New Books Network
Hosted by Miranda Melcher and Morteza Hajizadeh · New Books
4.4from 187 ratings
- 9,481
- Episodes
- 6,323
- Transcribed
- 187
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 243
- YouTube views
About New Books Network
Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
- Publisher
- New Books
- Category
- arts · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 24 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
6,323 of 9,481 episodes have a transcript.
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Emmy Waldman, "Filial Lines: Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, and Comics Form" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Were Foreign Languages Taught in Early Modern Europe?
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Nature of Freedom: On the Republican Tradition with Philip Pettit
Inside a recent episode
Mike F. Alvarez, Warren J. Bareiss, and Jolane Flanigan eds., "Suicide in Popular Media and Culture: Studies in Framing a Social Catastrophe" (Bristol University Press, 2026)
Published 15 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] What do you hope the readers to take away from this book? Okay, in terms of hope, so I think, I mean, suicide can be a very, you know, it's a difficult topic to address. And I think, you know, like the chapters throughout the book collectively make the point that suicide does not have a single cause or origination. It's multifaceted and multiplex. But I feel like that itself is a source of hope because it means that there are many avenues to the alleviation of suicidality. And another hope that I have is that readers, whether or not they care, they find themselves in a caring position for suicidal others in personal or professional contexts. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on New Books Network
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Emmy Waldman
- Natalia Filatkina
- Kerstin Roth
- Miriam Hinterholzer
- Philip Pettit
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 243
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 159 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
- 28 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 72
- Engagement
- 97
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Miranda Melcher and Morteza Hajizadeh host the show. Published by New Books.
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