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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

826 episodesEN

Show overview

New Books in Urban Studies has been publishing since 2008, and across the 18 years since has built a catalogue of 826 episodes. That works out to roughly 730 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 Arts show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 72 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 155 episodes published. Published by New Books Network.

Episodes
826
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

Latest Episodes

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Fred S. Naiden, "Railroaded: A Motorman’s Story of the New York City Subway" (Rutgers UP, 2026)

Jun 28, 202634 min

Fabio Lanza, "Urban Revolution: People's Communes in Beijing" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Jun 27, 20261h 1m

Street Level: HUD at 60

Jun 23, 202658 min

Yoshiko Nakano and Georgina Challen, "Meiji Graves in Happy Valley: Stories of Early Japanese Residents in Hong Kong" (Hong Kong UP, 2024)

Jun 17, 202655 min

David Leupold, "The Death and Life of Southern Soviet Cities: Urban Futures and Their Afterlives" (Routledge, 2026)

Jun 15, 202650 min

Don Thomas Deere, "The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space" (Duke UP, 2026)

Jun 11, 202646 min

Michael Dillon, "Shanghai: The Story of China's Most Dynamic City" (Yale UP, 2026)

Jun 9, 202647 min

Tania Sengupta and Stuart King eds., "Reclaiming Colonial Architecture" (Routledge, 2024)

Jun 9, 202656 min

Javier Arbona-Homar, "Explosivity: Following What Remains" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)

Jun 8, 20261h 6m

Bruce Dearstyne, "Revolutionary New York: 250 Years of Social Change" (SUNY Press, 2026)

Jun 8, 202631 min

Kristian Williams, "Policing the Progressive City: Portland, Oregon, from Settlement to Uprising" (AK Press, 2026)

Jun 7, 20261h 4m

Robert W. Snyder, "When the City Stopped: Stories from New York's Essential Workers" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Jun 6, 202641 min

Andrew Demshuk, "The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" (Cornell UP, 2026)

May 30, 20261h 24m

Charlie Qiuli Xue and Arwen Yingting Chen, "American-Designed Shopping Malls in China" (Hong Kong UP, 2026)

May 30, 202652 min

Chunmei Du, "Everyday Occupation: American Soldiers and Chinese Civilians in the Aftermath of World War II" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

May 28, 202655 min

Hannah Shepherd, "The Narrowing Sea: Fukuoka, Pusan, and the Rise and Fall of an Imperial Region" (U California Press, 2025)

May 27, 20261h 18m

David Faflik, "Segregation Games: Boston, Busing, and the Making of Red Sox Nation" (U Massachusetts Press, 2026)

May 27, 202641 min

Stuart Schrader, "Blue Power: How Police Organized to Serve and Protect Themselves" (Basic Books, 2026)

May 23, 20261h 24m

Mengqi Wang, "Anxious Homes: Inflexible Demand and China's Housing Market" (Cornell UP, 2026)

May 19, 20261h 6m

Kate Brown, "Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present and Future of the Self-Provisioning City" (W. W. Norton, 2026)

May 19, 202656 min
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