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New Books in Language and Translation

New Books in Language and Translation

Interviews with Scholars of Language about their New Books

Marshall Poe · New Books Network

612 episodesEN

Show overview

New Books in Language and Translation has been publishing since 2011, and across the 15 years since has built a catalogue of 612 episodes. That works out to roughly 540 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 2nd season.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 41 min and 1h 3m — 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 6 days ago, with 79 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 79 episodes published. Published by New Books Network.

Episodes
612
Running
2011–2026 · 15y
Median length
54 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/language

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Oct 1, 202641 min

Ilan Stavans on Building Restless Books and Publishing in Translation

Sep 30, 202629 min

Tsunami: Women’s Voices From Mexico

Sep 24, 202649 min

Nathan Wainstein, "Bad Writing in the Modernist Novel" (JHU Press, 2026)

Sep 23, 202657 min

How Were Foreign Languages Taught in Early Modern Europe?

Sep 23, 202628 min

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

Sep 14, 202658 min

Remco E Breuker, "Not Everything Unfolds as Anticipated: Selections from Yi Kyubo’s Tongguk Yi Sangguk Chip" (U Hawaii Press, 2026)

Sep 14, 202645 min

Linguistic Unease in Healthcare

Sep 2, 202639 min

Speech and the City

Aug 26, 202652 min

Eran Shalev, "The Star-Spangled Republic: Political Astronomy and the Rise of the American Constellation" (U Virginia Press, 2025)

Aug 24, 202634 min

Aleksandar Uskokov, "Deciphering the Hidden Meaning: Language and the Highest Good in Early Advaita Vedānta" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Aug 20, 202645 min

Taking The Scenic Route To High Quality Education For Indigenous Students

Aug 19, 202635 min

A Very Jewish Christmas: When Jesus Spoke Yiddish

Aug 18, 20261h 10m

Are We In The Midst Of A Yiddish Renaissance?

Aug 15, 20261h 6m

Huang Chongkai, "The Formosa Exchange" (Honford Star, 2026)

Aug 12, 202642 min

Michael R. Griffiths, "The Death of the Author and Anticolonial Thought" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)

Aug 12, 202651 min

Tsering Döndrup, "The Red Wind Howls" (Columbia UP, 2025)

Aug 10, 202646 min

Yiddish Language During the Holocaust

Aug 5, 20261h 2m

Abdelwahab Meddeb, "Returns to Marrakesh / Retour à Marrakech" (Syracuse UP, 2026)

Aug 1, 202631 min
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