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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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Recent Guests

Kevin J. Mitchell
Author and researcher in genetics and neuroscience
Trinity College Dublin
Episode: Kevin J. Mitchell, "Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will" (Princeton UP, 2023)
James Franklin
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics with a focus on realism in philosophy and mathematics
University of New South Wales
Episode: James Franklin and Jeremiah Joven Joaquin eds., "The Necessities Underlying Reality: Connecting Philosophy of Mathematics, Ethics and Probability" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Yossi Yovel
Professor in the Department of Zoology at Tel Aviv University, author of The Genius Bat
Tel Aviv University
Episode: Yossi Yovel, "The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal" (St. Martin's Press, 2025)
Thomas Haigh
Eminent computer historian, Professor of History and affiliated faculty of computer science at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Episode: Thomas Haigh on the History of “AI” as a Brand
Andrew Jaffe
Cosmologist, Director of the Imperial Center for Inference and Cosmology
Imperial Astrophysics
Episode: Andrew H. Jaffe, "The Random Universe: How Models and Probability Help Us Make Sense of the Cosmos" (Yale UP, 2025)
Carl Benedikt Frey
Dieter Schwartz Associate Professor of AI and Work at the Oxford Internet Institute
Oxford University
Episode: Carl Benedikt Frey, "How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Craig Hogan
Astrophysicist at the University of Chicago and former director of the Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics
University of Chicago
Episode: Craig Hogan, "The Unlikely Primeval Sky" (American Scientist, November-December)
Dr. Jonas Enander
Science journalist, science writer, and author of 'Facing Infinity'
Episode: Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth
Eduardo Mercado III
Professor of psychology at the University of Buckeye, SUNY, and author of Why Whales Sing
Johns Hopkins University Press
Episode: Eduardo Mercado III, "Why Whales Sing" (JHU Press, 2025)

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Gregory McNiff
Host of New Books Network and New Books in Science.
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    I am rally enjoying listening to this podcast and learning about wide range of subjects. I hope the podcast will continue in 2012.

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Alexa Hagerty, "Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains" (Crown, 2023)
Q: What does it mean to you to practice family-centered forensic science?
It emphasizes the involvement of families in every step of the forensic process, fostering a strong human connection between the teams and the communities.
Alexa Hagerty, "Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains" (Crown, 2023)
Q: How did you become interested in anthropology?
Alexa mentions her interest in psychology, philosophy, and history that later shifted towards anthropology through reading influential works.
James Welsh et al., "Weathering Space" (American Scientist 114:1 2026)
Q: Why is a mention to Mars so much more problematic in terms of exposure to radiation than our previous trips to the moon?
While the moon has high radiation exposure, traveling to Mars requires astronauts to endure prolonged exposure in deep space, which increases cumulative radiation dose significantly.
James Welsh et al., "Weathering Space" (American Scientist 114:1 2026)
Q: Why did you write this article, and who is the target audience?
James Welsh explains that he has been thinking about this topic for years and wrote the article as a less intense, shorter version of his textbook on space radiation for American Scientist, aimed at engaging a wider audience.
Kevin J. Mitchell, "Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will" (Princeton UP, 2023)
Q: Can you make the connection then that you do?
The complexity kind of eludes me. So then how does this not simply be, say, for example, well, this is just simply a more complex reactive process?

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