3 new interviews for Harvard Press

LocinsOnefutHopbioAgain, a series of interviews that haven't been promoted on this site, so Harvard author interview fans, here is a triple play of Harvard Press authors

Lewis Lockwood on Inside Beethoven's Quartets: History, Performance, Interpretation. It runs 25:37 and can be heard by clicking here.

Robert O'Neil on Academic Freedom in the Wired World: Political Extremism, Corporate Power and the University. It runs 18:18 and can be heard by clicking here.

Janet Hope on Biobazaar: The Open Source Revolution and Biotechnology. It runs 14:21 and can be heard by clicking here.

Episode 11 of the MIT Press Podcast is now available

NotwilTrogomYup, this one just came out this morning. In this episode, I speak with Rosalind Williams about the new edition of her 1990 book, Notes on the Underground: An Essay on Technology, Society and the Imagination and Nicolás Wey-Goméz about his new book, The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies.

Episode 11 runs 33:57 and can be heard by clicking here.

Episode 5 of the UC Press Podcast is now live

PetnesBetnadI've been a little lax on getting some of the info out about new shows, sorry about that. Episode 5 has been out for a little while, so I need to get on the ball and announce that, in this episode, I speak with Marion Nestle, the author of Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine and Nalini Nadkarni about her new book, Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connections to Trees.

Episode 5 runs 29:20 and can be heard by clicking here.

Episode 16 of the Yale Press Podcast is now live

Futzit1948moEpisode 16 of the Yale Press Podcast went out last weekend. In it, I speak with Jonathan Zittrain about his new book, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It and Benny Morris about his new book, 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War.

Episode 16 runs 29:41 and can be heard by clicking here.

Episode 4 of the UC Press Podcast is now available

SolfleHeatayIn this episode I speak with Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Fernando Gapasin about their new book, Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice and Robert Davis about his new book, The Healthy Skeptic: Cutting Through the Hype About Your Health.

I haven't written a lot about the production of this show, but I will note that this is the first time I've done a show with one remote guest and one guest in studio, as Fernando Gapasin was here in Portland.

The show runs 41:16 (the Solidarity segment ran a little long) and can be heard by clicking here.