New Books Network

Asian Review of Books September 16, 2021

The Tale of the Horse

A History of India on Horseback

Yashaswini Chandra

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon

The horse is an important symbol in India’s culture, as shown by the many stories and works we see of Indian royalty and adventurers on horseback. As noted by Mughal …

Sports September 16, 2021

Our Team

The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball

Luke Epplin

Hosted by Paul Knepper

In July 1947, not even three months after Jackie Robinson debuted on the Brooklyn Dodgers, snapping the color line that had segregated Major League Baseball, Larry Doby would follow in …

Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel September 16, 2021

The Star and the Scepter

A Diplomatic History of Israel

Emmanuel Navon

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel

The first all-encompassing book on Israel’s foreign policy and the diplomatic history of the Jewish people, The Star and the Scepter: A Diplomatic History of Israel (Jewish Publication Society, 2020) retraces …

Intellectual History September 15, 2021

Wollstonecraft

Philosophy, Passion, and Politics

Sylvana Tomaselli

Hosted by Tejas Parasher

Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, first published in 1792, is a work of enduring relevance in women’s rights advocacy. However, as Sylvana Tomaselli shows, a full …

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 …

Buddhist Studies September 15, 2021

Rewriting Buddhism

Pali Literature and Monastic Reform in Sri Lanka, 1157–1270

Alastair Gornall

Hosted by Bruno Shirley

Rewriting Buddhism: Pali Literature and Monastic Reform in Sri Lanka, 1157–1270 (UCL Press, 2020) is the first intellectual history of premodern Sri Lanka’s most culturally productive period. This era of …

Southeast Asian Studies September 15, 2021

Language Ungoverned

Indonesia's Chinese Print Entrepreneurs, 1911–1949

Tom G. Hoogervorst

Hosted by Faizah Zakaria

Language Ungoverned: Indonesia's Chinese Print Entrepreneurs, 1911–1949 (Cornell UP, 2021) explores a fascinating archive of Sino-Malay texts – writings produced by the Chinese community in the Malay language – in …

General History September 15, 2021

A Fake Saint and the Real Church

The Story of a Forgery in Seventeenth-Century Naples

Stefania Tutino

Hosted by Jana Byars

Stefania Tutino, Professor and Peter Reill Chair in European History at UCLA talks about her new book, A Fake Saint and the True Church: the Story of a Forgery in …

Film September 15, 2021

Engulfed

The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood

Bernard F. Dick

Hosted by Joel Tscherne

From Double Indemnity to The Godfather, the stories behind some of the greatest films ever made pale beside the story of the studio that made them. In the golden age …

Ideas Roadshow Podcast September 15, 2021

Capturing Genius: Editing Isaiah Berlin

A Conversation with Henry Hardy

Henry Hardy

Hosted by Howard Burton

Howard talks to Henry Hardy, Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford, and the author of In Search of Isaiah Berlin: A Literary Adventure about the many joys—and occasional frustrations—of …

American West September 15, 2021

Facilitating Injustice

The Complicity of Social Workers in the Forced Removal and Incarceration of Japanese Americans, 1941-1946

Yoosun Park

Hosted by Stephen Hausmann

Between 1942 and 1945, the United States government forcibly removed approximately 120,000 people "of Japanese ancestry" from their homes and into self-proclaimed concentration camps across the American West and South …

Critical Theory September 15, 2021

Trade and Nation

How Companies and Politics Reshaped Economic Thought

Emily Erikson

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How can ideas from sociology help us understand history and economics? In Trade and Nation: How Companies and Politics Reshaped Economic Thought (Columbia UP, 2021), Emily Erikson, Associate Professor of …

Architecture September 14, 2021

The Loop

The “L” Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago

Patrick T. Reardon

Hosted by Bryan Toepfer

Every day Chicagoans rely on the loop of elevated train tracks to get to their jobs, classrooms, or homes in the city’s downtown. But how much do they know about …

Diplomatic History September 14, 2021

The Picky Eagle

How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited U. S. Territorial Expansion

Richard W. Maass

Hosted by Grant Golub

The Picky Eagle: How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited U. S. Territorial Expansion (Cornell UP, 2020) explains why the United States stopped annexing territory by focusing on annexation's domestic consequences, both political …

Australian and New Zealand Studies September 14, 2021

The History of a Riot

Class, Popular Protest and Violence in Early Colonial Nelson

Jared Davidson

Hosted by Ed Amon

Today I talk to Jared Davidson, the author of The History of a Riot: Class, Popular Protest and Violence in Early Colonial Nelson (Bridget Williams Books, 2021). In 1843, the …

South Asian Studies September 14, 2021

Unsettling Utopia

The Making and Unmaking of French India

Jessica Namakkal

Hosted by Samee Siddiqui

After India achieved independence from the British in 1947, there remained five scattered territories governed by the French imperial state. It was not until 1962 that France fully relinquished control …

Public Policy September 14, 2021

Free to Discriminate

How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America

Gene Slater

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

Gene Slater's book Free to Discriminate: How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America (Heyday Books, 2021) uncovers realtors' definitive role in segregating America and shaping modern conservative thought. Gene Slater follows …

Ideas Roadshow Podcast September 14, 2021

Battling Protestants

David Hollinger