Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJoshua Nall, "News from Mars: Mass Media and the Forging of a New Astronomy, 1860-1910" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2019)
Episode 266
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re hearing an awful lot about the fraught relationship between science and media. In his book, News from Ma…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Hannah Star Rogers, "Art, Science, and the Politics of Knowledge (MIT Press, 2022)
'Art, Science, and the Politics of Knowledge (MIT Press, 2022)' by Hannah Star Rogers
When I sat down with Hannah Star Rogers to discuss her new book…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Petter Törnberg and Justus Uitermark, "Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity" (Taylor & Francis, 2025)
'Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity (Taylor & Francis, 2025)' by Petter Törnberg & Justus Uitermark
In my con…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Vijay Selvam, "Principles of Bitcoin: Technology, Economics, Politics, and Philosophy" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Episode 184
Principles of Bitcoin presents a holistic, first-principles-based framework for understanding one of the most misunderstood inventions of our time. B…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Tatiana Bur, "Technologies of the Marvellous in Ancient Greek Religion" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Tatiana Bur, Technologies of the Marvellous in Ancient Greek Religion (Cambridge UP, 2025)
This open-access book investigates the ways that technolog…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Kenneth Jones, "African American Males and Video Games: How Gaming Technology Can Motivate and Enhance Learning" (Myers Education, 2025)
Episode 53
African American males are confronted with formidable barriers in their pursuit of quality education, resulting in stark disparities in academic perf…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Lewis A. Grossman, "Choose Your Medicine: Freedom of Therapeutic Choice in America" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Episode 124
Throughout American history, lawmakers have limited the range of treatments available to patients, often with the backing of the medical establishmen…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Paul Thagard, "Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart?" (MIT Press, 2021)
Episode 93
Octopuses can open jars to get food, and chimpanzees can plan for the future. An IBM computer named Watson won on Jeopardy! and Alexa knows our favor…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Emilio Elizalde, "The True Story of Modern Cosmology: Origins, Main Actors and Breakthroughs" (Springer, 2021)
Episode 142
This book tells the story of how, over the past century, dedicated observers and pioneering scientists achieved our current understanding of the univ…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Athena Aktipis, "The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Episode 1
When we think of the forces driving cancer, we don’t necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked because the historic…
8 months, 3 weeks ago