Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEarth for Sale: The Fight to Stop the Last Plunder of the Commons with Maude Barlow (ECW Press, 2026)
Episode 986
In this episode, I had the privilege of speaking with Maude Barlow, who has spent decades at the center of the global water justice movement. She is …
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Super Mario Galaxy with Jordan Minor (Boss Fight Books, 2026)
Episode 989
When Mario’s adventures escalated from Bros. to Land to World, the only direction left for an ambitious plumber was up into the stars. In Super Mario…
5 days, 12 hours ago
Alive in the Sound: Black Music as Counterhistory with Ronald Radano (Duke UP, 2025)
Episode 1004
From the inside flap:
In Alive in the Sound: Black Music as Counterhistory (Duke UP, 2025), Ronald Radano proposes a new understanding of US Black mus…
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Home Team Away: Watching European Football in Urban China with Yuan Gong (U Michigan Press, 2026)
Episode 1021
Home Team Away: Watching European Football in Urban China (U Michigan Press, 2026) by Dr. Yuan Gong calls for a rethinking of sport fandom that is di…
5 days, 12 hours ago
Communicating Cyber Risk: Build Cyber Resilience Through Compelling Communication with Nina Paine and Ashley Sweetman (Kogan Page, 2026)
Episode 1022
Cybersecurity is often presented as a technological challenge: protecting computer networks, preventing attacks and investing in increasingly sophist…
5 days, 12 hours ago
An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class with Ewan Gibbs (Verso, 2026)
Episode 984
Whatever happened to the working class? A compelling new social history of Britain since 1945
From the picket lines of the Miners' Strike to the Amazo…
6 days, 12 hours ago
Bigger Than Life
Episode 988
If Dog Day Afternoon is Network Jr., then Nicholas Ray’s 1956 Bigger Than Life is The Shining’s little brother. Ed Avery (James Mason), like Jack Tor…
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Guantanamo Bay and the Enduring Struggle for Human Rights with Joshua Colangelo-Bryan
Episode 994
In this episode of International Horizons, John Torpey speaks with Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, special counsel at Human Rights First and author of Throug…
6 days, 12 hours ago
Upskilling for Library Workers: A Guide for Future-Ready Professionals with Ann Medaille (ALA Editions, 2026)
Episode 999
Many of today's libraries and their workers are facing a skills crisis. By some estimates, an employee's current skills are only relevant for a maxim…
6 days, 12 hours ago
Man-Devil: The Mind and Times of Bernard Mandeville, the Wickedest Man in Europe with John Callanan (Princeton UP, 2025)
Episode 1009
In 1714, doctor, philosopher and writer Bernard Mandeville published The Fable of the Bees, a humorous tale in which a prosperous hive full of greedy…
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