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NBN Episodes hosted by Carrie:

Elizabeth A. Wheeler, "HandiLand: The Crippest Place on Earth" (U Michigan Press, 2019)

March 23, 2020

HandiLand

Elizabeth A. Wheeler
Hosted by Carrie Lane

Throughout her new book, HandiLand: The Crippest Place on Earth (University of Michigan Press 2019), Elizabeth A. Wheeler uses a fictional place calle…

Kimberly Dark, "Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old: A Makeover for Self and Society" (AK Press, 2019)

February 26, 2020

Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old

Kimberly Dark
Hosted by Carrie Lane

In her new book Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old: A Makeover for Self and Society (AK Press 2019), sociologist and storyteller Kimberly Dark considers …

L. Benjamin Rolsky, "The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left" (Columbia UP, 2019)

February 21, 2020

The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left

L. Benjamin Rolsky
Hosted by Carrie Lane

As someone who grew up watching All in the Family and Sanford and Son, I’ve long been familiar with Norman Lear and his work. What I didn’t know, as a…

Susan Schulten, "A History of America in 100 Maps" (U Chicago Press 2018)

January 3, 2020

A History of America in 100 Maps

Susan Schulten
Hosted by Carrie Lane

In her new book A History of America in 100 Maps (University of Chicago Press 2018), historian Susan Schulten uses maps to explore five centuries of A…

William Westermeyer, "Back to America: Identity, Political Culture, and the Tea Party Movement" (U Nebraska 2019)

December 18, 2019

Back to America

William Westermeyer
Hosted by Carrie Lane

With his new book Back to America: Identity, Political Culture, and the Tea Party Movement (University of Nebraska, 2019), Professor William Westermey…

Louis Hyman, "Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary" (Viking, 2018)

December 13, 2019

Temp

Louis Hyman
Hosted by Carrie Lane

It has become a truism that work has become less secure and more precarious for a widening swath of American workers. Why and how this has happened, a…

Francesco Duina, "Broke and Patriotic: Why Poor Americans Love Their Country" (Stanford UP, 2018)

October 22, 2019

Broke and Patriotic

Francesco Duina
Hosted by Carrie Lane

In his new book, Broke and Patriotic: Why Poor Americans Love Their Country (Stanford University Press 2018), Professor Francesco Duina asks why impov…

Genevieve Carpio, "Collisions at the Crossroads: How Place and Mobility Make Race" (U California Press, 2019)

July 8, 2019

Collisions at the Crossroads

Genevieve Carpio
Hosted by Carrie Lane

In her new book, Collisions at the Crossroads: How Place and Mobility Make Race (University of California Press, 2019), Professor Genevieve Carpio con…

Matilda Rabinowitz, "Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman: A Memoir from the Early Twentieth Century" (ILR Press, 2017)

June 13, 2019

Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman

Matilda Rabinowitz
Hosted by Carrie Lane

It’s quite common these days to hear young people being urged to collect and record the stories of their grandparents or parents in order to learn and…

Susan Lepselter, "The Resonance of Unseen Things: Poetics, Power, Captivity, and UFOs in the American Uncanny" (U Michigan Press, 2016)

May 6, 2019

The Resonance of Unseen Things

Susan Lepselter
Hosted by Carrie Lane

When we talk about stories of alien abduction in the United States, we often do so through a framework of belief vs. disbelief. Do I think this story …

Jan English-Lueck, "Cultures@SiliconValley: Second Edition" (Stanford UP, 2017)

January 28, 2019

Cultures@SiliconValley

Jan English-Lueck
Hosted by Carrie Lane

Silicon Valley is understood to be one of the most fast-paced regions on earth, where innovation and upheaval are part and parcel of daily life. Imagi…

Ellen Moore, "Grateful Nation: Student Veterans and the Rise of the Military-Friendly Campus" (Duke UP, 2017)

January 16, 2019

Grateful Nation

Ellen Moore
Hosted by Carrie Lane

I don’t know about the colleges and universities you’re familiar with, but the U.S. military has a pretty visible presence on my campus—through the RO…

Sara Komarnisky, "Mexicans in Alaska: An Ethnography of Mobility, Place, and Transnational Life" (U Nebraska Press, 2018)

December 6, 2018

Mexicans in Alaska

Sara Komarnisky
Hosted by Carrie Lane

“There are Mexicans in Alaska?” This was the response Sara Komarnisky heard repeatedly when describing her research on three generations of transnatio…