Science & Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Artificial Intelligence about their new books.

Odd Arne Westad, "The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History" (Henry Holt and Co, 2026)

May 6, 2026

The Coming Storm

Odd Arne Westad
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
A Shakeup Is Coming for the Nation-State: A Conversation with Stephen Sims

April 27, 2026

A Shakeup Is Coming for the Nation-State

Stephen Sims
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Biology and Evolution

Biology and Evolution

episodes

Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books.

Scott Solomon, "Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds" (MIT Press, 2026)

April 30, 2026

Becoming Martian

Scott Solomon
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Adrian Woolfson, "On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence" (MIT Press, 2026)

April 20, 2026

On the Future of Species

Adrian Woolfson
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the environment about their new books.

History of Science

History of Science

episodes

Interviews with historians of science about their new books.

Empathy Takes Action: An Autistic Therapist on the Radical Work of Connection

April 30, 2026

Empathy Takes Action

Aimee Cliff
Deirdre Loughridge & Thomas Patteson, "The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments" (Reaktion, 2026)

April 30, 2026

The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments

Deirdre Loughridge and Thomas Patteson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Mathematics

Mathematics

episodes

Interviews with mathematicians about their new books.

Antony Valentini, "Beyond the Quantum: A Quest for the Origin and Hidden Meaning of Quantum Mechanics" (Oxford UP, 2026)

May 5, 2026

Beyond the Quantum

Antony Valentini
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Raffaele Danna, "The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600" (Harvard UP, 2026)

April 28, 2026

The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals

Raffaele Danna
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Medicine

Medicine

episodes

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

Katie Batza, "AIDS in the Heartland: How Unlikely Coalitions Created a Blueprint for LGBTQ Politics" (UNC Press, 2025)

May 2, 2026

AIDS in the Heartland

Katie Batza
Hosted by Donna Anderson
Empathy Takes Action: An Autistic Therapist on the Radical Work of Connection

April 30, 2026

Empathy Takes Action

Aimee Cliff
Neuroscience

Neuroscience

episodes

Interviews with neuroscientists about their new books

Alexander Klein, "Consciousness is Motor: William James on Mind and Action" (Oxford UP, 2025)

May 10, 2026

Consciousness is Motor

Alexander Klein
Hosted by Carrie Figdor
Masud Husain, "Our Brains, Our Selves: What a Neurologist’s Patients Taught Him About the Brain" (Canongate, 2025)

April 22, 2026

Our Brains, Our Selves

Masud Husain
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Physics and Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry

episodes

Interviews with physicists and chemists about their new books.

Antony Valentini, "Beyond the Quantum: A Quest for the Origin and Hidden Meaning of Quantum Mechanics" (Oxford UP, 2026)

May 5, 2026

Beyond the Quantum

Antony Valentini
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Scott Solomon, "Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds" (MIT Press, 2026)

April 30, 2026

Becoming Martian

Scott Solomon
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

episodes

Interviews with psychoanalysts about their new books.

Roger Frie, "Edge of Catastrophe: Erich Fromm, Fascism and the Holocaust" (Oxford UP, 2024)

May 3, 2026

Edge of Catastrophe

Roger Frie
Empathy Takes Action: An Autistic Therapist on the Radical Work of Connection

April 30, 2026

Empathy Takes Action

Aimee Cliff
Psychology

Psychology

episodes

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

Empathy Takes Action: An Autistic Therapist on the Radical Work of Connection

April 30, 2026

Empathy Takes Action

Aimee Cliff
Public Health

Public Health

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public health about their new books

Peter S. Soppelsa, "Paris After Haussmann: Living with Infrastructure in the City of Light, 1870–1914" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2026)

May 10, 2026

Paris After Haussmann

Peter S. Soppelsa
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Katie Batza, "AIDS in the Heartland: How Unlikely Coalitions Created a Blueprint for LGBTQ Politics" (UNC Press, 2025)

May 2, 2026

AIDS in the Heartland

Katie Batza
Hosted by Donna Anderson
Science

Science

episodes

Interviews with scientists about their new books.

Antony Valentini, "Beyond the Quantum: A Quest for the Origin and Hidden Meaning of Quantum Mechanics" (Oxford UP, 2026)

May 5, 2026

Beyond the Quantum

Antony Valentini
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Scott Solomon, "Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds" (MIT Press, 2026)

April 30, 2026

Becoming Martian

Scott Solomon
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.

Peter S. Soppelsa, "Paris After Haussmann: Living with Infrastructure in the City of Light, 1870–1914" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2026)

May 10, 2026

Paris After Haussmann

Peter S. Soppelsa
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Olivier Sylvain, "Recovering the Internet: How Big Tech Took Control-And How We Can Take It Back" (Columbia Global Reports, 2026)

May 9, 2026

Recovering the Internet

Olivier Sylvain
Hosted by Jake Chanenson
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.

Olivier Sylvain, "Recovering the Internet: How Big Tech Took Control-And How We Can Take It Back" (Columbia Global Reports, 2026)

May 9, 2026

Recovering the Internet

Olivier Sylvain
Hosted by Jake Chanenson
Angela Dimitrakaki, "Feminism. Art. Capitalism" (Pluto Press, 2026)

May 6, 2026

Feminism. Art. Capitalism.

Angela Dimitrakaki
Hosted by Dave O'Brien