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Public Policy
Interviews with scholars of public policy about their new books.
March 18, 2026
The Long Heat
A scathing critique of proposals to geoengineer our way out of climate disaster, by the bestselling authors of Overshoot The world is crossing the 1.…
March 16, 2026
Climate Change and the Future of Boston
Like many of the world’s iconic coastal cities, Boston faces potentially severe impacts from climate change. Depending on global emissions, Boston cou…
March 14, 2026
Rural Versus Urban
How the urban-rural divide drives partisan polarization Why have Americans living in different places come to experience politics as a battle between …
March 11, 2026
Worker Centered
Worker Centered: Allyship & Action in the Contemporary Labor Movement (Oxford UP, 2024) is a close-to-the-ground, ethnographic narrative of a workplac…
March 10, 2026
Stuck
Fifty years of changemaking and reform haven't fixed Congress—what does that reveal about American democracy? In Stuck: How Money, Media and Violence …
March 10, 2026
Heart of Science
In Heart of Science: A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry (University of Chicago Press, 2026), philosopher Jacob Stegenga breaks with the most dominant …
March 6, 2026
Or Something Worse
The push for net zero has become a new arena for class conflict, where the powerful profit and the rest suffer. Existing policies won’t limit global h…
March 6, 2026
Killers of Roe
In Killers of Roe: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights (Legacy Lit, 2026) reporter Amy Littlefield investigates the secret k…
March 5, 2026
Living Diaper to Diaper
Many of us take diapers for granted. Yet diaper insecurity is a common, often hidden consequence of poverty in the US, where nearly half of American f…
March 4, 2026
Single Mothers in Twentieth-century Ireland and Britain
Throughout the twentieth century, many women in Ireland and Britain endured shame and institutionalisation for becoming pregnant outside of marriage. …
March 2, 2026
Silent Coup
As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet inste…
February 25, 2026
Uncivil Democracy
Each year, as many as 250 million Americans face civil legal problems like eviction, debt collection, and substandard housing. These problems are disp…
February 24, 2026
The Welfare Assembly Line
Despite claims that we live in a "post-welfare society," welfare offices remain vital not only for those who depend on them for benefits but also for …
February 21, 2026
The Plantation Ideal
Plantations have been the privileged tool of colonial rule and extraction in Mozambique for more than one hundred years despite never having delivered…
February 21, 2026
Inequality in the Digital Economy
In this episode, Joe Williams speaks with Andrew White about how the digital economy is reshaping inequality, work, and the social contract. Drawing o…
February 20, 2026
Overbuilt
The world’s largest public works investment visible from space, the Interstate Highway System and the hundreds of thousands of miles of supporting roa…
February 17, 2026
Saving Ourselves from Big Car
Streetwise: Saving Ourselves from Big Car (Columbia Business School Publishing, 2025) exposes how “Big Car”―the complex of companies in the automobile…
February 15, 2026
Settler Colonialism is the Disaster
Settler Colonialism is the Disaster: A Critique of New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina and During the COVID-19 Pandemic (U Illinois Press, 2026) is th…
February 14, 2026
Food Justice Undone
Food justice activists have worked to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities of color across the United States. Yet despite their b…
February 12, 2026
Politics Without Politicians
Host Jun Wei Lee speaks with Hélène Landemore about her book, Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule (Penguin, 2026). An acclaimed po…