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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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The Holocaust radically altered the way many East European Jews spoke Yiddish. Finding prewar language incapable of describing the imprisonment, death, and dehumanization of the Holocaust, prisoners added or reinvented thousands of Yiddish words and ... more

Abdelwahab Meddeb’s Returns to Marrakesh, co-translated by Claudia Esposito and Laura Reeck and published by Syracuse University Press in 2026, chronicles Meddeb’s successive visits to the Red City from 1968 through the 1990s, tracing both his person... more

Casting War As Love: Russian Colonialism in Familial Terms

(Palgrave Macillan, 2026) by Dr. Galina Bogatova unpacks the hidden

imperial logic behind Russia’s dominance over its neighbors,

revealing how the Kremlin weaponizes "familial system" myth... more

A psychological Arabic novel in English translation, The War by Mohamed Alyahyai follows a man who begins to question whether he is truly the one who returned from war.

On a winter night, Issa Saleh prepares a small gathering at his home. By the end... more

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Galina Bogatova
Political scientist researching Russian colonialism, imperial discourse, and emotional language of empire
University/Institute (not explicitly stated in transcript)
Episode: Galina Bogatova, "Casting War As Love: Russian Colonialism in Familial Terms" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)
Christian James
Translator and diplomat; translator of Mohamed Alyahyai's The War
Self-employed translator and diplomat
Episode: Mohamed Alyahyai, "The War" (Dararab for Publishing and Translation, 2026)
Daniel Cohnitz
Professor of Philosophy at Utrecht University
Utrecht University
Episode: Daniel Cohnitz and Jussi Haukioja, "Foundations for Metasemantics" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Jussi Haukioja
Professor of Philosophy at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
NTNU
Episode: Daniel Cohnitz and Jussi Haukioja, "Foundations for Metasemantics" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Nelson Flores
Professor of Educational Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Becoming the System
Hayagreeva Rao
Co-author of Ctrl+Alt+Doubt, Professor of Organizational Behavior
Stanford University / Oxford University Press (book publisher)
Episode: Hayagreeva Rao and Henrich R Greve, "Ctrl+Alt+Doubt: Decoding the Language of Online Conspiracy Talk" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Henrich R. Greve
Co-author of Ctrl-Alt-Doubt, Professor of Strategy and Organization
Stanford University
Episode: Hayagreeva Rao and Henrich R Greve, "Ctrl+Alt+Doubt: Decoding the Language of Online Conspiracy Talk" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Amy Heineke
Professor of Education at Loyola University Chicago; co-author of Pathways to the Seal of Biliteracy
Loyola University Chicago
Episode: Amy J. Heineke and Kristin J. Davin, "Pathways to the Seal of Biliteracy: Promoting Multilingualism in Elementary and Middle Schools" (Georgetown UP, 2026)
Samantha Ellis
Author, Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture
Pegasus Books
Episode: Samantha Ellis, "Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture" (Pegasus Books, 2026)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host roles across network-sourced interviews and episode introductions; key facilitator of discussions with authors and scholars

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4.3 out of 5 stars from 39 ratings
  • Variable quality; can be very good

    Perhaps that speaks to the variety of books covered.

    I suggest having an annotated transcript to allow a deeper dive, similar to SmartyPants or ScienceFriday.

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    Nirgal_ii
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    Talk radio on the net. The podcaster believes we are a captive audience like their students.

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Mohamed Alyahyai, "The War" (Dararab for Publishing and Translation, 2026)
Q: And when you start working on a new translation of a novel, how do you usually proceed?
He describes reading the whole novel first to understand the arc, setting daily translation goals, and the long, immersive process.
Mohamed Alyahyai, "The War" (Dararab for Publishing and Translation, 2026)
Q: And can you maybe summarize a bit in your own words, what do you think the novel would be about?
The novel is about the psychology of its characters amid war, focusing on memory, trauma, and how the revolution shapes their identities.
Mohamed Alyahyai, "The War" (Dararab for Publishing and Translation, 2026)
Q: Thank you so much, Christian. And before coming to the novel itself, what's interested me as well as your person, like as a diplomat and being a literary translator, how do you juggle these two roles?
He explains that translation provides a creative outlet and complement to his policy work, with collaboration and learning from the author.
Galina Bogatova, "Casting War As Love: Russian Colonialism in Familial Terms" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)
Q: What kinds of interventions do you want to make? Why was this important to you to do?
I want to broaden post-colonial vocabulary to include how Russia uses proximity, sameness, and love to justify imperial rule, and to encourage scholars to view Russia as an empire with its own emotional grammar rather than forcing it into Western models. I also aim to provide a language useful for non-academic readers to recognize psychologically abusive power wrapped in care and to illuminate how this shapes contemporary politics.
Galina Bogatova, "Casting War As Love: Russian Colonialism in Familial Terms" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)
Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
I'm a political scientist focusing on Russian colonialism, and I felt that existing explanations of Russian foreign policy missed the more intimate, affective dimensions. By foregrounding emotional language and kinship metaphors, the book links empire to family, memory, and belonging in a way that clarifies how domination is made persuasive and enduring.

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