New Books in Technology
Interviews with Scholars of Technology about their New Books
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 1013
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
The Chinese Typewriter: A History
In this episode Chris Gondek speaks with author Tom Mullaney on the invention of the Chinese typewriter, and how the characters originally utilized are still the ones available on modern keyboards.
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00:26:04 |
Sat 04 Mar 2023
Marcus Rediker, "The Slave Ship: A Human History" (Penguin, 2008)
In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth centu…
00:54:45 |
Fri 03 Mar 2023
What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing
In this episode Chris Gondek interviews Ed Finn, author of the new book What Algorithms Want. Tune in for an interesting discussion on algorithm disconnect revolving around things humans regularly us…
00:23:15 |
Thu 02 Mar 2023
Isabel Huacuja Alonso, "Radio for the Millions: Hindi-Urdu Broadcasting Across Borders" (Columbia UP, 2022)
From news about World War II to the broadcasting of music from popular movies, radio played a crucial role in an increasingly divided South Asia for more than half a century. Radio for the Millions: …
00:37:46 |
Thu 02 Mar 2023
Nuclear Ghosts: Ryo Morimoto (EF, JP)
John and Elizabeth, in this special Centennial episode of Recall this Book, explore spectral radiation with Ryo Morimoto, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University. His new book Nuc…
00:43:20 |
Thu 02 Mar 2023
Celeste Vaughan Curington et al., "The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era of Online Romance" (U California Press, 2021)
The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era of Online Romance (U California Press, 2021) is the first comprehensive look at "digital-sexual racism," a distinct form of racism that is mediated and a…
00:48:30 |
Wed 01 Mar 2023
Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt: A Conversation with Andrew Simon
Andrew Simon, a historian of media, popular culture, and the Middle East at Dartmouth College, discusses his new book Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt (Stanford University Press,…
01:06:56 |
Mon 27 Feb 2023
Social Media Influencers and Digital Media Regulation in Vietnam
In 2021, a famous Vietnamese businesswoman hosted a three-hour long Facebook livestream, in which she named and shamed celebrities for their controversial public behaviours. This formed part of a reg…
00:24:56 |
Thu 23 Feb 2023
Seeing Truth in Photographs
Artist Penelope Umbrico talks about her work, images as currency, and how technology and various platforms herd images. And is photography tyrannical? Umbrico has some thoughts.
Learn more about the …
00:42:07 |
Thu 23 Feb 2023
Jacob Birken, "Video Games: Digital Image Cultures" (Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, 2022)
Let's plays are among the most popular genres on YouTube. The visual worlds of video games shape the worldviews of millions. Gaming is a hobby and a mass spectacle.
For a long time, the history of vi…
01:32:33 |
Sun 19 Feb 2023
Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud, "Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy" (Henry Holt, 2023)
Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy (Henry Holt, 2023) is the inside story of a worldwide investigation, sparked by the leak which revealed that cyb…
00:29:21 |
Sat 18 Feb 2023
Fabio Duarte and Ricardo Alvarez, "Urban Play: Make-Believe, Technology, and Space" (MIT Press, 2021)
Why technology is most transformative when it is playful, and innovative spatial design happens only when designers are both tinkerers and dreamers.
In Urban Play: Make-Believe, Technology, and Space…
01:09:55 |
Sat 18 Feb 2023
Alan Meades, "Arcade Britannia: A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade" (MIT Press, 2022)
The story of the British amusement arcade from the 1800s to the present.
Amusement arcades are an important part of British culture, yet discussions of them tend to be based on American models. Alan…
00:54:15 |
Sat 18 Feb 2023
99* Gael McGill Visualizes Intracellular Data (JP, GT)
What’s actually going on in a cell–or on the spiky outside of an invading virus? Gael McGill, Director of Molecular Visualization at the Center for Molecular and Cellular Dynamics at Harvard Medical …
00:36:46 |
Thu 16 Feb 2023
The Politics of Bicycling
Zack Furness, an associate professor of communications at Penn State Greater Allegheny, talks about his 2010 book, One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility (Temple University Press), …
01:30:03 |
Thu 16 Feb 2023
Emily Hund, "The Influencer Industry: The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media" (Princeton UP, 2023)
Before there were Instagram likes, Twitter hashtags, or TikTok trends, there were bloggers who seemed to have the passion and authenticity that traditional media lacked. The Influencer Industry: The …
00:49:02 |
Wed 15 Feb 2023
American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D
Eric Hintz, a historian and fellowship coordinator with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, talks about…
00:58:08 |
Mon 13 Feb 2023
Gun-Detecting AI, Infrastructure, and Bureaucracy
Aaron Gordon, Senior Writer at Motherboard, Vice’s science and technology website, talks about his co-authored article, “‘The Least Safe Day’: Rollout of Gun-Detecting AI Scanners Has Been a ‘Cluster…
01:25:09 |
Sun 12 Feb 2023
James Raven, "The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book" (Oxford UP, 2022)
In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book (Oxford UP, 2022) reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading int…
01:04:55 |
Sat 11 Feb 2023
The Geopolitics of Microchips: China, the EU, and the US
What would happen if microchips suddenly disappeared from our world? From phones to cars, medical equipment to heating units, they are crucial for the safe and smooth functioning of much of society. …
00:23:32 |
Fri 10 Feb 2023
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