Podcasts

Writing Latinos

Writing Latinos is a podcast featuring interviews with Latino authors of all sorts—scholars, novelists, memoirists, journalists—discussing their books, and how their writing contributes to the ever-changing conversation about the meanings of latinidad.

Novel Dialogue

Novel Dialogue invites a novelist and a literary critic to talk about novels from every angle: how we read them, write them, publish them, and remember them.

Public Books 101

Public Books 101 turns a scholarly eye to a world worth studying. In each miniseries, world-class scholars and writers examine a single topic from many angles, opening a window into the conversations that experts are having with one another about some of the issues, problems, and cultural curiosities facing us today.

Public Books 101 – Season One: The Internet

Hosted by: Annie Galvin

Where did the internet come from? And how might we work to fix its flaws? In this five-part series, we’ll cover how the internet was built, whose interests it was built to serve, and what it is doing to individuals, societies, and cultures.

Public Books 101 – Season Two: The Novel Now

Hosted by: Nicholas Dames

What value does the novel, a centuries-old technology, still hold for readers? In this five-part series, you’ll hear from novelists, scholars, and medical doctors about why we still read, write, and love novels in the 21st century.

Public Books 101 – Season Three: Becoming Data

Hosted by: Natalie Kerby

This season is produced in partnership with Data & Society.

How long has human life been quantified as data, and in what contexts? What are some major implications of humanity being measured as data? How are people pushing back against the datafication of human life, work, health, and citizenship?

Primary Sources

Hosted by: Eyal Press

From Public Books and Type Media Center, this is Primary Sources, the show where writers and intellectuals talk about some of the greatest influences on their work.

Proust Curious

Proust Curious is a podcast miniseries about the experience of reading À la recherche du temps perdu in its entirety.

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