New Books in Big Ideas

793 Episodes

1. David J. Helfand, "The Universal Timekeepers: Reconstructing History Atom by Atom" (Columbia UP, 2023)

   Published: 8/7/2025
2. Ben Zweibelson, "Reconceptualizing War" (Helion, 2025)

   Published: 8/7/2025
3. Zack Cooper, "Tides of Fortune: The Rise and Decline of Great Militaries" (Yale UP, 2025)

   Published: 8/6/2025
4. Judith Grisel, "Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction" (Doubleday, 2019)

   Published: 8/4/2025
5. Lizzie Wade, "Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures" (Harper, 2025)

   Published: 8/4/2025
6. William Marx, "Libraries of the Mind" (Princeton UP, 2025)

   Published: 8/3/2025
7. Chris Washington, "Nonbinary Jane Austen" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)

   Published: 8/2/2025
8. The Nomadic Origin of the State

   Published: 8/1/2025
9. On Bullshit in AI

   Published: 7/31/2025
10. Dan-el Padilla Peralta, "Classicism and Other Phobias" (Princeton UP, 2025)

    Published: 7/30/2025
11. Book Talk 67 : The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science

    Published: 7/29/2025
12. Agathe Demarais, "Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests" (Columbia UP, 2022)

    Published: 7/25/2025
13. On Bullshit in Politics

    Published: 7/12/2025
14. Edward Tenner, "Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences" (APS Press, 2025)

    Published: 7/11/2025
15. Genocide Studies International Partners with New Books Network

    Published: 7/8/2025
16. The Truth About Bullshit: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Edition of On Bullshit with Pamela Hieronymi

    Published: 6/23/2025
17. Bernd Roeck, "The World at First Light: A New History of the Renaissance" (Princeton UP, 2025)

    Published: 6/22/2025
18. Elizabeth N. Saunders, "The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace" (Princeton UP, 2024)

    Published: 6/9/2025
19. Quinn Slobodian and Philip J. Stern on Political Economy

    Published: 6/5/2025
20. Robert Garland, "What to Expect When You're Dead: An Ancient Tour of Death and the Afterlife" (Princeton UP, 2025)

    Published: 6/2/2025