New Books Network
Episodes
Mujun Zhou, "The Death and Life of Chinese Civil Society" (U Michigan Press, 2026)
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a society undergoing rapid transformation, how do people engage in debates around a foreign concept and in doing so, pursue contested political fut...
Dawn Macdonald, "Northerny" (U Alberta Press, 2024)
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Dawn MacDonald about her Griffin Prize winning collection, Northerny (University of Alberta Press...
Mattie Fitch, "The People, the Workers, and the Citizens: Antifascist Cultures and the Popular Front in France, 1934–1939" (Routledge, 2025)
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are joined by Mattie Fitch, Associate Professor at Marymount University and author of The People, The Workers and the Citizens: Antifascist ...
Sunita Sah, "Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes" (Random House, 2025)
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How many times have you wanted to object, disagree, or opt out of something but ended up swallowing your words, shaking your head, and just going alon...
Radio ReOrient 14:4: The Coconut Trial with Marieha Hussain, hosted by Fatima Rajina and Stephen Lawrence Research Centre
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Fatima Rajina is joined by Marieha Hussain to talk about her experience of the Coconuts trial. A case that saw the political activ...
How Bolsonaro was Convicted: The Role of the Judiciary During and After Autocratization
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Former Brazilian president Bolsonaro was found to have attempted a coup after losing the 2022 presidential elections, and he was convicted to 27 years...
Vanda Krefft, "Expect Great Things!: How the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women" (Algonquin Books, 2026)
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a safe bet that most of the secretaries on the TV series Mad Men would have attended the Katharine Gibbs School in New York City. The icon...
Liz Bucar, "Beyond Wellness: How Restoring the Religious Roots of Spiritual Practices Can Heal Us" (Penguin, 2026)
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Bucar is a religious ethicist and professor of religion at Northeastern University, as well as a certified intenSati and Kripalu yoga instructor....
Shameem Black, "Flexible India: Yoga's Cultural and Political Tensions" (Columbia UP, 2023)
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Yoga has offered the Indian state unprecedented opportunities for global, media-savvy political performance. Under Modi, it has promoted yoga tourism ...
Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Bicks became the first scholar granted extended access by Stephen King to his private archives, a treasure trove of manuscripts that document...
The MANTRAMS Project: Mantras in Religion, Media, and Society in Global Southern Asia
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Carola Lorea discusses the MANTRAMS project, a major ERC Synergy Grant initiative jointly hosted by Oxford, Vienna, and Tübingen dedicated to produci...
Yair Mintzker, "I, Wandering Jew: A Five-Century History of Our Modern Condition" (Princeton UP, 2026)
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The story behind the mythical figure of "the Wandering Jew" is one of the most fascinating tales in European history. In I, Wandering Jew, National J...
Craig Perry, "Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History" (Princeton UP, 2026)
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Slavery was a key part of pre-modern Islamic society, spanning from soldiers to concubines. And one of the most revealing repositories of evidence we ...
Indigenous Employment and Cultural Safety: Building Real Pathways with guest Craig Seinor-Davies
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
*Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this episode may contain the name of deceased persons.* Podcast description: In t...
Sarah Jean Grimm, "Hog Lagoon" (blush, 2023) and "Soft Focus" (Metatron, 2017)
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Jean Grimm is the author of Soft Focus (Metatron, 2017) and the chapbook Hog Lagoon (blush, 2023). She was a founding editor of Powder Keg ...
Daisuke Miyao, "Ozu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy" (Duke UP, 2026)
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ozu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy (Duke University Press, 2026) re-examines cinema studies through the work of Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu, em...
Jan Cress Dondi, "The Navigator's Letter" (Union Square, 2026)
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
One of the riskiest air raids of World War II occurred on August 1, 1943, over the oil fields at Ploesti, Romania--Nazi Germany's primary fuel source....
Sarah Jaffe, "From the Ashes: Grief and Transformation in a World on Fire" (Bold Type Books, 2024)
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From the author of Work Won't Love You Back, a stirring examination of how collective grief can ignite powerful change. Our era is one of significant ...
The Information State: How is the State Surveilling and Manipulating us These Days?
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Acting Director Eli Karetny interviews Jacob Siegel, writer, Army veteran, and author of The Informat...
Masud Husain, "Our Brains, Our Selves: What a Neurologist’s Patients Taught Him About the Brain" (Canongate, 2025)
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What makes us who we are?Through the stories of seven of his patients, acclaimed Oxford University neurologist Masud Husain shows us how our brains cr...
Berardino Palumbo, "Where Saints Show Respect: Mafia, Modernity, and Rituals of Power" (Berghahn Books, 2026)
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Where Saints Show Respect: Mafia, Modernity, and Rituals of Power is an anthropological exploration of how authority is produced not only through vio...
Sarah Murray, "Powered by Smart: A Prehistory of Everyday AI" (NYU Press, 2026)
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Powered by Smart traces the techno-cultural evolutions that made artificial intelligence feel more familiar than futuristic. From wearables and strea...
Drew Flanagan, "From Occupation to Integration: Recivilizing the French Zone of Post-Nazi Germany, 1945-1955" (LSU Press, 2026)
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After the collapse of the National Socialist regime in May 1945, France became one of four principal occupying powers in a defeated Germany. Within th...
The Crisis of American Political Economy: On the New Conservative Policy Agenda with Chris Griswold
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this sixth episode of Season 5, I interview Mr. Chris Griswold. An alum of Wheaton College and Princeton Theological Seminary, he was formerly a s...
James Bultema, "Free Enough to Grow: The Turkish Protestant Movement, 1961-2016" (Springer, 2026)
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Free Enough to Grow: The Turkish Protestant Movement, 1961-2016 (Springer Nature, 2026), James Bultema identifies and investigates four central f...
Abigail Ocobock, "Marriage Material: How an Enduring Institution Is Changing Same-Sex Relationships" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It is no secret that marriage rates in the United States are at an all-time low. Despite this significant decline, the institution of marriage endures...
The (Un)imagined Work of Linguistic Inclusion
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with PhD candidate Brynn Quick (Macquarie University, Australia) about h...
Lauren J.A. Bear, "Aphrodite in Pieces" (Ace, 2026)
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Aphrodite in Pieces gathers diverse myths featuring the goddess and unites them to create a comprehensive portrait. Beginning with her innocent days ...
Wade Bishop et al., "A Critical Look at Information Science and Librarianship in a New Age" (Emerald Publishing, 2026)
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A Critical Look at Information Science and Librarianship in a New Age: Constellation of Insanity (Emerald, 2026) fosters a platform for information s...
Jim Downs, "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine" (Harvard UP, 2023)
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Downs’ most recent book is Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine. Professor Downs is the Gilder Lehrman-Nat...
Stephen F. Jones, "The First Social Democracy: The Democratic Republic of Georgia, 1918–1921" (Harvard UP, 2026)
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Following the collapse of the Russian Empire, the small nation of Georgia established its independence in May 1918. Its leaders surprised the world by...
David Blumenthal and James A. Morone, "Whiplash: From the Battle for Obamacare to the War on Science" (Yale UP, 2026)
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For nearly a century, every Democratic president—and many Republicans—entered office promising to restructure America’s health care system. Bara...
Francis Young, "Fairies: A History" (John Wiley & Sons, 2026)
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Many people think they know what fairies are, what a fairy looks like, and how a fairy is expected to behave. Dr. Francis Young's Fairies: A History ...
Radha Lin Chaddah, "And the Ancestors Sing" (Rising Action, 2026)
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Starting in the late 1970s, three women navigate post Cultural Revolution China: Lulu, who’s forced to become a prostitute in Shanghai to save her m...
Aurore Spiers, "Archiving the Past: Women's Film History in France, 1927–1978" (U California Press, 2026)
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we assume women’s presence in film history instead of their absence? This is the question at the heart of Archiving the Past: W...
Adam Henig, "Baseball's Outcast: The Story of Ron LeFlore" (Bloomsbury, 2026)
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When twenty-three-year-old Ron LeFlore played his first organized baseball game, it was in a yard at the State Prison of Southern Michigan where he wa...
Am Yisrael High: The Story of Jews and Cannabis
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mentioned in the Bible and discussed in numerous traditional texts, cannabis has long been a part of Jewish life. For millennia, Jews have been buying...
Generic
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of High Theory, Kim talks to Ben Mangrum about Generic. A curious term that denotes both the conventions and rules of genre, and the i...
Rebecca Buxton and Samuel Ritholtz, "The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge" (U California Press, 2026)
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The global refugee regime has shifted under our feet. Over the last forty years, international asylum practices have expanded to include the queer ...
Sasha Senderovich and Harriet Murav, "In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union" (Stanford UP, 2026)
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In their anthology, In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union (Stanford University Press, 2026), Sasha S...
Qi Ai, "Feng Xiaogang's New Year Films: Industry, Regulation, Humour and Authorship" (Routledge, 2025)
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Feng Xiaogang's New Year Films: Industry, Regulation, Humour and Authorship (Routledge, 2025) offers not only an in-depth study of Feng Xiaogang as a...
Eileen G'Sell, "Lipstick" (Bloomsbury, 2026)
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From Revlon to Glossier, from Marilyn to Gaga, lipstick is as shape-shifting and unwieldy as femininity itself.Who wears lipstick today – as a matte...
Ladder or Lottery? Gary Hoover on the Consequences of Broken Economic Promises
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Gary Hoover about his new book, Ladder or Lottery: Economic Promises and the Reality of Who Gets Ahead (U...
Adrian Woolfson, "On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence" (MIT Press, 2026)
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a future where we grow houses rather than build them. Where smartphones are alive, clothing has opinions and all human knowledge fits into a s...
Masako Ichihara, "Climate Change Litigation in Japan: Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities for Environmental Law" (Brill, 2026)
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Climate Change Litigation in Japan: Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities for Environmental Law (Brill, 2026) provides the details of Japanese climate...
Twelve Lives: Creating Literary Community with Raymond Williams, PhD
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From the moment I began working with the New Books Network, my vision was bigger than author interviews. I envisioned my platform one where people cou...
From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg: Memoir and Testimony
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After escaping the Vilna Ghetto and surviving winter in the forest among partisan fighters, Avrom Sutzkever was airlifted to Moscow in 1944. The renow...
Michał Mycka, "Games User Research Cookbook: Tools and Techniques for Better Player Experience" (CRC Press, 2026)
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This book offers a comprehensive and practical guide to Games User Research (GUR). Blending theory and hands-on experience, it walks readers through m...
Kristan Stoddart, "Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West" (de Gruyter, 2025)
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kristan Stoddart's Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West (de Gruyter, 2025) is a timely and systematic analysis of Russian hybrid warfa...
Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet, "Polanim: From Poland to Israel" (Academic Studies Press, 2026)
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to leave one's homeland behind—and how do memories of that place shape the next generation? In this episode, Rabbi Marc Katz sits ...
Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller, "Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers" (U California Press, 2026)
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Boom to Bust is a timely investigation into the rise of Peak TV and the perfect storm that caused a rapid decline in Hollywood work. When Hollywood ...
Kasey Jernigan, "Commod Bods: Embodied Heritage, Foodways, and Indigeneity" (U Arizona Press, 2026)
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The term "commod bod" is used with humor and affection. It also offers a critical way to describe bodies shaped by long-term reliance on U.S. federal ...
Nathaniel Greenberg, "The Long War of Ideas: American Public Diplomacy in Arabic After 9/11" (Columbia UP, 2026)
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, US officials identified the so-called battle for hearts and minds as the “second front” in the war on ter...
Manuel Barcia, "Pirate Imperialism: Trade, Abolition, and Global Suppression of Maritime Raiding, 1825–1870" (Yale UP, 2026)
18 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the middle decades of the nineteenth century, imperial powers around the world came into direct confrontation with local resistance in the form of ...
Emely Rumble, "Bibliotherapy in The Bronx" (Row House, 2025)
18 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bibliotherapy in The Bronx (Row House, 2025) by Emely Rumble, LCSW, is a groundbreaking exploration of the healing power of literature in the lives ...
Jane Vaynman, "Enemies in Agreement: Political Volatility and the Design of Arms Control" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
18 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why do adversaries sometimes cooperate to restrain their military competition? Why do they design arms control agreements with intrusive verification ...
Sayantani DasGupta, "Theft of the Ruby Lotus" (Scholastic Press, 2026)
18 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sayantani DasGupta's latest middle grades novel, Theft of the Ruby Lotus (Scholastic, 2026) is an adventure heist. Ria Bailey finds herself in quit...
Dybbuks, Golems, S. An-ski, and Jewish Legends in Times of Fear
18 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
S. An-ski’s play The Dybbuk, a story of possession set in a shtetl (think The Exorcist meets Fiddler on the Roof), is the foundation of modern J...
Gautamiputra Kamble, "The Seekers" (Blaft Publication, 2025)
18 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The seekers in these stories travel through worlds both ancient and modern, worlds of symbol and fantastical allegory, on their paths to greater truth...
Myung-jin Han with Nicolas Levi, "I Was a North Korean Diplomat: Inside the Secret World of Pyongyang's Foreign Service" (Independently Published, 2026)
18 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nicolas Levi is a researcher at the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has authored numerous book...
Samuel Clowes Huneke, "I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany" (Aevo UTP, 2026)
18 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany (Aevo UTP, 2026) brings to life the unrelenting defiance of queer women in fascist Germany. ...
Laughter and Leadership: A Conversation with Tikva Blaukopf Schein, Ph.D.
18 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We laugh without thinking — but what if laughter is one of the most revealing human acts? In this episode of The Van Leer Institute Series On Idea...
Audrey Borowski, "Leibniz in His World: The Making of a Savant" (Princeton UP, 2026)
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Described by Voltaire as “perhaps a man of the most universal learning in Europe,” Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) is often portrayed as a...
Amanda Anderson and Simon During, "Humanities Theory" (Oxford UP, 2026)
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Humanities Theory (Oxford UP, 2026) pioneers a new topic: the theory of the humanities. It is an urgent topic right now because the humanities face ...
Radio ReOrient 14:3: Islamophobia in the Academy and the ‘Everyday’, with Izram Chaudry, hosted by Claudia Radiven and Saeed Khan
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Claudia Radiven and Saeed Khan spoke with Dr Izram Chaudry about his recent report (written with Dr Yunis Alam) regarding Islamophobi...
169* Hannah Arendt on Oases (JP)
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Our Recall This Buck series began by speaking with Christine Desan of Harvard Law School about how key ideas—and the actual currency, physical coins...
Penny Roberts, "Huguenot Networks: Truth and Secrecy in Sixteenth-Century Europe" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Huguenot Networks: Truth and Secrecy in Sixteenth-Century Europe (Cambridge UP, 2025), Penny Robert's latest book, takes us into the world ...
Mark A. Johnson, "American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon" (U Georgia Press, 2026)
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon (U Georgia Press, 2026), Dr. Mark A. Johnson asks (and answers) a seemingly simple question: How...
Lewis Sage-Passant, "Beyond States and Spies: The Security Intelligence Services of the Private Sector" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Scholars have long viewed intelligence as the preserve of nation states. Where the term ‘private sector intelligence’ is used, the focus has been ...
The Shawshank Redemption in China: An Interview with Matti Lehtonen
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How can an entirely foreign cast perform the American “The Shawshank Redemption” in the Chinese language across China? In this episode of the Nord...
New Book Releases 2026 on Japan, Taiwan
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Books on Asia podcast introduces new fiction and non-fiction on Japan to be published this year, 2026, along with two upcoming boo...
The Case for Career Services
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What exactly is career services? If you don’t know, you aren’t alone. Most of us operate from a limited or outdated idea of what career services o...
Gudrun Bühnemann, "Scholar, Serpent, Yogin, and Devotee: The Many Faces of Patañjali in Indian Traditions" (Brill, 2025)
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Scholar, Serpent, Yogin, and Devotee: The Many Faces of Patañjali in Indian Traditions (Brill, 2025) illuminates the many faces of Patañjali in In...
Jason Welle, "Companionship and Virtue in Classical Sufism: The Contribution of al-Sulami" (I.B. Tauris, 2024)
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In his debut work, Companionship and Virtue in Classical Sufism: The Contribution of al-Sulami (I.B. Tauris, 2024), Jason Welle sheds a new light on...
Alisa Kessel, "Rape Fantasies: Rape Culture and the Persistence of Sexual Violence" (Oxford UP, 2025)
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Political theorist Alisa Kessel (University of Puget Sound) has an important and impressive new book, Rape Fantasies: Rape Culture and the Persistence...
Security and Risk: Challenges for Economy and Business in the Global 20th Century: A Conversation with Marie Huber, Nina Kleinöder, and Christian Kleinschmidt
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The volume addresses issues of security and risk in economic and business history. A focus lies on the study of security in order to highlight the ce...
Security and Risk: Challenges for Economy and Business in the Global 20th Century: A Conversation with Marie Huber, Nina Kleinöder, and Christian Kleinschmidt
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The volume addresses issues of security and risk in economic and business history. A focus lies on the study of security in order to highlight the ce...
Gwyneth Lonergan, "Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy: Migrant Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Maternity Care in the UK" (Bristol UP, 2025)
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Using the analytical framework of reproductive justice, Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy: Migrant Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Maternity...
Rawlston Williams, "The Caribbean Cookbook" (Phaidon Press, 2026)
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
An exploration of Caribbean cuisine and culinary history, featuring more than 380 authentic home cooking recipes from across the region Caribbean cuis...
Jinwoo Park, "Oxford Soju Club" (Dundurn Press, 2025)
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Doha, a North Korean spymaster, is found stabbed in an alley in Oxford. Doha tells his mentee–another North Korean spy named Yohan—to go to the Ox...
Andrew W. M. Smith, "Make Cheese Not War: Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in Modern France" (Manchester UP, 2026)
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 1971, the French government announced a massive extension of its military base on the Larzac plateau in southern France. Land was to be expropriate...
The Barton Brothers, Mickey Katz, and Others: Yiddish-English Bilingual Parody Songs
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the years immediately following the Second World War, the Barton Brothers, an anarchic Catskill comedy duo, began recording humorous macaronic (tha...
Jerry West and Jonathan Coleman, "West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life" (Little, Brown and Co, 2011)
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
He is one of basketball's towering figures: "Mr. Clutch," who mesmerized his opponents and fans. The coach who began the Lakers' resurgence in the 197...
Kate Crane, "Whatever Happened to Eddy Crane?: A Memoir and an Investigation" (Hanover Square Press, 2026)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Crane's new memoir, Whatever Happened to Eddy Crane?: A Memoir and an Investigation" (Hanover Square Press, 2026) starts when Crane was in ei...
Lia Kent, "The Unruly Dead: Spirits, Memory, and State Formation in Timor-Leste" (U Wisconsin Press, 2024)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“What might it mean to take the dead seriously as political actors?” asks Lia Kent in this exciting new contribution to critical human rights scho...
Yingyi Ma, "Ambitious and Anxious: How Chinese College Students Succeed and Struggle in American Higher Education" (Columbia UP, 2020)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Ambitious and Anxious: How Chinese College Students Succeed and Struggle in American Higher Education (Columbia UP, 2020), sociologist Yingyi Ma ...
Lisa Lee, "American Han" (Algonquin Books, 2026)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s, Jane Kim and her brother, Kevin, dutifully embodied the model minority myth as their parents de...
Daniel A. Bell, "Why Ancient Chinese Political Thought Matters: Four Dialogues on China’s Past, Present, and Future" (Princeton UP, 2026)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel A. Bell joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Why Ancient Chinese Political Thought Matters: Four Dialogues on China’s Past, Present, a...
Victor Li, "Supreme Pressure: The Rejection of John J. Parker and the Birth of the Modern Supreme Court Confirmation Process" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Supreme Pressure: The Rejection of John J. Parker and the Birth of the Modern Supreme Court Confirmation Process (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) exami...
Linda Hamilton, "The Fourth Wife" (Kensington, 2026)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There must be a shift in the Zeitgeist of the publishing world, because after a long drought in Gothic novels, this is the second one I’ve encounter...
Keith Cooper, "Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact" (Reaktion, 2025)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to watch a double sunset on Tatooine, stand among the sand dunes of Arrakis or gaze at the gas-giant plan...
Larry M. Bartels and Katherine J. Cramer, "The Politics of Social Change: From the Sixties to the Present Through the Eyes of a Generation" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Few time periods have been as defined by waves of monumental social change as the United States during the 1960s. Even today, almost sixty years later...
Rory Naismith, "Offa: King of the Mercians" (Yale UP, 2026)
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Offa: King of the Mercians (Yale UP, 2026), Professor Rory Naismith presents an authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importan...
Jason Reynolds, "Soundtrack: A Novel" (Random House, 2026)
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The print adaptation of Jason Reynolds acclaimed, award-winning audiobook Soundtrack (Crown Books, 2026)—a stirring story of music, friendship, ...
Donald Sassoon, "Revolutions: A New History" (Verso Books, 2025)
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Revolutions: A New History (Verso Books, 2025) is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the power of history. We think of revolutions in ter...
Elizabeth Rosner, "Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening" (Catapult, 2025)
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This illuminating book Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening (Catapult, 2025) weaves personal stories of a multilingual upbrin...
David-James Gonzales, "Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation: Mexican American Grassroots Politics and Civil Rights in Orange County, California" (Oxford UP, 2025)
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On March 2, 1945, five Mexican American families and their Jewish American lawyer filed a class-action lawsuit against four school districts in Orange...
Devika Dutt et al., "Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction" (Polity Press, 2025)
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Decolonization has long been debated across the social sciences, but the economics discipline has so far avoided such critical engagement. Decolonizi...
Voices from a Century of Struggle: Writings of the Jim Crow Era
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday, April 7, 2026—Confronting disenfranchisement, legal segregation, and terrorist violence in the aftermath of the Civil War, Black Americans ...
Nabil Ali, "Gold from Newton's Apple Tree: Historical Recipes for Natural Inks, Paints, and Dyes" (Princeton UP, 2026)
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Flowering currant, ivy, Portuguese laurel, and woad might all have grown in a medieval garden, but it would have taken special expertise to extract an...