Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEl Salvador Reborn with Mellissa Linton-Villafranco (U Arizona Press, 2026)
Episode 944
El Salvador Reborn: Abortion, Environment, and the Politics of Survival in a Postwar Nation ( examines the nation’s efforts to reshape its identity a…
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Eating Grasshoppers: Chapulines and the Women Who Sell Them with Jeffrey H. Cohen (U Texas Press, 2025)
Episode 975
Eating Grasshoppers: Chapulines and the Women Who Sell Them (U Texas Press, 2025) is an approachable ethnography of how grasshoppers are harvested, s…
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Then the Fish Swallowed Him with Amir Ahmadi Arian (HarperVia, 2020)
Episode 977
Yunus Turabi, a bus driver in Tehran, leads an unremarkable life. A solitary man since the unexpected deaths of his father and mother years ago, he i…
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Moon of the Turning Leaves with Waubgeshig Rice (Penguin Random House Canada, 2023)
Episode 1000
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Waubgeshig Rice about his novel, Moon of the Turning Leaves (Penguin Random House Canada, 2023).…
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There Are No Giant Crabs in this Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs with Jason Pargin (St. Martins, 2026)
Episode 1001
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Jason Pargin about his new novel, There Are No Giant Crabs in this Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs…
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Partners in Need, Partners Indeed?
Episode 1005
What are Taiwan’s ties with the Baltic States? This episode puts Estonia in the spotlight and familiarizes listeners with key developments in Estonia…
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Radio ReOrient 15:3: The Othered Woman, with Shahed Ezaydi, hosted by Amina Easat-Daas and Chella Ward
Episode 1014
In this episode, Amina and Chella had a wide ranging conversation with Shahed Ezaydi about her recent book, which explores the interconnectedness bet…
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Research: A Manifesto by Peter N. Miller (Princeton UP, 2026)
Episode 1026
Today I’m speaking with Peter N. Miller, historian and president of the American Academy in Rome, about his new book, Research: A Manifesto (Princeto…
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Karmic Winds: Reflections from “The Smartest Guy in Hollywood” with Peter M. Hoffman (Rare Bird Books, 2026)
Episode 2148
Karmic Winds: Reflections from “The Smartest Guy in Hollywood” (Rare Bird Books, 2026) is a memoir of power, collapse, and reckoning by Peter M. Hoff…
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Stewards of the Land: Race and Reclaiming Environmental Labor in the American West with Stevie Ruiz (UNC Press, 2026)
Episode 2149
The history of the environmental movement-from environmentalism of the nineteenth century to the environmental justice struggles of the late twentiet…
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