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Economic and Business History July 28, 2022

Pawned States

State Building in the Era of International Finance

Didac Queralt

Hosted by Javier Mejia
How foreign lending weakens emerging nations In the nineteenth century, many developing countries turned to the credit houses of Europe for sovereign loans to balance their books and weather major …

Princeton UP Ideas Podcast

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Interviews with authors of Princeton University Press books.

Critical Theory July 27, 2022

The Global Bourgeoisie

The Rise of the Middle Classes in the Age of Empire

Jürgen Osterhammel, David Motadel, and Christof Dejung

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
While the nineteenth century has been described as the golden age of the European bourgeoisie, the emergence of the middle class and bourgeois culture was by no means exclusive to …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast July 1, 2022

The Secret Body

How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live

Daniel M. Davis

Hosted by Mark Klobas
Imagine knowing years in advance whether you are likely to get cancer or having a personalized understanding of your individual genes, organs, and cells. Imagine being able to monitor your …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast June 24, 2022

Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws

And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities

Adrienne Mayor

Hosted by Mark Klobas
Adrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific insights--glimmering, long-buried nuggets of truth--embedded in myth, legends …
Public Policy June 22, 2022

Yes to the City

Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing

Max Holleran

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
The exorbitant costs of urban housing and the widening gap in income inequality are fueling a combative new movement in cities around the world. A growing number of influential activists …
Sociology June 21, 2022

Rough Draft of History

A Century of US Social Movements in the News

Edwin Amenta and Neal Caren

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Rough Draft of History: A Century of US Social Movements in the News (Princeton UP, 2022) offers a new view of U.S. social movement history across the twentieth century by …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel June 20, 2022

Professor of Apocalypse

The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes

Jerry Z. Muller

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Genius or Charlatan? This is the story of Jacob Taubes, the controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual life Scion of a distinguished …
Chinese Studies June 16, 2022

The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales

Juwen Zhang

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales (Princeton University Press, 2022) by Dr. Juwen Zhang brings together forty-two magical Chinese tales, most appearing for the first time in …
Science June 10, 2022

Spark

The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life

Timothy J. Jorgensen

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
When we think of electricity, we likely imagine the energy humming inside our home appliances or lighting up our electronic devices--or perhaps we envision the lightning-streaked clouds of a stormy …
Environmental Studies June 10, 2022

When the Sahara Was Green

How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be

Martin Williams

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States. Yet, this arid expanse was once a verdant, pleasant land, fed …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast June 1, 2022

Until We Have Won Our Liberty

South Africa After Apartheid

Evan Lieberman

Hosted by Mark Klobas
At a time when many democracies are under strain around the world, Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa After Apartheid (Princeton UP, 2022) shines new light on the …
South Asian Studies May 23, 2022

Vernacular English

Reading the Anglophone in Postcolonial India

Akshya Saxena

Hosted by Saronik Bosu
Against a groundswell of critiques of global English, Vernacular English: Reading the Anglophone in Postcolonial India (Princeton UP, 2022) argues that literary studies are yet to confront the true political import …
Science May 19, 2022

The Joy of Science

Jim Al-Khalili

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
Today’s world is unpredictable and full of contradictions, and navigating its complexities while trying to make the best decisions is far from easy. The Joy of Science (Princeton UP, 2022) …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast May 17, 2022

When Animals Dream

The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness

David M. Peña-Guzmán

Hosted by Mark Klobas
Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the minds of animals when they sleep? When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness (Princeton UP, 2022) …
General History May 4, 2022

Maria Theresa

The Habsburg Empress in Her Time

Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Maria Theresa (1717–1780) was once the most powerful woman in Europe. At the age of twenty-three, she ascended to the throne of the Habsburg Empire, a far-flung realm composed of …
General History May 3, 2022

The Presidency of Donald J. Trump

A First Historical Assessment

Julian E. Zelizer

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment (Princeton University Press, 2022) presents a first draft of history by offering needed perspective on one of the nation's most divisive …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast May 2, 2022

The Wordhord

Daily Life in Old English

Hana Videen

Hosted by Mark Klobas
Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension …
Intellectual History April 21, 2022

Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals

Pamela Hieronymi

Hosted by August Baker
An innovative reassessment of philosopher P. F. Strawson's influential "Freedom and Resentment" P. F. Strawson was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his 1962 paper …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast April 15, 2022

A Vertical Art

On Poetry

Simon Armitage

Hosted by Mark Klobas
In A Vertical Art: On Poetry (Princeton UP, 2022), acclaimed poet Simon Armitage takes a refreshingly common-sense approach to an art form that can easily lend itself to grand statements …
Anthropology April 13, 2022

How to Do Things with Emotions

The Morality of Anger and Shame across Cultures

Owen Flanagan

Hosted by August Baker
How to Do Things with Emotions: The Morality of Anger and Shame across Cultures (Princeton UP, 2021) is an expansive look at how culture shapes our emotions—and how we can …