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Islamic Studies December 3, 2021

Suspect Communities

Anti-Muslim Racism and the Domestic War on Terror

Nicole Nguyen

Hosted by Kristian Petersen
Suspect Communities: Anti-Muslim Racism and the Domestic War on Terror (University of Minnesota Press, 2019) is a powerful reassessment of the U.S. government’s “countering violent extremism” (CVE) program that has …

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Interviews with scholars of public policy about their new books.

Public Policy December 6, 2021

Not Up for Grabs

How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back

Donald Cohen and Allen Mikaelian

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
As people reach for social justice and better lives, they create public goods--free education, public health, open parks, clean water, and many others--that must be kept out of the market …
Education December 2, 2021

Pain and Shock in America

Politics, Advocacy, and the Controversial Treatment of People with Disabilities

Jan Nisbet and Nancy Weiss

Hosted by Christina Bosch
Amid a string of fall 2021 news reports about past-due exonerations and (white) self-defense that document the limits of racial justice within the U.S. legal system, Pain and Shock in …
Sociology December 1, 2021

Getting Something to Eat in Jackson

Race, Class, and Food in the American South

Joseph C. Ewoodzie

Hosted by Michael Johnston
Getting Something to Eat in Jackson (Princeton Press, 2021) uses food—what people eat and how—to explore the interaction of race and class in the lives of African Americans in the …
Philosophy December 1, 2021

Responsible Citizens, Irresponsible States

Should Citizens Pay for Their States' Wrongdoings?

Avia Pasternak

Hosted by Robert Talisse
We tend to think that states can act wrongfully, even criminally. Thus, we also tend to think that states can be held responsible for their acts. They can be made …
Public Policy November 30, 2021

The Future of Capitalism

Facing the New Anxieties

Paul Collier

Hosted by Leo Nasskau
Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces; the high-skilled elite versus the less educated. As these divides deepen …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery November 24, 2021

The Drug Expert

A Practical Guide to the Impact of Drug Use in Legal Proceedings

Craig W. Stevens

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
Craig W. Stevens' book The Drug Expert: A Practical Guide to the Impact of Drug Use in Legal Proceedings (Academic Press, 2021) targets academic and industry pharmacologists, pharmacology graduate students, and professionals and …
Food November 23, 2021

Food Justice Now!

Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle

Joshua Sbicca

Hosted by Amir Sayadabdi
Food Justice Now: Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle (University of Minnesota Press, 2018) charts a path from food activism to social justice activism that integrates the two. In an engrossing, historically …
Postscript November 22, 2021

Postscript

The Supreme Court, Concealed Carry, and How Your Laws Might Change

Joseph Blocher, Jacob B. Charles, and Eric Ruben

Hosted by Susan Liebell
An earlier Postscript explained what was at stake for concealed carry laws in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court – and guessed at what the oral arguments might reveal …
Education November 22, 2021

Ableism

The Causes and Consequences of Disability Prejudice

Michelle R. Nario-Redmond

Hosted by Christina Bosch
Of the dozens of juicy questions for future inquiry that Dr. Michelle Nario-Redmond provides at the end of Ableism: The Causes and Consequences of Disability Prejudice (Published by Wiley in …
Economics November 19, 2021

Causal Inference

The Mixtape

Scott Cunningham

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Just about everyone knows correlation does not equal causation, and probably that a randomized controlled experiment is the best way to solve that problem, if you can do one. If …
Public Policy November 17, 2021

The Judicial Tug of War

How Lawyers, Politicians, and Ideological Incentives Shape the American Judiciary

Adam Bonica and Maya Sen

Hosted by Ursula Hackett
Why have conservatives decried 'activist judges'? And why have liberals - and America's powerful legal establishment - emphasized qualifications and experience over ideology? The Judicial Tug of War: How Lawyers …
The Future of Higher Education November 15, 2021

Come to Believe

How Jesuits Are Reinventing Education (Again)

Steve Katsouros

Hosted by David Finegold
Father Steve Katsouros, founder and CEO of the Come To Believe Network, shares the inspirational story of the founding of Arrupe College at Loyola University Chicago which has been recognized as a …
Gender Studies November 12, 2021

Sexual Citizenship and Disability

Understanding Sexual Support in Policy, Practice and Theory

Julia Bahner

Hosted by Sohini Chatterjee
What does ‘sexual citizenship’ mean in practice for people with mobility impairments who may need professional support to engage in sexual activity? Sexual Citizenship and Disability: Understanding Sexual Support in …
Sociology November 12, 2021

Living on the Edge

When Hard Times Become a Way of Life

Celine-Marie Pascale

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
For the majority of Americans, hard times have long been a way of life. Some work multiple low-wage jobs, others face the squeeze of stagnant wages and rising costs of …
Law November 12, 2021

Criminal Futures

Predictive Policing and Everyday Police Work

Simon Egbert and Matthias Leese

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
Simon Egbert and Matthias Leese's Criminal Futures: Predictive Policing and Everyday Police Work (Routledge, 2020) explores how predictive policing transforms police work. Police departments around the world have started to use …
Medicine November 9, 2021

Living with HIV in Post-crisis Times

Beyond the Endgame

David A. B. Murray

Hosted by Shraddha Chatterjee
Over the past decade, effective prevention and treatment policies have resulted in global health organizations claiming that the end of the HIV/AIDS crisis is near and that HIV/AIDS is now …
Law November 8, 2021

Clustered Injustice and The Level Green

Luke Clements

Hosted by Jane Richards
In Clustered Injustice and The Level Green (Legal Action Group, 2020), Professor Luke Clements tackles the problem of the way in which "our legal system generates and exacerbates disadvantage." Examining the interconnectedness of disadvantage …
Political Science November 8, 2021

Policing the Second Amendment

Guns, Law Enforcement, and the Politics of Race

Jennifer Carlson

Hosted by Susan Liebell
When Americans talk about guns, they often use terms like “gun rights” or “gun control.” They also tend to separate gun politics and the politics of the police. In Policing …
Public Policy November 3, 2021

Firepower

How the NRA Turned Gun Owners Into a Political Force

Matthew J. Lacombe

Hosted by Joe Renouard
Firepower: How the NRA Turned Gun Owners into a Political Force (Princeton, 2021) explores the scope and power of one of America’s most influential interest groups. Despite widespread public support …