New Books in Public Policy
Latest Episodes
Ryan Reft, "Heroin and Chocolate City: Black Community Responses to Drug Addiction in the Nation’s Capital, 1967-1973" (2024)
An interview with Ryan Reft
Joseph E. Stiglitz, "The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society" (Norton, 2024)
An interview with Joseph E. Stiglitz
Elise Andaya, "Pregnant at Work: Low-Wage Workers, Power, and Temporal Injustice" (NYU Press, 2024)
An interview with Elise Andaya
Matthew Berland and Antero Garcia, "The Left Hand of Data: Designing Education Data for Justice" (MIT Press, 2024)
An interview with Matthew Berland and Antero Garcia
Liliana Doganova, "Discounting the Future: The Ascendancy of a Political Technology" (Princeton UP, 2024)
An interview with Liliana Doganova
Maria Cristina Garcia, "State of Disaster: The Failure of U. S. Migration Policy in an Age of Climate Change" (UNC Press, 2022)
An interview with Maria Cristina Garcia
Alissa Quart, "Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream" (Ecco Press, 2023)
An interview with Alissa Quart
Book Banning: A Discussion with Christine Emeran of the National Coalition Against Censorship
Book bans and book challenges are both on the rise. And they are increasing at unprecedented rates. But why is this happening? Dr. Christine Emeran of the National Coalition Against Censorship joins us to explore what’s driving censorship movements nation
Ariana Mangual Figueroa, "Knowing Silence: How Children Talk about Immigration Status in School" (U Minnesota Press, 2024)
An interview with Ariana Mangual Figueroa
Matilda Bickers, "Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex" (PM Press, 2023)
An interview with Matilda Bickers