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August 7, 2026
The Environmental Republic
Republicanism is arguably the most powerful political idea in history, an extraordinary feat of human imagination that balances individual liberty wit…
August 6, 2026
In the Scholar’s Workshop
For centuries, many of the world’s most influential thinkers relied on helpers who performed tasks such as taking dictation, correcting, indexing, com…
July 30, 2026
The Science of Memory with Steve Ramirez
Today I’m speaking with neuroscientist Stave Ramirez about bullshit and memory. Steve is an associate professor at Boston University, where he runs a …
July 29, 2026
The Woman Question in Jewish Studies
The Woman Question in Jewish Studies (Princeton UP, 2025) is a critical look at the difficulties women face in the field of Jewish studies, drawing on…
July 28, 2026
Fintech Capital
How is finance changing in the contemporary world? In FinTech Capital: The Digital Transformation of Everyday Money and Finance (Princeton University …
July 24, 2026
Negotiation
The world has changed dramatically in just the past few years and so has negotiation. Traditional negotiating tactics, while still effective, need to …
July 23, 2026
Backlash Presidents
Julia Azari, Professor of Political Science at Marquette University, has a new, award-winning[*] book centering on the connection between race and th…
July 18, 2026
Middlemen
In this interview, we speak with Laura B. McGrath, an Assistant Professor of English at Temple University and the author of Middlemen: Literary Agents…
July 13, 2026
Life in Sync
All of life is profoundly shaped by the daily, monthly, and yearly cycles of our planet, and all creatures have internal timekeeping systems that rely…
July 9, 2026
The Land Where Nothing Works
What has happened to Britain? As drivers on its roads can attest, it is the pothole capital of Europe. Once-beautiful towns now feature peeling paint,…
July 9, 2026
Doubled Up
More than eleven million children in the US live in doubled-up households, sharing space with extended family or friends. These households are even mo…
July 6, 2026
Who Is American?
The history of Jews in the United States is often told as if they immigrated, gained citizenship, and almost immediately achieved full legal rights. Y…
July 6, 2026
Blame the Intern
Who gets to be a creative worker? In Blame the Intern: On (Not) Breaking Into the Creative Economy, (Princeton University Press, 2026) Alexandre Frene…
July 2, 2026
The First Emancipation
The First Emancipation: The Forgotten History of Abolition in Revolutionary France (Princeton UP, 2026) is a dramatic account of how slavery and race …
July 1, 2026
Thomas Paine at the Semiquincentennial
Thomas Paine: Collected Writings (Princeton University Press, 2026) is the first major new edition of Paine’s works, bringing together all his writing…
June 26, 2026
Venetian Canvas and the Transformation of Painting
Between the fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries, European painting underwent a profound transformation as artists increasingly painted on …
June 24, 2026
What Do You Want Out of Life?
What do you want out of life? To make a lot of money―or work for justice? To have children―or travel the world? The things we care about in life―famil…
June 23, 2026
The Firearm Revolution
In Renaissance Italy, the gun was not only a tool of war but also a desirable object, a luxury item carried at court. Guns were in use on the battlefi…
June 20, 2026
Hidden Heretics
In her recent publication, Hidden Heretics: Jewish Doubt in the Digital Age, scholar Ayala Fader tells the fascinating, often heart-wrenching stories …
June 16, 2026
The Hobo
From the mid-nineteenth century through the dust bowl years of the Great Depression, a new kind of migrant worker became a familiar sight in communiti…