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New Books in Urban Studies

New Books in Urban Studies

Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books

New Books Network

877 episodesEN

Show overview

New Books in Urban Studies has been publishing since 2008, and across the 18 years since has built a catalogue of 877 episodes. That works out to roughly 770 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly 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 Arts show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 123 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 155 episodes published. Published by New Books Network.

Episodes
877
Running
2008–2026 · 18y
Median length
52 min
Cadence
Weekly

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

Latest Episodes

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

Sep 30, 202653 min

The Last of the Ellis Island Jews: A Brooklyn Memoir with Joel Dinerstein (SUNY Press, 2026)

Sep 29, 202639 min

Sara C Bronin, "Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World" (Norton, 2024)

Sep 24, 202628 min

Joshua Specht, "Property Values: The Rise and Fall of the American Homeowner" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Sep 21, 20261h 1m

Conor Harrison, "Brokers of Power: The Financialization of the US Electricity System" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

Sep 19, 202637 min

Alexander Reisenbichler, "Through the Roof: Housing, Capitalism, and the State in America and Germany" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Sep 18, 202659 min

Bryant Simon, "For Customers Only: Public Bathrooms and the Making of American Inequality" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

Sep 17, 202638 min

Mehmet Çelik, "Empire and Nation in the City: Rusçuk from Ottoman Rule to Bulgarian Statehood" (Syracuse UP, 2026)

Sep 15, 202651 min

Isabela Seong Leong Quintana, "Urban Borderlands: Multiracial Histories and Gendered Borders in Los Angeles" (UNC Press, 2026)

Sep 12, 202648 min

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

Sep 12, 20261h 27m

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

Sep 12, 20261h 23m

Stefan Al, "Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home" (Norton, 2026)

Sep 11, 202639 min

Stefan Al, "Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home" (Norton, 2026)

Sep 11, 202636 min

Lee Alan Dugatkin, "Nary a Horse Left Standing: How a Nineteenth-Century Epidemic Transformed Medicine, Animal Welfare, and the Modern City" (MIT Press, 2026)

Sep 8, 202648 min

Filmmaker Peter Santenello on Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Home

Sep 2, 20261h 3m

Aonghus MacKechnie, "Edinburgh: City of Romanticism" (Lund Humphries, 2026)

Sep 1, 202651 min

Kamau Ware, "Battle in the Margins: Black Experiences in New York City During the American Revolution" (Black Gotham Experience)

Sep 1, 202637 min

Catherine S. Chan, "Savage: The Making of Modern Dogs in British Hong Kong" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Aug 29, 202645 min

Speech and the City

Aug 26, 202652 min

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

Aug 23, 202638 min
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