Katy Price and I recently talked about her engaging and elegantly written new book on the engagement with Einsteinian relativity by various reading publics in early twentieth-century Britain. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Loving Faster Than Light: An Interview
I had a great time talking with Barak Kushner about his recent book on the history of ramen in Japan and beyond. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Slurp!: An Interview
I had the pleasure of speaking with Sally Smith Hughes recently about her book on the history of Genentech and the business of recombinant DNA technology. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Genentech: An Interview
Cosima Bruno and I recently spoke about her new book on poetry, the practice and theory of translation, and Chinese writer Yang Lian. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Between the Lines: An Interview
Catherine Higgs and I recently spoke about her elegantly written book on colonialism, slavery, and the history of chocolate. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Chocolate Islands: An Interview
Chris Bush and I recently spoke about his tremendously thoughtful book on modernism, media theory, and Chinese writing. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Ideographic Modernism: An Interview
Jini Kim Watson and I recently spoke about her fascinating book on fictions of urban transformation in Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading The New Asian City: An Interview
I recently spoke with Shawn Bender about his wonderful new book on taiko drumming. You can listen to it here. Continue reading Taiko Boom: An Interview
I spoke with Laura Stark this week about her great new book, Behind Closed Doors: IRBs and the Making of Ethical Research. You can listen to it here. Continue reading Behind Closed Doors: An Interview
I recently spoke with Qiliang He about his new book on pingtan storytelling, Gilded Voices: Economics, Politics, and Storytelling in the Yangzi Delta since 1949. Good stuff! Check it out here. Continue reading Gilded Voices: An Interview
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