Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast

Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast

episodes

Interviews with Cambridge UP authors about their new books

Richard Ned Lebow, "Why Nations Still Fight" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 30, 2026

Why Nations Still Fight

Richard Ned Lebow

Drawing on an original data set of interventions and wars from 1945 to the current day, as well as numerous short case studies, Richard Ned Lebow offe…

Shai Lavi, "Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel: Socio-legal, Political and Empirical Analysis" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

August 28, 2026

Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel

Shai Lavi ed., et al.
Hosted by Renee Garfinkel

Once upon a time, or so we’ve been told, medical ethics were confined to the patient-doctor relationship. As long as doctors were true to their Hippoc…

Speech and the City

August 26, 2026

Speech and the City

Yaron Matras

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Ingrid Piller speaks with Yaron Matras about his new book Speech and the City. In this timely …

Sabrina Inowlocki, "Ancient Apologetics and the Bibliographic Imagination" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 24, 2026

Ancient Apologetics and the Bibliographic Imagination

Sabrina Inowlocki
Hosted by Michael Motia

Ancient apologetics is usually treated as a literary genre or a branch of early theology. This Element offers a different account. It argues that many…

Robin Whelan, "Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 24, 2026

Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity

Robin Whelan
Hosted by Michael Motia

How did the state become Christian in late antiquity? Many scholars have traced the Christianization of the Roman world in the centuries following the…

Tatiana Seijas, "American Metropolis: The Making of Mexico City" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 23, 2026

American Metropolis

Tatiana Seijas
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Mexico City was America's largest city in the seventeenth century – a genuine metropolis. In American Metropolis: The Making of Mexico City (Cambridge…

Seth Masket, "The Elephants in the Room: How Trump Voters Seized the Party from Republican Leaders" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 20, 2026

The Elephants in the Room

Seth Masket
Hosted by Lilly Goren

Political Scientist Seth Masket’s new book, The Elephants in the Room: How Trump Voters Seized the Party from Republican Leaders (Cambridge UP, 2026) …

Deborah Mayersen, "Genocide Prevention: An Evidence-Based Approach" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 18, 2026

Genocide Prevention

Deborah Mayersen
Hosted by Kelly McFall

There has never been a more promising time for genocide prevention. More resources and research are being focused on prevention than ever before. Yet …

Jacob Hagstrom, "Asymmetric Warfare: Politics and Cultures of Violence in the Modern Era" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

August 18, 2026

Asymmetric Warfare

Jacob Hagstrom

The forces that fight asymmetric wars are so distinct that one side avoids direct military confrontation in favor of political, social, or otherwise u…

Xiaofan Amy Li, "The Aesthetics of Risk in Franco-East Asian Literatures" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 15, 2026

The Aesthetics of Risk in Franco-East Asian Literatures

Xiaofan Amy Li
Hosted by Gina Stamm

The Aesthetics of Risk in Franco-East Asian Literatures (Cambridge UP, 2026) is the first book that examines the concept of risk in non-anglophone wor…

David W. Congdon, "Who is a True Christian?: Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

August 14, 2026

Who is a True Christian?

David W. Congdon

Who Is a True Christian?: Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture (Cambridge UP, 2024) examines how American Christians have tried to determ…

Edlie Wong, "Empire, Race, and Print Culture in the Black Pacific" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 7, 2026

Empire, Race, and Print Culture in the Black Pacific

Edlie Wong
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Empire, Race, and Print Culture in the Black Pacific (Cambridge University Press, 2026) is an Element which centers the 'Black Pacific' as a generat…

Georgia Kernell, "Inside Parties: How Party Rules Shape Membership and Responsiveness" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

August 6, 2026

Inside Parties

Georgia Kernell
Hosted by Satyaki Barua

Inside Parties: How Party Rules Shape Membership and Responsiveness (Cambridge UP, 2025) by Georgia Kernell examines how party rules determine how par…

Thomas Richardson, "Soldiers and Bushmen: The Australian Army in South Africa, 1899–1902" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

August 2, 2026

Soldiers and Bushmen

Thomas Richardson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Soldiers and Bushmen: The Australian Army in South Africa, 1899–1902 (Cambridge UP, 2025) by Dr. Thomas Richardson examines the commitment to what was…

David J. Teece and Sohvi Heaton, "Dynamic Universities: How Strategic, Entrepreneurial Leaders Can Strengthen Higher Education" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

July 26, 2026

Dynamic Universities

David J. Teece and Sohvi Heaton
Hosted by Alfred Marcus

In times of deep uncertainty, the university needs to transform itself into an entrepreneurial entity to maintain long-term evolutionary fitness. Dyna…

Debolina Dutta, "A Jurisprudence of Conversations: Law, Life and Feminism in Post-colonial India" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

July 22, 2026

A Jurisprudence of Conversations

Debolina Dutta
Hosted by Saumya Dadoo

Grounded in empirical studies, this book is both a history of the emergence of feminist jurisprudence in post-colonial India and a model of innovative…

Matteo Gatti, "Corporate Power and the Politics of Change" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

July 22, 2026

Corporate Power and the Politics of Change

Matteo Gatti
Hosted by Alfred Marcus

In Corporate Power and the Politics of Change (Cambridge University Press, 2025) Matteo Gatti examines how corporations have taken on roles traditiona…

Aditi Chandra, "Unruly Monuments: Disrupting the State at Delhi's Islamic Architecture" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

July 1, 2026

Unruly Monuments

Aditi Chandra
Hosted by Sohini Majumdar

Unruly Monuments: Disrupting the State at Delhi's Islamic Architecture (Cambridge University Press, 2025) examines how Delhi's Sultanate and Mughal ar…

Daniel Krcmaric, "Above the Law: The United States and the International Criminal Court" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

June 30, 2026

Above the Law

Daniel Krcmaric

The United States has traditionally been a great promoter of international justice – forging the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals after World War II and …

Fabio Lanza, "Urban Revolution: People's Communes in Beijing" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

June 27, 2026

Urban Revolution

Fabio Lanza
Hosted by Mark Baker

During the Great Leap Forward (1958-62), the collectivization of the Chinese countryside had catastrophic results, but how did this short-lived politi…