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Mimi Abramovitz, "Regulating the Lives of Women: Social Welfare Policy from Colonial Times to the Present" (Routledge, 2025)

In the fourth edition of Regulating the Lives of Women: Social Welfare Policy from Colonial Times to the Present, drawing on important feminist concepts -- social reproduction, the gender division of labor, and patriarchy -- Mimi Abramovitz exposes t... more

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Muhammad H. Zaman, "Infected: How Power, Politics, and Privilege Use Science Against the World’s Most Vulnerable" (The New Press, 2025)

In Infected: How Power, Politics, and Privilege Use Science Against the World’s Most Vulnerable (The New Press, 2025), Professor Muhammad H. Zaman reveals the troubling history of how science and public health have been manipulated to serve the inter... more

Yesterday • 36 min

Eram Alam, "The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare" (JHU Press, 2025)

For more than 60 years, the United States has trained fewer physicians than it needs, relying instead on the economically expedient option of soliciting immigrant physicians trained at the expense of other countries. The passage of the Hart–Celler Im... more

3 Nov 2025 • 51 min

Michael Maniates, "The Living-Green Myth" (Polity Press, 2025)

Dr. Michael F. Maniates is a leading scholar in environmental politics and sustainability studies whose work has fundamentally reshaped how researchers and policymakers understand consumption, responsibility, and power in environmental change.

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2 Nov 2025 • 51 min

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Episode: Teresa M. Mares and Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, "Will Work for Food: Labor Across the Food Chain" (U California Press, 2025)

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Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont, involved with food systems.

University of Vermont

Episode: Teresa M. Mares and Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, "Will Work for Food: Labor Across the Food Chain" (U California Press, 2025)

Aileen Teague

Assistant professor in the Department of International Affairs at Texas A&M

Texas A&M University

Episode: Aileen Teague, "Policing on Drugs: The United States, Mexico, and the Origins of the Modern Drug War, 1969-2000" (Oxford UP, 2025)

José Marichal

Professor in the Department of Political Science at California Lutheran University

California Lutheran University

Episode: José Marichal, "You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem: Renegotiating the Socio-Technical Contract" (Policy Press, 2025)

Ma Tianjie

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Episode: In Search of Green China: Ma Tianjie on Pan Yue and the CCP’s “Ecological Civilization"

Andrea Freeman

National and international expert on the intersections between critical race theory and food policy, health, and consumer credit.

Southwestern Law School

Episode: Andrea Freeman, "Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: America’s Politics of Food, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch" (Metropolitan Books, 2024)

Lily Hseuh

Associate professor in economics and public policy at Arizona State University.

Arizona State University

Episode: Lily Hsueh, "Corporations at Climate Crossroads: Multilevel Governance, Public Policy, and Global Climate Action" (MIT Press, 2025)

Petar Mitric

Assistant professor in film studies at the University of Copenhagen, focusing on European audiovisual policy.

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Episode: Petar Mitric, "The Co-production Landscape in Europe: From Eurimages to Netflix" (Springer Nature, 2025)

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Diane Ravitch, "An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else" (Columbia UP, 2025)

Q: What prompted your transformation in thoughts regarding education and public schooling?

Diane Ravitch cites her experiences in seeing the negative outcomes of high-stakes testing and privatization, leading her to understand that poverty is a critical barrier to education success.

Amy Shea, "Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins" (Rutgers UP, 2025)

Q: Can you elaborate on the connection between housing and healthcare?

Shea notes that secure housing is crucial for health, arguing that homelessness can exacerbate health issues and that supportive services need to accompany housing solutions.

Amy Shea, "Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins" (Rutgers UP, 2025)

Q: How do you think about the death positivity movement and its implications for marginalized communities?

Shea reflects that while the movement promotes important discussions about death, it primarily attracts a privileged demographic and doesn't fully encompass the issues faced by those who can't afford to think about death in the same way.

Amy Shea, "Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins" (Rutgers UP, 2025)

Q: What is the most sensible entry point in discussing the book's themes about unclaimed deaths?

Shea explains the systemic issues that contribute to people dying unclaimed due to financial hardships and advocates for agency and autonomy in how people approach death.

Joanna Woronkowicz, "Artists at Work: Rethinking Policy for Artistic Careers" (Stanford UP, 2025)

Q: How do artists train for their careers and which pathways are most effective?

Woronkowicz highlights that while many artists have college degrees, not all need specialized arts degrees. Those who attend art school tend to have longer careers, but general degrees can also lead to higher salaries.

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