Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMelissa B. Jacoby, "Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal" (New Press, 2024)
Episode 235
In theory, bankruptcy in America exists to cancel or restructure debts for people and companies that have way too many--a safety valve designed to pr…
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Leslie Beth Ribovich, "Without a Prayer: Religion and Race in New York City Public Schools" (NYU Press, 2024)
Episode 1521
The processes of secularization and desegregation were among the two most radical transformations of the American public school system in all its his…
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Who Cares? A Conversation with Emily Kenway
Episode 130
In this episode, Emily Kenway shares insights from her powerful new book Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It (Seal Press,…
1 year, 6 months ago
Holly M. Karibo, "Rehab on the Range: A History of Addiction and Incarceration in the American West" (U Texas Press, 2024)
Episode 65
In 1929, the United States government approved two ground-breaking and controversial drug addiction treatment programs. At a time when fears about a …
1 year, 6 months ago
Jeremy Brecher, "The Green New Deal from Below: How Ordinary People Are Building a Just and Climate-Safe Economy" (U Illinois Press, 2024)
Episode 198
The Green New Deal from Below: How Ordinary People Are Building a Just and Climate-Safe Economy (U Illinois Press, 2024) offers a visionary program f…
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Stacy Torres, "At Home in the City: Growing Old in Urban America" (U California Press, 2025)
Episode 396
To understand elders' experiences of aging in place, sociologist Stacy Torres spent five years with longtime New York City residents as they coped wi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Elyse Ona Singer, "Lawful Sins: Abortion Rights and Reproductive Governance in Mexico" (Stanford UP, 2022)
Episode 6
Mexico is at the center of the global battle over abortion. In 2007, a watershed reform legalized the procedure in the national capital, making it on…
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J. Mijin Cha, "A Just Transition for All: Workers and Communities for a Carbon-Free Future" (MIT Press, 2024)
Episode 196
To meet the greenhouse gas emissions reductions needed to stave off the worst impacts of climate change, a transition away from fossil fuels must occ…
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Matthew Gardner Kelly, "Dividing the Public: School Finance and the Creation of Structural Inequity" (Cornell UP, 2024)
Episode 242
In Dividing the Public: School Finance and the Creation of Structural Inequity (Cornell UP, 2024), Matthew Gardner Kelly takes aim at the racial and …
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Carrie N. Baker, "Abortion Pills: US History and Politics" (Amherst College Press, 2024)
Episode 284
In this compelling and informative interview, Carrie N. Baker discusses her newest book, Abortion Pills: US History and Politics (Amherst College Pre…
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