Public Policy

Public Policy

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Interviews with scholars of public policy about their new books.

Alejandro E. Camacho and Brigham Daniels, "Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of US Environmental Law" (NYU Press, 2026)

August 29, 2026

Lessons for a Warming Planet

Alejandro E. Camacho and Brigham Daniels

The relationship between humans and the environment in the United States reflects tales of countless contrasting and overlapping trends, movements, an…

Elizabeth J. Letourneau and Luke Malone, "One in Five: Why Child Sexual Abuse Is Our Biggest Public Health Crisis—And What We Can Do to Stop It" (Basic Books, 2026)

August 28, 2026

One in Five

Elizabeth J. Letourneau and Luke Malone

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…

Diego Galego, "Queering Public Policy: A Disruptive Yet Inclusive Framework for Policymaking" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)

August 28, 2026

Queering Public Policy

Diego Galego
Hosted by Nick Pozek

For years, LGBTQ+ policies worldwide have been crafted based on heteronormative views, needs, and practices. However, this has gradually changed over …

Michelle A. Amazeen, "Content Confusion: News Media, Native Advertising, and Policy in an Era of Disinformation" (MIT Press, 2025)

August 27, 2026

Content Confusion

Michelle A. Amazeen
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

We often blame social media for the rampant problem of disinformation, but the truth is that mainstream news media is often equally at fault. Not only…

John E. McDonough, "America's Wrong Turn: US Health Care in the Neoliberal Era" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

August 11, 2026

America's Wrong Turn

John E. McDonough
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

How can a nation with unmatched wealth and medical innovation also have the highest health care costs and the poorest health outcomes among its peers?…

Beyond Free Speech: Why AI Governance Demands Freedom of Thought

August 9, 2026

Beyond Free Speech

Eduardo Albrecht

Are we driving our technology, or is it starting to drive us? In this thought-provoking conversation, Eli Karetny sits down with researcher and author…

Cast Out: A Call For A Forgiving Society in an Age of Incarceration

July 23, 2026

Cast Out

Joseph Margulies

In Cast Out: A Call For A Forgiving Society in an Age of Incarceration (Beacon Press, 2026), civil rights lawyer Joseph Margulies insists that those w…

Angela Frederick, "Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster" (NYU Press, 2025)

July 18, 2026

Disabled Power

Angela Frederick
Hosted by Shu Wan

A call to place disability at the center of climate and disaster responsesEvery disaster is a disability disaster, argues Angela Frederick. Disabled P…

Georgia Holly et al, .eds., "Heritage in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) and Beyond"  (Edinburgh UP, 2025)

July 18, 2026

Heritage in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) and Beyond

Georgia Holly, Jon Henderson, Arturo Rey da Silva, Annie Edwards, Hannah Cocks, and Athena Trakadas
Hosted by Helen Dewar

Heritage in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) and Beyond (Edinburgh UP, 2025) outlines the need to embed Ocean He…

Heart-Centered Connections: Seven Essential Skills for Helping Neurodiverse and Marginalized Children Thrive

July 16, 2026

Heart-Centered Connections

Niki Elliott

Heart-Centered Connections: Seven Essential Skills for Helping Neurodiverse and Marginalized Children Thrive is a transformative guide for working wi…

Doubled Up: Shared Households and the Precarious Lives of Families

July 9, 2026

Doubled Up

Hope Harvey

More than eleven million children in the US live in doubled-up households, sharing space with extended family or friends. These households are even mo…

Nicholas Freudenberg, "Fighting for New York: Activism for Health and Social Justice Since The 1960s" (Columbia UP, 2026)

July 7, 2026

Fighting for New York

Nicholas Freudenberg
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Today I'm speaking with Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Health at the CUNY School of Public Health. We are discussing…

Martina Baradel, "21st Century Yakuza: Death of Japanese Organised Crime" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 5, 2026

21st Century Yakuza

Martina Baradel
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Once dominant and institutionalised, the Yakuza, one of Japan's best known criminal organisations, is now shrinking under the combined pressure of…

Why Democracy’s Troubles Should Come as No Surprise

June 23, 2026

Why Democracy’s Troubles Should Come as No Surprise

Sheri Berman
Hosted by Nic Cheeseman

Why have so many democracies become more polarized, unstable, and vulnerable to authoritarianism? And why did so many political observers fail to see …

Street Level: HUD at 60

June 23, 2026

Street Level

Bench Ansfield, Kent Watkins, John Finch, and Kristin Sylvian
Hosted by Soundscapes NYC

In 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) marked its 60th anniversary. Created amid the optimism and urgency of the civil ri…

Jonathon W. Penney, "Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

June 23, 2026

Chilling Effects

Jonathon W. Penney
Hosted by Jake Chanenson

In Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age (Cambridge UP, 2025), Jonathon W. Penney explores the increasing weaponizati…

Jeremy J. Holland, "The Political Worldviews of American Social Movements: Partisan Politics and the Future of Democracy" (Routledge, 2026)

June 21, 2026

The Political Worldviews of American Social Movements

Jeremy J. Holland
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

The Political Worldviews of American Social Movements: Partisan Politics and the Future of Democracy (Routledge, 2026) explores the political worldvie…

Inside the Mississippi Marathon: How Mississippi Dramatically Improved Its Education System with Rachel Canter

June 19, 2026

Inside the Mississippi Marathon

Rachel Canter
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In 2008, Rachel Canter founded Mississippi First, an education non-profit with the mission of improving educational outcomes for students across the s…

AI, Algocracy, and Democracy's Challenging Road Ahead with Andrew Sorota

June 12, 2026

AI, Algocracy, and Democracy's Challenging Road Ahead

Andrew Sorota
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Like many people, I've been following the developments of AI, testing out new models and following the deluge of news stories about the fight for supr…

Ladan Rahbari and Olga Burlyuk eds., "From the Margins: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity" (Open Book Publishers, 2026)

June 8, 2026

From the Margins

Ladan Rahbari and Olga Burlyuk eds.
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri

In this episode of the New Books Network, I spoke with Dr Olga Burlyuk and Dr Ladan Rahbari about their new edited volume, From the Margins: Migrant A…