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Aditya Deshbandhu, "The 21st Century in 100 Games" (Routledge, 2024)

The 21st Century in 100 Games (Routledge India, 2024) is an interactive public history of the contemporary world. It creates a ludological retelling of the 21st century through 100 games that were announced, launched and played from the turn of the c... more

9 Jun 2026 • 1 hr 1 min • Most popular

Dating Apps, Queer Stigma, and Digital Intimacy in Kazakhstan

How queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in a context of stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. It shows how platforms like Grindr, Hornet, Tinder, and VKontakte function as spaces where trust, visibility, and safety must be con... more

8 Jun 2026 • Popular

Ladan Rahbari and Olga Burlyuk eds., "From the Margins: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity" (Open Book Publishers, 2026)

In this episode of the New Books Network, I spoke with Dr Olga Burlyuk and Dr Ladan Rahbari about their new edited volume, From the Margins: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity (Open Book Publishers, 2026). The book is open access.

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Radio ReOrient S14:10: Muslims in the Neoliberal Era, with William Barylo, hosted by Salman Sayyid and Amina Easat-Daas

In this episode hosts Salman Sayyid and Amina Easat-Daas were joined by William Barylo to discuss his most recent book ‘Muslims in the Neoliberal Era: Resisting, Healing, and Flourishing in the Metacolonial Era’. The discussion centred on the differi... more

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Aditya Deshbandhu

Lecturer in Communications, Digital Media and Sociology at University of Exeter

University of Exeter

Episode: Aditya Deshbandhu, "The 21st Century in 100 Games" (Routledge, 2024)

Olga Burlyuk

Associate Professor of Europe's External Relations, University of Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

Episode: Ladan Rahbari and Olga Burlyuk eds., "From the Margins: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity" (Open Book Publishers, 2026)

Ladan Rahbari

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

Episode: Ladan Rahbari and Olga Burlyuk eds., "From the Margins: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity" (Open Book Publishers, 2026)

William Barylo

Research fellow at the University of Warwick

University of Warwick

Episode: Radio ReOrient S14:10: Muslims in the Neoliberal Era, with William Barylo, hosted by Salman Sayyid and Amina Easat-Daas

Alex Law

Professor of Sociology, author of The Roots of Sociology

Abertay University

Episode: Alex Law, "The Roots of Sociology: Scottish Enlightenment and the Civilising Process" (Routledge, 2026)

Chloe Chapin

Harvard University scholar researching fashion history and the sartorial revolution

Harvard University

Episode: Chloe Chapin, "Suitable: The Sartorial Revolution and the Fashioning of Modern Men" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Julie Park

Professor in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland

Episode: Julie J. Park, "Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era" (Harvard Education Press, 2026)

Christos Lynteris

Professor of medical anthropology at the University of St. Andrews

University of St. Andrews

Episode: Christos Lynteris, "How Plague Got Rats: Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

Ashley Rose Young

Author; food historian; former Smithsonian Food History Project historian and Library of Congress American History Curator

Library of Congress; Oxford University Press (publisher)

Episode: Ashley Rose Young, "Nourishing Networks: The Public Culture of Food in New Orleans" (Oxford UP, 2025)

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Miranda Melcher

Host of The New Books Network; associated with New Books Network and New Books in Sociology

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4.3 out of 5 stars from 126 ratings

Interesting topics and guests
I love all the NBN podcasts, they are so interesting and informative. However sometimes the audio from the guests is hard to hear/understand... but everything else about these podcasts is great. So happy I found them!
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HanaBones
United States7 years ago
Informative, Fascinating, and Oh So Social!
All of the amazing NBn hosts, along with their fascinating guests, do a phenomenal job at providing an in-depth look into the latest Sociology publications without giving away too much! The wide variety of topics they cover and the engaging way in which they do so had me hooked from the very first listen. Thanks for putting out such an enjoyable show guys - keep up the great work!
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Katie Joy B.
United States8 years ago
Good so far
Thus far, the podcast has had decent conversation surrounding new books in sociology. The interviewers sound somewhat knowledgable and the guests provide some interesting insight into their books. The production quality is so-so, but listenable.
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socguy2
United States15 years ago

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Alex Law, "The Roots of Sociology: Scottish Enlightenment and the Civilising Process" (Routledge, 2026)

Q: How do the Scottish Enlightenment thinkers reflect Elias's civilising process?

They reflect a concern with civil society and interdependencies, but they frame it through elite-led inquiries and state-society negotiation rather than simple progress; they aim to model social processes within historical contexts and highlight the unintended consequences within a transitioning British state.

Janet Hinson Shope and Richard Pringle, "Campus Whisper Networks: Knowing with Sexual Assault Survivors" (Rutgers UP, 2026)

Q: Can you discuss further the kinds of qualitative and quantitative methods you're using, as well as key concepts like relational knowing?

The researchers explain that they use a mixed-methods approach: surveys to gauge how widespread whisper-network knowledge is and in-depth open-ended questions to capture rich narratives about telling and listening. They developed relational knowing scales to measure embeddedness in networks and examined how knowledge travels from survivors to confidants and sometimes to authorities, revealing patterns across institutions and over time.

Christos Lynteris, "How Plague Got Rats: Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself and explaining why you wrote this book?

I am a medical anthropologist and professor at the University of St. Andrews, and I wrote this book to trace how the connection between plague and rats emerged, how it was shaped by colonial and religious narratives, and how scientific understanding evolved through empire, trade, and changing public health practices.

Utku Balaban, "Industrial Islamism: How Authoritarian Movements Mobilize Workers" (U California Press, 2025)

Q: How does your model explain the broader applicability of Islamization to other Middle Eastern and Gulf states beyond Turkey?

The model uses three production factors (labor, capital, and land) to classify regimes and identifies how the size of the industrial workforce and hydrocarbon wealth shape Islamist politics, suggesting broader applicability with regional contingencies.

Utku Balaban, "Industrial Islamism: How Authoritarian Movements Mobilize Workers" (U California Press, 2025)

Q: Could you say a little bit more about how your thesis of change and domination in the role of religion and politics in Turkey at this time differs from other explanations, such as cultural explanations for the AKP's longevity?

Balaban argues that structural factors—industrialization, capital investment, and labor organization—drive Islamization, rather than purely cultural narratives or Westernization backlash; the relationship between small and medium-sized manufacturers and workers, plus the persistence of domination in labor markets, underpins political shifts.

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