Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSaul J. Weiner, "On Becoming a Healer: The Journey from Patient Care to Caring about Your Patients" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)
Episode 76
Medical students and physicians-in-training embark on a long journey that, although steeped in scientific learning and technical skill building, incl…
5 years, 9 months ago
Evy Poumpouras, "Becoming Bulletproof" (Atria Press, 2020)
Episode 57
Former Secret Service agent and star of Bravo’s Spy Games, Evy Poumpouras, shares lessons learned from protecting presidents, as well insights and sk…
5 years, 9 months ago
S. Moskalenko and C. McCauley, "Radicalization to Terrorism: What Everyone Needs to Know" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 56
Terrorism and radicalization came to the forefront of news and politics in the US after the unforgettable attacks of September 11th, 2001. When Georg…
5 years, 9 months ago
Ruth Leys, "The Ascent of Affect: Genealogy and Critique" (University of Chicago Press, 2017)
Episode 79
On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they) interviews Dr. Ruth Leys (she/hers), Professor Emeritus of Johns Hopkins Universi…
5 years, 9 months ago
Charlene Li, "The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail" (IdeaPress, 2019)
Episode 8
What does it take for a company’s culture to enable ongoing growth?
Today I talked to Charlene Li, author of The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organiza…
5 years, 9 months ago
Ben Cohen, "The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks" (Custom House, 2020)
Episode 164
For decades, statisticians, social scientists, psychologists, and economists (among them Nobel Prize winners) have spent massive amounts of precious …
5 years, 9 months ago
Pehr Granqvist, "Attachment in Religion and Spirituality: A Wider View" (Guilford Press, 2020)
Episode 109
Attachment theory is a popular lens through which psychologists have examined human development and interpersonal dynamics. In Attachment in Religion…
5 years, 9 months ago
Cressida J. Heyes, "Anaesthetics of Existence: Essays on Experience at the Edge" (Duke UP, 2020)
Episode 221
How should we think about the relationship between subjectivity and experience? In Anaesthetics of Existence: Essays on Experience at the Edge (Duke …
5 years, 9 months ago
E. Lonergan and M. Blyth, "Angrynomics" (Agenda/Columbia UP, 2020)
Episode 6
How are we going to address inequality and put the economy on a sounder footing?
Today I talked to Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth about their new book A…
5 years, 10 months ago
E. Lonergan and M. Blyth, "Angrynomics" (Agenda/Columbia UP, 2020)
Episode 6
How are we going to address inequality and put the economy on a sounder footing?
Today I talked to Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth about their new book A…
5 years, 10 months ago