New Books in Caribbean Studies

About New Books in Caribbean Studies

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/caribbean-studies

Publisher

Marshall Poe

Category

history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Jun 2008

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

10 of 463 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World: Natural Capital and Climate Disaster in Belize with Patrick M. Gallagher (Columbia UP, 2026)

   Dr. Patrick M. Gallagher discusses how Belize's environment becomes valuable through its vulnerability to climate disaster in this interview with Dr. Miranda Melcher.

2. 

   20 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Pablo F. Gomez, "Bloody Numbers: The Early Atlantic Slave Trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

   Host Amisah Bakuri (PhD) interviews Pablo F. Gomez about his book, exploring how the Atlantic slave trade invented modern corporeality through violent measurement and exploitation.

3. 

   15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Catherine A John, "Afroindigenization: A Theory of Grassroots Cultural Practice" (Duke UP, 2026)

   Host Dr. Jonathan F. Reynolds interviews Dr. Catherine A. John about her book, "Afroindigenization," exploring how African diasporic communities creatively express indigenous African knowledge systems and spiritual resilience.

Inside a recent episode

Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World: Natural Capital and Climate Disaster in Belize with Patrick M. Gallagher (Columbia UP, 2026)

Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So you can think about the kinds of, um, water filtration services that the ecosystems provide, carbon sequestration. In the case of barrier reefs like the one in Belize, they provide dissipation of storm energy, so protection from storms. So these are all attempts to kind of say, what does nature do for people? And these are ecosystem services. And the idea is that intact ecosystems If you protect the ecosystems that provide these services, then these services are provided on an ongoing basis to people. And that's where this idea of natural capital comes in. The idea is that like instead of having to build capital in the way that humans think of building things that provide things that people need. […]

Who has been a guest on New Books in Caribbean Studies

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Patrick M Gallagher
• Pablo F Gómez
• Catherine A John
• Patrick Griffin
• Cécile Bishop

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

23 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

92

Contact New Books in Caribbean Studies

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

Shows with a similar audience

• 

  Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

• 

  Today, Explained

• 

  On the Media

• 

  Intercepted

• 

  Throughline

• 

  PBS NewsHour - Brooks and Capehart

Questions about New Books in Caribbean Studies