Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLeah C. Stokes, "The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet" (MIT Press, 2026)
Episode 2139
They were perhaps an unlikely trio: professor Leah Stokes, the policy wonk Sonia Aggarwal in the White House, and the DC insider Adrian Deveny in the…
3 weeks ago
Robert Shum, "Democracy or Carbon Oligarchy?: Climate and Energy Politics between Crisis and Decarbonization" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)
Episode 2138
Democracy or Carbon Oligarchy?: Climate and Energy Politics between Crisis and Decarbonization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026) tackles a critical question…
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Chika Watanabe, "Play to Survive: Disaster Preparedness Along the Ring of Fire" (Stanford UP, 2026)
Episode 2137
We live in a fragile world. This much is evident as stories abound of natural disasters that wipe out communities in an instant. How can we survive…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Alejandro E. Camacho and Brigham Daniels, "Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of US Environmental Law" (NYU Press, 2026)
Episode 2136
The relationship between humans and the environment in the United States reflects tales of countless contrasting and overlapping trends, movements, a…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Diego Galego, "Queering Public Policy: A Disruptive Yet Inclusive Framework for Policymaking" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)
Episode 2135
For years, LGBTQ+ policies worldwide have been crafted based on heteronormative views, needs, and practices. However, this has gradually changed ov…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
Elizabeth J. Letourneau and Luke Malone, "One in Five: Why Child Sexual Abuse Is Our Biggest Public Health Crisis—And What We Can Do to Stop It" (Basic Books, 2026)
Episode 2134
One in five children will be sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday. This isn't a problem confined to a single country, city, or neighbor…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
Michelle A. Amazeen, "Content Confusion: News Media, Native Advertising, and Policy in an Era of Disinformation" (MIT Press, 2025)
Episode 2133
We often blame social media for the rampant problem of disinformation, but the truth is that mainstream news media is often equally at fault. Not onl…
1 month ago
John E. McDonough, "America's Wrong Turn: US Health Care in the Neoliberal Era" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)
Episode 2132
How can a nation with unmatched wealth and medical innovation also have the highest health care costs and the poorest health outcomes among its pe…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Beyond Free Speech: Why AI Governance Demands Freedom of Thought
Episode 2131
Are we driving our technology, or is it starting to drive us? In this thought-provoking conversation, Eli Karetny sits down with researcher and autho…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Cast Out: A Call For A Forgiving Society in an Age of Incarceration
Episode 2130
In Cast Out: A Call For A Forgiving Society in an Age of Incarceration (Beacon Press, 2026), civil rights lawyer Joseph Margulies insists that those…
2 months ago