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Dr. Jacqueline Riding
Historian, art historian, and curator working in TV and film.
Episode: Jacqueline Riding, "Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s London" (Profile Books, 2025)
Dafeng Xu
Urban planner and scholar
Johns Hopkins University Press
Episode: Dafeng Xu, "Chinatown: San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake and the Paradox of American Immigration Policy" (JHU Press, 2026)
Jens Ludwig
Leading scholar of Crime and Public Policy at the University of Chicago and Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab
University of Chicago
Episode: Jens Ludwig, "Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Michael Hurley
Independent scholar who conducts ethnographic research in Southeast Asia
NUS Press
Episode: Michael Hurley, "Waterways of Bangkok: Memory, Landscape and Twilight" (NUS Press, 2025)
Thomas Aiello
Professor of History and Africana Studies and Animal Studies at Valdosta State University
Valdosta State University
Episode: Thomas Aiello, "Return of the King: The Rebirth of Muhammad Ali and the Rise of Atlanta" (U Nebraska Press, 2025)
Saundra Weddle
Professor of Architecture at Drury University
Drury University
Episode: Saundra Weddle, "The Brothel and Beyond: An Urban History of the Sex Trade in Early Modern Venice" (Penn State UP, 2026)
Betty Boyd Caroli
Historian and author of A Slumless America
Oxford University Press
Episode: Betty Boyd Caroli, "A Slumless America: Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of Affordable Housing" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Terry Williams
Ethnographer at the New School for Social Research and author of Life Underground
Columbia University Press
Episode: Terry Williams, "Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York" (Columbia UP, 2024)
Professor Simon Devereaux
Historian specializing in capital punishment
Cambridge University Press
Episode: Simon Devereaux, "Execution, State and Society in England, 1660–1900" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host and scholar of Urban Studies, associated with the New Books Network and various academic projects.

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Michael Hurley, "Waterways of Bangkok: Memory, Landscape and Twilight" (NUS Press, 2025)
Q: Can you tell us about the history of Bangkok's Muslim community and its connection to the Chaophraya River?
Michael describes how a small community of Muslims has historically lived along the canal San Sap, connecting back to war captives and their contributions to canalization.
Michael Hurley, "Waterways of Bangkok: Memory, Landscape and Twilight" (NUS Press, 2025)
Q: What role had the Lao played in the development of Bangkok?
Michael discusses how the Lao have been in Bangkok since the beginning, especially as captives from conflicts, and their integration into the urban fabric.
Michael Hurley, "Waterways of Bangkok: Memory, Landscape and Twilight" (NUS Press, 2025)
Q: Can you describe the aquatic culture?
Michael explains that historically, living along the river made sense for transport and access to water, highlighting traditions like festivals that celebrate the river.
Michael Hurley, "Waterways of Bangkok: Memory, Landscape and Twilight" (NUS Press, 2025)
Q: Can you please describe the Chaophraya River, where it originates, its geographical location, its length, its basic ecological features?
Michael describes the river's origin in the mountainous regions of northern Thailand, flowing through historical cities like Ayutthaya to Bangkok and its vital role in Thai life despite significant ecological changes.
Michael Hurley, "Waterways of Bangkok: Memory, Landscape and Twilight" (NUS Press, 2025)
Q: How did you become interested in the anthropology of Southeast Asia and of Thailand in particular?
Michael shares that he started as a truck driver, took classes at a community college, and eventually traveled extensively, which sparked his interest in the region and led him to study anthropology at UC Davis and later UC Irvine.

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