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In Conversation: An OUP Podcast

In Conversation: An OUP Podcast

Interviews with Oxford University Press authors about their books

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1,862 episodesEN

Show overview

In Conversation: An OUP Podcast has been publishing since 2008, and across the 18 years since has built a catalogue of 1,862 episodes. That works out to over 1700 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 46 min and 1h 5m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 100 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 232 episodes published. Published by New Books Network.

Episodes
1,862
Running
2008–2026 · 18y
Median length
57 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

Interviews with Oxford University Press authors about their books

Andy Byford, "Science of the Child in Late Imperial and Early Soviet Russia" (Oxford UP, 2020)

Jun 27, 20261h 17m

Kirill Shamiev, "Imperfect Equilibrium: Civil-Military Relations in Russian Defense Policymaking" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Jun 26, 202644 min

The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest

Jun 25, 202649 min

Jean-Philippe Deranty, "The Case for Work" (Oxford UP, 2024)

Jun 22, 202635 min

Robin Dembroff, "Real Men on Top: How Patriarchy Shapes Our Reality" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Jun 22, 202651 min

James O'Leary, "The Middlebrow Musical: Between Broadway and Opera in 1940s America" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Jun 19, 20261h 8m

Anna O. Law, "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Jun 18, 202646 min

Manasicha Akepiyapornchai, "Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Jun 11, 202638 min

Rivka Weinberg, "The Meaning of It All: Ultimate Meaning, Everyday Meaning, Cosmic Meaning, Death, and Time" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Jun 3, 202649 min

Gloria Sibson Ayob, "The Concept of Emotional Disorder" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Jun 2, 202656 min

David Petruccelli, "A Scourge of Humanity: The Origins of Interpol and the End of Empire in Central and Eastern Europe" (Oxford UP, 2025)

May 31, 20261h 3m

Chloe Chapin, "Suitable: The Sartorial Revolution and the Fashioning of Modern Men" (Oxford UP, 2026)

May 31, 20261h 15m

Robin R. Means Coleman and Novotny Lawrence eds., "The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film" (Oxford UP, 2024)

May 29, 20261h 10m

Ashley Rose Young, "Nourishing Networks: The Public Culture of Food in New Orleans" (Oxford UP, 2025)

May 29, 202651 min

H. A. Drake, "The Wisdom of the Ancients: Four Ideas That Changed the World" (Oxford UP, 2025)

May 28, 20261h 35m

Jeffrey Whyte, "The Birth of Psychological War: Propaganda, Espionage, and Military Violence from WWII to the Vietnam War" (Oxford UP, 2023)

May 25, 20263 min

Jason S. Spicer, "Co-Operative Enterprise in Comparative Perspective: Exceptionally Un-American?" (Oxford UP, 2024)

May 24, 202638 min

Anna O. Law, "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants" (Oxford UP, 2026)

May 22, 202634 min

Sumana Roy, "Plant Thinkers of Twentieth-Century Bengal" (Oxford UP, 2024)

May 19, 202640 min

Jesper Rangvid, "How Low Interest Rates Change the World: Global Trends Caused by Low Rates and Emerging Factors Shaping the Future of Rates" (Oxford UP, 2025)

May 16, 202649 min
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