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Raffaele Danna, "The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600" (Harvard UP, 2026)

In the thirteenth-century Mediterranean, commerce transformed as merchants shifted from Roman to Indo-Arabic numerals—an alternative that better facilitated complex calculations. It has long been known that this transition stemmed from Europe’s incre... more

28 Apr 2026 • 1 hr 4 min

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

What makes us who we are?

Through the stories of seven of his patients, acclaimed Oxford University neurologist Masud Husain shows us how our brains create, change and can even restore our identity. Husain introduces us to a man who ran out of words,... more

22 Apr 2026 • 58 min

David Blumenthal and James A. Morone, "Whiplash: From the Battle for Obamacare to the War on Science" (Yale UP, 2026)

For nearly a century, every Democratic president—and many Republicans—entered office promising to restructure America’s health care system. Barack Obama finally broke through but, in the process, opened a tumultuous decade in which battles over healt... more

21 Apr 2026 • 1 hr 7 min

Adrian Woolfson, "On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence" (MIT Press, 2026)

Imagine a future where we grow houses rather than build them. Where smartphones are alive, clothing has opinions and all human knowledge fits into a speck of DNA. A world where disease is a thing of the past and the human lifespan is dramatically ext... more

20 Apr 2026 • 54 min

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Recent Guests

David Blumenthal

Co-author of Whiplash, physician and health policy expert

Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Harvard Medical School

Episode: David Blumenthal and James A. Morone, "Whiplash: From the Battle for Obamacare to the War on Science" (Yale UP, 2026)

James Morone

Co-author of Whiplash, political scientist and urban studies scholar

Brown University

Episode: David Blumenthal and James A. Morone, "Whiplash: From the Battle for Obamacare to the War on Science" (Yale UP, 2026)

Adrian Woolfson

Author of On the Future of Species

Genyro (co-founder)

Episode: Adrian Woolfson, "On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence" (MIT Press, 2026)

Keith Cooper

Author of Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact (2025)

Reaktion

Episode: Keith Cooper, "Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact" (Reaktion, 2025)

Matthew Bothwell

Author of The Invisible Universe, public astronomer at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

Episode: Matthew Bothwell, "The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality than Meets the Eye" (Simon and Schuster, 2021)

Adam Zeman

Author of The Shape of Things Unseen, A New Science of Imagination

Bloomsbury Circus Press

Episode: Adam Zeman, "The Shape of Things Unseen: A New Science of Imagination" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

Douglas Erwin

Professor/Independent researcher, Santa Fe Institute

Santa Fe Institute

Episode: Douglas H. Erwin, "The Origins of the New: Novelty and Innovation in the History of Life, Culture, and Technology" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Dominik Berrens

Classicist and author of Naming New Things and Concepts in Early Modern Science, The Case of Natural History

University of Mainz, Cambridge University Press (publisher)

Episode: Dominik Berrens, "Naming New Things and Concepts in Early Modern Science: The Case of Natural History" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Vojta Hybl

Geologist and illustrator; author of Rocks, A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell

Frances Lincoln (publisher)

Episode: Vojta Hybl, "Rocks: A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell" (Frances Lincoln, 2026)

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Gregory McNiff

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Dr. Miranda Melcher

Host of New Books in Science.

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David Blumenthal and James A. Morone, "Whiplash: From the Battle for Obamacare to the War on Science" (Yale UP, 2026)

Q: What explains Obama's willingness to push through Obamacare despite overwhelming political risk, and what does that reveal about presidential leadership in health care?

The authors describe Obama's personal stake, political strategy, and the moral imperative to cover more Americans, noting eloquent moments when his stance reshaped party dynamics and set the foundation for universal coverage, while also detailing the political cost and the complexity of coalition-building required to pass the ACA.

David Blumenthal and James A. Morone, "Whiplash: From the Battle for Obamacare to the War on Science" (Yale UP, 2026)

Q: Could you start off with each of you introducing yourselves and tell us why you decided to write this book together, calling it Whiplash?

David Blumenthal and James Morone explain their joint motivation to connect American health care policy with broader political and cultural currents across three presidencies, highlighting how health care became a lens for identity, policy, and party dynamics, and why collaboration across disciplines offered a richer historical narrative.

Keith Cooper, "Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact" (Reaktion, 2025)

Q: What is the habitable zone and how does it relate to desert planets like Arrakis?

The habitable zone is the region around a star where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface; desert worlds could still be habitable if atmospheric conditions and heat distribution allow for liquid water or life-supporting environments, potentially expanding the range of planets considered habitable.

Keith Cooper, "Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact" (Reaktion, 2025)

Q: Could you start us off please by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?

I am a science journalist with a focus on astronomy and physics, who is also a science fiction fan, and I wrote the book to explore how real exoplanet science and science fiction complement and challenge each other, using famous fictional worlds as touchpoints to discuss real science.

Patricia B. O'Hara, "Food Chemistry in Small Bites: The Alchemist in the Kitchen" (U California Press, 2025)

Q: Dr. O'Hara, what inspired you to write Food Chemistry in Small Bites?

Her interest grew from teaching and observing student curiosity about cooking, which led to a formalized course on molecular gastronomy that she refined over years and ultimately became the core of the book.

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