New Books in Big Ideas

807 Episodes

1. John R. Gillis, “The Human Shore: Seacoasts in History” (University of Chicago Press, 2012)

   Published: 2/26/2014
2. John Hibbing et al., “Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences” (Routledge, 2013)

   Published: 2/24/2014
3. Joseph Uscinski, “The People’s News: Media, Politics, and the Demands of Capitalism” (NYU Press, 2014)

   Published: 2/8/2014
4. Brent Nongbri, “Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept” (Yale University Press, 2013)

   Published: 1/18/2014
5. Helene Landemore, “Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many” (Princeton UP, 2012)

   Published: 11/1/2013
6. A. David Redish, “The Mind Within the Brain” (Oxford UP, 2013)

   Published: 10/17/2013
7. Gayle Kaufman, “Superdads: How Fathers Balance Work and Family in the 21st Century” (NYU Press, 2013)

   Published: 9/19/2013
8. Mary Eberstadt, “How the West Really Lost God” (Templeton Press, 2013)

   Published: 9/7/2013
9. Jerome Kagan, “The Human Spark: The Science of Human Development” (Basic Books, 2013)

   Published: 9/2/2013
10. Hedrick Smith, “Who Stole the American Dream?” (Random House, 2012)

    Published: 8/23/2013
11. Elizabeth A. Armstrong and Laura T. Hamilton, “Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality” (Harvard UP, 2013)

    Published: 8/9/2013
12. Jonathan V. Last, “What to Expect When No One’s Expecting: America’s Coming Demographic Crisis” (Encounter Books, 2013)

    Published: 7/25/2013
13. Frans De Waal, “The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among Primates” (Norton, 2013)

    Published: 7/17/2013
14. John O. McGinnis, “Accelerating Democracy: Transforming Governance Through Technology” (Princeton UP, 2013)

    Published: 7/10/2013
15. Colin Gordon, “Growing Apart: A Political History of American Inequality” (Institute for Policy Studies, 2013)

    Published: 6/25/2013
16. Nicco Mele, “The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath” (St. Martin’s Press, 2013)

    Published: 6/24/2013
17. Clive Hamilton, “Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering” (Yale UP, 2013)

    Published: 6/20/2013
18. Jonathan Rauch, “Denial: My 25 Years Without a Soul” (The Atlantic Books, 2013)

    Published: 6/7/2013
19. Prasannan Parthasarathi, “Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600-1850” (Cambridge UP, 2011)

    Published: 6/7/2013
20. Elizabeth H. Pleck, “Not Just Roommates: Cohabitation after the Sexual Revolution” (Chicago UP, 2012)

    Published: 5/31/2013