Yale University Press Podcast

Yale University Press Podcast


Latest Episodes

Artists Remake the World
November 13, 2023

Vid Simoniti discusses the potential of contemporary art to bring about political change.

Why We Should Stop Designing Things (And Start Designing Experiences)
November 03, 2023

Abraham Burickson on his New Book, Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto.

The Intricacies of Marriage
October 28, 2023

In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Devorah Baum about her new book, On Marriage.

Grimoires, Magic Books, and Spells
October 19, 2023

A Conversation With Owen Davies About His Illustrated History of Magical Texts

Lisa Volpe on the 1955 Photographs of Robert Frank and Todd Webb
October 11, 2023

A conversation with the curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston about the book and exhibition America and Other Myths.

A Global History of Wars
September 20, 2023

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with award-winning sociologist Michael Mann about his new book, On Wars.

The World’s First Media Celebrity
August 29, 2023

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Sarah Ruden, author of Vergil: The Poets Life (Ancient Lives Series).

Dorothy Liebes, the “Mother of Modern Weaving”
August 08, 2023

In Conversation with Susan Brown and Alexa Griffith Winton.

What Do The Beatles and Measurement Have in Common?
July 21, 2023

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with renowned physicist Piero Martin about his new book, The Seven Measures of the World.

California’s History of Slavery and Slave Revolts
June 27, 2023

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Jean Pfaelzer, author of California, a Slave State. California, a Slave State is a survey of the untold history of slavery and resist