The "NBN Book of the Day" features the most timely and interesting author interviews from the New Bo
In this episode, Dr. Shahar Hameiri and Dr. Lee Jones discuss the political economy and financing be
In this week’s episode we step into conversation with Keith Whittington about his new book, The Impe
Sick Note: A History of the British Welfare State (Oxford UP, 2022) is a history of how the British
The question of whether mental disorders are disorders of the brain has led to a long-running and co
Who deserves public assistance from the government? This age-old question has been revived by policy
The “uncut” penis is viewed by some as attractive or erotic, and by others as ugly or undesirable. S
Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last
From the emergence of money in the ancient world to today’s interconnected landscape of high-frequen
For generations most of the canonical works that detail the lives of poor people have been created b
In his famous argument against miracles, David Hume gets to the heart of the modern problem of super
Augustine believed that slavery is permissible, but to understand why, we must situate him in his la
Recent social and political psychological research indicates that increased access to ancestry testi
During the mid-1950s, when Hollywood found itself struggling to compete within an expanding entertai
In Win or Else: Soviet Football in Moscow and Beyond, 1921-1985 (Indiana University Press, 2024), La
A radical new reading of eighteenth-century British theorist Thomas Robert Malthus, which recovers d
On Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is a day shopping in Tehran. Her birthday
Does Marx have a coherent ethical vision? How does that square with his sometimes-scathing dismissal
A critical challenge for militaries is preparing for future, not past, wars. History shows that succ
A “wonderful…highly comprehensive” (John Barton, author of A History of the Bible) global history of
Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe;
