1869, The Cornell University Press Podcast

Learn more about the book (Use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501702822/art-and-architecture-of-the-middle-ages/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/LATPG-GN1mLmFjuvzG0OpLk7j_Y?utm_source=copy_url Explore the companion website: artofthemiddleages.com

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Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/g3RpSV4ltu2gd6iw1_8984VL4Jc Book info here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501762987/the-downfall-of-the-american-order/ If you’d like to purchase their new book, use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent on our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu. If you live in the UK, use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

Learn more about Christian Swezey's We Showed Baltimore: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501762826/we-showed-baltimore/ Learn more about Connor Buczek and the Cornell men's lacrosse team: https://cornellbigred.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/roster/coaches/connor-buczek/7986 Transcript for the podcast: https://otter.ai/u/HV2aJC31m-UcliGDP7JwaAPvea0 In this special Cornell lacrosse episode, Cornell University Press author Christian Swezey and head coach of the Cornell men’s lacrosse team, Connor Buczek, share their stories about, and their in-depth knowledge of, the Cornell lacrosse team both past and present. If you’d like to purchase Christian Swezey's new book, use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent on our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu . If you live in the UK,use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/Z1fRL4nCwOvFsY2G72FmiwsIif4 Book info: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501765780/border-games/#bookTabs=1 In this episode, we speak with Peter Andreas, author of Border Games: The Politics of Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide, now out in a third edition. Peter Andreas is John Hay Professor of International Studies and Political Science at Brown University. Andreas is the author, co-author, or co-editor of eleven books. He has also written for a wide range of scholarly and policy publications, including International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, Harper's, Slate, Time Magazine, and The Nation. We spoke to Peter about how the political games surrounding the U.S. Mexico border have evolved since he first started studying the issue over twenty years ago, how the escalation to a more militarized border has had extremely negative and deadly side effects, and how he expects border issues to be utilized

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/E7DXmHdkS_EgT5zrBUDr7w5X164 Use promo code 09POD to save 30% off The Mysterious Romance of Murder: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501763625/the-mysterious-romance-of-murder/ In this special episode, Cornell University Press editorial director Mahinder Kingra and Cornell author David Lehman share their fascination with, and in-depth knowledge of, the style of noir. In this spirited conversation, recorded in front of a live audience at Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca, they discuss the many novels, poems, and films featured in David’s new book The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir.

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/xfIqx8nYUbZu9RWEGgnaa__Svcc This episode, we speak with R.V. Gundur, author of Trying to Make It: The Enterprises, Gangs, and People of the American Drug Trade. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501764479/trying-to-make-it/#bookTabs=1 R. V. Gundur is a criminologist based in Australia. He studies illicit enterprise, gangs, and cybercrime and holds a PhD in criminology from Cardiff University, a Master’s degree in Criminology Research Methods from the University of Oxford; aN MA in International Relations from The Australian National University, and a BA in Spanish and Latin American Studies from Tulane University. Follow R. V. on Twitter @gr4d and visit his website at ravejudgerun.com. We spoke to R.V. about both the physical and personal journeys he took in the research and writing of his new book, why it is essential that we all start humanizing, rather than demonizing, the ordinary people involved in the drug trade, and why policymakers need to put an en

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/fuca04qlF52MtKs1DqyN7Mw5FFs Book info here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501763816/feminisms-empire/ This episode, we speak with Carolyn Eichner, author of Feminism’s Empire. Carolyn teaches History and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She is the author of Surmounting the Barricades and The Paris Commune. Follow her on Twitter @EichnerCarolyn. Carolyn shared with us her research documenting the major role that feminism played in the development of 19th-century French anti-imperialism, the important role that race played in feminist thought and activism of the time, and some of the most memorable stories of the five prominent French feminists she profiles in her new book. If you’d like to purchase Carolyn’s new book, use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent on our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu. If you live in the UK, use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/M3TkiRTh1MaYHgLdLQGE4a4X2TI Book info here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501764417/ploughshares-and-swords/#bookTabs=1 This episode, we speak with Jayita Sarkar, author of the new paperback and open access ebook Ploughshares and Swords: India’s Nuclear Program in the Global Cold War. Jay Sarkar is Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow and the Founding Director of the Global Decolonization Initiative. We spoke to Jay about how the history of India’s first nuclear weapons test in 1974 has been overshadowed by their 1998 nuclear tests, why the conventional wisdom that India started off its nuclear program with nuclear energy first is in fact incorrect, and the strong connections between India’s nuclear program and their space program. Follow Jay on Twitter @DrJSarkar. If you’d like to read Jay’s new book right now, download the free open access ebook on our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu. You can also use the pro

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/LElr95ffuwnf35KwUWMQ8Zg7ST8 Links mentioned in the podcast: https://www.icoet.net/ https://transportecology.info/ This episode, we speak with Darryl Jones, author of A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road: New Thinking about Roads, People, and Wildlife. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501763717/a-clouded-leopard-in-the-middle-of-the-road/ Darryl Jones is Professor of Urban Ecology and Deputy Director of the Environmental Futures Research Institute at Griffith University. He is the author of The Birds at My Table, also from Comstock Publishing Associates. We spoke to Darryl about how he got interested and actively involved in the field of road ecology, one of the most inspiring stories in which road engineers and environmentalists successfully worked together, and how you can get involved with this important issue in your own local community. If you’d like to read Darryl’s new book, use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent on our website – corne

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/096bNnOJRS-e7mZj-YZ0vuw8aXc Welcome to the second episode of Authors in Conversation, the new podcast from the series editors of CUP's United States in the World series. This episode features University of California, Irvine professor Judy Tzu-Chun Wu (author of Radicals on the Road) speaking with USF Libraries Operations Manager Amanda Boczar about her new book An American Brothel: Sex and Diplomacy during the Vietnam War—https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501761379/an-american-brothel/#bookTabs=1 Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD.

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/rgF0kKoXOrvET5UBVltpkzs7oOc Welcome to the first episode of Authors in Conversation, a new podcast from the series editors of CUP's United States in the World series. This episode features Michigan State University professor Emily Conroy-Krutz (author of Christian Imperialism) speaking with Albion College professor Joseph W. Ho about his new book Developing Mission: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501761850/developing-mission/ Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD.

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/q0N7gK7My67tWjrVoRo_Q5ZnNaM Series here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/series/cornell-studies-in-political-economy/ Save 40% off these books with the promo code 09EXP40. This episode we celebrate our renowned and pathbreaking series - Cornell Studies in Political Economy - which after nearly four decades will be coming to a close upon the publication of the forthcoming book Mediterranean Capitalism Revisited edited by Luigi Burroni, Emmanuele Pavoni, and Marino Regini. Our guests today are the instrumental players behind the series - series editor Peter Katzenstein and acquisitions editor Roger Haydon. Professor Katzenstein is the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr Professor of International Studies at Cornell University. His research and teaching lie at the intersection of the fields of international relations and comparative politics. Katzenstein's work addresses issues of political economy, and security and culture in world politics. His current research interests focus

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/T-RiTZ1VQpSEDwdbmwW4gkDZ-2Y This episode, we speak with Rachel Whitlark, author of All Options on the Table: Leaders, Preventive War, and Nuclear Proliferation: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501760341/all-options-on-the-table/#bookTabs=1 Rachel Whitlark is Assistant Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Whitlark's articles have appeared in Security Studies, International Studies Quarterly, and International Studies Perspectives. Follow her on Twitter @RachelWhitlark We spoke to Rachel about why certain leaders opt for preventive strikes against states attempting to acquire nuclear weapons and certain leaders do not, the psychological mindset that is generally present in leaders who do tend to do pursue military operations, her insights on two nations who have been in the news regarding their nuclear programs, North Korea and Iran. If you’d like to purchase Rachel’s new book, visit our website at

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/JXonA8TBa7KATPeoEiGtZly8Xs0 This episode, we speak with Vera Michlin-Shapir, author of Fluid Russia: Between the Global and the National in the Post-Soviet Era. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501760549/fluid-russia/#bookTabs=1 Vera is a Visiting Research Fellow at The King's Centre for Strategic Communications, King's College London. We spoke to Vera about why the Western conventional wisdom about Russia is fundamentally incomplete, why Russia can be considered “patient zero” when it comes to the populist wave of anti-globalization and the rise of neoauthoritarian regimes, and why Putin's regime as a political system actually depends very much on Russia being part of the global world. Vera Michlin-Shapir, author of Fluid Russia: Between the Global and the National in the Post-Soviet Era. If you’d like to read Vera’s new book, use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent on the paperback. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit th

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/SAYxnj1Va5RQSZVcWZy_VBwqCgQ This episode, we speak with José Vergara, author of All Future Plunges to the Past: James Joyce in Russian Literature. José Vergara is Assistant Professor of Russian at Bryn Mawr College. His teaching interests cover a wide variety of topics: Russian language, prison literature, Chernobyl, Russian Novel (of the classical and experimental varieties), and contemporary Russian culture and society. We spoke to José about what inspired him to study James Joyce’s influence on Russian writers, the five major Russian authors he studied, and the Joycean themes he found in their work. If you’d like to read Jose’s new book please use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/s518QoR-pb9K9V5FnxTnlZA4PBo This episode, we speak with Carl Weinberg, author of Red Dynamite: Creationism, Culture Wars, and Anticommunism in America. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501759291/red-dynamite/#bookTabs=2 Carl Weinberg is Adjunct Associate Professor of History and Senior Lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences, at Indiana University Bloomington. He is also the author of Labor, Loyalty, and Rebellion from Southern Illinois University Press. We spoke to Carl about the very real and hidden labor and socialist history of John Scopes of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial, why there is a rational kernel of truth behind Christian conservatives linking the theory of evolution with communism, and why Christian conservatives’ main argument against evolution has always been about its impacts on society rather than anything having to do with biology.

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/HgLcUK7YW65Vd1yxvd4DqmO5LT0 This episode, we speak with Michael Hillard, author of of Shredding Paper: Labor and The Rise and Fall of Maine’s Mighty Paper Industry newly published by our ILR Press imprint - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501753152/shredding-paper/ Michael Hillard is Professor of Economics at the University of Southern Maine, and has published widely in the fields of labor relations, labor and working–­class history, and the political economy of labor and capitalism. Michael has taught and written about the history of US corporate governance, and especially the pernicious effects of financialization since the 1980s. He regularly provides expert testimony in Maine on macroeconomic and employment issues affecting working people We spoke to Michael about the many powerful interviews he had with the workers and managers of Maine’s paper industry, how his research found that the main culprit for the industry’s decline was not offshoring nor au