New Books Network
Philosophy August 2, 2021

The Right to Know

Epistemic Rights and Why We Need Them

Lani Watson

Hosted by Robert Talisse
We often talk as if individuals have entitlements to certain kinds of information: medical test results, political representatives’ voting records, crime statistics, and the like. We also talk as if …

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South Asian Studies August 2, 2021

Everyday State and Politics in India

Government in the Backyard in Kalahandi

Sailen Routray

Hosted by Aparna Gopalan
Set in the eastern state of Odisha in a district known as the “Somalia of India,” Everyday State and Politics in India: Government in the Backyard in Kalahandi (Routledge 2018) …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast August 2, 2021

In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio

The Stories, Voices, and Key Insights of the Pioneers Who Shaped the Way We Invest

Andrew W. Lo and Stephen R. Foerster

Hosted by Marshall Poe
Is there an ideal portfolio of investment assets, one that perfectly balances risk and reward? In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio (Princeton UP, 2021) examines this question by profiling and interviewing ten …
World Christianity August 2, 2021

John Song

Modern Chinese Christianity and the Making of a New Man

Daryl R. Ireland

Hosted by Byung Ho Choi
Dubbed the "Billy Sunday of China" for the staggering number of people he led to Christ, John Song has captured the imagination of generations of readers. His story, as it …
Latin American Studies August 2, 2021

La Paz's Colonial Specters

Urbanization, Migration, and Indigenous Political Participation, 1900-52

Luis Sierra

Hosted by Elena McGrath
La Paz's Colonial Specters: Urbanization, Migration, and Indigenous Political Participation, 1900-52 (Bloomsbury, 2021) explores the urban history of one of Latin America’s most indigenous large cities in the first half …
Psychology August 2, 2021

Surviving an Eating Disorder

Strategies for Family and Friends

Michele Siegel and Judith Brisman

Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
When someone you love appears to be struggling with an eating disorder, it is hard to know what to say or do. Families and friends need information and guidelines if …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast August 2, 2021

Believing Your Ears

Examining Auditory Illusions

Diana Deutsch

Hosted by Howard Burton
Believing Your Ears: Examining Auditory Illusions is based on an extensive filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Diana Deutsch, Professor of Psychology at UC San Diego and one of the …
Neuroscience August 2, 2021

The Blind Storyteller

How We Reason about Human Nature

Iris Berent

Hosted by Joseph Fridman
Do newborns think-do they know that 'three' is greater than 'two'? Do they prefer 'right' to 'wrong'? What about emotions--do newborns recognize happiness or anger? If they do, then how …
Economic and Business History August 2, 2021

Age Of Pandemics (1817-1920): How They Shaped India and the World

Chinmay Tumbe

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernandez
On this episode of the Economic and Business History channel I spoke with Dr. Chinmay Tumbe, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management. He was Alfred D …
Central Asian Studies August 2, 2021

The Vanishing Generation

Revolution, Religion, and Disappearance in Modern Uzbekistan

Bagila Bukharbayeva

Hosted by Nicholas Seay
Weaving together personal story and broad analysis, Bagila Burkhabayeva’s The Vanishing Generation: Revolution, Religion, and Disappearance in Modern Uzbekistan (Indiana UP, 2019) deals with the question of Islam and its …
Southeast Asian Studies August 2, 2021

Uneasy Military Encounters

The Imperial Politics of Counterinsurgency in Southern Thailand

Ruth Streicher

Hosted by Patrick Jory
Since 2004 the Malay-Muslim majority provinces in the border region of southern Thailand have been wracked by a violent insurgency. Over 7000 people have been killed and many thousands more …
Performing Arts July 30, 2021

The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic

Jessica Hopper

Hosted by Andy Boyd
Throughout her career, spanning more than two decades, Jessica Hopper, a revered and pioneering music critic, has examined women recording and producing music, in all genres, through an intersectional feminist …
Indian Ocean World July 30, 2021

What Is Religious Authority?

Cultivating Islamic Communities in Indonesia

Ismail Fajrie Alatas

Hosted by Kelvin Ng
What Is Religious Authority?: Cultivating Islamic Communities in Indonesia (Princeton UP, 2021) by Ismail Fajrie Alatas draws on groundbreaking anthropological insights to provide a new understanding of Islamic religious authority, showing …
Mathematics July 30, 2021

What Is a Complex System?

James Ladyman and K. Wiesner

Hosted by Cory Brunson
While i find it pretty easy to recognize when i'm reading articles in complexity science, i've never been satisfied by definitions of complexity and related concepts. I'm not alone! Researchers' …
Nordic Asia Podcast July 30, 2021

Teaching Cross-Cultural Communication

Understanding Asia in Pandemic Times

Annelise Ly

Hosted by Duncan McCargo
Teaching cross-cultural communication is challenging at the best of times, but how can Nordic students learn to engage with Asian cultures when they are forced to study entirely online? Award-winning …
Intellectual History July 30, 2021

Of Thee I Sing

The Contested History of American Patriotism

Ben Railton

Hosted by Hettie V. Williams
Ben Railton's book Of Thee I Sing: The Contested History of American Patriotism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021) is a cogently written history of the idea of American patriotism. Railton argues that there …
General History July 30, 2021

Writing Kit Carson

Fallen Heroes in a Changing West

Susan Lee Johnson

Hosted by Jennifer Davis Cline
Jennifer Holland (Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma) speaks with Susan Johnson (Harry Reid Endowed Chair, History of the Intermountain West, University of Las Vegas-Nevada) about Johnson’s recent book, Writing Kit Carson …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast July 30, 2021

The Science of Siren Songs

Stradivari Unveiled

Joseph Curtin

Hosted by Howard Burton
The Science of Siren Songs: Stradivari Unveiled is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and master violinmaker and acoustician Joseph Curtin, recipient of a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship …
General History July 30, 2021

The United States Army and the Making of America

From Confederation to Empire, 1775-1903

Robert Wooster

Hosted by Douglas Bell
The story of how the American military—and more particularly the regular army—has played a vital role in the late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century United States that extended beyond the battlefield is …
General History July 30, 2021

The Persistence of Party

Ideas of Harmonious Discord in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Max Skjönsberg

Hosted by Ryan Tripp
Political parties are taken for granted today, but how was the idea of party viewed in the eighteenth century, when core components of modern, representative politics were trialled? From Bolingbroke …