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“The general thrust of capitalist policy in this period aims at the intensified imposition of work in response to ongoing struggle against it.”

—Harry Cleaver, “Work Is Still the Central Issue: New Words for New Worlds,” in Points of Departure, ed. ... more

American pop culture loves newsies. The children who bawled out headlines and sold newspapers on city streets in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries have been depicted countless times in movies, Broadway shows, books, music, and more, b... more

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Recent Guests

Robert Ovetz
Ph.D. in Sociology; labor scholar and editor
Co-editor of Points of Departure; Common Notions
Episode: Kevin Van Meter and Robert Ovetz eds. "Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: the Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver" (Common Notions, 2026)
Kevin Van Meter
Ph.D. in Geography; labor scholar and organizer
Co-editor of Points of Departure; Common Notions
Episode: Kevin Van Meter and Robert Ovetz eds. "Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: the Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver" (Common Notions, 2026)
Autumn Lorimer Linford
Author of Extra! A History of America's Girl Newsies
University of Nebraska Press
Episode: Autumn Lorimer Linford, "Extra! Extra! A History of America's Girl Newsies" (U Nebraska Press, 2026)
Alfie Marcus
Professor at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, author of Comeback, Can Great Companies Rise Again?
University of Minnesota
Episode: Alfie Marcus on How Great Companies Can Rise Again
Baruch Fischhoff
Howard Hines University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University; leading scholar in behavioral decision research
Carnegie Mellon University
Episode: Baruch Fischhoff, "Bounded Disciplines and Unbounded Problems: A Vision for Management Science" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Xiaochang Li
Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University; author of Divination Engines
Stanford University
Episode: Xiaochang Li, "Divination Engines: Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and the Making of Algorithmic Culture" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Tom Trier
Author of Blue Sea, Black Gold, Red Banner, The South Caucasus and Scandinavia, 1880s–1920s
Northern Illinois University Press
Episode: Tom Trier, "Blue Sea, Black Gold, Red Banner: The South Caucasus and Scandinavia, 1880s–1920s" (Northern Illinois UP, 2026)
Mark LeClair
Author, Foul Play in the Nonprofit Sector: Analyzing Corruption in US Charities
Palgrave Macmillan
Episode: Mark S. LeClair, "Foul Play in the Nonprofit Sector: Analyzing Corruption in US Charities" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
Kevin Broady
Chief Analyst at the China Office of Finnish Industries
China Office of Finnish Industries
Episode: China Office of Finnish Industries

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Miranda Melcher
Host of The New Books Network; role focal point for scholarly interviews.

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4.7 out of 5 stars from 43 ratings
  • Often great…sometimes awful

    This channel is unique in the depth and breadth of content you can find. I’m pleasantly surprised more often than not. However, in not a small number of cases, the interview is almost entirely spent on details like how long a book took to write or details like research methods without talking about any key ideas. It’s also common to find guests who are activists before academics but that’s probably a reflection of academics more than this channel. The uncritical and uninteresting questions from ... more

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Kevin Van Meter and Robert Ovetz eds. "Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: the Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver" (Common Notions, 2026)
Q: After someone finishes reading Points of Departure, what questions would you most like readers to carry back to their own workplace research and organizing?
Readers should question how to translate Cleaver's principles into concrete organizing—identifying natural leaders, creating democratic decision-making structures, and applying the inversion of class perspective to understand how capital organizes itself and how workers can push back.
Autumn Lorimer Linford, "Extra! Extra! A History of America's Girl Newsies" (U Nebraska Press, 2026)
Q: Could you start us off please by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book? What kinds of questions did you want to ask?
Autumn explains that the project began from seeing photographs of girl newsies in a mentor's American Journalism History class, prompting a broader inquiry into why girls hadn't been studied as much as boys. Her research grew into a full book as she uncovered extensive material on girls' labor, their treatment by employers, and the reform debates surrounding their presence on street corners.
Utathya Chattopadhyaya, "Ganja Matters: Empire and the Pursuits of Cannabis in British India" (U California Press, 2026)
Q: What is ganja, and why is it so hard to define across contexts?
Ganja is a material complex: a term used for products from the cannabis plant, sometimes referring to the whole plant or various leaf/flower derivatives. Its meaning shifts with language, culture, and usage, which is why colonial botany tried to fix a narrow definition while local knowledge treated it as a multifaceted signifier.
China Office of Finnish Industries
Q: Could you tell us a bit about when the China Office was established and its key mission?
The Office was established in 2022 as a cooperative non-profit owned by Finnish multinationals to help navigate geopolitics and its impact on corporate decisions, with a broader aim to boost Finland's analytical capabilities on China.
Xiaochang Li, "Divination Engines: Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and the Making of Algorithmic Culture" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Q: Was there anything that surprised you in all of this historical digging?
Li notes surprises like how early speech recognition was considered doable and the persistent five-year horizon in predictions, driven by funding cycles and contracts, and the broader idea that language technologies were seen as real transformations long before their practical success.

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This show features in-depth interviews with scholars who have recently published books or major research in economic and business history, exploring big ideas about money, markets, technology, and policy within historical context. Episodes typically pair a host with one or more authors or subject-matter experts to unpack arguments, archival evidence, and broader implications for public understanding of economics, finance, and institutional change. Notable strengths include a strong scholarly lens on long-running economic questions, willingness to connect historical debates to contemporary issues, and clear, book-focused conversations that illuminate methodology and evidence. A distinctive trait is the blend of rigorous historical analysis w... more

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