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Episodes: 600
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Neutral
Listener location: USA
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marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com
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Host
Alex Broadbent - Professor of Philosophy of Science at Durham University and Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He directs the Durham-Johannesburg Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine,...
Miranda Melcher - Author and interviewer whose research focuses on post-conflict military integration, treaty negotiation, and treaty implementation in civil-war contexts, with particular attention to the Angolan an...
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Recent Guest Discussions
Jonathan Fuller - Scientific Medicine, Epidemiology, Disease, Medical Evidence, Risk, Prediction, And The Philosophy Of Clinical Research.
Ellery E. Foutch - Nineteenth-century Art And Technology, Natural-history Objects, Preservation, Perfection, Temporality, And Cultural Anxieties About Decay And Death.
Devin Kennedy - The History Of Computers, Business, Finance, Industrial Efficiency, Automation, And The Formation Of The Digital Economy.
Susanne Paola Antonetta - Nazi Eugenics, Psychiatric History, Euthanasia, Neurodiversity, Mental Health Care, And The Social Treatment Of Mental Difference.
Kit Chapman - The Global History Of Alchemy And Chemistry, Early Technological Innovation, Scientific Methods, And The Development Of Chemical Knowledge.
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Episodes
The Preventioneers: Diseases, Disasters, and the Discoveries That Changed Our World with Barry R Davis (JHU Press, 2026)
October 11, 2026
What drives someone to challenge the status quo to prevent disaster? In The Preventioneers: Diseases, Disasters, and the Discoveries That Changed Our World with Barry R Davis (JHU Press, 2026), Barry R. Davis chronicles the work of bold individuals who recognized the warning signs of catastrophe and intervened before tragedy could strike. With stories that include fire, disease, climate change, and public health, Davis illuminates the efforts of those who confronted indifference, igno...
How Real Is Race?: Unraveling Race, Biology, and Culture with Carol C. Mukhopadhyay and Rosemary Henze (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025)
September 28, 2026
Tune in to this discussion about How Real Is Race?: Unraveling Race, Biology, and Culture by Carol C. Mukhopadhyay, Rosemary Henze, and Yolanda T. Moses (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025)Biologically speaking, there is no such thing as race. Yet this seems to contradict the experiences of people in the United States and other countries where racial classification is used daily, by individuals and institutions. Race still matters, whether in wealth accumulation, education...
Projecting Knowledge: The Optical Lantern and Science Communication, 1880s-1940s with Dulce da Rocha Gonçalves, Nico de Klerk and Frank Kessler (Brepols, 2026)
September 25, 2026
Projecting Knowledge: The Optical Lantern and Science Communication, 1880s-1940s (Brepols, 2026) takes one of those fundamental questions - how does knowledge circulate? - and says, like others: we must look at the media technologies through which that knowledge not only circulates, but is transformed. This edited collection does that by looking at the history of the projection lantern across the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The projection lantern, also known as the 'magic lantern'...
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Who is an ideal guest for New Books in the History of Science?
New Books in the History of Science typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Scholars, historians, philosophers, and authors with recognized expertise in the history or philosophy of science and a recently published research-based book. Common among recent guests: Recently published academic or scholarly book; University-level research or teaching experience; Established subject-matter expertise. Recent guests include Jonathan Fuller, Ellery E. Foutch, and Devin Kennedy.
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