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November 2, 2026
Man-Devil
In 1714, doctor, philosopher and writer Bernard Mandeville published The Fable of the Bees, a humorous tale in which a prosperous hive full of greedy …
October 30, 2026
Research
Today I’m speaking with Peter N. Miller, historian and president of the American Academy in Rome, about his new book, Research: A Manifesto (Princeton…
October 28, 2026
Plato the Lawgiver
What keeps political power aimed at the good of those it governs? Melissa Lane, Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton, joins host Ryan Shin…
October 26, 2026
AI, Automation, and War
Will artificial intelligence soon be fighting our wars for us? Could a machine ever command an army? Anthony King is skeptical. In AI, Automation, and…
October 26, 2026
In Praise of Addiction
Elizabeth Roberts has experienced the suffering wrought by addiction: her sister’s destructive alcoholism and dependency on prescription drugs, her mo…
October 22, 2026
Sea of Treasures
After Caesar's assassination, the triumvirs drew up a kill list; one such target, a man named Lucius Plotius Plancus, fled to a villa near Naples and …
October 18, 2026
Beneath the Wage
Beneath the Wage: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work (Princeton UP, 2026) retheorizes capitalism from the perspective of the service eco…
October 17, 2026
Monstrous Bitch
For as long as human societies have been telling stories, the patriarchy has felt threatened by women. In this book, Eleanor Johnson provides an engag…
October 11, 2026
Crime and No Punishment
The United States is an exceptionally violent country, increasingly unable or unwilling to stem violence in its many forms. A growing corporate crime …
October 6, 2026
The Study
With the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe’s cultural elite assembled personal libraries as refuges from persecutions and pandemics. An…
September 29, 2026
Great Power Diplomacy
Great Power Diplomacy. The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger (Princeton UP, 2025) is a captivating history of diplomacy—and an urge…
September 25, 2026
Driven to Their Knees
Humiliation pervades our politics, from images of stripped Palestinian men in Gaza to mocking chants at MAGA rallies. It suffuses pictures and videos,…
September 22, 2026
The Last Invasion of England
In popular accounts of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the autocratic Catholic King James II was ousted by his subjects and replaced by his Protestan…
September 21, 2026
Property Values
As affordability crises once limited to coastal cities have spread across the broader United States, the history of home and land ownership has never …
September 17, 2026
The Book Proposal Book
Whether you’re hoping to publish your first book or you’re a seasoned author with an unfinished proposal languishing on your hard drive, The Book Prop…
September 14, 2026
The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution
Edward Blum interviews Mark Peterson on his new book The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History. The American Revol…
September 14, 2026
The Language of Bees
With senses that often seem alien to us, bees navigate complex decisions about where to find food, when to fight or flee, and how to work together. Th…
September 10, 2026
Trajectory of Power
Political Scientists William Howell and Terry Moe have a new book out that explores how the United States constitutional system has given way to the e…
September 7, 2026
Data-Driven Hollywood
In Hollywood today, thousands of data specialists work for streaming video platforms, playing a role not just in distribution and marketing but also i…
September 7, 2026
Justice for Jehanne
In the winter of 1472, the city of Dijon, France, became the stage for a remarkable legal drama. On the mayor’s orders, an investigator named Jaques B…