Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMonica Huerta, "The Unintended: Photography, Property, and the Aesthetics of Racial Capitalism" (NYU Press, 2023)
Episode 358
The end of the nineteenth century saw massive developments and innovations in photography at a time when the forces of Western modernity—industrializ…
2 years, 3 months ago
Rebecca Simon, "The Pirates’ Code: Laws and Life Aboard Ship" (Reaktion Books, 2023)
Episode 1386
In The Pirate's Code: Laws and Life Aboard Ship (Reaktion, 2023), Dr. Rebecca Simon presents a rollicking account of pirates’ codes, the strict rules…
2 years, 3 months ago
Stephanie Convery, "After the Count: The Death of Davey Browne" (Penguin Australia, 2020)
Episode 262
Today we are joined by Stephanie Convery, inequality editor at Guardian Australia, and author of After the Count: The Death of Davey Browne (Penguin …
2 years, 3 months ago
Fae Garland and Mitchell Travis, "Intersex Embodiment: Legal Frameworks Beyond Identity and Patienthood" (Bristol UP, 2022)
Episode 205
What is intersex and why does it matter? What is the power of law to disrupt dominant narratives? I had a fascinating conversation with authors Dr Fa…
2 years, 3 months ago
Jenny Benham, "International Law in Europe, 700–1200" (Manchester UP, 2022)
Episode 55
Was there international law in the Middle Ages? Using treaties as its main source, International Law in Europe, 700-1200 (Manchester University Press…
2 years, 3 months ago
Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor, "Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society" (Princeton UP, 2016)
Episode 75
Princeton University Press’ Our Compelling Interests series focuses on diversity, in racial, gender, socioeconomic, religious, and other forms. Some …
2 years, 3 months ago
Heather Smith-Cannoy et al., "Sex Trafficking and Human Rights: The Status of Women and State Responses" (Georgetown UP, 2022)
Episode 686
Human trafficking for the sex trade is a form of modern-day slavery that ensnares thousands of victims each year, disproportionately affecting women …
2 years, 3 months ago
Kay Wilson, "Mental Health Law: Abolish Or Reform?" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Episode 204
The debate about whether mental health law should be abolished or reformed is one that is highly charged and to which there are no easy solutions. In…
2 years, 3 months ago
Malcolm D. Evans, "Tackling Torture: Prevention in Practice" (Bristol UP, 2023)
Episode 54
How big a problem is torture? Are the right things being done to prevent it? Why does the UN appear at times to be so impotent in the face of it? Tac…
2 years, 3 months ago
Speak Freely: The Princeton Principles
Episode 88
Kicking off our new monthly series on freedom of speech, Keith Whittington and Donald Downs discuss the Princeton Principles for a Campus of Free Inq…
2 years, 3 months ago