Princeton UP Ideas Podcast

Princeton UP Ideas Podcast

episodes

Interviews with authors of Princeton University Press books.

Crime and No Punishment: Wealth, Power, and Violence in America with Marie Gottschalk (Princeton UP, 2026)

October 11, 2026

Crime and No Punishment

Marie Gottschalk

The United States is an exceptionally violent country, increasingly unable or unwilling to stem violence in its many forms. A growing corporate crime …

The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries with Andrew Hui (Princeton UP, 2026)

October 6, 2026

The Study

Andrew Hui

With the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe’s cultural elite assembled personal libraries as refuges from persecutions and pandemics. An…

Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger with A. Wess Mitchell (Princeton UP, 2025)

September 29, 2026

Great Power Diplomacy

A. Wess Mitchell
Hosted by Charles Coutinho

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…

Driven to Their Knees: Humiliation in Contemporary Politics with Roxanne L. Euben (Princeton UP, 2025)

September 25, 2026

Driven to Their Knees

Roxanne L. Euben

Humiliation pervades our politics, from images of stripped Palestinian men in Gaza to mocking chants at MAGA rallies. It suffuses pictures and videos,…

Arthur der Weduwen, "The Last Invasion of England: 1688 and the Dutch Armada" (Princeton UP, 2026)

September 22, 2026

The Last Invasion of England

Arthur der Weduwen
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

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…

Joshua Specht, "Property Values: The Rise and Fall of the American Homeowner" (Princeton UP, 2026)

September 21, 2026

Property Values

Joshua Specht
Hosted by Reed Schwartz

As affordability crises once limited to coastal cities have spread across the broader United States, the history of home and land ownership has never …

Laura Portwood-Stacer, "The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors" (Princeton UP, 2021)

September 17, 2026

The Book Proposal Book

Laura Portwood-Stacer

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…

James C. Nieh, "The Language of Bees" (Princeton UP, 2026)

September 14, 2026

The Language of Bees

James C. Nieh
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

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…

Mark Peterson, "The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History" (Princeton UP, 2026)

September 14, 2026

The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution

Mark Peterson
Hosted by Edward Blum

Edward Blum interviews Mark Peterson on his new book The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History. The American Revol…

William G. Howell and Terry M. Moe, "Trajectory of Power: The Rise of the Strongman Presidency" (Princeton UP, 2025)

September 10, 2026

Trajectory of Power

Terry M. Moe and William G. Howell
Hosted by Lilly Goren

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…

Violaine Roussel, "Data-Driven Hollywood: The New Data Professionals in the Age of Streaming" (Princeton UP, 2026)

September 7, 2026

Data-Driven Hollywood

Violaine Roussel
Hosted by Pete Kunze

In Hollywood today, thousands of data specialists work for streaming video platforms, playing a role not just in distribution and marketing but also i…

Sara McDougall, "Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor" (Princeton UP, 2026)

September 7, 2026

Justice for Jehanne

Sara McDougall

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…

Jonathan Quong, "Political Philosophy: The Puzzle of Legitimate Injustice" (Princeton UP, 2026)

September 3, 2026

Political Philosophy

Jonathan Quong
Hosted by Blain Neufeld

Can laws be unjust and yet remain, in some sense, morally legitimate? In Political Philosophy: The Puzzle of Legitimate Injustice (Princeton UP, 2026)…

The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars

September 3, 2026

The Grant Writing Guide

Betty S. Lai

The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars (Princeton UP, 2023) is an essential handbook for writing fundable grants. This easy-to-use guide fea…

An Honest Death: Life's End and Humanist Funerals with Matthew Engelke

August 28, 2026

An Honest Death

Matthew Engelke
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

A fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at non-religious funerals in contemporary London, An Honest Death: Life's End and Humanist Funerals (Princeton U…

Yuri Pines, "China's Aristocratic Age: Politics and Power in the Springs-and-Autumns Period" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 27, 2026

China's Aristocratic Age

Yuri Pines
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon

The Springs-and-Autumns period is a strange period in Chinese history. Coming after the decline of the Zhou, and before the famous Warring States Peri…

Paul Johnson, "Challenging Inequalities: How We Got Stuck and Where We Go Next" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 26, 2026

Challenging Inequalities

Paul Johnson

There is a widespread sense throughout the developed world that progress towards a better society has stalled. Many countries, including the UK, have …

How to Write a Book Proposal and Make Your Manuscript Work with Laura Portwood-Stacer

August 26, 2026

How to Write a Book Proposal and Make Your Manuscript Work

Laura Portwood-Stacer
Hosted by Sarah Russo

Are you a scholar sitting on a manuscript that you think could be a book — but you have no idea where to start? In this episode of The Publishing Play…

David Helvarg, "Forest of the Sea: The Remarkable Life and Imperiled Future of Kelp" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 26, 2026

Forest of the Sea

David Helvarg
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In a matter of decades, a spectacular cold-water paradise thirty million years in the making is succumbing to warming oceans. Kelp forests are lar…

Arturo Chang, "A New World of Revolutions: Popular Imaginations and Movements Across the Americas" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 20, 2026

A New World of Revolutions

Arturo Chang
Hosted by Matthew Mason

In A New World of Revolutions: Popular Imaginations and Movements Across the Americas (Princeton UP, 2026), Arturo Chang reconstructs the histories, p…