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Melissa Byrnes, "Making Space: Neighbors, Officials, and North African Migrants in the Suburbs of Paris and Lyon" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)

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Dr. René Esparza

Historian of race, sexuality, and public health; Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

Episode: René Esparza, "From Vice to Nice: Midwestern Politics and the Gentrification of AIDS" (UNC Press, 2025)

Benjamin Schneider

Journalist and author of The Unfinished Metropolis

Island Press

Episode: Benjamin Schneider, "The Unfinished Metropolis: Igniting the City-Building Revolution" (Island Press, 2025)

Tom Bratrud

Associate Professor in Social Anthropology

University of Bergen

Episode: “Rurality 2.0”: How City Migrants are Reshaping Norway’s Rural Regions with Tom Bratrud

Dr. Anna Zhelnina

Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Science at Utrecht University, author of the book

Utrecht University

Episode: Anna Zhelnina, "Private Life, Public Action: How Housing Politics Mobilized Citizens in Moscow" (Temple UP, 2025)

Jonathan Nguyen

Professor and co-author of the book 'The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities'

University of Massachusetts

Episode: Daniel Skinner et al., "The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities" (U Chicago Press, 2023)

Dr. Michael McCulloch

An architecture professor at Ferris State University with interests in urban and social history.

Ferris State University

Episode: Michael McCulloch, "Building a Social Contract: Modern Workers’ Houses in Early Twentieth-Century Detroit" (Temple UP, 2023)

Dr. Allison C. Meier

Writer about art, culture, and history, and cemetery tour guide

Independent

Episode: Allison Christine Meier, "Grave" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

Joanna Merwood-Salisbury

Architectural historian and author of 'Barbarian Architecture'

MIT Press

Episode: Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, "Barbarian Architecture: Thorstein Veblen’s Chicago" (MIT Press, 2024)

Dr. Marek Kohn

Author and Anglo-Polish writer

Episode: Marek Kohn, "The Stories Old Towns Tell: A Journey Through Cities at the Heart of Europe" (Yale UP, 2023)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher

Host and scholar of Urban Studies, associated with the New Books Network and various academic projects.

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René Esparza, "From Vice to Nice: Midwestern Politics and the Gentrification of AIDS" (UNC Press, 2025)

Q: How much of this emphasis on privacy was because of awareness of HIV AIDS?

Dr. Esparza explains that awareness of AIDS enhanced the centrality of privacy as a protective measure, framing it within the existing cultural norms of the Midwest that valued discretion and moderation.

René Esparza, "From Vice to Nice: Midwestern Politics and the Gentrification of AIDS" (UNC Press, 2025)

Q: Could you start us off, please, by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?

Dr. René Esparza introduces himself as a historian of race, sexuality, and public health, explaining that his research interests encompass urban history and its relation to HIV AIDS. He shares the personal narrative of growing up in a gentrifying neighborhood, reflecting on surveillance faced by queer youth of color, which motivated him to write the book.

Daniel Skinner et al., "The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities" (U Chicago Press, 2023)

Q: What creates the disconnect between institutional self-perception and lived community realities?

Hospitals often define community strategically, focusing on areas where they believe they can make a measurable impact while ignoring significant populations with unmet needs.

Daniel Skinner et al., "The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities" (U Chicago Press, 2023)

Q: How can hospitals shift implicit development strategies to make care more equitable for uninsured or underinsured patients?

We need to focus on public safety as part of community engagement and development, which is a complex issue intertwined with urban policing and racialized institutions.

Daniel Skinner et al., "The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities" (U Chicago Press, 2023)

Q: How did your collaboration with authors of different disciplines shape your perspective?

It was a complement of each other's work that then was in the search of a puzzle, having different expertise come together was beneficial.

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