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New Books in Psychology

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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 ... more

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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

A collection of reported stories that explore the relationship between mothers and daughters, from the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for her work in The New Yorker. You Won’t Get Free: Stories of Mothers and Daughters (Knopf, 202... more

Between Fixed and Fickle: Why Our Moral Views Keep Changing (Harvard UP, 2026), a psychologist explains why—and how—moral views change across different life stages, situations, and historical eras.

We like to believe that moral truths are obvious a... more

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Jennifer Fugate
Co‑author and author
Kansas City University
Episode: Sheila L. Macrine and Jennifer M.B. Fugate, "Embodied Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Natural, Artificial, and Hybrid Systems" (MIT Press, 2026)
Will Gervais
Author and psychologist researching religion through evolution and culture
Brunel University London
Episode: Will Gervais, "Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species" (Prometheus Books, 2024)
Jennalee Donian
Co-author of Understanding Laughter and Humor
Author
Episode: John Charles Simon and Jennalee Donian, "Understanding Laughter and Humor: Why We Laugh, Why We Don’t, and Why It Matters" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2026)
John Charles Simon
Author of Understanding Laughter and Humor
Palgrave Macmillan / Author
Episode: John Charles Simon and Jennalee Donian, "Understanding Laughter and Humor: Why We Laugh, Why We Don’t, and Why It Matters" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2026)
Shaun Gallagher
Philosopher specializing in phenomenology and psychiatry, Professor
University of Tasmania; Humboldt University
Episode: Shaun Gallagher, "The Self and its Disorders" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Susanne Paola Antonetta
American author, poet, and essayist; author of The Devil's Castle
Author
Episode: Susanne Paola Antonetta, "The Devil's Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry's Troubled History Reverberates Today" (Catapult, 2025)
Warren Bareiss
Editor; Professor of health and communication
University of South Carolina Upstate
Episode: Mike F. Alvarez, Warren J. Bareiss, and Jolane Flanigan eds., "Suicide in Popular Media and Culture: Studies in Framing a Social Catastrophe" (Bristol University Press, 2026)
Mike F. Alvarez
Editor; Professor of communication; University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire
Episode: Mike F. Alvarez, Warren J. Bareiss, and Jolane Flanigan eds., "Suicide in Popular Media and Culture: Studies in Framing a Social Catastrophe" (Bristol University Press, 2026)
Jolane Flanigan
Editor; Professor of communication; licensed mental health counselor
(not specified in transcript)
Episode: Mike F. Alvarez, Warren J. Bareiss, and Jolane Flanigan eds., "Suicide in Popular Media and Culture: Studies in Framing a Social Catastrophe" (Bristol University Press, 2026)

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Helena Vissing
Host of The New Books Network

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4.0 out of 5 stars from 108 ratings
  • Host sounds like he’s asleep

    Listening to the interview with Alison Miller about RAMCO. She’s doing a great job explaining but the host sounds like he’s asleep or incredibly bored. He mumbles at times and his voice trails off to almost a whisper.

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    Ex-pandora fan
    United States2 years ago
  • Promoting a private equity funded trauma therapy ??

    The treatment offered by Stella for PTSD has no RTCs to show it’s effective yet it’s promoted by this podcast. Shame on you. We have enough quackery in psychology and suffering patients deserve evidence based treatments not scams.

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    Bunny Cub
    United States3 years ago
  • Please stop using the term “borderline”

    It’s misogynist and homophobic and disenfranchises people who meet that criteria from mental health care and health care more broadly. And please have clinicians discuss this matter NOT literature/philosophy professors.

    Let’s take an irrelevant term and then globalize it to be about society.

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    Bunny Cub
    United States4 years ago
  • Brilliant

    I really enjoyed the episode where you talk with Roberta Moore, author of Emotion at Work: Unleashing the Secret Power of Emotional Intelligence. I would highly recommend this podcast to anyone interested in interviews with extraordinary psychologiests and other related experts about their book.

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    I value the unique angle
    Austria4 years ago
  • Great podcast!

    This is a great podcast! It covers topics from a different angle and make some very interesting. The episode with the author of the book Exercised has been my favorite so far!

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    Ruffdog113
    United States6 years ago

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Will Gervais, "Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species" (Prometheus Books, 2024)
Q: What does the cognitive science of religion contribute to understanding religion's commonalities across cultures?
The cognitive science of religion highlights core cognitive processes—like theory of mind and teleological thinking—that make certain supernatural concepts easy to learn and remember, but culture and learning contexts (context biases, credibility-enhancing displays) determine which gods or rituals become prevalent in a given society.
Will Gervais, "Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species" (Prometheus Books, 2024)
Q: So please, why evolutionary psychology?
Gervais explains that evolutionary psychology provides a bridge between biology, cognition, and culture, helping explain why humans have religious tendencies as a by-product of evolved cognitive architectures, social learning, and interdependent information processing.
Wednesdae Reim Ifrach, "Queer Expressions: Expressive Art and Somatic Therapy Practices for Healing Body Trauma" (North Atlantic Books, 2026)
Q: How do expressive arts and somatic therapy fit together as a framework rather than just a set of techniques?
The guest details the expressive arts continuum as a long-standing, somatic-by-nature framework that supports a client-centered, adaptable approach, with concrete examples from stages like sensory work, kinesthetic experience, and metaphorical mapping to help clients process trauma.
Wednesdae Reim Ifrach, "Queer Expressions: Expressive Art and Somatic Therapy Practices for Healing Body Trauma" (North Atlantic Books, 2026)
Q: Would you please start by introducing yourself, maybe talk a bit about your work, your background, and how it led you to writing this book?
The guest explains their background as an expressive arts therapist and somatic practitioner who has centered LGBTQ+ and gender-affirming care, describing how research and a pivotal editor's invitation shaped the book's field-facing goals and emphasis on lived experience, accessibility, and integrating cultural humility into practice.
Jay Belsky, "Nature of Nurture: Rethinking Why and How Childhood Adversity Shapes Development" (Harvard UP, 2026)
Q: And speaking of yourself, what experiences from your own childhood do you think shaped you as a scientist?
The host asks about personal childhood influences, and the guest reflects on a conflicted family background, noting how later research revealed that memories of childhood can be inaccurate, which pushed him to remain open-minded and empirical rather than dogmatic.

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This show centers on scholarly discussions of newly published psychology and related interdisciplinary books. Episodes typically feature a host interviewing an author or editor to unpack theoretical frameworks, research findings, and practical implications across areas like developmental psychology, mental health care, neuroscience, philosophy, and education. The conversations often explore how ideas translate into policy, clinical practice, or public understanding, with attention to ethical considerations, methodological debates, and real-world applications. A notable strength is the ability to connect historical theories with contemporary issues, using rigorous academic context while still aiming for accessible storytelling. The roster of... more

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