Science & Technology

Biology and Evolution

Biology and Evolution

episodes

Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books.

Robert Endres, "The Unreasonable Likelihood of Being: Origin of Life, Terraforming, and AI" (arXiv, 2025)

February 24, 2026

The Unreasonable Likelihood of Being

Robert Endres
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Anne Mendelson, "Spoiled: The Myth of Milk as Superfood" (Columbia UP, 2023)

February 22, 2026

Spoiled

Anne Mendelson
Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the environment about their new books.

Vojta Hybl, "Rocks: A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell" (Frances Lincoln, 2026)

March 30, 2026

Rocks

Vojta Hybl
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Nikita Kaur Simpson, "Tension: Mental Distress and Embodied Inequality in the Western Himalayas" (Duke UP, 2026)

March 29, 2026

Tension

Nikita Kaur Simpson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
History of Science

History of Science

episodes

Interviews with historians of science about their new books.

César A. Hidalgo, "The Infinite Alphabet: And the Laws of Knowledge" (Allen Lane, 2026)

March 15, 2026

The Infinite Alphabet

César A. Hidalgo
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Susannah B. Mintz, "Hypochondria: In Sickness and in Story" (Reaktion, 2026)

March 15, 2026

Hypochondria

Susannah B. Mintz
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Mathematics

Mathematics

episodes

Interviews with mathematicians about their new books.

Antonio Padilla, "Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity" (FSG,2022)

February 15, 2026

Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them

Antonio Padilla
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Tom Griffiths, "The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind" (Henry Holt and Co., 2026)

February 4, 2026

The Laws of Thought

Tom Griffiths
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Medicine

Medicine

episodes

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

Steffan Blayney, "Health and Efficiency: Fatigue, the Science of Work, and the Making of the Working-Class Body" (Activist Studies of Science, 2022)

March 23, 2026

Health and Efficiency

Steffan Blayney
Hosted by Thomas Discenna
John Oakes, "The Fast: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without" (Avid Reader, 2024)

March 15, 2026

The Fast

John Oakes
Hosted by Saman Nasser
Neuroscience

Neuroscience

episodes

Interviews with neuroscientists about their new books

Alan J. McComas, "Consciousness: The Road to Reductionism" (American Scientist, 2025)

February 27, 2026

Consciousness

Alan J. McComas
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Physics and Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry

episodes

Interviews with physicists and chemists about their new books.

Vojta Hybl, "Rocks: A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell" (Frances Lincoln, 2026)

March 30, 2026

Rocks

Vojta Hybl
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Patricia B. O'Hara, "Food Chemistry in Small Bites: The Alchemist in the Kitchen" (U California Press, 2025)

March 30, 2026

Food Chemistry in Small Bites

Patricia B. O'Hara
Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

episodes

Interviews with psychoanalysts about their new books.

E. and H. Heron, "Flaxman Low: Occult Detective" (MIT Press, 2026)

March 15, 2026

Flaxman Low

E. and H. Heron
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Osamu Kitayama and Jhuma Basak, "Psychoanalytic Explorations into the Primal Relationship in Japan and India" (Routledge, 2025)

March 10, 2026

Psychoanalytic Explorations Into the Primal Relationship in Japan and India

Osamu Kitayama and Jhuma Basak
Hosted by Ashis Roy
Psychology

Psychology

episodes

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

Nikita Kaur Simpson, "Tension: Mental Distress and Embodied Inequality in the Western Himalayas" (Duke UP, 2026)

March 29, 2026

Tension

Nikita Kaur Simpson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Public Health

Public Health

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public health about their new books

Christina Schwenkel, "Sonic Socialism: Crisis and Care in Pandemic Hanoi" (U California Press, 2025)

March 31, 2026

Sonic Socialism

Christina Schwenkel
Hosted by Camellia Pham
Nikita Kaur Simpson, "Tension: Mental Distress and Embodied Inequality in the Western Himalayas" (Duke UP, 2026)

March 29, 2026

Tension

Nikita Kaur Simpson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Science

Science

episodes

Interviews with scientists about their new books.

Vojta Hybl, "Rocks: A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell" (Frances Lincoln, 2026)

March 30, 2026

Rocks

Vojta Hybl
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Patricia B. O'Hara, "Food Chemistry in Small Bites: The Alchemist in the Kitchen" (U California Press, 2025)

March 30, 2026

Food Chemistry in Small Bites

Patricia B. O'Hara
Science, Technology, and Society

Science, Technology, and Society

episodes

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

Ben Collier on Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy

March 30, 2026

Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy

Ben Collier
Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Caste and Tech with Murali Shanmugavelan and Sareeta Amrute

March 30, 2026

Caste and Tech

Murali Shanmugavelan and Sareeta Amrute
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.

Ben Collier on Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy

March 30, 2026

Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy

Ben Collier
Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Sam Illingworth and Rachel Forsyth, "GenAI in Higher Education: Redefining Teaching and Learning" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

March 17, 2026

GenAI and Higher Education

Sam Illingworth and Rachel Forsyth