In Conversation: An OUP Podcast

In Conversation: An OUP Podcast

episodes

Interviews with authors of Oxford University Press books.

Peter C. Mancall, "Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America, c. 1000–1680" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 11, 2026

Contested Continent

Peter C. Mancall
Hosted by Ryan Tripp

In Contested Continent: The Struggle for America, c.1000-1680 (Oxford University Press, 2026), the newest installment of the acclaimed Oxford History …

Becoming the System

July 8, 2026

Becoming the System

Nelson Flores

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick sits down with Dr. Nelson Flores to discuss his 2024 book entitled Becoming the Syste…

Ted Powell, "Churchill and the Crown" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 6, 2026

Churchill and the Crown

Ted Powell
Hosted by Charles Coutinho

Winston Churchill was born in a palace and was given a funeral worthy of a king. His family had enjoyed an intimate association with the British m…

Katherine Krauss, "Exemplarity and Allusion in Macrobius' Saturnalia" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 6, 2026

Exemplarity and Allusion in Macrobius' Saturnalia

Katherine Krauss
Hosted by Michael Motia

Exemplarity and Allusion in Macrobius' Saturnalia (Oxford UP, 2026) offers a new framework for interpreting interactions with classical source materia…

Hayagreeva Rao and Henrich R Greve, "Ctrl+Alt+Doubt: Decoding the Language of Online Conspiracy Talk" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 5, 2026

Ctrl+Alt+Doubt

Hayagreeva Rao and Henrich R Greve
Hosted by Alfred Marcus

Ctrl+Alt+Doubt: Decoding the Language of Online Conspiracy Talk (Oxford UP, 2026) offers a new way to understand why conspiracy theories grow and pers…

Martina Baradel, "21st Century Yakuza: Death of Japanese Organised Crime" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 5, 2026

21st Century Yakuza

Martina Baradel
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Once dominant and institutionalised, the Yakuza, one of Japan's best known criminal organisations, is now shrinking under the combined pressure of…

Gajendran Ayyathurai, "Tamil Buddhism and Brahminism in Modern India: Deep Resistance Against Caste" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 4, 2026

Tamil Buddhism and Brahminism in Modern India

Gajendran Ayyathurai
Hosted by Sanjukta Poddar

Tamil Buddhism and Brahminism in Modern India: Deep Resistance Against Caste (Oxford University Press, 2026) explores Tamil Buddhism in modern India, …

Jonathan Schneer, "Nine Days in May: The General Strike Of 1926" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 1, 2026

Nine Days in May

Jonathan Schneer
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In May, 1926, nearly three million British workers downed tools to support nearly one million of their countrymen, miners whose employers meant to len…

Dallas Liddle, "News Machines: The Systems of Daily Journalism in Britain, 1785–1885" (Oxford UP, 2026)

June 29, 2026

News Machines

Dallas Liddle
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

British daily newspapers transformed rapidly at the turn of the nineteenth century, ballooning in size and radically reorganizing staffing and p…

Andy Byford, "Science of the Child in Late Imperial and Early Soviet Russia" (Oxford UP, 2020)

June 27, 2026

Science of the Child in Late Imperial and Early Soviet Russia

Andy Byford
Hosted by Polina Popova

Between the 1880s and the 1930s, children became the focus of unprecedented scientific and professional interest in modernizing societies worldwide, i…

Kirill Shamiev, "Imperfect Equilibrium: Civil-Military Relations in Russian Defense Policymaking" (Oxford UP, 2026)

June 26, 2026

Imperfect Equilibrium

Kirill Shamiev
Hosted by Leo Bader

Why has Russia's military struggled to adapt to the challenges of contemporary warfare? Despite years of attempts to improve its military capabilities…

The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest

June 25, 2026

The Honesty Crisis

Christian B. Miller

Research shows that honesty is the single most important characteristic a person can possess when it comes to liking them, respecting them, and unders…

Robin Dembroff, "Real Men on Top: How Patriarchy Shapes Our Reality" (Oxford UP, 2026)

June 22, 2026

Real Men on Top

Robin Dembroff
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In Real Men on Top: How Patriarchy Shapes Our Reality (Oxford University Press, 2026), Robin Dembroff shows us that we don't just live in a patriarcha…

Jean-Philippe Deranty, "The Case for Work" (Oxford UP, 2024)

June 22, 2026

The Case for Work

Jean-Philippe Deranty

A post-work movement is gaining popularity among academics, artists, and activists, in reaction to the many harms and injustices plaguing current la…

James O'Leary, "The Middlebrow Musical: Between Broadway and Opera in 1940s America" (Oxford UP, 2025)

June 19, 2026

The Middlebrow Musical

James O'Leary
Hosted by Kristen Turner

The premiere of Oklahoma! in 1943 is commonly called a “turning point” in the history of the Broadway musical. Often characterized as the first integr…

Anna O. Law, "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants" (Oxford UP, 2026)

June 18, 2026

Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship

Anna O. Law
Hosted by Lilly Goren

Anna O. Law, the Herbert Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights in the Department of Political Science at City University of New York-Brooklyn Campus, ha…

Manasicha Akepiyapornchai, "Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India" (Oxford UP, 2026)

June 11, 2026

Surrender to God Across Languages

Manasicha Akepiyapornchai
Hosted by Raj Balkaran

Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India (Oxford UP, 2026) explores the role of languages in the intell…

Robert Templer, "The Shah's Party: And the Iranian Revolution That Followed (Hurst, 2026)

June 11, 2026

The Shah's Party

Robert Templer
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon

In 1971, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi threw a party to celebrate the 2,500-year anniversary of the Persian Empire. It was planned to be a massive party,…

Rivka Weinberg, "The Meaning of It All: Ultimate Meaning, Everyday Meaning, Cosmic Meaning, Death, and Time" (Oxford UP, 2026)

June 3, 2026

The Meaning of It All

Rivka Weinberg
Hosted by Blain Neufeld

You can stock your life with important work, relationships, activities, and art, and yet, you can still ask: what's the point of it all? Almost every …

Gloria Sibson Ayob, "The Concept of Emotional Disorder" (Oxford UP, 2025

June 2, 2026

The Concept of Emotional Disorder

Gloria Sibson Ayob

Depression and anxiety are increasingly commonly diagnosed mental health conditions in modern society, but where does the boundary between ordinary em…