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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 ge... more

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Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting (University of Arizona Press, 2026) begins

with the undocumented individuals who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico

border—deaths that are both preventable and polit... more

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick sits down with Dr. Nelson Flores to discuss his 2024 book entitled Becoming the System: A Raciolinguistic Genealogy of Bilingual Education in the Post-Civil Rights Era, published by Oxf... more

In her latest book, Sanctuary People: Faith Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities (NYU Press, 2024), Dr. Gina Perez explores sanctuary practices in Ohio, locating them in broader local and national efforts to provide refuge and care in the face of... more

Decades before Miami became Havana USA, a wave of leftist, radical,

working-class women and men from prerevolutionary Cuba crossed the

Florida Straits, made Ybor City the global capital of the Cuban cigar

industry, and established the foundation o... more

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Recent Guests

Gabriella Soto
Contemporary archaeologist who examines migration and border deaths
Arizona State University; Binational Migration Institute (affiliation mentioned)
Episode: Gabriella Soto, "Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting" (U Arizona Press, 2026)
Nelson Flores
Professor of Educational Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Becoming the System
Gina Pérez
Chair of the Department of Comparative American Studies at Oberlin College; author of Sanctuary People
Oberlin College
Episode: Gina M. Pérez, "Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities" (NYU Press, 2024)
Sarah McNamara
Author of Ybor City Crucible of the Latina South (UNC Press, 2023)
Texas A&M University (Associate Professor of History; Latina/o and Mexican American Studies)
Episode: Sarah McNamara, "Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South" (UNC Press, 2023)
Michael Staudenmaier
Independent historian; author of White, Black, Brown: Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago
University of North Carolina Press (book author)
Episode: Michael Staudenmaier, "White, Black, Brown: Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago" (UNC Press, 2026)
Shane Breaux
Author of Reverberations of Culture, Racialized Performance in Early 20th Century Musical Variety by Just a Bunch of Clowns
Author, Routledge 2026
Episode: Shane Breaux, "Reverberations of Culture: Racialized Performance in Early Twentieth-Century Musical Variety by Just a Buncha Clowns" (Routledge, 2026)
Rachel Grace Newman
Author of The Future in Their Hands, Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite
University of California Press (book publisher)
Episode: Rachel Grace Newman, "The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite" (U California Press, 2026)
Arely Zimmerman
Author; associate professor focusing on Chicana/o Latinx Studies
Pomona College (via interview subject)
Episode: Arely M. Zimmerman, "Contentious Citizenship: Salvadoran Activism and Belonging Across Borders" (U Arizona Press, 2026)
Elena Foulis
Associate Professor at Texas A&M University–San Antonio; author of Embodied Encuentros
Texas A&M University–San Antonio
Episode: Elena Foulis, "Embodied Encuentros: Oral History Archives of Latina/o/e Experiences" (Ohio State UP, 2026)

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Miranda Melcher
Host of The New Books Network; long-time presenter on scholarly Canadian and American studies channels.

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    I was hesitant thinking it would be boring but the topics are so interesting and the Authors are knowledgeable and engaging.

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    Great podcast! So informative! Introduces me to so many books and topics I wouldn't know otherwise. Love the conversational tone and indepth discussion of academic subject matter that is so relevant.

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Michael Staudenmaier, "White, Black, Brown: Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago" (UNC Press, 2026)
Q: Can you talk about the Division Street Riots and their impact on Puerto Rican identity in Chicago?
The riots are described as a watershed moment that highlighted exclusion from whiteness, spurred pan-ethnic solidarity, and reshaped political ambitions toward electoral methods and broader community organizing.
Michael Staudenmaier, "White, Black, Brown: Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago" (UNC Press, 2026)
Q: How did the organization of the book reflect the three racial categories in the title, and why did you shift away from White, Black, Brown as fixed sections?
The author explains that the early framing was revised after realizing Puerto Rican identity in Chicago did not map neatly onto a Black-centered narrative; the three sections evolved to encompass evolving experiences of organizing, uprising, and emerging Latino identity, forming a more nuanced arc.
Gina M. Pérez, "Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities" (NYU Press, 2024)
Q: So just to begin our conversation, I was hoping that you could talk to us a little bit about what brought you to this particular research topic.
The topic emerged after the 2016 election, growing out of how communities, including students and faculty, responded to policies affecting immigrants and sparked sanctuary movements across campuses and cities.
Shane Breaux, "Reverberations of Culture: Racialized Performance in Early Twentieth-Century Musical Variety by Just a Buncha Clowns" (Routledge, 2026)
Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
Shane Breaux describes his background, the genesis of the project, and how growing up in a racially diverse Louisiana influenced his aim to produce an integrated history of US theater, moving beyond narrow narratives of whiteness and blackface to include diverse performance circuits.
Rachel Grace Newman, "The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite" (U California Press, 2026)
Q: What, however, is on your desk that you're working on next, remittances and transnational family economies?
The author previews ongoing work on remittances and transnational family economies, examining daily resource exchanges across borders and how political changes may affect taxation and tariffs on remittances, highlighting continued interest in the material aspects of migration.

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This show features scholarly conversations with authors and researchers in Latino Studies, migration, history, and related fields. Episodes center on newly published books and ongoing research, often tracing long histories of Latinx identity, transnational activism, urban policy, and cultural formation through interviews with academics from universities and presses. Expect rigorous, methodical discussions, with attention to archival work, historiography, and the social implications of scholarly findings. A notable strength is the wide range of topics—from immigration and civil rights to Indigenous media and space—with a consistent emphasis on how research translates into teaching and public understanding. This makes it a strong fit for list... more

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