1869, The Cornell University Press Podcast

Learn more about Bad Christians and Hanging Toads (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%):
 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779718/bad-christians-and-hanging-toads/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/CnB_Cc_KV636TZN-ChfDW0A8OGw?utm_source=copy_url Rochelle Rojas is Assistant Professor of History at Kalamazoo College. We spoke to Rochelle about the inner logic of early modern European witchcraft trials, how accused witches were able to prove they were good, and not bad, Christians, and the surprising and prominent role that toads played in many of the witch accusations.

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 Joe E. Meisel is a biologist, a conservationist, and an educator. He is a cofounder of the Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation. We spoke to Joe about the fascinating behaviors, remarkable adaptations, and complex life histories of the many species of saltwater fishes, some of the present-day and historical connections between humans and the sea, and why despite the many challenges our oceans face, there’s reason to be optimistic about the future of our oceans and fishes.

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Download and read the FREE open access ebook edition of Postal Intelligence here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779930/postal-intelligence/#bookTabs=1 Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Postal Intelligence: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779923/postal-intelligence/#bookTabs=1 In the UK, use promo code CSANNOUNCE here: https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781501779923/postal-intelligence/ Rachel Midura is Assistant Professor of Early Modern European and Digital History at Virginia Tech. She researches the history of intelligence, travel, and statecraft in the information age of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. We spoke to Rachel about how early modern postal services became central to domestic governance and foreign policy enterprises; how they extended government reach and surveillance; and the pivotal role in this history that was played by the Tassis family, official postmasters to the dukes of Milan, the pope, Spanish kings, and Holy Roman emperors.

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Download and read the FREE open access ebook edition of Reimagining Citizenship in Postwar Europe here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779206/reimagining-citizenship-in-postwar-europe/#bookTabs=1 Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Reimagining Citizenship in Postwar Europe: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779190/reimagining-citizenship-in-postwar-europe/#bookTabs=1 In the UK, use promo code CSANNOUNCE here: https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781501779190/reimagining-citizenship-in-postwar-europe/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/ZoMnfkB3yxUfKXfznPSKGLs5i5w?utm_source=copy_url Rachel Chin is a Lecturer in War Studies at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of War of Words. Samuel Huneke is Associate Professor of History at George Mason University. He is the author of States of Liberation and A Queer Theory of the State. We spoke to Rachel and Samuel about the many different dimensions of citizenship, the impact that tens of thousands of refugees and migrants

Welcome to the eighth episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features Wake Forest University professor Benjamin Coates (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with Osaka University professor Kazushi Minami about his new book People's Diplomacy: How Americans and Chinese Transformed US-China Relations during the Cold War Download and read the book for free: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501774171/peoples-diplomacy/#bookTabs=1 And save 30% off the print edition with the Promo Code 09POD. Written transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/0TKH9xfrW0R7d4mP76wIRsfszAo?utm_source=copy_url

Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Women of the Mafia: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501774799/women-of-the-mafia/ In the UK, use promo code CSANNOUNCE here: https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781501774799/women-of-the-mafia/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/66ZHk_WmYWFLUANWFtixUAe64Sc?utm_source=copy_url Felia Allum is Professor in the department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath (UK). Her research focuses on organized crime, Italian Mafias, criminal mobility, gender and political corruption. She is the award-winning author of The Invisible Camorra. We spoke to Felia about why the conventional wisdom that all women are victims of a male-only mafia that excludes them is false; how women’s criminal activities within the mafia of Naples, Italy are hidden for a variety of reasons; and, why in the private sphere women are actually the key to the power of the Neapolitan Camorra and are its very backbone.

Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Burying Mussolini, https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501778285/burying-mussolini/ and Animal People: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779640/animal-people/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/tc5iDpv5sFvw71D1UPyWU0F4ekw?utm_source=copy_url Paolo Heywood and Adam Reed discuss the common theme in each of their books centering around the power of ideas about ordinariness and normality in contemporary politics. We hope you enjoy their conversation. Paolo Heywood is Associate Professor of anthropology at Durham University. He is the author of After Difference, editor of New Anthropologies of Italy, and the co-editor of Beyond Description. Adam Reed is a Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. His research explores the intersections between moral and literary imagination and institutional life. He is the author of Literature and Agency in English Fiction Reading and Papua New Guinea's Last Place.

Welcome to the seventh episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features Michigan State University professor Emily Conroy-Krutz (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with Selwyn College, University of Cambridge research fellow Tom Smith about his new book Word across the Water: American Protestant Missionaries, Pacific Worlds, and the Making of Imperial Histories https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777448/word-across-the-water/#bookTabs=1 Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD.

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Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9gCI6cjm-RQ?si=a6NewEJVEQIycptu This episode of author2author features Jeff Friednman, author of The Commander-in-Chief Test, and Steve Wagner, author of Eisenhower for Our Time, providing the perfect scene-setting of how we got to our political reality in the lead up to the 2024 election. Click below to hear them discuss how presidents use foreign policy to their advantage, the divisiveness in American politics, and President Eisenhower’s influence on our modern political parties. Buy The Commander-in-Chief Test by Jeff Friedman: https://qrco.de/bfK8cX Buy Eisenhower for Our Time by Steven Wagner: https://qrco.de/bfR7oz Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/jPPHS_5K89afnV12fgUrWkC7h8s?utm_source=copy_url About author2author: This series aims to bring together two (or maybe more!) Cornell University Press authors writing about similar ideas to discuss anything and everything related to their books; the state of their area of expertise, how they came up with t

Learn more about The Waiting Water here (and use 09POD to save 30%):
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Learn more about The City is Ours here (and use 09POD to save 30%):
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Learn more about Disruption here (and use 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501774119/disruption/#bookTabs=0 Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/AYwGHof_RZb3H_x32SO6bo1BjXQ?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Michael De Groot, author of the new book Disruption: The Global Economic Shocks of the 1970s and the End of the Cold War. Michael De Groot is Assistant Professor of International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington where he teaches and researches the international, diplomatic, and economic history of the twentieth century. We spoke to Michael about his research showing that the global economic upheaval of the 1970s was instrumental in ending the Cold War; how the United States during this time was able to use debt and large trade deficits to its advantage while the Soviet bloc simply could not; and what lessons we can learn from this time period to help us navigate our current troubles today.

Welcome to the sixth episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features UC Irvine professor Judy Tzu-Chun Wu (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with Harvey Mudd College professor Alfred Peredo Flores about his recent book Tip of the Spear— https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771347/tip-of-the-spear/#bookTabs=0 Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD. Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/8UXJWdMdLeKlgafI7vj2-r5wZO4?utm_source=copy_url

An incredible conversation between historical novelists Tim Wendel, author of Rebel Falls, and Brian Carso, author of Gideon’s Revolution. Listen to them discuss their research processes, fictionalizing real events, and the importance of historical fiction in today’s increasingly polarized world. Buy Gideon’s Revolution: https://qrco.de/bew7Sg More on Brian Carso: https://briancarso.com Buy Rebel Falls: https://qrco.de/bevT5Z More on Tim Wendel: https://timwendel.com Transcript available here: https://shorturl.at/zqp8d About author2author: This series aims to bring together two (or maybe more!) Cornell University Press authors writing about similar ideas to discuss anything and everything related to their books; the state of their area of expertise, how they came up with their book, publishing with Cornell University Press, and more. We hope to broaden accessibility to scholarship by giving you a taste of our books and the brilliant minds that create them. About Cornell University Press: Cornell Univer