1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

Podcast series from Cornell University Press. Changing the world one book at a time.

Episodes

1869, Ep. 172 with Simon Cordery, author of Gilded Age Entrepreneur

August 20, 2025 • 29 mins
Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Gilded Age Entrepreneur: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501783180/gilded-age-entrepreneur/#bookTabs=1 Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/G8PULDtfOTPTrJzWmEMxp4wBCM4?utm_source=copy_url Simon Cordery is Professor and Chair in the History Department at Iowa State University. Simon’s research ranges across the modern Atlantic and he is the author of three other books: The Iron Road in t...
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1869, Ep. 171 with Angela Douglas, author of Near the Forest, By the Lake

July 22, 2025 • 36 mins
Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Near the Forest, By the Lake: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501780370/near-the-forest-by-the-lake/#bookTabs=0 Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/skD79-efbDBWQr9JlorIR0T1RN8?utm_source=copy_url Angela E. Douglas is Emerita Daljit S. and Elaine Sarkaria Professor of Insect Physiology and Toxicology at Cornell University. She is the author of several books, including Nature on the Do...
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1869, Ep. 170 with Michael Ansara, author of The Hard Work of Hope

July 10, 2025 • 38 mins
Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on The Hard Work of Hope https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501782145/the-hard-work-of-hope/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/JgZXr0zi7XFpccw5azotP2auOuY?utm_source=copy_url Michael Ansara has been a dedicated activist and organizer since the 1960s, starting with the civil rights, student, and antiwar movements. His poetry and essays have been featured in numerous journals. We spoke to M...
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1869, Ep. 169 with Joseph Kellner, author of The Spirit of Socialism

June 26, 2025 • 31 mins
Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on The Spirit of Socialism: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501781513/the-spirit-of-socialism/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/OGLO8fW9hDnmYeR2CzmGMZ5lNEo?utm_source=copy_url Joseph Kellner is a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union at the University of Georgia. We spoke to Joseph about why the collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in a dramatic increase in spiritual seeking by th...
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1869, Ep. 168 with Stephan Rindlisbacher, author of Borders in Red

June 16, 2025 • 26 mins
Read Borders in Red for FREE! https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501780554/borders-in-red/#bookTabs=1 Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/3ndhPn4qPVQKBrbos5QrSp41j_8?utm_source=copy_url Stephan Rindlisbacher is a postdoctoral researcher at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). We spoke to Stephan about how his new book, the first comprehensive look into how the border between Russia and Ukraine was drawn, help...
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1869, Ep. 167 w/ Robyn Klingler-Vidra & Ramon Pacheco Pardo, authors of Startup Capitalism

May 22, 2025 • 34 mins
Learn more about Startup Capitalism (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%):
 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501781391/startup-capitalism/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Tmx6NA_VRaCB-WSUO1lIHbWfO9c?utm_source=copy_url Robyn Klingler-Vidra is Reader in Entrepreneurship and Sustainability at King's Business School, King's College London. Ramon Pacheco Pardo is Professor of International Relations at King's College Lo...
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1869, Ep. 166 with Andrew Ofstehage, author of Welcome to Soylandia

May 14, 2025 • 27 mins
Learn more about Welcome to Soylandia (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%):
 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501780233/welcome-to-soylandia Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/8TCrPkBnKy2b52Fo2o7NCxkmKfE?utm_source=copy_url Andrew Ofstehage is Program Coordinator of the Global Academy at North Carolina State University. We spoke to Andrew about his research into a group of US Midwest farmers who now farm in the tropic...
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1869, Ep. 165 with Rochelle Rojas, author of Bad Christians and Hanging Toads

May 1, 2025 • 22 mins
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 wi...
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1869, Ep. 164 with Andrew Mertha, author of Bad Lieutenants

April 22, 2025 • 30 mins
Read Bad Lieutenants for FREE here: (use promo code 09POD to save 30% on the print edition):
 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501781025/bad-lieutenants/#bookTabs=1 Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/a8G8EDW_TZoMrgdZUjox_q2LKt4?utm_source=copy_url Andrew Mertha is the George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and Director of the School of Advanced International Studies China Research Center at Johns Hopkins Unive...
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1869, Ep. 163 w/ Joe Meisel, author of The Marlin's Fiery Eye

April 1, 2025 • 32 mins
Learn more about The Marlin's Fiery Eye and Other Tales from the Extraordinary World of Marine Fishes (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%):
 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779442/the-marlins-fiery-eye-and-other-tales-from-the-extraordinary-world-of-marine-fishes/#bookTabs=1

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 Joe E. Meisel is a biologist, a conservationist, and an...
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1869, Ep. 162 with Ipek Celik Rappas, author of Filming in European Cities

March 31, 2025 • 25 mins
Learn more about Filming in European Cities (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%) here:
 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779985/filming-in-european-cities/#bookTabs=1 Ipek Celik Rappas is Associate Professor in Media and Visual Arts at Koç University, Istanbul. Her research explores media and marginalized communities in Europe, and the relationship between media labor, production, and space. She is the author of ...
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1869, Ep. 161 with Rachel Midura, author of Postal Intelligence

March 13, 2025 • 25 mins
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/ Rach...
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1869, Ep. 160 with Mark Cruse, author of The Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France

March 12, 2025 • 28 mins
Learn more about The Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%) here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779350/the-mongol-archive-in-late-medieval-france/#bookTabs=1 Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/DpQJjWenDkr-igT1sysHk231FD4?utm_source=copy_url Mark Cruse is Associate Professor of French at Arizona State University. His books, include, as author, Illuminating the "Roman d'Ale...
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1869, Ep. 159 with Nitzan Lebovic, author of Homo Temporalis

March 4, 2025 • 31 mins
Learn more about Homo Temporalis (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%) here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779565/homo-temporalis/#bookTabs=1 Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/_Mgs3D1W3XxriagGe4E6Sy-7nEg?utm_source=copy_url Nitzan Lebovic is Professor of History and Apter Chair of Holocaust Studies and Ethical Values at Lehigh University. He is the author of The Philosophy of Life and Death and Zionism and M...
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1869, Ep. 158 w/ Rachel Chin & Samuel Huneke, editors of Reimagining Citizenship in Postwar Europe

February 24, 2025 • 31 mins
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 CSAN...
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Authors in Conversation, Ep. 8 — Benjamin Coates & Kazushi Minami discuss People's Diplomacy

February 12, 2025 • 52 mins
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 Relat...
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1869, Ep. 157 with Felia Allum, author of Women of the Mafia

January 27, 2025 • 31 mins
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 Univ...
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1869, Ep. 156 with authors Paolo Heywood and Adam Reed

January 9, 2025 • 34 mins
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 ordinarine...
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Authors in Conversation, Ep. 7 — Emily Conroy-Krutz & Tom Smith discuss Word across the Water

December 12, 2024 • 39 mins
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 Protestan...
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1869, Ep. 155 with Eliot Borenstein, author of Unstuck in Time

December 5, 2024 • 20 mins
Learn about Unstuck in Time here (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777899/unstuck-in-time/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/xLkSlsXBJKcP_0l4RGqFztFfcpQ?utm_source=copy_url&tab=chat&view=transcript In this episode, we speak with Eliot Borenstein, author of the new book Unstuck in Time: On the Post-Soviet Uncanny. Eliot Borenstein is Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies ...
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