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New Books in Public Policy

science · EN · 600 episodes

Audience: 18~2.2k on YouTube

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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.com⁠Subscribe 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: @newbooksnetworkSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy

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What is New Books in Public Policy about?

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.

What has New Books in Public Policy covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstream with Dixie Dillon Lane (Eerdmans, 2026)" (15 October 2026, 52 minutes), "Fictions of Freedom: Migration, Modern Slavery and Bureaucracy in India with Pankhuri Agarwal (Cambridge UP, 2026)" (14 October 2026, 47 minutes), and "Governance by Emulation: The Oversight Board, the Digital Services Act, and the Struggle for Platform Accountability with Moritz A. Schramm (Cambridge UP, 2026)" (14 October 2026, 44 minutes).

How often does New Books in Public Policy publish?

New Books in Public Policy publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 41 minutes across 600 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on New Books in Public Policy?

Booking probability for New Books in Public Policy is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. New Books in Public Policy requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. New Books in Public Policy's contact route on record: verified email.

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The strongest fits for New Books in Public Policy are Universities & Colleges and Economic Development & Regulation. New Books in Public Policy has a science audience and around 2,200 subscribers on YouTube.

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  • Episode #2161

    Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstream with Dixie Dillon Lane (Eerdmans, 2026)

    Oct 15, 202652 min

    Discover the untold story of why homeschooling moved from the margins to the mainstream of American education. In this groundbreaking study Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstream...

  • Episode #2158

    Fictions of Freedom: Migration, Modern Slavery and Bureaucracy in India with Pankhuri Agarwal (Cambridge UP, 2026)

    Oct 14, 202647 min

    Fictions of Freedom: Migration, Modern Slavery and Bureaucracy in India   (Cambridge UP, 2026) emerges from the fact of anti-trafficking interventions having led to newer forms of oppressions and entanglements...

  • Episode #2160

    Governance by Emulation: The Oversight Board, the Digital Services Act, and the Struggle for Platform Accountability with Moritz A. Schramm (Cambridge UP, 2026)

    Oct 14, 202644 min

    Social media giants like Meta and transnational regulators such as the European Union are transforming private governance by creatively emulating public law frameworks. Drawing on exclusive interviews and in-depth...

  • Episode #2159

    Hit Doctors: Care, Harm, and the Art of Survival with Sarah Brothers (U California Press, 2026)

    Oct 14, 20261h 1m

    As overdose deaths continue to mount and debates rage over harm reduction, drug policy, and homelessness,  Hit Doctors: Care, Harm, and the Art of Survival  (U California Press, 2026) offers a crucial...

  • Episode #2157

    Civil Societies, Uncivil States: Government Repression of NGOs with Suparna Chaudhry (Cornell UP, 2026)

    Oct 12, 202636 min

    Why would a government bother to go after groups that carry no weapons and hold no power? Suparna Chaudhry argues that the answer says a lot about where politics is heading. In Civil Societies and Civil States...

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  • Episode #2156

    The Technocratic International: Experts and the Making of a World from Nowhere with Jan Eijking (Oxford UP, 2026)

    Oct 9, 202640 min

    Most international organisations today-from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the World Health Organisation-present themselves as technical institutions separate from political concerns. And yet they are...

  • Episode #2153

    Down and Out in Utopia: Unemployment as Moral Education in Norway with Kelly McKowen (U Toronto Press, 2026)

    Oct 7, 202644 min

    Imagine that you have just lost your job. You wonder: “Who or what can I depend on now?” The answer, it turns out, varies significantly depending on where you live. In Norway, a small European social democracy, you...

  • Episode #2154

    A Healthy Union: How States Can Lead on Environmental Health with Susan Kaplan (Island Press, 2025)

    Oct 7, 202631 min

    In the absence of adequate federal safeguards against pollution and toxic chemicals, state policies are the strongest tools available to create safe, sustainable environments. The good news is, around the country, red...

  • Episode #2151

    Will AI Make Human Labor Obsolete? with Garrison Lovely

    Oct 4, 20261h 16m

    Today I’m speaking with Garrison Lovely, technology journalist and author of the new book, Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion Dollar Race to Replace Us — and How to Stop It (OR Books, 2026). Artificial intelligence is...

  • Episode #2150

    The Real Pain of Punishment: Prison, Belonging, and the Quest for Humanized Justice with Federica Coppola (Cambridge UP, 2026)

    Oct 3, 202629 min

    The Real Pain of Pu n ishment: Prison, Belonging, and the Quest for Humanized Justice  (Cambridge UP, 2026) highlights the concept of 'belonging' as an unprecedented lens for critically interrogating the...

  • Episode #2152

    India, China, and Climate Change Governance: Leadership and Responsibility in the Asian Global South with Amit Ranjan and Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska (Routledge, 2026)

    Oct 2, 202631 min

    Can we expect leadership and responsibility from the Asian Global South in climate change governance? India, China, and Climate Change Governance: Leadership and Responsibility in the Asian Global South (Routledge...

  • Episode #2149

    Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing with Rahim Kurwa (U California Press, 2025)

    Oct 2, 202654 min

    In this episode, Lilyanna D'Amato speaks with Rahim Kurwa about his book Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing   (U California Press, 2025), which examines the policing of housing in Los...

  • Episode #2147

    Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse with Laurie Parsons (LSE Press, 2026)

    Sep 26, 202635 min

    Climate action is at an impasse. Its political opponents are stronger than ever, its advocates powerless. Almost every major government and corporation expresses their commitment to tackling climate change, yet decades...

  • Episode #2148

    What Is Life Worth? New Edition with Reflections 25 Years After 9/11 with Kenneth R. Feinberg (Rivertowns, 2026)

    Sep 25, 202628 min

    Kenneth R. Feinberg's What is Life Worth? New Edition with Reflections 25 Years After 9/11 (Rivertown Books, 2026) shares the story that inspired the acclaimed motion picture Worth , told by the man behind the 9/11...

  • Episode #2146

    Marion Nestle and Lisa Sutherland, "Sugar Coated: Unboxing the Hidden Forces Shaping America's Favorite Breakfast Food" (U California Press, 2026)

    Sep 24, 202634 min

    In Sugar Coated: Unboxing the Hidden Forces Shaping America's Favorite Breakfast Food (U California Press, 2026), world-renowned food politics expert Marion Nestle joins forces with former cereal executive Lisa...

  • Episode #2145

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

    Sep 24, 202628 min

    For those concerned with how city hall can shape the look and feel of a neighborhood, the mere mention of zoning may invite denunciation of zoning practices that contributed substantially to the housing crisis and so...

  • Episode #2144

    Damian White and Nicholas Pevzner, "Designing the Just Transition: Design-Politics, Labor, and the Battle for Post-Carbon Futures" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

    Sep 20, 202631 min

    Environmental politics is clearly at an impasse, increasingly foreclosed by a fragmenting elite consensus on climate change, an escalating populist backlash on the right, and a pervasive sense of climate doom on the...

  • Episode #2143

    Brian L. Porto, "Twin States, Different Paths: The Politics of New Hampshire and Vermont" (U Mass Press, 2026)

    Sep 19, 202636 min

    At first glance, New Hampshire and Vermont seem like mirror images. Separated only by the Connecticut River, the oft-termed "Twin States" share a common history, relatively small populations, and heavily mountainous and...

  • Episode #67

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

    Sep 19, 202638 min

    The twenty-first century has seen major transformations in the US electricity sector—but while the use of coal power wanes and the need for renewable energy becomes more urgent, financial actors maintain a complicating...

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    R. Joshua Scannell, "The Carceral Surround" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

    Sep 12, 202637 min

    As law enforcement agencies deploy increasingly advanced technologies to suppress dissent, hunt migrants, and target marginalized communities, The Carceral Surround (U Minnesota Press, 2026) offers a powerful new...

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