New Dialogues is a university podcast series that brings you inside The New School’s most compelling conversations. It’s where leading faculty and world-renowned speakers from design, the arts, and the humanities and social sciences are employing their collective intelligence to reimagine our shared future. For more than a century, The New School has been a place where bold ideas meet creative action.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Climate Change in US Cities
In this episode, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joins Independent Journalist Garrison Hayes from Mother Jones Magazine to discuss how climate change has affected the city and how policy can mitigate the issue. The conversation explores how constituents are seeing climate changes first-hand, and how governments are reimagining ways to address them.
Mayor Mamdani visited The New School as a part of Climate Desk Live, an event hosted by Parsons’ Tishman Environment and Design Center during NYC Climate week in September 2026. This event was presented in collaboration with Mother Jones, Capital B News, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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17 Sept 2026
Professor Rachel Schreiber on reproductive injustice
In this episode, Rachel Schreiber, Professor of Art, Media, and Cultural History, and Program Director of Gender Studies, joins Torrey Green (BA Politics ‘27) and alum Olivia Fredrickson (BFA Integrated Design ‘24) for a conversation on the fluctuating state of reproductive rights in the United States and around the world. This conversation was recorded in the fall of 2024.
For support and resources, visit reproductiverights.org (http://reproductiverights.org). The resource provided is for informational purposes only and does not imply endorsement or affiliation.
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3 Sept 2026
Salman Rushdie on philosophy, writing, and The Eleventh Hour
In this episode, acclaimed author Salman Rushdie joins faculty member Gwenda-lin Grewal for the 2026 Arendt/Schürmann Symposium to discuss philosophy and writing, as well as exploring his newest short story collection The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories.
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16 Jul 2026
Timothy Snyder on freedom in the twenty-first century
In this episode, Timothy Snyder joins Jessica Pisano, New School for Social Research professor of politics to discuss his two most recent books, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century and On Freedom. The conversation explores what freedom means in the current, fluctuating era and how collaborative communities build freedom.
Timothy Snyder holds the inaugural Temerty Chair in Modern European History at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, and is one of the world's foremost scholars of the history of Central Europe, Ukraine, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust. This event was part of the New School for Social Research Festival of Ideas.
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25 Jun 2026
LGBTQ+ Rights and Legislation with Mckenzie Wark, Professor of Culture and Media
In this episode of New Dialogues, Mckenzie Wark, Professor of Culture and Media, and alum Sul Mousavi (BA Creative Writing ‘22) converse about the challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community and what it means to endure amid growing anti-trans legislation and violence. This episode was initially recorded in June 2022.
For support and resources, visit translifeline.org or call 877.565.8860. The resource provided is for informational purposes only and does not imply endorsement or affiliation.
Learn more about the BA in Creative Writing: https://www.newschool.edu/bachelors-program/creative-writing-ba-curriculum/ (https://www.newschool.edu/bachelors-program/creative-writing-ba-curriculum/)
Learn more about the Gender Studies minor: https://www.newschool.edu/undergrad-minors/gender-studies/ (https://www.newschool.edu/undergrad-minors/gender-studies/)
21 May 2026
Jia Tolentino on the cultural impact of essays and creative work
In this episode of New Dialogues, essayist, screenwriter, and cultural critic, Jia Tolentino joins author, multidisciplinary artist, and Director of The Riggio Writing and Democracy Program, J. Mae Barizo. The two discuss media, performance, cultural production, the possibilities of the essay, artistic process, and sustaining a creative life. This event was part of the 2026 New School for Social Research Festival of Ideas.
7 May 2026
Cornel West on ethics, politics, and faith in our times
In this episode philosopher, activist, and prophetic voice in the American democratic tradition, Cornel West joins Simon Critchley, philosopher and chronicler of the human condition for a wide-ranging conversation on politics, ethics, faith, and the urgent questions of this moment. This event was part of the 2026 New School for Social Research Festival of Ideas.
30 Apr 2026
Egana Djabbarova on her debut novel My Dreadful Body
In this episode, Egana Djabbarova discusses her book My Dreadful Body with New York Times columnist and Director of Hofstra's Institute for Public Humanities and the Arts, Rhonda Garelick. This debut novel explores a young woman's coming of age in a traditional Azerbaijani community in Russia, grappling with the weight of Muslim patriarchal norms and a debilitating neurological condition. This event was presented by the School of Art & Design History & Theory at Parsons School of Design as a part of The New School for Social Research Festival of Ideas.
Learn more about the School of Art & Design History & Theory (https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/art-design-history-theory-school/)
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9 Apr 2026
Nicolas Langlitz and Hamilton Morris on the Psychedelic Renaissance
In this episode of New Dialogues, Nicolas Langlitz, Professor of Anthropology at The New School for Social Research and Founder/Director of the Psychedelic Humanities Lab joins alum Hamilton Morris, journalist and chemist, at SXSW 2023. They discuss the psychedelic renaissance, how we can understand the significance of psychedelic use beyond utopian hopes and moral panics, whether psychedelics are a miracle drug, and why history appears to repeat itself as we enter a new era of psychedelic enthusiasm.
Learn more about The New School for Social Research: https://www.newschool.edu/NSSR/ (https://www.newschool.edu/NSSR/)
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9 Apr 2026
Salman Rushdie on Blasphemy and Writing
In this episode of New Dialogues, Salman Rushdie visits The New School and delivers the 2025 New School for Social Research William Phillips lecture titled “Blasphemy is a Victimless Crime.” Rushdie, the author of 15 novels, including the Booker Prize-winning “Midnight’s Children and “The Satanic Verses,” and nonfiction books including, most recently, “The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories,” speaks on freedom of thought and speech, the rising politicization of religion, and blasphemy as a form of resistance. Following the lecture, Rushdie chats with New School creative writing professor Luis Jaramillo, and responds to audience questions read by Christoph Cox, executive dean of Eugene Lang College.
The William Phillips lecture series was established at The New School for Social Research in 2006 to further the legacy of William Phillips, co-founder of Partisan Review, a journal committed to freedom of thought in literature, to creative expression, and to serious, open debate.
Read the event transcript: https://publicseminar.org/2025/04/salman-rushdie-on-blasphemy/ (https://publicseminar.org/2025/04/salman-rushdie-on-blasphemy/)
Learn more about The New School for Social Research: https://www.newschool.edu/NSSR/ (https://www.newschool.edu/NSSR/)
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