About James Esposito

NBN Episodes hosted by James:

David Edgerton, "The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History" (Allen Lane, 2018)

July 17, 2018

The Rise and Fall of the British Nation

David Edgerton
Hosted by James Esposito

David Edgerton’s The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth Century History (Allen Lane, 2018) argues the United Kingdom had a distinctive n…

Kief Hillsbery, "Empire Made: My Search for an Outlaw Uncle Who Vanished in British India"  (HMH, 2017)

July 26, 2017

Empire Made

Kief Hillsbery
Hosted by James Esposito

Kief Hillsbery's Empire Made: My Search for an Outlaw Uncle Who Vanished in British India (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017) follows the career of Nige…

Norman Ohler, "Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich" (HMH, 2017)

March 8, 2017

Blitzed

Norman Ohler
Hosted by James Esposito

Norman Ohler's Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017) explores the drug culture of Nazi Germany. Far from being a nation …

Benjamin Martin, "The Nazi-Fascist New Order for European Culture" (Harvard UP, 2016)

November 29, 2016

The Nazi-Fascist New Order for European Culture

Benjamin Martin
Hosted by James Esposito

Benjamin Martin's The Nazi-Fascist New Order for European Culture (Harvard University Press, 2016) examines the attempt by Nazi Germany and Fascist It…

Kelly Watson, "Insatiable Appetites: Imperial Encounters with Cannibals in the North Atlantic World" (NYU Press, 2015)

October 11, 2016

Insatiable Appetites

Kelly Watson
Hosted by James Esposito

Kelly Watson's Insatiable Appetites: Imperial Encounters with Cannibals in the North Atlantic World (New York University Press, 2015) explores the his…

Caroline Ford, "Natural Interests: The Contest over Environment in Modern France" (Harvard UP, 2016)

September 12, 2016

Natural Interests

Caroline Ford
Hosted by James Esposito

Caroline Ford's Natural Interests: The Contest over Environment in Modern France (Harvard University Press, 2016) explores the roots of French environ…

Greg Jenner, "A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life from Stone Age to Phone Age" (St. Martin's Press, 2016)

June 26, 2016

A Million Years in a Day

Greg Jenner
Hosted by James Esposito

Greg Jenner's A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life from Stone Age to Phone Age (St. Martins Press, 2016), explores the history…

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, "Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution" (Harvard UP, 2015)

March 30, 2016

Citizen Sailors

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
Hosted by James Esposito

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal's Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution (Harvard University Press, 2015), explores the fascinating history…

Stefan Ihrig, "Ataturk in the Nazi Imagination" (Harvard UP, 2014)

February 24, 2016

Ataturk in the Nazi Imagination

Stefan Ihrig
Hosted by James Esposito

In Ataturk in the Nazi Imagination (Harvard University Press, 2014), historian Stefan Ihrig examines the history of Mustafa Kemal and Republican Turke…

Erik Linstrum, "Ruling Minds: Psychology in the British Empire" (Harvard UP, 2016)

December 30, 2015

Ruling Minds

Erik Linstrum
Hosted by James Esposito

In Ruling Minds: Psychology in the British Empire (Harvard University Press, 2016), Erik Linstrum examines how the field of psychology was employed in…

Peter Thorsheim, "Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War" (Cambridge UP, 2015)

December 17, 2015

Waste into Weapons

Peter Thorsheim
Hosted by James Esposito

In Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War (Cambridge University Press 2015), Peter Thorsheim explores the role of waste …