Science & Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Artificial Intelligence about their new books.

The Emerging Anocracy: AI, Tech Oligarchs, and the Future of Democracy with Alexis Cruz

July 12, 2026

The Emerging Anocracy

Alexis Cruz
Hosted by Eli Karetny
Ali Fard, "Grounding the Cloud: Urbanism in the Shadow of Data" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

July 10, 2026

Grounding the Cloud

Ali Fard
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Biology and Evolution

Biology and Evolution

episodes

Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books.

Sadiah Qureshi, "Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" (Penguin, 2025)

July 4, 2026

Vanished

Sadiah Qureshi
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Philippe Huneman, "When Metaphysics Meets Biology:  Kantian Approaches to the Concept of An Organism" (Routledge, 2026)

June 13, 2026

When Metaphysics Meets Biology

Philippe Huneman
Hosted by Carrie Figdor
Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the environment about their new books.

Mary E. Mendoza, "Deadly Divide: How Insects, Pathogens, and People Defied the US-Mexico Border" (UNC Press, 2026)

July 11, 2026

Deadly Divide

Mary E. Mendoza
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Ali Fard, "Grounding the Cloud: Urbanism in the Shadow of Data" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

July 10, 2026

Grounding the Cloud

Ali Fard
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
History of Science

History of Science

episodes

Interviews with historians of science about their new books.

Kit Chapman, "The Age of Alchemy: How Early Innovators Shaped Modern Chemistry" (Profile Books, 2026)

July 9, 2026

The Age of Alchemy

Kit Chapman
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Sadiah Qureshi, "Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" (Penguin, 2025)

July 4, 2026

Vanished

Sadiah Qureshi
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Mathematics

Mathematics

episodes

Interviews with mathematicians about their new books.

Richard Elwes, "Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously, from 4 1/2 to Fish 7" (Basic Books, 2026)

May 22, 2026

Huge Numbers

Richard Elwes
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Drew M. Dalton, "The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism" (Northwestern UP, 2024)

May 17, 2026

The Matter of Evil

Drew M. Dalton
Medicine

Medicine

episodes

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

Nicholas Freudenberg, "Fighting for New York: Activism for Health and Social Justice Since The 1960s" (Columbia UP, 2026)

July 7, 2026

Fighting for New York

Nicholas Freudenberg
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Neuroscience

Neuroscience

episodes

Interviews with neuroscientists about their new books

Great Minds in Despair

June 17, 2026

Frank Stahnisch
Robert Grant, "Understanding Sensory Differences: A Neurodiversity Affirming Guidebook for Children and Teens" (2022)

June 7, 2026

Understanding Sensory Differences

Robert Grant
Hosted by Helena Vissing
Physics and Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry

episodes

Interviews with physicists and chemists about their new books.

Ijeoma Uchegbu, "Chain Reaction: How Chemistry Shapes Us and Our World" (HarperCollins, 2026)

June 28, 2026

Chain Reaction

Ijeoma Uchegbu
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Janani Balasubramanian and Natalie Gosnell, "Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration" (U California Press, 2026)

May 30, 2026

Art-Science Undisciplined

Janani Balasubramanian and Natalie Gosnell
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

episodes

Interviews with psychoanalysts about their new books.

M. Guy Thompson, "Existential Psychoanalysis: A Contemporary Introduction" (Routledge, 2025)

July 11, 2026

Existential Psychoanalysis

M. Guy Thompson
Hosted by Philip Lance
Psychoanalysis and Jewish Languages

July 8, 2026

Psychoanalysis and Jewish Languages

Naomi Seidman
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Psychology

Psychology

episodes

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

M. Guy Thompson, "Existential Psychoanalysis: A Contemporary Introduction" (Routledge, 2025)

July 11, 2026

Existential Psychoanalysis

M. Guy Thompson
Hosted by Philip Lance
Nyck Walsh, "Neurodivergent Somatics in Therapy: An Anti-Oppressive Model for Whole Person Care" (Norton, 2026)

July 5, 2026

Neurodivergent Somatics in Therapy

Nyck Walsh
Hosted by Helena Vissing
Public Health

Public Health

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public health about their new books

Meena Khandelwal, "Cookstove Chronicles: Social Life of a Women's Technology in India" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

July 8, 2026

Cookstove Chronicles

Meena Khandelwal
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Nicholas Freudenberg, "Fighting for New York: Activism for Health and Social Justice Since The 1960s" (Columbia UP, 2026)

July 7, 2026

Fighting for New York

Nicholas Freudenberg
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Science

Science

episodes

Interviews with scientists about their new books.

Kit Chapman, "The Age of Alchemy: How Early Innovators Shaped Modern Chemistry" (Profile Books, 2026)

July 9, 2026

The Age of Alchemy

Kit Chapman
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Audio and Ideas Panel #3

July 3, 2026

Audio and Ideas Panel #3

Allison Carruth and Ellen Horne
Science, Technology, and Society

Science, Technology, and Society

episodes

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

The Emerging Anocracy: AI, Tech Oligarchs, and the Future of Democracy with Alexis Cruz

July 12, 2026

The Emerging Anocracy

Alexis Cruz
Hosted by Eli Karetny
Ali Fard, "Grounding the Cloud: Urbanism in the Shadow of Data" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

July 10, 2026

Grounding the Cloud

Ali Fard
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
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.

The Emerging Anocracy: AI, Tech Oligarchs, and the Future of Democracy with Alexis Cruz

July 12, 2026

The Emerging Anocracy

Alexis Cruz
Hosted by Eli Karetny
Ali Fard, "Grounding the Cloud: Urbanism in the Shadow of Data" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

July 10, 2026

Grounding the Cloud

Ali Fard
Hosted by Miranda Melcher