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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ... more

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Why Muslims in South India observe hierarchical intra-communal relationships despite the egalitarianism of their religion

In Seeking Allah’s Hierarchy: Caste, Labor, and Islam in India (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025), P. C. Saidalavi provides an ethnog... more

Scotland is a nation that has undergone significant changes over the last 50 years or so. This is, of course, true of much of the Western world but, as David McCrone shows in his Changing Scotland: Society, Politics and Identity (Edinburgh UP, 2025),... more

An ethnography of indigenous lives amidst subsistence labor, large-scale logging, and unrealized schemes, We Stay the Same: Subsistence, Logging, and Enduring Hopes for Development in Papua New Guinea (U Arizona Press, 2024) traces how hopes for deve... more

TCP’s inaugural episode features Suraj Yengde and Anupama Rao, two scholars whose academic work and activism have helped to set the parameters of the contemporary debate on caste. In our conversation, we addressed the challenge of defining caste, the... more

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Recent Guests

Anupama Rao
Professor of History at Columbia University and convener of Columbia's Ambedkar Initiative.
Columbia University
Episode: The Caste Question with Suraj Yengde and Anupama Rao
Suraj Yengde
India's first Dalit PhD holder from an African University and a WEB Du Bois Fellow at Harvard University.
Harvard University
Episode: The Caste Question with Suraj Yengde and Anupama Rao
Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer
Associate Professor at Université Toulouse, Jean Jaurès
Université Toulouse, Jean Jaurès
Episode: Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, "By the Power Vested in Me: How Experts Shape Same-Sex Marriage Debates" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Sharon Marcus
Professor of English at Columbia and founding editor of Public Books
Columbia University
Episode: 163* The Drama of Celebrity with Sharon Marcus (JP)
Emile Suotonye DeWeaver
Author and activist with a focus on criminal justice and social justice reform, and a former incarcerated individual who served 21 years in prison.
Episode: Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine
Kimberly Johnson
Political scientist focusing on race, urban politics, and American political development.
Cornell University Press
Episode: Kimberley Johnson, "Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Dr. Lauren D. Sawyer
Professor of Theology and Culture at the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, author of 'Growing Up Pure.'
Seattle School of Theology and Psychology
Episode: Lauren D. Sawyer, "Growing Up Pure: White Girls, Queer Teens, and the Racial Foundations of Purity Culture" (NYU Press, 2025)
Robert Dorschel
Sociologist and author of 'The Social Codes of Tech Workers'
MIT Press
Episode: Robert Dorschel, "The Social Codes of Tech Workers: Class Identity in Digital Capitalism" (MIT Press, 2025)
Emily Hund
Research affiliate at the Center on Digital Culture and Society at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication.
University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Emily Hund, "The Influencer Industry: The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media" (Princeton UP, 2023)

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Marshall Poe
Founder of the New Books Network, involved in various sociology-related discussions through his hosting.

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 124 ratings
  • Interesting topics and guests

    I love all the NBN podcasts, they are so interesting and informative. However sometimes the audio from the guests is hard to hear/understand... but everything else about these podcasts is great. So happy I found them!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    HanaBones
    United States6 years ago
  • Informative, Fascinating, and Oh So Social!

    All of the amazing NBn hosts, along with their fascinating guests, do a phenomenal job at providing an in-depth look into the latest Sociology publications without giving away too much! The wide variety of topics they cover and the engaging way in which they do so had me hooked from the very first listen. Thanks for putting out such an enjoyable show guys - keep up the great work!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Katie Joy B.
    United States7 years ago
  • Good so far

    Thus far, the podcast has had decent conversation surrounding new books in sociology. The interviewers sound somewhat knowledgable and the guests provide some interesting insight into their books. The production quality is so-so, but listenable.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    socguy2
    United States15 years ago

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Kimberley Johnson, "Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Q: What happened to Black Power Urbanism?
It experienced partial success and dismantling due to state repression, rising suburban backlash, and the crack epidemic.
Kimberley Johnson, "Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Q: What sorts of methods of resistance do we see across the places that you looked at?
In East Orange, strategies included articulating the need for stronger neighborhood schools and pushing back against urban renewal.
Kimberley Johnson, "Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Q: Can you tell us more about when, how, and why this movement developed?
The Black Power movement begins kind of in 1963 and peaks in the sort of late 1960s, 1970s.
Kimberley Johnson, "Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
I'm a political scientist by training, focusing on how race structures political institutions and its impact on urban politics.
Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine
Q: What do you hope listeners take away?
I hope listeners grasp that clarity, courage, and integrity together lead to radical transformation.

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