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Liam Graham, "Physics Fixes All the Facts" (Springer Nature, 2025)

Complex systems seem to magically emerge from the interactions of their parts. A whirlpool emerges from water molecules. A living cell from organic molecules. You emerge from the cells of your body. Not since chaos has a concept from physics spread l... more

Today • 46 min

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

Yesterday • 29 min

AI, News, and the State: Reinstitutionalising Journalism in Global China’s Algorithmic Age: A conversation with Dr. Joanne Kuai

How is artificial intelligence transforming journalism as both a profession and an institution? In this episode, Ning Ao speaks to Dr. Joanne Kuai, exploring how AI reshapes journalistic roles, organisational structures, and governance systems throug... more

3 Nov 2025 • 34 min

Jessica Doyle and Jordan Ferguson, "Dance Dance Revolution" (Boss Fight Books, 2025)

On September 26, 1998, a video game made its debut in Japanese arcades. It was over seven feet tall and weighed just over 900 pounds. It had no characters, no story, no quests to fulfill or bosses to beat. What it had was a metal platform on which yo... more

3 Nov 2025 • 36 min

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Dr. Tamar Mitts

Associate professor at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs

Columbia University

Episode: Tamar Mitts, "Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Extremism" (Princeton UP, 2025)

Stephen Mercado

Author of Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons and expert on Japanese military history

Episode: Stephen C. Mercado, "Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons: How Noborito's Scientists and Technicians Served in the Second World War and the Cold War" (Pen & Sword Military, 2025)

Gaurav Suri

Associate professor of psychology at San Francisco State University.

San Francisco State University

Episode: Gaurav Suri and Jay McClelland, "The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines" (Basic Books, 2025)

Jay McClelland

Professor of psychology and of computer science and logistics at Stanford University.

Stanford University

Episode: Gaurav Suri and Jay McClelland, "The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines" (Basic Books, 2025)

Dr. Xiao Huang

Assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science at Emory University, author of over 200 peer-reviewed articles and more than 20 book chapters, recognized among the world's top 2% of scientists.

Emory University

Episode: Xiao Huang et. al, "GeoAI and Human Geography: The Dawn of a New Spatial Intelligence Era" (Springer, 2025)

Dr. Rick López

Professor of History and Environmental Studies at Amherst College and author

Amherst College

Episode: Rick A López, "Rooted in Place: Botany, Indigeneity, and Art in the Construction of Mexican Nature, 1570-1914" (U Arizona Press, 2025)

Brian Potter

Author of The Origins of Efficiency, senior infrastructure fellow at the Institute for Progress

Institute for Progress

Episode: Brian Potter, "The Origins of Efficiency" (Stripe Press, 2025)

Catherine Kate Epstein

Author and scholar focusing on the intersection of technology, history, and national security.

University of Chicago Press

Episode: Kate Epstein on How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the National-Security State" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

Roger Moorhouse

Freelance historian and author

Episode: Roger Moorhouse, "Wolfpack: Hitler’s U-Boat War 1939-45" (HarperCollins, 2025)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher

Host of New Books Network

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Rick A López, "Rooted in Place: Botany, Indigeneity, and Art in the Construction of Mexican Nature, 1570-1914" (U Arizona Press, 2025)

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

Dr. López introduced himself as a professor of History and Environmental Studies at Amherst College and expressed his interest in exploring the connections between nature and national identity in Latin America, leading to the writing of his book.

Stephen C. Mercado, "Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons: How Noborito's Scientists and Technicians Served in the Second World War and the Cold War" (Pen & Sword Military, 2025)

Q: What is the objective to printing all of this fake money?

The objective was to destabilize the Chinese economy by injecting counterfeit currency, which would lead to inflation and economic collapse.

Stephen C. Mercado, "Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons: How Noborito's Scientists and Technicians Served in the Second World War and the Cold War" (Pen & Sword Military, 2025)

Q: Maybe before we begin, maybe you could explain what exactly was the Noborito Research Institute, and what motivated you to write about it?

The Noborito Research Institute was one of the 10 Army Technical Research Institutes in Japan that focused on unconventional military technology during the Second World War, particularly in areas like biological warfare and special weapons.

Xiao Huang et. al, "GeoAI and Human Geography: The Dawn of a New Spatial Intelligence Era" (Springer, 2025)

Q: How can explainability make spatial analysis more trustworthy?

Explainability helps communities and policymakers understand AI decisions, enabling accountability and ethical considerations in model outputs.

Xiao Huang et. al, "GeoAI and Human Geography: The Dawn of a New Spatial Intelligence Era" (Springer, 2025)

Q: What are the biggest gaps in current practices of applying AI in GeoAI?

The biggest gap is access to computational resources, which prevents many geographers from utilizing advanced models.

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