New Books in Popular Culture
Latest Episodes
Who Can You Trust?
On The Parallax View (1974), The Three Days of the Condor (1975), and All The President’s Men (1976)
Davida Breier, "Sinkhole" (U New Orleans Press, 2022)
An interview with Davida Breier
Liz Bucar, "Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation" (Harvard UP, 2022)
Liz Bucar is the Director of Sacred Writes, Professor of Religion, and Dean’s Leadership Fellow at Northeastern University. Bucar is an expert in comparative religious ethics who has published on topics ranging from gender reassignment surgery to the glob
Mark Clague, "O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of the Star-Spangled Banner" (Norton, 2022)
An interview with Mark Clague
Adam Abraham, "Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
An interview with Adam Abraham
William Alexander, "Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World" (Grand Central Publishing, 2022)
An interview with William Alexander
Aria S. Halliday, "Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture" (U Illinois Press, 2022)
An interview with Aria S. Halliday
88 Underwater Eye: Margaret Cohen explores the Film Aquatic
An interview with Margaret Cohen
Aniket De, "The Boundary of Laughter: Popular Performances Across Borders in South Asia" (Oxford UP, 2022)
An interview with Aniket De
Will Birch, "Cruel to Be Kind: The Life and Music of Nick Lowe" (Da Capo Press, 2019)
An interview with Will Birch