Science & Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Artificial Intelligence about their new books.

Reinvention in an Era of Volatility

June 18, 2026

Reinvention in an Era of Volatility

Caroline Stokes
John Longhurst, "Can Robots Love God and Be Saved? A Journalist Reports on Faith" (CMU Press, 2024)

June 14, 2026

Can Robots Love God and Be Saved?

John Longhurst
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
Biology and Evolution

Biology and Evolution

episodes

Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books.

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
Robert B. Marks, "Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin: Nature and History Over the Last 10,000 Years" (U California Press, 2026)

June 7, 2026

Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin

Robert B. Marks
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the environment about their new books.

Laura Borghetti and Thomas Arentzen, "Ecologizing Late Ancient and Byzantine Worlds" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

June 22, 2026

Ecologizing Late Ancient and Byzantine Worlds

Laura Borghetti and Thomas Arentzen
Hosted by Michael Motia
Gareth Doherty, "Landscape Fieldwork: How Engaging the World Can Change Design" (U Virginia Press, 2025)

June 21, 2026

Landscape Fieldwork

Gareth Doherty
Hosted by Kelvin Vu
History of Science

History of Science

episodes

Interviews with historians of science about their new books.

Great Minds in Despair

June 17, 2026

Frank Stahnisch
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
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.

Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity

June 18, 2026

Pink Crime

Valena Beety
Geraldine Fela, "Critical Care: Nurses on the Frontline of Australia's AIDS Crisis" (UNSW Press, 2024)

June 3, 2026

Critical Care

Geraldine Fela
Hosted by Hannah Forsyth
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.

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
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
Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

episodes

Interviews with psychoanalysts about their new books.

Adam Phillips, "The Life You Want" (FSG, 2026)

June 5, 2026

The Life You Want

Adam Phillips
Hosted by Helena Vissing
Psychology

Psychology

episodes

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

Steven Segal, "Mandela’s Leadership Legacy: Emotional and Existential Wisdom" (Routledge, 2026)

June 19, 2026

Mandela's Leadership Legacy

Steven Segal
Hosted by Elena Sobrino
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
Public Health

Public Health

episodes

Interviews with scholars of public health about their new books

Geraldine Fela, "Critical Care: Nurses on the Frontline of Australia's AIDS Crisis" (UNSW Press, 2024)

June 3, 2026

Critical Care

Geraldine Fela
Hosted by Hannah Forsyth
Christos Lynteris, "How Plague Got Rats: Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

May 30, 2026

How Plague Got Rats

Christos Lynteris
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Science

Science

episodes

Interviews with scientists about their new books.

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
Pedro Domingos, "The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World" (Basic Books, 2018)

May 30, 2026

The Master Algorithm

Pedro Domingos
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.

Gareth Doherty, "Landscape Fieldwork: How Engaging the World Can Change Design" (U Virginia Press, 2025)

June 21, 2026

Landscape Fieldwork

Gareth Doherty
Hosted by Kelvin Vu
Hidden Heretics: Jewish Doubt in the Digital Age

June 20, 2026

Hidden Heretics

Hosted by YIVO Institute
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.

Emily Doucet, "Inventing Nadar: A History of Photographic Firsts" (Duke UP, 2026)

June 16, 2026

Inventing Nadar

Emily Doucet
Hosted by Sadie Couture