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Discussions with those who work to disseminate research
Episodes
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- 100 Words Or Less: Interviews from Independent Culture with Ray Harkins (Iodine Recordings, 2026) · 31 min · Episode 1306For nearly two decades, 100 Words or Less has become one of independent music's most respected interview podcasts, capturing thoughtful, unfiltered conversations with the…
- The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History with Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm (U Chicago Press, 2026) · 55 min · Episode 1307The genealogical method—a mode of historical analysis that shows that what looks timeless is in fact contingent, bound to shifting relations of meaning, knowledge, and power—has…
- Data by Design: Visualization and Power from Abolition to the Dawn of Data Science with Lauren F. Klein (MIT Press, 2026) · 41 min · Episode 1305From maps of colonial empires to charts of national trade, data visualization has long been used to consolidate knowledge and power. But just as often, it has been used to…
- AI for the Information Professional: A Critical Guide with Andrew Cox (Facet, 2026) · 42 min · Episode 1304In AI for the Information Professional: A Critical Guide (Facet, 2026), Andrew Cox invites library and information professionals to reflect on the exciting and troubling concept…
- Applied History in the US Department of State · 49 min · Episode 1302I sat down with Lydia Sizer to chat about her experience developing applied history initiatives at the US Department of State’s Office of the Historian. We talked about what it’s…
- Vākyamālā: A Garland of Words in Honour of John D. Smith with Wendy J. Phillips Rodríguez (Cardiff UP, 2026) · 40 min · Episode 1301A multimedia collection dedicated to John D. Smith on the occasion of his eightieth birthday, edited by Wendy J. Phillips Rodríguez and Simon Brodbeck. Open Access here
- University Press Week 2026 with President Stephanie Williams · 35 min · Episode 1303Every year, NBN speaks with the president of AUPresses in anticipation of University Press Week. This year, press week will take place from November 9 through the 13th, with the…
- Upskilling for Library Workers: A Guide for Future-Ready Professionals with Ann Medaille (ALA Editions, 2026) · 47 min · Episode 1300Many of today's libraries and their workers are facing a skills crisis. By some estimates, an employee's current skills are only relevant for a maximum of five years, but other…
- No! The Art and Activism of Complaining · 53 min · Episode 1299To be heard as complaining is not to be heard, writes Sara Ahmed. In No! The Art and Activism of Complaining, her sweeping exploration of complaint as a means of resistance, Sara…
- Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators with Jeremiah McCall (Routledge, 2026) · 33 min · Episode 1298Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators (Routledge, 2026) is a complete introductory guide for designing analog games and interactive…
- Refugees and Citizens in Twentieth-Century East Central Europe: An Unlikely Refuge? with Michal Frankl, Doina Anca Cretu and Lidia Zessin-Jurek (CEU Press, 2026) · 49 min · Episode 1297In this episode of the CEU Press Podcast host Andrea Talabér talked to Michal Frankl, Doina Anca Cretu and Lidia Zessin-Jurek about the new edited volume Refugees and Citizens in…
- Working with Critical Realism: Stories of Methodological Encounters with Alpesh Maisuria and Grant Banfield (Routledge, 2022) · 1 h 20 min · Episode 1296Working with Critical Realism: Stories of Methodological Encounters (Routledge, 2022) is an international and interdisciplinary collection that gathers stories from researchers…
- Librarians as Researchers: Developing Our Scholarly Identities with Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle · 49 min · Episode 1295Librarians as Researchers: Developing Our Scholarly Identity (Bloomsbury, 2025) edited by Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle is designed to empower librarians to develop their…
- Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino, "Library Technical Services: Future Forward" (Bloomsbury, 2025) · 48 min · Episode 1294Library Technical Services: Future Forward (Bloomsbury, 2025) edited by Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino looks at the future of technical services post-pandemic and at the…
- Laura Portwood-Stacer, "The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors" (Princeton UP, 2021) · 56 min · Episode 1293Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything…
- The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars · 1 h 2 min · Episode 153The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars (Princeton UP, 2023) is an essential handbook for writing fundable grants. This easy-to-use guide features writing samples, a…
- How to Write a Book Proposal and Make Your Manuscript Work with Laura Portwood-Stacer · 27 min · Episode 431Are you a scholar sitting on a manuscript that you think could be a book — but you have no idea where to start? In this episode of The Publishing Playbook, host Sarah Russo sits…
- Linda Williams and eds. Christine Gledhill et al., "Melodrama As Provocateur" (Duke UP, 2026) · 1 h 8 min · Episode 430The centerpiece of Melodrama as Provocateur (Duke UP, 2026) is an essay by Linda Williams (1946–2025). Williams was Professor of Film Studies and Rhetoric at the University of…
- In The Scholar’s Workshop: Hidden Histories of Collaboration and Authorship · 1 h 3 min · Episode 429For centuries, many of the world’s most influential thinkers relied on helpers who performed tasks such as taking dictation, correcting, indexing, composing, and endless copying…
- The YIVO Library in New York: Personal Reflections on Its History and Collections · 1 h 1 min · Episode 428In the mid-1930s a group of New York Yiddishist intellectuals established the Central Jewish Library and Press Archive, whose collections became the nucleus of the YIVO Library…
- Siri Carpenter on Why She Self-Published First — and How It Led to a Traditional Book Deal · 25 min · Episode 427What does it take to turn a self-published book into a traditional publishing deal? Science writer Siri Carpenter — executive director of The Open Notebook and author of The…
- Lisa Blaydes and Samuel Helfont eds., "Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives: Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities" (Stanford UP, 2026) · 38 min · Episode 426The opening of Iraq's Ba'th Party archives revolutionized the study of Iraqi politics and history, offering scholars unprecedented access to the inner workings of one of the…
- New Trends in YIVO Scholarship · 1 h 25 min · Episode 425Since 1925, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has been a pioneer in the field of Jewish studies. At the core of YIVO since its founding was its commitment to scholarship…
- Podcast Intellectuals, Panel #4 · 55 min · Episode 424This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On May 13, 2026, Princeton’s Center for Human Values hosted a day-long conference titled…
- Podcast Intellectuals Podcast Panel #3 with Allison Carruth and Ellen Horne · 51 min · Episode 423This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On May 13, 2026, Princeton’s Center for Human Values hosted a day-long conference titled…
- Introducing Periodically: A UC Press Journals Podcast with Journals Director David Famiano · 25 min · Episode 4221. A complete list of University of California Press journals is available at UC Press Journals 2. Clare E. B. Cannon; Advancing sustainable transitions: A spatial analysis of…
- What Running Your Own Imprint for 15 Years Teaches You about Books, Readers, and Risk with Sarah Crichton · 25 min · Episode 421Great books don't happen by accident. Sarah Crichton, one of publishing's most respected voices and the founder of Sarah Crichton Books at FSG, joins host Sarah Russo for an…
- Audio and Ideas: Exploring the Possibilities for Scholarly Podcasting, Panel #2 · 53 min · Episode 420This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On May 13, 2026, Princeton’s Center for Human Values hosted a day-long conference titled…
- Janani Balasubramanian and Natalie Gosnell, "Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration" (U California Press, 2026) · 51 min · Episode 419Art-Science Undisciplined invites us into a collaborative journey grounded in mutual exploration and transformation. Moving beyond transactional exchanges of expertise, artist…
- Turn Your LinkedIn Profile into a Book Marketing Machine with Louise Brogan · 29 min · Episode 418What if in the age of AI generated content, the most important part of being visible online is just being a human? In this episode of The Publishing Playbook, host Sarah Russo…
- End of An Academic Dream · 51 min · Episode 417Why do we build our sense of self around our academic work? What does it mean to pivot away from campus jobs to the alt-ac world? How does increasing academic fragility affect…
- Reflection-In-Motion · 1 h 5 min · Episode 416Reflection-in-Motion: Reimagining Reflection in the Writing Classroom (Utah State UP, 2025) considers how reflective practice is embedded in daily course happenings, centering…
- The Religion Department: An Online Learning Platform with Andrew Mark Henry and Andrew Ali Aghapour · 43 min · Episode 415The Religion Department is an online learning platform dedicated to the academic, nonsectarian study of religion, created by the team behind Religion for Breakfast — the YouTube…
- Are Libraries the Hidden Book Market? with Erin Cox of Words & Money · 29 min · Episode 414What if the most powerful tool in your book marketing strategy isn't social media — it's your local library? In the debut episode of The Publishing Playbook, host Sarah Russo of…
- Kirsten Clark, "Practical Project Management for Librarians" (Bloomsbury, 2025) · 52 min · Episode 112Librarians continue to work under budget constraints while still needing to increase the user experience and remove barriers to library resources. Learning to evaluate the best…
- Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King · 57 min · Episode 412Caroline Bicks became the first scholar granted extended access by Stephen King to his private archives, a treasure trove of manuscripts that document the legendary writerʼs…
- Wade Bishop et al., "A Critical Look at Information Science and Librarianship in a New Age" (Emerald Publishing, 2026) · 39 min · Episode 111A Critical Look at Information Science and Librarianship in a New Age: Constellation of Insanity (Emerald, 2026) fosters a platform for information scientists to engage in…
- David M. Perry, "The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook" (JHU Press, 2026) · 47 min · Episode 410Public scholarship is one of those things that most academics are interested in, but unfortunately for them, they don't know how to actually get started. It's not their fault…
- Gist Books: How Print on Demand Creates New Possibilities for the Publishing Industry · 40 min · Episode 409Today I’m speaking with Ramona Liberoff and Liz Fried, cofounders of the new publisher, Gist Books. Gist allows readers to pick the topics they want, creating a unique and…
- Podcast Intellectuals Panel #3 with Joy Connolly, Barry Lam, and Aurora Hutchinson · 42 min · Episode 408This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On October 10, 2025, NYU’s Journalism Institute hosted a day-long conference titled Podcast…
- Podcast Intellectuals Panel #2 with Ellen Horne, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Barry Lam, and Julia Barton · 47 min · Episode 407This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On October 10, 2025, NYU’s Journalism Institute hosted a day-long conference titled Podcast…
- Podcast Intellectuals Podcast Panel #1 with Benjamen Walker and Fanny Gribenski · 51 min · Episode 406This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On October 10, 2025, NYU’s Journalism Institute hosted a day-long conference titled Podcast…
- Karen Kohn, "Assessing Academic Library Collections for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" (Bloomsbury, 2025) · 57 min · Episode 405Assessing Academic Library Collections for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Bloomsbury, 2025) provides a practical, step-by-step approach to designing and implementing…
- A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education · 1 h 0 min · Episode 404A Light in the Tower argues that excellent education and radical support for mental health struggles can coexist, and provides detailed advice for how to do so. Dr. Katie Rose…
- Ian M. Cook, "Scholarly Podcasting: Why, What, How" (Routledge, 2022) · 36 min · Episode 20Exploring what academic podcasting is and what it could be, Ian Cook's Scholarly Podcasting (Routledge, 2023) is the first to consider the why, what, and how academics engage…
- Dagmar Schafer, "Ownership of Knowledge: Beyond Intellectual Property" (MIT Press, 2023) · 39 min · Episode 14Ownership of Knowledge: Beyond Intellectual Property (MIT Press, 2023) provides a framework for knowledge ownership that challenges the mechanisms of inequality in modern…
- Abigail Bainbridge, "Conservation of Books" (Routledge, 2023) · 29 min · Episode 32Editor Abigail Bainbridge and contributing author Sonja Schwoll join this discussion of Conservation of Books (Routledge 2023), the highly anticipated reference work on global…
- Aaron G. Fountain Jr., "High School Students Unite! Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America" (UNC Press, 2025) · 42 min · Episode 400In High School Students Unite! Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America (UNC Press, 2025), Aaron G. Fountain Jr. highlights the crucial impact of…
- Samuel Moore, "Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons" (U Michigan Press, 2025) · 60 min · Episode 399I talked to Dr. Samuel Moore about his recent book, Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons, (U Michigan Press, 2025) Samuel Moore is the Scholarly…
- Thomas Kador, "Object-Based Learning: Exploring Museums and Collections in Education" (UCL Press, 2025) · 38 min · Episode 398In Object-Based Learning: Exploring Museums and Collections in Education (UCL Press, 2025), Thomas Kador provides a concise overview of some of the most important approaches to…
