About Caleb Zakarin

Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network.

NBN Episodes hosted by Caleb:

Alke Jenss, "Selective Security in the War on Drugs: The Coloniality of State Power in Colombia and Mexico" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)

March 18, 2024

Selective Security in the War on Drugs

Alke Jenss
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Paramilitaries, crime, and tens of thousands of disappeared persons—the so-called war on drugs has perpetuated violence in Latin America, at times pre…

Tayo Agunbiade, "Untold Histories of Nigerian Women: Emerging from the Margins" (Cambridge Scholars, 2023)

March 14, 2024

Untold Histories of Nigerian Women

Tayo Agunbiade
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Untold Histories of Nigerian Women: Emerging from the Margins (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023) is a curation of insightful and engaging narration…

Daniel Dain, "A History of Boston" (Peter E. Randall, 2023)

February 24, 2024

A History of Boston

Daniel Dain
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Boston is today one of the world's greatest cities, first in higher education, hospitals, life science companies, and sports teams. It was the home of…

Nate Klemp, "Open: Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World" (Sounds True, 2024)

February 19, 2024

Open

Nate Klemp
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

With the avalanche of information we get every day, closing down our minds and hearts seems to be the only way to survive. We close down to our inner …

Rob Percival, "The Meat Paradox: Eating, Empathy, and the Future of Meat" (Pegasus, 2022)

February 12, 2024

The Meat Paradox

Rob Percival
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Our future diet will be shaped by diverse forces. It will be shaped by novel technologies, by geopolitical tensions, and the evolution of cultural pre…

Ana Lucia Araujo, "The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

February 11, 2024

The Gift

Ana Lucia Araujo
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism (Cambridge University Press, 2023) explores how objects of prestige …

Hedwig Amelia Waters, "Moral Economic Transitions in the Mongolian Borderlands: A Proportional Share" (UCL Press, 2023)

February 6, 2024

Moral Economic Transitions in the Mongolian Borderlands

Hedwig Amelia Waters
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In the early 1990s, Mongolia began a transition from socialism to a market democracy. In the process, the country became more than ever dependent on i…

Alex Squadron, "Life in the G: Minor League Basketball and the Relentless Pursuit of the NBA" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)

February 5, 2024

Life in the G

Alex Squadron
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Welcome to the G League--the official minor league of the National Basketball Association. Life in the G: Minor League Basketball and the Relentless P…

Matthew D. Lassiter, "The Suburban Crisis: White America and the War on Drugs" (Princeton UP, 2023)

February 2, 2024

The Suburban Crisis

Matthew D. Lassiter
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Most accounts of post-1950s political history tell the story of of the war on drugs as part of a racial system of social control of urban minority pop…

Aimee Loiselle, "Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican and Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class" (UNC Press, 2023)

January 17, 2024

Beyond Norma Rae

Aimee Loiselle
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In the late 1970s, Hollywood producers took the published biography of Crystal Lee Sutton, a white southern textile worker, and transformed it into a …

Karen C. Pinto, "Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration" (U Chicago Press, 2016)

January 16, 2024

Medieval Islamic Maps

Karen C. Pinto
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

The history of Islamic mapping is one of the new frontiers in the history of cartography. Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration (University of Chicago…

Jacob L. Wright, "Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and Its Origins" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

January 13, 2024

Why the Bible Began

Jacob L. Wright
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Why did no other ancient society produce something like the Bible? That a tiny, out of the way community could have created a literary corpus so deter…

Martha C. Nussbaum, "Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility" (Simon & Schuster, 2022)

January 2, 2024

Justice for Animals

Martha C. Nussbaum
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

A revolutionary new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum. Animals are in tro…

David Craig, "Apocalypse Television: How The Day After Helped Save the World" (Applause Books, 2023)

December 20, 2023

Apocalypse Television

David Craig
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

On November 20, 1983, a three-hour made-for-TV movie The Day After premiered on ABC. Set in the heartland of Lawrence, Kansas, the film depicted the e…

Martin C. Dean, "Investigating Babyn Yar: Shadows from the Valley of Death" (Lexington Books, 2023)

December 11, 2023

Investigating Babyn Yar

Martin C. Dean
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Investigating Babyn Yar: Shadows from the Valley of Death (Lexington Books, 2023) pieces together the story of the destruction of Kyiv's Jews using hi…

Daniel Shea and Nicholas F. Jacobs, "The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America" (Columbia UP, 2023)

November 24, 2023

The Rural Voter

Daniel Shea and Nicholas F. Jacobs
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day. Support for Democrats, up and down the bal…

Jarmo T. Kotilaine, "Sustainable Prosperity in the Arab Gulf: From Miracle to Method" (Routledge, 2023)

November 22, 2023

Sustainable Prosperity in the Arab Gulf

Jarmo T. Kotilaine
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Tracing the development journey of the Arabian Gulf region with a forward-looking perspective, Sustainable Prosperity in the Arab Gulf: From Miracle t…

Christopher Lazarski, "Lord Acton for Our Time" (Northern Illinois UP, 2023)

November 18, 2023

Lord Acton for Our Time

Christopher Lazarski
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Extracting lessons for our current age, Christopher Lazarski focuses on liberty--how Acton understood it, what he thought was its foundation and neces…

Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor, "Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society" (Princeton UP, 2016)

November 18, 2023

Our Compelling Interests

Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Princeton University Press’ Our Compelling Interests series focuses on diversity, in racial, gender, socioeconomic, religious, and other forms. Some o…

Speak UP!: Celebrating University Press Week with AUPresses President, Jane Bunker

November 13, 2023

Speak UP!

Jane Bunker
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
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University Press Week 2023 will provide an opportunity for presses and their supporters to shout to the rooftops about the value of the essential work…

Zeke Faux, "Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall" (Currency, 2023)

November 4, 2023

Number Go Up

Zeke Faux
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it, celebrities like Tom Brady endorsed it, and TV ads hailed it as the fut…

Alexandra Hudson, "The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves" (St. Martin's Press, 2023)

November 2, 2023

The Soul of Civility

Alexandra Hudson
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
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Alexandra Hudson, daughter of the "Manners Lady," was raised to respect others. But as she grew up, Hudson discovered a difference between politeness-…

Chet Van Duzer, "Frames That Speak: Cartouches on Early Modern Maps" (Brill, 2023)

October 29, 2023

Frames That Speak

Chet Van Duzer
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Frames That Speak: Cartouches on Early Modern Maps (Brill, 2023) is the first systematic exploration of cartographic cartouches, the decorated frames …

Branko Milanovic, "Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War" (Harvard UP, 2023)

October 16, 2023

Visions of Inequality

Branko Milanovic
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
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"How do you see income distribution in your time, and how and why do you expect it to change?" That is the question Branko Milanovic imagines posing t…