New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

2465 Episodes

1. Brian Merchant, "Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech" (LIttle, Brown, 2023)

   Published: 3/10/2024
2. Christy Spackman, "The Taste of Water: Sensory Perception and the Making of an Industrialized Beverage" (U California Press, 2023)

   Published: 3/8/2024
3. Hsuan L. Hsu, "Air Conditioning" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

   Published: 3/8/2024
4. Mike Duggan, "All Mapped Out: How Maps Shape Us" (Reaktion Books, 2024)

   Published: 3/7/2024
5. Murray Dick, "The Infographic: A History of Data Graphics in News and Communications" (MIT Press, 2020)

   Published: 3/7/2024
6. Joanna Crosby, "Apples and Orchards Since the Eighteenth Century: Material Innovation and Cultural Tradition" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

   Published: 3/5/2024
7. Robert Charette on Researching the Material World

   Published: 3/4/2024
8. Francesca Sobande, "Big Brands Are Watching You: Marketing Social Justice and Digital Culture" (U California Press, 2024)

   Published: 3/3/2024
9. Verity Harding, "AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own" (Princeton UP, 2024)

   Published: 3/1/2024
10. Carol Beggy, "Pencil" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

    Published: 2/28/2024
11. Sara J. Grossman, "Immeasurable Weather: Meteorological Data and Settler Colonialism from 1820 to Hurricane Sandy" (Duke UP, 2023)

    Published: 2/28/2024
12. The Taste of Water: A Conversation with Christy Spackman

    Published: 2/26/2024
13. Yanis Varoufakis, "Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism" (Melville House, 2023)

    Published: 2/26/2024
14. Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, "Experiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam" (Duke UP, 2021)

    Published: 2/26/2024
15. Paul Scharre, "Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (Norton, 2023)

    Published: 2/24/2024
16. What Does It Even Mean for a Machine to Generate?

    Published: 2/24/2024
17. Jacob Ward, "Visions of a Digital Nation: Market and Monopoly in British Telecommunications" (MIT Press, 2024)

    Published: 2/23/2024
18. Neil Lee, "Innovation for the Masses: How to Share the Benefits of the High-Tech Economy" (U California Press, 2024)

    Published: 2/21/2024
19. Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson, "American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15" (FSG, 2023)

    Published: 2/20/2024
20. Nate Klemp, "Open: Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World" (Sounds True, 2024)

    Published: 2/19/2024