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New Books in Anthropology

New Books in Anthropology

Interviews with Anthropologists about their New Books

New Books Network

1,048 episodesEN

Show overview

New Books in Anthropology has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 1,048 episodes. That works out to roughly 950 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 44 min and 1h 4m — 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 Science show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 107 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 371 episodes published. Published by New Books Network.

Episodes
1,048
Running
2022–2026 · 4y
Median length
54 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

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 get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Gina M. Pérez, "Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities" (NYU Press, 2024)

Jun 26, 202648 min

Carola E. Lorea, "Communities of Sound: Religion, Displacement, and Caste in the Bay of Bengal" (Wesleyan UP, 2026)

Jun 25, 202635 min

Marta Dominguez Diaz, "Tunisia's Andalusians: The Cultural Identity of a North African Minority" (Edinburgh UP, 2025)

Jun 25, 20261h 13m

Hidden Heretics: Jewish Doubt in the Digital Age

Jun 20, 2026

Alena Ledeneva, "Russian Pendulum: Paradoxes, Practices and Patterns" (UCL Press, 2026)

Jun 20, 20261h 17m

Marielle Risse, "Ethnographic Reflections on Marriage in Dhofar, Oman" (Anthem Press, 2026)

Jun 15, 202636 min

Karl Whittington, "Queer Making: On Artists and Desire in Medieval Europe" (Pennsylvania State UP, 2025)

Jun 15, 20261h 26m

John Longhurst, "Can Robots Love God and Be Saved? A Journalist Reports on Faith" (CMU Press, 2024)

Jun 14, 202643 min

Jeffrey Hoelle, "Cultivated: Plants, Hair, and the Aesthetic of Control" (Yale UP, 2026)

Jun 13, 20261h 14m

Patrick Brodie, "Wild Tides: Media Infrastructure and Financial Crisis in Ireland" (Duke UP, 2026)

Jun 13, 20261h 15m

Mardi Reardon-Smith, "Making Do: Conservation Ethics and Ecological Care in Australia" (Stanford UP, 2025)

Jun 10, 202659 min

Ladan Rahbari and Olga Burlyuk eds., "From the Margins: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity" (Open Book Publishers, 2026)

Jun 8, 20261h 0m

Eileen Otis, "Walmart: Made in China" (Stanford UP, 2026)

Jun 6, 20261h 23m

Romani Grassroots Language Learning

Jun 3, 202630 min

Dougald O’Reilly, "Empires of the Southern Ocean: Early Civilizations of Mainland and Insular Southeast Asia" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026)

Jun 1, 202645 min

Cultural Competence Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All: Talking culturally responsive teaching with Dr Remy Low

May 31, 2026

“You Sound So Australian”: From Being Read to Rewriting the Room with guest Zindzi Okenyo

May 30, 2026

Christos Lynteris, "How Plague Got Rats: Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

May 30, 202649 min

Yiddish Ethnography and An-ski

May 29, 2026

Radio ReOrient 14:9: Racializing the Ummah, with Rhea Rahman, hosted by Saeed Khan and Claudia Radiven

May 29, 20261h 3m
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