Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDiane Ravitch, "An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Episode 2009
For many years, Diane Ravitch was among the country’s leading conservative thinkers on education. The cure for what ailed the school system was clear…
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Amy Shea, "Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins" (Rutgers UP, 2025)
Episode 2008
Death is the great equalizer, but not all deaths are created equal. In recent years, there has been an increased interest and advocacy concerning end…
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Joanna Woronkowicz, "Artists at Work: Rethinking Policy for Artistic Careers" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Episode 2007
What does it mean to be an artist? In Artists At Work: Rethinking Policy for Artistic Careers (Stanford UP, 2025) Joanna Woronkowicz, the co-founder …
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Aileen Teague, "Policing on Drugs: The United States, Mexico, and the Origins of the Modern Drug War, 1969-2000" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Episode 2005
Today, images of cartels, security agents donning face coverings, graphs depicting egregious murder rates, and military guards at US border crossings…
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Teresa M. Mares and Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, "Will Work for Food: Labor Across the Food Chain" (U California Press, 2025)
Episode 2006
Food consumers are demanding a healthier and more sustainable food system. Yet labor is rarely part of the discussion. In Will Work for Food: Labor A…
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José Marichal, "You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem: Renegotiating the Socio-Technical Contract" (Policy Press, 2025)
Episode 2004
In the age of AI, where personal data fuels corporate profits and state surveillance, what are the implications for democracy?
This incisive book You…
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Elisabeth R. Anker, "Ugly Freedoms" (Duke UP, 2022)
Episode 613
Freedom is often considered the cornerstone of the American political project. The 1776 revolutionaries declared it an inalienable right that could n…
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In Search of Green China: Ma Tianjie on Pan Yue and the CCP’s “Ecological Civilization"
Episode 2002
A former journalist and environmental campaigner named Pan Yue rose through the ranks of the Chinese Communist Party, championing the concept of “eco…
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Lily Hsueh, "Corporations at Climate Crossroads: Multilevel Governance, Public Policy, and Global Climate Action" (MIT Press, 2025)
Episode 2000
Dr. Lily Hseuh is trained as an economist and public policy scholar, and is an associate professor in Economics and Public Policy in the School of Pu…
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Andrea Freeman, "Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: America’s Politics of Food, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch" (Metropolitan Books, 2024)
Episode 2001
The first and definitive history of the use of food in American law and politics as a weapon of conquest and control, a Fast Food Nation for the Blac…
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