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In Conversation: An OUP Podcast

Interviews with Oxford University Press authors about their books

Episodes

Total: 1659

Ryan Vieira, “Time and Politics: Parliament and the Culture of Modernity in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the British World” (Oxford UP, 2015)

2017/2/24

How did the idea of time change during the nineteenth century? In Time and Politics: Parliament and

Kathleen Dolan, “When Does Gender Matter? Women Candidates and Gender Stereotypes in American Elections” (Oxford UP, 2014)

2017/2/21

Does sex play a determinative role in political contests? Recognising the dual political realities o

Berit Brogaard, “On Romantic Love: Simple Truths about a Complex Emotion” (Oxford UP, 2015)

2017/2/13

Why is falling in love so exciting and painful at the same time? And what explains our longing for p

Richard Crockatt, “Einstein and Twentieth-Century Politics: A Salutary Moral Influence,” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2017/2/1

Richard Crockatt is an Emeritus Professor in the School of American Studies at the University of Eas

Fred Feldman, “Distributive Justice: Getting What We Deserve from Our Country” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2017/2/1

The philosopher (and 1972 presidential candidate) John Hospers once wrote, “justice is getting what

K. Sabeel Rahman, “Democracy Against Domination” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2017/1/23

Sabeel Rahman is the author of Democracy Against Domination (Oxford University Press, 2016). Rahman

Matt Grossman and David A. Hopkins, “Asymmetric Politics: Ideological Republicans and Group Interest Democrats” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2017/1/16

Matt Grossmann and David A. Hopkins are the authors of Asymmetric Politics: Ideological Republicans

Dave Karpf, “Analytic Activism: Digital Listening and the New Political Strategy” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2017/1/9

For the start of 2017, Dave Karpf is back on the podcast with his new book, Analytic Activism: Digit

Elizabeth Barnes, “The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2017/1/3

We are all familiar with the idea that some persons are disabled. But what is disability? What makes

David W. Stowe, “Song of Exile: The Enduring Mystery of Psalm 137” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2016/12/29

On today’s program we will be speaking with David W. Stowe about his recent book Song of Exile: The

Eva Mroczek, “The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2016/12/23

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls revealed a world of early Jewish writing larger than the Bible

Andy Clark, “Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and Embodied Mind” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2016/12/15

The predictive processing hypothesis is a new unified theory of neural and cognitive function accord

Anthony M. Petro, “After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion” (Oxford UP, 2015)

2016/12/2

Emerging in the 1980s, the AIDS epidemic was not just a public health crisis. It was a moral crisis

Carol Upadhya, “Reengineering India: Work, Capital, and Class in an Offshore Economy” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2016/11/23

How is India’s burgeoning IT industry reshaping the country? What types of capital is IT attracting

Vicki Lens, “Poor Justice: How the Poor Fare in Court” (Oxford UP, 2015)

2016/11/21

It’s been said that for poor and low-income Americans, the law is all over. Join us for a conversati

A. John Simmons, “Boundaries of Authority” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2016/11/1

Political states claim the moral right to rule the persons living within their jurisdiction; they cl

Roman Sieler, “Lethal Spots, Vital Secrets: Medicine and Martial Arts in South India” (Oxford UP, 2015)

2016/10/28

Roman Sieler’s   Lethal Spots, Vital Secrets: Medicine and Martial Arts in South India (Oxford Unive

John Bew, “Clement Attlee: The Man Who Made Modern Britain” (Oxford UP, 2017)

2016/10/28

As Labour Party leader, member of Winston Churchill’s governing coalition during the Second World Wa

Matthew Dallek, “Defenseless Under the Night: The Roosevelt Years and the Origins of Homeland Security” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2016/10/24

Matthew Dallek is the author of Defenseless Under the Night: The Roosevelt Years and the Origins of

James Kloppenberg, “Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2016/10/21

James Kloppenberg is the Charles Warren Professor of American history at Harvard University. Toward