Episodes

May 30, 2024

All About Portraits

Alison Manges Nogueira and Kathryn Calley Galitz of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Conversation about Portraits and Portraiture.
April 24, 2024

What’s in a Building?

A Conversation with British Architect Charles Holland on How to Enjoy Architecture.
April 15, 2024

The Therapeutic Benefits of Reading Greek Tragedy

In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with award-winning classicist Edith Hall about her new book, Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me.
March 28, 2024

The Search for a Forgotten Architect

William Whitaker and Heather Isbell Schumacher talk about the life and work of Minerva Parker Nichols.
March 12, 2024

Building Pluralistic Campuses with Michael S. Roth

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Wesleyan president Michael S. Roth about the history of the student, current crises facing higher education, and building pluralistic campuses.
Feb. 27, 2024

The History of Weaving at Black Mountain College

A conversation with Michael Beggs and Julie Thomson.
Jan. 15, 2024

The Last Non-Christian Emperor of Rome

In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Philip Freeman about Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (Ancient Lives Series).
Jan. 9, 2024

Mark Polizzotti Makes the Case for Why Surrealism Matters

The author’s new book offers insight into the Surrealism movement and why it continues to inspire.
Dec. 14, 2023

The Remarkable Stories of Women in British Intelligence

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Helen Fry, author of Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars.
Dec. 4, 2023

A Conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson about Louise Nevelson

We discuss the celebrated art historian’s new book Louise Nevelson’s Sculpture: Drag, Color, Join, Face.
Nov. 22, 2023

Do States Act Rationally?

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with John J. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato about How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy.
Nov. 13, 2023

Artists Remake the World

Vid Simoniti discusses the potential of contemporary art to bring about political change.
Nov. 3, 2023

Why We Should Stop Designing Things (And Start Designing Experiences)

Abraham Burickson on his New Book, Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto.
Oct. 28, 2023

The Intricacies of Marriage

In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Devorah Baum about her new book, On Marriage.
Oct. 19, 2023

Grimoires, Magic Books, and Spells

A Conversation With Owen Davies About His Illustrated History of Magical Texts
Oct. 11, 2023

Lisa Volpe on the 1955 Photographs of Robert Frank and Todd Webb

A conversation with the curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston about the book and exhibition America and Other Myths.
Sept. 20, 2023

A Global History of Wars

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with award-winning sociologist Michael Mann about his new book, On Wars.
Aug. 29, 2023

The World’s First Media Celebrity

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Sarah Ruden, author of Vergil: The Poet’s Life (Ancient Lives Series).
Aug. 8, 2023

Dorothy Liebes, the “Mother of Modern Weaving”

In Conversation with Susan Brown and Alexa Griffith Winton.
July 21, 2023

What Do The Beatles and Measurement Have in Common?

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with renowned physicist Piero Martin about his new book, The Seven Measures of the World.”
June 26, 2023

California’s History of Slavery and Slave Revolts

In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Jean Pfaelzer, author of California, a Slave State. California, a Slave State is a survey of the untold history of slavery and resistance in California, from the Spanish missions, indentured Native American ranch hands, Indian boarding schools, Black miners, kidnapped Chinese prostitutes, and convict laborers to victims of modern trafficking.
June 20, 2023

Witold Rybczynski and Hugh Pearman on Architecture

The two distinguished historians and critics of architecture compare the approaches they take in their new books.
June 2, 2023

Understanding Art Through the History of Pigments

A Conversation with Kelly Grovier about his new book, The Art of Colour.
May 30, 2023

The Traumatic Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann

A Conversation with artist Natalie Frank and translator Jack Zipes