Show overview
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast has been publishing since 2009, and across the 17 years since has built a catalogue of 889 episodes. That works out to roughly 800 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 44 min and 1h 4m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 100 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 137 episodes published. Published by Marshall Poe.
Episodes
889
Running
2009–2026 · 17y
Median length
54 min
Cadence
Weekly
From the publisher
A series of interviews with authors of new books from Princeton University Press
Latest Episodes
View all 889 episodesThe Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries with Andrew Hui (Princeton UP, 2026)
Oct 6, 20261h 3m
Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger with A. Wess Mitchell (Princeton UP, 2025)
Sep 29, 202655 min
Driven to Their Knees: Humiliation in Contemporary Politics with Roxanne L. Euben (Princeton UP, 2025)
Sep 25, 202656 min
Arthur der Weduwen, "The Last Invasion of England: 1688 and the Dutch Armada" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Sep 22, 202656 min
Joshua Specht, "Property Values: The Rise and Fall of the American Homeowner" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Sep 21, 20261h 1m
Laura Portwood-Stacer, "The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors" (Princeton UP, 2021)
Sep 17, 202655 min
Mark Peterson, "The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Sep 14, 202638 min
James C. Nieh, "The Language of Bees" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Sep 14, 202658 min
William G. Howell and Terry M. Moe, "Trajectory of Power: The Rise of the Strongman Presidency" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Sep 10, 202653 min
Violaine Roussel, "Data-Driven Hollywood: The New Data Professionals in the Age of Streaming" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Sep 7, 20261h 9m
Sara McDougall, "Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Sep 7, 20261h 14m
Jonathan Quong, "Political Philosophy: The Puzzle of Legitimate Injustice" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Sep 3, 20261h 1m
The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars
Sep 3, 202659 min
An Honest Death: Life's End and Humanist Funerals with Matthew Engelke
Aug 28, 202654 min
Yuri Pines, "China's Aristocratic Age: Politics and Power in the Springs-and-Autumns Period" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Aug 27, 202646 min
How to Write a Book Proposal and Make Your Manuscript Work with Laura Portwood-Stacer
Aug 26, 202626 min
David Helvarg, "Forest of the Sea: The Remarkable Life and Imperiled Future of Kelp" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Aug 26, 202631 min
Paul Johnson, "Challenging Inequalities: How We Got Stuck and Where We Go Next" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Aug 26, 202650 min
Arturo Chang, "A New World of Revolutions: Popular Imaginations and Movements Across the Americas" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Aug 20, 202645 min
Bordering On Indifference: Immigration Agents Negotiating Race and Morality
Aug 13, 202651 min
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