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A righteous sister identifies herself as a biker. She might wrench, or maintain, her own bike, and she prefers to ride with other righteous sisters. Righteous Sisterhood: The Politics and Power of an All-Women's Motorcycle Club (Temple UP, 2025) is D... more

Adam Jones will be familiar to anyone interested in the field of genocide studies. He's published one of the leading textbooks in the field. He's been influential in drawing attention to the intersection of gender and mass violence. And he's particpa... more

Western democracies are haunted. Michael Hanchard suggests that the specter of race is what haunts our democracies, but it may be more accurate to suggest that they are haunted by their own racialized death machines—by racialized premature death. If ... more

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Recent Guests

Dr. Sarah Hoiland
Professor of sociology at Hostos Community College and author of Righteous Sisterhood
Hostos Community College, City University of New York (CUNY)
Episode: Sarah Hoiland, "Righteous Sisterhood: The Politics and Power of an All-Women's Motorcycle Club" (Temple UP, 2025)
Dr. Janice M. McCabe
Associate Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Episode: Janice M. McCabe, "Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends: How Campuses Shape College Students’ Networks" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Nayma Qayum
Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Global and International Studies at Manhattanville College in New York
Manhattanville College
Episode: Nayma Qayum, "Village Ties: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh" (Rutgers UP, 2021)
Jason Higgins
Author and Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Episode: Jason A. Higgins, "Prisoners After War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration" (U Massachusetts Press, 2024)
Christopher Ali
Associate Professor at University of Virginia, author of 'Farm Fresh Broadband: The Politics of Rural Connectivity'
University of Virginia, Department of Media Studies
Episode: Christopher Ali, "Farm Fresh Broadband: The Politics of Rural Connectivity" (MIT, 2021)
Christopher Nelson
Author and anthropologist focusing on Okinawa
Duke University
Episode: Christopher Nelson, "When the Bones Speak: The Living, the Dead, and the Sacrifice of Contemporary Okinawa" (Duke UP, 2025)
Dr. Claudia Gastrow
Assistant Professor of Anthropology at North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University
Episode: Claudia Gastrow, "The Aesthetics of Belonging: Indigenous Urbanism and City Building in Oil-Boom Luanda" (UNC Press Books, 2024)
Dr. Tamar Mitts
Associate Professor at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs and author examining online extremism and hate speech.
Columbia University
Episode: Tamar Mitts, "Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Extremism" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Dr. Nancy Newman
Musicologist and author of Songs and Sounds of the Anti-Rent Movement in Upstate New York
University at Albany, SUNY
Episode: Nancy Newman, "Songs and Sounds of the Anti-Rent Movement in Upstate New York: Including Twenty-Two New Settings of Period Tunes" (SUNY Press, 2025)

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David Dozman
Podcast host on New Books Network
Leslie Hickman
Host of New Books in Korean Studies

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4.3 out of 5 stars from 120 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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    5
    HanaBones
    United States6 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!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Katie Joy B.
    United States7 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.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    socguy2
    United States15 years ago

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Janice M. McCabe, "Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends: How Campuses Shape College Students’ Networks" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Q: What are some of the features that help or hinder friendships across different campuses?
Each campus has unique features that can facilitate or limit the development of friendship networks, such as physical space and institutional culture.
Janice M. McCabe, "Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends: How Campuses Shape College Students’ Networks" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Q: How did you come about writing this book?
I was interested in friendship and wanted to explore how different campuses shape these friendship networks.
Adam Jones, "Sites of Genocide" (Routledge, 2022)
Q: How can you approach the question of indigenous genocides?
It is necessary to understand the motivations and the layers of structural part of genocides, often lasting hundreds of years.
Adam Jones, "Sites of Genocide" (Routledge, 2022)
Q: Can you tell us about your visit to Morambi in Rwanda?
It is a unique site and a controversial one, showcasing open displays of genozide victams.
Nayma Qayum, "Village Ties: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh" (Rutgers UP, 2021)
Q: How is deservingness decided collectively within Polli Shomaj?
Deservingness is assessed based on the most disenfranchised individuals, focusing on those unable to work, thus ensuring resources are allocated fairly.

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