New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

2575 Episodes

1. David Lyon, "Surveillance: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford UP, 2024)

   Published: 1/8/2025
2. Rebecca Charbonneau, "Mixed Signals: Alien Communication Across the Iron Curtain" (Polity, 2024)

   Published: 1/8/2025
3. Why Teachers Turn to AI

   Published: 1/7/2025
4. Sarah B. Rodriguez, "The Love Surgeon: A Story of Trust, Harm, and the Limits of Medical Regulation" (Rutgers UP, 2020)

   Published: 1/7/2025
5. Joshua Brinkman on American Farming Culture and the History of Technology

   Published: 1/6/2025
6. Jean Burgess and Nancy K. Baym, "Twitter: A Biography" (NYU Press, 2020)

   Published: 1/4/2025
7. Nara Milanich, "Paternity: The Elusive Quest for the Father" (Harvard UP, 2019)

   Published: 1/4/2025
8. Patrick T. Reardon, "The Loop: The 'L' Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago" (Southern Illinois UP, 2020)

   Published: 1/3/2025
9. Frederick Crews, "Freud: The Making of an Illusion" (Picador, 2018)

   Published: 12/31/2024
10. Charles Foster, "Being a Human: Adventures in Forty Thousand Years of Consciousness" (Metropolitan Books, 2021)

    Published: 12/29/2024
11. Michael Bresalier, "Modern Flu: British Medical Science and the Viralisation of Influenza, 1890-1950" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023)

    Published: 12/27/2024
12. AI: How We Got Here in Three Powerful Tales

    Published: 12/26/2024
13. Josh Spodek, "Sustainability Simplified: The Definitive Guide to Solving All (Yes, All) Our Environmental Problems" (Amplify, 2025)

    Published: 12/23/2024
14. Nick Couldry, "The Space of the World: Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media and What If It Can't?" (Polity, 2024)

    Published: 12/23/2024
15. Matt Beane, "The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines" (HarperCollins, 2024)

    Published: 12/23/2024
16. Ulises Ali Mejias and Nick Couldry, "Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

    Published: 12/21/2024
17. Lindsay Weinberg, "Smart University: Student Surveillance in the Digital Age" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024)

    Published: 12/21/2024
18. Julien Mailland, "The Game That Never Ends: How Lawyers Shape the Videogame Industry" (MIT Press, 2024)

    Published: 12/21/2024
19. Chelsea Berry, "Poisoned Relations: Healing, Power, and Contested Knowledge in the Atlantic World" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

    Published: 12/20/2024
20. Luci Pangrazio and Neil Selwyn, "Critical Data Literacies: Rethinking Data and Everyday Life" (MIT Press, 2023)

    Published: 12/19/2024