New Books in Anthropology
Hosted by Miranda Melcher and Yadong Li · New Books Network
4.6from 94 ratings
- 2,564
- Episodes
- 126
- Transcribed
- 94
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2009
- First episode
- 243
- YouTube views
About New Books in Anthropology
This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology
- Publisher
- New Books Network
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Mar 2009
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
126 of 2,564 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ru Marshall, "American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda" (OR Books, 2026)
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sandra Rozental, "The Absent Stone: Mexican Patrimony and the Aftershocks of State Theft" (Duke UP, 2026)
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Tom Hulme, "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation" (Cornell UP, 2026)
Inside a recent episode
Ru Marshall, "American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda" (OR Books, 2026)
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so, yeah, he does. He uses that to get back into the program, get his master's, move into the Ph.D. program. And he's eventually given his Ph.D. for his third book, Journey to Islam, which is wild, you know, if you've ever read the book. One thing, though, that might just be important to clarify is I've been talking about who Don Juan Matus is in the books, but who is he really? On one level, I think that it is just Carlos basically having a dialogue with himself. Castaneda had always been somebody who had kind of had this fantasy of wanting to give wisdom and being a teacher. He loved to tell people what they ought to do and reveal deep truths to them. […]
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- Ru Marshall
- Sandra Rozental
- Tom Hulme
- Francesca Sbardella
- Matthew J Wolf-Meyer
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- YouTube views
- 243
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 51 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 43 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100
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- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 72
- Engagement
- 95
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