New Books Network

Economics January 18, 2022

The Super Age

Decoding Our Demographic Destiny

Bradley Schurman

Hosted by Galina Limorenko

Societies all over the world are getting older, the result of the fact that we are living longer and having fewer children. At some point in the near future, much …

Critical Theory January 11, 2022

Reimagining the Creative Industries

Youth Creative Work, Communities of Care

Miranda Campbell

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How can we make creative industries fair and inclusive? In Reimagining the Creative Industries: Youth Creative Work, Communities of Care (Routledge, 2021), Miranda Campbell, an associate professor in the School …

Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel December 29, 2021

American Schism

How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation

Seth David Radwell

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel

Why are Americans so angry? American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation (Greenleaf, 2021) explores history to find the answer to a divided America …

Education December 27, 2021

Schools Under Siege

The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Educational Equity

Patricia Gándara and Jongyeon Ee

Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

Much has been reported and discussed about the hotly debated issue of immigration enforcement, yet a question is still to be explored: What is the impact of the immigration enforcement …

Anthropology December 21, 2021

Famished

Eating Disorders and Failed Care in America

Rebecca J. Lester

Hosted by Galina Limorenko

When Rebecca Lester was eleven years old--and again when she was eighteen--she almost died from anorexia nervosa. Now both a tenured professor in anthropology and a licensed social worker, she …

Gender Studies December 21, 2021

The Maternal Imprint

The Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects

Sarah S. Richardson

Hosted by Sohini Chatterjee

The idea that a woman may leave a biological trace on her gestating offspring has long been a commonplace folk intuition and a matter of scientific intrigue, but the form …

Education December 17, 2021

Scripting the Moves

Culture and Control in a "No-Excuses" Charter School

Joanne W. Golann

Hosted by Alice Garner

Ethnographer and sociologist Joanne Golann spent 18 months observing the day-to-day life of students and teachers in a “no-excuses” charter school. In her book Scripting the Moves: Culture and Control …

Political Science December 16, 2021

The Civil Rights Lobby

The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Second Reconstruction

Shamira Gelbman

Hosted by Lilly Goren

Historically, how have marginalized and minority groups pushed the boundaries of representative government to pass legislation that benefits them? Political Scientist Shamira Gelbman, the Daniel F. Evans Associate Professor in …

Public Policy December 16, 2021

The Quest for a Divided Welfare State

Sweden in the Era of Privatization

John Lapidus

Hosted by Leo Nasskau

Generous welfare states are losing their key characteristics, not least in Sweden, where privatisation of funding has proceeded privatisation of provision, beginning in the 1990s. Supplementary exclusionary sources of welfare in …

Postscript December 10, 2021

Postscript

SB-8, Dobbs, and the Politics of Abortion

Rebecca Kreitzer, Andrew R. Lewis, and Joshua C. Wilson

Hosted by Susan Liebell

In this Postscript, Susan Liebell and Lilly Goren review this morning’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Texas SB-8, the oral arguments in last week’s Mississippi abortion case, and the wider …

Science, Technology, and Society December 9, 2021

Edges of Exposure

Toxicology and the Problem of Capacity in Postcolonial Senegal

Noémi Tousignant

Hosted by Laura Stark

What is “capacity”? In science research and health interventions, it typically refers to the relative availability of equipment, infrastructure, personnel, and skills needed to get a job done. Noémi Tousignant’s …

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 …

Public Policy January 12, 2022

Disorder

A History of Reform, Reaction, and Money in American Medicine

Peter A. Swenson

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

Tracing the dramatic conflicts both inside organized medicine and between the medical profession and the larger society over quality, equality, and economy in health care, Peter A. Swenson illuminates the …

Drugs, Addiction and Recovery January 7, 2022

Opioid Reckoning

Love, Loss, and Redemption in the Rehab State

Amy C. Sullivan

Hosted by Claire Clark

Amy C. Sullivan explores the complexity of America’s opioid epidemic through firsthand accounts of people grappling with the reverberating effects of stigma, treatment, and recovery. Taking a clear-eyed, nonjudgmental perspective …

General History December 27, 2021

The Birth Certificate

An American History

Susan J. Pearson

Hosted by Catriona Gold

For many Americans, the birth certificate is a mundane piece of paper, unearthed from deep storage when applying for a driver’s license, verifying information for new employers, or claiming state …

Psychoanalysis December 27, 2021

Applying Psychoanalytic Thought to Contemporary Mental Health Practice

Paul Ian Steinberg

Hosted by Alec Kacew

Dr. Paul Steinberg, Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, returns to New Books Network to discuss his latest book, Applying Psychoanalytic Thought to …

General History December 23, 2021

The Deportation Express

A History of America Through Forced Removal

Ethan Blue

Hosted by Catriona Gold

The Deportation Express: A History of America Through Forced Removal (University of California Press, 2021) details the history of the United States' systematic expulsion of "undesirables" and immigrants, told through the lives of the …

South Asian Studies December 16, 2021

Bureaucracy, Belonging, and the City in North India

1870-1930

Michael S. Dodson

Hosted by Ujaan Ghosh

Michael S. Dodson's Bureaucracy, Belonging, and the City in North India: 1870-1930 (Routledge, 2020) is a re-evaluation of modern urbanism and architecture and a history of urbanism, architecture, and local identity …

Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight December 16, 2021

The Hidden History of American Healthcare

Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich

Thom Hartmann

Hosted by Dan Hill

Today I talked to Thom Hartmann about his new book The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich (Berrett-Koehler, 2021). To hear Thom Hartmann tell …

Sociology December 15, 2021

Race Brokers

Housing Markets and Segregation in 21st Century Urban America

Elizabeth Korver-Glenn

Hosted by Richard Ocejo

Elizabeth Korver-Glenn's book Race Brokers: Housing Markets and Segregation in 21st Century Urban America (Oxford UP, 2021) examines how housing market professionals-including housing developers, real estate agents, mortgage lenders, and appraisers-construct 21st …