Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMake China Great Again: Online Alt-History Fiction and Popular Authoritarianism with Rongbin Han (Columbia UP, 2026)
Episode 981
Rongbin Han is a Professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, where he studies Chinese politics and the internet. Han’s latest bo…
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Kate: The Secrets Within These Walls with Nicole Paquin (Paquin, 2026)
Episode 991
Nicole Paquin's Kate: The Secrets Within These Walls (Paquin, 2026) tells of a century of buried secrets surrounding the mysterious death of Kate Mor…
1 week, 6 days ago
National Parks and the Supreme Court: Groundbreaking Legal Battles with Carla Chung Mattix (U Nevada Press, 2026)
Episode 993
The national parks are loved by many Americans and visitors from around the world. Yet, few realize how often these landscapes and their history have…
1 week, 6 days ago
Mediating God: Muhammad Al-Ghazali and the Politics of Divine Presence in Twentieth-Century Egypt with Arthur Shiwa Zárate (Oxford UP, 2025)
Episode 995
Mediating God: Muhammad Ghazali and the Politics of Divine Presence in 20th century Egypt (Oxford UP, 2025) is a fascinating and compelling intellect…
1 week, 6 days ago
Sacred Betrayal: How the French Catholic Church Broke Its Pledge to Protect Jews During the Holocaust (Harvard UP, 2026)
Episode 996
When German occupiers rolled into Paris in June 1940, they arrived wary of the French Catholic Church. In a country where more than 80 percent of cit…
1 week, 6 days ago
The Quest for Re-enchantment: On Ancient and Modern Magic with Tara Isabella Burton
Episode 945
What is magic, and why does it keep returning in new disguises? For a special Halloween episode, host Ryan Shinkel is joined by essayist and novelist…
2 weeks ago
Ren's Pencil: A Picture Book with Bo Lu (Abrams, 2026)
Episode 980
When her family moves to a new country, Ren is heartbroken to leave Popo and her magical stories behind. In her new home, nothing feels familiar―unti…
2 weeks ago
A Time of Witches with Madeline Martin (Hanover Square Press, 2026)
Episode 987
Two women, bound by blood and betrayal, must break silence across centuries--or be silenced forever, in the dazzling new novel by New York Times best…
2 weeks ago
Hollywood Renegade: Elaine May, Mikey and Nicky, and the Making of a Masterpiece with Todd Berliner (U Texas Press, 2026)
Episode 1011
Todd Berliner's Hollywood Renegade: Elaine May, Mikey and Nicky, and the Making of a Masterpiece (U Texas Press, 2026) examines Elaine May’s Mikey an…
2 weeks ago
Autisms with Darian Leader (Penguin, 2026)
Episode 1013
Strikingly clear, humane and helpful, this is an essential book for anyone seeking to understand autism and the autistic spectrum. Drawing on many ye…
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