In Conversation: An OUP Podcast podcast

In Conversation: An OUP Podcast

Interviews with Oxford University Press authors about their books

Interviews with Oxford University Press authors about their books

 

#1756

Michael D. Dwyer, "Tinsel and Rust: How Hollywood Manufactured the Rust Belt" (Oxford UP, 2025)

[Tinsel and Rust: How Hollywood Manufactured the Rust Belt] (https://bookshop.org/a/12343/... more

10 Dec 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:48

10 Dec 2025


#1755

Peace A. Medie, "Global Norms and Local Action: The Campaigns to End Violence Against Women in Afric...

In  [Global Norms and Local Action: The Campaigns to End Violence against Women in Africa]... more

08 Dec 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:06

08 Dec 2025


#1754

David Silkenat, "Scars on the Land: An Environmental History of Slavery in the American South" (Oxfo...

They worked Virginia's tobacco fields, South Carolina's rice marshes, and the Black Belt's... more

08 Dec 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:47

08 Dec 2025


#1753

Ali Anooshahr, "Slavery in the Early Mughal World: The Life and Thoughts of Jawhar Aftabachi (1520s–...

Jawhar Aftabachi was enslaved as a child by the Ottomans in the Black Sea region in the ea... more

05 Dec 2025

54 MINS

54:05

05 Dec 2025


#1752

Alexander Cooley and Alexander Dukalskis, "Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in Wor...

Following the end of the Cold War, the world experienced a remarkable wave of democratizat... more

03 Dec 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:12

03 Dec 2025


#1751

James Lacey, "Rome: Strategy of Empire" (Oxford UP, 2022)

From Octavian's victory at Actium (31 B.C.) to its traditional endpoint in the West (476),... more

29 Nov 2025

59 MINS

59:33

29 Nov 2025


#1750

Jake Monaghan, "Just Policing" (Oxford UP, 2023)

Policing is a source of perennial conflict and philosophical disagreement. Current politic... more

28 Nov 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:21

28 Nov 2025


#1749

Nina Wilén, "Securitizing the Sahel: Analyzing External Interventions and Their Consequences" (Oxfor...

The Sahel has become a focal point of international security interventions, with external ... more

25 Nov 2025

52 MINS

52:01

25 Nov 2025


#1748

Shatema Threadcraft, "Labors of Resurrection: Black Women, Necromancy, and Morrisonian Democracy" (O...

Western democracies are haunted. Michael Hanchard suggests that the specter of race is wha... more

22 Nov 2025

58 MINS

58:24

22 Nov 2025


#1747

Joseph P. Viteritti, "Radical Dreamers: Race, Choice, and the Failure of American Education" (Oxford...

Seventy years after Brown v. Board of Education and demands to desegregate public schools,... more

11 Nov 2025

41 MINS

41:54

11 Nov 2025


#1746

Joseph Stiglitz, "The Origins of Inequality" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Joseph E. Stiglitz has had a remarkable career. He is a brilliant academic, capped by shar... more

10 Nov 2025

39 MINS

39:47

10 Nov 2025


#1745

Amie Thomasson, "Rethinking Metaphysics" (Oxford UP, 2025)

The word “metaphysics” conjures up thoughts of very hard questions about reality and deep,... more

10 Nov 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:17

10 Nov 2025


#1744

Wolfgang Wagner, "The Democratic Politics of Military Interventions" (Oxford UP, 2020)

According to a widely shared notion, foreign affairs are exempted from democratic politics... more

10 Nov 2025

37 MINS

37:32

10 Nov 2025


#1743

Nerina Rustomji, "The Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins and Feminine Ideals" (Oxford UP, 2021)

In her scintillating new book,  [The Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins, Feminine Ideal... more

09 Nov 2025

49 MINS

49:28

09 Nov 2025


#1742

Hugo Méndez, "The Gospel of John: A New History" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Throughout the centuries and into the present day, the Gospel of John has indelibly shaped... more

04 Nov 2025

1 HR 31 MINS

1:31:09

04 Nov 2025


#1741

Cynthia Paces, "Prague: The Heart of Europe" (Oxford UP, 2025)

In this episode of the CEU Review of Books Podcast, I sat down with Cynthia Paces to talk ... more

02 Nov 2025

46 MINS

46:05

02 Nov 2025