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In Sex Isn’t Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary (Duke UP, 2026), Beans Velocci traces the history of current high stakes attempts to define sex and to create a world devoid of trans life. Drawing on lab notes, family genealogies, medical c... more

Our guest today is Cedric de Leon, author of Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity (U California Press, 2025). In this book, de Leon explores the complex and often overlooked history of Black political organizi... more

As Melissa Butcher puts it in her book The Trouble with Freedom: Love, Hate and America’s Future (Manchester UP, 2026) when asked to rank the importance of freedom to them most Americans would put it as an 11 out of 10. So, what happens when the idea... more

"The contempt and naive idealization of China are two sides of the same coin. The latter cannot be an antidote to the former."

So argues Ho-Fung Hung in the conclusion of The China Question: Eight Centuries of Fantasy and Fear (Cambridge University ... more

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Recent Guests

Cedric de Leon
Professor of sociology and labor studies
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Episode: Cedric de Leon, "Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity" (U California Press, 2025)
Melissa Butcher
Professor and Programme Director at Cumberland Lodge
Cumberland Lodge
Episode: Melissa Butcher, "The Trouble with Freedom: Love, Hate and America’s Future" (Manchester UP, 2026)
Alex Diamond
Sociologist and author
University of Chicago Press (publisher of Governing the Excluded)
Episode: Alex Diamond, "Governing the Excluded: Rural Livelihoods Beyond Coca in Colombia's Peace Laboratory" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Ho-Fung Hung
Author of The China Question, Eight Centuries of Fantasy and Fear
Episode: Ho-fung Hung, "The China Question: Eight Centuries of Fantasy and Fear" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Kristina Jonutytė
Author of the book “Between the Buddha and the New Tsar...,” social anthropologist
Vilnius University; Cambridge University
Episode: Kristina Jonutytė, "Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia" (Cornell UP, 2026)
Sareeta Amrute
Associate professor of strategic design at Parsons and affiliate faculty of anthropology at the New School; researcher at Data & Society
Parsons School of Design / New School / Data & Society
Episode: Caste and Tech with Murali Shanmugavelan and Sareeta Amrute
Murali Shanmugavelan
PhD in Critical Caste, Communication and Technology Studies; researcher at Data & Society and SOAS fellow
Data & Society / SOAS
Episode: Caste and Tech with Murali Shanmugavelan and Sareeta Amrute
Derek Krueger
Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies, UNC Greensboro; author of Monastic Desires
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Episode: Derek Krueger "Monastic Desires: Homoeroticism, Homophobia, and the Love of God in Medieval Constantinople" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Kristin Ciupa
Associate professor of sociology at the University of Regina
University of Regina
Episode: Kristin Ciupa, "The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market" (Brill, 2026)

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Dr. Christina Gessler
Creator, producer, and host of Academic Life, with a focus on integrative research and discussions in the social sciences.
Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host of The New Books Network, with a focus on sociological discussions and book analysis.

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 124 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 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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Alex Diamond, "Governing the Excluded: Rural Livelihoods Beyond Coca in Colombia's Peace Laboratory" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Q: What motivated the focus on Briseño and coca cultivation?
He explains that Briseño's control by armed groups and the coca economy created a paradox: coca provided livelihood and upward mobility but drew violence and predation; the peace process and coca substitution then revealed how livelihoods shape political authority, state reach, and the viability of peace.
Sarah Jaffe, "Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone" (Bold Type Books, 2021)
Q: How does the classroom or university environment fit into this critique of work and value?
Higher education is deeply precarious now, with adjunctization and visa pressures, showing that even 'prestige' sectors rely on unpaid or underpaid labor models and constant precariousness rather than stable, well-supported careers.
Cedric de Leon, "Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity" (U California Press, 2025)
Q: Why do you think Black workers' leadership has been historically overlooked, and what does recognizing it change about our understanding of American labor history?
It's partly mythology and confirmation bias, where histories focus on white-led organizations and well-known figures, while archives show extensive Black leadership that shaped the labor movement. Recognizing Black leadership reframes labor history as multiracial and collaborative, changing our understanding of how desegregation and solidarity actually occurred.
Derek Krueger "Monastic Desires: Homoeroticism, Homophobia, and the Love of God in Medieval Constantinople" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Q: Can you tell us about Nikitas and how he ends up rehabilitating Symeon through the life he writes?
Derek Krueger explains that Nikitas the Studite isn't merely cleaning up Symeon; he actively shapes the saint's image and spreads a version of his biography that aligns with Studite lineage, using emendations and framing devices in manuscripts to legitimize Symeon's mysticism and erotic theology for later generations.
Caste and Tech with Murali Shanmugavelan and Sareeta Amrute
Q: What can be done to make tech infrastructures more inclusive and democratic?
Promote collective organizing, create inclusive governance like TrustWork infrastructures, develop data projects that surface subjugated knowledges, and support encrypted channels for political organizing to protect marginalized voices while pushing for reform.

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