Episode 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.
This is a copy of what I wrote for Yale University Press's blog. It is a pretty fair description of what goes on at Book Expo. The only thing I would add is that I seemed to spend a lot of time getting autographs from actors (I did take photos), a group not generally known for their literary stylings;)
Book Expo is the yearly gathering of the publishing industry. Part trade show, part fan event, part seminar, think of it as a bazaar for the literate. Almost every publisher in North America sends a representative or twenty, and everyone tries to get the signatures of their favorite authors, while trying to get away with wearing the most comfortable shoes possible, because multiple days standing on thin carpet above concrete will wear you down.
These are the cattle chutes, err, autograph lines. There are 28 lines, and the authors rotate through them every 30 minutes to an hour. Some authors are ticketed, which means that, in order to get in their line, you must have a free ticket that is given out at an absurdly early hour. For instance, this signing with Salman Rushdie (in the striking aqua shirt) was a ticketed event.
The first day is the educational event, in which people in different parts of the publishing industry speak about developments. This is a picture from last year's event in New York, in which Dan Lee, the show's executive producer, and I spoke about the development of the show.
Hey, it's the beginning of the month! You know I always have a lot of material at the start of the month. In this episode of the YPP, I speak with Josh Ozersky about the history of the American hamburger and Richard Thaler about the ideas of choice architecture and libertarian paternalism (you just have to listen to find out)
Anyway, the main show of the YPP runs 27:54 and can be heard by clicking here.
And here is the second half of the doubleheader. In this episode, I speak with Steve Fraser of Penn about how four archetypes of Wall Street tycoons have influenced the way Americans view the street and Jay Parini of Middlebury College about the importance and power poetry can have in our everyday lives.
Episode 14 runs 30:24 and can be heard by clicking here.
In this episode, I speak with Richard Sennett of the LSE about his new book on the art of craftsmanship and Gus Speth of the Yale Forestry School about the relationship between environmental crisis and free market capitalism.
I don't mind saying that the Richard Sennett book is really outstanding, and one that I have given some thought to about doing for The Invisible Hand.
The main show runs 34:52 and can be heard by clicking here.
The full Sennett interview runs 28:51 and can be heard by clicking here.
The full Speth interview runs 19:21 and can be heard by clicking here.
In this episode, I speak with Victoria Clark about the economic, political and theological ties between evangelical Christianity and Zionism and Daniel Solove about how the permanency and global reach of the internet has made gossip much more damaging.
The full show runs 31:04 and can be heard by clicking here.
The Clark interview runs 20:31 and can be heard by clicking here.
The Solove interview runs 25:04 and can be heard by clicking here.
It has been exactly one year since the first episode of the Yale show went out. From Julius Caesar and the YBOQ to American hotels and William Steig, it has been quite a year. As mentioned, in this episode, I speak with Andrew Sandoval-Strausz about the history of American hotels and Claudia Nahson about the William Steig exhibit at the Jewish Museum of New York.
The full show runs 29:38 and can be heard by clicking here.
The Sandoval-Strausz interview runs 21:16 and can be heard by clicking here.
The Claudia Nahson interview runs 16:13 can can be heard by clicking here.
It has been a great first year and I am very proud of the show. Here's to many more anniversaries!
Every once in a while, planets align and the gods are at peace, and in the calm, I am able to sneak in an episode of the Yale show. In this episode, I speak with Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones about the birth and development of the F.B.I. and Russell Korobkin about the legal and policy issues around stem cell therapies, one of the most interesting books I think I have done for Yale University Press.
Episode 10 runs 32:00 and can be heard by clicking here.
The full Jeffreys-Jones interview runs 21:12 and can be heard by clicking here.
The full Korobkin interviews runs 28:22 and can be heard by clicking here.
Yes, it's true, a new Yale show. If it seems like it has been a long time, it has been. The last one was posted in late July. There are several reasons for the delay, none of them more important than the others, but it feels really good to get one out, and I promise it won't take nearly as long to post the next one.
In this episode, I speak with Trita Parsi about the geopolitical history and currrent conflicts among Israel, Iran and the U.S. and James Prosek about the tenth anniversary of the Yale Angler's Journal.
Episode 9 runs 24:36 and can be heard by clicking here.
The Trita Parsi interview runs 20:27 and can be heard by clicking here.
The James Prosek interview runs 18:07 and can be heard by clicking here.
The July episode of the Yale Press Podcast is now live. In it, I speak with Michael Makovsky about Winston Churchill's views on the Zionist movement, Tennent Bagley about the Yuri Nosenko defection in 1964 and Emily Cockayne about filth and stench in early modern England. They were all great to speak with, but Tennent Bagley's interview is definitely one of the most interesting I've done. If you are into the history of the Cold War or American espionage, his is one juicy interview and leaves the listener with quite a puzzle.
Episode 8 runs 32:23 and can be heard by clicking here.
The Makovsky interview runs 14:48 and can be heard by clicking here.
The Bagley interview runs 22:39 and can be heard by clicking here.
The Cockayne interview runs 21:08 and can be heard by clicking here.
