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Recent Guests

Rahul Sonpimple
Founder of the All India Independent Scheduled Castes Association; former student leader of JNU student groups
All India Independent Scheduled Castes Association
Episode: Caste as a Material Question with Rahul Sonpimple
Elana Resnick
Anthropologist and author of Refusing Sustainability, Race and Environmentalism in a Changing Europe
Stanford University Press / Stanford University
Episode: Elana Resnick, "Refusing Sustainability: Race and Environmentalism in a Changing Europe" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Ajantha Subramanian
Professor of Anthropology at CUNY Graduate Center
CUNY Graduate Center
Episode: Recall This Book x The Caste Pod: a Crossover episode with Ajantha Subramanian
Cécile Bishop
Author of Forms of Blackness, Race and Visibility in the French-Speaking World
University of Oxford (Associate Professor)
Episode: Cécile Bishop, "Forms of Blackness: Race and Visibility in the French-Speaking World" (Duke UP, 2026)
Meena Khandelwal
Author of Cookstove Chronicles: Social Life of a Women's Technology in India
University of Iowa (affiliation discussed in the episode)
Episode: Meena Khandelwal, "Cookstove Chronicles: Social Life of a Women's Technology in India" (U Arizona Press, 2026)
Jay Szpilka
Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities at SWPS University
SWPS University
Episode: Jay Szpilka, "BDSM Practices in Contemporary Poland: Barbed Wire Floggings, Rope Orgasms, and the Problem with Desire" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)
Arpan Roy
Author of Relative Strangers, Romani Kinship and Palestinian Difference
University of Toronto Press (publisher)
Episode: Arpan Roy, "Relative Strangers: Romani Kinship and Palestinian Difference" (U Toronto Press, 2025)
Chiara Formichi
Author of Domestic Nationalism, Muslim Women, Health, and Modernity in Indonesia
Cornell University (Professor; interviewee)
Episode: Chiara Formichi, "Domestic Nationalism: Muslim Women, Health, and Modernity in Indonesia" (Stanford UP, 2025)
TM. Krishna
Celebrated vocalist in the Karnatik tradition, writer and columnist
Independent artist and author
Episode: Caste and Music with T.M. Krishna

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Miranda Melcher
Host of The New Books Network episode and related projects

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4.5 out of 5 stars from 137 ratings
  • Beautiful and Soothing

    Wonderful to feel connected and grounded in today’s troubling world.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Lily Scott - One Love
    United Statesa year ago
  • Good podcast; shame about the gambling ads

    Hi, i really appreciate this podcast, but think that running gambling ads is in questionable taste given the disproportionate impact of gambling on the marginalised

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    Hugo JH
    Australiaa year ago
  • It's a common belief that if you can't explain something simpl, you don't understand it. That doesn't naturally lead us to deliver all knowledge for the lowest common denominator, but most maybe all, sources of information are being written for the person who won't understand it. This podcast has breaks from that bad habit. In a week I've heard ideas, sharpened from experience and repetition, delivered with thrust I've never met elsewhere.

    Audible
    5
    Nahvis
    United States5 years ago
  • mostly a podcast by experts for experts

    It's a common belief that if you can't explain something simpl, you don't understand it. That doesn't naturally lead us to deliver all knowledge for the lowest common denominator, but most maybe all, sources of information are being written for the person who won't understand it. This podcast has breaks from that bad habit. In a week I've heard ideas, sharpened from experience and repetition, delivered with thrust I've never met elsewhere.

    Audible
    5
    Jer
    United States5 years ago
  • Engaging and informative

    This podcast covers a wide range of books, and the conversations are really interesting.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    dkd84
    United States7 years ago

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Meena Khandelwal, "Cookstove Chronicles: Social Life of a Women's Technology in India" (U Arizona Press, 2026)
Q: What surprised you most during your fieldwork?
Seeing a discarded clay pot transformed into a functioning stove on the spur of the moment underscored how everyday objects can function as technology and challenged assumptions about what counts as a stove and who can innovate.
Meena Khandelwal, "Cookstove Chronicles: Social Life of a Women's Technology in India" (U Arizona Press, 2026)
Q: Why do traditional stoves persist despite many replacement campaigns and LPG programs?
Because traditional stoves are highly adaptable, locally produced, culturally embedded, and part of women's autonomous labor networks; gas stoves are not universally embraced, as many households continue stove stacking and value the flexibility and social meanings attached to the chula.
Jay Szpilka, "BDSM Practices in Contemporary Poland: Barbed Wire Floggings, Rope Orgasms, and the Problem with Desire" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)
Q: What is the significance of the 'bedroom' metaphor in your analysis?
The bedroom is used as a methodological space to explore how sexual practices extend beyond private life into public contexts, with practices often challenging boundaries between intimate and public spheres.
Jay Szpilka, "BDSM Practices in Contemporary Poland: Barbed Wire Floggings, Rope Orgasms, and the Problem with Desire" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)
Q: How do you address consent in BDSM when it challenges conventional legal frameworks?
Consent in BDSM is nuanced; many participants emphasize its necessity but also enact practices that complicate the idea of a simple, all-encompassing consent, showing that relational dynamics often shape consent more than formal rules.
Jay Szpilka, "BDSM Practices in Contemporary Poland: Barbed Wire Floggings, Rope Orgasms, and the Problem with Desire" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)
Q: What is the core question of your book and why did you choose it?
The core question asks how BDSM can be practiced, focusing on how practitioners navigate anxieties, social norms, and erotic desires rather than assuming sexuality is fixed or inherently subversive.

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