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Refugees and Citizens in Twentieth-Century East Central Europe: An Unlikely Refuge? with Michal Frankl, Doina Anca Cretu and Lidia Zessin-Jurek (CEU Press, 2026)

October 11, 2026

Refugees and Citizens in Twentieth-Century East Central Europe

Michal Frankl ed
Hosted by CEU Press

In this episode of the CEU Press Podcast host Andrea Talabér talked to Michal Frankl, Doina Anca Cretu and Lidia Zessin-Jurek about the new edited vol…

Green Thinking: Unlearning Outdated Ideas in Science, Economics and Politics with Natalie Bennett (Routledge, 2026)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

Green Thinking: Unlearning Outdated Ideas in Science, Economics and Politics (Routledge, 2026) is about unlearning, discarding damaging, outdated idea…

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

Belize is often described as a “pristine” ecotourism destination with a landscape that is “naturally” valuable. Yet for much of the twentieth century,…

The Quake That Drained the Desert with Mary Elizabeth Reynolds (U Nebraska Press, 2026)

September 30, 2026

The Quake That Drained the Desert

Mary Elizabeth Reynolds
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

On May 3, 1887, an earthquake struck near the U.S.-Mexico border. Forty-three people died in Bavispe, Mexico; sixty miles north in Arizona, buildings …

Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse with Laurie Parsons (LSE Press, 2026)

September 26, 2026

Climate Hegemony

Laurie Parsons

Climate action is at an impasse. Its political opponents are stronger than ever, its advocates powerless. Almost every major government and corporatio…

Angela Last, "Tainted Tools: New Materialisms As a Decolonial Project" (Manchester UP, 2026)

September 22, 2026

Tainted Tools

Angela Last

In Tainted Tools: New Materialisms As a Decolonial Project (Manchester University Press, 2026), Angela Last offers a provocative intervention into the…

Jared D Aldern and Theresa Lynn Gregor, "Landkeeping: Restoring Indigenous Fire Stewardship and Ecological Partnerships" (OSU Press, 2026)

September 19, 2026

Landkeeping

Jared D Aldern and Theresa Lynn Gregor

With rising temperatures, longer summers, drought, and more wildfires occurring in the United States and Canada, there is growing interest in the impa…

Billy Fleming, "Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions" (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2026)

September 12, 2026

Building Postcarbon Futures

Billy Fleming
Hosted by Timi Koyejo

What would a postcarbon future look like? What would it take to build and maintain a more just, regenerative world? How would it feel to live—and to t…

Stuart McHardy, "Scotland's Geomythography: Myth, Landscape and the Roots of Culture" (Luath Press, 2025)

September 6, 2026

Scotland's Geomythography

Stuart McHardy
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

What can we learn from our landscape? How can Geomythography help us understand our cultural heritage? What is Geomythography? Geomythography is the i…

The Next Issue: Fall 2026 (26.3)

September 4, 2026

57 The Next Issue

Melissa Fuster and Rosi Song
Hosted by Gastronomica

In this episode, Melissa Fuster and Rosi Song of Gastronomica’s Editorial Collective introduce the journal’s latest issue, Fall 2026 (volume 26, issue…

Christy Hyman, "The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp" (Hamilton Books, 2025)

August 31, 2026

The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp

Christy Hyman

The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp (Hamilton Books, 2025) explores the cultural resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp, emphasiz…

Alejandro E. Camacho and Brigham Daniels, "Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of US Environmental Law" (NYU Press, 2026)

August 29, 2026

Lessons for a Warming Planet

Alejandro E. Camacho and Brigham Daniels

The relationship between humans and the environment in the United States reflects tales of countless contrasting and overlapping trends, movements, an…

Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden eds., "Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID-19 and South Asia" (Helsinki UP, 2026)

August 27, 2026

Protecting Workers?

Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden eds.

In our recent conversation about Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID-19 and South Asia (Helsinki UP, 2026), the editors Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfri…

Tatiana Seijas, "American Metropolis: The Making of Mexico City" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 23, 2026

American Metropolis

Tatiana Seijas
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Mexico City was America's largest city in the seventeenth century – a genuine metropolis. In American Metropolis: The Making of Mexico City (Cambridge…

Samuel Holleran and Max Holleran, "Scattered Steel: The Afterlife of the World Trade Center" (Cornell UP, 2026)

August 21, 2026

Scattered Steel

Samuel Holleran and Max Holleran
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Scattered Steel: The Afterlife of the World Trade Center (Cornell UP, 2026) traces the extraordinary journey of the twisted remnants of the World Trad…

Po-Yi Hung, "Routes of Taiwan Tea: Mobility, Borders, and Territoriality" (U Washington Press, 2026)

August 19, 2026

Routes of Taiwan Tea

Po-Yi Hung
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

From misty mountain oolongs to the global boba boom, Taiwan’s teas carry far more than flavor. They embody contested borders, evolving identities, and…

Amihai Mazar and Nava Panitz-Cohen, "Tel Rehov: A Bronze and Iron Age City in the Beth-Shean Valle" (The Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University, 2020)

August 17, 2026

Tel Rehov

Amihai Mazar and Nava Panitz-Cohen

This interview with Professor Amihai Mazar was conducted by Željko Stanojević for the New Books Network. The conversation focuses on Tel Reḥov: A Bron…

Oli Mould, "Postcapitalist cities: Towards a common urban future" (Manchester UP, 2026)

August 9, 2026

Postcapitalist cities

Oli Mould
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

What is the future for cities? In Postcapitalist Cities: Towards a common urban future (Manchester University Press, 2026) Oli Mould, a Professor of C…

Brent Elliott and Roger Bowdler, "The British Cemetery: Architecture, Landscape, Sculpture" (Historic England, 2026)

August 3, 2026

The British Cemetery

Brent Elliott and Roger Bowdler
Hosted by Julie Rugg

Roger Bowdler and Brent Elliott’s The British Cemetery: Architecture, Landscape, Sculpture, published by Historic England (2026), traces the history o…

Gretchen Heefner, "Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

July 18, 2026

Sand, Snow, and Stardust

Gretchen Heefner
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Deserts, the Arctic, outer space—these extreme environments are often seen as inhospitable places at the edges of our maps. But from the 1940s thr…