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Stephen Legg
Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham
Episode: Stephen Legg, "Spaces of Anticolonialism: Delhi's Urban Governmentalities" (U Georgia Press, 2025)
Terrence Keel
Award-winning scholar, founding director of the Biocritical Studies Lab, and a professor of human biology, society, and African American studies at UCLA.
UCLA
Episode: Terence Keel, "The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence" (Beacon Press, 2025)
Malcolm Harris
Freelance writer living in DC and author of 'Kids These Days' and 'Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit'
Little, Brown
Episode: Malcolm Harris, "Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World" (Little, Brown, 2023)
Sara Swenson
Assistant Professor, Religion, and Affiliate Faculty in Asian Societies, Culture and Languages
Dartmouth College
Episode: Sara Ann Swenson, "Near Light We Shine: Buddhist Charity in Urban Vietnam" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Vanessa Díaz
Co-author and scholar focusing on Puerto Rican culture and politics.
Author of P FKN R
Episode: Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, "P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance" (Duke UP, 2026)
Petra Rivera-Rideau
Co-author and scholar with expertise in reggaeton's evolution and its cultural significance.
Author of P FKN R
Episode: Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, "P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance" (Duke UP, 2026)
T. R. Johnson
Author of 'New Orleans: A Writer's City' and English professor at Tulane University
Tulane University
Episode: T. R. Johnson, "New Orleans: A Writer's City" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Henry Grabar
Staff writer at Slate, covering housing, transportation, and urban policy.
Slate
Episode: Henry Grabar, "Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World" (Penguin, 2023)
Dr. Ruby Oram
Assistant Professor of Practice in the History Department at Texas State University, studying social histories of gender, labor, and urban reform movements.
Texas State University
Episode: Ruby Oram, "Home Work: Gender, Child Labor, and Education for Girls in Urban America, 1870-1930" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

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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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Lottie Whalen, "Radicals & Rogues: The Women Who Made New York Modern" (Reaktion, 2023)
Q: How do you think these women redefine modernity?
They redefine modernity by challenging societal norms through their art, activism, and lifestyles, embracing freedom and redefining gender roles in a modern context.
Lottie Whalen, "Radicals & Rogues: The Women Who Made New York Modern" (Reaktion, 2023)
Q: What first sparked your interest in the women of New York's early 20th century avant-garde?
My interest began with my PhD thesis focusing on the modernist poet Mina Loy and looking at how her art and design work intertwined with her poetry.
Malcolm Harris, "Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World" (Little, Brown, 2023)
Q: What are the through lines of capital during this period, especially in California?
You see development of technologies, global imperialism, and modern racialization through this whole period.
Malcolm Harris, "Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World" (Little, Brown, 2023)
Q: Could you say a bit about your earlier work and kind of trace the path that brought you to writing this book?
My first book contained a lot of material about Palo Alto, and this new book grew from those earlier ideas.
Sara Ann Swenson, "Near Light We Shine: Buddhist Charity in Urban Vietnam" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Q: Could you describe the event network concept in your research?
Dr. Swenson proposed the idea of 'event networks' to describe how spontaneous charity efforts emerge through social media and develop organically in communal settings.

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