacob Hagstrom
Communicating Cyber Risk: Build Cyber Resilience Through Compelling Communication with Nina Paine and Ashley Sweetman (Kogan Page, 2026)

November 3, 2026

Communicating Cyber Risk

Nina Paine and Ashley Sweetman
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.

Man-Devil: The Mind and Times of Bernard Mandeville, the Wickedest Man in Europe with John Callanan (Princeton UP, 2025)

November 2, 2026

Man-Devil

John J. Callanan
Hosted by Blain Neufeld
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
Policing, Incarceration, and Reform

Policing, Incarceration, and Reform

episodes

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

Guantanamo Bay and the Enduring Struggle for Human Rights with Joshua Colangelo-Bryan

November 2, 2026

Guantanamo Bay and the Enduring Struggle for Human Rights

Joshua Colangelo-Bryan
Carceral Utopia: A Global History of Model Prisons with Gregory Salle (Polity, 2026)

October 26, 2026

Carceral Utopia

Gregory Salle
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
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.

Mao: Power and Contradiction with Kerry Brown (Reaktion Books, 2026)

November 8, 2026

Mao

Kerry Brown
Hosted by Lucas Tse
In Search of the Perfect Romanian with Marius Turda (CEU Press, 2026)

November 8, 2026

In Search of the Perfect Romanian

Marius Turda
Hosted by CEU Press
Politics & Polemics

Politics & Polemics

episodes

Interviews with partisans and polemicists about their new books.

Brazilian Elections 2026 with Gladys Mitchell-Walthour and Kia Lilly Caldwell

November 7, 2026

Brazilian Elections 2026

Gladys Mitchell-Walthour and Kia Lilly Caldwell
Hosted by Reighan Gillam
Marx and the Politics of Need with George Boss (Routledge, 2026)

November 7, 2026

Marx and the Politics of Need

George Boss
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman
Postcolonial Studies

Postcolonial Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Postcolonial Studies

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.

Black Market Intimacies: The Transpacific Sexual Economy of the Korean War with Jeongmin Kim (Stanford UP, 2026)

November 4, 2026

Black Market Intimacies

Jeongmin Kim
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sociology

Sociology

episodes

Interviews with sociologists about their new books.

¡Huelga!: Indigenous Farm Labor Organizing in Mexico with James Daria (U Arizona Press, 2026)

November 6, 2026

¡Huelga!

James Daria
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Disability, Revolution with Robert McRuer (U California Press, 2026)

November 6, 2026

Disability, Revolution

Robert McRuer
Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
Sound Studies

Sound Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Sound Studies about their new books.

Intersectional Listening: Gentrification and Black Sonic Life in Washington, DC with Allie Martin (Oxford UP, 2025)

November 8, 2026

Intersectional Listening

Allie Martin
Hosted by Sadie Couture
Alive in the Sound: Black Music as Counterhistory with Ronald Radano (Duke UP, 2025)

November 3, 2026

Alive in the Sound

Ronald Radano
Hosted by Nathan Smith
Sports

Sports

episodes

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

Home Team Away: Watching European Football in Urban China with Yuan Gong (U Michigan Press, 2026)

November 3, 2026

Home Team Away

Yuan Gong
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
BAM!: John Madden, the NFL Explosion, and the Video Game that Changed Sports with Scott Howard-Cooper (Diversion Books, 2026)

October 27, 2026

BAM!

Scott Howard-Cooper
Hosted by Paul Knepper
Urban Studies

Urban Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books

Crossing The Gap: Healing Epidemics and Inequalities in a Divided City with David A Ansell (U Chicago Press, 2026)

November 8, 2026

Crossing The Gap

David A Ansell
Hosted by Deidre Woollard
Intersectional Listening: Gentrification and Black Sonic Life in Washington, DC with Allie Martin (Oxford UP, 2025)

November 8, 2026

Intersectional Listening

Allie Martin
Hosted by Sadie Couture