
New Books in Intellectual History
Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh · New Books Network
4.1from 87 ratings
- 3,316
- Episodes
- 95
- Transcribed
- 87
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2008
- First episode
- 243
- YouTube views
About New Books in Intellectual History
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/intellectual-history
- Publisher
- New Books Network
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Aug 2008
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
95 of 3,316 episodes have a transcript.

22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Angela Last, "Tainted Tools: New Materialisms As a Decolonial Project" (Manchester University Press, 2026)

19 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Jared D Aldern and Theresa Lynn Gregor, "Landkeeping: Restoring Indigenous Fire Stewardship and Ecological Partnerships" (OSU Press, 2026)

15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Catherine A John, "Afroindigenization: A Theory of Grassroots Cultural Practice" (Duke UP, 2026)
Inside a recent episode

Angela Last, "Tainted Tools: New Materialisms As a Decolonial Project" (Manchester University Press, 2026)
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There were some scientists who said, so I was trying to give advice on countering censorship because I've always been interested in censorship, partly growing up in Germany with a half a family thing in the GDR, but also having other families in countries where there is censorship. There was a scientist saying he doesn't really want necessarily tools for censorship. He first needs to process all of this and he wants his experiences being recorded, like what he experiences in this kind of environment. Okay, tools are also an important thing, but also there are so many things where I felt like science studies, especially that coming out of anthropology and philosophy of science is suddenly really relevant to them that before maybe these scientists were dismissing. […]
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- Angela Last
- Mark Peterson
- Christopher B Patterson
- Han Hsien Liew
- Ilan Stavans
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- YouTube views
- 243
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.0 / 5
- 69 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 18 ratings
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- 98
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- YouTube
- 72
- Engagement
- 50
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