Science & Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Artificial Intelligence about their new books.

AI for the Information Professional: A Critical Guide with Andrew Cox (Facet, 2026)

November 9, 2026

AI for the Information Professional

Andrew Cox
Hosted by Michael LaMagna
The Last Human Job

November 5, 2026

The Last Human Job

Allison Pugh
Biology and Evolution

Biology and Evolution

episodes

Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books.

Life's Chemical Secret: The Origin of Purpose and Mind with Addy Pross (MIT Press, 2026)

September 29, 2026

Life's Chemical Secret

Addy Pross
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
How Real Is Race?: Unraveling Race, Biology, and Culture with Carol C. Mukhopadhyay and Rosemary Henze (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025)

September 28, 2026

How Real Is Race?

Carol C. Mukhopadhyay, Rosemary Henze, and Yolanda T. Moses
Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the environment about their new books.

People For Oil: Citizen Mobilization in the U.S. and Canadian Fossil Fuel Industries with Tim Wood (Cambridge UP, 2026)

November 4, 2026

People For Oil

Tim Wood
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Earth for Sale: The Fight to Stop the Last Plunder of the Commons with Maude Barlow (ECW Press, 2026)

November 3, 2026

Earth for Sale

Maude Barlow
Hosted by Peter Astras
History of Science

History of Science

episodes

Interviews with historians of science about their new books.

The Tablet Computer: The Idea of a Machine with Elizabeth R. Petrick (JHU Press, 2026)

November 8, 2026

The Tablet Computer

Elizabeth R. Petrick
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Autisms with Darian Leader (Penguin, 2026)

October 31, 2026

Autisms

Darian Leader
Hosted by Philip Lance
Mathematics

Mathematics

episodes

Interviews with mathematicians about their new books.

Pablo F. Gomez, "Bloody Numbers: The Early Atlantic Slave Trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

September 20, 2026

Bloody Numbers

Pablo F. Gomez
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
Xiaochang Li, "Divination Engines: Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and the Making of Algorithmic Culture" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

September 2, 2026

Divination Engines

Xiaochang Li
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Medicine

Medicine

episodes

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

Crossing The Gap: Healing Epidemics and Inequalities in a Divided City with David A Ansell (U Chicago Press, 2026)

November 8, 2026

Crossing The Gap

David A Ansell
Hosted by Deidre Woollard
Veronica Villarreal's Journey to Becoming a Health Care Executive

November 2, 2026

C-Suite Bound

Veronica Villarreal
Hosted by Jordan Mitchell
Neuroscience

Neuroscience

episodes

Interviews with neuroscientists about their new books

Chekhov's Sakhalin Journey: Doctor, Humanitarian, Writer with Jonathan Cole (Bloomsbury, 2023)

October 27, 2026

Chekhov's Sakhalin Journey

Jonathan Cole
Hosted by Anya Daly
Sheila L. Macrine and Jennifer M.B. Fugate, "Embodied Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Natural, Artificial, and Hybrid Systems" (MIT Press, 2026)

September 16, 2026

Embodied Intelligence

Sheila L. Macrine and Jennifer M.B. Fugate
Physics and Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry

episodes

Interviews with physicists and chemists about their new books.

Life's Chemical Secret: The Origin of Purpose and Mind with Addy Pross (MIT Press, 2026)

September 29, 2026

Life's Chemical Secret

Addy Pross
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Marjolijn Bol, "The Varnish and the Glaze: Painting Splendor with Oil, 1100–1500" (U Chicago Press, 2023)

September 11, 2026

The Varnish and the Glaze

Marjolijn Bol
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

episodes

Interviews with psychoanalysts about their new books.

Psychoanalysis and the Struggle for Love: A Kaleidoscopic View with Mark Kinet (Routledge, 2026)

November 8, 2026

Psychoanalysis and the Struggle for Love

Mark Kinet
Hosted by Gisele Parnall
Autisms with Darian Leader (Penguin, 2026)

October 31, 2026

Autisms

Darian Leader
Hosted by Philip Lance
Psychology

Psychology

episodes

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

Psychoanalysis and the Struggle for Love: A Kaleidoscopic View with Mark Kinet (Routledge, 2026)

November 8, 2026

Psychoanalysis and the Struggle for Love

Mark Kinet
Hosted by Gisele Parnall
Autisms with Darian Leader (Penguin, 2026)

October 31, 2026

Autisms

Darian Leader
Hosted by Philip Lance
Public Health

Public Health

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public health about their new books

Crossing The Gap: Healing Epidemics and Inequalities in a Divided City with David A Ansell (U Chicago Press, 2026)

November 8, 2026

Crossing The Gap

David A Ansell
Hosted by Deidre Woollard
Veronica Villarreal's Journey to Becoming a Health Care Executive

November 2, 2026

C-Suite Bound

Veronica Villarreal
Hosted by Jordan Mitchell
Science

Science

episodes

Interviews with scientists about their new books.

Psychoanalysis and the Struggle for Love: A Kaleidoscopic View with Mark Kinet (Routledge, 2026)

November 8, 2026

Psychoanalysis and the Struggle for Love

Mark Kinet
Hosted by Gisele Parnall
Our AI Moment

November 2, 2026

Our AI Moment

Paula Bialski, Gretchen Von Koenig, Javaid Sofi, danah boyd and Adam Wynne
Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Science, Technology, and Society

Science, Technology, and Society

episodes

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

The Tablet Computer: The Idea of a Machine with Elizabeth R. Petrick (JHU Press, 2026)

November 8, 2026

The Tablet Computer

Elizabeth R. Petrick
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Last Human Job

November 5, 2026

The Last Human Job

Allison Pugh
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.

The Tablet Computer: The Idea of a Machine with Elizabeth R. Petrick (JHU Press, 2026)

November 8, 2026

The Tablet Computer

Elizabeth R. Petrick
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Last Human Job

November 5, 2026

The Last Human Job

Allison Pugh
Philosophy of Medicine

Philosophy of Medicine

episodes

Interviews with authors and scholars of the philosophy of medicine.

Chekhov's Sakhalin Journey: Doctor, Humanitarian, Writer with Jonathan Cole (Bloomsbury, 2023)

October 27, 2026

Chekhov's Sakhalin Journey

Jonathan Cole
Hosted by Anya Daly
In Defence of the Human Being:  Foundational Questions of an Embodied Anthropology with Thomas Fuchs (Oxford UP, 2021)

October 18, 2026

In Defence of the Human Being

Thomas Fuchs
Hosted by Anya Daly