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New Books in Medicine

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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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What drives someone to challenge the status quo to prevent disaster? In The Preventioneers: Diseases, Disasters, and the Discoveries That Changed Our World with Barry R Davis (JHU Press, 2026), Barry R. Davis chronicles the work of bold individual... more

It has long been understood that illness is influenced not only by our bodies' physiology, but also language, culture, and meaning. Healing and the Invention of Metaphor: Towards a Poetics of Illness Experience (Cambridge UP, 2025), written by renown... more

Silence is frequently considered negative or harmful in both everyday life – for example, when we are silenced – as well as in psychiatry, where poverty of speech is a symptom of depression and pressure of speech is a symptom of mania. In Silence in ... more

In the early twentieth century, most US states established eugenics programs to improve the human race through selective breeding. North Carolina ran one of the nation's most aggressive programs; between 1927 and 1977, at least 5,700 people were ster... more

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Recent Guests

Erin Maglaque
Historian of gender and early modernity
Unknown (quoted as author of Presence)
Episode: Erin Maglaquel "Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body" (Astra House, 2026)
Ketil Slagstad
Author of Standardizing Sex, A History of Trans Medicine
Universities/Charité (current), University of Chicago Press (publisher)
Episode: Ketil Slagstad, "Standardizing Sex: A History of Trans Medicine" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Eugene Raikhel
Faculty member in Department of Comparative Human Development
University of Chicago
Episode: Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer et al eds., "Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century" (Rutgers UP, 2026)
Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer
Editor and Professor of Science and Technology Studies
Rochester Institute of Technology (RPI)
Episode: Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer et al eds., "Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century" (Rutgers UP, 2026)
Junko Kitanaka
Professor of Medical Anthropology
University in Tokyo (KO University)
Episode: Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer et al eds., "Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century" (Rutgers UP, 2026)
Janaka Jayawickrama
Author of Under the Gaze of Global Mental Health
Author, Humanitarian and Academic
Episode: Janaka Jayawickrama and Jerome Wright, "Under the Gaze of Global Mental Health: A Critical Reflection" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)
Jerome Wright
Author of Under the Gaze of Global Mental Health
Author, Academic
Episode: Janaka Jayawickrama and Jerome Wright, "Under the Gaze of Global Mental Health: A Critical Reflection" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)
Leah Kim
Author of Mom, Unfiltered: Maternal Mental Health and Finding Freedom Through Motherhood
Bloomsbury
Episode: Leah Kim, "Mom, Unfiltered: Maternal Mental Health and Finding Freedom Through Motherhood (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Nicole Marinaro
Sociolinguist and postdoctoral researcher focusing on language policies and health care
University of Hamburg
Episode: Linguistic Unease in Healthcare

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Hosts curate deep-dive conversations with authors and scholars across medicine, public health, history, and the humanities.

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4.3 out of 5 stars from 30 ratings
  • Thank You!

    Love these interviews with authors. As a medical trainee it expands my understanding of the medical field and the contributions we can all make to healthcare. <3

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    kjohnson16
    United States2 years ago
  • Wonderful product

    I got to listening to NBN podcasts a while back, and am hooked on to them. The books chosen are usually great ones; every 5th or so book seems not very interesting. The interviewers do a fantastic job. The only complaint I have is that the audio quality is something a little iffy - clearly, this is because the interviews are being done via Skype. The podcast makes dont hide this fact; they are probably working on a low budget so I understand that. But, if you can get past the quality of the soun... more

    Apple Podcasts
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    rdama
    United States10 years ago

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Ketil Slagstad, "Standardizing Sex: A History of Trans Medicine" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Q: What happened in those encounters? Can you give us some examples?
The guest explains that activists and communities hosted meetings with sexologists, invited experts to social events, and used these interactions to push for recognition and collaboration, while clinicians gained insights into patient experiences and the social dynamics shaping care.
Ben Westhoff ed.,"Lives Interrupted: The Fentanyl Tragedy" (Arsenault Family Foundation, 2026)
Q: What was the process like to find and interview the families, and how did you balance empathy with rigorous reporting?
Westhoff describes recruiting diverse families across the US and Canada, leveraging networks from prior reporting, and maintaining empathy while documenting each person's life, with interviews that often revealed the broader systemic issues and resource gaps.
Ben Westhoff ed.,"Lives Interrupted: The Fentanyl Tragedy" (Arsenault Family Foundation, 2026)
Q: How were you approached to take on Lives Interrupted and what drew you to this project?
Westhoff explains that the project emerged from a desire to move beyond statistics and flesh out the human stories behind the fentanyl crisis, prompting him to assemble 80 profiles and collaborate with families to ensure accuracy and emotional resonance.
Erin Maglaquel "Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body" (Astra House, 2026)
Q: Why focus on early modern Europe and topics like humor, pregnancy, and labor as a history of the female body?
She explains the value of the era's theories of the body and the social practices around pregnancy, birth, and care, arguing that these give visibility to work and embodiment in ways that illuminate modern discussions on reproductive politics and care work.
Erin Maglaquel "Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body" (Astra House, 2026)
Q: Could you tell us a little bit about your background and how presence emerged from the confluence and conflict of your academic and your personal life?
The guest describes her training as a gender and early modernity historian, explains how pregnancy and motherhood reoriented her approach, and discusses how personal experience with birth informed a more embodied, present-tense history that links past bodies with lived experiences today.

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What is New Books in Medicine about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A rigorous interview-driven series that features scholars discussing recently published books across medicine, public health, medical humanities, and related social sciences. Episodes spotlight historical analyses, policy critiques, and scientific advances, with guests ranging from university professors to researchers and clinicians. The conversations tend to blend archival research, ethnography, and theoretical framing to illuminate how health care, biology, and society intersect in meaningful, often underexplored ways. A notable strength is the breadth of disciplines and the clear focus on how scholarly work translates into broader public understanding, making it appealing to academics, students, and professionals seeking depth plus acces... more

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