Science & Technology

Biology and Evolution

Biology and Evolution

episodes

Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books.

Tim Harris, "In Pursuit of Unicorns: A Journey Through 50 Years of Biotechnology" (Cold Springs Harbor, 2024)

November 11, 2024

In Pursuit of Unicorns

Tim Harris
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Harvey Whitehouse, "Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World" (Harvard UP, 2024)

November 10, 2024

Inheritance

Harvey Whitehouse
Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the environment about their new books.

Todd Stern, "Landing the Paris Climate Agreement: How It Happened, Why It Matters, and What Comes Next" (MIT Press, 2024)

November 8, 2024

Landing the Paris Climate Agreement

Todd Stern
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Adam Hanieh, "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market" (Verso, 2024)

November 2, 2024

Crude Capitalism

Adam Hanieh
Hosted by Geoffrey Gordon
History of Science

History of Science

episodes

Interviews with historians of science about their new books.

Ian Miller, "Self-Esteem: An American History" (Polity Press, 2024)

November 17, 2024

Self-Esteem

Ian Miller
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Adam Bobbette, "The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java" (Duke UP, 2023)

November 15, 2024

The Pulse of the Earth

Adam Bobbette
Hosted by Michele Ford
Mathematics

Mathematics

episodes

Interviews with mathematicians about their new books.

Michael Gavin, "Literary Mathematics: Quantitative Theory for Textual Studies" (Stanford UP, 2022)

September 9, 2024

Literary Mathematics

Michael Gavin
Al Posamentier and Christian Speitzer, "The Mathematics of Everyday Life" (Prometheus Books, 2018)

September 8, 2024

The Mathematics of Everyday Life

Al Posamentier and Christian Speitzer
Hosted by Jim Stein
Medicine

Medicine

episodes

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

George Severs, "Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

November 19, 2024

Radical Acts

George Severs
Muhammad H. Zaman, "We Wait for a Miracle: Health Care and the Forcibly Displaced" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)

November 19, 2024

We Wait for a Miracle

Muhammad H. Zaman
Hosted by Ibrahim Fawzy
Neuroscience

Neuroscience

episodes

Interviews with neuroscientists about their new books

Rachael Litherland and Philly Hare, "People with Dementia at the Heart of Research: Co-Producing Research through The Dementia Enquirers Model" (Jessica Kingsley, 2024)

November 16, 2024

People with Dementia at the Heart of Research

Rachael Litherland and Philly Hare
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Anneli Jefferson, "Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?" (Routledge, 2024)

November 4, 2024

Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?

Anneli Jefferson
Hosted by Adrian Kind
Physics and Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry

episodes

Interviews with physicist and chemists about their new books.

Brian Clegg, "Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe" (MIT Press, 2021)

September 2, 2024

Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe

Brian Clegg
Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Alan Lightman, "Einstein's Dreams" (Vintage, 1992)

July 7, 2024

Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman
Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

episodes

Interviews with psychoanalysts about their new books.

Emily Dinova, "The Antagonist" (Bruce Scivally, 2024)

November 20, 2024

The Antagonist

Emily Dinova
Anneli Jefferson, "Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?" (Routledge, 2024)

November 4, 2024

Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?

Anneli Jefferson
Hosted by Adrian Kind
Psychology

Psychology

episodes

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

Amy Mariaskin, "Thriving in Relationships When You Have OCD" (New Harbinger, 2022)

November 18, 2024

Thriving in Relationships When You Have OCD

Amy Mariaskin
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Ian Miller, "Self-Esteem: An American History" (Polity Press, 2024)

November 17, 2024

Self-Esteem

Ian Miller
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Public Health

Public Health

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public health about their new books

George Severs, "Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

November 19, 2024

Radical Acts

George Severs
Muhammad H. Zaman, "We Wait for a Miracle: Health Care and the Forcibly Displaced" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)

November 19, 2024

We Wait for a Miracle

Muhammad H. Zaman
Hosted by Ibrahim Fawzy
Science

Science

episodes

Interviews with scientists about their new books.

Kostas Kampourakis, "Ancestry Reimagined: Dismantling the Myth of Genetic Ethnicities" (Oxford UP, 2023)

October 27, 2024

Ancestry Reimagined

Kostas Kampourakis
Francisco Aboitiz, "A History of Bodies, Brains, and Minds: The Evolution of Life and Consciousness" (MIT Press, 2024)

October 19, 2024

A History of Bodies, Brains, and Minds

Francisco Aboitiz
Science, Technology, and Society

Science, Technology, and Society

episodes

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

Anthony Kwame Harrison on Cassette Tapes and Hip Hop Culture

November 18, 2024

Cassette Tapes and Hip Hop Culture

Anthony Kwame Harrison
Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Systems and Cybernetics

Systems and Cybernetics

episodes

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

Pete Barbrook-Johnson and Alexandra S. Penn, "Systems Mapping: How to Build and Use Causal Models of Systems" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)

January 20, 2024

Systems Mapping

Pete Barbrook-Johnson and Alexandra S. Penn
Hosted by Kevin Lindsay
Matthew O. Jackson, "The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors" (Vintage, 2019)

January 5, 2024

The Human Network

Matthew O. Jackson
Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Technology

Technology

episodes

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

Victor P. Petrov, "Balkan Cyberia: Cold War Computing, Bulgarian Modernization, and the Information Age Behind the Iron Curtain" (MIT Press, 2023)

November 18, 2024

Balkan Cyberia

Victor P. Petrov
Hosted by Iva Glisic