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Promotional graphic for the Off the Page podcast announcing a new episode dated December 14, 2025, hosted by Stephen Pimpare. The episode features Why Black People Die Sooner by Joseph L. Graves, with the book cover shown (blue background with a stethoscope). A mock audio player displays the title, author, and playback controls. Text includes cup.columbia.edu, hashtags #ListenUP and #Podcast, and a banner offering 20% off the book with code NBN20.

In this Off the Page episode, host Stephen Pimpare and author Joseph L Graves talk about his new book, WHY BLACK PEOPLE DIE SOONER. Timely and bracing, this book reveals why medicine keeps misunderstanding race—and how we can make it change. buff.ly/QSF9SwA #ListenUP @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Born Sick in the USA Why do Americans have such bad health outcomes?

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3 Episodes On: Medical Discovery | Channel Spotlight: Public Health | Scholarly Sources with Stephen Bezruchka | The Disorder Podcast
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Interested in Socializing Land but have too much to read already? Check out this podcast interview with the New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/socializing-...

Thank you to Dr Miranda Melcher for being an amazing host. NBN is serious public education!

Podcast with Rian Thum, author of “Islamic China: An Asian History” Can someone be Chinese and Muslim? For some academics, this has been a surprisingly fraught question, with some asserting that Chinese Muslims are not really Chinese, or not really Muslim.

Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast features Rian Thum, author of “Islamic China: An Asian History” @harvardpress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

My latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode is live, feat. Amelia Acker talking about her excellent book “Archiving Machines” out now from @mitpress.bsky.social with an OA version as well! newbooksnetwork.com/archiving-ma...

In this NBN episode, I have a wonderful conversation with author KJ Aiello about their book, The Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell (ECW Press, 2024).

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With climate pressures rising, will activists escalate or choose new paths? Thomas Zeitzoff explores the motivations and dilemmas of radical environmentalism on In Conversation: An OUP Podcast on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: oxford.ly/3N7R4u0

Interview about Zen and Slow Games in the Game Studies podcast of the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social by @gamestudies.bsky.social

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How do you separate #facts from #disinformation in rapidly unfolding situations? What skills help you flag a fake-fact? Dr. Sinclair decodes the news. ⬇️

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Listen! @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social spoke to @kennyailbhe.bsky.social about the hugely important "Music Refuge: Living Asylum Through Music" newbooksnetwork.com/music-refuge

Lillian Guerra, "Patriots and Traitors in Revolutionary Cuba, 1961-1981" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2023)

HAHR author Lillian Guerra discusses her research on postrevolutionary Cuba on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/7Lyh...

Listen @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social & @jacriding.bsky.social: Charlie Chaplin, George Tinworth & route out of poverty via music hall & fine art here:
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Check out the brand new episode on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social featuring "Detroit Never Left" author, Nicole E. Trujillo-Pagán, with host Miranda Melcher!

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In this NBN episode, I speak with Toronto poet Guy Elston about his delightful debut poetry collection, The Character Actor Convention (Gordon Hill Press/Porcupine’s Quill, 2025).

This is persona poetry at its finest. To listen in, click the link below:

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I’m very honored to be featured on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social in #FrenchStudies Podcast. I discuss my monograph “Grrrl Writing” on @virginiedespentes.bsky.social with Prof. Gina Stamm, whom I thank for hosting me
@laurelplapp.bsky.social

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It was a pleasure to discuss "Global Governance Under Fire" on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast. Check out the episode here or wherever you listen to podcasts! newbooksnetwork.com/global-gover...

Cover of "In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico" by Samuel Holley-Kline

Samuel Holley-Kline joins @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to discuss his new book IN THE SHADOW OF EL TAJÍN which draws on the insights of the Indigenous Totonac peoples who have lived and worked there to analyze historical processes fundamental to the archaeological site. bit.ly/4aUsUex

Because we can all use a laugh these days: I had the pleasure of chatting with the always funny
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about his new book for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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Discover the book "Vanilla: History of an Extraordinary Bean" Eric Jennings, Miranda Melcher @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Listen on:
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📅March 5
⏰10am

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#foodhistory #vanilla

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Aaron Donaghy, Podcast Episode · New Books Network · 1 March · 1h 1m

Before this whole mess, last week, I recorded a great @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode with Aaron Donaghy on his book The Second Cold War. It includes a timely discussion on how domestic pressures push presidents to take risks.

Listen here:

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Enjoyed talking to fab Miranda Melcher about Charlie Chaplin, George Tinworth & their route out of poverty via music hall & fine art. Listen to #HardStreets @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode here
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Listen to Santiago Fouz-Hernández discuss his new book The Films of Bigas Luna on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

He explores the full filmography of Bigas Luna, from Tatuaje to DiDi Hollywood, offering an essential guide to the director’s unique cinematic legacy.

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🎙️ Podcast friends, heads up!

Today and tomorrow: a double episode drop 💥 Two conversations, two angles, plenty of #GameStudies (at @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social !!!) to plug into.

Check your feed, tune in, and enjoy. 🎧

Thanks for joining us!

My new book is out today! Aways a nervous thing..... FIVE EVIL WOMEN: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker. First interview: newbooksnetwork.com/five-evil-wo... Really enjoyed talking to the amazing Miranda Melcher about evil & femininity. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

Sugata Bose, "Asia after Europe: Imagining a Continent in the Long Twentieth Century" (Harvard UP, 2024)

Lucas Tse interviewing Sugata Bose about his book, 'Asia after Europe: Imagining a Continent in the Long Twentieth Century', on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.

Cover of “Bob Dylan as filmmaker: no time to think” by Michael Glover Smith

My new interview for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social is here! Spoke with @whitecitycinema.bsky.social about his book “Bob Dylan as Filmmaker” (@mcnidderandgrace.bsky.social, 2026), exploring the exploring the cinematic process of Bob Dylan.

Check it out here:
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Book cover for Une si longue course by Claire Nicolas. There is a photograph from the Cambridge Special Collection, titled "Girls on Games Field". We see 6 Ghanaian schoolgirls in white uniforms. They are from Achimota school (Ghana) playing sports outside, in one of the school's playing fields. (Black and white, circa 1955).

Huge thanks to Keith Rathbone for inviting me to present my book, Une si longue course @editionspur.bsky.social on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast, and for his careful reading! It was a pleasure to discuss sport, colonialism, and gender in West Africa.
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🎙️ Delighted to broadcast a new
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
conversation with Jamila Michener and Mallory SoRelle about their new book, Uncivil Democracy: How Access to Justice Shapes Political Power.
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Just a litte podcast conversation with Victor about his book ... 🤩🤩🤩 Watch out for the final cut ... coming soon!

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