New Books Network Podcast

Military History December 11, 2023

A Different Track

Hospital Trains of the Second World War

Alexandra Kitty

Hosted by Boris Karpa

Railroads played an integral role in the Second World War. Trains brought food, munitions, and essential supplies. They transported troops. They were a means of escape for those fleeing persecution …

Science, Technology, and Society December 10, 2023

Forensic Colonialism

Genetics and the Capture of Indigenous Peoples

Mark Munsterhjelm

Hosted by Melek Firat Altay

Forensic genetic technologies are popularly conceptualized and revered as important tools of justice. The research and development of these technologies, however, has been accomplished through the capture of various Indigenous …

The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones December 9, 2023

The Future of Predictions

A Discussion with Christopher E. Mason

Christopher E Mason

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones

Predictive algorithms are changing the world – that is the claim of Christopher E. Mason who has co-authored (with Igor Tulchinsky) the book The Age of Prediction: Algorithms, AI, and the Shifting …

High Theory December 7, 2023

Self Help

A Discussion with Angela Hume

Angela Hume

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu

In this episode of High Theory, Angela Hume tells us about Self Help, not the neoliberal strategy of self-actualization through consumer choices, but the radical political movement of gynecological self-help …

Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast December 5, 2023

Enough

Because We Can Stop Cervical Cancer

Linda Eckert

Hosted by Mark Klobas

Cervical cancer kills almost 350,000 women each year. What's more horrifying, is that millions have died of this disease that's nearly 100% preventable. It's no secret that healthcare is full …

Medicine December 5, 2023

William James, MD

Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician

Emma K. Sutton

Hosted by Claire Clark

Emma K. Sutton's William James, MD: Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician (U Chicago Press, 2023) is the first book to map William James's preoccupation with medical ideas, concerns, and values across the …

Princeton UP Ideas Podcast December 1, 2023

How We Age

The Science of Longevity

Coleen T. Murphy

Hosted by Mark Klobas

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All of us would like to live longer, or to slow the debilitating effects of age. In How We Age: The Science of Longevity (Princeton UP, 2023), Coleen Murphy shows …

Sports November 27, 2023

After the Count

The Death of Davey Browne

Stephanie Convery

Hosted by Keith Rathbone

Today we are joined by Stephanie Convery, inequality editor at Guardian Australia, and author of After the Count: The Death of Davey Browne (Penguin Australia, 2020). In our conversation, we …

Law November 26, 2023

Intersex Embodiment

Legal Frameworks Beyond Identity and Disorder

Fae Garland and Mitchell Travis

Hosted by Jane Richards

What is intersex and why does it matter? What is the power of law to disrupt dominant narratives? I had a fascinating conversation with authors Dr Fae Garland and Dr Mitchell …

Food November 22, 2023

Spoiled

The Myth of Milk as Superfood

Anne Mendelson

Hosted by Melek Firat Altay

Why is cows' milk, which few nonwhite people can digest, promoted as a science-backed dietary necessity in countries where the majority of the population is lactose-intolerant? Why are gigantic new …

Law November 11, 2023

Mental Health Law

Abolish Or Reform?

Kay Wilson

Hosted by Jane Richards

The debate about whether mental health law should be abolished or reformed is one that is highly charged and to which there are no easy solutions. In Mental Health Law: Abolish Or Reform? (Oxford …

Psychoanalysis November 7, 2023

Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation

Humanizing Mental Health Policy and Practice

Linda L. Michaels, Tom Wooldridge, Nancy Burke, and Janice R. Muhr

Hosted by Judith Tanen

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Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation: Humanizing Mental Health Policy and Practice (Routledge, 2023) brings together a global community of mental health professionals to offer an impassioned defense of relationship-based …

Sociology November 7, 2023

Waste and the City

The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife

Colin McFarlane

Hosted by Michael Johnston

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In an age of pandemics the relationship between the health of the city and good sanitation has never been more important. Colin McFarlane, through Waste and the City: The Crisis of …

Ancient History November 5, 2023

Contested Cures

Identity and Ritual Healing in Roman and Late Antique Palestine

Megan Nutzman

Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In the ancient Mediterranean world, individuals routinely looked for divine aid to cure physical afflictions. Contested Cures: Identity and Ritual Healing in Roman and Late Antique Palestine (Edinburgh University Press …

Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel November 5, 2023

The Power of Placebos

Unlocking Their Potential to Improve Health Care

Jeremy Howick

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel

Should your doctor prescribe a placebo for you, instead of conventional medicine? And if she did, would it work? Is the double-blind placebo-controlled paradigm really the gold standard for medical …

Public Health October 24, 2023

Project UnLonely

Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection

Jeremy Nobel

Hosted by Ron Winslow

Even before the Covid pandemic began in 2020, chronic loneliness was a private experience of profound anguish that had become a public health crisis. Since then it has reached new heights …

Politics & Polemics October 20, 2023

Undoing Suicidism

A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide

Alexandre Baril

Hosted by Clayton Jarrard

Note: This episode contains a discussion of suicide. A list of resources is available below. In Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide (Temple UP, 2023) …

Sociology October 20, 2023

The Reproduction of Inequality

How Class Shapes the Pregnant Body and Infant Health

Katherine Mason

Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Can you run a marathon, drink coffee, eat fish, or fly on a plane while pregnant? Such questions are just the tip of the iceberg for how most pregnant women's …

Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century October 16, 2023

Jay Bhattacharya on the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Public Health Response

A conversation with Jay Bhattacharya

Jay Bhattacharya

Hosted by Jon Hartley

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Jay Bhattacharya (Stanford University Professor of Medicine) joins to the podcast to discuss his beginnings being born in Calcutta, India, his journey to Stanford as a student obtaining four degrees …

Southeast Asian Studies October 15, 2023

COVID-19 in Southeast Asia

Insights for a Post-pandemic World

Hyun Bang Shin, Murray McKenzie, and Do Young Oh

Hosted by Nicole Curato

COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Insights for a Post-pandemic World (Ubiquity Press, 2021) brings together an ensemble of social scientists who offer critical reflections on how the pandemic was experienced in …