Poe Podcasts

show episodes

New Books Network

789

Unsubscribe

1d ago1d ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly+

A series of interviews with authors of new books from Princeton University Press

George Bartley

554

Unsubscribe

22h ago22h ago

Unsubscribe

Daily

This podcast is a deep dive into the world of creativity - from Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman to understanding the use of basic AI principles in a fun and practical way.

1
1001 Ghost, Chiller & Lovecraft Stories

Jon R. Hagadorn

311

209

Unsubscribe

10d ago1w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly+

A spine-chilling collection of classic stories and tales from the other side featuring classics from a wide variety of writers that include H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James, and many others. Radio dramas (suspense, horror, and gothic) will also be featured.

1
Horror Stories Podcast

Robert Crandall

304

220

Unsubscribe

3d ago3d ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

Audio versions of short stories by authors like Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, H.G, Wells and others.

1
New Books in Japanese Studies

Marshall Poe

473

Unsubscribe

1d ago1d ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ ...

1
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

614

Unsubscribe

32m ago32m ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly+

Do you recall your parents saying "Wise Up?". This is the BEST way to increase your intellect, grow your vocabulary, and broaden your view of history and culture. Take the "wise up!" challenge and listen to any 5 of these narrated stories and give your brain a treat! (It works for all ages, including TV-bound seniors). Enjoy listening to well-narrated tales from writers like Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, ...

1
Two Marketing Moms

Kelly Callahan-Poe

Unsubscribe

13d ago1w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

Your career accelerator guide with real-world advice and expert insights for marketing and advertising professionals with host Kelly Callahan-Poe.

1
Fireside Poe

Bookplates Relaxation

Unsubscribe

1M ago5w ago

Unsubscribe

Daily+

Pull up a chair to the hearth and leave the modern world behind. Fireside Poe is a sleep and relaxation podcast that reimagines the works of Edgar Allan Poe—not to haunt you, but to lull you to rest. Each episode invites you to sit by the crackling fire, listen to the rain against the glass, and drift off to the hypnotic rhythm of classic literature.

1
Accountant's Flight Plan

Brannon Poe; Poe Group Advisors

119

Unsubscribe

8d ago1w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

Welcome to The Accountant's Flight Plan, where we guide you toward building a top-tier CPA firm that you would want to buy. With over 20 years of working with accountants in mergers and acquisitions, Brannon Poe, CPA delves into engaging and vital topics with industry leaders. Unpacking everything from transition planning and accounting practice sales to practice management and firm development, Brannon equips you with the tools you need to build the practice of your dreams. Whether you are ...

1
NBN Book of the Day

Marshall Poe

Unsubscribe

4d ago4d ago

Unsubscribe

Daily

The "NBN Book of the Day" features the most timely and interesting author interviews from the New Books Network delivered to you every weekday. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

1
Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Richard Lucas

134

Unsubscribe

10d ago1w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

The NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership channel podcast focusses on entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation, interviewing entrepreneurial people, leaders and others about their journey, motivations, lessons learned and advice for others. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/entrepreneurship-and-leadership

1
Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast

Claytemple Media

102

219

Unsubscribe

13d ago1w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

College-level conversations about the masters of horror literature from H.P. Lovecraft to Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King.

1
Evermore Poe

Kris Kosach Wellen

Unsubscribe

3+ y ago3+ y ago

Unsubscribe

Daily+

Evermore Poe tells the terrifying and tragic coming of age story of teenaged Edgar Allan Poe.

1
Unpleasant Dreams

Cassandra Harold with Jim Harold Media

Unsubscribe

7d ago0w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

Classic horror tales told by Cassandra Harold. We feature stories from Poe, Lovecraft, Stevenson, Dickens, Bierce and more. Jim Harold Media LLC respects writers' intellectual property. All fictional stories on Unpleasant Dreams are in the U.S. public domain, published before 1928.

1
New Books in Chinese Studies

New Books Network

961

Unsubscribe

1d ago1d ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly+

1
New Books in Finance

Marshall Poe

436

Unsubscribe

4d ago4d ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly

1
Northview Church Weekly Messages

Northview

Unsubscribe

8d ago1w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly+

Northview Church Weekly Messages

1
Arguing History

Marshall Poe

280

Unsubscribe

5M ago23w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

Historians discussing controversial historical topics Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/arguing-history

1
The Radio Reading Room

Myron Hieronymous Thomas

Unsubscribe

6d ago6d ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly+

The Radio Reading Room features the Stories of Americana special Featured Segments feature stories and poetry from some of America's Classic authors, such as, Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, Emily Dickerson, T.S. Elliot and many more. The program is hosted and stories read by long time broadcast veteran and voice artist Myron Hieronymous Thomas. First aired over WQSA AM radio in Sarasota Florida in 1989 the program fast became a favorite of listeners and participants.

1
New Books in Italian Studies

Marshall Poe

354

Unsubscribe

5d ago5d ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly

1
New Books in Animal Studies

Marshall Poe

327

Unsubscribe

13d ago1w ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly

1
New Books in History

Marshall Poe

448

500

Unsubscribe

13h ago13h ago

Unsubscribe

Daily

1
Pleasers & Punishers

pleaserspunisherspodcast

Unsubscribe

5d ago5d ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly

A weekly podcast about movies you love, movies that ruin your day, and all things kinky & queer! Hosted by Caitlyn Of The North & Mae Shults https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social [email protected] Art by The Haunted David Theme music by Everson Poe

1
The Ghost Story Book Club

Adam Z. Robinson

Unsubscribe

5d ago5d ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

Welcome to The Ghost Story Book Club. Each episode, along with a special guest, writer and host Adam Z. Robinson discusses the ghost story genre and looks at a different classic ghost story. Authors include: M.R. James, E. Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allen Poe, Algernon Blackwood, E.F Benson and many more. You can email your thoughts on the stories to: [email protected] and follow on Bluesky at @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social

1
The Lonely Poe

Poe

Unsubscribe

7+ y ago7+ y ago

Unsubscribe

Daily+

Hey, Welcome to my life as I journey through some pretty weird stuff as I live my existential crisis in a big city!

1
Evermore Poe: The Turbulent Youth of Edgar Allan Poe

Kris Kosach

Unsubscribe

3y ago3y ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

Evermore Poe follows the untold story of Edgar Allan Poe's teen years as he navigates a dysfunctional foster family, a disturbing love of gothic horror, juvenile vices and his obsession with a married woman twice his age. Age 13 and up. Parental Guidance Suggested. Themes: Southern Gothic | Biographical Drama | Dark Academia | Halloween | Serial | Horror | Supernatural | Coming-of-age | Antebellum South *Now a Top Halloween pick from Fiction Horizon!!* https://fictionhorizon.com/best-hallowe ...

1
New Books in Psychology

Marshall Poe

291

Unsubscribe

5h ago5h ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly+

1
New Books in Critical Theory

Marshall Poe

368

Unsubscribe

5h ago5h ago

Unsubscribe

Daily

1
New Books in Korean Studies

New Books Network

139

Unsubscribe

3d ago3d ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

1
Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals

Bitter Karella

Unsubscribe

1M ago6w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

Each week, a group of storytellers gathers around a campfire. There's world-weary club MC Edgar Allan Poe, nerd dad Stephen King, violent goth Mary Shelley, squid-obsessed wimp HP Lovecraft, and others. A comedy-horror semi-anthology adapted from Bitter Karella's Hugo-nominated microfiction.

1
New Books in Psychoanalysis

Marshall Poe

381

391

Unsubscribe

28d ago4w ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly

1
New Books in the American South

New Books Network

518

Unsubscribe

11d ago1w ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly

1
The Dingoes Podcast

Christopher Poe

Unsubscribe

7y ago7y ago

Unsubscribe

Daily+

Shooting the 💩

1
New Books in Economics

Marshall Poe

132

Unsubscribe

4d ago4d ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly+

1
Peach + Poe Podcast

Taylor Thomas

Unsubscribe

6+ y ago6+ y ago

Unsubscribe

Daily+

Hello fellow bookworms! Join us twice a month as we review our favorite books as well as new bestsellers. Please prepare to listen with a cup of tea!

1
EDGAR ALLAN POE - CUENTOS DE TERROR

HENRY ACERO

Unsubscribe

5+ y ago5+ y ago

Unsubscribe

Daily+

En este podcast escucharemos los mas terroríficos cuentos de terror escritos a puño y letra por Edgar Allan Poe!

1
NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS : dark tales, both old and new, performed by voice artist Kristin Holland

SpectreVision Radio

128

224

Unsubscribe

5d ago5d ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly+

NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS is a fortnightly short story podcast featuring masterful performances of dark tales, both old and new, by voice artist Kristin Holland. If you enjoy playful, chilling, compelling narrations of horror stories, this is the podcast for you. https://www.nocturnaltransmissions.com.au You can support us (and access lots of exclusive content) by becoming a patron at Patreon.com: https://www.patreon.com/nocturnaltransmissions scary stories, dark tales, haunting poetry, classi ...

1
New Books in East Asian Studies

Marshall Poe

191

Unsubscribe

1d ago1d ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly+

1
Poe Boys

A Star Wars Podcast (w/ Pete & Josh)

100

Unsubscribe

5y ago5y ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly

Star Wars! The Clone Wars! Rebels! Resistance! Lucasfilm Animation! Oscar Isaac? Dave Filoni? Star Wars!

1
Microchip is...

Microchip Technology

Unsubscribe

15d ago2w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

Explore the circuit less traveled with “Microchip is”—the podcast that reveals the full spectrum of Microchip Technology’s product lines. Covering Aerospace and Defense, Clock and Timing, SiC, PoE, Power and Analog, FPGA, Automotive and Innovative Touch. Company experts reveal Microchip’s approach to innovation and customer service, showing how it has developed its products into a comprehensive and highly flexible portfolio designed to empower your innovation.

1
Isolated with Arn Poe

Arn Poe

Unsubscribe

7y ago7y ago

Unsubscribe

Daily+

Browsing the world for interpretations of forgotten or less prominent moments, Arn Poe talks endlessly about the things no one really cares about, including the arts, history, the supernatural, and anything else that happens by.

1
The Summers of Poe

Poe

Unsubscribe

2y ago2y ago

Unsubscribe

Daily+

Welcome to "The Summers of Poe", a queer, accented podcast series that takes you on a journey of self-discovery, sexual exploration, and self-acceptance. Instagram: the_summer_of_poe

1
Forever Exiled

Tagz, Wrecker of Days

325

Unsubscribe

1d ago1d ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly

Forever Exiled is a Path of Exile podcast hosted by Justin (Tagz) and Tyler (Wrecker of Days) that covers all things Path of Exile. We’re both heavily obsessed with the game. Every time we go out for dinner, the conversation quickly turns from real life to the builds we’re playing, the news that GGG has released, and all of our opinions and dreams regarding it all. We talk so much PoE, that a podcast just made sense ;-). Tagz has been playing Path of Exile since Beta in April 2012 and Wrecke ...

4301
New Books in Archaeology

Marshall Poe

111

179

Unsubscribe

15d ago2w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly+

101
Skeleton House - Video Game Let's Plays

Skeleton House

333

Unsubscribe

5d ago5d ago

Unsubscribe

Weekly

Join Jess, Brett and friends as they play through different video games in this audio-only let's play podcast. + cats Chiko and Poe. | [email protected] | twitter.com/SkeletonPod |

1
Obroa-skai Walkers

Obroa-Skai Walkers - A Star Wars Book Club Podcast

170

Unsubscribe

2M ago6w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

Ben and Cole move through the Star Wars Legends timeline as they see fit! There's assigned reading each week, and every episode covers that week's reading. Simple, right? There are plenty of Star Wars-related tangents along the way, so make sure to listen even if you haven't read!

1
Great Stories about Great Storytellers

Randy Overbeck

Unsubscribe

11d ago1w ago

Unsubscribe

Monthly

GREAT STORIES about GREAT STORYTELLERS shares insights into storytellers whose names you no doubt recognize—names like Edgar Allen Poe, Steven Spielberg John Grisham and Walt Disney—but reveals the backstories you probably never heard about them. The podcast features different kinds of storytellers—authors, directors, playwrights and even a poet or two. In short 10-15 minutes episodes, this fun and sometimes funny podcast features anecdotes and tidbits about storytellers, with each episode s ...

show series

1
Poe and the Stars 25:32

7d ago25:32

25:32

Send us a text Tonight we leave the playhouse wing and walk—quietly—into a different kind of stage: a mirrored room, a window, and a tube of glass and brass pointed at the sky. Because when Edgar Allan Poe looks up, he doesn’t just want a story. He wants an explanation. SFX: soft footsteps, a faint “gallery hum,” a distant night security beep. Diff…

1
THE PURLOINED LETTER EDGAR ALLAN POE 48:20

8d ago48:20

48:20

By Jon Hagadorn

1
Russell T. McCutcheon, "Critics Not Caretakers: Redescribing the Public Study of Religion" (Routledge, 2023) 48:19

2h ago48:19

48:19

Russell T. McCutcheon's essay collection Critics Not Caretakers: Redescribing the Public Study of Religion (Routledge, 2023) argues that the study of religion must be rethought as an ordinary aspect of social, historical existence, a stance that makes the scholar of religion a critic of cultural and historical practices rather than a caretaker of r…

1
Andrew Porwancher, "American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews" (Princeton UP, 2025) 30:31

9h ago30:31

30:31

A scion of the Protestant elite, Theodore Roosevelt was an unlikely ally of the waves of impoverished Jewish newcomers who crowded the docks at Ellis Island. Yet from his earliest years he forged ties with Jews never before witnessed in a president. American Maccabee traces Roosevelt’s deep connection with the Jewish people at every step of his daz…

1
Philippe Huneman, "Why?: The Philosophy Behind the Question" (Stanford UP, 2023) 1:26:23

2h ago1:26:23

1:26:23

Why did triceratops have horns? Why did World War I occur? Why does Romeo love Juliet? And, most importantly, why ask why? In Why?: The Philosophy Behind the Question (Stanford UP, 2023), philosopher Philippe Huneman describes the different meanings of "why," and how those meanings can, and should (or should not), be conflated. As Huneman outlines,…

1
Philippe Huneman, "Why?: The Philosophy Behind the Question" (Stanford UP, 2023) 1:26:23

12h ago1:26:23

1:26:23

1
String Theory 19:08

10h ago19:08

19:08

Send us a text NIGHT WATCHMAN (to mic, mock-host energy): Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Late Night at the Toy Museum. Tonight’s top story: New Year’s Eve is the day after tomorrow, which means the museum is preparing the traditional celebration of “fresh starts”… by using the same extension cords from 1997. And speaking of 1997…

1
THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE and THE CHOICE OF HERCULES (JAMES BALDWIN) 16:13

1d ago16:13

16:13

The Husband Who Was To Mind The House- is a folk talestory in which a husband complains tohis wife for not having dinner ready when he comes in from work- so she convinces him to switch jobs the next day.. The Choice of Hercules- a young Hercules is journeying toward the mountains when he sees the road split and pauses to decide which to take.He is…

1
Lin Hongxuan, "Ummah Yet Proletariat: Islam, Marxism, and the Making of the Indonesian Republic" (Oxford UP, 2023) 46:44

1d ago46:44

46:44

In contemporary Indonesia the idea that Islam and Marxism are inherently incompatible has become deeply entrenched. However, as Lin Hongxuan's work Ummah Yet Proletariat: Islam, Marxism, and the Making of the Indonesian Republic (Oxford University Press, 2023) shows, the relationship between them in Indonesian history is deeply intertwined. Based o…

1
Thomas David DuBois, "China in Seven Banquets: A Flavourful History" (Reaktion Books, 2024) 1:13:58

1d ago1:13:58

1:13:58

In this episode of New Books Network, Laura Goldberg speaks with Thomas David DuBois, Professor at Beijing Normal University, about his book China in Seven Banquets, which traces Chinese history through seven extraordinary meals. Gastronomy and dining rituals offer a revealing historical framework: they make visible social order, ethical values, an…

1
Jolyon Baraka Thomas and Matthew D. McMullen, "The New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions" (U Hawaii Press, 2024) 1:00:26

1d ago1:00:26

1:00:26

For nearly two decades, the Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (U Hawaii Press, 2024) has served as a valuable resource for students and scholars of religion in Japan. This exciting update expands the audience to include non-specialists of Japan while also complicating the notions of "Japan" and "religion." Asking the provocative question "why stud…

1
Andrew Porwancher, "American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews" (Princeton UP, 2025) 30:31

1d ago30:31

30:31

1
Thomas David DuBois, "China in Seven Banquets: A Flavourful History" (Reaktion Books, 2024) 1:13:58

1d ago1:13:58

1:13:58

1
Happy 0.4 New Years, Atziri! 1:02:25

2h ago1:02:25

1:02:25

Merry Christmas, everyone! We hope you had a great day/week no matter how you went about it. Both of us here were blessed to have the time to play a bit of Path of Exile during the holidays and it was great to chat about it. Hopefully, you enjoyed pulling up a chair and joining in to this week's conversation; it's always a pleasure have you around.…

1
The Color of Thinking 25:14

1d ago25:14

25:14

Send us a text NARRATOR: Welcome back to the Metropolitan Museum of Toys and Childhood Artifacts—where the lights dim, the doors lock, and the exhibits do what exhibits are not supposed to do. [SFX: A security door clicks shut.] NARRATOR (cont.): Tonight, our night watchman makes his rounds with a thermos of tea, a sensible flashlight, and the quie…

1
212 The Grave by Orville R Emerson 28:34

2h ago28:34

28:34

1
Aaron G. Fountain Jr., "High School Students Unite! Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America" (UNC Press, 2025) 44:33

2d ago44:33

44:33

In High School Students Unite! Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America (UNC Press, 2025), Aaron G. Fountain Jr. highlights the crucial impact of high school activists in the 1960s and 1970s. Mid-twentieth-century student activism is a pivotal chapter in American history. While college activism has been well document…

1
Henrike Kohpeiß, "Bourgeois Coldness" (Divided Publishing, 2025) 50:57

1h ago50:57

50:57

Bourgeois Coldness (Divided Publishing, 2025) refers to an affective strategy that offers an explanation for how self-preservation works. Bourgeois coldness is one of the most advanced affective and aesthetic forms of preserving the structure of the colonial status quo. It creates an affective shelter in the world, unencroached upon by the immediat…

1
Andrea Gevurtz Arai ed., "Spaces of Creative Resistance: Social Change Projects in Twenty-First-Century East Asia" (Rutgers UP, 2025) 1:22:45

2d ago1:22:45

1:22:45

An exciting collection of stories of change that most people don’t usually hear from the bottom up, from the grassroots, about what’s happening in East Asia. Spaces of Creative Resistance: Social Change Projects in Twenty-First-Century East Asia (Rutgers UP, 2025) brings together an exciting cross-regional interdisciplinary group of scholars, schol…

1
Ruby Oram, "Home Work: Gender, Child Labor, and Education for Girls in Urban America, 1870-1930" (U Chicago Press, 2025) 57:54

3d ago57:54

57:54

In Home Work: Gender, Child Labor, and Education for Girls in Urban America, 1870-1930 (U Chicago Press, 2025) historian Ruby Oram tells the story of how middle-class, white women reformers lobbied the state to implement various public education reforms to shape the lives of girls and women in industrial cities between 1870 and 1930. Women such as …

1
Daniel M. Herskowitz, "The Judeo-Christian Thought of Franz Rosenzweig" (Liverpool UP, 2025) 1:10:08

3d ago1:10:08

1:10:08

The Judeo-Christian Thought of Franz Rosenzweig (Liverpool UP, 2025) offers a new interpretation of Franz Rosenzweig's magnum opus The Star of Redemption, commonly treated as one of the high points of modern Jewish thought, and demonstrates its profound immersion in the Protestant conceptuality of its time. It argues that appreciating the decisive …

1
Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Allen Lane, 2025) 1:00:59

3d ago1:00:59

1:00:59

No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisively as capitalism. It structures how we live and work, how we think about ourselves and others, how we organize our politics. Sven Beckert, author of the Bancroft Prize–winning Empire of Cotton, places the story of capitalism within the largest conceivable geographical and historical framework,…

1
Lite-Brite, Artist in Residence 20:40

1d ago20:40

20:40

Send us a text NIGHT WATCHMAN (mildly amused, to himself): All right, Museum. Let’s see what you’ve got tonight. No stampedes. No… spontaneous karaoke from the animatronics. And if the wind-up monkey even looks like it’s planning something—no. SFX: a faint plastic “tap… tap… tap” NIGHT WATCHMAN: What was that? SFX: tiny clicks, like pegs being nudg…

1
THREE WISE GUYS by DAMON RUNYAN 36:45

11m ago36:45

36:45

By ME

1
Andrew W. Bernstein, "Fuji: A Mountain in the Making" (Princeton UP, 2025) 1:01:37

3h ago1:01:37

1:01:37

Fuji: A Mountain in the Making (Princeton UP, 2025) is A panoramic biography of Japan's iconic mountain from the Ice Age to the present Mount Fuji is everywhere recognized as a wonder of nature and enduring symbol of Japan. Yet behind the picture-postcard image is a history filled with conflict and upheaval. Violent eruptions across the centuries w…

1
Simon Avenell, "A History of Postwar Japan: Recovery, Prosperity, and Transformation" (U Hawaii Press, 2025) 1:00:37

3d ago1:00:37

1:00:37

This sweeping history tells the story of contemporary Japan from its defeat in the Asia-Pacific War in 1945 until the early decades of the new millennium. How did the Japanese people deal with the collapse of its empire and the American-led occupation? What factors played into Japan's remarkable economic recovery and stunning affluence? How did dem…

51
Andrew W. Bernstein, "Fuji: A Mountain in the Making" (Princeton UP, 2025) 1:01:37

4d ago1:01:37

1:01:37

1
Jonathan Sumption, "The Challenges of Democracy: And the Rule of Law" (Profile Books, 2026) 29:59

4d ago29:59

29:59

Across the globe, democracy is in crisis - in the UK alone, it has been rocked by Brexit, the pandemic and successive attempts by governments to bypass legal norms. But how did this happen, and where might we go from here? Jonathan Sumption cuts through the political noise with acute analysis of the state of democracy today - from the vulnerabiliti…

1
Joel S. Wit, "Fallout: The Inside Story of America's Failure to Disarm North Korea" (Yale UP, 2025) 49:23

4d ago49:23

49:23

After nearly four decades of negotiations, sanctions, summits, threats, and backdoor channels, the United States has failed to stop North Korea's nuclear program which now has the capability to strike American cities with weapons of mass destruction. In Fallout: The Inside Story of America's Failure to Disarm North Korea (Yale UP, 2025), Joel S. Wi…

1
Joel S. Wit, "Fallout: The Inside Story of America's Failure to Disarm North Korea" (Yale UP, 2025) 49:23

4d ago49:23

49:23

1
Robin F. Hansen, "Prison Born: Incarceration and Motherhood in the Colonial Shadow" (U Regina Press, 2024) 40:11

4d ago40:11

40:11

With rigorous scrutiny and deep care, Robin Hansen's Prison Born: Incarceration and Motherhood in the Colonial Shadow (U Regina Press, 2024) offers crucial insight into the intersections of ongoing colonial harms facing Indigenous mothers in Canada. Building from an unplanned call to Hansen from a pregnant, incarcerated Indigenous woman in 2016, Pr…

1
Furby After Dark 26:50

1d ago26:50

26:50

Send us a text NIGHT WATCHMAN (EBENEZER, cheerful): All right, toys—another calm, orderly night. Nothing’s going to— SFX: A sudden electronic WHIRR from a glass case. SFX: Tiny motor clicks: eyelids opening. SFX: A bright chirp, then a giggle. FURBY (loud): KAH! DOO-AY! NOO-LAH! NOO-LAH! NIGHT WATCHMAN (startled, then amused): …And right on schedul…

1
Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Allen Lane, 2025) 1:00:59

5d ago1:00:59

1:00:59

1
The Corridor - Button Clicking Simulator, but, Like, Not Like That 30:16

5h ago30:16

30:16

Really shoulda played this before the end of December to pad out my 'games launched' stat on the Steam Replay.By Skeleton House

1
Suvi Rautio, "The Invention of Tradition in China: Story of a Village and a Nation Remade" (Springer Nature, 2024) 1:18:40

5d ago1:18:40

1:18:40

Today, anthropologist Professor Anru Lee is joining NBN as a guest host to interview me, Suvi Rautio, on my new book, The Invention of Tradition in China: Story of a Village and a Nation Remade published by Palgrave in 2024. In China, heritage projects are sprouting across the countryside carrying the promise of Xi Jinping’s “Chinese dream” as a ca…

1
Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Allen Lane, 2025) 1:00:59

4h ago1:00:59

1:00:59

1
Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Allen Lane, 2025) 1:00:59

2h ago1:00:59

1:00:59

1
Riley Linebaugh, "Curating the Colonial Past: The 'Migrated Archives' and the Struggle for Kenya's History" (Cambridge UP, 2025) 50:44

5d ago50:44

50:44

In the early 1960s, British colonial administrations in East Africa organized the systematic destruction and removal of secret documents from colonies approaching independence. The Colonial Office in London arranged the deposit of these documents in high security facilities, where they remained inaccessible until 2011 following a compensation suit …

1
Suvi Rautio, "The Invention of Tradition in China: Story of a Village and a Nation Remade" (Springer Nature, 2024) 1:18:40

5d ago1:18:40

1:18:40

1
Phantom Thread (2017) 1:13:39

8h ago1:13:39

1:13:39

Take your measurements and be careful with those mushrooms, because it’s time to dive into the world of mid-century fashion. We’re very divided on this film, from the kink dynamics to Daniel Day Lewis’s performance, but at least we agree on the incredible dresses! Find us online: https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers https://bsky.app/profi…

1
More Joy 20:24

7h ago20:24

20:24

Send us a text NARRATOR: It’s Christmas Eve at the Metropolitan Museum of Toys and Childhood Artifacts— after the last visitor has gone, after the gift-shop lights click off, after the lobby wreath stops smelling like “busy” and starts smelling like “quiet.” [SFX: KEY RING JINGLE. DOOR CLICKS. FOOTSTEPS ON TILE.] NIGHT WATCHMAN (GENTLE, CONTENT): A…

1
NOCTRANS Ep 222 [TRANSMISSMAS 2025] - 'HOW FEAR DEPARTED FROM THE LONG GALLERY' 51:46

5d ago51:46

51:46

MERRY TRANSMISSMAS gentle listener. This is our final episode of 2025 and we're kicking it 'old school' with E. F. Benson's 'HOW FEAR DEPARTED FROM THE LONG GALLERY' We hope you enjoy it. See you next year. --- NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS is a fortnightly podcast featuring inspired performances of short horror stories, both old and new, by voice artist…

1
THE TWO WINNIE THE POOHS 12:18

15h ago12:18

12:18

By Jon Hagadorn

1
The Christmas Story 1:50

21h ago1:50

1:50

In this Episode we feature The Christmas Story as told in Luke Chapter 2: 8 through 16. Read by Kristie Thomas.By Myron Hieronymous Thomas

1
Irvin Ibargüen, "Caught in the Current: Mexico's Struggle to Regulate Emigration, 1940-1980" (UNC Press, 2025) 53:12

6d ago53:12

53:12

Migration between the United States and Mexico is often compared to the river that runs along the border: a "flow" of immigrants, a "flood" of documented and undocumented workers, a "dam" that has broken. Scholars, journalists, and novelists often tell this story from a south-to-north perspective, emphasizing Mexican migration to the United States,…

1
Emiliano Rubens Urciuoli, "Citifying Jesus: The Making of a Roman Religion in the Roman Empire" (Mohr Siebeck, 2024) 56:20

1d ago56:20

56:20

Religion and urban life are the most successful strategies of handling, enhancing, and capitalizing on human sociability. By integrating religious studies, archaeology, and spatial theory, Emiliano Rubens Urciuoli aims to re-describe the formation of Christ religion as urban religion in Citifying Jesus: The Making of a Roman Religion in the Roman E…

1
Weila Gong, "Implementing a Low-Carbon Future: Climate Leadership in Chinese Cities" (Oxford UP, 2025) 42:49

5d ago42:49

42:49

This episode explores what China’s subnational climate experiments tell us about the possibilities and limits of climate leadership in an era of intensified geopolitics. We discuss how China’s domestic governance dynamics matter for international climate cooperation and competition, especially as Chinese actors become central in the global low-carb…