Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBrian Callaci, "Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Episode 1565
Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy (University of Chicago Press, 2026) is a surprising look at the big business of …
2 months ago
China Comes to Town: Chinese Investment and Local Politics in the U.S. with Emily Conrad
Episode 1563
Chinese investment in the United States has become an increasingly contentious issue that is much more complicated than headlines suggest. In this ep…
2 months ago
A Succinct View of How AI is Changing Business and Work Right Now
Episode 1562
Does it seem like the business world is in its own version of an arms race to figure out AI?
It’s a moment when even a little wisdom, grounded in exp…
2 months ago
Nancy Folbre, "Making Care Work: Why Our Economy Should Put People First" (U California Press, 2026)
Episode 1561
A bold critique of conventional economics that reveals why the time and money we devote to care work is vital to our economic future.
Our economy i…
2 months ago
Oli Mould, "Postcapitalist cities: Towards a common urban future" (Manchester UP, 2026)
Episode 1560
What is the future for cities? In Postcapitalist Cities: Towards a common urban future (Manchester University Press, 2026) Oli Mould, a Professor of …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Andres Saenz de Sicilia, "Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx: From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society" (Brill, 2024)
Episode 1559
Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx: From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society is the latest book from Dr Andres Saenz De Sicilia, an As…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Joe Ngai and Nick Leung, "The Next China Is Still China: An Insider's Playbook for Winning in the New Era" (Scribner, 2026)
Episode 1558
What’s going on in the Chinese economy? China reported GDP growth of just 4.3% last quarter. Consumption is sluggish, exports are booming, electronic…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Robert Lee Maril, "Hungry Oklahoma: Confronting Poverty and Food Insecurity" (U Oklahoma Press, 2026)
Episode 1557
In Oklahoma, one out of every six residents is poor. One in five children lives in poverty and faces food insecurity. In Hungry Oklahoma: Confronting…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Adam Y. Liu, "Authoritarian Markets: The Politics of China's Banking Explosion" (Cornell UP, 2026)
Episode 1556
Authoritarian Markets explores the political foundations of China's banking boom and its far-reaching impact on the Chinese economy.
In 1978 China …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Lana Swartz on Digital Money and Digital Cultures of Money
Episode 1555
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Lana Swartz, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Shannon Mid-Career at the University of Virginia,…
2 months, 4 weeks ago