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Publishes	Daily	Episodes	1912	Founded	16 years ago
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Leda M Perez, "Searching for Democracy: Women, Domestic Work, and Social Reproduction in Latin America" (Temple UP, 2026)

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Charles Lachman, "They Shall Not See the Dawn: The Manhunt for the Third Reich's Most Wanted" (Diversion Books, 2026)

May 1945. The Reich is in ruins. Hitler is dead. Yet for the US Army’s Counter Intelligence Corps, the real war has just begun.

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Michelle Adams, "The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North " (FSG, 2025)

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Episode: Leah C. Stokes, "The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet" (MIT Press, 2026)

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Author of Legal Weapons of the Wealthy, The Offshoring of Elite Conflict in Emerging Markets

Cornell University Press / LeMond School of Economics

Episode: Nikhil Kalyanpur, "Legal Weapons of the Wealthy: The Offshoring of Elite Conflict in Emerging Markets" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Valeria Vázquez Guevara

Assistant Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong

Episode: Valeria Vázquez Guevara, "Truth Commissions and International Law: Jurisdiction, Representation, Authority" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Holly N. S. White

Author of Constructing American Childhood, Aged-Based Laws and the Illusions of Protection in the Early United States

University of Virginia Press

Episode: Holly N. S. White, "Constructing American Childhood: Age-Based Laws and the Illusion of Protection in the Early United States" (U Virginia Press, 2026)

Jonathan Quong

Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Southern California

USC

Episode: Jonathan Quong, "Political Philosophy: The Puzzle of Legitimate Injustice" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Michael Hagemeister

Historian and Slavist, expert on The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

University of Bochum (research project); historian of Russian philosophy and antisemitism

Episode: "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" in Court: The Bern Trial (1933-1935) and the "Antisemitic International"

Alejandro E. Camacho

Professor of Law specializing in environmental law and policy

UCLA School of Law

Episode: Alejandro E. Camacho and Brigham Daniels, "Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of US Environmental Law" (NYU Press, 2026)

Brigham Daniels

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Reinhold Kramer

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Episode: Reinhold Kramer and Tom Mitchell, "'PS: Burn after Reading': The Kellock-Taschereau Commission and Soviet Espionage" (U Toronto 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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Great books, and Jane Richards is a professional and insightful interviewer.
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Valeria Vázquez Guevara, "Truth Commissions and International Law: Jurisdiction, Representation, Authority" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Q: Could you start us off, please, by introducing yourself and tell us why you decided to write this book?

I am an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong, and I wrote the book to explore how law and its institutions shape the way societies live together, linking truth commissions to broader international legal frameworks and political economy, with a focus on how narratives are constructed and whose voices are centered.

Encore - Shai Lavi, "Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel: Socio-legal, Political and Empirical Analysis" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

Q: Aren't those universal values?

Yes, universal values exist in theory, but real-world application varies with culture and tradition, as Israel shows through its balancing of autonomy with family input, religious considerations, and communal norms in end-of-life and reproduction decisions.

"The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" in Court: The Bern Trial (1933-1935) and the "Antisemitic International"

Q: What can you say to the argument that the Bern Trial was not really a legal fight, but a tactical fight by the Jewish community to combat antisemitism in Switzerland?

The speaker notes that while the trial aimed to establish the forgery of the Protocols, the process was expensive and faced broader political and social currents; the outcome was mixed, with initial acceptance of the finding that the Protocols were a forgery, but long-term impact on antisemitism proved more complex than a simple legal victory.

Nikhil Kalyanpur, "Legal Weapons of the Wealthy: The Offshoring of Elite Conflict in Emerging Markets" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Q: What motivates elites to take cases abroad rather than settling domestically?

Elites seek the rule of law, predictable outcomes, and the ability to enforce judgments internationally; London's mature commercial courts and enforcement networks offer these advantages, while expensive local fights at home and asset diversification abroad create practical incentives to litigate overseas.

Utathya Chattopadhyaya, "Ganja Matters: Empire and the Pursuits of Cannabis in British India" (U California Press, 2026)

Q: So what is ganja?

Ganja is a material complex, a term that covers products made from the cannabis plant, but it is also used variably to refer to whole plants or different plant parts depending on context, which makes it difficult to pin down with a single, universal definition.

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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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