Science & Technology

Biology and Evolution

Biology and Evolution

episodes

Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books.

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
Beans Velocci, "Sex Isn't Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary" (Duke UP, 2026)

April 11, 2026

Sex Isn't Real

Beans Velocci
Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the environment about their new books.

Masako Ichihara, "Climate Change Litigation in Japan: Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities for Environmental Law" (Brill, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Climate Change Litigation in Japan

Masako Ichihara
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Andrew W. M. Smith, "Make Cheese Not War: Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in Modern France" (Manchester UP, 2026)

April 16, 2026

Make Cheese Not War

Andrew W. M. Smith
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
History of Science

History of Science

episodes

Interviews with historians of science about their new books.

Nabil Ali, "Gold from Newton's Apple Tree: Historical Recipes for Natural Inks, Paints, and Dyes" (Princeton UP, 2026)

April 14, 2026

Gold from Newton's Apple Tree

Nabil Ali
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Kim Embrey, "Coca and the Victorians: From Botanical Curiosity to Regulated Drug, 1835–1912" (Transcript Publishing, 2025)

April 12, 2026

Coca and the Victorians

Kim Embrey
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.

Matthew P. Romaniello, "Europe's Laboratory: Climate and Health in Eighteenth-Century Russia" (Cornell UP, 2025)

April 11, 2026

Europe's Laboratory

Matthew P. Romaniello
Hosted by Erika Monahan
Karen O'Brien-Kop and Suzanne Newcombe eds., "Religion, Spirituality and Public Health" (British Academy, 2025)

April 9, 2026

Religion, Spirituality and Public Health

Karen O'Brien-Kop and Suzanne Newcombe eds.
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Neuroscience

Neuroscience

episodes

Interviews with neuroscientists about their new books

Physics and Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry

episodes

Interviews with physicists and chemists about their new books.

Matthew Bothwell, "The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality than Meets the Eye" (Simon and Schuster, 2021)

April 12, 2026

The Invisible Universe

Matthew Bothwell
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

episodes

Interviews with psychoanalysts about their new books.

Stephen Grosz, "Love's Labour: How We Break and Make the Bonds of Love" (Vintage, 2026)

April 6, 2026

Love's Labour

Stephen Grosz
Hosted by Helena Vissing
E. and H. Heron, "Flaxman Low: Occult Detective" (MIT Press, 2026)

March 15, 2026

Flaxman Low

E. and H. Heron
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Psychology

Psychology

episodes

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

Emely Rumble, "Bibliotherapy in The Bronx" (Row House, 2025)

April 18, 2026

Bibliotherapy in the Bronx

Emely Rumble
Hosted by Raymond Williams
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

Mark A. Johnson, "American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon" (U Georgia Press, 2026)

April 16, 2026

American Bacon

Mark A. Johnson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Gwyneth Lonergan, "Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy: Migrant Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Maternity Care in the UK" (Bristol UP, 2025)

April 16, 2026

Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy

Gwyneth Lonergan
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Science

Science

episodes

Interviews with scientists about their new books.

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
Science, Technology, and Society

Science, Technology, and Society

episodes

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

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April 20, 2026

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Ben Mangrum
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
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.

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
Michał Mycka, "Games User Research Cookbook: Tools and Techniques for Better Player Experience" (CRC Press, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Games User Research Cookbook

Michał Mycka