Politics & Society

Animal Studies

Animal Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Animal Studies about their new books.

Nicolas Delsol, "Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas: A Zooarchaeological Historical Study" (UP of Florida, 2024)

October 28, 2024

Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas

Nicolas Delsol
Hosted by Sarah Newman
Anthropology

Anthropology

episodes

Interviews with anthropologists about their new books.

Without Parents or Papers: A Discussion with Stephanie L. Canizales

November 21, 2024

Without Parents or Papers

Stephanie L. Canizales
Shalini Kakar, "Devotional Fanscapes: Bollywood Star Deities, Devotee-Fans, and Cultural Politics in India and Beyond" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2023)

November 21, 2024

Devotional Fanscapes

Shalini Kakar
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Archaeology

Archaeology

episodes

Interviews with archaeologists about their new books.

Nicolas Delsol, "Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas: A Zooarchaeological Historical Study" (UP of Florida, 2024)

October 28, 2024

Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas

Nicolas Delsol
Hosted by Sarah Newman
Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, "Desert Ascetics of Egypt" (ARC Humanities Press, 2020)

September 30, 2024

Desert Ascetics of Egypt

Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom
Hosted by Michael Motia
Business, Management, and Marketing

Business, Management, and Marketing

episodes

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

Lior Arussy, "Dare to Author!: Take Charge of the Narrative of Your Life" (Greenleaf, 2024)

November 11, 2024

Dare to Author!

Lior Arussy
Hosted by Drora Arussy
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, "Corporatocracy: How to Protect Democracy from Dark Money and Corrupt Politicians" (NYU Press, 2024)

October 7, 2024

Corporatocracy

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
Hosted by Susan Liebell
Media

Media

episodes

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

Vivian Asimos, "Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity" (Reaktion, 2024)

November 20, 2024

Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity

Vivian Asimos
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The World According to Sound

November 18, 2024

The World According to Sound

Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett
Hosted by Mack Hagood
Critical Theory

Critical Theory

episodes

Interviews with scholars of critical theory about their new books.

Serene Khader, "Faux Feminism: Why We Fall for White Feminism and How We Can Stop" (Beacon Press, 2024)

November 21, 2024

Faux Feminism

Serene Khader
Hosted by Emily Crandall
Carrie J. Preston, "Complicit Participation: The Liberal Audience for Theater of Racial Justice" (Oxford UP, 2024)

November 19, 2024

Complicit Participation

Carrie J. Preston and Professor of English and Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies Carrie J Preston
Hosted by Ibrahim Fawzy
Disability Studies

Disability Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of disability about their new books.

Rachael Litherland and Philly Hare, "People with Dementia at the Heart of Research: Co-Producing Research through The Dementia Enquirers Model" (Jessica Kingsley, 2024)

November 16, 2024

People with Dementia at the Heart of Research

Rachael Litherland and Philly Hare
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Johanna Hedva, "How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom" (Zando-Hillman Grad Books, 2024)

October 27, 2024

How to Tell When We Will Die

Johanna Hedva
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.

Stuart Anderson, "Pharmacopoeias, Drug Regulation, and Empires: Making Medicines Official in Britain's Imperial World, 1618-1968" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2024)

November 6, 2024

Pharmacopoeias, Drug Regulation, and Empires

Stuart Anderson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sanaullah Khan, "Carceral Recovery: Prisons, Drug Markets, and the New Pharmaceutical Self" (Lexington Books, 2023)

November 3, 2024

Carceral Recovery

Sanaullah Khan
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Education

Education

episodes

Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

Domingo Morel, "Developing Scholars: Race, Politics, and the Pursuit of Higher Education" (Oxford UP, 2023)

November 19, 2024

Developing Scholars

Domingo Morel
Hosted by Ursula Hackett
Economics

Economics

episodes

Interviews with economists about their new books.

Finance

Finance

episodes

An interview with scholars of finance about their new books.

Mara Kardas-Nelson, "We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance" (Metropolitan Books, 2024)

November 5, 2024

We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky

Mara Kardas-Nelson
Hosted by Nick Pozek
Justene Hill Edwards, "Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank" (Norton, 2024)

November 3, 2024

Savings and Trust

Justene Hill Edwards
Hosted by Brian Hamilton
Geography

Geography

episodes

Interviews with geographers about their new books.

Julian Hanna, "Island" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

November 21, 2024

Island

Julian Hanna
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sasikumar Harikrishnan, "Social Spaces and the Public Sphere:: A Spatial-history of Modernity in Kerala" (Routledge, 2023)

November 20, 2024

Social Spaces and the Public Sphere

Sasikumar Harikrishnan
Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
Gender Studies

Gender Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of gender about their new books.

Serene Khader, "Faux Feminism: Why We Fall for White Feminism and How We Can Stop" (Beacon Press, 2024)

November 21, 2024

Faux Feminism

Serene Khader
Hosted by Emily Crandall
Vivian Asimos, "Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity" (Reaktion, 2024)

November 20, 2024

Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity

Vivian Asimos
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Genocide Studies

Genocide Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of genocide about their new books.

Hannah Pollin-Galay, "Occupied Words: What the Holocaust Did to Yiddish" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

November 15, 2024

Occupied Words

Hannah Pollin-Galay
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Maksim Goldenshteyn, "So They Remember: A Jewish Family’s Story of Surviving the Holocaust in Soviet Ukraine" (U Oklahoma Press, 2022)

November 13, 2024

So They Remember

Maksim Goldenshteyn
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Higher Education

Higher Education

episodes

Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

Domingo Morel, "Developing Scholars: Race, Politics, and the Pursuit of Higher Education" (Oxford UP, 2023)

November 19, 2024

Developing Scholars

Domingo Morel
Hosted by Ursula Hackett
Andrew Stone Higgins, "Higher Education for All: Racial Inequality, Cold War Liberalism, and the California Master Plan" (UNC Press, 2023)

November 18, 2024

Higher Education for All

Andrew Stone Higgins
Hosted by Abigail Kahn
Human Rights

Human Rights

episodes

Interviews with scholars of human rights about their new books.

Petra Molnar, "The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (New Press, 2024)

November 21, 2024

The Walls Have Eyes

Petra Molnar
Hosted by Michael Johnston
Muhammad H. Zaman, "We Wait for a Miracle: Health Care and the Forcibly Displaced" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)

November 19, 2024

We Wait for a Miracle

Muhammad H. Zaman
Hosted by Ibrahim Fawzy
Journalism

Journalism

episodes

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

David Tereshchuk. "A Question of Paternity: My Life As an Unaffiliated Reporter" (Envelope Books, 2024)

November 15, 2024

A Question of Paternity

David Tereshchuk
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Our Enemies Will Vanish: A Conversation with Yaroslav Trofimov

November 13, 2024

Our Enemies Will Vanish

Yaroslav Trofimov
Hosted by Laura Laurent
Language

Language

episodes

Interviews with scholars of language about their new books.

Law

Law

episodes

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

Laura F. Edwards, "Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States" (Oxford UP, 2022)

November 18, 2024

Only the Clothes on Her Back

Laura F. Edwards
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
LGBTQ+ Studies

LGBTQ+ Studies

episodes

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

Serene Khader, "Faux Feminism: Why We Fall for White Feminism and How We Can Stop" (Beacon Press, 2024)

November 21, 2024

Faux Feminism

Serene Khader
Hosted by Emily Crandall
George Severs, "Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

November 19, 2024

Radical Acts

George Severs
National Security

National Security

episodes

Interviews with scholars of national security about their new books.

Petra Molnar, "The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (New Press, 2024)

November 21, 2024

The Walls Have Eyes

Petra Molnar
Hosted by Michael Johnston
Jeremy Black, "Introduction to Global Military History: 1775 to the Present Day" (Routledge, 2018)

November 9, 2024

Introduction to Global Military History

Jeremy Black
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Philanthropy

Philanthropy

episodes

Interviews with authors about their new philanthropy books.

Mara Kardas-Nelson, "We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance" (Metropolitan Books, 2024)

November 5, 2024

We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky

Mara Kardas-Nelson
Hosted by Nick Pozek
Adam Greenfield, "Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire" (Verso, 2024)

October 22, 2024

Lifehouse

Adam Greenfield
Hosted by Nick Pozek
Philosophy

Philosophy

episodes

Interviews with philosophers about their new books.

Owen Ware, "Indian Philosophy and Yoga in Germany" (Routledge, 2023)

November 20, 2024

Indian Philosophy and Yoga in Germany

Owen Ware
Hosted by Malcolm Keating
Matti Eklund, "Alien Structure: Language and Reality" (Oxford UP, 2024)

November 10, 2024

Alien Structure

Matti Eklund
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

Risk

November 15, 2024

Risk

Faye Raquel Gleisser
Anthony Grasso, "Dual Justice: America's Divergent Approaches to Street and Corporate Crime" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

November 11, 2024

Dual Justice

Anthony Grasso
Hosted by Susan Liebell
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.

Erica Benner, "Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power" (Penguin, 2024)

November 21, 2024

Adventures in Democracy

Erica Benner
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Samuel Fury Childs Daly, "Soldier's Paradise: Militarism in Africa After Empire" (Duke UP, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Soldier's Paradise

Samuel Fury Childs Daly
Politics & Polemics

Politics & Polemics

episodes

Interviews with partisans and polemicists about their new books.

Serene Khader, "Faux Feminism: Why We Fall for White Feminism and How We Can Stop" (Beacon Press, 2024)

November 21, 2024

Faux Feminism

Serene Khader
Hosted by Emily Crandall
Public Policy

Public Policy

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public policy about their new books.

Without Parents or Papers: A Discussion with Stephanie L. Canizales

November 21, 2024

Without Parents or Papers

Stephanie L. Canizales
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

episodes

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

George Severs, "Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

November 19, 2024

Radical Acts

George Severs
Park Jeong-Mi, "The State's Sexuality: Prostitution and Postcolonial Nation Building in South Korea" (U California Press, 2024)

November 19, 2024

The State's Sexuality

Park Jeong-Mi
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Sociology

Sociology

episodes

Interviews with sociologists about their new books.

Without Parents or Papers: A Discussion with Stephanie L. Canizales

November 21, 2024

Without Parents or Papers

Stephanie L. Canizales
Petra Molnar, "The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (New Press, 2024)

November 21, 2024

The Walls Have Eyes

Petra Molnar
Hosted by Michael Johnston
Sound Studies

Sound Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Sound Studies about their new books.

The World According to Sound

November 18, 2024

The World According to Sound

Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett
Hosted by Mack Hagood
Sports

Sports

episodes

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

Angelique Chengelis, "Michigan Vs. Everybody: Inside the Wolverines’ 2023 National Championship Season"  (Triumph Books, 2024)

November 17, 2024

Michigan Vs. Everybody

Angelique Chengelis
Hosted by Paul Knepper
Seth E. Jenny et al., "Routledge Handbook of Esports" (Routledge, 2024)

November 9, 2024

Routledge Handbook of Esports

Seth E. Jenny
Urban Studies

Urban Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books

Dennis Romano, "Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City" (Oxford UP, 2023)

November 20, 2024

Venice

Dennis Romano
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Christopher Bell, "Walking East Harlem: A Neighborhood Experience" (Rutgers UP, 2024)

November 20, 2024

Walking East Harlem

Christopher Bell
Hosted by Robert Snyder