Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMark Robert Rank, "The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 149
The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the 21st century--why should the wealthiest country in the world also h…
2 years, 11 months ago
Woodrow Hartzog, "Privacy's Blueprint: The Battle to Control the Design of New Technologies" (Harvard UP, 2018)
Episode 336
Every day, Internet users interact with technologies designed to undermine their privacy. Social media apps, surveillance technologies, and the Inter…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Future of Political Time and Space: A Discussion with Jan Zielonka
Episode 56
What is the future of time and space in democracy? It's now widely accepted that Chinese politicians are advantaged by the lack of the short time hor…
2 years, 11 months ago
Heidi J. Larson, "Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start--and Why They Don't Go Away" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 3
Vaccine reluctance and refusal are no longer limited to the margins of society. Debates around vaccines' necessity -- along with questions around the…
2 years, 11 months ago
Kristin Hass, "Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices" (Beacon Press, 2022)
Episode 112
Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices (Beacon Press, 2022) provides a field gu…
2 years, 11 months ago
Derek Hanley, "Photos from the Front Lines: A Year on the Streets of Alameda County" (2022)
Episode 195
Photos from the Front Lines follows medics from Falck Alameda County ambulance during one of the most tumultuous years in recent collective memory - …
2 years, 11 months ago
Katherine S. Newman and Elisabeth S Jacobs, "Moving the Needle: What Tight Labor Markets Do for the Poor" (U California Press, 2023)
Episode 134
Katherine S. Newman and Elisabeth S Jacobs' book Moving the Needle: What Tight Labor Markets Do for the Poor (U California Press, 2023) is a timely i…
2 years, 11 months ago
Adam Sowards, "Making America's Public Lands: The Contested History of Conservation on Federal Lands" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
Episode 124
Over one quarter - some 640 million acres - of the United States consists of public land owned, not privately, but by the federal government, much of…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Future of Genes and Equality: A Discussion with Kathryn Paige Harden
Episode 55
If your genes make you better suited to succeed, is that fair? And if not, can anything be done about it? Kathryn Paige Harden – professor psychology…
2 years, 11 months ago
Leigh Goodmark, "Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism" (U California Press, 2023)
Episode 365
Leigh Goodmark’s new book, Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism (U California Press, 2023), uses the stori…
2 years, 11 months ago