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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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In this episode, Salman Sayyid and Claudia Radiven were joined by Deana Heath to discuss her work Colonial Terror: Torture and State Violence in Colonial India (Oxford UP, 2026). Heath’s work explores the legacies of colonial violence in India, Brita... more

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Tyler Priest
Associate professor of history and author of The Offshore Imperative
University of Iowa
Episode: Offshore Oildom: America’s Energy Expansion into the Ocean with Tyler Priest (LSU Press, 2026)
Jennifer Brinkley
Lawyer and assistant professor of law at the University of Dayton School of Law
University of Dayton School of Law
Episode: Justice Was Her Calling: The Fierce and Fascinating Life of Dorothy Kenyon with Jennifer L. Brinkley (U California Press, 2026)
David Turner
Professor of history at Swansea University and historian of disability in Britain
Swansea University
Episode: Disability: A History of Resistance with David Turner (Random House, 2026)
Danny Orbach
Military historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem researching military history, intelligence and the laws of war
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Episode: Punishment: Behind Japanese Military Brutality with Danny Orbach (Hurst, 2026)
Moritz A. Schramm
Adjunct professor of law at New York University School of Law and researcher at NYU
New York University School of Law
Episode: Governance by Emulation: The Oversight Board, the Digital Services Act, and the Struggle for Platform Accountability with Moritz A. Schramm (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Suparna Chaudhry
Associate Professor in the Department of International Affairs at Lewis & Clark College.
Lewis & Clark College
Episode: Civil Societies, Uncivil States: Government Repression of NGOs with Suparna Chaudhry (Cornell UP, 2026)
Federica Coppola
Associate professor of law whose research focuses on criminal law, incarceration and human rights
Episode: The Real Pain of Punishment: Prison, Belonging, and the Quest for Humanized Justice with Federica Coppola (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Tom Hulme
Cultural Historian of Modern Britain and Ireland; History Professor at Queen's University Belfast
Queen's University Belfast
Episode: Tom Hulme, "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation" (Cornell UP, 2026)
Samantha Barbas
Author of Hate Speech, The Legal and Cultural History of an American Dilemma (UC Press, 2026)
University of California Press
Episode: Samantha Barbas, "Hate Speech: The Legal and Cultural History of an American Dilemma" (U California Press, 2026)

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4.4 out of 5 stars from 48 ratings
  • A science 'grants researcher' as an interviewer on a legal podcast??

    Not sure why the NB Network has science/medical 'grant researchers' with a pointed conservative agenda doing legal/law interviews. There are a lot of JDs out there more qualified to parse legal & religious books. Not impressive.

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    t78tt.r
    United States4 years ago
  • Great way to review Law books

    Great books, and Jane Richards is a professional and insightful interviewer.

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    Dr. Lowry
    United States6 years ago

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Governance by Emulation: The Oversight Board, the Digital Services Act, and the Struggle for Platform Accountability with Moritz A. Schramm (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Q: You argue that the DSA ends up confirming platform power rather than limiting it because it treats platforms own rules as the standard. How did you come to this conclusion?
Schramm says the DSA gives users access to review after a moderation decision but does not let the public shape the terms of service that govern speech. He argues that this leaves a democratic deficit and falls short of the law's promise to give governed users a say.
Governance by Emulation: The Oversight Board, the Digital Services Act, and the Struggle for Platform Accountability with Moritz A. Schramm (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Q: Why would Meta build a body whose entire job is to tell Meta it got something wrong?
Schramm argues that the board helped Meta respond to reputational pressure and build legitimacy by appearing to accept external scrutiny, while shifting attention toward content moderation rather than the company's data practices and business model.
The Real Pain of Punishment: Prison, Belonging, and the Quest for Humanized Justice with Federica Coppola (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Q: What can we do, and where could we put pressure on people with political and economic power to move toward a more human rights-based model?
Coppola identifies education, particularly reforming legal education, as a place to begin. She says future policymakers, prosecutors and judges need to develop more critical understandings of punishment and the people affected by it.
The Real Pain of Punishment: Prison, Belonging, and the Quest for Humanized Justice with Federica Coppola (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Q: How have we historically thought about the pain of those who are incarcerated, and how does your reframing lead us to think about the institution and the people who are in it differently?
Coppola says punishment has largely been measured as a deprivation of liberty, while prison conditions and everyday suffering remain overlooked. A belonging framework makes visible the isolation, disempowerment and lack of voice that can damage social, psychological and physical well-being.
Justice Was Her Calling: The Fierce and Fascinating Life of Dorothy Kenyon with Jennifer L. Brinkley (U California Press, 2026)
Q: So how does that happen?
Brinkley explained that McCarthy named Kenyon first among alleged communists in a 1950 Senate hearing. Kenyon demanded a hearing, presented evidence about her affiliations and defended her record, but the accusation caused lasting professional and financial harm even after she was cleared.

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The program consistently centers on scholarly discussions of recently published books across law, history, anthropology, and related social sciences. Episodes typically feature an author or expert in deep conversation with a host who guides the dialogue through archival methods, legal history, and contemporary issues at the intersection of law and society. Expect rigorous analyses of topics like abolition, death penalty regimes, gender bias in prosecutions, forensic science, heritage law, and human–animal politics, often with attention to methodology, archival sources, and policy implications. A standout pattern is the blend of interdisciplinary approaches—legal history, critical theory, and ethnography—paired with accessible storytelling t... more

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