New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
New Books NetworkThis 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
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 2954 | Founded | 15 years ago |
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Tablet computers appear commonplace today, yet for decades they represented an ambitious—and often unrealized—vision of personal computing. The Tablet Computer: The Idea of a Machine (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2026) traces the long history of t... more
Today’s book is: The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World (Princeton UP, 2024), by Dr. Allison Pugh, which explores the human connections that underlie our work, arguing that what people do for each other is valuable and wor... more
It has become something of a cliché to say that social media is making us tribal. But what do self-styled tribespeople themselves think about social media, and how might they help us better understand the role of the internet in our current political... more
Cybersecurity is often presented as a technological challenge: protecting computer networks, preventing attacks and investing in increasingly sophisticated security systems. Yet even the most advanced technology may prove inadequate if organisations ... more
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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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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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