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New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social · 2d
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Interview Workshop with Miranda Melcher | Fast 5 with Steve Ramirez | NBN in the Classroom with Kendall Dinniene | Womxn Skateboard History Archive with Natalie Porter
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Mysteries of the Mind
Join us for an online Q&A with Dr. Miranda Melcher and much, much more
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Blair Kelley,
Podcast Episode · New Books in Critical Theory · 31/01/2026 · 45m
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February 1, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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Your assigned listening today is this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social History of Science channel interview with John L. Rudolph discussing his 2023 book "Why We Teach Science (and Why We Should), published by @academic.oup.com. #HistSci #Booksky

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John L. Rudolph,
Podcast Episode · New Books in the History of Science · 01/31/2026 · 37m
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January 31, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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Shared some backstory for the book with NBN. And scheming some book talk fun for women's history month! Fun times ahead...
newbooksnetwork.bsky.social New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social · 2d
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Interview Workshop with Miranda Melcher | Fast 5 with Steve Ramirez | NBN in the Classroom with Kendall Dinniene | Womxn Skateboard History Archive with Natalie Porter
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Mysteries of the Mind
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February 1, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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I spoke with Federico Alvarez Igarzábal & Emmanuel Guardiola about their anthology Video Games and Mental Health. Perspectives of Psychology and Game Design on my podcast #GameStudies. I'd be delighted if you'd listen in & share: newbooksnetwork.com/video-games-...

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Federico Alvarez Igarzábal and Emmanuel Guardiola, "Video Games and Mental Health: Perspectives of Psychology and Game Design" (Transcript Publishing, 2024) - New Books Network
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January 31, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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Emmanuel Guardiola and I talked to Rudolf Inderst (@gamestudies.bsky.social) about our book Video Games and Mental Health on his podcast New Books in Game Studies
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You can now listen to the episode in the link below!

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Federico Alvarez Igarzábal and Emmanuel Guardiola, "Video Games and Mental Health: Perspectives of Psychology and Game Design" (Transcript Publishing, 2024) - New Books Network
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January 31, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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In this NBN episode, I speak with beloved Kamloops, BC author Katie Welch about her extraordinary novel, Ladder to Heaven (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025).

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January 31, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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I had a great conversation with Michael Johnston talking about my new book in the New Books in Sociology series of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

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Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, "By the Power Vested in Me: How Experts Shape Same-Sex Marriage Debates" (Columbia UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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January 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Listen to the new @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode with LiLi Johnson and host Ailin Zhou, as they dive into the complex interplay of race, kinship, and technology.

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January 30, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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In this Off The Page episode, host Thomas Discenna and author Diane Ravitch discuss AN EDUCATION. The book is a memoir of her life’s work as a historian and advocate, and traces her ideological evolution. buff.ly/uV3kOZd @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Promotional graphic for an Off The Page episode dated October 28, 2025. It’s hosted by Thomas Discenna and features Diane Ravitch and her new book, An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else. It includes a 20% discount on the book with code NBN at cup.columbia.edu.
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Interview Workshop with Miranda Melcher | Fast 5 with Steve Ramirez | NBN in the Classroom with Kendall Dinniene | Womxn Skateboard History Archive with Natalie Porter
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Mysteries of the Mind
Join us for an online Q&A with Dr. Miranda Melcher and much, much more
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January 30, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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“It was such an eye-opening experience for me to understand that diversification wasn’t necessarily practiced in a way that ensured equality for all the people who lived there.” Professor Emily Walton discusses “Homesick: Race and Exclusion in Rural New England,” with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
Emily Walton, "Homesick: Race and Exclusion in Rural New England" (Stanford UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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January 29, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast features host Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Yossef Rapoport, author of “Becoming Arab: the Formation of Arab Identity in the Medieval Middle East” @princetonupress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...
Podcast with Yossef Rapoport, author of “Becoming Arab: the Formation of Arab Identity in the Medieval Middle East”
Today, much of the Middle East is “Arab”—an identity that now extends across North Africa and up through the Near East to Syria. Yet how did this region become Arab? How did this identity spread? W…
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January 29, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Listen to the newest The Truth About Bullshit #podcast episode, hosted by @calebzakarin.bsky.social of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: "On Democracy and Bullshit" with Open Democracy author Hélène Landemore.

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Two images side-by-side. On the left: The Truth About Bullshit. On Democracy and Bullshit. Helene Landemore. Hosted by Caleb Zakarin. Princeton University Press Ideas Podcast.
January 29, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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My new podcast interview on the history of media & politics on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast series: newbooksnetwork.com/politicians-... (also available on Spotify etc.)
A big thank you to Miranda Melcher for having me on the show!
January 29, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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I had a fun conversation with Miranda Melcher for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my new book THE DREADED POX and all the wild ways to treat a clap in the 1700s. newbooksnetwork.com/the-dreaded-...
Olivia Weisser, "The Dreaded Pox: Sex and Disease in Early Modern London" (Cambridge UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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January 28, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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In this new @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast episode, Dr. Miranda Melcher interviews Dr. Olivia Weisser about her newly published book "The Dreaded Pox: Sex and Disease in Early Modern London" (@universitypress.cambridge.org). #HistMed #booksky #history

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Olivia Weisser,
Podcast Episode · New Books in Early Modern History · 01/28/2026 · 52m
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January 28, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Walter Benjamin and the Critique of Political Economy
A New Historical Materialism
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January 27, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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After a brief hiatus, I’m delighted to return to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with a fantastic lineup of episodes planned for Spring/Summer2026, starting with an episode on my brilliant undergrad prof Neelum Saran Gour's Sahitya Akademi Award–winning novel Requiem in Raga Janki. Stay tuned!
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January 27, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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New episode of the UNC Press Presents podcast via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social just dropped!

Hear Alaina M. Morgan talk about her book ATLANTIC CRESCENT: Building Geographies of Black and Muslim Liberation in the African Diaspora 🎧

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Alaina M. Morgan, "Atlantic Crescent: Building Geographies of Black and Muslim Liberation in the African Diaspora" (UNC Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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January 27, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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@stephenlegg11.bsky.social, Spaces of Anticolonialism: Delhi's Urban Governmentalities - University of Georgia Press, March 2025
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@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Saumya Dadoo
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Spaces of Anticolonialism
Spaces of Anticolonialism is the first book-length account of anticolonialism in Delhi, as the capital of Britain’s empire in India. It pioneers a spatial ...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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Listen to an interview with Madhuri Deshmukh, author of THE UNRAVELING HEART, on the Indian Religions Podcast from New Books Network. buff.ly/lyAJm2Y @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #religion
Indian Religions Podcast - The Unraveling Heart
In this interview we discuss The Unraveling Heart: Women's Oral Poetics and Literary Vernacularization in Marathi (Columbia UP, 2025). Women’s songs of the grind mill are among the oldest oral…
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January 26, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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First interview of the year for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Spoke with Kay Dickinson about her book on ABBA’s revolutionary classic “Fernando” (@dukepress.bsky.social, 2025) exploring the song’s connections with anticapitalist & gay liberation struggles.

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Cover of "Fernando: A Song by ABAB" by Kay Dickinson
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Hear about "Food, Heresies + Magical Boundaries in the Middle Ages" with Andrea Maraschi, Francesca Tasca @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

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⏰10am

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January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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3 great eps from last week:
Kimberley Johnson "Dark Concrete"
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Matteo Gatti "Corporate Power and the Politics of Change"
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Brian D. Behnken "Brown & Blue"
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Kimberley Johnson,
Podcast Episode · New Books in African American Studies · 01/25/2026 · 50m
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January 26, 2026 at 9:04 AM