About Matthew Taylor Raffety

NBN Episodes hosted by Matthew:

Robert Peckham, "Epidemics in Modern Asia" (Cambridge UP, 2016)

November 6, 2016

Epidemics in Modern Asia

Robert Peckham

Robert Peckham's Epidemics in Modern Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2016) explores the crucial yet under-explored role that epidemics have played i…

John McMillian, "Beatles vs. Stones" (Simon and Schuster, 2013)

September 14, 2015

Beatles vs. Stones

John McMillian

John McMillian's Beatles vs. Stones (Simon and Schuster, 2013) presents a compelling composite biography of the two seminal bands of the 1960s, examin…

Kathleen A. Feeley and Jennifer Frost,  "When Private Talk Goes Public: Gossip in American History" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)

February 20, 2015

When Private Talk Goes Public

Kathleen A. Feeley and Jennifer Frost, eds.

Across a series of twelve essays, When Private Talk Goes Public: Gossip in American History (Palgrave McMillan, 2014)examines the important and unders…

Ethan Zuckerman, "Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection" (Norton, 2013)

November 6, 2014

Rewire

Ethan Zuckerman

In the early days of the Internet, optimists saw the future as highly connected, where voices from across the globe would mingle and learn from one an…