Science & Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Artificial Intelligence about their new books.

Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life with Mona Sloane (U California Press, 2026)

October 16, 2026

Predicted

Mona Sloane
Hosted by Pete Kunze
Learning Under Algorithmic Conditions with Elizabeth de Freitas, Matthew X. Curinga, and Ezekiel J. Dixon-Román (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

October 7, 2026

Learning Under Algorithmic Conditions

Elizabeth de Freitas, Matthew X. Curinga, Ezekiel J. Dixon-Román and P. Taylor Webb eds.
Hosted by Shreya Urvashi
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.

Water, Carbon, Time: Exploring Peatlands in a Warming World with Jennifer de Mooy (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

October 19, 2026

Water, Carbon, Time

Jennifer de Mooy
Hosted by Hannah Alfieri
The Preventioneers: Diseases, Disasters, and the Discoveries That Changed Our World with Barry R Davis (JHU Press, 2026)

October 11, 2026

The Preventioneers

Barry R Davis
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
History of Science

History of Science

episodes

Interviews with historians of science about their new books.

Hidden Terrors: The Scourge of Cholera in Jackson's America with Paul Kelton (Oxford UP, 2026)

October 14, 2026

Hidden Terrors

Paul Kelton
Hosted by Lilyanna D'Amato
The Preventioneers: Diseases, Disasters, and the Discoveries That Changed Our World with Barry R Davis (JHU Press, 2026)

October 11, 2026

The Preventioneers

Barry R Davis
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
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.

The Ethics of Precision Medicine and Burned Agency with Paul Scherz and Travis Pickell

October 19, 2026

The Ethics of Precision Medicine and Burned Agency

with Paul Scherz and Travis Pickell
The Warm Hug: Substance Use and How to Fix the Failure of Treatment and Recovery in America with Keith Keller (Infinite Recovery, 2026)

October 16, 2026

The Warm Hug

Keith Keller
Hosted by Emily Dufton
Neuroscience

Neuroscience

episodes

Interviews with neuroscientists about their new books

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
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
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.

Readings of Jean Laplanche in Process: Conversations Amplifying Differences with Bryan Batista-Thomas (Routledge, 2026)

October 11, 2026

Readings of Jean Laplanche in Process

Bryan Batista-Thomas
Sarah Meehan O'Callaghan, "Psychoanalysing Mind-Body Narratives Through Beckett and Artaud: The Trauma of the Body" (Routledge, 2026)

September 17, 2026

Psychoanalysing Mind-Body Narratives Through Beckett and Artaud

Sarah Meehan O'Callaghan
Hosted by Philip Lance
Psychology

Psychology

episodes

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

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
Healing and the Invention of Metaphor: Towards a Poetics of Illness Experience with Laurence J. Kirmayer (Cambridge UP, 2025)

October 11, 2026

Healing and the Invention of Metaphor

Laurence J. Kirmayer
Hosted by Anya Daly
Public Health

Public Health

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public health about their new books

Progress Is A Choice: On the Systems of Modern Civilization with Charles C. Mann

October 21, 2026

Progress Is A Choice

with Charles C. Mann
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel
The Ethics of Precision Medicine and Burned Agency with Paul Scherz and Travis Pickell

October 19, 2026

The Ethics of Precision Medicine and Burned Agency

with Paul Scherz and Travis Pickell
Science

Science

episodes

Interviews with scientists about their new books.

The Ethics of Precision Medicine and Burned Agency with Paul Scherz and Travis Pickell

October 19, 2026

The Ethics of Precision Medicine and Burned Agency

with Paul Scherz and Travis Pickell
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
Science, Technology, and Society

Science, Technology, and Society

episodes

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

Emotions in Digital Heritage Language Use

October 21, 2026

Emotions in Digital Heritage Language Use

Priyanka Bose
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
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.

Emotions in Digital Heritage Language Use

October 21, 2026

Emotions in Digital Heritage Language Use

Priyanka Bose
Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life with Mona Sloane (U California Press, 2026)

October 16, 2026

Predicted

Mona Sloane
Hosted by Pete Kunze
Philosophy of Medicine

Philosophy of Medicine

episodes

Interviews with authors and scholars of the philosophy of medicine.

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
Healing and the Invention of Metaphor: Towards a Poetics of Illness Experience with Laurence J. Kirmayer (Cambridge UP, 2025)

October 11, 2026

Healing and the Invention of Metaphor

Laurence J. Kirmayer
Hosted by Anya Daly