Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchInside the Mississippi Marathon: How Mississippi Dramatically Improved Its Education System with Rachel Canter
Episode 2119
In 2008, Rachel Canter founded Mississippi First, an education non-profit with the mission of improving educational outcomes for students across the …
3 months, 1 week ago
AI, Algocracy, and Democracy's Challenging Road Ahead with Andrew Sorota
Episode 2118
Like many people, I've been following the developments of AI, testing out new models and following the deluge of news stories about the fight for sup…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Can I Say That: Your Go-To Guide for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Episode 2117
Can I Say That: Your Go-To Guide for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is your safe space to learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion, and how …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ladan Rahbari and Olga Burlyuk eds., "From the Margins: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity" (Open Book Publishers, 2026)
Episode 2116
In this episode of the New Books Network, I spoke with Dr Olga Burlyuk and Dr Ladan Rahbari about their new edited volume, From the Margins: Migrant …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Kristian Williams, "Policing the Progressive City: Portland, Oregon, from Settlement to Uprising" (AK Press, 2026)
Episode 2115
Kristian Williams, longtime activist and writer, joins Michael Stauch to discuss his new book Policing the Progressive City: Portland, Oregon, from …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Michael Brownstein et al., "Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change" (MIT Press, 2025)
Episode 2114
A novel and scientific approach to creating transformative social change—and the surprising ways that each of us can help make a real difference. Cha…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Max Krahé and Sara Schulte, "Housing Policy At An Expensive Dead End" (Dezernat Zukunft, 2026)
Episode 2113
If governments provide financial support for affordable housing, should they provide support for inhabitants directly, or rather for the construction…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Erica Bornstein, "A Revolution of Rules: The Regulatory Reform of India's Nonprofit Sector" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Episode 2112
Erica Bornstein, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon (and Divisional Associate Dean), has a new book that delves into the regulator…
4 months, 1 week ago
Chiara Libiseller, "Reconceptualizing War: The Rise and Fall of Fashionable Concepts in Strategic Studies" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Episode 2110
The field of Strategic Studies, which studies the use and threat of force for political purposes, has seen the repeated rise of concepts to dominate …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Photis Lysandrou, "Dollar Dominance: Why It Rules the Global Economy and How to Challenge It" (Policy Press, 2025)
Episode 2111
In a world shaken by crises, why does the dollar continue to dominate? In Dollar Dominance: Why It Rules the Global Economy and How to Challenge It (…
4 months, 2 weeks ago