New Books in Big Ideas

807 Episodes

1. Chris Washington, "Nonbinary Jane Austen" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)

   Published: 02/08/2025
2. The Nomadic Origin of the State

   Published: 01/08/2025
3. On Bullshit in AI

   Published: 31/07/2025
4. Dan-el Padilla Peralta, "Classicism and Other Phobias" (Princeton UP, 2025)

   Published: 30/07/2025
5. Book Talk 67 : The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science

   Published: 29/07/2025
6. Agathe Demarais, "Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests" (Columbia UP, 2022)

   Published: 25/07/2025
7. On Bullshit in Politics

   Published: 12/07/2025
8. Edward Tenner, "Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences" (APS Press, 2025)

   Published: 11/07/2025
9. Genocide Studies International Partners with New Books Network

   Published: 08/07/2025
10. The Truth About Bullshit: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Edition of On Bullshit with Pamela Hieronymi

    Published: 23/06/2025
11. Bernd Roeck, "The World at First Light: A New History of the Renaissance" (Princeton UP, 2025)

    Published: 22/06/2025
12. Elizabeth N. Saunders, "The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace" (Princeton UP, 2024)

    Published: 09/06/2025
13. Quinn Slobodian and Philip J. Stern on Political Economy

    Published: 05/06/2025
14. Robert Garland, "What to Expect When You're Dead: An Ancient Tour of Death and the Afterlife" (Princeton UP, 2025)

    Published: 02/06/2025
15. Peter Allen, "How to Think about Politics: A Guide in Five Parts" (Oxford UP, 2025)

    Published: 28/05/2025
16. Dennis Ross, "Statecraft 2.0: What America Needs to Survive in a Multipolar World" (Oxford UP, 2025)

    Published: 18/05/2025
17. Rasheedah Phillips, "Dismantling the Master's Clock: On Race, Space, and Time" (AK Press, 2025)

    Published: 17/05/2025
18. Eric Heinze, "Coming Clean: The Rise of Critical Theory and the Future of the Left" (MIT Press, 2025)

    Published: 16/05/2025
19. Jeanne Sheehan, "American Democracy in Crisis: The Case for Rethinking Madisonian Government Post January 6" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)

    Published: 13/05/2025
20. Sandra Matz, "Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior" (HBRP, 2025)

    Published: 07/05/2025