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Drugs, Addiction and Recovery September 20, 2021

Treating Heroin Addiction in Norway

The Pharmaceutical Other

Aleksandra Bartoszko

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
Focusing on the world of Norwegian Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) in the aftermath of significant reforms, Aleksandra Bartoszko's book Treating Heroin Addiction in Norway: The Pharmaceutical Other (Routledge, 2021) casts a critical light …

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Latin American Studies September 15, 2021

El Chapo

The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Drug Lord

Noah Hurowitz

Hosted by Pamela Fuentes
"El Chapo. The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Drug Lord" (Atria Books, 2021) is a stunning investigation of the life and legend of Mexican kingpin Joaquín Archivaldo “El …
General History August 6, 2021

The Dope

The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade

Benjamin T. Smith

Hosted by Mark Klobas
For over a century Mexico has been embroiled in a drug war dictated by the demands of their neighbor to the north. In The Dope: The Real History of the …
Cover Story August 3, 2021

Sarah Hepola on Drinking in a "Dry" Texas County

Sarah Hepola

Hosted by Agata Popeda
Welcome to Cover Story, a podcast by New Books Network devoted to long form journalism. Today, we are talking to Texas-based writer Sarah Hepola. Hepola is most known from her …
Latin American Studies July 14, 2021

Narratives of Vulnerability in Mexico's War on Drugs

Raúl Diego Rivera Hernández

Hosted by Minni Sawhney
Raúl Diego Rivera Hernández's book Narratives of Vulnerability in Mexico's War on Drugs (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020) explores the current human rights crisis created by the War on Drugs in Mexico. It …
General History July 8, 2021

French Wine

A History

Rod Phillips

Hosted by Jana Byars
Today on New Books in History, Rod Phillips, Professor of History at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, talks about his book, French Wine: A History, out in 2016 with the …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery July 2, 2021

War Stories from the Drug Survey

How Culture, Politics, and Statistics Shaped the National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Joseph Gfroerer

Hosted by Emily Dufton
Joseph Gfroerer spent nearly 40 years working as a statistician for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Starting in …
Russian and Eurasian Studies July 1, 2021

Whites and Reds

A History of Wine in the Lands of Tsar and Commissar

Stephen V. Bittner

Hosted by Steven Seegel
Whites and Reds: A History of Wine in the Lands of Tsar and Commissar (Oxford UP, 2021) tells the story of Russia's encounter with viniculture and winemaking. Rooted in the …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery June 15, 2021

Narcosubmarines

Outlaw Innovation and Maritime Interdiction in the War on Drugs

Javier Guerrero C.

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
Javier Guerrero's "Narcosubmarines: Outlaw Innovation and Maritime Interdiction in the War on Drugs" (Palgrave, 2020) is about the encounters of Colombian drug smugglers and the Colombian Navy, both in the …
Genocide Studies June 10, 2021

Drunk on Genocide

Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany

Edward B. Westermann

Hosted by Kelly McFall
The title of Edward Westermann's new book, Drunk on Genocide: Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany (Cornell University Press, published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2021) …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery May 18, 2021

Giulia Zampini on Researching Drug Taking

A Discussion about the "Peoples and Dancefloors Project"

Hosted by Rachel Stuart
Today I talked to Giulia Zampini about her research into drug taking, and particularly about the "People and Dancefloors" project. Based on a participatory action research methodology, People and Dancefloors involves knowledge …
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work April 27, 2021

Las Biuty Queens

Stories

Iván Monalisa Ojeda

Hosted by Rachel Stuart
Drawing from his/her own experience as a trans performer, sex worker, and undocumented immigrant, Iván Monalisa Ojeda chronicles the lives of Latinx queer and trans immigrants in New York City …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery April 14, 2021

Chemical Youth

Navigating Uncertainty in Search of the Good Life

Anita Hardon

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
Anita Hardon's Chemical Youth: Navigating Uncertainty in Search of the Good Life (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020) explores how young people engage with chemical substances in their everyday lives. It builds upon and …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery April 7, 2021

Operation White Rabbit

LSD, the DEA, and the Fate of the Acid King

Dennis McDougal

Hosted by Emily Dufton
Operation White Rabbit: LSD, the DEA, and the Fate of the Acid King (Simon and Schuster, 2020) traces the rise and fall—and rise and fall again—of the psychedelic community through the …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery March 31, 2021

Drug Smuggler Nation

Narcotics and the Netherlands, 1920-95

Stephen Snelders

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
Why did the international drug regulatory regime of the twentieth century fail to stop an explosive increase in trade and consumption of illegal drugs? This study investigates the histories of …
General History March 25, 2021

The Politics of Wine in Early Modern France

Religion and Popular Culture in Burgundy, 1477-1630

Mack P. Holt

Hosted by Jana Byars
Todays’ guest is Mack P. Holt, Professor Emeritus of History at George Mason University in Virginia, talking about his recent book, The Politics of Wine in Early Modern France: Religion …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast March 15, 2021

Dying from Despair in the USA

A Discussion with Anne Case

Anne Case

Hosted by Marshall Poe
Life expectancy in the United States has recently fallen for three years in a row—a reversal not seen since 1918 or in any other wealthy nation in modern times. In …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery February 17, 2021

Heavy Traffic

The Global Drug Trade in Historical Perspective

Kenneth V. Faunce

Hosted by Lucas Richert
Much of the world's politics revolve around questions about the development of the international market for drugs; the roles merchants, government officials, and drug manufacturers played in shaping this market …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery January 13, 2021

Intoxicating Zion

A Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel

Haggai Ram

Hosted by Lucas Richert
When European powers carved political borders across the Middle East following World War I, a curious event in the international drug trade occurred: Palestine became the most important hashish waystation …
Chinese Studies January 8, 2021

Recovering Histories

Life and Labor after Heroin in Reform-Era China

Nicholas Bartlett

Hosted by Suvi Rautio
Heroin first reached Gejiu, a Chinese city in southern Yunnan known as Tin Capital, in the 1980s. Widespread use of the drug, which for a short period became “easier to …