About Caleb Zakarin

Caleb Zakarin is the CEO and Publisher of the New Books Network. He lives in New York City.
Caleb Zakarin is the CEO and Publisher of the New Books Network.

NBN Episodes hosted by Caleb:

¡Huelga!: Indigenous Farm Labor Organizing in Mexico with James Daria (U Arizona Press, 2026)

November 6, 2026

¡Huelga!

James Daria
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

On March 17, 2015, tens of thousands of Mexican farmworkers went on strike in San Quintin, Baja California, to protest horrible working conditions on …

University Press Week 2026 with President Stephanie Williams

November 4, 2026

University Press Week 2026

Stephanie Williams
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Today I’m speaking with Stephanie Williams, Director of Wayne State University Press, and president of the Association of University Presses. Every ye…

El Salvador Reborn with Mellissa Linton-Villafranco (U Arizona Press, 2026)

October 30, 2026

El Salvador Reborn

Mellissa Linton-Villafranco
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

El Salvador Reborn: Abortion, Environment, and the Politics of Survival in a Postwar Nation ( examines the nation’s efforts to reshape its identity af…

Research: A Manifesto by Peter N. Miller (Princeton UP, 2026)

October 30, 2026

Research

Peter N. Miller
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Today I’m speaking with Peter N. Miller, historian and president of the American Academy in Rome, about his new book, Research: A Manifesto (Princeton…

Yiddish Scholarship Comes to America: The YIVO Institute at 100 with Kalman Weiser (Wayne State UP, 2026)

October 9, 2026

Yiddish Scholarship Comes to America

Kalman Weiser
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

This comprehensive history of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research—a groundbreaking American Jewish cultural organization, library, and research cen…

David Bentley Hart on Life, Literature, and Baseball (U Notre Dame Press, 2026)

October 9, 2026

A Gathering of Leaves

David Bentley Hart
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Today I’m speaking with David Bentley Hart about his book, A Gathering of Leaves: Extravagances and Ephemera, from the University of Notre Dame Press.…

Will AI Make Human Labor Obsolete? with Garrison Lovely

October 4, 2026

Obsolete

Garrison Lovely
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Today I’m speaking with Garrison Lovely, technology journalist and author of the new book, Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion Dollar Race to Replace…

Democracy on the Edge: The Trump Elections and the Future of American Politics with John Kenneth White and Matthew R. Kerbel (UP of Kansas, 2026)

September 26, 2026

Democracy on the Edge

John Kenneth White and Matthew R. Kerbel
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In Democracy on the Edge, leading political scientists John Kenneth White and Matthew R. Kerbel unravel the elections of 2020, 2022, and 2024 to show …

The Story of North Carolina's Research Triangle Park with Mack Paul

September 25, 2026

Miracle Road

Mack Paul and Allen Paul
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Research Triangle Park in North Carolina (RTP) emerged under the unique circumstances of a poor Southern state that needed to find a way to offset the…

Jim Gaona Ellis, "Educators As Designers: The Hidden Architecture of Learning" (Harvard Education Press, 2026)

September 17, 2026

Educators As Designers

Jim Gaona Ellis
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

An invitation to K-12 educators to reimagine their roles through the transformative lens of design In Educators as Designers, Jim Gaona Ellis draws on…

Inside Ink & Ribbon Press with Founder G.K. Allum and Poet Jan Noble

September 3, 2026

Inside Ink & Ribbon Press

G.K. Allum and Jan Noble
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

A year ago, Ink & Ribbon Press did not exist. Today it’s a nonprofit publisher with its first books in the world, a readership built largely throu…

Filmmaker Peter Santenello on Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Home

September 1, 2026

Your Fellow Americans

Peter Santenello
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Have you ever swapped stories on a porch with Amish snowbirds in Florida? Searched for reindeer with the Siberian Yupik in Alaska? Been a guest on a h…

An Honest Death: Life's End and Humanist Funerals with Matthew Engelke

August 28, 2026

An Honest Death

Matthew Engelke
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

A fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at non-religious funerals in contemporary London, An Honest Death: Life's End and Humanist Funerals (Princeton U…

Daniel Byman, "American Pogroms: How Forgotten Massacres Shape America" (Oxford UP, 2026)

August 14, 2026

American Pogroms

Daniel Byman
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Amidst heightened rhetoric and increasing polarization in the United States, American Pogroms: How Forgotten Massacres Shape America (Oxford Universit…

The Science of Memory with Steve Ramirez

July 30, 2026

The Science of Memory with Steve Ramirez

Steve Ramirez
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Today I’m speaking with neuroscientist Stave Ramirez about bullshit and memory. Steve is an associate professor at Boston University, where he runs a …

Steven K. Green, "American Infidelity: The Gilded Age Battle Over Freethought, Free Love, and Feminism" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 29, 2026

American Infidelity

Steven K. Green
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Today I'm speaking with Steven K. Green, Fred H. Paulus Professor of Law and Affiliated Professor of History and Religious Studies at Willamette Unive…

Rory Cormac, "Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 17, 2026

Fakers

Rory Cormac
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line (Oxford UP, 2026) reveals the rise and fall of the mavericks runn…

Are Capitalism and Democracy Fundamentally Incompatible? A Conversation with Mordecai Kurz

July 15, 2026

Private Power and Democracy's Decline

Mordecai Kurz
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Today I'm speaking with Mordecai Kurz, Joan Kenney Professor of Economics Emeritus at Stanford University. We are discussing his latest book, Private …

What are the Limits of Political Speech? A Conversation with Erik J. Olsen

July 10, 2026

A New Approach to Political Speech

Erik J. Olsen
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

A New Approach to Political Speech: Democratic Theory, Constitutional Law, and Public Liberty After January 6 (de Gruyter, 2026) challenges convention…

Nicholas Freudenberg, "Fighting for New York: Activism for Health and Social Justice Since The 1960s" (Columbia UP, 2026)

July 7, 2026

Fighting for New York

Nicholas Freudenberg
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Today I'm speaking with Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Health at the CUNY School of Public Health. We are discussing…

Thomas Paine at the Semiquincentennial: A Conversation with Gregory Claeys

July 1, 2026

Thomas Paine at the Semiquincentennial

Gregory Claeys
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Thomas Paine: Collected Writings (Princeton University Press, 2026) is the first major new edition of Paine’s works, bringing together all his writing…

Jonathan Schneer, "Nine Days in May: The General Strike Of 1926" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 1, 2026

Nine Days in May

Jonathan Schneer
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In May, 1926, nearly three million British workers downed tools to support nearly one million of their countrymen, miners whose employers meant to len…

Thomas S. Mullaney, "How We Disappear: A Personal History of Information" (W. W. Norton, 2026)

June 28, 2026

How We Disappear

Thomas S. Mullaney
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

This is the third time I have the great fortune of interviewing Tom Mullaney. I can hardly think of a more worthy ambassador for the history disciplin…

Robin Dembroff, "Real Men on Top: How Patriarchy Shapes Our Reality" (Oxford UP, 2026)

June 22, 2026

Real Men on Top

Robin Dembroff
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In Real Men on Top: How Patriarchy Shapes Our Reality (Oxford University Press, 2026), Robin Dembroff shows us that we don't just live in a patriarcha…