Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGordon Barrett, "China’s Cold War Science Diplomacy" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 488
During the early decades of the Cold War, the People’s Republic of China remained far outside mainstream international science — right?
Gordon Barret…
3 years ago
Marissa A. Harrison, "Just as Deadly: The Psychology of Female Serial Killers" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 8
You've heard of Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. But have you heard of Amy Archer-Gilligan? Or Belle Gunness? Or Nannie Doss? Women have committed some…
3 years ago
Andrew Phemister, "Land and Liberalism: Henry George and the Irish Land War" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 39
Andrew Phemister is Research Associate at Newcastle University. He has previously held postdoctoral positions in History at NUI Galway, the Universit…
3 years ago
Hernán Flom, "The Informal Regulation of Criminal Markets in Latin America" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 639
Political Scientist Hernán Flom has written a fascinating and nuanced analysis of how the criminal drug markets operate in Argentina and Brazil. Inst…
3 years ago
Aya Homei, "Science for Governing Japan's Population" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 115
Aya Homei’s Science for Governing Japan’s Population (Cambridge UP, 2022) examines the science and policy of population in Japan, 1860s-1960s. As in …
3 years ago
T. R. Johnson, "New Orleans: A Writer's City" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 7
New Orleans is an indispensable element of America's national identity. As one of the most fabled cities in the world, it figures in countless novels…
3 years ago
Elina Gertsman and Barbara H. Rosenwein, "The Middle Ages in 50 Objects" (Cambridge UP, 2018)
Episode 31
The extraordinary array of images included in The Middle Ages in 50 Objects (Cambridge UP, 2018) reveals the full and rich history of the Middle Ages…
3 years ago
Caleb Friedeman, "The Revelation of the Messiah: The Christological Mystery of Luke 1-2 and Its Unveiling in Luke-Acts" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 105
In the first two chapters of Luke’s Gospel, characters acknowledge Jesus as Messiah, Son of God, and Lord. Such a high Christology, however, appears …
3 years ago
Ulrike Krause, "Difficult Life in a Refugee Camp: Gender, Violence, and Coping in Uganda" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 645
Although refugee camps are established to accommodate, protect, and assist those fleeing from violent conflict and persecution, life often remains di…
3 years ago
Nikhil Menon, "Planning Democracy: Modern India's Quest for Development" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 177
The Indian planning project was one of the postcolonial world's most ambitious experiments. Planning Democracy: Modern India's Quest for Development …
3 years ago