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Politics & Polemics
National Security May 6, 2021

The Frontlines of Peace

An Insider's Guide to Changing the World

Séverine Autesserre

Hosted by Beth Windisch
The word "peacebuilding" evokes a story we've all heard over and over: violence breaks out, foreign nations are scandalized, peacekeepers and million-dollar donors come rushing in, warring parties sign a …

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Political Science May 6, 2021

Homeschooling the Right

How Conservative Education Activism Erodes the State

Heath Brown

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist Heath Brown’s new book, Homeschooling the Right: How Conservative Education Activism Erodes the State (Columbia UP, 2021) is an excellent overview of the homeschooling movement in the United States, but …
Communications May 6, 2021

Silicon Values

The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism

Jillian C. York

Hosted by Marci Mazzarotto
What is the impact of surveillance capitalism on our right to free speech? The Internet once promised to be a place of extraordinary freedom beyond the control of money or …
Political Science April 29, 2021

Growing Up America

Youth and Politics Since 1945

Paul M. Renfro, Susan Eckelmann Berghel, and Sara Fieldston

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Growing Up America: Youth and Politics Since 1945 (U Georgia Press, 2019) is a fascinating book that weaves together the burgeoning field of Childhood History, the post-World War II history …
Economics April 26, 2021

Reinventing Liberalism

The Politics, Philosophy and Economics of Early Neoliberalism (1920-1947)

Ola Innset

Hosted by Tim Jones
This year, more than 40 books will be published in English with 'Neoliberal' or 'Neoliberalism' in the title. For many in the academy, these words have become interchangeable with “capitalist”, “laissez-faire” …
Politics & Polemics April 26, 2021

Minds Wide Shut

How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us

Morton Schapiro and Gary Saul Morson

Hosted by Daniel Peris
Two very thoughtful oddfellows--a labor economist and a Russian literature scholar--take on the world's problems in their newest collaboration, Minds Wide Shut How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us (Princeton University …
Sociology April 23, 2021

The Pornification of America

How Raunch Culture Is Ruining Our Society

Bernadette Barton

Hosted by Michael Johnston
Bernadette Barton, Ph.D. exposes the double standard we attach to women’s sexuality in The Pornification of America: How Raunch Culture is Ruining Our Society (NYU Press, 2021) Pictures of half-naked …
History April 22, 2021

Lenin Lives!

Reimagining the Russian Revolution 1917-2017

Philip Cunliffe

Hosted by Michael Vann
While a number of books came out on the centenary of the Russian Revolution, few seriously considered how the 20th century would have unfolded differently if the violent forces of …
Postscript April 19, 2021

Postscript

Biden's First 100 Days

Lilly J. Goren and Susan Liebell

Hosted by Susan Liebell
Much has long been made of the bold legislative action that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt marshalled forward in his first 100 days in office in the midst of the Great …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast April 15, 2021

Can We Fix Social Media?

A Discussion with Christopher A. Bail

Christopher A. Bail

Hosted by Marshall Poe
In an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use social media as a …
Communications April 14, 2021

Political Perversion

Rhetorical Aberration in the Time of Trumpeteering

Joshua Gunn

Hosted by Lee Pierce
When Trump became president, much of the country was repelled by what they saw as the vulgar spectacle of his ascent, a perversion of the highest office in the land …
Public Policy March 26, 2021

The Wealth Hoarders

How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions

Chuck Collins

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
For decades, a secret army of tax attorneys, accountants and wealth managers has been developing into the shadowy Wealth Defense Industry. These ‘agents of inequality’ are paid millions to hide …
Critical Theory March 24, 2021

Decolonizing Politics

An Introduction

Robbie Shilliam

Hosted by Yi Ning Chang
Robbie Shilliam’s new book for the Polity Press’s “Decolonizing the Curriculum” series explores how the discipline of political science was born of colonialism, and takes us through different ways of …
Political Science March 18, 2021

Disorienting Neoliberalism

Global Justice and the Outer Limit of Freedom

Benjamin L. McKean

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Disorienting Neoliberalism: Global Justice and the Outer Limit of Freedom (Oxford UP, 2020) takes on a number of different dimensions of neoliberalism to help readers consider not only how this ideological …
European Studies March 16, 2021

The Last Neoliberal

Macron and the Origins of France's Political Crisis

Stefano Palombarini and Bruno Amable

Hosted by Tim Jones
Emmanuel Macron “has shown a genuine ability to strategize politically, determinedly and clear-sightedly [in] occupying the space of the bourgeois bloc. This is a space that France’s political crisis has …
Political Science March 15, 2021

The Far Right Today

Cas Mudde

Hosted by Susan Liebell
What is the difference between Jean-Marie Le Pen’s National Front and Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president? Why should we understand Trump as part of a dangerous “fourth wave” of …
Australian and New Zealand Studies March 10, 2021

On Secrets

Annika Smethurst

Hosted by Bede Haines
On June 4, Federal Police raided the home of Walkley award-winning journalist Annika Smethurst, changing her life forever. The police claimed they were investigating the publication of classified information, her …
History March 2, 2021

Calhoun

American Heretic

Robert Elder

Hosted by Lane Davis
In Calhoun: American Heretic (Basic Books, 2021), historian Robert Elder documents the life and thought of one of America's most controversial statesman, John C. Calhoun. A congressman, a vice president, and …
Gender and Sexuality February 16, 2021

Me, Not You

The Trouble with Mainstream Feminism

Alison Phipps

Hosted by Jana Byars
We are joined today by Alison Phipps, Professor in Gender Studies and the University of Sussex to talk about her newest book, Me, Not You: The Trouble with Mainstream Feminism (Manchester …
Systems and Cybernetics February 8, 2021

The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking

Governance in a Climate Emergency

Ray Ison and Ed Straw

Hosted by Kevin Lindsay
The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in Climate Emergency (Routledge, 2020) is a persuasive, lively book that shows how systems thinking can be harnessed to effect profound, complex change.  …