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New Books in History podcast

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New Books in History

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  Marshall Poe  

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

 

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#500

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

16 hrs Ago

51 MINS

51:28

16 hrs Ago

#499

Jerry Moore, "Cat Tales: A History" (Thames & Hudson, 2025)

For as long as cats have coexisted with humans, they have been feared, revered and respect... more

16 hrs Ago

38 MINS

38:22

16 hrs Ago

#498

Colm Murphy, "Futures of Socialism: ‘Modernisation', the Labour Party, and the British Left, 1973–19...

The transformation of the Labour Party by 1997 is among the most consequential political d... more

Yesterday

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:24

Yesterday

#497

Anne Lawrence-Mathers, "The Magic Books: A History of Enchantment in 20 Medieval Manuscripts" (Yal...

Medieval Europe was preoccupied with magic. From the Carolingian Empire to Renaissance Ita... more

12 Dec 2025

59 MINS

59:14

12 Dec 2025

#496

Caitlin Wiesner, "Between the Street and the State: Black Women’s Anti-Rape Activism Amid the War on...

Beginning in the 1970s, a series of government agencies established to carry out the feder... more

11 Dec 2025

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:08

11 Dec 2025

#495

Dan Edelstein, "The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin" (Princeton ...

Political thinkers from Plato to John Adams saw revolutions as a grave threat to society a... more

10 Dec 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:23

10 Dec 2025

#494

Rachel Jean-Baptiste, "Multiracial Identities in Colonial French Africa: Race, Childhood, and Citize...

Despite increasingly hardened visions of racial difference in colonial governance in Frenc... more

10 Dec 2025

56 MINS

56:43

10 Dec 2025

#493

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

09 Dec 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:47

09 Dec 2025

#492

Gloria Browne-Marshall, "A Protest History of the United States" (Beacon Press, 2026)

Exploring 500 years of protest and resistance in US history—and how its force is foundatio... more

08 Dec 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:22

08 Dec 2025

#491

Michal A. Piegzik, "Gamble in the Coral Sea: Japan's Offensive, the Carrier Battle, and the Road to ...

Driven by extensive Japanese primary sources,  [Gamble in the Coral Sea: Japan's Offensive... more

07 Dec 2025

53 MINS

53:34

07 Dec 2025

#490

Philip Janzen, "An Unformed Map: Geographies of Belonging Between Africa and the Caribbean" (Duke UP...

In  [An Unformed Map: Geographies of Belonging Between Africa and the Caribbean ] (https:... more

07 Dec 2025

55 MINS

55:50

07 Dec 2025

#489

The Nursing Clio Editorial Collective, "The Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and...

[The Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice] (https://bookshop... more

06 Dec 2025

50 MINS

50:31

06 Dec 2025

#488

Ayoush Lazikani, "The Medieval Moon: A History of Haunting and Blessing" (Yale UP, 2025)

When they gazed at the moon, medieval people around the globe saw an object that was at on... more

06 Dec 2025

37 MINS

37:16

06 Dec 2025

#487

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

#486

Joseph Harley and Vicky Holmes eds., "Objects of Poverty: Material Culture in Britain from 1700" (Bl...

Joseph Harley joins Jana Byars to talk about the book he edited with Vicky Holmes,  [Objec... more

05 Dec 2025

48 MINS

48:52

05 Dec 2025

#485

Sarah F. Derbew, "Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

Sarah Derbew’s new book  [Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity] (https://bookshop.org/a... more

04 Dec 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:09

04 Dec 2025

#484

Francis Gavin, "Thinking Historically: A Guide to Statecraft and Strategy" (Yale UP, 2025)

In his timely, thought-provoking book  [Thinking Historically: A Guide to Statecraft and S... more

04 Dec 2025

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:57

04 Dec 2025

#483

Taylor McCall, "The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe" (Reaktion Books, 2023)

Taylor McCall's  [The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe] (https://bookshop.org/a/12343/978... more

03 Dec 2025

36 MINS

36:55

03 Dec 2025

#482

Anne Irfan, "A Short History of the Gaza Strip" (Simon & Schuster, 2025)

In this episode, Joe Williams speaks to historian Anne Irfan about her new book,  [A Short... more

03 Dec 2025

34 MINS

34:49

03 Dec 2025

#481

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

02 Dec 2025

59 MINS

59:33

02 Dec 2025