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New Books in Geography

New Books in Geography

Interviews with Geographers about their New Books

Marshall Poe · New Books Network

651 episodesEN

Show overview

New Books in Geography has been publishing since 2008, and across the 18 years since has built a catalogue of 651 episodes. That works out to roughly 580 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 44 min and 1h 2m — 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 yesterday, with 49 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 107 episodes published. Published by New Books Network.

Episodes
651
Running
2008–2026 · 18y
Median length
53 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 Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/geography

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Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World: Natural Capital and Climate Disaster in Belize with Patrick M. Gallagher (Columbia UP, 2026)

Oct 7, 202650 min

The Quake That Drained the Desert with Mary Elizabeth Reynolds (U Nebraska Press, 2026)

Sep 30, 202653 min

Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse with Laurie Parsons (LSE Press, 2026)

Sep 26, 202635 min

Angela Last, "Tainted Tools: New Materialisms As a Decolonial Project" (Manchester University Press, 2026)

Sep 22, 202634 min

Jared D Aldern and Theresa Lynn Gregor, "Landkeeping: Restoring Indigenous Fire Stewardship and Ecological Partnerships" (OSU Press, 2026)

Sep 19, 202646 min

Billy Fleming, "Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions" (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2026)

Sep 12, 20261h 24m

Stuart McHardy, "Scotland's Geomythography: Myth, Landscape and the Roots of Culture" (Luath Press, 2025)

Sep 6, 202639 min

Christy Hyman, "The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp" (Hamilton Books, 2025)

Aug 31, 202633 min

Alejandro E. Camacho and Brigham Daniels, "Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of US Environmental Law" (NYU Press, 2026)

Aug 29, 202643 min

Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden eds., "Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID-19 and South Asia" (Helsinki UP, 2026)

Aug 27, 202655 min

Tatiana Seijas, "American Metropolis: The Making of Mexico City" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Aug 23, 202638 min

Samuel Holleran and Max Holleran, "Scattered Steel: The Afterlife of the World Trade Center" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Aug 21, 202647 min

Po-Yi Hung, "Routes of Taiwan Tea: Mobility, Borders, and Territoriality" (U Washington Press, 2026)

Aug 19, 202649 min

Amihai Mazar and Nava Panitz-Cohen, "Tel Rehov: A Bronze and Iron Age City in the Beth-Shean Valle" (The Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University, 2020)

Aug 17, 202642 min

Oli Mould, "Postcapitalist cities: Towards a common urban future" (Manchester UP, 2026)

Aug 9, 202640 min

Brent Elliott and Roger Bowdler, "The British Cemetery: Architecture, Landscape, Sculpture" (Historic England, 2026)

Aug 3, 202639 min

Gretchen Heefner, "Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

Jul 18, 202650 min

Chad S. A. Gibbs "Survival at Treblinka: Geography, Gender, and Social Networks in Jewish Resistance" (U Wisconsin Press, 2026)

Jul 16, 20261h 8m

Mary E. Mendoza, "Deadly Divide: How Insects, Pathogens, and People Defied the US-Mexico Border" (UNC Press, 2026)

Jul 11, 202653 min

Stephen Robertson, "Harlem in Disorder: A Spatial History of How Racial Violence Changed in 1935" (Stanford UP, 2024)

Jul 6, 202657 min
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