Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFighting for a Foothold: How Government and Markets Undermine Black Middle-Class Suburbia
Episode 1807
Prince George’s County, Maryland, is a suburban jurisdiction in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and is home to the highest concentration of B…
6 months ago
J. Michael Cole, "The Taiwan Tinderbox: The Island-Nation at the Centre of the New Cold War" (Polity, 2025)
Episode 1806
J. Michael Cole is a Taipei-based security analyst and writer who has spent over two decades documenting Taiwan’s political and security landscape. A…
6 months ago
William Stell, "Born Again Queer: A History of Evangelical Gay Activism and the Making of Antigay Christianity" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Episode 1805
Evangelicals claim that their opposition to homosexuality is an inherent feature of their faith, rooted in their unchanging beliefs about the Bible. …
6 months ago
Nicholas Thompson, "The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports" (Random House, 2025)
Episode 1804
In this episode, Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, and University of Puerto Rico professors Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera and Maritza Stanchich, discuss…
6 months ago
Michelle P. Brown, "Illumino: A History of Medieval Britain in Twelve Illuminated Manuscripts" (Reaktion, 2025)
Episode 1803
The history of medieval Britain through twelve remarkable illuminated manuscripts.
Illumino: A History of Medieval Britain in Twelve Illuminated Manu…
6 months ago
Katie Batza, "AIDS in the Heartland: How Unlikely Coalitions Created a Blueprint for LGBTQ Politics" (UNC Press, 2025)
Episode 1802
This episode features a conversation with Dr. Katie Batza on their recently published book, AIDS in the Heartland: How Unlikely Coalitions Created a …
6 months ago
Caroline Kuzemko, "Climate Politics: Can't Live with It, Can't Mitigate without It" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Episode 1801
By exploring the dynamic relationships between politics, policymaking, and policy over time, Climate Politics: Can't Live with It, Can't Mitigate wit…
6 months ago
Samira K. Mehta, "God Bless the Pill: The Surprising History of Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion" (UNC Press, 2026)
Episode 1800
Most people today understand contraception as central to women’s liberation, and when the birth control pill arrived in 1960, the media thought it wo…
6 months, 1 week ago
Elena Foulis, "Embodied Encuentros: Oral History Archives of Latina/o/e Experiences" (Ohio State UP, 2026)
Episode 1799
In Embodied Encuentros: Oral History Archives of Latina/o/e Experiences (Ohio State UP, 2026), Elena Foulis offers a practical guide for completing e…
6 months, 1 week ago
Trevor Jackson, "The Insatiable Machine: How Capitalism Conquered the World" (Norton, 2026)
Episode 1798
How did an economic system that was the result of largely uncoordinated and unplanned individual decisions come to dominate our modern world? This is…
6 months, 1 week ago