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New Books in the American West

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently…

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Latest episodes

  1. Spanish Louisiana: Contest for Borderlands, 1763–1803 with Frances Kolb Turnbell (LSU Press, 2024)19 Oct 2026
  2. Multiracial Mandarin: Asian Americans and Impossible Language with David Shuang Song (U of Minnesota Press, 2026)17 Oct 2026
  3. Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing with Rahim Kurwa (U California Press, 2025)2 Oct 2026
  4. The Quake That Drained the Desert with Mary Elizabeth Reynolds (U Nebraska Press, 2026)30 Sep 2026
  5. Lee M. Panich and Gustavo Flores, "We Will Receive Justice: Native Histories of the Collapse of the California Missions" (U Nebraska Press, 2026)23 Sep 2026
  6. Eileen Luhr, "Golden States: How California Religion Went from Cautionary Tale to Global Brand" (U California Press, 2024)21 Sep 2026
  7. William R. Handley, "Horizons of Catastrophe in the American West" (U Nebraska Press, 2026)16 Sep 2026
  8. Claudia Verhoeven, "Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders" (Verso, 2026)8 Sep 2026
  9. Violaine Roussel, "Data-Driven Hollywood: The New Data Professionals in the Age of Streaming" (Princeton UP, 2026)7 Sep 2026
  10. Sarah M. Rios, "Diseases Have No Eyes: Valley Fever and Environmental Health Justice" (Temple UP, 2026)2 Sep 2026