New Books Network Podcast

South Asian Studies December 4, 2023

Contesting Masculinities and Women’s Agency in Kashmir

Amya Agarwal

Hosted by Tusharika Deka

What is the significance of gender and masculinities in understanding conflict? Through an ethnographic study conducted between 2013 and 2016, Amya Agarwal's book Contesting Masculinities and Women’s Agency in Kashmir (Rowman …

Popular Culture December 3, 2023

I Am the Dark Tourist

Messenger of Remembrance

H. E. Sawyer

Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Dark tourism is the practice of visiting sites associated with death and disaster. Participation is increasing, yet much of the machinations behind dark tourism remain shrouded in mystery, and intentionally …

African Studies December 3, 2023

Bottled

How Coca-Cola Became African

Sara Byala

Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Travel to virtually any African country and you are likely to find a Coca-Cola, often a cold one at that. Bottled asks how this carbonated drink became ubiquitous across the …

Religion December 3, 2023

Sacred Foundations

The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State

Anna M. Grzymała-Busse

Hosted by Piotr Kosicki

In Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State (Princeton University Press, 2023), political scientist Anna Grzymała-Busse corrects a long-standing distortion in the study of state formation …

Scholarly Communication December 2, 2023

Too Much Communication?

A Conversation with Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis

Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis

Hosted by Daniel Shea

Listen to Episode No.2 of All We Mean, a Special Focus of this podcast. All We Mean is an ongoing discussion and debate about how we mean and why. The …

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 …

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 …

Middle Eastern Studies November 28, 2023

Waiting for the Revolution to End

Syrian Displacement, Time and Subjectivity

Charlotte Al-Khalili

Hosted by Miranda Melcher

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Waiting for the Revolution to End: Syrian Displacement, Time and Subjectivity (UCL Press, 2023) by Dr. Charlotte Al-Khalili explores the Syrian revolution through the experiences of citizens in exile. Based on …

Sociology November 27, 2023

Performing Memories and Weaving Archives

Creolized Cultures across the Indian Ocean

Sayan Dey

Hosted by Rituparna Patgiri

Usually, discourses on the planetary evolution and the movements of slaves remain restricted within the narratives and scholarships of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and hardly engage with the evolution, movements …

Anthropology November 27, 2023

‘Ritual Litter' Redressed

Ceri Houlbrook

Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Ritual deposition is not an activity that many people in the Western world would consider themselves participants of. The enigmatic beliefs and magical thinking that led to the deposition of …

Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel November 26, 2023

The Genius of Israel

The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World

Dan Senor and Saul Singer

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel

How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since its founding and riven by ethnic, religious, and economic divides, proven resistant …

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 …

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 …

Political Science November 24, 2023

The Rural Voter

The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America

Daniel Shea and Nicholas F. Jacobs

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day. Support for Democrats, up and down the ballot, has plummeted throughout the …

British Studies November 24, 2023

Inventing the Working Parent

Work, Gender, and Feminism in Neoliberal Britain

Sarah E. Stoller

Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Sarah E. Stoller, Inventing the Working Parent: Work, Gender, and Feminism in Neoliberal Britain (MIT Press, 2023) is the first historical examination of working parenthood in the late twentieth century--and …

Political Science November 23, 2023

National Party Organizations and Party Brands in American Politics

The Democratic and Republican National Committees, 1912-2016

Boris Heersink

Hosted by Lilly Goren

Political Scientist Boris Heersink’s new book guides the reader through over a century of politics and national parties in the United States. Heersink’s work is both qualitative and quantitative and …

Critical Theory November 23, 2023

The Accidental Equalizer

How Luck Determines Pay After College

Jessi Streib

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Are jobs fair? In The Accidental Equalizer: How Luck Determines Pay after College (U Chicago Press, 2023), Jessi Streib, an associate Professor of Sociology at Duke University, uncovers the remarkable story …

Higher Education November 23, 2023

When Will the Joy Come?

Black Women in the Ivory Tower

Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine, Abena Ampofoa Asare, and Michelle Dionne Thompson

Hosted by Deidre Tyler

How do Black women in higher education create, experience, and understand joy? What sustains them? While scholars have long documented sexism, racism, and classism in the academy, one topic has …