About Jolon Timms

Reed College graduate ('18) in anthropology. Masters in sociology. Studying language politics, cultural nonprofits and semiotics in Brittany, France. You can reach me at jolontimms [@] gmail

NBN Episodes hosted by Jolon:

Charles L. Briggs, "Unlearning: Rethinking Poetics, Pandemics, and the Politics of Knowledge" (Utah State UP, 2021)

March 12, 2023

Unlearning

Charles L. Briggs
Hosted by Jolon Timms

A provocative theoretical synthesis by renowned folklorist and anthropologist Charles L. Briggs, Unlearning: Rethinking Poetics, Pandemics, and the Po…

Sarah E. Wagner, "What Remains: Bringing America's Missing Home from the Vietnam War" (Harvard UP, 2019)

November 10, 2022

What Remains

Sarah E. Wagner
Hosted by Jolon Timms

For many families the Vietnam War remains unsettled. Nearly 1,600 Americans— and more than 300,000 Vietnamese—involved in the conflict are still unacc…

Paul A. Silverstein, "Postcolonial France: The Question of Race and the Future of the Republic" (Pluto Press, 2018)

September 2, 2022

Postcolonial France

Paul A. Silverstein
Hosted by Jolon Timms

France is a bellwether for the postcolonial anxieties and populist politics emerging across the world today. Postcolonial France: The Question of Race…

Roberto J. González, "War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future" (U California Press, 2022)

July 1, 2022

War Virtually

Roberto J. González
Hosted by Jolon Timms

A critical look at how the US military is weaponizing technology and data for new kinds of warfare—and why we must resist. War Virtually: The Quest to…

Andrew Bickford, "Chemical Heroes: Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military" (Duke UP, 2021)

June 3, 2022

Chemical Heroes

Andrew Bickford
Hosted by Jolon Timms

In Chemical Heroes: Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military (Duke UP, 2021), Andrew Bickford analyzes the US military's attempts to design pe…

M. Bianet Castellanos, "Indigenous Dispossession: Housing and Maya Indebtedness in Mexico" (Stanford UP, 2020)

April 22, 2022

Indigenous Dispossession

M. Bianet Castellanos
Hosted by Jolon Timms

Following the recent global housing boom, tract housing development became a billion-dollar industry in Mexico. At the national level, neoliberal hous…