Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPrison Notebooks: Thinking (and Writing) about Incarceration
Episode 4
I can point you to mountains of research about prisons. I can also recommend at least a dozen Netflix documentaries, and highlight a handful of radic…
3 years, 10 months ago
Tara Watson and Kalee Thompson, "The Border Within: The Economics of Immigration in an Age of Fear" (U Chicago Press, 2021)
Episode 110
For decades, immigration has been one of the most divisive, contentious topics in American politics. And for decades, urgent calls for its policy ref…
3 years, 10 months ago
Asim Qureshi, "I Refuse to Condemn: Resisting Racism in Times of National Security" (Manchester UP, 2020)
Episode 276
In times of heightened national security, scholars and activists from the communities under suspicion often attempt to alert the public to the more c…
3 years, 10 months ago
Willem Bart de Lint, "Blurring Intelligence Crime: A Critical Forensics" (Springer, 2022)
Episode 105
Willem Bart de Lint's Blurring Intelligence Crime: A Critical Forensics (Springer, 2022) explores the conundrum that political fortune is dependent b…
3 years, 10 months ago
Jamie Susskind, "The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century" (Pegasus Books, 2022)
Episode 324
From one of the leading intellectuals of the digital age, The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century (Pegasus Books, 2022) is…
3 years, 10 months ago
B. J. Crawford and E. G. Waldman, "Menstruation Matters: Challenging the Law's Silence on Periods" (NYU Press, 2022)
Episode 162
Approximately half the population menstruates for a large portion of their lives, but the law is mostly silent about the topic. Until recently, most …
3 years, 11 months ago
Reshaping the Politics of Science: Bioscience Governance in Indonesia
Episode 61
The last few years have brought to the fore the brilliant work of scientists as they worked to find a vaccine for Covid-19. But have you ever stopped…
3 years, 11 months ago
Lucia M. Rafanelli, "Promoting Justice Across Borders: The Ethics of Reform Intervention" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Episode 611
In her new book, Promoting Justice Across Borders: The Ethics of Reform Intervention (Oxford UP, 2021) political scientist Lucia M. Rafanelli develop…
3 years, 11 months ago
Adam Hanna, "Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland" (Syracuse UP, 2022)
Episode 158
Dr. Adam Hanna’s Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland (Syracuse University Press, 2022) is a richly detailed exploration of how modern Iri…
3 years, 11 months ago
Pallavi Banerjee, "The Opportunity Trap: High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program" (NYU Press, 2022)
Episode 46
The Opportunity Trap: High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program (NYU Press, 2022) is the first book to lo…
3 years, 11 months ago