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#1441

Mike Bird, "The Land Trap: A New History of the World's Oldest Asset" (Penguin, 2025)

In The Land Trap (Portfolio / Penguin), Mike Bird—Wall Street editor at The Economist—reve... more

23 hrs Ago

51 MINS

51:28

23 hrs Ago

#1440

Kathryn Chelminski, "Governing Energy Transitions: A Study of Regime Complex Effectiveness on Geothe...

As the world moves with increasing urgency to mitigate climate change and catalyze energy ... more

12 Dec 2025

55 MINS

55:30

12 Dec 2025

#1439

Jack Wertheimer, "Jewish Giving: Philanthropy and the Shaping of American Jewish Life" (NYU Press, 2...

The American Jewish philanthropic enterprise is unparalleled in scope, dynamism, and the d... more

10 Dec 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:38

10 Dec 2025

#1438

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

#1437

Thomas Haigh on the History of “AI” as a Brand

Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Thomas Haigh, Professor and Chair of History... more

08 Dec 2025

1 HR 42 MINS

1:42:06

08 Dec 2025

#1436

Anny Gaul, "Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato" (U California Press, 2025)

By the end of the twentieth century, the tomato—indigenous to the Americas—had become Egyp... more

04 Dec 2025

57 MINS

57:57

04 Dec 2025

#1435

Maria Bach, "Relocating Development Economics: The First Generation of Modern Indian Economists" (Ca...

Originating in the Nineteenth Century, the European idea of development was shaped around ... more

03 Dec 2025

33 MINS

33:59

03 Dec 2025

#1434

Jimmy Wales with Dan Gardner, "The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last" ...

In my interview with Jimmy Wales, father of Wikipedia, we celebrate his new book, [The Se... more

02 Dec 2025

50 MINS

50:07

02 Dec 2025

#1433

Michael McCulloch, "Building a Social Contract: Modern Workers’ Houses in Early Twentieth-Century De...

The dream of the modern worker’s house emerged in early twentieth-century America as wage ... more

30 Nov 2025

56 MINS

56:25

30 Nov 2025

#1432

Chris Yogerst, "The Warner Brothers" (UP of Kentucky, 2023)

One of the oldest and most recognizable studios in Hollywood, Warner Bros. is considered a... more

28 Nov 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:36

28 Nov 2025

#1431

Sabrina Mittermeier, "Fan Phenomena: Disney" (Intellect Books, 2023)

Sabrina Mittermeier's edited volume [Fan Phenomena: Disney] (https://bookshop.org/a/12343... more

28 Nov 2025

54 MINS

54:14

28 Nov 2025

#1430

Meg Bernhard, "Wine" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

Today I talked to Meg Bernhard about her new book [Wine] (https://bookshop.org/a/12343/97... more

28 Nov 2025

58 MINS

58:37

28 Nov 2025

#1429

Fahad Ahmad Bishara, "Monsoon Voyagers: An Indian Ocean History" (U California Press, 2025)

In 1924, the Al-A‘waj, also known as the Crooked, set sail from Kuwait on a trading journe... more

27 Nov 2025

45 MINS

45:10

27 Nov 2025

#1428

Lauren E. M. Everett, "Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land: At Home in Santa Monica's Rent-Controll...

Rent control and other tenant protections have profound and positive impacts on individual... more

26 Nov 2025

49 MINS

49:42

26 Nov 2025

#1427

Verena Halsmayer on Managing Growth in Miniature: Solow’s Model as an Artifact

Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, chats with Verena Halsmeyer, a postdoctoral fellow at t... more

24 Nov 2025

1 HR 22 MINS

1:22:06

24 Nov 2025

#1426

Amy Hughes, "An Actor's Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United S...

Harry Watkins was no one special. During a career that spanned four decades, this nineteen... more

24 Nov 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:14

24 Nov 2025

#1425

Emily Callaci, "Wages for Housework: The Feminist Fight Against Unpaid Labor" (Seal Press, 2025)

Across the globe in the 1970s, a network of feminists distilled their struggles into a sin... more

20 Nov 2025

46 MINS

46:07

20 Nov 2025

#1424

Christina Jerne, "Opposition by Imitation: The Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism" (U Minnesot...

For more than 150 years, Italy has been home to a resilient and evolving resistance agains... more

19 Nov 2025

56 MINS

56:40

19 Nov 2025

#1423

Carl Benedikt Frey, "How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations" (Princeton ...

In [How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations] (https://bookshop... more

19 Nov 2025

54 MINS

54:29

19 Nov 2025

#1422

Vanessa S. Williamson, "The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American Hist...

Americans have always fought over the meaning of freedom and equality. What is not commonl... more

18 Nov 2025

53 MINS

53:49

18 Nov 2025

#1421

Thomas Piketty, "A Brief History of Equality" (Harvard UP, 2022)

It's easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in man... more

17 Nov 2025

28 MINS

28:56

17 Nov 2025

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#1441

Mike Bird, "The Land Trap: A New History of the World's Oldest Asset" (Penguin, 2025)

#1440

Kathryn Chelminski, "Governing Energy Transitions: A Study of Regime Complex Effectiveness on Geothe...

#1439

Jack Wertheimer, "Jewish Giving: Philanthropy and the Shaping of American Jewish Life" (NYU Press, 2...

#1438

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

#1437

Thomas Haigh on the History of “AI” as a Brand

#1436

Anny Gaul, "Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato" (U California Press, 2025)

#1435

Maria Bach, "Relocating Development Economics: The First Generation of Modern Indian Economists" (Ca...

#1434

Jimmy Wales with Dan Gardner, "The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last" ...

#1433

Michael McCulloch, "Building a Social Contract: Modern Workers’ Houses in Early Twentieth-Century De...

#1432

Chris Yogerst, "The Warner Brothers" (UP of Kentucky, 2023)

#1431

Sabrina Mittermeier, "Fan Phenomena: Disney" (Intellect Books, 2023)

#1430

Meg Bernhard, "Wine" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

#1429

Fahad Ahmad Bishara, "Monsoon Voyagers: An Indian Ocean History" (U California Press, 2025)

#1428

Lauren E. M. Everett, "Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land: At Home in Santa Monica's Rent-Controll...

#1427

Verena Halsmayer on Managing Growth in Miniature: Solow’s Model as an Artifact

#1426

Amy Hughes, "An Actor's Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United S...

#1425

Emily Callaci, "Wages for Housework: The Feminist Fight Against Unpaid Labor" (Seal Press, 2025)

#1424

Christina Jerne, "Opposition by Imitation: The Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism" (U Minnesot...

#1423

Carl Benedikt Frey, "How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations" (Princeton ...

#1422

Vanessa S. Williamson, "The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American Hist...

#1421

Thomas Piketty, "A Brief History of Equality" (Harvard UP, 2022)