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New Books in Biology and Evolution

New Books in Biology and Evolution

Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books

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493 episodesEN

Show overview

New Books in Biology and Evolution has been publishing since 2009, and across the 17 years since has built a catalogue of 493 episodes. That works out to roughly 450 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 45 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 Arts show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 36 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 111 episodes published. Published by New Books Network.

Episodes
493
Running
2009–2026 · 17y
Median length
56 min
Cadence
Fortnightly

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

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Life's Chemical Secret: The Origin of Purpose and Mind with Addy Pross (MIT Press, 2026)

Sep 29, 20261h 3m

How Real Is Race?: Unraveling Race, Biology, and Culture with Carol C. Mukhopadhyay and Rosemary Henze (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025)

Sep 28, 20261h 35m

Sheila L. Macrine and Jennifer M.B. Fugate, "Embodied Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Natural, Artificial, and Hybrid Systems" (MIT Press, 2026)

Sep 16, 202648 min

James C. Nieh, "The Language of Bees" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Sep 14, 202658 min

Will Gervais, "Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species" (Prometheus Books, 2024)

Sep 13, 20261h 28m

John Charles Simon and Jennalee Donian, "Understanding Laughter and Humor: Why We Laugh, Why We Don’t, and Why It Matters" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2026)

Sep 12, 20261h 7m

John Charles Simon and Jennalee Donian, "Understanding Laughter and Humor: Why We Laugh, Why We Don’t, and Why It Matters" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2026)

Sep 12, 20261h 6m

Robert A. Wilson, "Kin Matters: Relational Beings in the Fragile Sciences" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Sep 10, 20261h 10m

Edward Cutler, "This Beautiful Country: How Italy's Nature Shaped Its Culture and Civilisation" (Chelsea Green, 2026)

Sep 1, 202655 min

David Helvarg, "Forest of the Sea: The Remarkable Life and Imperiled Future of Kelp" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Aug 26, 202631 min

Jessica Riskin, "The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck" (Penguin, 2026)

Aug 21, 20261h 10m

Adam Barsouk, "Outsmarting Cancer: Risk Reduction and the Power of Prevention" (JHU Press, 2026)

Aug 1, 202627 min

Philippa Gander, "Life in Sync: The Science of Internal Clocks and How We’re Disrupting Them" (Princeton UP, 2025)

Jul 13, 202656 min

Rod Phillips, "Cats: A History" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

Jul 13, 202658 min

Jay Belsky, "Nature of Nurture: Rethinking Why and How Childhood Adversity Shapes Development" (Harvard UP, 2026)

Jul 13, 202642 min

Sadiah Qureshi, "Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" (Penguin, 2025)

Jul 4, 202639 min

Philippe Huneman, "When Metaphysics Meets Biology: Kantian Approaches to the Concept of An Organism" (Routledge, 2026)

Jun 13, 20261h 15m

Benjamin Dalton, "Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity" (Edinburgh UP, 2026)

May 18, 20261h 29m

Rina Bliss, "What's Real About Race: Untangling Science, Genetics, and Society" (W.W. Norton, 2025)

May 13, 202653 min

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, "The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us" (Liveright Publishing, 2026)

May 12, 202643 min
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