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Meg Groff, "Not If I Can Help It" (Rivertown Books, 2025)

Meg Groff's memoir Not If I Can Help It (Rivertown Books, 2025) recounts some of the most harrowing, infuriating, yet inspiring stories from Groff’s work as a Legal Aid attorney representing women and children whose only resource is the sheer courage... more

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Joshua Castellino, "Calibrating Colonial Crime: Reparations and The Crime of Unjust Enrichment" (Policy Press, 2025)

While decolonization liberated territories, it left the root causes of historical injustice unaddressed. Governance change did not address past wrongs and transferred injustice through political and financial architectures.

In Calibrating Colonial C... more

4 Nov 2025 • 52 min

Linda Upham-Bornstein, "'Mr. Taxpayer versus Mr. Tax Spender': Taxpayers’ Associations, Pocketbook Politics, and the Law during the Great Depression" (Temple UP, 2023)

During the Great Depression, the proliferation of local taxpayers’ associations was dramatic and unprecedented. The justly concerned members of these organizations examined the operations of state, city, and county governments, then pressed local off... more

2 Nov 2025 • 45 min

Louise Nyholm Kallestrup, "The Construction of Witchcraft in Early Modern Denmark, 1536-1617" (Routledge, 2025)

Louise Nyholm Kallestrup joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, The Construction of Witchcraft in Early Modern Denmark, 1536-1617 (Routledge, 2025) This book examines how the experience of witchcraft developed and evolved from the Lutheran Evan... more

1 Nov 2025 • 45 min

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Dr. Linda Upham-Bornstein

Historian focusing on citizens' engagement and taxpayer associations.

Temple University Press

Episode: Linda Upham-Bornstein, "'Mr. Taxpayer versus Mr. Tax Spender': Taxpayers’ Associations, Pocketbook Politics, and the Law during the Great Depression" (Temple UP, 2023)

Louise Nyholm Kallestrup

Scholar specializing in the history of witchcraft and Early Modern Denmark

University of Southern Denmark

Episode: Louise Nyholm Kallestrup, "The Construction of Witchcraft in Early Modern Denmark, 1536-1617" (Routledge, 2025)

Dr. Tamar Mitts

Associate professor at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, author of 'Safe Havens for Hate.'

Columbia University

Episode: Tamar Mitts, "Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Extremism" (Princeton UP, 2025)

Robert C. Bird

Professor of Business Law and the Eversource Energy Chair in Business Ethics at the University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut

Episode: Robert C. Bird, "Legal Knowledge in Organizations: A Source of Strategic and Competitive Advantage" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Dr. Kelley Helmstutler Di Dio

Scholar focusing on the logistics of sculpture transport

Brepols

Episode: Kelley Helmstutler Di Dio, "Shipping Sculptures from Early Modern Italy: The Mechanics, Costs, Risks, and Rewards" (Brepols, 2025)

Rehan Abeyratne

Professor in Law at Western Sydney University

Western Sydney University

Episode: Rehan Abeyratne, "Courts and LGBTQ+ Rights in an Age of Judicial Retrenchment" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Orestis Palermos

Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ioannina

University of Ioannina

Episode: S. Orestis Palermos, "Cyborg Rights: Extending Cognition, Ethics, and the Law" (Routledge, 2025)

Dr. Rosemary Admiral

Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at Dallas, specializing in pre-modern Middle Eastern history.

University of Texas at Dallas

Episode: Rosemary Admiral, "Living Law: Women and Legality in Marinid Morocco" (Syracuse UP, 2025)

Jacinto Cuvi

Associate Professor of Sociology and Development Studies and Head of the Center for Developmental Studies at the Universite Libre de Brussels.

Universite Libre de Brussels

Episode: Jacinto Cuvi, "The Edge of the Law: Street Vendors and the Erosion of Citizenship in São Paulo" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

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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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Amanda Laury Kleintop, "Counting the Cost of Freedom: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation After the Civil War" (UNC Press, 2025)

Q: What were some of the implications of the 14th Amendment regarding compensation claims?

The 14th Amendment section that nullifies claims for compensation indicates a significant political maneuver to assert Republican power and address the compensation debates post-Civil War.

Amanda Laury Kleintop, "Counting the Cost of Freedom: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation After the Civil War" (UNC Press, 2025)

Q: How did you come to research and write this book?

I started this book as my dissertation project after discussing the expected compensation for formerly enslaved individuals with my advisor, leading me to explore contradictions in the literature.

Joshua Castellino, "Calibrating Colonial Crime: Reparations and The Crime of Unjust Enrichment" (Policy Press, 2025)

Q: What then are some of the specific problems? Why haven't these colonial crimes been addressed?

The book talks about ten hurdles, including technical aspects like the statute of limitations and the challenge of telling histories from multiple perspectives.

Joshua Castellino, "Calibrating Colonial Crime: Reparations and The Crime of Unjust Enrichment" (Policy Press, 2025)

Q: Can you please introduce yourself and tell us why you decided to write a book about colonial crimes and the lens of international law?

My name is Joshua Castellino. I'm Professor of International and Comparative Law, and I'm the Executive Dean of the College of Arts, Law and Social Sciences at Brunel University of London. I specialize in international law and have been researching and teaching law while also working with vulnerable groups.

Louise Nyholm Kallestrup, "The Construction of Witchcraft in Early Modern Denmark, 1536-1617" (Routledge, 2025)

Q: What inspired you to write this book on witchcraft?

Louise was inspired to explore the religious aspects of witchcraft in Denmark after studying Italian Witchcraft, particularly how historical context and theological arguments were intertwined with societal views on witchcraft leading up to the 1617 Witchcraft Act.

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