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Economics January 18, 2022

The Super Age

Decoding Our Demographic Destiny

Bradley Schurman

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Societies all over the world are getting older, the result of the fact that we are living longer and having fewer children. At some point in the near future, much …

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

Medicine January 13, 2022

The First Shots

The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine

Brendan Borrell

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Heroic science. Chaotic politics. Billionaire entrepreneurs. Award-winning journalist Brendan Borrell brings the defining story of our times alive through compulsively readable, first-time reporting on the players leading the fight against …
Scholarly Communication January 12, 2022

Academic or Trade Publisher? How Do You Decide?

A Discussion with Dr. Talya Miron-Shatz, author of "Your Life Depends on It"

Talya Miron-Shatz

Hosted by Avi Staiman
Tune in to hear Prof. Talya Miron Shatz, author of Your Life Depends on It: What You Can Do to Make Better Choices About Your Health (Basic Books, 2021) discuss …
Nordic Asia Podcast January 7, 2022

COVID-19 and Vaccine Hesitancy in Japan

Kamila Szczepanska and Yoko Demelius

Hosted by Satoko Naito
Anti-vaccination movements pose an increasing threat to global public health, but what of vaccine hesitancy? Join us for a discussion on the effects of vaccine hesitancy in Japan during the …
Psychology January 4, 2022

Havana Syndrome

Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria

Robert W. Baloh and Robert E. Bartholomew

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major diplomatic …
Neuroscience January 3, 2022

How Not to Study a Disease

The Story of Alzheimer's

Karl Herrup

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
For decades, some of our best and brightest medical scientists have dedicated themselves to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease. What happened? Where is the cure? The biggest breakthroughs occurred …
Science December 28, 2021

Pump

A Natural History of the Heart

Bill Schutt

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
In this lively, unexpected look at the hearts of animals—from fish to bats to humans—American Museum of Natural History zoologist Bill Schutt tells an incredible story of evolution and scientific …
Anthropology December 21, 2021

Famished

Eating Disorders and Failed Care in America

Rebecca J. Lester

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
When Rebecca Lester was eleven years old--and again when she was eighteen--she almost died from anorexia nervosa. Now both a tenured professor in anthropology and a licensed social worker, she …
Gender Studies December 21, 2021

The Maternal Imprint

The Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects

Sarah S. Richardson

Hosted by Sohini Chatterjee
The idea that a woman may leave a biological trace on her gestating offspring has long been a commonplace folk intuition and a matter of scientific intrigue, but the form …
Science, Technology, and Society December 9, 2021

Edges of Exposure

Toxicology and the Problem of Capacity in Postcolonial Senegal

Noémi Tousignant

Hosted by Laura Stark
What is “capacity”? In science research and health interventions, it typically refers to the relative availability of equipment, infrastructure, personnel, and skills needed to get a job done. Noémi Tousignant’s …
Science, Technology, and Society December 9, 2021

Fugitive Science

Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture

Britt Rusert

Hosted by Laura Stark
Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture (NYU Press, 2017), by Professor Britt Rusert (UMass-Amherst), has already earned accolades from the American Studies Association and the MLA …
African Studies December 6, 2021

Etre mère en situation coloniale

Gold Coast (années 1910-1950)

Anne Hugon

Hosted by Thomas Zuber
For a majority of African women, the “colonial encounter” occurred at the maternity ward, the health centre, or Maternal and Infant Welfare Centres. In Être mère en situation coloniale: Gold …
African Studies January 17, 2022

Health, Healing and Illness in African History

Rebekah Lee

Hosted by Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia
In Health, Healing and Illness in African History (Bloomsbury, 2021), Rebekah Lee makes an overall assessment of the history and historiography and health, healing and illness in the African context. This …
Medicine January 14, 2022

Mad by the Millions

Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization

Harry Yi-Jui Wu

Hosted by Kelvin Chan
In 1948, the World Health Organization began to prepare its social psychiatry project, which aimed to discover the epidemiology and arrive at a classification of mental disorders. In Mad by …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery January 7, 2022

Opioid Reckoning

Love, Loss, and Redemption in the Rehab State

Amy C. Sullivan

Hosted by Claire Clark
Amy C. Sullivan explores the complexity of America’s opioid epidemic through firsthand accounts of people grappling with the reverberating effects of stigma, treatment, and recovery. Taking a clear-eyed, nonjudgmental perspective …
French Studies December 31, 2021

Pasteur's Empire

Bacteriology and Politics in France, Its Colonies, and the World

Aro Velmet

Hosted by Roxanne Panchasi
Aro Velmet's Pasteur's Empire: Bacteriology in France, Its Colonies, and the World (Oxford UP, 2020) is a complex history of the Pasteur Institutes, a network of scientific laboratories established in France and throughout the French empire …
Psychoanalysis December 27, 2021

Applying Psychoanalytic Thought to Contemporary Mental Health Practice

Paul Ian Steinberg

Hosted by Alec Kacew
Dr. Paul Steinberg, Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, returns to New Books Network to discuss his latest book, Applying Psychoanalytic Thought to …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast December 21, 2021

Minds and Machines

Miguel Nicolelis

Hosted by Howard Burton
Minds and Machines is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Miguel Nicolelis, Professor of Neurobiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Biomedical Engineering, Psychology and Neuroscience and Orthopaedic Surgery and …
East Asian Studies December 17, 2021

A Medicated Empire

The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan

Timothy M. Yang

Hosted by Nathan Hopson
Timothy Yang’s A Medicated Empire: The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan (Cornell 2021) is a case study of Hoshi Pharmaceutical, a Japanese drug company that exemplified the push for a …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight December 16, 2021

The Hidden History of American Healthcare

Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich

Thom Hartmann

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Thom Hartmann about his new book The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich (Berrett-Koehler, 2021). To hear Thom Hartmann tell …