New Books Network Podcast

Scholarly Communication June 4, 2023

Life at the London Review of Books

A Conversation with Anthony Wilks

Anthony Wilks

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

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Anthony Wilks discusses his career heading up audio-visual projects for the London Review of Books. He tells the story of his winding career, in addition to some great musings about the …

Military History May 22, 2023

A Stranger in Your Own City

Travels in the Middle East's Long War

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

Hosted by AJ Woodhams

The history of reportage has often depended on outsiders--Ryszard Kapuściński witnessing the fall of the shah in Iran, Frances FitzGerald observing the aftermath of the American war in Vietnam. What …

Media May 19, 2023

City of Newsmen

Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington

Kathryn J. McGarr

Hosted by James Kates

Kathryn McGarr’s City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington (U Chicago Press, 2022) explores foreign policy journalism in Washington during and after World War II—a …

Recall This Book May 18, 2023

David Plotz: Books in Dark Times (JP)

David Plotz

Hosted by Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz

Aside from being John’s (younger, suaver and beardier) brother, what has the inimitable David Plotz done lately? Only hosted “The Slate Political Gabfest“, written two books (“The Genius Factory” and …

Journalism May 14, 2023

The Politics of "Misinformation"

A Discussion with Nicole M. Krause

Nicole M. Krause

Hosted by Gordon Katic

Gordon Katic is in conversation with Nicole M. Krause. She is a PhD candidate focussing on science communication, looks at conceptual problems in the research of misinformation and disinformation. What’s …

American South May 13, 2023

30 Days a Black Man

The Forgotten Story That Exposed the Jim Crow South

Bill Steigerwald

Hosted by Boris Karpa

The dangerous, trailblazing work of a white journalist and black leader who struck a shocking early blow against legal segregation In 1948, most white people in the North had no …

Recall This Book May 4, 2023

Journalistic Collaboration (JP)

A Conversation Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada

Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru

Hosted by Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz

Steve Fainaru and his brother Mark Fainaru-Wada wrote a bestselling and award-winning book (and accompanying PBS documentary series) about the NFL coverup of concussion trauma, League of Denial. This conversation …

Journalism May 3, 2023

Journalistic Autonomy

The Genealogy of a Concept

Henrik Örnebring and Michael Karlsson

Hosted by Joanne Kuai

Journalists around the world agree that autonomy is central to their work, but what exactly is it journalists should be autonomous from, and for what should they use this autonomy …

Urban Studies May 2, 2023

City of Refugees

The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town

Susan Hartman

Hosted by Susan Thomson

How can scholars employ the practices and techniques of investigative journalism? Susan Hartman provides an answer in her intimate look at refugee experience in the United States. In City of …

African American Studies April 22, 2023

Practical Radicalism and the Great Migration

The Cultural Geography of the Scott Newspaper Syndicate

Thomas Aiello

Hosted by James West

In this episode, Thomas Aiello joins E. James West to discuss Practical Radicalism and the Great Migration: The Cultural Geography of the Scott Newspaper Syndicate (University of Georgia Press, 2023). Building on his …

Media April 21, 2023

Digital Politics, Digital Histories, Digital Futures

New Approaches for Historicising, Politicising and Imagining the Digital

Adi Kuntsman and Liu Xin

Hosted by Joanne Kuai

What is digital politics? What new creative and experimental tools can we use to study digital politics historically and analyse and create future imaginaries of digital politics? Adi Kuntsman and …

Military History April 18, 2023

The Mercenary

A Story of Brotherhood and Terror in the Afghanistan War

Jeffrey E. Stern

Hosted by AJ Woodhams

In the early days of the Afghanistan war, Jeff Stern was scouring the streets of Kabul for a big story. He was accompanied by a driver, Aimal, who had ambitions …

Journalism April 13, 2023

Reports from Hell

Chas Smith

Hosted by Michael Vann

While now a prominent and controversial surf journalist, Chas Smith started his career as a war correspondent in the Middle East. Obsessed with Joan Didion, but really working in the …

The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones April 10, 2023

The Future of Dictatorship

A Discussion with Sergei Guriev

Sergei Guriev

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones

Most dictators no longer rule by fear but by spin instead. That’s the contention of Sergei Guriev who has co-authored (with Daniel Treisman) Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny …

Mobilities and Methods April 9, 2023

Crossing a Line

Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression

Amahl Bishara

Hosted by Alize Arıcan

Palestinians living on different sides of the Green Line make up approximately one-fifth of Israeli citizens and about four-fifths of the population of the West Bank. In both groups, activists …

International Horizons March 27, 2023

Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right but...

US Lies and Media Reporting in the 2003 Iraq War

Louis Charbonneau

Hosted by International Horizons

In this episode of International Horizons, journalist and UN director of Human Rights Watch Louis Charbonneau describes the US's government misinformation campaign to justify its invasion of Iraq in 200 …

African Studies March 24, 2023

Breakup

A Marriage in Wartime

Anjan Sundaram

Hosted by Susan Thomson

Anjan Sundaram is an award-winning journalist who has written three books on African people and places: Democratic Republic of Congo in Stringer, Rwanda in Bad News and now Central African …

Journalism March 20, 2023

Borderland

Decolonizing the Words of War

Chrisanthi Giotis

Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Every two seconds a person is displaced, caught in one of the more than 40 active conflicts around the world that show no sign of ending. Since 1994, there has …

Human Rights March 16, 2023

Taking Sides

A Memoir about Love, War, and Changing the World

Sherine Tadros

Hosted by Nicholas Bequelin

Taking Sides: A Memoir about Love, War, and Changing the World (Scribe, 2023) is a personal memoir by Sherine Tadros, the United Nations Representative and Deputy Director of Advocacy for …

Global Media & Communication March 15, 2023

The Ethics of Engagement

Media, Conflict and Democracy in Africa

Herman Wasserman

Hosted by Aswin Punathambekar and Jing Wang

Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series. In this episode, our host Yuval Katz discusses the book The Ethics of Engagement: Media, Conflict and Democracy in …