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New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

Interviews with Scholars of Science, Technology, and Society about their New Books

New Books Network

2,869 episodesEN

Show overview

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society has been publishing since 2010, and across the 16 years since has built a catalogue of 2,869 episodes. That works out to over 2600 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence, with the show now in its 2nd season.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 44 min and 1h 6m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 105 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 435 episodes published. Published by New Books Network.

Episodes
2,869
Running
2010–2026 · 16y
Median length
55 min
Cadence
Several per week

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/science-technology-and-society

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

May 13, 202653 min

Angus Burgin on the Rise of the Internet

May 11, 20263 min

Peter S. Soppelsa, "Paris After Haussmann: Living with Infrastructure in the City of Light, 1870–1914" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2026)

May 10, 202651 min

Olivier Sylvain, "Recovering the Internet: How Big Tech Took Control-And How We Can Take It Back" (Columbia Global Reports, 2026)

May 9, 202631 min

Are We Entering An Arms Race in Outer Space?

May 8, 202652 min

Angela Dimitrakaki, "Feminism. Art. Capitalism" (Pluto Press, 2026)

May 6, 202641 min

Max Morris, "Not Sex Work: Queer Intimacy, Post-identity, and Incidental Encounters in the Digital Era" (Routledge, 2025)

May 6, 202652 min

Patrick Brodie and Darin Barney eds., "Media Rurality" (Duke UP, 2026)

May 3, 20261h 17m

Deirdre Loughridge & Thomas Patteson, "The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments" (Reaktion, 2026)

Apr 30, 202647 min

Scott Solomon, "Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds" (MIT Press, 2026)

Apr 30, 20261h 1m

Vindhya Buthpitiya, "A Volatile Picture: War and the Political Work of Photography in Sri Lanka" (U Washington Press, 2026)

Apr 29, 202643 min

Raffaele Danna, "The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600" (Harvard UP, 2026)

Apr 28, 20261h 4m

A Shakeup Is Coming for the Nation-State: A Conversation with Stephen Sims

Apr 27, 202640 min

Karen Hao, "Empire of AI: Inside the Race for Total Domination" (Allan Lane, 2025)

Apr 27, 202639 min

Roland Betancourt, "Disneyland and the Rise of Automation: How Technology Created the Happiest Place on Earth" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Apr 23, 202655 min

The Information State: How is the State Surveilling and Manipulating us These Days?

Apr 22, 202654 min

Sarah Murray, "Powered by Smart: A Prehistory of Everyday AI" (NYU Press, 2026)

Apr 22, 202655 min

David Blumenthal and James A. Morone, "Whiplash: From the Battle for Obamacare to the War on Science" (Yale UP, 2026)

Apr 21, 20261h 7m

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Apr 20, 202619 min

Adrian Woolfson, "On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence" (MIT Press, 2026)

Apr 20, 202654 min
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