New Books Network Podcast

The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones December 4, 2023

The Future of the State

A Discussion with Graeme Garrard

Graeme Garrard

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones

The Reagan-Thatcher neoliberal era started the retreat of the state. Privatisation and deregulation meant power was handed over to corporations and markets. Now that neoliberalism has run its course, will …

Political Science December 4, 2023

Gun Country

Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America

Andrew C. McKevitt

Hosted by Susan Liebell

The United States has more guns than people – a condition that is “unprecedented in world history.” Scholars often focus on gun culture, the Second Amendment, or the history of …

Environmental Studies December 3, 2023

Evolution of a Movement

Four Decades of California Environmental Justice Activism

Tracy E. Perkins

Hosted by Avery Weinman

Despite living and working in California, one of the county's most environmentally progressive states, environmental justice activists have spent decades fighting for clean air to breathe, clean water to drink …

Urban Studies December 2, 2023

Well-Intentioned Whiteness

Green Urban Development and Black Resistance in Kansas City

Chhaya Kolavalli

Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Chhaya Kolavalli's book Well-Intentioned Whiteness: Green Urban Development and Black Resistance in Kansas City (U Georgia Press, 2023) documents how whiteness can take up space in U.S. cities and policies through …

Business, Management, and Marketing December 1, 2023

Diversity Dividend

The Transformational Power of Small Changes to De-bias Your Company, Attract Diverse Talent, Manage Everyone Better and Make More Money

Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio

Hosted by Deidre Tyler

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From entry-level to the boardroom, what works to create large-scale change in organizations looking to accelerate their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and reap financial benefits. Every leader endeavors to …

Public Policy December 1, 2023

Practical Radicals

Seven Strategies to Change the World

Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

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In the tradition of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals and Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce’s Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World (The …

Academic Life November 30, 2023

Education Behind the Wall

Why and How We Teach College in Prison

Mneesha Gellman

Hosted by Christina Gessler

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Why are college programs offered in some prisons? How are the students selected? Where do the professors come from? What are the logistics of preparing to teach, and to learn …

Art November 29, 2023

Artists Remake the World

A Contemporary Art Manifesto

Vid Simoniti

Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez

Artists Remake the World: A Contemporary Art Manifesto (Yale UP, 2023) puts forward an account of contemporary art’s political ambitions and potential. Surveying such innovations as evidence-driven art, socially engaged …

Critical Theory November 28, 2023

The Age of Insecurity

Coming Together as Things Fall Apart

Astra Taylor

Hosted by Louisa Hann

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These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn’t working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going …

Sociology November 28, 2023

When We Walk By

Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America

Kevin F. Adler and Donald W. Burnes

Hosted by Ari Barbalat

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Think about the last time that you saw or interacted with an unhoused person. What did you do? What did you say? Did you offer money or a smile, or …

Law November 26, 2023

Intersex Embodiment

Legal Frameworks Beyond Identity and Disorder

Fae Garland and Mitchell Travis

Hosted by Jane Richards

What is intersex and why does it matter? What is the power of law to disrupt dominant narratives? I had a fascinating conversation with authors Dr Fae Garland and Dr Mitchell …

Technology November 26, 2023

Lifelines of Our Society

A Global History of Infrastructure

Dirk Van Laak

Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Infrastructure is essential to defining how the public functions, yet there is little public knowledge regarding why and how it became today's strongest global force over government and individual lives …

Education November 25, 2023

Each One Teach One

Parental Involvement and Family Engagement in Jamaica's Education System

Saran Stewart, Sharline Cole, and Yewande Lewis-Fokum

Hosted by Madden Gilhooly

Each One Teach One: Parental Involvement and Family Engagement in Jamaica’s Education System (University of the West Indies Press, 2022) is a collection of research studies and essays across multiple …

Critical Theory November 25, 2023

The Moral Foundations of Public Funding for the Arts

Michael Rushton

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Should governments fund the arts? In The Moral Foundations of Public Funding for the Arts (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023), Michael Rushton, Co-Director of the Center for Cultural Affairs and a Professor at the …

Sociology November 24, 2023

Trailer Park America

Reimagining Working-Class Communities

Leontina Hormel

Hosted by Michael Johnston

In rural northern Idaho in the winter of 2013-2014, Syringa Mobile Home Park’s water system was contaminated by sewage, resulting in residents’ water being shut off for 93 days. By …

Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel November 22, 2023

The Enlightened Donor

How to Give Charity Wisely

Arnie Draiman

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel

Motivated by compassion and hope, and the shared desire to make the world a better place, the immense amount of charitable giving stands as a testament to the humanity's collective …

American Studies November 21, 2023

Making Schools American

Nationalism and the Origin of Modern Educational Politics

Cody D. Ewert

Hosted by Tom Cryer

In recent years, public schools have become one of the central battlegrounds of American politics. Making Schools American: Nationalism and the Origin of Modern Educational Politics (Johns Hopkins University Press …

Library Science November 21, 2023

Decentering Whiteness in Libraries

A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices

Andrea Jamison

Hosted by Jen Hoyer

Decentering Whiteness in Libraries: A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) serves as a "how to" guide for evaluating and crafting collection development policies that will …

Japanese Studies November 18, 2023

Japan's Nuclear Disaster and the Politics of Safety Governance

Florentine Koppenborg

Hosted by Nathan Hopson

Florentine Koppenborg’s Japan’s Nuclear Disaster and the Politics of Safety Governance (Cornell UP, 2023) begins with the understated observation that the triple disaster of March 2011 “exposed severe deficiencies …

Princeton UP Ideas Podcast November 18, 2023

Our Compelling Interests

The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society

Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Princeton University Press’ Our Compelling Interests series focuses on diversity, in racial, gender, socioeconomic, religious, and other forms. Some of the titles in this series so far include The Walls around …