Science & Technology

Biology and Evolution

Biology and Evolution

episodes

Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books.

Monika Krause, "Model Cases: On Canonical Research Objects and Sites" (U Chicago Press, 2021)

July 10, 2024

Model Cases

Monika Krause
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Joshua Schuster, "What Is Extinction?: A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals" (Fordham UP, 2023)

June 28, 2024

What Is Extinction?

Joshua Schuster
Hosted by Cody Skahan
Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the environment about their new books.

Hannah Freed-Thall, "Modernism at the Beach: Queer Ecologies and the Coastal Commons" (Columbia UP, 2023)

July 25, 2024

Modernism at the Beach

Hannah Freed-Thall
Anaïs Maurer, "The Ocean on Fire: Pacific Stories from Nuclear Survivors and Climate Activists" (Duke UP, 2023)

July 23, 2024

The Ocean on Fire

Anaïs Maurer
Hosted by Gargi Binju
History of Science

History of Science

episodes

Interviews with historians of science about their new books.

Kirsten Moore-Sheeley, "Nothing But Nets: A Biography of Global Health Science and Its Objects" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)

July 24, 2024

Nothing But Nets

Kirsten Moore-Sheeley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Anton Howes, "Arts and Minds: How the Royal Society of Arts Changed a Nation" (Princeton UP, 2020)

July 22, 2024

Arts and Minds

Anton Howes
Hosted by Matthew Jordan
Mathematics

Mathematics

episodes

Interviews with mathematicians about their new books.

David J. Hand, "Dark Data: Why What You Don't Know Matters" (Princeton UP, 2020)

July 8, 2024

Dark Data

David J. Hand
Hosted by Cory Brunson
Ann Johnson and Johannes Lenhard, "Cultures of Prediction: How Engineering and Science Evolve with Mathematical Tools" (MIT Press, 2024)

June 24, 2024

Cultures of Prediction

Ann Johnson and Johannes Lenhard
Hosted by Nikki Stevens
Medicine

Medicine

episodes

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

Bishnupriya Ghosh, "The Virus Touch: Theorizing Epidemic Media" (Duke UP, 2023)

July 26, 2024

The Virus Touch

Kirsten Moore-Sheeley, "Nothing But Nets: A Biography of Global Health Science and Its Objects" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)

July 24, 2024

Nothing But Nets

Kirsten Moore-Sheeley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Neuroscience

Neuroscience

episodes

Interviews with neuroscientists about their new books

David Badre, "On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done" (Princeton UP, 2020)

July 21, 2024

On Task

David Badre
Hosted by Joseph Fridman
John Thomas Maier, "The Disabled Will: A Theory of Addiction" (Routledge, 2024)

June 26, 2024

The Disabled Will

John Thomas Maier
Hosted by Jeff Adler
Physics and Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry

episodes

Interviews with physicist and chemists about their new books.

Alan Lightman, "Einstein's Dreams" (Vintage, 1992)

July 7, 2024

Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman
Pierre Sokolsky, "Clock in the Sun: How We Came to Understand Our Nearest Star" (Columbia UP, 2024)

July 5, 2024

Clock in the Sun

Pierre Sokolsky
Hosted by Garima Garg
Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

episodes

Interviews with psychoanalysts about their new books.

Avgi Saketopoulou, "Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia" (NYU Press, 2023)

July 8, 2024

Sexuality Beyond Consent

Avgi Saketopoulou
Adam Phillips, "On Giving Up" (FSG, 2024)

July 1, 2024

On Giving Up

Adam Phillips
Hosted by Helena Vissing
Psychology

Psychology

episodes

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

Suzanne Scanlon, "Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen" (Vintage, 2024)

July 23, 2024

Committed

Suzanne Scanlon
Hosted by Rachel Pafe
David Badre, "On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done" (Princeton UP, 2020)

July 21, 2024

On Task

David Badre
Hosted by Joseph Fridman
Public Health

Public Health

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public health about their new books

Bishnupriya Ghosh, "The Virus Touch: Theorizing Epidemic Media" (Duke UP, 2023)

July 26, 2024

The Virus Touch

Kirsten Moore-Sheeley, "Nothing But Nets: A Biography of Global Health Science and Its Objects" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)

July 24, 2024

Nothing But Nets

Kirsten Moore-Sheeley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Science

Science

episodes

Interviews with scientists about their new books.

David Badre, "On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done" (Princeton UP, 2020)

July 21, 2024

On Task

David Badre
Hosted by Joseph Fridman
David J. Hand, "Dark Data: Why What You Don't Know Matters" (Princeton UP, 2020)

July 8, 2024

Dark Data

David J. Hand
Hosted by Cory Brunson
Science, Technology, and Society

Science, Technology, and Society

episodes

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

Bishnupriya Ghosh, "The Virus Touch: Theorizing Epidemic Media" (Duke UP, 2023)

July 26, 2024

The Virus Touch

Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels, "Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Beyond Ukraine

Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels
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.

Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels, "Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Beyond Ukraine

Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels
Thomas Zeller, "Consuming Landscapes: What We See When We Drive and Why It Matters" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022)

July 17, 2024

Consuming Landscapes

Thomas Zeller
Hosted by Eric Grube