Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast

Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast

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Interviews with Cambridge UP authors about their new books

Zeina Al-Azmeh, "Syrian Intellectuals in Exile: The Dilemmas of Revolution and the Cost of Leaving" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

May 9, 2026

Syrian Intellectuals in Exile

Zeina Al Azmeh
Hosted by Matt Dawson

Zeina Al-Azmeh’s Syrian Intellectuals in Exile: The Dilemmas of Revolution and the Cost of Leaving (Cambridge UP, 2026) captures a group of intellectu…

Siniša Malešević, "Nationalism as a Way of Life: The Rise and Transformation of Modern Subjectivities" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

May 4, 2026

Nationalism as a Way of Life

Siniša Malešević

While nationalism is a term that is often associated with instability, violence, extremism, terrorism, wars and even genocide, in fact most forms of n…

James Q. Whitman, "Masters of Slaves to Lords of Lands: The Transformation of Ownership in the Western World" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

May 4, 2026

From Masters of Slaves to Lords of Lands

James Q. Whitman

Today we think of land as the paradigmatic example of property, while in the past, the paradigmatic example was often a slave. In this seminal work, J…

Caroline Kuzemko, "Climate Politics: Can't Live with It, Can't Mitigate without It" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

May 1, 2026

Climate Politics

Caroline Kuzemko
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

By exploring the dynamic relationships between politics, policymaking, and policy over time, Climate Politics: Can't Live with It, Can't Mitigate with…

William I. Robinson, "Epochal Crisis: The Exhaustion of Global Capitalism" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

April 30, 2026

Epochal Crisis

William I. Robinson

Epochal Crisis: The Exhaustion of Global Capitalism (Cambridge UP, 2025) is the most recent book from Professor William Robinson, Distinguished Profes…

Miranda Yaver, "Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

April 30, 2026

Coverage Denied

Miranda Yaver
Hosted by Lilly Goren

Miranda Yaver’s new book, Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States (Cambridge UP, 2026), has lots of examples and in…

Susanna Elm and Kristina Sessa, "War and Community in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

April 27, 2026

War and Community in Late Antiquity

Susanna Elm and Kristina Sessa
Hosted by Michael Motia

Susanna Elm and Kristina Sessa, War and Community in Late Antiquity (Cambridge UP, 2026) Late Antiquity (ca. 250–600 CE) was a world at war: barbaria…

Jane Vaynman, "Enemies in Agreement: Political Volatility and the Design of Arms Control" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

April 18, 2026

Enemies in Agreement

Jane Vaynman

Why do adversaries sometimes cooperate to restrain their military competition? Why do they design arms control agreements with intrusive verification …

Penny Roberts, "Huguenot Networks: Truth and Secrecy in Sixteenth-Century Europe" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

April 17, 2026

Huguenot Networks

Penny Roberts
Hosted by Elspeth Currie

Huguenot Networks: Truth and Secrecy in Sixteenth-Century Europe (Cambridge UP, 2025), Penny Robert's latest book, takes us into the world of secret i…

Christian Henderson, "Monarchies of Extraction: The Gulf States in the Global Food System" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

April 12, 2026

Monarchies of Extraction

Christian Henderson
Hosted by Alec Fiorini

In a region known for its export of oil, Monarchies of Extraction: The Gulf States in the Global Food System (Cambridge UP, 2026) explores how the Gul…

Tim Connor et al., "Global Business and Local Struggle: Reimagining Non-Judicial Remedy for Human Rights" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

April 10, 2026

Global Business and Local Struggle

Tim Connor, Annie Delaney, Fiona Haines, Kate Macdonald, and Shelley Marshall
Hosted by Caitlin Murphy

In the quest for human rights justice for communities and workers whose rights are breached by transnational businesses, non-judicial mechanisms (NJMs…

Dominik Berrens, "Naming New Things and Concepts in Early Modern Science: The Case of Natural History" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

April 6, 2026

Naming New Things and Concepts in Early Modern Science

Dominik Berrens
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Naming new discoveries is central to science, and for centuries, Latin dominated this process. The resulting terminology still shapes modern science, …

Christine Grandy, "Race on Screen: Audience Racism in Twentieth-Century Britain" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

April 4, 2026

Race on Screen

Christine Grandy
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

What is the role of television in the history of the UK? In Race on Screen: Audience Racism in Twentieth-Century Britain (Cambridge UP, 2026) Christin…

Derek Krueger "Monastic Desires: Homoeroticism, Homophobia, and the Love of God in Medieval Constantinople" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

March 30, 2026

Monastic Desires

Derek Krueger
Hosted by Michael Motia

Derek Krueger Monastic Desires: Homoeroticism, Homophobia, and Love of God in Medieval Constantinople (Cambridge UP, 2026) The Byzantine Abbot Symeo…

Satya Shikha Chakraborty, "Colonial Caregivers: Ayahs and the Gendered History of Race and Caste in British India" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

March 25, 2026

Colonial Caregivers

Satya Shikha Chakraborty
Hosted by Saumya Dadoo

Colonial Caregivers: Ayahs and the Gendered History of Race and Caste in British India (Cambridge UP, 2025) offers a compelling cultural and social hi…

Lucia Motolinia, "Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

March 24, 2026

Unity through Particularism

Lucia Motolinia
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Why do supposedly accountability-enhancing electoral reforms often fail in young democracies? How can legislators serve their constituents when partie…

Alan McDougall, "Dreams and Songs to Sing: A People's History of Liverpool FC from Shankly to Klopp" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

March 24, 2026

Dreams and Songs to Sing

Alan McDougall
Hosted by Keith Rathbone

Today we are joined by Alan McDougall, Professor of History at the University of Guelph, and the author of Dreams and Songs To Sing: A People’s Histor…

Nana Osei-Opare, "Socialist De-Colony: Black and Soviet Entanglements in Ghana's Cold War" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

March 24, 2026

Socialist De-Colony

Nana Osei-Opare

Led by the charismatic Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana won its political independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. It precipitated both the dying spiral of c…

Sidra Hamidi, "After Fission: Recognition and Contestation in the Atomic Age" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

March 21, 2026

After Fission

Sidra Hamidi
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Nuclear status is typically treated as a stable feature of a state's capacity to possess, use, or build nuclear weapons. Challenging this view, After …

Philip C. Almond, "Noah and the Flood in Western Thought" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

March 21, 2026

Noah and the Flood in Western Thought

Philip C Almond

In a world beset by climatic emergencies, the continuing resonance of the flood story is perhaps easy to understand. Whether in the tortured alpha mal…