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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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Thomas Fuchs
Author, In Defense of the Human Being
Heidelberg University; Oxford University Press (publisher)
Episode: In Defence of the Human Being: Foundational Questions of an Embodied Anthropology with Thomas Fuchs (Oxford UP, 2021)
Moritz Schramm
Adjunct professor of law at New York University School of Law
New York University School of Law
Episode: Governance by Emulation: The Oversight Board, the Digital Services Act, and the Struggle for Platform Accountability with Moritz A. Schramm (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Baruch Vergara
artist and professor at the University of Puerto Rico
University of Puerto Rico
Episode: "The humanities should really matter to STEM disciplines" with Yasmín Hernández and Baruch Vergara
Yasmín Hernández
independent artist, painter
Independent
Episode: "The humanities should really matter to STEM disciplines" with Yasmín Hernández and Baruch Vergara
Garrison Lovely
technology journalist and author of Obsolete
Author of Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace Us
Episode: Will AI Make Human Labor Obsolete? with Garrison Lovely
Bryan Cassady
Author of The Generative Organization, AI Playbook for Exponential Leaders
Episode: The Generative Organization: AI Playbook for Exponential Leaders
Alistair Moffat
Author; historian
Birlinn (publisher)
Episode: Assassins and Secret Listeners: Britain's Invisible Armies, 1939-45 with Alistair Moffat (Birlinn, 2026)
James Poulos
Political theorist and author of Human Forever
American Mind, Palladium Magazine contributor
Episode: How to Stay Human Forever: On America's Digital Technology Crisis with James Poulos
R. Joshua Scannell
Author of The Carceral Surround
University of Minnesota Press / New School (research fellow)
Episode: R. Joshua Scannell, "The Carceral Surround" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

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Miranda Melcher
Host of The New Books Network

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  • Excellent, but please fix the audio

    Excellent content, but the audio of the introductory part is disturbed by static noise. Thankfully the introduction is pretty short. The audio of the interview is much better. I think it would be wise to get a new microphone.

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Assassins and Secret Listeners: Britain's Invisible Armies, 1939-45 with Alistair Moffat (Birlinn, 2026)
Q: Could you start by introducing yourself and explaining why you decided to write this book?
I'm Alistair Moffat, a writer and historian; I was drawn to the accidental, human stories behind wartime intelligence—the Secret Listeners and the Auxiliary Units—because they reveal a different kind of heroism and a hidden dimension of Britain's war effort. The book stitches together personal anecdotes, local histories, and archival material to show how ordinary people played pivotal roles.
Governance by Emulation: The Oversight Board, the Digital Services Act, and the Struggle for Platform Accountability with Moritz A. Schramm (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Q: Why does the book argue that the DSA tends to confirm platform power rather than limit it, and how is that reflected in the governance architecture?
Because the DSA imposes mostly contractual, private-law structures with limited public input into rule-setting, leaving platforms and the engineers who design policies largely in control while out-of-court bodies offer only post-hoc remedies that are not binding, thereby reinforcing platform power while opening space for critique and future reform.
Governance by Emulation: The Oversight Board, the Digital Services Act, and the Struggle for Platform Accountability with Moritz A. Schramm (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Q: Walk me through a hypothetical situation. If a post is removed and the user believes it should be reinstated, where can they go for remedy in Europe or at the platform itself that wouldn't have been available five years ago?
A user would first complain to the platform via its complaint center, where AI-dominated review processes often replace earlier human review, and if unsatisfied, can seek out-of-court dispute settlement bodies or the Oversight Board for adjudicative review based on public-law principles.
The Generative Organization: AI Playbook for Exponential Leaders
Q: What do leaders in generative organizations understand that others don't, and what is the nature of those leaders?
They focus on asking the right questions and setting clear objectives, and they maintain flexibility to reorient direction when needed, which enables persistent progress while knowing when to stop.
How to Stay Human Forever: On America's Digital Technology Crisis with James Poulos
Q: What is the digital catastrophe and how did we get here?
The guest traces a shift from a belief in tech as civilizational progress to a recognition that unchecked development—especially AI and data consolidation—has created a hybrid, unstable moment where tech governs more of life than before, leading to widespread unease and cultural disruption.

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Scholarly interviews centered on recently published books and research across science, technology, and society. Episodes frequently pair historians, anthropologists, and other researchers with authors to unpack how technology, governance, memory, and culture intersect in contemporary and historical contexts. Notable threads include AI governance and democratic accountability, the social life of money and digital payments, biopolitics in novel foods, and infrastructure as cultural and political mediators. The show often brings archival and ethnographic methodologies to topics ranging from memory and architecture to aviation landscapes and transnational politics, offering deep dives that appeal to researchers, policy professionals, and intell... more

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