Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchKevin J. McMahon, "A Supreme Court Unlike Any Other: The Deepening Divide Between the Justices and the People" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
Episode 737
Many scholars and members of the press have argued that John Roberts’ Supreme Court is exceptional. While some emphasize the approach to interpreting…
1 year, 6 months ago
Michael L. Walker, "Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 2
Jails are the principal people-processing machines of the criminal justice system. Mostly they hold persons awaiting trial who cannot afford or have …
1 year, 6 months ago
Josh Cowen, "The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers" (Harvard Education Press, 2024)
Episode 192
School vouchers are often framed as a way to help students and families by providing choice, but evidence shows that vouchers have a negative impact …
1 year, 6 months ago
Raquel Velho on Disability, Infrastructure, and London's Public Transport System
Episode 80
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks to Raquel Velho, Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, …
1 year, 6 months ago
Anthony Michael Kreis, "Rot and Revival: The History of Constitutional Law in American Political Development" (U California Press, 2024)
Episode 736
One of the great divides in American judicial scholarship is between legal scholars who take the justices at their word and assume that those words d…
1 year, 6 months ago
Judge Frederic Block, "A Second Chance: A Federal Judge Decides Who Deserves It" (The New Press, 2024)
Episode 188
The police officer who brutalized Abner Louima. A purveyor of child pornography. These are some of the defendants to have come before U.S. District C…
1 year, 6 months ago
Jonathan Gienapp, "Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique" (Yale UP, 2024)
Episode 232
The legal theory of constitutional originalism has attracted increasing attention in recent years as the US Supreme Court has tilted with the weight …
1 year, 6 months ago
Manuela Moschella, "Unexpected Revolutionaries: How Central Banks Made and Unmade Economic Orthodoxy" (Cornell UP, 2024)
Episode 56
In Unexpected Revolutionaries: How Central Banks Made and Unmade Economic Orthodoxy (Cornell University Press, 2024), Dr. Manuela Moschella investiga…
1 year, 6 months ago
Tadashi Dozono, "Discipline Problems: How Students of Color Trouble Whiteness in Schools" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)
Episode 239
Angel, a Black tenth-grader at a New York City public school, self-identifies as a nerd and likes to learn. But she’s troubled that her history class…
1 year, 6 months ago
Elizabeth A. Wahler and Sarah C. Johnson, "Creating a Person-Centered Library: Best Practices for Supporting High-Needs Patrons (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Episode 67
Creating a Person-Centered Library: Best Practices for Supporting High-Needs Patrons (Bloomsbury, 2023) provides a comprehensive overview of various …
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