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Interviews with lawyers and scholars of law about their new books.
August 29, 2026
Lessons for a Warming Planet
The relationship between humans and the environment in the United States reflects tales of countless contrasting and overlapping trends, movements, an…
August 29, 2026
'PS: Burn after Reading'
After Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko defected in 1945, Canada was shocked by the revelation that its own citizens were engaged in espionage for…
August 28, 2026
Queering Public Policy
For years, LGBTQ+ policies worldwide have been crafted based on heteronormative views, needs, and practices. However, this has gradually changed over …
August 28, 2026
One in Five
One in five children will be sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday. This isn't a problem confined to a single country, city, or neighborhoo…
August 28, 2026
Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel
Once upon a time, or so we’ve been told, medical ethics were confined to the patient-doctor relationship. As long as doctors were true to their Hippoc…
August 22, 2026
Democracy in Power
In Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Sandeep Vaheesan recounts the rather ove…
August 19, 2026
Ganja Matters
Ganja is the popular name in Hindustani, Bengali, and other South Asian languages for intoxicating substances produced from the plant species Ca…
August 15, 2026
Girl Without a Country
Should willingness to kill be a requirement for U.S. citizenship? Girl Without a Country: The Untold Story of a Landmark Fight for U.S. Citizenship (P…
August 15, 2026
Exceptional Hatred
A leading historian’s revelatory exploration of antisemitism in the United States—from 1940s anti-Jewish riots until today—showing that it has long se…
August 15, 2026
Shadow Negotiators
Shadow Negotiators: How UN Organizations Shape the Rules of World Trade for Food Security (Stanford University Press, 2023) by Dr. Matias E. Marguli…
August 13, 2026
Liberalism and the Reinvention of the Modern Corporation
This is a really good book. Really good. Liberalism and the Reinvention of the Modern Corporation (Oxford UP, 2025) takes the reader on a fascinating,…
August 10, 2026
Liberty’s Chain
Edward Blum interviews David N. Gellman on his book Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York (Cornell UP, 2022). In Libert…
August 8, 2026
Fate in My Hands
In this episode, Alisa interviews Dr. Yana Skorobogatov about her book, Fate in My Hands: The Death Penalty in the Soviet Union (University of Chicago…
August 8, 2026
Homosexuality in Central Asia
Homosexuality in Central Asia: Stories of Hardship and Hope (Barnes and Noble Press, 2026) is Ryan Michael Schweitzer's collection of first-hand narra…
August 4, 2026
Pink Crime
A woman miscarries—and is charged with murder. A new mother tests positive for a drug her hospital administered—and loses custody of her newborn. Four…
August 3, 2026
The Valley
There were two days to Christmas and Lewis felt like everything was spinning out of control. He wondered what he would say to the judge this time.…
July 29, 2026
American Infidelity
Today I'm speaking with Steven K. Green, Fred H. Paulus Professor of Law and Affiliated Professor of History and Religious Studies at Willamette Unive…
July 26, 2026
Heritage Fever
The early twenty-first century ushered in a period of change in Bolivia. The country welcomed its first Indigenous president, a new constitution, …
July 25, 2026
Gerontocracy in America
A leading social critic identifies our least-discussed major crisis, and sets out to solve it. As Americans debate President Biden’s infirmities and …
July 25, 2026
Fear of the False
Fear of the False: Forensic Science and the Law of Crime in Colonial South Asia (Cornell University Press, 2026) uncovers colonial South Asia's critic…