New Books in Medicine

Marshall Poe

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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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Robert W. Snyder, "When the City Stopped: Stories from New York's Essential Workers" (Cornell UP, 2026)

The COVID-19 pandemic delivered its first and most devastating strike in the United States in New York City in the Spring of 2020. Closely connected to the world by air travel, with a virus able to circle the globe in a single flight, and with a popu... more

6 Jun 2026 • 41 min

Geraldine Fela, "Critical Care: Nurses on the Frontline of Australia's AIDS Crisis" (UNSW Press, 2024)

The claim that real change is enabled by grassroots, community-based movements might seem a distant ideal, but Dr Geraldine Fela shows such assertions are far from hypothetical. Critical Care: Nurses on the Frontline of Australia's AIDS Crisis (UNSW ... more

3 Jun 2026 • 38 min

Gloria Sibson Ayob, "The Concept of Emotional Disorder" (Oxford UP, 2025)

The Concept of Emotional Disorder (Oxford University Press, 2025) is a philosophical and academic exploration of how society determines

whether emotions are considered normal human experiences or emotional disorders. The book examines the concern th... more

2 Jun 2026 • 59 min • Most popular

Matthew L. Reznicek, "Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale" (Liverpool UP, 2026)

Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale (Liverpool UP, 2026) is about the way the Romantic National Tale exercises power and defines the boundaries of citizenship through the categories of health, illness,... more

21 May 2026 • 1 hr 16 min • Popular

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Recent Guests

Matthew L. Reznicek

Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at University of Minnesota Medical School

University of Minnesota Medical School

Episode: Matthew L. Reznicek, "Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale" (Liverpool UP, 2026)

Kristin LaFollette

Associate Professor of English, Director of Composition, and Affiliated Faculty of Gender and Sexuality Studies at University of Southern Indiana

University of Southern Indiana

Episode: Kristin LaFollette, "Rehumanizing People of the Past: Bioarchaeology, Medical Museums and Archives, and the Human Remains Trade" (SUNY Press, 2026)

Tara Mulder

Author of A Womb of One's Own, Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Episode: Tara Mulder, "A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome" (U California Press, 2026)

Dr. Kira Kieffer

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Wesleyan University; author of Unvaccinated Under God

Wesleyan University; Princeton University Press

Episode: Kira Ganga Kieffer, "Unvaccinated Under God: Religion and Vaccine Hesitancy in Modern America" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Katie Batza

Author, health activism and LGBTQ politics scholar

University of Kansas, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Episode: Katie Batza, "AIDS in the Heartland: How Unlikely Coalitions Created a Blueprint for LGBTQ Politics" (UNC Press, 2025)

Aimee Cliff

Author of Empathy Takes Action, autistic psychotherapist

Author of Empathy Takes Action

Episode: Empathy Takes Action: An Autistic Therapist on the Radical Work of Connection

William R. Brody

Bill Brody, interventional radiologist, former president of Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University (former president)

Episode: William R. Brody, "Uncommon Sense: Rethinking Ordinary Problems in Extraordinary Ways" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

Masud Husain

Professor of neurology and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Oxford; author of Our Brains, Our Selves

University of Oxford; Canongate Books

Episode: Masud Husain, "Our Brains, Our Selves: What a Neurologist’s Patients Taught Him About the Brain" (Canongate, 2025)

Jim Downs

Author of Maladies of Empire, Gilder Lehrman, National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Civil War Era Studies and History at Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College

Episode: Jim Downs, "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine" (Harvard UP, 2023)

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Victoria Lupașcu

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Miranda Melcher

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Greg Soden

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Donna Doan Anderson

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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
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United States10 years ago

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Matthew L. Reznicek, "Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale" (Liverpool UP, 2026)

Q: How does the biopsychosocial model shape your reading of these novels and their treatment of the body as political?

I use the biopsychosocial model to interpret how bodily vulnerability becomes a platform for political belonging, showing how health and illness mediate citizenship and social status across different national tales.

Matthew L. Reznicek, "Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale" (Liverpool UP, 2026)

Q: Could you tell us more about how you came to this project and why you chose to read the national tale through a health and biopolitics lens?

The book emerged from teaching two overlapping classes—one on nationalism in Romantic fiction and another on medical humanities for medical students—and the pattern of carers and health providers within these narratives led me to adopt a biopolitical framework that extends beyond the traditional marriage-plot readings.

Kristin LaFollette, "Rehumanizing People of the Past: Bioarchaeology, Medical Museums and Archives, and the Human Remains Trade" (SUNY Press, 2026)

Q: Could you explain the tenets of bioarchaeology and why rehumanizing language matters in relation to the past.

LaFollette explains that bioarchaeology involves studying human remains to learn about past lives, and that rehumanizing language reframes reports from being about 'compliance' with technical norms to recognizing the people behind the remains, thereby aligning with ethical standards and social justice.

Kira Ganga Kieffer, "Unvaccinated Under God: Religion and Vaccine Hesitancy in Modern America" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Q: What are the key historical phases in vaccine hesitancy in the U.S.?

Hesitancy has roots from the inoculation era in the 18th–19th centuries, moved through a biomedical revolution in the early 20th century, and evolved into a modern religious and cultural phenomenon from the 1980s onward, shaped by media, prominent activists, and legal exemptions.

Katie Batza, "AIDS in the Heartland: How Unlikely Coalitions Created a Blueprint for LGBTQ Politics" (UNC Press, 2025)

Q: How do the medical responses in the Heartland illustrate regional specificity, and what challenges did clinicians face delivering care across large distances?

The guest discusses creative, local responses like mobile clinics and collaboration with rural providers, emphasizing that care had to be tailored to sparsely populated landscapes with limited infrastructure, which contrasted with urban centers like New York.

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A scholarly interview series that centers around recently published medical and allied-health scholarship, with hosts and interviewers guiding in-depth conversations with authors and researchers. Episodes span topics from history of medicine, public health policy, medical humanities, clinical science, and science communication, often weaving in ethical, social, and policy implications. The conversations tend to balance technical detail with accessible storytelling, making complex research engaging for educated professionals and students across medicine, science, and humanities. A notable strength is the breadth of disciplines covered, plus the emphasis on historical context and societal impact, which can appeal to listeners seeking rigorous... more

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