Help Support the NBN and NBN en Español on Patreon | Visit New Books Network en Español!

New Books Network

About Lilly Goren

Lilly J. Goren is professor of political science at Carroll University in Waukesha, WI.

NBN Episodes hosted by Lilly:

Political Science September 14, 2023

Election Day

How We Vote and What It Means for Democracy

Emilee Booth Chapman

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Emilee Booth Chapman, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, has a new book that examines the idea of the vote, and what this experience means for citizens, for …
Political Science August 31, 2023

The Walls Within

The Politics of Immigration in Modern America

Sarah R. Coleman

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Sarah Coleman, an historian at Texas State University, is the author of an important and topical book about immigration policy in the United States. The Walls Within: The Politics of …
Political Science August 24, 2023

Globalizing Political Theory

Smita A. Rahman, Katherine A. Gordy, and Shirin S. Deylami

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Listen:
Three political theorists, Smita A. Rahman (DePauw University), Katherine A. Gordy (San Francisco State University), and Shirin S. Deylami (Western Washington University) have brought together an excellent edited volume titled Globalizing …
Postscript August 23, 2023

The Barbie Movie

A Conversation about a Cinematic and Cultural Event

Linda Beail, Danielle Hanley, Shuchi Kapila, and Susan Liebell

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Today’s episode of POSTSCRIPT explores and examines director Greta Gerwig’s film, Barbie. This Warner Brothers’ movie has been in theaters for under a month but has crossed the $1 billion …
Political Science July 6, 2023

Woman President

Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture

Kristina Horn Sheeler and Karrin Vasby Anderson

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Kristina Horn Sheeler and Karrin Vasby Anderson have each worked on and researched questions of gender, leadership, executive positions, and popular culture. In Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture (Texas A&M …
Political Science June 29, 2023

Justice by Means of Democracy

Danielle Allen

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Listen:
Danielle Allen, the James Bryant Conant University Professor and the Director of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, has a new book, Justice by Means …
Political Science May 4, 2023

Evading the Patronage Trap

Interest Representation in Mexico

Brian Palmer-Rubin

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Marquette University Political Scientist Brian Palmer-Rubin has a new book that examines the connections and disconnections between economics and politics in Mexico and how the varied governing institutions within the …
Political Science March 30, 2023

LGBT Inclusion in American Life

Pop Culture, Political Imagination, and Civil Rights

Susan Burgess

Hosted by Lilly Goren
LGBT Inclusion in American Life: Pop Culture, Political Imaginations, and Civil Rights (NYU Press, 2023) is a tour de force that weaves together the various narratives about the transformation of a …
Political Science March 23, 2023

Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters

Reflections of Political Theory from Antiquity to the Age of COVID

Lee Trepanier

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Theorist Lee Trepanier has a new edited volume focusing on thinking about human responses to disasters and diseases. Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters: Reflections of Political Theory from …
Political Science March 16, 2023

The Informal Regulation of Criminal Markets in Latin America

Hernán Flom

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist Hernán Flom has written a fascinating and nuanced analysis of how the criminal drug markets operate in Argentina and Brazil. Instead of tracking the path that illegal drugs …
Political Science March 14, 2023

Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond

Kevin G. Lorentz, Daniel J. Mallinson, and Julia Marin Hellwege

Hosted by Lilly Goren
This new compendium, Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond, is a true asset to the discipline of Political Science (and other graduate programs as well) in the myriad ways …
Political Science February 23, 2023

Infected Empires

Decolonizing Zombies

Patricia Saldarriaga and Emy Manini

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Let’s talk about zombies! Scholars Patricia Saldarriaga and Emy Manini have produced an engaging and important analysis of the idea of zombies, and how and why these particular monsters are …
Political Science February 16, 2023

Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy

Stephen F. Knott

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist and presidential scholar Stephen Knott has a new book specifically focusing on the 35th president, John F. Kennedy. This book is not exactly a biography, since it is …
Postscript January 26, 2023

Postscript: Narrative and Influence Activities in the Russo-Ukraine War

Jordan Miller

Hosted by Lilly Goren
For almost a year now, we have been absorbing news and information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There are a variety of different, or competing, narratives to explain and …
Political Science January 19, 2023

Designing for Democracy

How to Build Community in Digital Environments

Jennifer Forestal

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Theorist Jennifer Forestal’s new book is a fascinating exploration of contemporary democracy and how it operates in different spaces. Forestal’s avenue into the question of democracy and the space …
Political Science December 15, 2022

Democracy's Child

Young People and the Politics of Control, Leverage, and Agency

Alison L. Gash and Daniel J. Tichenor

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientists Alison Gash and Dan Tichenor have a new book, Democracy's Child: Young People and the Politics of Control, Leverage, and Agency (Oxford UP, 2022), that centers children and …
Political Science November 28, 2022

Pandemic Politics

The Deadly Toll of Partisanship in the Age of COVID

Shana Kushner Gadarian, Sara Wallace Goodman, and Thomas B. Pepinsky

Hosted by Lilly Goren
None of us really want to relive our first encounters with COVID-19 and the disruptions to our lives, to say nothing of the anxiety and concern about the life-threatening nature …
Political Science October 13, 2022

Queer Forms

Ramzi Fawaz

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Ramzi Fawaz, Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has a new book that weaves together the more contemporary history of feminism and women’s liberation, the gay liberation movement …
Political Science August 25, 2022

Polarization and Political Party Factions in the 2020 Election

Jennifer C. Lucas and Christopher J. Galdieri

Hosted by Lilly Goren
The 2020 presidential election has cast a long shadow over American politics. Much of the decorum, propriety, and cordiality of the political world was replaced by even more polarization, and …
Political Science August 11, 2022

Stars and Shadows

The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama

Saladin Ambar

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Slavery and its lingering remnants remain a plague on the United States, continuing to foster animosity between races that hinders the understanding and connection conducive to dismantling the remains of …
Political Science August 4, 2022

The Knowledge Polity

Teaching and Research in the Social Sciences

Paul A. Djupe, Anand Edward Sokhey, and Amy Erica Smith

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Paul A. Djupe, Anand Edward Sokhey, and Amy Erica Smith, The Knowledge Polity: Teaching and Research in the Social Sciences (Oxford UP, 2022) explores a more holistic understanding of knowledge production in …
Political Science July 28, 2022

Ugly Freedoms

Elisabeth R. Anker

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Freedom is often considered the cornerstone of the American political project. The 1776 revolutionaries declared it an inalienable right that could neither be taken nor granted, a sacred concept upon …
Political Science July 14, 2022

The Senate

From White Supremacy to Governmental Gridlock

Daniel Wirls

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Daniel Wirls, Professor of Politics at the University of California-Santa Cruz, has a new book that continues his research stream on the United States’ Senate. Wirls’ previous book on the …
Political Science July 7, 2022

Promoting Justice Across Borders

The Ethics of Reform Intervention

Lucia M. Rafanelli

Hosted by Lilly Goren
In her new book, Promoting Justice Across Borders: The Ethics of Reform Intervention (Oxford UP, 2021) political scientist Lucia M. Rafanelli develops an ethical theory of global reform intervention, arguing that …