New Books in Public Policy podcast

New Books in Public Policy

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/public-policy

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/public-policy

 

#2043

Joseph L Graves, "Why Black People Die Sooner: What Medicine Gets Wrong about Race and How to Fix It...

Why Black People Die Sooner is a powerful and rigorous examination of the ways racism shap... more

7 hrs Ago

27 MINS

27:59

7 hrs Ago


#2042

Mirya Holman, "The Hidden Face of Local Power: Appointed Boards and the Limits of Democracy" (Temple...

[The Hidden Face of Local Power: Appointed Boards and the Limits of Democracy ] (https://b... more

7 hrs Ago

44 MINS

44:08

7 hrs Ago


#2041

Peter Newell, "States of Transition: From Governing the Environment to Transforming Society" (Cambr...

What is the role of the state in supporting transitions and deeper transformations towards... more

Yesterday

58 MINS

58:06

Yesterday


#2040

Melissa Byrnes, "Making Space: Neighbors, Officials, and North African Migrants in the Suburbs of Pa...

“A lot of things become possible when [the nation state] is not the only framework,” Melis... more

Yesterday

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:39

Yesterday


#2039

Daniel Skinner et al., "The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities" ...

The City and the Hospital (Chicago 2023) focuses on an urban paradox: American hospitals a... more

04 Dec 2025

43 MINS

43:20

04 Dec 2025


#2038

Philip Pettit, "The State" (Princeton UP, 2023)

In  [The State] (https://bookshop.org/a/12343/9780691182209)  (Princeton University Press,... more

01 Dec 2025

43 MINS

43:12

01 Dec 2025


#2037

Thomas Princen, "Fire and Flood: Extreme Events and Social Change Past, Present, Future" (MIT Press,...

Thomas Princen explores issues of social and ecological sustainability at the School of Na... more

29 Nov 2025

35 MINS

35:20

29 Nov 2025


#2036

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


#2035

Deborah Carr, "Aging in America" (U California Press, 2023)

The aging of America will reshape how we live and will transform nearly every aspect of co... more

28 Nov 2025

56 MINS

56:03

28 Nov 2025


#2034

Can America Still Lead? Foreign Policy in an Age of Division with Joel Rubin

What happens when America loses its foreign-policy playbook? RBI acting director Eli Karet... more

21 Nov 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:55

21 Nov 2025


#2033

Doing the Work of Equity Leadership for Justice and Systems Change

In  [Doing the Work of Equity Leadership for Justice and Systems Change] (https://bookshop... more

20 Nov 2025

57 MINS

57:47

20 Nov 2025


#2032

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


#2031

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


#2030

On Democracy and Bullshit with Hélène Landemore

Today I’m speaking with Hélène Landemore, Professor of Political Science at Yale Universit... more

18 Nov 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:15

18 Nov 2025


#2029

Ethan W. Ris, "Other People's Colleges: The Origins of American Higher Education Reform" (U Chicago ...

For well over one hundred years, people have been attempting to make American colleges and... more

17 Nov 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:07

17 Nov 2025


#2028

Miranda S. Spivack, "Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities a...

Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize A groundbreaking look at how ordinary people are ... more

14 Nov 2025

44 MINS

44:52

14 Nov 2025


#2027

David Garland, "Law and Order Leviathan: America’s Extraordinary Regime of Policing and Punishment" ...

The United States has long been an international outlier, with a powerful business class, ... more

14 Nov 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:27

14 Nov 2025


#2026

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


#2025

Christopher Ali, "Farm Fresh Broadband: The Politics of Rural Connectivity" (MIT, 2021)

As much of daily life migrates online, broadband—high-speed internet connectivity—has beco... more

09 Nov 2025

52 MINS

52:04

09 Nov 2025


#2024

Shoshana Walter, "Rehab: An American Scandal" (Simon and Schuster, 2025)

In  [Rehab: An American Scandal] (https://bookshop.org/a/12343/9781982149826)  (Simon an... more

08 Nov 2025

40 MINS

40:35

08 Nov 2025


#2023

Ihnji Jon, "Cities in the Anthropocene: New Ecology and Urban Politics" (Pluto Press, 2021)

Climate change is real, and extreme weather events are its physical manifestations. These ... more

08 Nov 2025

43 MINS

43:07

08 Nov 2025


#2022

David T. Beito, "FDR: A New Political Life" (Open Universe, 2025)

David Beito's new book brings to bear the latest historical scholarship to shed light on t... more

07 Nov 2025

32 MINS

32:24

07 Nov 2025


#2021

Muhammad H. Zaman, "Infected: How Power, Politics, and Privilege Use Science Against the World’s Mos...

In Infected: How Power, Politics, and Privilege Use Science Against the World’s Most Vulne... more

04 Nov 2025

36 MINS

36:28

04 Nov 2025