In Conversation: An OUP Podcast

episodes

Interviews with authors of Oxford University Press books.

Trevor Boffone, "TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age" (Oxford UP, 2024)

September 8, 2024

TikTok Broadway

Trevor Boffone
Hosted by Pete Kunze

Are you a musical theatre fan who loves TikTok? Or are you curious about how this social media app has changed musical theatre fandom - and even the c…

Dan Stone, "Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust" (Oxford UP, 2023)

September 5, 2024

Fate Unknown

Dan Stone
Hosted by Kelly McFall

In Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust (Oxford University Press, 2023), Dan Stone tells the story of the last great…

E. J. Fagan, "The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics" (Oxford UP, 2024)

September 4, 2024

The Thinkers

E. J. Fagan
Hosted by Lilly Goren

Political Scientist E.J. Fagan, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, once worked at a think tank, and…

Gill Bennett, "The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy that Never Dies" (Oxford UP, 2018)

September 2, 2024

The Zinoviev Letter

Gill Bennett
Hosted by Charles Coutinho

The Zinoviev Affair is a story of one of the most long-lasting and enduring conspiracy theories in modern British politics, an intrigue that still res…

Daniel Todman, "Britain's War: A New World, 1942-1947" (Oxford UP, 2020)

August 31, 2024

Britain's War

Daniel Todman
Hosted by Bob Wintermute

The second of Daniel Todman's two sweeping volumes on Great Britain and World War II, Britain's War: A New World, 1942-1947 (Oxford UP, 2020), begins …

Lise Butler, "Michael Young, Social Science, and the British Left, 1945-1970" (Oxford UP, 2020)

August 30, 2024

Michael Young, Social Science, and the British Left, 1945-1970

Lise Butler
Hosted by Matt Dawson

Lise Butler’s Michael Young, Social Science and the British Left, 1945-70 (Oxford UP, 2020) invites us to revisit a figure who, in Butler’s words, is …

Tracy Pintchman, "Goddess Beyond Boundaries: Worshipping the Eternal Mother at a North American Hindu Temple" (Oxford UP, 2023)

August 29, 2024

Goddess Beyond Boundaries

Tracy Pintchman
Hosted by Raj Balkaran

The Parashakthi Temple in Pontiac, Michigan serves as a site of worship for the Hindu goddess Karumariamman, whose origins are in South India. In her …

Mark Valeri, "The Opening of the Protestant Mind: How Anglo-American Protestants Embraced Religious Liberty" (Oxford UP, 2023)

August 29, 2024

The Opening of the Protestant Mind

Mark Valeri
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

During the mid-seventeenth century, Anglo-American Protestants described Native American ceremonies as savage devilry, Islamic teaching as violent chi…

Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds, "Understanding Maritime Security" (Oxford UP, 2024)

August 28, 2024

Understanding Maritime Security

Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds

Whether it is pirates, smugglers, illicit fishing, or disputes in the South China Sea, the oceans are of increasing importance in international securi…

Robert McCorquodale, "Business and Human Rights" (Oxford UP, 2024)

August 22, 2024

Business and Human Rights

Robert McCorquodale
Hosted by Alex Batesmith

Business and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law. In this new volume…

Oliver Volckart, "The Silver Empire: How Germany Created Its First Common Currency" (Oxford UP, 2024)

August 21, 2024

The Silver Empire

Oliver Volckart
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

The problems that gave rise to the widespread desire to introduce a common currency were myriad. While trade was able to cope with-and even to benefit…

Peter Allen, "The Political Class: Why It Matters Who Our Politicians Are" (Oxford UP, 2018)

August 20, 2024

The Political Class

Peter Allen
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Who is in charge? In The Political Class: Why It Matters Who Our Politicians Are (Oxford University Press, 2018), Peter Allen, a Reader in Comparative…

Laura S. Lieber, "Staging the Sacred: Performance in Late Ancient Liturgical Poetry" (Oxford UP, 2023)

August 19, 2024

Staging the Sacred

Laura S. Lieber
Hosted by Michael Motia

Staging the Sacred: Performance in Late Ancient Liturgical Poetry (Oxford UP, 2023) examines the importance of Christian, Jewish, and Samaritan liturg…

Teresa Morgan, "The New Testament and the Theology of Trust" (Oxford UP, 2022)

August 13, 2024

The New Testament and the Theology of Trust

Teresa Morgan

The New Testament and the Theology of Trust (Oxford UP, 2022) argues for the recovery of trust as a central theme in Christian theology, and offers th…

Iris Berent, "The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason about Human Nature" (Oxford UP, 2020)

August 11, 2024

The Blind Storyteller

Iris Berent
Hosted by Joseph Fridman

Do newborns think-do they know that 'three' is greater than 'two'? Do they prefer 'right' to 'wrong'? What about emotions--do newborns recognize happi…

Marissa Nicosia, "Imagining Time in the English Chronicle Play: Historical Futures, 1590-1660" (Oxford UP, 2023)

August 11, 2024

Imagining Time in the English Chronicle Play

Marissa Nicosia
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Imagining Time in the English Chronicle Play: Historical Futures, 1590-1660 (Oxford University Press, 2023) argues that dramatic narratives about mona…

Arif Hasan, "The Search for Shelter: Writings on Land and Housing" (Oxford UP, 2022)

August 10, 2024

The Search for Shelter

Arif Hasan
Hosted by Amal Hashim

The Search for Shelter: Writings on Land and Housing (Oxford UP, 2022) sheds light on the global population living in slums, which has increased from …

Katharine Sykes, "Symbolic Reproduction in Early Medieval England" (Oxford UP, 2024)

August 8, 2024

Symbolic Reproduction in Early Medieval England

Katharine Sykes
Hosted by Jana Byars

Katharine Sykes joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, Symbolic Representation in Early Medieval England (Oxford University Press, 2024). In the…

Nora Stone, "How Documentaries Went Mainstream: A History, 1960-2022" (Oxford UP, 2023)

August 8, 2024

How Documentaries Went Mainstream

Nora Stone
Hosted by Ailin Zhou

How Documentaries Went Mainstream: A History, 1960-2022 (Oxford University Press, 2023) provides a more comprehensive and meaningful periodization of …

Samuel Ely Bagg, "The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy" (Oxford UP, 2023)

August 7, 2024

The Dispersion of Power

Samuel Ely Bagg
Hosted by Vatsal Naresh

This year, many countries around the world, including most of the world's most populous democracies, have consequential nation-wide elections. In many…