Science & Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Artificial Intelligence about their new books.

James W. Cortada, "Beyond the Facts: Tacit Knowledge and the Hidden Infrastructure of Our Informed Times" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

August 3, 2026

Beyond the Facts

James W. Cortada
Hosted by Michael LaMagna
Devin Kennedy, "Coding Capitalism: Computers and the Remaking of the Postwar US Economy" (Columbia UP, 2026)

July 31, 2026

Coding Capitalism

Devin Kennedy
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Biology and Evolution

Biology and Evolution

episodes

Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books.

Jessica Riskin, "The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck" (Penguin, 2026)

August 21, 2026

The Power of Life

Jessica Riskin
Hosted by Anna Olteanu
Adam Barsouk, "Outsmarting Cancer: Risk Reduction and the Power of Prevention" (JHU Press, 2026)

August 1, 2026

Outsmarting Cancer

Adam Barsouk
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the environment about their new books.

Beronda L. Montgomery, "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy" (Henry Holt & Co.)

August 18, 2026

When Trees Testify

Beronda L. Montgomery
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Karen M'Closkey and Keith VanDerSys eds., "Media Matters in Landscape Architecture" (Applied Research & Design, 2025)

August 16, 2026

Media Matters in Landscape Architecture

Karen M'Closkey and Keith VanDerSys
Hosted by Kelvin Vu
History of Science

History of Science

episodes

Interviews with historians of science about their new books.

Jessica Riskin, "The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck" (Penguin, 2026)

August 21, 2026

The Power of Life

Jessica Riskin
Hosted by Anna Olteanu
Ellery E. Foutch, "A Perfectionist Impulse: The Art of Stopping Time in the Nineteenth Century (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

August 14, 2026

A Perfectionist Impulse

Ellery E. Foutch
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Mathematics

Mathematics

episodes

Interviews with mathematicians about their new books.

Richard Elwes, "Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously, from 4 1/2 to Fish 7" (Basic Books, 2026)

May 22, 2026

Huge Numbers

Richard Elwes
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Drew M. Dalton, "The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism" (Northwestern UP, 2024)

May 17, 2026

The Matter of Evil

Drew M. Dalton
Medicine

Medicine

episodes

Interviews with doctors and scholars of medicine about their new books.

Andrew Fisher, "Nathan Straus: From Macy's Magnate to International Humanitarian" (Rutgers UP, 2026)

August 21, 2026

Nathan Straus

Andrew Fisher
Hosted by Robert Snyder
Ting Hui Lau, "Decolonial Endurance: Lisu Worldmaking Against Chinese Settler Colonialism" (Stanford UP, 2026)

August 17, 2026

Decolonial Endurance

Ting Hui Lau
Hosted by Yadong Li
Neuroscience

Neuroscience

episodes

Interviews with neuroscientists about their new books

Mark Solms, "The Only Cure: Freud and the Neuroscience of Mental Healing" (Pegasus, 2026)

August 14, 2026

The Only Cure

Mark Solms
Hosted by Philip Lance
The Science of Memory with Steve Ramirez

July 30, 2026

The Science of Memory with Steve Ramirez

Steve Ramirez
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Physics and Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry

episodes

Interviews with physicists and chemists about their new books.

Ijeoma Uchegbu, "Chain Reaction: How Chemistry Shapes Us and Our World" (HarperCollins, 2026)

June 28, 2026

Chain Reaction

Ijeoma Uchegbu
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Janani Balasubramanian and Natalie Gosnell, "Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration" (U California Press, 2026)

May 30, 2026

Art-Science Undisciplined

Janani Balasubramanian and Natalie Gosnell
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

episodes

Interviews with psychoanalysts about their new books.

Mark Solms, "The Only Cure: Freud and the Neuroscience of Mental Healing" (Pegasus, 2026)

August 14, 2026

The Only Cure

Mark Solms
Hosted by Philip Lance
Todd McGowan, "Self-Sabotage: How We Try Not to Flourish" (Polity Press, 2026)

July 25, 2026

Self-Sabotage

Todd McGowan
Hosted by Helena Vissing
Psychology

Psychology

episodes

Interviews with psychologists and scholars of psychology about their new books.

Public Health

Public Health

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public health about their new books

Andrew Fisher, "Nathan Straus: From Macy's Magnate to International Humanitarian" (Rutgers UP, 2026)

August 21, 2026

Nathan Straus

Andrew Fisher
Hosted by Robert Snyder
Jeana Jorgensen, "Sex Education 101: Approachable Essays on Folklore, Culture, & History" (Fox Folk Press, 2023)

August 17, 2026

Sex Education 101

Jeana Jorgensen
Hosted by Rachel Hopkin
Science

Science

episodes

Interviews with scientists about their new books.

Jessica Riskin, "The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck" (Penguin, 2026)

August 21, 2026

The Power of Life

Jessica Riskin
Hosted by Anna Olteanu
Beronda L. Montgomery, "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy" (Henry Holt & Co.)

August 18, 2026

When Trees Testify

Beronda L. Montgomery
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Science, Technology, and Society

Science, Technology, and Society

episodes

Interviews with scholars of science, technology and society about their new books.

Jessica Riskin, "The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck" (Penguin, 2026)

August 21, 2026

The Power of Life

Jessica Riskin
Hosted by Anna Olteanu
Systems and Cybernetics

Systems and Cybernetics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of systems and cybernetics about their new books.

Elizabeth Sawin, "Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World" (Island Press, 2024)

October 11, 2025

Multisolving

Elizabeth Sawin
Hosted by Michael Simpson
Technology

Technology

episodes

Interviews with technologists and scholars of technology about their new books.

Jeff Jarvis, "Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine that Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Mad" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

August 20, 2026

Hot Type

Jeff Jarvis
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Philosophy of Medicine

Philosophy of Medicine

episodes

Interviews with authors and scholars of the philosophy of medicine.

The New Modern Medicine: Disease, Evidence, and Epidemiological Medicine with Jonathan Fuller

August 13, 2026

The New Modern Medicine

Jonathan Fuller
Hosted by Alex Broadbent
Vanessa Rampton, "Making Medical Progress: History of a Contested Idea" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

February 15, 2026

Making Medical Progress

Vanessa Rampton
Hosted by Miranda Melcher