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About Marshall Poe
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Marshall Poe is the founder and editor of the New Books Network.
NBN Episodes hosted by Marshall:
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
March 1, 2021
The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer
A Discussion with Marion Turner
Marion Turner
Hosted by Marshall Poe
More than any other canonical English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer lived and worked at the centre of political life—yet his poems are anything but conventional. Edgy, complicated, and often dark, they …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
February 15, 2021
How Discrimination Haunts Western Democracy
A Discussion with Michael Hanchard
Michael G. Hanchard
Hosted by Marshall Poe
As right-wing nationalism and authoritarian populism gain momentum across the world, liberals, and even some conservatives, worry that democratic principles are under threat. In The Spectre of Race: How Discrimination …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
February 1, 2021
White Freedom
The Racial History of an Idea
Tyler Stovall
Hosted by Marshall Poe
The era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern conceptions of freedom and democracy, was also the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. America, a nation founded on …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
February 1, 2021
The Idea of Freedom and Race
A Discussion with Tyler Stovall
Tyler Stovall
Hosted by Marshall Poe
The era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern conceptions of freedom and democracy, was also the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. America, a nation founded on …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
January 15, 2021
Who was Francisco Goya?
A Discussion with Janis Tomlinson
Janis Tomlinson
Hosted by Marshall Poe
The life of Francisco Goya (1746–1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish history that brought upheavals in the country’s politics and at the court which Goya served, changes …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
January 4, 2021
Can we Bring Extinct Species Back?
A Conversation with Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro
Hosted by Marshall Poe
Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction (Princeton UP, 2020), Beth Shapiro …
Digital Humanities
November 18, 2020
Historical Atlas of Hasidism
Marcin Wodziński and Waldemar Spallek
Hosted by Marshall Poe
The Historical Atlas of Hasidism (Princeton UP, 2018) is the first cartographic reference book on one of the modern era’s most vibrant and important mystical movements. Featuring seventy-four large-format maps …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
November 16, 2020
Conspiracy Theories are More Dangerous Than Ever
A Discussion with Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum
Nancy L. Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead
Hosted by Marshall Poe
Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new—conspiracy without theory. And the new conspiracism has moved from the fringes to the heart of government …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
November 12, 2020
College Presidents and the Struggle for Integration
A Conversation with Eddie R. Cole
Eddie R. Cole
Hosted by Marshall Poe
Some of America's most pressing civil rights issues--desegregation, equal educational and employment opportunities, housing discrimination, and free speech--have been closely intertwined with higher education institutions. Although it is commonly known …
Scholarly Communication
November 9, 2020
The Work and Value of University Presses
A Discussion with Niko Pfund
Niko Pfund
Hosted by Marshall Poe
What do university presses do? And how do they contributed to public discourse? November 9 is the beginning of University Press Week, and today I had the honor of talking …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
November 2, 2020
Conservatism is Always Evolving
A Discussion with Edmund Fawcett
Edmund Fawcett
Hosted by Marshall Poe
For two hundred years, conservatism has defied its reputation as a backward-looking creed by confronting and adapting to liberal modernity. By doing so, the Right has won long periods of …
African American Studies
October 15, 2020
Why are Blacks Democrats?
An Interview with Ismail K. White and Chryl N. Laird
Ismail K. White and Chryl N. Laird
Hosted by Marshall Poe
Black Americans are by far the most unified racial group in American electoral politics, with 80 to 90 percent identifying as Democrats—a surprising figure given that nearly a third now …
A Podcast Series about Polymath Robert Eisler
August 31, 2020
A Very Square Peg
A Discussion with Brian Collins
Dr. Brian Collins
Hosted by Marshall Poe
Today I talked with Dr. Brian Collins, the creator of "A Very Square Peg." We talked about: --How he discovered Eilser in a used bookstore in Ann Arbor --How he …
German Studies
April 22, 2020
Learning From Franz L. Neumann
Law, Theory and the Brute Facts of Political Life
David Kettler and Thomas Wheatland
Hosted by Marshall Poe
Franz Neumann was a member of a generation that saw the end of the Kaiserreich and the beginnings of a democratic republic carried by the labor movement. In Neumann's case …
Education
April 13, 2020
A Discussion with Kelly McFall about Using 'Reacting to the Past' in the College Classroom
Kelly McFall
Hosted by Marshall Poe
How best to teach history and, for that matter any social science subject, to college students? The traditional answer has been to lecture them. Given that the typical length of …
Architecture
April 10, 2020
Age-Inclusive Public Space
Kristian Ly Serena
Hosted by Marshall Poe
Public spaces tend to over-represent facilities and spatial design for the young and the middle-aged, whereas elderly citizens are all too often neglected by contemporary urban design practice. Dominique Hauderowicz …
American Studies
March 24, 2020
Fight House
Rivalries in the White House from Truman to Trump
Tevi Troy
Hosted by Marshall Poe
Washington Post best-selling presidential historian and former senior White House aide Tevi Troy examines some of the juiciest, nastiest, and most consequential internecine administration struggles in modern American history. In …
Literary Studies
January 2, 2020
Second Slayings
The Binding of Isaac and the Formation of Jewish Cultural Memory
David N. Gottlieb
Hosted by Marshall Poe
In Second Slayings: The Binding of Isaac and the Formation of Jewish Cultural Memory (Gorgias Press, 2019), David N. Gottlieb explores the decisive - and, until now, under-appreciated - influence …
World Affairs
November 26, 2019
Waste
Kate O'Neill
Hosted by Marshall Poe
Waste is one of the planet’s last great resource frontiers. From furniture made from up-cycled wood to gold extracted from computer circuit boards, artisans and multinational corporations alike are finding …
African American Studies
November 19, 2019
Race After Technology
Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
Ruha Benjamin
Hosted by Marshall Poe
From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity. In Race After Technology: Abolitionist …
Popular Culture
November 18, 2019
Dogs
Mark Alizart
Hosted by Marshall Poe
Man’s best friend, domesticated since prehistoric times, a travelling companion for explorers and artists, thinkers and walkers, equally happy curled up by the fire and bounding through the great outdoors―dogs …
World Affairs
November 14, 2019
What are Empires and Why do they Matter?
A Discussion with Jeremy Black
Hosted by Marshall Poe
You hear a lot about "empires," but what are they? Do they still exist? And why does it matter? Today I talked to Jeremy Black about empires, historical and present …
Anthropology
November 11, 2019
Conspiracy Theories
Quassim Cassam
Hosted by Marshall Poe
9/11 was an inside job. The Holocaust is a myth promoted to serve Jewish interests. The shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were a false flag operation. Climate change is …
Communications
November 4, 2019
Kathryn Conrad on University Press Publishing
Kathryn Conrad
Hosted by Marshall Poe
As you may know, university presses publish a lot of good books. In fact, they publish thousands of them every year. They are different from most trade books in that …
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