New Episodes

Special Episode: Accounting for Computing, or Why We So Badly Need a New Social and Economic History of Everyday Digital Technology Use

August 31, 2026

Special Episode

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

This special episode features a short talk Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, gave at the Jefferson Scholars Foundation in Charlottesville, Virginia. …

Dog Day Afternoon

August 31, 2026

Dog Day Afternoon

A comedy of frustration and a look at how the media takes and then takes back one’s fifteen minutes of fame, Dog Day Afternoon (1975) is on of Sidney…

56 Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering

August 31, 2026

56 Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering

Sascha Benjamin Fink
Hosted by Gastronomica

One year after the publication of Gastronomica’s special feature on food and philosophy, Robert T. Valgenti of the Editorial Collective revisits the …

Paul Chambers In Conversation with Duncan McCargo

August 31, 2026

Paul Chambers

Hosted by Duncan McCargo

In this episode of Talking Thai Politics, Dr Paul Chambers, talks about his new book, Praetorian Kingdom: A History of Military Ascendancy in Thailand…

John Trafton, "Los Angeles and Film: A Cultural History of 20th-Century Hollywood" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

August 31, 2026

Los Angeles and Film

John Trafton
Hosted by Cory Barker

It is impossible to talk about the City of Angels without talking about its movie business. The history of American cinema is so intertwined with Los …

Christy Hyman, "The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp" (Hamilton Books, 2025)

August 31, 2026

The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp

Christy Hyman

The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp (Hamilton Books, 2025) explores the cultural resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp, emphasiz…

Eran A. Zelnik, "American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, 1750–1850" (JHU Press, 2025)

August 31, 2026

American Laughter, American Fury

Eran A. Zelnik
Hosted by Amy Weitzman

A joke is never just a joke—not even in the eighteenth century. In American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, …

Karin Barber, "Much Matter in a Penny Paper: Early Yoruba Print Culture in Lagos, 1910–1930" (Ohio UP, 2026)

August 31, 2026

Much Matter in a Penny Paper

Karin Barber
Hosted by Mariam Olugbodi

Much Matter in a Penny Paper: Early Yoruba Print Culture in Lagos,1910-1930 (Ohio UP, 2026) is a survey of the history and development of Yoruba print…

Raf de Bont et al eds., "Globalizing Wildlife" (UNC Press, 2026)

August 31, 2026

Globalizing Wildlife

Raf de Bont, Vanessa Bateman, and Tom Quick eds.
Hosted by Jacob Ward

Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization b…

Nancy Yunhwa Rao, "Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in Nineteenth Century California and Beyond" (U Illinois Press, 2025)

August 31, 2026

Inside Chinese Theater

Nancy Yunhwa Rao
Hosted by Kristen Turner

The first large number of Chinese immigrants began arriving in the United States in the 1840s, and Chinese opera troupes were not far behind. In Insid…

Special Episode: Accounting for Computing, or Why We So Badly Need a New Social and Economic History of Everyday Digital Technology Use

August 31, 2026

Special Episode

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

This special episode features a short talk Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, gave at the Jefferson Scholars Foundation in Charlottesville, Virginia. …

Dog Day Afternoon

August 31, 2026

Dog Day Afternoon

A comedy of frustration and a look at how the media takes and then takes back one’s fifteen minutes of fame, Dog Day Afternoon (1975) is on of Sidney…

56 Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering

August 31, 2026

56 Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering

Sascha Benjamin Fink
Hosted by Gastronomica

One year after the publication of Gastronomica’s special feature on food and philosophy, Robert T. Valgenti of the Editorial Collective revisits the …

Paul Chambers In Conversation with Duncan McCargo

August 31, 2026

Paul Chambers

Hosted by Duncan McCargo

In this episode of Talking Thai Politics, Dr Paul Chambers, talks about his new book, Praetorian Kingdom: A History of Military Ascendancy in Thailand…

John Trafton, "Los Angeles and Film: A Cultural History of 20th-Century Hollywood" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

August 31, 2026

Los Angeles and Film

John Trafton
Hosted by Cory Barker

It is impossible to talk about the City of Angels without talking about its movie business. The history of American cinema is so intertwined with Los …

Christy Hyman, "The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp" (Hamilton Books, 2025)

August 31, 2026

The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp

Christy Hyman

The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp (Hamilton Books, 2025) explores the cultural resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp, emphasiz…

Eran A. Zelnik, "American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, 1750–1850" (JHU Press, 2025)

August 31, 2026

American Laughter, American Fury

Eran A. Zelnik
Hosted by Amy Weitzman

A joke is never just a joke—not even in the eighteenth century. In American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, …

Karin Barber, "Much Matter in a Penny Paper: Early Yoruba Print Culture in Lagos, 1910–1930" (Ohio UP, 2026)

August 31, 2026

Much Matter in a Penny Paper

Karin Barber
Hosted by Mariam Olugbodi

Much Matter in a Penny Paper: Early Yoruba Print Culture in Lagos,1910-1930 (Ohio UP, 2026) is a survey of the history and development of Yoruba print…

Raf de Bont et al eds., "Globalizing Wildlife" (UNC Press, 2026)

August 31, 2026

Globalizing Wildlife

Raf de Bont, Vanessa Bateman, and Tom Quick eds.
Hosted by Jacob Ward

Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization b…

Nancy Yunhwa Rao, "Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in Nineteenth Century California and Beyond" (U Illinois Press, 2025)

August 31, 2026

Inside Chinese Theater

Nancy Yunhwa Rao
Hosted by Kristen Turner

The first large number of Chinese immigrants began arriving in the United States in the 1840s, and Chinese opera troupes were not far behind. In Insid…

Special Episode: Accounting for Computing, or Why We So Badly Need a New Social and Economic History of Everyday Digital Technology Use

August 31, 2026

Special Episode

Hosted by Lee Vinsel

This special episode features a short talk Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, gave at the Jefferson Scholars Foundation in Charlottesville, Virginia. …

Dog Day Afternoon

August 31, 2026

Dog Day Afternoon

A comedy of frustration and a look at how the media takes and then takes back one’s fifteen minutes of fame, Dog Day Afternoon (1975) is on of Sidney…

56 Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering

August 31, 2026

56 Gastronomy as Sensory Engineering

Sascha Benjamin Fink
Hosted by Gastronomica

One year after the publication of Gastronomica’s special feature on food and philosophy, Robert T. Valgenti of the Editorial Collective revisits the …

Paul Chambers In Conversation with Duncan McCargo

August 31, 2026

Paul Chambers

Hosted by Duncan McCargo

In this episode of Talking Thai Politics, Dr Paul Chambers, talks about his new book, Praetorian Kingdom: A History of Military Ascendancy in Thailand…

John Trafton, "Los Angeles and Film: A Cultural History of 20th-Century Hollywood" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

August 31, 2026

Los Angeles and Film

John Trafton
Hosted by Cory Barker

It is impossible to talk about the City of Angels without talking about its movie business. The history of American cinema is so intertwined with Los …

Christy Hyman, "The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp" (Hamilton Books, 2025)

August 31, 2026

The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp

Christy Hyman

The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp (Hamilton Books, 2025) explores the cultural resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp, emphasiz…

Eran A. Zelnik, "American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, 1750–1850" (JHU Press, 2025)

August 31, 2026

American Laughter, American Fury

Eran A. Zelnik
Hosted by Amy Weitzman

A joke is never just a joke—not even in the eighteenth century. In American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, …

Karin Barber, "Much Matter in a Penny Paper: Early Yoruba Print Culture in Lagos, 1910–1930" (Ohio UP, 2026)

August 31, 2026

Much Matter in a Penny Paper

Karin Barber
Hosted by Mariam Olugbodi

Much Matter in a Penny Paper: Early Yoruba Print Culture in Lagos,1910-1930 (Ohio UP, 2026) is a survey of the history and development of Yoruba print…

Raf de Bont et al eds., "Globalizing Wildlife" (UNC Press, 2026)

August 31, 2026

Globalizing Wildlife

Raf de Bont, Vanessa Bateman, and Tom Quick eds.
Hosted by Jacob Ward

Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization b…

Nancy Yunhwa Rao, "Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in Nineteenth Century California and Beyond" (U Illinois Press, 2025)

August 31, 2026

Inside Chinese Theater

Nancy Yunhwa Rao
Hosted by Kristen Turner

The first large number of Chinese immigrants began arriving in the United States in the 1840s, and Chinese opera troupes were not far behind. In Insid…