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New Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyMatthew Hongoltz-Hetling, "The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking Science" (PublicAffairs, 2025)In this episode, New Books Network host Nina Bo Wagner talks to Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling about his recently published book The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking Science (PublicAffairs, 2025). They talk about the process of writing the book, including delving deep into the local paranomal community in New Hampshire.
The book contrasts profound institutional distrust effecting higher education policy and scientific literacy, with a desperate grapple for community through paranormal beliefs. It portrays the Kitt Research Initiative, established in 2010, with the mission to use scientific method to document the existence of spirits. Founder An...
2025-07-081h 07
New Books in World AffairsYaroslav Hrytsak, "Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation" (PublicAffairs, 2024)When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the “creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society” that is contemporary Ukraine. In this timely and original history, a bestseller in Ukraine, the historian Yaroslav Hrytsak tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts, and developments that have shaped it over the course of centuries.
Hrytsak, is a Ukrainian historian and public intellectual. Professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University and Honorary Professor of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Hrytsak has taught at Columbia and Harvard Universities and was a gues...
2025-06-251h 24
New Books in Political ScienceYaroslav Hrytsak, "Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation" (PublicAffairs, 2024)When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the “creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society” that is contemporary Ukraine. In this timely and original history, a bestseller in Ukraine, the historian Yaroslav Hrytsak tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts, and developments that have shaped it over the course of centuries.
Hrytsak, is a Ukrainian historian and public intellectual. Professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University and Honorary Professor of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Hrytsak has taught at Columbia and Harvard Universities and was a gues...
2025-06-251h 24
New Books in Diplomatic HistoryYaroslav Hrytsak, "Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation" (PublicAffairs, 2024)When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the “creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society” that is contemporary Ukraine. In this timely and original history, a bestseller in Ukraine, the historian Yaroslav Hrytsak tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts, and developments that have shaped it over the course of centuries.
Hrytsak, is a Ukrainian historian and public intellectual. Professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University and Honorary Professor of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Hrytsak has taught at Columbia and Harvard Universities and was a gues...
2025-06-251h 24
New Books in HistoryYaroslav Hrytsak, "Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation" (PublicAffairs, 2024)When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the “creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society” that is contemporary Ukraine. In this timely and original history, a bestseller in Ukraine, the historian Yaroslav Hrytsak tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts, and developments that have shaped it over the course of centuries.
Hrytsak, is a Ukrainian historian and public intellectual. Professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University and Honorary Professor of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Hrytsak has taught at Columbia and Harvard Universities and was a gues...
2025-06-251h 18
New Books in Eastern European StudiesYaroslav Hrytsak, "Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation" (PublicAffairs, 2024)When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the “creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society” that is contemporary Ukraine. In this timely and original history, a bestseller in Ukraine, the historian Yaroslav Hrytsak tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts, and developments that have shaped it over the course of centuries.
Hrytsak, is a Ukrainian historian and public intellectual. Professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University and Honorary Professor of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Hrytsak has taught at Columbia and Harvard Universities and was a gues...
2025-06-251h 24
New Books in European PoliticsYaroslav Hrytsak, "Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation" (PublicAffairs, 2024)When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the “creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society” that is contemporary Ukraine. In this timely and original history, a bestseller in Ukraine, the historian Yaroslav Hrytsak tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts, and developments that have shaped it over the course of centuries.
Hrytsak, is a Ukrainian historian and public intellectual. Professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University and Honorary Professor of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Hrytsak has taught at Columbia and Harvard Universities and was a gues...
2025-06-251h 18
New Books in Russian and Eurasian StudiesYaroslav Hrytsak, "Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation" (PublicAffairs, 2024)When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the “creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society” that is contemporary Ukraine. In this timely and original history, a bestseller in Ukraine, the historian Yaroslav Hrytsak tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts, and developments that have shaped it over the course of centuries.
Hrytsak, is a Ukrainian historian and public intellectual. Professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University and Honorary Professor of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Hrytsak has taught at Columbia and Harvard Universities and was a gues...
2025-06-251h 18
New Books in Ukrainian StudiesYaroslav Hrytsak, "Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation" (PublicAffairs, 2024)When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the “creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society” that is contemporary Ukraine. In this timely and original history, a bestseller in Ukraine, the historian Yaroslav Hrytsak tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts, and developments that have shaped it over the course of centuries.
Hrytsak, is a Ukrainian historian and public intellectual. Professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University and Honorary Professor of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Hrytsak has taught at Columbia and Harvard Universities and was a gues...
2025-06-251h 18New Books in World AffairsDmitri Alperovitch, "World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century" (PublicAffairs, 2024)In his book World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century (PublicAffairs, 2024), Dmitri Alperovitch (with Garrett M. Graff) argues that the United States is in a “Cold War II” with China, and lays out a set of policy recommendations for how the US can win this new Cold War.Alperovitch is currently the Founder and Executive Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, a think tank focused on “advancing American prosperity and global leadership in the 21st century and beyond.” Before moving into the think tank world, Alperovitch was the CTO and co-founde...
2024-07-0648 minNew Books in Diplomatic HistoryDmitri Alperovitch, "World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century" (PublicAffairs, 2024)In his book World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century (PublicAffairs, 2024), Dmitri Alperovitch (with Garrett M. Graff) argues that the United States is in a “Cold War II” with China, and lays out a set of policy recommendations for how the US can win this new Cold War.Alperovitch is currently the Founder and Executive Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, a think tank focused on “advancing American prosperity and global leadership in the 21st century and beyond.” Before moving into the think tank world, Alperovitch was the CTO and co-founde...
2024-07-0650 min
New Books in Politics and PolemicsDmitri Alperovitch, "World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century" (PublicAffairs, 2024)In his book World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century (PublicAffairs, 2024), Dmitri Alperovitch (with Garrett M. Graff) argues that the United States is in a “Cold War II” with China, and lays out a set of policy recommendations for how the US can win this new Cold War.Alperovitch is currently the Founder and Executive Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, a think tank focused on “advancing American prosperity and global leadership in the 21st century and beyond.” Before moving into the think tank world, Alperovitch was the CTO and co-founde...
2024-07-0648 minNew Books in Political ScienceDmitri Alperovitch, "World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century" (PublicAffairs, 2024)In his book World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century (PublicAffairs, 2024), Dmitri Alperovitch (with Garrett M. Graff) argues that the United States is in a “Cold War II” with China, and lays out a set of policy recommendations for how the US can win this new Cold War.Alperovitch is currently the Founder and Executive Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, a think tank focused on “advancing American prosperity and global leadership in the 21st century and beyond.” Before moving into the think tank world, Alperovitch was the CTO and co-founde...
2024-07-0648 min
New Books in National SecurityDmitri Alperovitch, "World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century" (PublicAffairs, 2024)In his book World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century (PublicAffairs, 2024), Dmitri Alperovitch (with Garrett M. Graff) argues that the United States is in a “Cold War II” with China, and lays out a set of policy recommendations for how the US can win this new Cold War.Alperovitch is currently the Founder and Executive Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, a think tank focused on “advancing American prosperity and global leadership in the 21st century and beyond.” Before moving into the think tank world, Alperovitch was the CTO and co-founde...
2024-07-0648 min
NBN Book of the DayDmitri Alperovitch, "World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century" (PublicAffairs, 2024)In his book World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century (PublicAffairs, 2024), Dmitri Alperovitch (with Garrett M. Graff) argues that the United States is in a “Cold War II” with China, and lays out a set of policy recommendations for how the US can win this new Cold War.Alperovitch is currently the Founder and Executive Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, a think tank focused on “advancing American prosperity and global leadership in the 21st century and beyond.” Before moving into the think tank world, Alperovitch was the CTO and co-founde...
2024-07-0648 min
New Books in Big IdeasDmitri Alperovitch, "World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century" (PublicAffairs, 2024)In his book World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century (PublicAffairs, 2024), Dmitri Alperovitch (with Garrett M. Graff) argues that the United States is in a “Cold War II” with China, and lays out a set of policy recommendations for how the US can win this new Cold War.Alperovitch is currently the Founder and Executive Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, a think tank focused on “advancing American prosperity and global leadership in the 21st century and beyond.” Before moving into the think tank world, Alperovitch was the CTO and co-founde...
2024-07-0648 min
New Books in EconomicsNick Romeo, "The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy" (PublicAffairs, 2024)Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed: a provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy.Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable side effect of economic growth; people are selfish and will only behave well with th...
2024-02-0732 minNBN Book of the DayNick Romeo, "The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy" (PublicAffairs, 2024)Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed: a provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy.Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable side effect of economic growth; people are selfish and will only behave well with th...
2024-02-0732 min
New Books in Critical TheoryNick Romeo, "The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy" (PublicAffairs, 2024)Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed: a provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy.Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable side effect of economic growth; people are selfish and will only behave well with th...
2024-02-0732 min
New Books in FinanceNick Romeo, "The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy" (PublicAffairs, 2024)Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed: a provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy.Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable side effect of economic growth; people are selfish and will only behave well with th...
2024-02-0732 minNew Books in Big IdeasNick Romeo, "The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy" (PublicAffairs, 2024)Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed: a provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy.Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable side effect of economic growth; people are selfish and will only behave well with th...
2024-02-0729 min
New Books in Public PolicyNick Romeo, "The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy" (PublicAffairs, 2024)Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed: a provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy.Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable side effect of economic growth; people are selfish and will only behave well with th...
2024-02-0732 minNBN Book of the DayLinda Kinstler, "Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends" (PublicAffairs, 2023)In 1965, five years after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, one of his Mossad abductors was sent back to South America to kill another fugitive Nazi, the so-called “butcher of Riga,” Latvian Herberts Cukurs. Cukurs was shot. On his corpse, the assassins left pages from the closing speech of the chief British prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg:“After this ordeal to which mankind has been submitted, mankind itself . . . comes to this Court and cries: ‘These are our laws—let them prevail!’”Years later, the Latvian prosecutor general began investigating the possibility of...
2023-10-2643 min
New Books in Genocide StudiesLinda Kinstler, "Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends" (PublicAffairs, 2023)In 1965, five years after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, one of his Mossad abductors was sent back to South America to kill another fugitive Nazi, the so-called “butcher of Riga,” Latvian Herberts Cukurs. Cukurs was shot. On his corpse, the assassins left pages from the closing speech of the chief British prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg:“After this ordeal to which mankind has been submitted, mankind itself . . . comes to this Court and cries: ‘These are our laws—let them prevail!’”Years later, the Latvian prosecutor general began investigating the possibility of...
2023-10-2643 min
New Books in German StudiesLinda Kinstler, "Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends" (PublicAffairs, 2023)In 1965, five years after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, one of his Mossad abductors was sent back to South America to kill another fugitive Nazi, the so-called “butcher of Riga,” Latvian Herberts Cukurs. Cukurs was shot. On his corpse, the assassins left pages from the closing speech of the chief British prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg:“After this ordeal to which mankind has been submitted, mankind itself . . . comes to this Court and cries: ‘These are our laws—let them prevail!’”Years later, the Latvian prosecutor general began investigating the possibility of...
2023-10-2643 min
New Books in Israel StudiesLinda Kinstler, "Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends" (PublicAffairs, 2023)In 1965, five years after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, one of his Mossad abductors was sent back to South America to kill another fugitive Nazi, the so-called “butcher of Riga,” Latvian Herberts Cukurs. Cukurs was shot. On his corpse, the assassins left pages from the closing speech of the chief British prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg:“After this ordeal to which mankind has been submitted, mankind itself . . . comes to this Court and cries: ‘These are our laws—let them prevail!’”Years later, the Latvian prosecutor general began investigating the possibility of...
2023-10-2643 min
New Books in Military HistoryLinda Kinstler, "Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends" (PublicAffairs, 2023)In 1965, five years after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, one of his Mossad abductors was sent back to South America to kill another fugitive Nazi, the so-called “butcher of Riga,” Latvian Herberts Cukurs. Cukurs was shot. On his corpse, the assassins left pages from the closing speech of the chief British prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg:“After this ordeal to which mankind has been submitted, mankind itself . . . comes to this Court and cries: ‘These are our laws—let them prevail!’”Years later, the Latvian prosecutor general began investigating the possibility of...
2023-10-2643 minNew Books in Eastern European StudiesLinda Kinstler, "Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends" (PublicAffairs, 2023)In 1965, five years after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, one of his Mossad abductors was sent back to South America to kill another fugitive Nazi, the so-called “butcher of Riga,” Latvian Herberts Cukurs. Cukurs was shot. On his corpse, the assassins left pages from the closing speech of the chief British prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg:“After this ordeal to which mankind has been submitted, mankind itself . . . comes to this Court and cries: ‘These are our laws—let them prevail!’”Years later, the Latvian prosecutor general began investigating the possibility of...
2023-10-2643 min
New Books in Jewish StudiesLinda Kinstler, "Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends" (PublicAffairs, 2023)In 1965, five years after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, one of his Mossad abductors was sent back to South America to kill another fugitive Nazi, the so-called “butcher of Riga,” Latvian Herberts Cukurs. Cukurs was shot. On his corpse, the assassins left pages from the closing speech of the chief British prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg:“After this ordeal to which mankind has been submitted, mankind itself . . . comes to this Court and cries: ‘These are our laws—let them prevail!’”Years later, the Latvian prosecutor general began investigating the possibility of...
2023-10-2643 min
New Books with Miranda MelcherLinda Kinstler, "Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends" (PublicAffairs, 2023)In 1965, five years after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, one of his Mossad abductors was sent back to South America to kill another fugitive Nazi, the so-called “butcher of Riga,” Latvian Herberts Cukurs. Cukurs was shot. On his corpse, the assassins left pages from the closing speech of the chief British prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg:“After this ordeal to which mankind has been submitted, mankind itself . . . comes to this Court and cries: ‘These are our laws—let them prevail!’”Years later, the Latvian prosecutor general began investigating the possibility of...
2023-10-2643 min
Van Leer Institute Series on IdeasTara Isabella Burton, "Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians" (PublicAffairs, 2023)In a technologically-saturated era where nearly everything can be effortlessly and digitally reproduced, we're all hungry to carve out our own unique personalities, our own bespoke personae, to stand out and be seen.As the forces of social media and capitalism collide, and individualism becomes more important than ever across a wide array of industries, "branding ourselves" or actively defining our selves for others has become the norm. Yet, this phenomenon is not new. In Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians (PublicAffairs, 2023), Tara Isabella Burton shows us how we arrived at this moment of...
2023-07-2733 min
New Books in Popular CultureTara Isabella Burton, "Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians" (PublicAffairs, 2023)In a technologically-saturated era where nearly everything can be effortlessly and digitally reproduced, we're all hungry to carve out our own unique personalities, our own bespoke personae, to stand out and be seen.As the forces of social media and capitalism collide, and individualism becomes more important than ever across a wide array of industries, "branding ourselves" or actively defining our selves for others has become the norm. Yet, this phenomenon is not new. In Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians (PublicAffairs, 2023), Tara Isabella Burton shows us how we arrived at this moment of...
2023-07-2733 min
New Books In Public HealthMatthew Remski et al., "Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a much-needed analysis of wellness, new age, and yoga influencers who’ve gone down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories about personal and public health. Authors Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker offer a sophisticated analysis of the emotional concerns that fuel conspiracy thinking, whether among right-wing QANON alarmists or progressive back-to-earth yoga practitioners. Religious studies scholars especially will benefit from their careful and rigorous analysis, but more broadly, Conspirituality will help readers recognize wellness grifts, engage with loved ones who've fallen under the influence, and c...
2023-05-211h 19
New Books in ReligionMatthew Remski et al., "Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a much-needed analysis of wellness, new age, and yoga influencers who’ve gone down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories about personal and public health. Authors Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker offer a sophisticated analysis of the emotional concerns that fuel conspiracy thinking, whether among right-wing QANON alarmists or progressive back-to-earth yoga practitioners. Religious studies scholars especially will benefit from their careful and rigorous analysis, but more broadly, Conspirituality will help readers recognize wellness grifts, engage with loved ones who've fallen under the influence, and c...
2023-05-211h 19New Books in Politics and PolemicsMatthew Remski et al., "Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a much-needed analysis of wellness, new age, and yoga influencers who’ve gone down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories about personal and public health. Authors Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker offer a sophisticated analysis of the emotional concerns that fuel conspiracy thinking, whether among right-wing QANON alarmists or progressive back-to-earth yoga practitioners. Religious studies scholars especially will benefit from their careful and rigorous analysis, but more broadly, Conspirituality will help readers recognize wellness grifts, engage with loved ones who've fallen under the influence, and c...
2023-05-211h 19
New Books in PsychologyMatthew Remski et al., "Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a much-needed analysis of wellness, new age, and yoga influencers who’ve gone down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories about personal and public health. Authors Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker offer a sophisticated analysis of the emotional concerns that fuel conspiracy thinking, whether among right-wing QANON alarmists or progressive back-to-earth yoga practitioners. Religious studies scholars especially will benefit from their careful and rigorous analysis, but more broadly, Conspirituality will help readers recognize wellness grifts, engage with loved ones who've fallen under the influence, and c...
2023-05-211h 19
New Books in East Asian StudiesJames M. Zimmerman, "The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law to John D. Rockefeller Jr. and daughter of Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, joked in a letter to her sister that she had an easy out for any boring conversation: For the rest of my life, when I am ‘stalled’ conversationally, it would be a wonderful thing to fall back on: ‘Oh, I must tell you about the time I was captured by Chinese bandits.’Aldrich was one of many foreign grandees traveling on a 1923 Beijing-bound train from Shanghai, captured by the Shandong Provisional Army, a ragtag group of bandits who hoped the American...
2023-05-1148 minNew Books in Diplomatic HistoryJames M. Zimmerman, "The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law to John D. Rockefeller Jr. and daughter of Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, joked in a letter to her sister that she had an easy out for any boring conversation: For the rest of my life, when I am ‘stalled’ conversationally, it would be a wonderful thing to fall back on: ‘Oh, I must tell you about the time I was captured by Chinese bandits.’Aldrich was one of many foreign grandees traveling on a 1923 Beijing-bound train from Shanghai, captured by the Shandong Provisional Army, a ragtag group of bandits who hoped the American...
2023-05-1148 min
New Books in Chinese StudiesJames M. Zimmerman, "The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law to John D. Rockefeller Jr. and daughter of Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, joked in a letter to her sister that she had an easy out for any boring conversation: For the rest of my life, when I am ‘stalled’ conversationally, it would be a wonderful thing to fall back on: ‘Oh, I must tell you about the time I was captured by Chinese bandits.’Aldrich was one of many foreign grandees traveling on a 1923 Beijing-bound train from Shanghai, captured by the Shandong Provisional Army, a ragtag group of bandits who hoped the American...
2023-05-1148 min
Asian Review of BooksJames M. Zimmerman, "The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law to John D. Rockefeller Jr. and daughter of Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, joked in a letter to her sister that she had an easy out for any boring conversation: For the rest of my life, when I am ‘stalled’ conversationally, it would be a wonderful thing to fall back on: ‘Oh, I must tell you about the time I was captured by Chinese bandits.’Aldrich was one of many foreign grandees traveling on a 1923 Beijing-bound train from Shanghai, captured by the Shandong Provisional Army, a ragtag group of bandits who hoped the American...
2023-05-1148 minNew Books in Critical TheoryDaron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a groundbreaking work by bestselling authors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, in which they challenge conventional wisdom about the role of technology in driving prosperity. The authors argue that technology is not a neutral force working in the public interest but is shaped by the interests and beliefs of the powerful. Those who control technology are the ones who benefit from it, leaving the rest of society with the illusion of progress.The authors provide a historical account of how technological choices have shaped the co...
2023-05-0746 minNew Books in Big IdeasDaron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a groundbreaking work by bestselling authors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, in which they challenge conventional wisdom about the role of technology in driving prosperity. The authors argue that technology is not a neutral force working in the public interest but is shaped by the interests and beliefs of the powerful. Those who control technology are the ones who benefit from it, leaving the rest of society with the illusion of progress.The authors provide a historical account of how technological choices have shaped the co...
2023-05-0543 min
New Books in Economic and Business HistoryDaron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a groundbreaking work by bestselling authors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, in which they challenge conventional wisdom about the role of technology in driving prosperity. The authors argue that technology is not a neutral force working in the public interest but is shaped by the interests and beliefs of the powerful. Those who control technology are the ones who benefit from it, leaving the rest of society with the illusion of progress.The authors provide a historical account of how technological choices have shaped the co...
2023-05-0546 minNew Books in Politics and PolemicsDaron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a groundbreaking work by bestselling authors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, in which they challenge conventional wisdom about the role of technology in driving prosperity. The authors argue that technology is not a neutral force working in the public interest but is shaped by the interests and beliefs of the powerful. Those who control technology are the ones who benefit from it, leaving the rest of society with the illusion of progress.The authors provide a historical account of how technological choices have shaped the co...
2023-05-0546 minNBN Book of the DayDaron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a groundbreaking work by bestselling authors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, in which they challenge conventional wisdom about the role of technology in driving prosperity. The authors argue that technology is not a neutral force working in the public interest but is shaped by the interests and beliefs of the powerful. Those who control technology are the ones who benefit from it, leaving the rest of society with the illusion of progress.The authors provide a historical account of how technological choices have shaped the co...
2023-05-0546 minNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyDaron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a groundbreaking work by bestselling authors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, in which they challenge conventional wisdom about the role of technology in driving prosperity. The authors argue that technology is not a neutral force working in the public interest but is shaped by the interests and beliefs of the powerful. Those who control technology are the ones who benefit from it, leaving the rest of society with the illusion of progress.The authors provide a historical account of how technological choices have shaped the co...
2023-05-0546 min
New Books in Medieval HistoryDaron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a groundbreaking work by bestselling authors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, in which they challenge conventional wisdom about the role of technology in driving prosperity. The authors argue that technology is not a neutral force working in the public interest but is shaped by the interests and beliefs of the powerful. Those who control technology are the ones who benefit from it, leaving the rest of society with the illusion of progress.The authors provide a historical account of how technological choices have shaped the co...
2023-05-0543 min
New Books in Early Modern HistoryDaron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a groundbreaking work by bestselling authors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, in which they challenge conventional wisdom about the role of technology in driving prosperity. The authors argue that technology is not a neutral force working in the public interest but is shaped by the interests and beliefs of the powerful. Those who control technology are the ones who benefit from it, leaving the rest of society with the illusion of progress.The authors provide a historical account of how technological choices have shaped the co...
2023-05-0546 minNew Books in EconomicsDaron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a groundbreaking work by bestselling authors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, in which they challenge conventional wisdom about the role of technology in driving prosperity. The authors argue that technology is not a neutral force working in the public interest but is shaped by the interests and beliefs of the powerful. Those who control technology are the ones who benefit from it, leaving the rest of society with the illusion of progress.The authors provide a historical account of how technological choices have shaped the co...
2023-05-0546 min
New Books in TechnologyDaron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" (PublicAffairs, 2023)Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a groundbreaking work by bestselling authors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, in which they challenge conventional wisdom about the role of technology in driving prosperity. The authors argue that technology is not a neutral force working in the public interest but is shaped by the interests and beliefs of the powerful. Those who control technology are the ones who benefit from it, leaving the rest of society with the illusion of progress.The authors provide a historical account of how technological choices have shaped the co...
2023-05-0544 min
New Books in Business, Management, and MarketingM. Johnson and T. Misiaszek, "Branding That Means Business: How to Build Enduring Bonds Between Brands, Consumers & Markets" (PublicAffairs, 2022)Today I talked to Matt Johnson about his book (co-authored with Tessa Misiaszek) Branding That Means Business: How to Build Enduring Bonds Between Brands, Consumers & Markets (PublicAffairs, 2022)Too often companies look down the road, trying to future-proof their business when it fact they should be clueing-in on the fundamentals of human nature to stay aligned with the eternal verities of their consumers. So argues Matt Johnson, pointing out for instance our desire to belong (leveraged by Airbnb) or longing for happiness (leveraged by Disney, among others). This episode covers a lot of ground. It races from companies tr...
2023-04-2027 minNew Books in PsychologyM. Johnson and T. Misiaszek, "Branding That Means Business: How to Build Enduring Bonds Between Brands, Consumers & Markets" (PublicAffairs, 2022)Today I talked to Matt Johnson about his book (co-authored with Tessa Misiaszek) Branding That Means Business: How to Build Enduring Bonds Between Brands, Consumers & Markets (PublicAffairs, 2022)Too often companies look down the road, trying to future-proof their business when it fact they should be clueing-in on the fundamentals of human nature to stay aligned with the eternal verities of their consumers. So argues Matt Johnson, pointing out for instance our desire to belong (leveraged by Airbnb) or longing for happiness (leveraged by Disney, among others). This episode covers a lot of ground. It races from companies tr...
2023-04-2029 min
Dan Hill's EQ SpotlightM. Johnson and T. Misiaszek, "Branding That Means Business: How to Build Enduring Bonds Between Brands, Consumers & Markets" (PublicAffairs, 2022)Today I talked to Matt Johnson about his book (co-authored with Tessa Misiaszek) Branding That Means Business: How to Build Enduring Bonds Between Brands, Consumers & Markets (PublicAffairs, 2022)Too often companies look down the road, trying to future-proof their business when it fact they should be clueing-in on the fundamentals of human nature to stay aligned with the eternal verities of their consumers. So argues Matt Johnson, pointing out for instance our desire to belong (leveraged by Airbnb) or longing for happiness (leveraged by Disney, among others). This episode covers a lot of ground. It races from companies tr...
2023-04-2029 min
New Books in JournalismJeffrey E. Stern, "The Mercenary: A Story of Brotherhood and Terror in the Afghanistan War" (PublicAffairs, 2023)In the early days of the Afghanistan war, Jeff Stern was scouring the streets of Kabul for a big story. He was accompanied by a driver, Aimal, who had ambitions of his own: to get rich off the sudden infusion of foreign attention and cash.In this gripping adventure story, Stern writes of how he and Aimal navigated an environment full of guns and danger and opportunity, and how they forged a deep bond.Then Stern got a call that changed everything. He discovered that Aimal had become an arms dealer, and was ultimately forced...
2023-04-181h 00New Books in Military HistoryJeffrey E. Stern, "The Mercenary: A Story of Brotherhood and Terror in the Afghanistan War" (PublicAffairs, 2023)In the early days of the Afghanistan war, Jeff Stern was scouring the streets of Kabul for a big story. He was accompanied by a driver, Aimal, who had ambitions of his own: to get rich off the sudden infusion of foreign attention and cash.In this gripping adventure story, Stern writes of how he and Aimal navigated an environment full of guns and danger and opportunity, and how they forged a deep bond.Then Stern got a call that changed everything. He discovered that Aimal had become an arms dealer, and was ultimately forced...
2023-04-181h 03
New Books in African American StudiesJeremi Suri, "Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy" (PublicAffairs, 2022)In 1865, the Confederacy was defeated, but the military victory did not end the tensions of the war or signal acceptance of a new, more equal nation. In Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy (PublicAffairs, 2022), Jeremi Suri argues that, instead, efforts to bolster white supremacy began immediately. The big questions and conflicts of the Civil War lingered, continuing to cause other types of conflict among Americans. From conflicting interpretations of Abraham Lincoln's assassination by John Wilkes Booth to postwar riots to contested elections and stymied presidential agendas, Suri shows how the battles of the Ci...
2022-11-0257 min
New Books in American PoliticsJeremi Suri, "Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy" (PublicAffairs, 2022)In 1865, the Confederacy was defeated, but the military victory did not end the tensions of the war or signal acceptance of a new, more equal nation. In Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy (PublicAffairs, 2022), Jeremi Suri argues that, instead, efforts to bolster white supremacy began immediately. The big questions and conflicts of the Civil War lingered, continuing to cause other types of conflict among Americans. From conflicting interpretations of Abraham Lincoln's assassination by John Wilkes Booth to postwar riots to contested elections and stymied presidential agendas, Suri shows how the battles of the Ci...
2022-11-0257 minNew Books in Politics and PolemicsJeremi Suri, "Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy" (PublicAffairs, 2022)In 1865, the Confederacy was defeated, but the military victory did not end the tensions of the war or signal acceptance of a new, more equal nation. In Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy (PublicAffairs, 2022), Jeremi Suri argues that, instead, efforts to bolster white supremacy began immediately. The big questions and conflicts of the Civil War lingered, continuing to cause other types of conflict among Americans. From conflicting interpretations of Abraham Lincoln's assassination by John Wilkes Booth to postwar riots to contested elections and stymied presidential agendas, Suri shows how the battles of the Ci...
2022-11-0257 minNew Books in Public PolicyRan Abramitzky and Leah Boustan, "Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success" (PublicAffairs, 2022)In Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success (PublicAffairs, 2022), Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan reveal the true story of immigration and the American economy, debunking myths perpetuated by the media and inflamed by political rhetoric. Through this authoritative account of the historical record and important new findings, Abramitzky and Boustan will help shape our thinking and policies about the fraught topic of immigration with findings such as: ·Where you come from doesn't matter. The children of immigrants from El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala today are as likely to be as successful as the children of immigrants from Great Britai...
2022-06-0152 min
公共八卦PublicAffairs07 减碳时代，是时候和互联网大厂聊聊社会责任 互联网大平台本质上是追求盈利的公司，但它们近年来一直在深度重塑造我们的生活，改变了很多衣食住行、交易买卖的方式，越来越趋近一个公共空间、公共环境塑造者的角色。在减碳的时代，它们是否能意识到也对整个环境负有自己那部分责任？本期公共八卦通过绿色和平NGO，和您一起八卦大厂的社会责任事业干得怎么样。本期您将了解，互联网平台和公共环境到底有什么关系；哪家公司做的好，以及为什么；普通人面对被互联网公司重塑的生活需要了解什么。 本期主播：阿栗 阿星 本期嘉宾：唐大旻（绿色和平） 本期资料： 《平台上的权与责：平台企业环境治理责任履责现状分析与前景展望》 《中国数字基建的脱碳之路：数据中心与5G减碳潜力与挑战（2020-2035）》
2022-03-1355 min公共八卦PublicAffairs07 减碳时代，是时候和互联网大厂聊聊社会责任
互联网大平台本质上是追求盈利的公司，但它们近年来一直在深度重塑造我们的生活，改变了很多衣食住行、交易买卖的方式，越来越趋近一个公共空间、公共环境塑造者的角色。在减碳的时代，它们是否能意识到也对整个环境负有自己那部分责任？本期公共八卦通过绿色和平NGO，和您一起八卦大厂的社会责任事业干得怎么样。本期您将了解，互联网平台和公共环境到底有什么关系；哪家公司做的好，以及为什么；普通人面对被互联网公司重塑的生活需要了解什么。
本期主播：阿栗 阿星
本期嘉宾：唐大旻（绿色和平）
本期资料：
《平台上的权与责：平台企业环境治理责任履责现状分析与前景展望》
《中国数字基建的脱碳之路：数据中心与5G减碳潜力与挑战（2020-2035）》
2022-03-1355 min
New Books in Environmental StudiesBrian Fagan and Nadia Durrani, "Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival from Our Ancestors" (PublicAffairs, 2021)Human-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of climate instability. The results have not always been pretty. From Ancient Egypt to Rome to the Maya, some of history's mightiest civilizations have been felled by pestilence and glacial melt and drought.The challenges are no less great today. We face hurricanes and megafires and food shortages and more. But we have one powerful advantage as we face our current crisis: the past. Our knowledge of ancient climates has advanced tremendously in the last decade, to the...
2022-01-2155 minNew Books in World AffairsBrian Fagan and Nadia Durrani, "Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival from Our Ancestors" (PublicAffairs, 2021)Human-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of climate instability. The results have not always been pretty. From Ancient Egypt to Rome to the Maya, some of history's mightiest civilizations have been felled by pestilence and glacial melt and drought.
The challenges are no less great today. We face hurricanes and megafires and food shortages and more. But we have one powerful advantage as we face our current crisis: the past. Our knowledge of ancient climates has advanced tremendously in the last decade, to the point where we...
2022-01-2155 min
New Books in ScienceBrian Fagan and Nadia Durrani, "Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival from Our Ancestors" (PublicAffairs, 2021)Human-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of climate instability. The results have not always been pretty. From Ancient Egypt to Rome to the Maya, some of history's mightiest civilizations have been felled by pestilence and glacial melt and drought.The challenges are no less great today. We face hurricanes and megafires and food shortages and more. But we have one powerful advantage as we face our current crisis: the past. Our knowledge of ancient climates has advanced tremendously in the last decade, to the...
2022-01-2153 min
公共八卦PublicAffairs06 驾驭人类最高级别掐架真的好难：回顾联合国生多与气候变化大会 本期带您跟进关乎人类生存环境、未来发展的最大八卦——在10月、11月接连举行的联合国《生物多样性公约》第15次（COP15）以及《气候变化框架公约》第26次缔约方大会（COP26）。一般来说，联合国开大会，我们在电视里只能看到人头攒动的会场和一些结论性的官话，但实际上每一条官话背后都有漫长的准备和激烈的争论，各国公务员既要肩负各自国家地区利益、又要承载人类命运未来，工作节奏远超996。他们具体都在争论些什么？联合国大会讨论生物多样性保护和应对气候变化和我们当下的现实有多大关系？我们的未来是艰难的还是光明的？这两个大会的回顾可以带您领略一些细节。 由于本播客一直关注这个领域，因此一些气候谈判的细节议题已经在我们本年的节目中展开，如我们认为减碳过程中最重要的减少煤炭依赖、发展清洁能源的话题——《碳中和刷屏了，我们盘盘怎样驾驭随机波动的调皮新能源》。再如碳市场的建设——《公共八卦特快：中国碳市场开市！一小时唠完前世今生》。欢迎关注气候大会进展后想深入了解的朋友收听。 本期主播： 阿栗（前媒体人，现能源行业从业者） 阿星（环境NGO从业者）
2021-11-2850 min公共八卦PublicAffairs06 驾驭人类最高级别掐架真的好难：回顾联合国生多与气候变化大会
本期带您跟进关乎人类生存环境、未来发展的最大八卦——在10月、11月接连举行的联合国《生物多样性公约》第15次（COP15）以及《气候变化框架公约》第26次缔约方大会（COP26）。一般来说，联合国开大会，我们在电视里只能看到人头攒动的会场和一些结论性的官话，但实际上每一条官话背后都有漫长的准备和激烈的争论，各国公务员既要肩负各自国家地区利益、又要承载人类命运未来，工作节奏远超996。他们具体都在争论些什么？联合国大会讨论生物多样性保护和应对气候变化和我们当下的现实有多大关系？我们的未来是艰难的还是光明的？这两个大会的回顾可以带您领略一些细节。
由于本播客一直关注这个领域，因此一些气候谈判的细节议题已经在我们本年的节目中展开，如我们认为减碳过程中最重要的减少煤炭依赖、发展清洁能源的话题——《碳中和刷屏了，我们盘盘怎样驾驭随机波动的调皮新能源》。再如碳市场的建设——《公共八卦特快：中国碳市场开市！一小时唠完前世今生》。欢迎关注气候大会进展后想深入了解的朋友收听。
本期主播：
阿栗（前媒体人，现能源行业从业者）
阿星（环境NGO从业者）
2021-11-2850 minNew Books in German StudiesGershom Gorenberg, "War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East" (PublicAffairs: 2021)The Second Battle of El-Alamein, alongside Stalingrad and Midway, is taught in schools the world over as one of the turning points of the Second World War—or, depending on who you talk to, the turning point.But what led to that battle? How did Rommel’s army push so far across North Africa? And why, perchance, did he push one time too many? What were those in Egypt and the Middle East—and not just their British overseers, thinking about the coming invasion.War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Na...
2021-11-1141 minNew Books in Military HistoryGershom Gorenberg, "War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East" (PublicAffairs: 2021)The Second Battle of El-Alamein, alongside Stalingrad and Midway, is taught in schools the world over as one of the turning points of the Second World War—or, depending on who you talk to, the turning point.But what led to that battle? How did Rommel’s army push so far across North Africa? And why, perchance, did he push one time too many? What were those in Egypt and the Middle East—and not just their British overseers, thinking about the coming invasion.War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Na...
2021-11-1146 minAsian Review of BooksGershom Gorenberg, "War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East" (PublicAffairs: 2021)The Second Battle of El-Alamein, alongside Stalingrad and Midway, is taught in schools the world over as one of the turning points of the Second World War—or, depending on who you talk to, the turning point.But what led to that battle? How did Rommel’s army push so far across North Africa? And why, perchance, did he push one time too many? What were those in Egypt and the Middle East—and not just their British overseers, thinking about the coming invasion.War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Na...
2021-11-1144 min
公共八卦PublicAffairs05 人类主流视野之外的城市：五百种鸟市民与我们共享北京
- 除了气候变化与碳中和，生物多样性及更广阔的公共话题一直都是我们八卦的目标，因此这一期我们邀请了山水自然NGO的张棽老师和媒体人熊阿姨，一起八卦城市中最容易与自然环境交互的活动之一——观鸟。
- 在生态学家和观鸟爱好者的视野中，我们生存的环境不再只是令人疲惫不堪的巨型都市，而是百鸟众兽迁徙交汇、山野多元的生机之地。跟随他们的讲述，我们追踪到了圆明园筑巢的啄木鸟、灵山中鸣唱的柳莺、迷路进京的北美丑鸭、以及你家小区里楼下的城市小刺猬。
- 节目的后半段还为大家分享了山水自然参与的人居地与动物栖息地管理的良性互动：为保障灰鹤在北京这个迁徙大动脉上顺利越冬，不同角色的人类共同协作为灰鹤复垦了玉米地。
- 金秋已至，希望本期呈现的观鸟故事、张老师亲自录制的鸟鸣、结尾济慈的夜莺颂和莫扎特能伴你获取久在樊笼里、复得返自然的动力。
本期嘉宾：
山水自然保护中心 张棽
媒体人 熊阿姨
关于山水：
山水自然保护中心于 2007 年成立，从事物种和生态系统的保护，致力于解决人与自然和谐共生的问题。我们关注的，既有西部山区的雪豹、大熊猫、金丝猴，也有身边的大自然。我们依靠当地社区的保护实践和基于公民科学的行动，示范保护方案，提炼保护的知识和经验，促进生态公平。
更多的工作进展请至公众号：山水自然保护中心。进一步支持他们的工作也可以每月省下一杯咖啡成为月捐人：http://lxi.me/5owra
2021-09-131h 16公共八卦PublicAffairs05 人类主流视野之外的城市：五百种鸟市民与我们共享北京 - 除了气候变化与碳中和，生物多样性及更广阔的公共话题一直都是我们八卦的目标，因此这一期我们邀请了山水自然NGO的张棽老师和媒体人熊阿姨，一起八卦城市中最容易与自然环境交互的活动之一——观鸟。 - 在生态学家和观鸟爱好者的视野中，我们生存的环境不再只是令人疲惫不堪的巨型都市，而是百鸟众兽迁徙交汇、山野多元的生机之地。跟随他们的讲述，我们追踪到了圆明园筑巢的啄木鸟、灵山中鸣唱的柳莺、迷路进京的北美丑鸭、以及你家小区里楼下的城市小刺猬。 - 节目的后半段还为大家分享了山水自然参与的人居地与动物栖息地管理的良性互动：为保障灰鹤在北京这个迁徙大动脉上顺利越冬，不同角色的人类共同协作为灰鹤复垦了玉米地。 - 金秋已至，希望本期呈现的观鸟故事、张老师亲自录制的鸟鸣、结尾济慈的夜莺颂和莫扎特能伴你获取久在樊笼里、复得返自然的动力。 本期嘉宾： 山水自然保护中心 张棽 媒体人 熊阿姨 关于山水： 山水自然保护中心于 2007 年成立，从事物种和生态系统的保护，致力于解决人与自然和谐共生的问题。我们关注的，既有西部山区的雪豹、大熊猫、金丝猴，也有身边的大自然。我们依靠当地社区的保护实践和基于公民科学的行动，示范保护方案，提炼保护的知识和经验，促进生态公平。 更多的工作进展请至公众号：山水自然保护中心。进一步支持他们的工作也可以每月省下一杯咖啡成为月捐人：http://lxi.me/5owra
2021-09-131h 16
公共八卦PublicAffairs04 公共八卦特快：中国碳市场开市！一小时唠完前世今生
本期是主播阿栗周末被两位老师拎出来为7月16日中国碳市场开市交易制作的临时加播~中国碳市场则历经了十年试点，终于在2021年7月正式登场。碳市场目前在欧洲是减缓气候变化、减少碳排放的重要机制，虽然这个话题比较专业，但它是少有的围绕人类公共利益设计的一种“市场”——它不是指CO2的实物交易，而是对有限排碳额度的交易，以促进全社会整体减碳。使用市场交易、无利不起早的方式，促进【减碳有收益、排碳有成本】的社会共识、价格体系形成，也是我们人类减碳游戏规则当中的重要一环~
本期代班主播：《财经》记者 韩舒淋
本期嘉宾：《好好谈碳》主播 陈志斌
2021-07-191h 03公共八卦PublicAffairs04 公共八卦特快：中国碳市场开市！一小时唠完前世今生 本期是主播阿栗周末被两位老师拎出来为7月16日中国碳市场开市交易制作的临时加播~中国碳市场则历经了十年试点，终于在2021年7月正式登场。碳市场目前在欧洲是减缓气候变化、减少碳排放的重要机制，虽然这个话题比较专业，但它是少有的围绕人类公共利益设计的一种“市场”——它不是指CO2的实物交易，而是对有限排碳额度的交易，以促进全社会整体减碳。使用市场交易、无利不起早的方式，促进【减碳有收益、排碳有成本】的社会共识、价格体系形成，也是我们人类减碳游戏规则当中的重要一环~ 本期代班主播：《财经》记者 韩舒淋 本期嘉宾：《好好谈碳》主播 陈志斌
2021-07-191h 03
公共八卦PublicAffairs03 一小时唠完比尔盖茨气候变化新书：气候灾害致死率将是新冠5倍
本期我们一起聊了比尔盖茨的新书——《气候经济与人类未来》。比尔盖茨作为一个卖软件的首富，一直在关心人类应对气候变化的事业，还亲自写了这本市面最强科普教科书（之一）。为什么他要费这些精力，为什么三位主播说人类应对气候变化如同小说里人类应对三体危机制定面壁计划一样重大？
在气候变化导致的极端天气愈发频繁地在身边发生之时，我们每个人都有必要了解一下如何应对这百年未有之大变局。这次我们一起顺着盖茨的科普，梳理了气候变化的科学背景、严重后果、应对措施、困难、各个领域（电力、工业、农业、交通和建筑）的具体减排策略，以及整个社会政府和个人能做的事情。后半段，主播们还分享了不少近期为我国政府做咨询的感受，欢迎关心我国气候变化事业及在政企一线的同仁志士一起交流。
本期嘉宾：中创碳投 陈志斌（“好好谈碳”主播，月球人@知乎）
2021-07-041h 13公共八卦PublicAffairs03 一小时唠完比尔盖茨气候变化新书：气候灾害致死率将是新冠5倍 本期我们一起聊了比尔盖茨的新书——《气候经济与人类未来》。比尔盖茨作为一个卖软件的首富，一直在关心人类应对气候变化的事业，还亲自写了这本市面最强科普教科书（之一）。为什么他要费这些精力，为什么三位主播说人类应对气候变化如同小说里人类应对三体危机制定面壁计划一样重大？ 在气候变化导致的极端天气愈发频繁地在身边发生之时，我们每个人都有必要了解一下如何应对这百年未有之大变局。这次我们一起顺着盖茨的科普，梳理了气候变化的科学背景、严重后果、应对措施、困难、各个领域（电力、工业、农业、交通和建筑）的具体减排策略，以及整个社会政府和个人能做的事情。后半段，主播们还分享了不少近期为我国政府做咨询的感受，欢迎关心我国气候变化事业及在政企一线的同仁志士一起交流。 本期嘉宾：中创碳投 陈志斌（“好好谈碳”主播，月球人@知乎）
2021-07-041h 13New Books in National SecurityPhilip Zelikow, "The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917" (PublicAffairs, 2021)During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly.Two years into the most terrible conflict the world had ever known, the warring powers faced a crisis. There were no good military options. Money, men, and supplies were running short on all sides. The German chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, secretly sought President Woodrow Wilson's mediation to end the war, just as British ministers and France's...
2021-06-2435 minNew Books in Diplomatic HistoryPhilip Zelikow, "The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917" (PublicAffairs, 2021)During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly.Two years into the most terrible conflict the world had ever known, the warring powers faced a crisis. There were no good military options. Money, men, and supplies were running short on all sides. The German chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, secretly sought President Woodrow Wilson's mediation to end the war, just as British ministers and France's...
2021-06-2436 min
New Books in French StudiesPhilip Zelikow, "The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917" (PublicAffairs, 2021)During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly.Two years into the most terrible conflict the world had ever known, the warring powers faced a crisis. There were no good military options. Money, men, and supplies were running short on all sides. The German chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, secretly sought President Woodrow Wilson's mediation to end the war, just as British ministers and France's...
2021-06-2435 minNew Books in German StudiesPhilip Zelikow, "The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917" (PublicAffairs, 2021)During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly.Two years into the most terrible conflict the world had ever known, the warring powers faced a crisis. There were no good military options. Money, men, and supplies were running short on all sides. The German chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, secretly sought President Woodrow Wilson's mediation to end the war, just as British ministers and France's...
2021-06-2435 min
公共八卦PublicAffairs02 科学八卦核废水，人类对能源的利用道阻且长
近期，福岛核电站排废水计划的公布引发了各国政府和民间的强烈关注。面对纷繁复杂的各方反馈和舆论，本期公共八卦和多年关注核能发展的专业媒体人一起，扒一扒福岛核电站排废水计划的科学背景及不止科学的前因后果。另外，在碳中和背景下我们要用什么样的态度面对核能的发展也是一大话题。总的来说，我们人类对能源的发掘利用依旧道阻且长。
本期嘉宾：《财经》记者 韩舒淋
特别鸣谢：郝小雨、加藤桑
PS，从这期开始，为了保证更好的收听效果，我们更换了节目托管平台和rss。所以如果你是从小宇宙单期节目链接进来的，记得关注我们在小宇宙的新节目源：【公共八卦PublicAffairs】，比之前多了英文单词哈。也可以直接订阅我们的新rss：
http://rss.lizhi.fm/rss/75201303.xml
此次搬家仅涉及苹果、小宇宙和其他用rss订阅节目的朋友，不影响q音、网易云、荔枝fm、喜马拉雅等平台的照常更新。
参考文献：
福岛核废水排放，争议的不只是科学：
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ZQu_ypEBXoE8W5urbpAKZA
反思日本核电“安全神话”的破灭及其教训：
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/RknjQthePSeDIZBuqWUGgg
2020年4月IAEA对福岛核废水ALPS处理方案的评估报告：
https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/20/04/review-report-020420.pdf
IAEA官网福岛进展月度更新（目前更新至4月29日，每月有文件）：
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/fukushima/status-update
2015年IAEA福岛核事故总干事报告中文版，关于福岛核事故最权威的总结：
https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/SupplementaryMaterials/P1710/Languages/Chinese.pdf
世卫组织Q&A Radiation: Health consequences of the Fukushima nuclear accident：https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/health-consequences-of-fukushima-nuclear-accident
日本经济产业省（https://www.meti.go.jp/english/）4月发布的核废水处理政策全文：https://www.meti.go.jp/english/earthquake/nuclear/decommissioning/pdf/bp_alps.pdf
处理政策PPT：https://www.meti.go.jp/english/earthquake/nuclear/decommissioning/pdf/202104_bp_breifing.pdf
东京电力公司核废水处理设施介绍页面：https://www4.tepco.co.jp/en/decommission/progress/watertreatment/index-e.html
东京电力公司ALPS处理效果介绍PPT：
https://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommission/progress/watertreatment/images/exit_en.pdf
2021-05-021h 11
New Books in African StudiesMichela Wrong, "Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad" (PublicAffairs, 2021)Michela Wrong’s Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad (PublicAffairs, 2021) is a glorious piece of journalism. It tells the story of Rwanda’s former head of external intelligence turned government critic, Patrick Karegeya, and his falling out with the Rwandan leadership, including current President Paul Kagame. For Wrong, the murder of Patrick Karegeya provides a passage-way into broader conversations about how Rwanda has been ruled since the 1994 genocide. Why are members of the elite like Karegeya leaving Rwanda? And what do these elite flights tell us about political stability in contemp...
2021-04-1645 minNew Books in Genocide StudiesMichela Wrong, "Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad" (PublicAffairs, 2021)Michela Wrong’s Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad (PublicAffairs, 2021) is a glorious piece of journalism. It tells the story of Rwanda’s former head of external intelligence turned government critic, Patrick Karegeya, and his falling out with the Rwandan leadership, including current President Paul Kagame. For Wrong, the murder of Patrick Karegeya provides a passage-way into broader conversations about how Rwanda has been ruled since the 1994 genocide. Why are members of the elite like Karegeya leaving Rwanda? And what do these elite flights tell us about political stability in contemp...
2021-04-1643 minNew Books in JournalismMichela Wrong, "Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad" (PublicAffairs, 2021)Michela Wrong’s Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad (PublicAffairs, 2021) is a glorious piece of journalism. It tells the story of Rwanda’s former head of external intelligence turned government critic, Patrick Karegeya, and his falling out with the Rwandan leadership, including current President Paul Kagame. For Wrong, the murder of Patrick Karegeya provides a passage-way into broader conversations about how Rwanda has been ruled since the 1994 genocide. Why are members of the elite like Karegeya leaving Rwanda? And what do these elite flights tell us about political stability in contemp...
2021-04-1643 min
公共八卦PublicAffairs01 碳中和刷屏了，我们盘盘怎样驾驭随机波动的调皮新能源本期如约继续碳中和的话题，我们深八了一下在气候变化、减少碳排放的大背景下，人类社会正在面临的工业革命以来前所未有之能源大变局——我们（尤其是只抽到煤炭卡牌的中国队）如何能扭转对化石能源的依赖，完成从煤炭发电到清洁能源的闪转腾挪？把大风车立起来、光伏板铺开来只是第一步，后面还有很多艰难的步骤有待攻克，但煤炭在历史舞台的谢幕几乎注定。本期嘉宾：《财经》记者韩舒淋
2021-04-011h 14公共八卦PublicAffairs01 碳中和刷屏了，我们盘盘怎样驾驭随机波动的调皮新能源本期如约继续碳中和的话题，我们深八了一下在气候变化、减少碳排放的大背景下，人类社会正在面临的工业革命以来前所未有之能源大变局——我们（尤其是只抽到煤炭卡牌的中国队）如何能扭转对化石能源的依赖，完成从煤炭发电到清洁能源的闪转腾挪？把大风车立起来、光伏板铺开来只是第一步，后面还有很多艰难的步骤有待攻克，但煤炭在历史舞台的谢幕几乎注定。本期嘉宾：《财经》记者韩舒淋
2021-04-011h 14New Books in JournalismElizabeth Becker, "You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War" (PublicAffairs, 2021)Who were your heroes during your formative years? As a child of the 1970s, many of mine were journalists, especially those reporting on war and revolution in Southeast Asia and Latin America. I wanted to be Mel Gibson in The Year of Living Dangerously, James Woods in Salvador, or even Nick Nolte in Under Fire. It was all so exciting and glamorous, but all of these role models were men. As a teenager I idealized that romantic image of the hard drinking, rugged, tough guy journalist. When I read When the War was Over for a college seminar on the p...
2021-03-101h 15
公共八卦PublicAffairs00 序章：碳中和来了，我们在抽卡游戏中只拿到了煤这是公共八卦的第0期先导篇节目，两位来自能源与环境行业的小姐姐介绍了各自的行业背景和开播的缘由。在最新行业动态的漫谈中，我们引出了之后会跟踪的重点话题之一：气候变化，节能减排，与碳中和计划。希望关心公共发展的朋友们一起来八卦！
2021-03-0632 min公共八卦PublicAffairs00 序章：碳中和来了，我们在抽卡游戏中只拿到了煤这是公共八卦的第0期先导篇节目，两位来自能源与环境行业的小姐姐介绍了各自的行业背景和开播的缘由。在最新行业动态的漫谈中，我们引出了之后会跟踪的重点话题之一：气候变化，节能减排，与碳中和计划。希望关心公共发展的朋友们一起来八卦！
2021-03-0632 minAsian Review of BooksKishore Mahbubani, "Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy" (PublicAffairs, 2020)As China grows into a major regional and global power, there are many questions about what this means for the international system. Does China threaten the United States? Does Washington want to aggressively contain China? Are we really facing a “New Cold War”? And what does this mean for everyone else?In Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy (PublicAffairs, 2020), Kishore Mahbubani writes about the relationship between China and the United States: the structural reasons for tensions, the misconceptions and mistakes each side has made, and how further conflict can be avoided.In this...
2020-10-2835 min
New Books in LanguageEleanor Gordon-Smith, "Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our Minds" (PublicAffairs, 2019)With today's furious political and cultural divisions, it's easy to shake our heads in exasperation at those who disagree with us.In this episode with Australian writer and philosopher, Eleanor Gordon-Smith, we take a journey to the limits of human reason. Her compelling new book, Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our Minds (PublicAffairs, 2019) features six high-stakes personal stories of successful persuasion that illustrate what most of us get wrong about rationality."Hearing the story of how somebody changes their mind is hearing the story of how they change their life," Eleanor tells us. "...
2020-01-2934 minNew Books in PsychologyEleanor Gordon-Smith, "Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our Minds" (PublicAffairs, 2019)With today's furious political and cultural divisions, it's easy to shake our heads in exasperation at those who disagree with us.In this episode with Australian writer and philosopher, Eleanor Gordon-Smith, we take a journey to the limits of human reason. Her compelling new book, Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our Minds (PublicAffairs, 2019) features six high-stakes personal stories of successful persuasion that illustrate what most of us get wrong about rationality."Hearing the story of how somebody changes their mind is hearing the story of how they change their life," Eleanor tells us. "...
2020-01-2934 min
New Books in Ancient HistoryMike Duncan, "The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic" (PublicAffairs, 2017)The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Beginning as a small city-state in central Italy, Rome gradually expanded into a wider world filled with petty tyrants, barbarian chieftains, and despotic kings. Through the centuries, Rome's model of cooperative and participatory government remained remarkably durable and unmatched in the history of the ancient world.In 146 BC, Rome finally emerged as the strongest power in the Mediterranean. But the very success of the Republic proved to be its undoing. The republican system was unable to cope with the vast empire Rome...
2019-11-191h 23
New Books in Italian StudiesMike Duncan, "The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic" (PublicAffairs, 2017)The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Beginning as a small city-state in central Italy, Rome gradually expanded into a wider world filled with petty tyrants, barbarian chieftains, and despotic kings. Through the centuries, Rome's model of cooperative and participatory government remained remarkably durable and unmatched in the history of the ancient world.In 146 BC, Rome finally emerged as the strongest power in the Mediterranean. But the very success of the Republic proved to be its undoing. The republican system was unable to cope with the vast empire Rome...
2019-11-191h 23
New Books in the American WestAndrew Selee, “Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together” (PublicAffairs, 2018)With so much political effort placed into forcing a wall between the US and Mexico, Andrew Selee’s new book shows how the ties that bind the two countries together are much stronger. Selee has been on the podcast before with his book, What Should Think Tanks Do?: A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact (Stanford, 2018). His latest book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together (PublicAffairs, 2018), focuses on the variety of ways Mexico and the US have been working together, on everything from air transportation to border security to innovation. The dozens of stories about co...
2018-07-1020 min
New Books in Latin American StudiesAndrew Selee, “Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together” (PublicAffairs, 2018)With so much political effort placed into forcing a wall between the US and Mexico, Andrew Selee’s new book shows how the ties that bind the two countries together are much stronger. Selee has been on the podcast before with his book, What Should Think Tanks Do?: A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact (Stanford, 2018). His latest book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together (PublicAffairs, 2018), focuses on the variety of ways Mexico and the US have been working together, on everything from air transportation to border security to innovation. The dozens of stories about co...
2018-07-1020 min
New Books in Mexican StudiesAndrew Selee, “Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together” (PublicAffairs, 2018)With so much political effort placed into forcing a wall between the US and Mexico, Andrew Selee’s new book shows how the ties that bind the two countries together are much stronger. Selee has been on the podcast before with his book, What Should Think Tanks Do?: A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact (Stanford, 2018). His latest book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together (PublicAffairs, 2018), focuses on the variety of ways Mexico and the US have been working together, on everything from air transportation to border security to innovation. The dozens of stories about co...
2018-07-1020 min
New Books in MedicineLaura Spinney, “Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World” (PublicAffairs, 2017)The Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a third of the people on Earth–from the poorest immigrants of New York City to the king of Spain, Franz Kafka, Mahatma Gandhi and Woodrow Wilson. But despite a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people, it exists in our memory as an afterthought to World War I.
In this gripping narrative history, Laura Spinney traces the overlooked pandemic to reveal how the virus travelled across the globe, exposing mankind’s vulnerability and putting our ingenuity to the test. As s...
2018-05-0944 minNew Books In Public HealthLaura Spinney, “Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World” (PublicAffairs, 2017)The Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a third of the people on Earth–from the poorest immigrants of New York City to the king of Spain, Franz Kafka, Mahatma Gandhi and Woodrow Wilson. But despite a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people, it exists in our memory as an afterthought to World War I.In this gripping narrative history, Laura Spinney traces the overlooked pandemic to reveal how the virus travelled across the globe, exposing mankind’s vulnerability and putting our ingenuity to the test. As s...
2018-05-0944 minNew Books in MedicineRobert Pearl, “Mistreated: Why We Think Were Getting Good Health Care and Why We’re Usually Wrong” (PublicAffairs, 2017)The biggest problem in American health care is us.
Do you know how to tell good health care from bad health care? Guess again. As patients, we wrongly assume the best care is dependent mainly on the newest medications, the most complex treatments, and the smartest doctors. But Americans look for healthcare solutions in the wrong places. For example, hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved each year if doctors reduced common errors and maximized preventive medicine.
For Dr. Robert Pearl, these kinds of mistakes are a matter of professional importance, but also personal...
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New Books in FilmDick Lehr, “The Birth of a Nation” (PublicAffairs, 2014)Many books on film discuss the artistic aspects of movies, often as they relate to social and political events that affected the filmmakers. In his book The Birth of a Nation: How a Legendary Filmmaker and a Crusading Editor Reignited America’s Civil War (PublicAffairs, 2014), journalist/professor Dick Lehr uses a... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film
2014-12-1951 min