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Recent Guests

Fred Naiden
Author of Railroaded, Professor Emeritus of History
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Episode: Fred S. Naiden, "Railroaded: A Motorman’s Story of the New York City Subway" (Rutgers UP, 2026)
Christopher de Bellaigue
Author of The Golden Throne: The Curse of a King
Bodley Head (publisher)
Episode: Christopher de Bellaigue, "The Golden Throne: The Curse of a King" (Bodley Head, 2025)
Thomas S. Mullaney
Professor of History and UNESCO Chair in Digital Futures at Stanford University
Stanford University
Episode: Thomas S. Mullaney, "How We Disappear: A Personal History of Information" (W. W. Norton, 2026)
John Kapusta
Author of Self-Realization Nation, Musicologist
Eastman School of Music / UC Berkeley (historical affiliation mentioned in interview)
Episode: John Kapusta, "Self-Realization Nation: How Artists of the Creative Counterculture Made a New America" (U California Press, 2026)
Andy Byford
Historian and author of Science of the Child in Late Imperial and Early Soviet Russia
Durham University, UK
Episode: Andy Byford, "Science of the Child in Late Imperial and Early Soviet Russia" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Sharron Wilkins Conrad
Historian and author of The Trinity, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Civil Rights in African American Memory
University of Texas at Dallas (PhD); University of Tarant County College (Professor); SMU Center for Presidential History (Senior Fellow)
Episode: Sharron Wilkins Conrad, "The Trinity: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Civil Rights in African American Memory" (UNC Press, 2026)
Fabio Lanza
Professor of Modern Chinese History
University of Arizona
Episode: Fabio Lanza, "Urban Revolution: People's Communes in Beijing" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Michelle Chase
Associate Professor of History at Pace University
Pace University
Episode: Michelle Chase and Isabella Cosse eds., "The Cuban Revolution and the New Left: Transnational Histories of Gender, Sexuality, and Family" (U Florida Press, 2026)
Isabella Cosse
Professor of History at Universidad Nacional de San Martín; Researcher at CONICET
Universidad Nacional de San Martín; CONICET
Episode: Michelle Chase and Isabella Cosse eds., "The Cuban Revolution and the New Left: Transnational Histories of Gender, Sexuality, and Family" (U Florida Press, 2026)

Hosts

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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  • 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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  • 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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    Canada2 years ago
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Aditya Deshbandhu, "The 21st Century in 100 Games" (Routledge, 2024)
Q: What challenges arise when a game evolves through patches and live-service models for historical analysis?
The challenge is deciding when to document and how to handle ongoing changes; should historians capture a snapshot at launch or provide ongoing, episode-based reviews that reflect evolving states?
Aditya Deshbandhu, "The 21st Century in 100 Games" (Routledge, 2024)
Q: How does autoethnography complement traditional ludological analysis in your framework?
Autoethnography centers the researcher's own gaming experiences to reveal biases and insight, while still linking these reflections to formal analysis tools to produce a more holistic understanding of play, culture, and industry dynamics.
Aditya Deshbandhu, "The 21st Century in 100 Games" (Routledge, 2024)
Q: When you say the book is described as an 'interactive public history,' what does that imply for readers and researchers?
It suggests that the history is co-constructed with players and communities, incorporating lived experiences and ongoing game states as part of the historical record, rather than a fixed, linear narrative.
Es-pranza Humphrey, "Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen" (Poster House Museum, 2026)
Q: What impact do you hope visitors take away from the exhibit?
Visitors should gain a deep, nuanced understanding of how Black theater and film survived and evolved despite systemic racism, recognizing the posters as vital evidence of overlooked histories, and appreciating how audiences, markets, and creators navigated issues of race, representation, and aspiration across decades.
Es-pranza Humphrey, "Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen" (Poster House Museum, 2026)
Q: Why include material like Burnt Cork makeup and a White director's race films in the show?
Because contextualized artifacts like makeup and posters reveal the nuanced history of Blackface, colorism, and the way audiences and industry framed race; presenting them with careful labels and scholarly context allows visitors to confront troubling histories while understanding their place in a longer arc of Black cultural production.

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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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