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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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In the early nineteenth century, the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed the first evolutionary theory of life and, with it, a new science: biology. Yet for centuries, evolutionary theorists have endeavored to discredit Lamarck and his t... more

The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are h... more

Jonathan Fuller’s The New Modern Medicine: Disease, Evidence, and Epidemiological Medicine (Oxford UP, 2025) takes the reader on a philosophical tour through scientific medicine, visiting its distinctive problems, particularly problems brought about ... more

Republicanism is arguably the most powerful political idea in

history, an extraordinary feat of human imagination that balances

individual liberty with collective responsibility. The Environmental Republic: Why Citizens Will Save the World (Prin... more

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Recent Guests

Jessica Riskin
Frances and Charles Field Professor of History at Stanford University
Stanford University
Episode: Jessica Riskin, "The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck" (Penguin, 2026)
Beronda L. Montgomery
Award-winning plant biologist and author
Author of When Trees Testify
Episode: Beronda L. Montgomery, "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy" (Henry Holt & Co.)
Jonathan Fuller
Author of The New Modern Medicine, Disease, Evidence, and Epidemiological Medicine
Author, The New Modern Medicine
Episode: The New Modern Medicine: Disease, Evidence, and Epidemiological Medicine with Jonathan Fuller
Giulio Boccaletti
Author; climate scientist and policy expert
Europe-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
Episode: Giulio Boccaletti, "The Environmental Republic: Why Citizens Will Save the World" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Adam Barsouk
Medical oncologist at Hopkins Oncology, author of Outsmarting Cancer, Risk Reduction and the Power of Prevention
Hopkins Oncology
Episode: Adam Barsouk, "Outsmarting Cancer: Risk Reduction and the Power of Prevention" (JHU Press, 2026)
Siri Carpenter
Science writer, executive director of The Open Notebook
The Open Notebook
Episode: Siri Carpenter on Why She Self-Published First — and How It Led to a Traditional Book Deal
Athena Trakadas
External Associate Professor of Maritime Archaeology, University of Copenhagen; Senior Researcher, Viking Ship Museum
University of Copenhagen; Viking Ship Museum
Episode: Georgia Holly et al, .eds., "Heritage in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) and Beyond" (U Edinburgh Press, 2025)
Philippa Gander
Author of Life in Sync, Professor Emerita, sleep and circadian rhythms
Massey University
Episode: Philippa Gander, "Life in Sync: The Science of Internal Clocks and How We’re Disrupting Them" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Kit Chapman
Author of The Age of Alchemy, How Early Innovators Shaped Modern Chemistry
Greystone Books
Episode: Kit Chapman, "The Age of Alchemy: How Early Innovators Shaped Modern Chemistry" (Profile Books, 2026)

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Morteza Hajizadeh
Host of New Books Network; appears across science and policy discussions.
Gregory McNiff
Host of The New Books Network; frequent science and academic podcasting.

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4.7 out of 5 stars from 29 ratings
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Giulio Boccaletti, "The Environmental Republic: Why Citizens Will Save the World" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Q: What role should Europe play in modeling an Environmental Republic?
Europe represents a critical test case for a political union that ties place-based environmental stewardship to a broader, federated governance model; it could demonstrate how environmental republicanism scales beyond local communities to a continent.
Giulio Boccaletti, "The Environmental Republic: Why Citizens Will Save the World" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Q: Why is the ocean a good testing ground for republican ideas about governance?
Because the ocean is not owned by any single state, it forces a negotiation of power among nations and highlights how law, enforcement, and cooperation must operate beyond territorial boundaries to protect shared environmental commons.
Pedro Domingos, "The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World" (Basic Books, 2018)
Q: How would you define the Master Algorithm today, and is there one ultimate algorithm to rule them all?
The Master Algorithm is an overarching framework that can learn structures and parameters across paradigms, a single unifying idea rather than a single concrete algorithm; it will emerge from integrating the strengths of multiple approaches (symbolic, probabilistic, neural, evolutionary, and analogical) rather than a pure off-the-shelf method.
Richard Elwes, "Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously, from 4 1/2 to Fish 7" (Basic Books, 2026)
Q: Do you see the universe as fundamentally mathematical or as described by mathematics?
The guest argues that mathematics is the best language for describing the universe, though whether the universe itself is a mathematical object remains an open philosophical question.
Richard Elwes, "Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously, from 4 1/2 to Fish 7" (Basic Books, 2026)
Q: What role do AI and proof-checking software play in the future of mathematics?
AI can generate proofs, while proof-checking software verifies them, and combining both could lead to trusted proofs with human oversight, a collaborative future rather than full automation.

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A probing channel that brings scholars, authors, and researchers to discuss recently published works and cutting-edge ideas across science, technology, and humanities. Episodes span climate policy, cancer prevention, science journalism, memory research, maritime heritage, circadian biology, history of chemistry, machine learning, art–science collaboration, linguistics and AI, music neuroscience, and the philosophy of numbers, often weaving practical implications for policy, education, and public understanding with accessible storytelling. A standout pattern is the seamless blend of deep scholarly insight with real-world applications and interdisciplinary perspectives, making complex topics approachable for engaged, curious listeners. The sh... more

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