

Yale University Press Podcast
Yale University Press
The Yale University Press Podcast is a series of in-depth conversations with experts and authors on a range of topics including politics, history, science, art, and more for those who are intellectually curious.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Jun 3, 2023 • 40min
Understanding Art Through the History of Pigments
A Conversation with Kelly Grovier about his new book, The Art of Colour.

May 30, 2023 • 46min
The Traumatic Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann
A Conversation with artist Natalie Frank and translator Jack Zipes

May 30, 2023 • 52min
The Unknown Story of American Slavers
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Sean M. Kelley about his new book, American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644-1865.

May 23, 2023 • 41min
The Art of Reading Landscapes with Noah Charney
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with conservation biologist Noah Charney about his new book, These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes.

May 8, 2023 • 52min
Historian of Abolition R. J. M. Blackett on Samuel Ringgold Ward
This episode of our podcast features a conversation with historian R.J.M. Blackett about the 19th century newspaper editor, Congregational minister, and temperance advocate Samuel Ringgold Ward. Despite Ward’s prominent role in the abolitionist movement, his story has been lost because of the decades he spent in exile. In Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle, R. J. M. Blackett rediscovers a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle against slavery and discrimination.

Apr 27, 2023 • 38min
A conversation with John Darlington about his new book, Amongst the Ruins: Why Civilizations Collapse and Communities Disappear
The archaeologist shares compelling stories of ruins and lost civilizations, from the Garamantes of ancient northern Africa to Port Royal, Jamaica to Rapa Nui.

Apr 25, 2023 • 47min
Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
In this episode, director of Yale University Press, John Donatich, talks with Ned Blackhawk about his new book, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History. Blackhawk offers a sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history, which recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America.

Apr 21, 2023 • 41min
David Pullins and Vanessa K. Valdés on Juan de Pareja
A conversation about the 17th-century Spanish painter, famously depicted by Diego Velázquez, on his own terms.

Apr 18, 2023 • 40min
The Original Psychonauts
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Mike Jay about his new book, Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind.

Mar 28, 2023 • 44min
The World’s First Known Author
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with cultural historian and translator Sophus Helle about his new book, Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World’s First Author.


