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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 ... more

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In 1898, on the eve of the Spanish-American War, the US Army seemed minuscule and ill-equipped for global conflict. Yet over the next fifteen years, its soldiers defeated Spain and pacified nationalist insurgencies in both Cuba and the Philippines. D... more

The 21st Century in 100 Games (Routledge India, 2024) is an interactive public history of the contemporary world. It creates a ludological retelling of the 21st century through 100 games that were announced, launched and played from the turn of the c... more

Revolutionary New York: 250 Years of Social Change (SUNY Press, 2026), edited by Bruce Dearstyne and published by SUNY Press, examines what the volume calls the “unfinished revolutions” of the Empire State. In sixteen essays by a varied cast of autho... more

The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau (Routledge, 2026) examines Auschwitz-Birkenau as both a site and a symbol of Nazi genocide. Scholars from a range of disciplinary perspectives consider Auschwitz’s history by engaging with Holocaust histor... more

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Recent Guests

Robert Marks
Emeritus professor of history and environmental studies at Whittier College; author of Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin
Whittier College / University of California Press
Episode: Robert B. Marks, "Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin: Nature and History Over the Last 10,000 Years" (U California Press, 2026)
Dominic Williams
Editor, Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau
University of Northumbria (as per interview)
Episode: Sarah M. Cushman et al eds., "The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau" (Routledge, 2026)
Sarah Cushman
Director of the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University; Senior Lecturer in History
Holocaust Educational Foundation, Northwestern University
Episode: Sarah M. Cushman et al eds., "The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau" (Routledge, 2026)
Joanne Pettit
Editor (co-editor) of The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau
University/Scholarly editor
Episode: Sarah M. Cushman et al eds., "The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau" (Routledge, 2026)
Bruno M. Shirley
Historian of religion, gender, and politics in Sri Lanka; author of the book discussed
University of Heidelberg (and broader academic affiliations mentioned in the episode)
Episode: Bruno Shirley, "Religion, Gender, and Politics in Medieval Sri Lanka: The Reconstruction of Buddhist Kingship, ca. 1070-1215" (ARC Humanities Press, 2026)
Homa Katouzian
Author of Iran and the Revolution, A History; Faculty at University of Oxford; visiting Skoll at University of Toronto
University of Oxford / Skoll at University of Toronto
Episode: Homa Katouzian, "Iran and the Revolution: A History" (Yale UP, 2026)
Weipin Tsai
Author of The Making of China's Post Office, Sovereignty, Modernization, and the Connection of a Nation
Harvard University Asia Center
Episode: Weipin Tsai, "The Making of China's Post Office: Sovereignty, Modernization, and the Connection of a Nation" (Harvard UP, 2024)
Sean Scalmer
Author of A Fair Day's Work
Australian historian (author)
Episode: Sean Scalmer, "A Fair Day's Work: The Quest to Win Back Time" (Simon and Schuster, 2025)
Joanna Dee Das
Author of Faith, Family, and Flag, Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America
University/Academic (as discussed)
Episode: Joanna Dee Das, "Faith, Family, and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

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Geraldine Gudefin
Host contributor with ties to New Books Network across multiple episodes
John Armenta
Host contributor with broad coverage and editorial role within history podcasts
Miranda Melcher
Regular host of interview segments with history authors
Michael Stauch
Long-running host on The New Books Network; conducts author interviews

Reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars from 334 ratings
  • Great Series

    Scholars are interviewed about their research, their books.

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    Lime Twig
    United Statesa year ago
  • Comparative blame: Slavery v Holocaust

    How could the interviewer fail to ask the central question in a comparative discussion re black slavery and the shoa: were Jews involved in initiating and carrying out black slavery? They were. Were Africans involved in carrying out the shoa? They weren’t.

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    curious african american
    United States2 years ago
  • Chris

    I love this podcast. Have listened to so many fascinating interviews on all sorts of topics. Excellent stuff!!

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    Motzerrerr
    Australia2 years ago
  • Gone downhill

    Used to love the channel but now half the episodes are hosted by Ari Barbalat who is the most insufferable interviewer on the planet

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    AshP1928
    Canada2 years ago
  • Please reconsider your advertising. They make me want to die

    Cop prison guard etc are not viable careers. They are soul crushing morally bankrupt lives of desperately reconciliation of evil activities

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Sean Scalmer, "A Fair Day's Work: The Quest to Win Back Time" (Simon and Schuster, 2025)
Q: How did debates about time intersect with gender and home labor?
Women's critiques pushed for recognizing unpaid domestic labor and reproductive capacities within the fairness framework, which gradually influenced policy, unions, and public discourse from the late 19th century onward.
Sean Scalmer, "A Fair Day's Work: The Quest to Win Back Time" (Simon and Schuster, 2025)
Q: What made the eight-hour movement in Australia distinctive?
Its combination of early civic ritual, broad cross-occupation mobilization in Melbourne, and sustained campaigns that linked time reduction to democracy and social justice, with women's labor perspectives gradually shaping policy over time.
Hannah Shepherd, "The Narrowing Sea: Fukuoka, Pusan, and the Rise and Fall of an Imperial Region" (U California Press, 2025)
Q: What inspired the focus on Fukuoka and Busan as an imperial region?
Shepherd explains that the city of Fukuoka and the port of Busan formed a natural pairing for examining how regional imperialism and mobility shaped urban growth, with Busan often taking on a more central role in empire-era planning and Fukuoka providing a more parochial yet equally important counterpoint.
Timothy Mason Roberts, "After Barbary: Algeria's Roles in the French and American Empires" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Q: What are the major interventions of your book in the study of empire and transnational history?
The book argues that Algeria served as a trans-imperial space where American and French imperialists, critics, and activists engaged with questions of citizenship, settlement, and military strategy, influencing policies from the Civil War era through decolonization.
Timothy Mason Roberts, "After Barbary: Algeria's Roles in the French and American Empires" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Q: Could you tell us a bit about why you decided to write this book?
I wanted to show that American conversations with other would-be empires were not always conducted in English, and to place Algeria at the center of a trans-imperial dialogue that includes citizenship, race, and military history.

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A rigorous history-focused interview series that centers scholars discussing recently published books and core archival or primary-source work. Guests span university professors, researchers, and authors across global histories—from postwar displacement and refugee policy to civil-military relations, labor history, policing in the Jim Crow era, and the social lives of everyday spaces like hotels and print culture. Episodes frequently unpack methodological approaches, archival practices, and the broader historical implications of their subjects, often linking past events to contemporary debates. A notable strength is the breadth of topics and the emphasis on deep scholarly context, making it a valuable resource for researchers, students, and... more

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