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New Books in American Politics

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David Ost, "Red Pill Politics: Demystifying Today's Far Right" (New Press, 2026)

39 mins; March 31, 2026

Mark Pennington, "Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom" (Oxford UP, 2025)

58 mins; March 30, 2026

Matthew Guariglia and Brian Hochman, "The Church Committee Report: Revelations from the Bombshell 1970s Investigation into the National Security State" (W. W. Norton & Co, 2026)

45 mins; March 29, 2026

Mark Hlavacik, "Willing Warriors: A New History of the Education Culture Wars" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

29 mins; March 28, 2026

Sarah James, "The Politics of Failed Policies" (Oxford UP, 2025)

28 mins; March 27, 2026

Tom Wells, "The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations" (Oxford UP, 2026)

34 mins; March 26, 2026

Maya L. Kornberg, "Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress" (JHU Press, 2026)

49 mins; March 26, 2026

On Trump as a “World Historical Individual” with author John B. Judis

34 mins; March 25, 2026

David Bather Woods, "Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

76 hours 34 mins; March 23, 2026

Doug Crandell, "Twenty-Two Cents an Hour: Disability Rights and the Fight to End Subminimum Wages" (Cornell UP, 2022)

63 hours 10 mins; March 21, 2026

Sunmin Kim, "The Unruly Facts of Race: The Politics of Knowledge Production in the Early Twentieth-Century Immigration Debate" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

74 hours 1 min; March 19, 2026

Our Age of War: A Discussion with Author Robert Pape

42 mins; March 18, 2026

A.J. Bauer, "Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against The Press" (Columbia UP, 2026)

75 hours 43 mins; March 18, 2026

Abe Walker, "Reassembling the UAW: Insurgency, Contention, and the Struggle for Unionism in the American South" (Temple UP, 2026)

61 hours 41 mins; March 17, 2026

Alec Ryrie, "The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It" (Reaktion, 2025)

53 mins; March 15, 2026

Matthew Moran et al., "Coercing Syria on Chemical Weapons" (Oxford UP, 2025)

37 mins; March 14, 2026

Suzanne Mettler and Trevor E. Brown, "Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy" (Princeton UP, 2025)

40 mins; March 14, 2026

Pepper Culpepper and Taeku Lee, "Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How it Could Save Democracy" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

67 hours 36 mins; March 14, 2026

Jessica Ann Levy, "Black Power, Inc.: Corporate America and the Rise of Multinational Empowerment Politics" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2026)

65 hours 42 mins; March 13, 2026

Wendy Brown, "States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity" (Princeton UP, 2025)

41 mins; March 12, 2026

Katelyn E. Stauffer, "The Politics of Perception: How Beliefs About Women’s Inclusion Shape Democratic Legitimacy in the U.S." (Oxford UP, 2025)

35 mins; March 12, 2026

Understanding Iran Under Attack: A Discussion with Author Vali Nasr

48 mins; March 12, 2026

Stuck: How Money, Media and Violence Prevent Change in Congress

54 mins; March 10, 2026

Danielle Wiggins, "Black Excellence: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Black Liberalism" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025)

62 hours 59 mins; March 08, 2026

The Cave and the Coalition: Philosophy, Populism, and the MAGA New Right

56 mins; March 07, 2026

Amy Littlefield, "Killers of Roe: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights" (Legacy Lit, 2026)

54 mins; March 06, 2026

Elizabeth Suhay, "Debating the American Dream: How Explanations for Inequality Polarize Politics" (Russell Sage Foundation, 2025)

53 mins; March 04, 2026

Seth S. Tannenbaum, "Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites: Democracy and Division at the Twentieth-Century Ballpark" (U Illinois Press, 2026)

60 hours 9 mins; March 03, 2026

Allison Carnegie and Richard Clark, "Global Governance Under Fire: How International Organizations Resist the Populist Wave" (Princeton UP, 2026)

27 mins; March 02, 2026

Aaron Donaghy, "The Second Cold War: Carter, Reagan, and the Politics of Foreign Policy" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

61 hours 22 mins; March 01, 2026

Barbie Zelizer, "How the Cold War Broke the News: The Surprising Roots of Journalism's Decline" (Polity, 2025)

40 mins; February 28, 2026

Cynthia Miller-Idriss, "Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism" (Princeton UP, 2025)

47 mins; February 27, 2026

Stephen Stacks, "The Resounding Revolution: Freedom Song After 1968" (U Illinois Press, 2025)

67 hours 12 mins; February 24, 2026

Jamila Michener and Mallory E. Sorelle, "Uncivil Democracy: How Access to Justice Shapes Political Power" (Princeton UP, 2026)

55 mins; February 22, 2026

Mark Thomas Edwards, "Walter Lippmann: American Skeptic, American Pastor" (Oxford UP, 2023)

53 mins; February 21, 2026

Thomas Zeitzoff, "No Option But Sabotage: The Radical Environmental Movement and the Climate Crisis" (Oxford UP, 2026)

58 mins; February 19, 2026

Kenneth Lowande, "False Front: The Failed Promise of Presidential Power in a Polarized Age" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

44 mins; February 19, 2026

Trump, the UN Charter, and the Strange Politics of International Law

64 hours 18 mins; February 17, 2026

Cassandra Shepard, "Settler Colonialism is the Disaster: A Critique of New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina and During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (U Illinois Press, 2026)

49 mins; February 15, 2026

Competing Visions for International Order

28 mins; February 13, 2026

Heather Ann Thompson, "Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage" (Pantheon, 2026)

56 mins; February 12, 2026

Laura K. Field, "Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right" (Princeton UP, 2025)

43 mins; February 12, 2026

Mark Stout, "World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence" (UP of Kansas, 2023)

72 hours 21 mins; February 11, 2026

Ron Hayduk, "Untangling the Political Roots of Immigration and Inequality in the United States" (Routledge, 2026)

30 mins; February 10, 2026

Charles Alistair McCrary, "Sincerely Held: American Secularism and Its Believers" (U Chicago Press, 2022)

55 mins; February 09, 2026

Ashlyn Hand, "Prioritizing Faith: International Religious Freedom and U.S. Foreign Policy" (NYU Press, 2025)

43 mins; February 08, 2026

Garrett Felber, "A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre" (AK Press, 2025)

54 mins; February 06, 2026

Dianna N. Watkins-Dickerson, "A Black Woman for President: Shirley Chisholm, Carol Moseley Braun, and Kamala Harris" (UP of Mississippi)

60 hours 48 mins; February 04, 2026

Lisa Min et al. eds., "Redacted: Writing in the Negative Space of the State" (punctum books, 2024)

85 hours 24 mins; February 03, 2026

Michael Casiano, "Let Us Alone: The Origins of Baltimore's Police State" (U Illinois Press, 2025)

80 hours 15 mins; February 01, 2026

Blair Kelley, "Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class" (LIveright, 2023)

45 mins; January 31, 2026

Betty Boyd Caroli, "A Slumless America: Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of Affordable Housing" (Oxford UP, 2026)

59 mins; January 28, 2026

Kimberley Johnson, "Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis" (Cornell UP, 2025)

49 mins; January 25, 2026

Terence Keel, "The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence" (Beacon Press, 2025)

57 mins; January 23, 2026

Lauren D. Sawyer, "Growing Up Pure: White Girls, Queer Teens, and the Racial Foundations of Purity Culture" (NYU Press, 2025)

44 mins; January 22, 2026

Richard A. Falk and Hans von Sponeck, "Liberating the United Nations: Realism with Hope" (Stanford UP, 2024)

78 hours 30 mins; January 22, 2026

Andrew Burstein, "Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

54 mins; January 21, 2026

Emilie Connolly, "Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States" (Princeton UP, 2025)

50 mins; January 21, 2026

Yunus Emre Ozigci, "NATO’s Meaning and Existence: Within the Interstate Intersubjectivity" (Vernon Press, 2026)

83 hours 6 mins; January 21, 2026

A. Mechele Dickerson, "The Middle-Class New Deal: Restoring Upward Mobility and the American Dream" (U California Press, 2026)

55 mins; January 17, 2026

Zeke Hernandez, "The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers" (St. Martin's Press, 2024)

60 hours 2 mins; January 16, 2026

Michael J. Illuzzi, "Mending the Nation: Reclaiming We The People in a Populist Age" (UP of Kansas, 2025)

42 mins; January 15, 2026

Jose Eos Trinidad, "Subtle Webs: How Local Organizations Shape US Education" (Oxford UP, 2025)

54 mins; January 15, 2026

Steven J. Brady, "Less Than Victory: American Catholics and the Vietnam War" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

56 mins; January 13, 2026

Stephen Skowronek, "The Adaptability Paradox: Political Inclusion and Constitutional Resilience" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

40 mins; January 12, 2026

Mary E. Stuckey, "Remembering Jefferson: Who He Was, Who We Are" (UP of Kansas, 2025)

41 mins; January 08, 2026

Matthew Davis, "A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore" (St. Martin's Press, 2025)

66 hours 5 mins; January 06, 2026

What happens when liberalism stops feeling like a victory and starts feeling like an exhaustion?

85 hours 32 mins; January 05, 2026

James Greenwood-Reeves, "Justifying Violent Protest: Law and Morality in Democratic States" (Routledge, 2023)

74 hours 23 mins; January 04, 2026

Mary M. Burke, "Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History" (Oxford UP, 2023)

43 mins; January 03, 2026

Philip A. Wallach, "Why Congress" (Oxford UP, 2023)

49 mins; December 31, 2025

Andrew Porwancher, "American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews" (Princeton UP, 2025)

30 mins; December 28, 2025

Jack Z. Bratich, "On Microfascism: Gender, War, and Death" (Common Notions, 2022)

65 hours 45 mins; December 28, 2025

Paul Kelly, "Against Postliberalism: Why ‘Family, Faith and Flag’ is a Dead End for the Left" (Polity, 2025)

40 mins; December 26, 2025

Elizabeth Suhay, "Debating the American Dream: How Explanations for Inequality Polarize Politics" (Russell Sage Foundation, 2025)

31 mins; December 26, 2025

Jeff Roche, "The Conservative Frontier: Texas and the Origins of the New Right" (U Texas Press, 2025)

80 hours 52 mins; December 18, 2025

Matt Sleat, "Post-Liberalism" (Polity, 2025)

42 mins; December 12, 2025

Matt Sleat, "Post-Liberalism" (Polity, 2025)

42 mins; December 12, 2025

James A. Jacobs and James R. Jacobs, "Preserving Government Information: Past, Present, and Future" (Freegovinfo Press, 2025)

67 hours 38 mins; December 11, 2025

161 One Battle After Another: A West Newton Cinema Discussion with Peter Coviello and Ethan Warren (JP)

33 mins; December 04, 2025

Brooke Barbier, "King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father" (Harvard UP, 2023)

49 mins; December 02, 2025

Yoram Hazony, "Conservatism: A Rediscovery" (Regnery Publishing, 2022)

69 hours 23 mins; November 29, 2025

Jonathan Eig, "King: A Life" (FSG, 2023)

39 mins; November 27, 2025

Philip Rocco, "Counting Like a State: How Intergovernmental Partnerships Shaped the 2020 US Census" (UP Kansas, 2025)

53 mins; November 27, 2025

Jim Cullen, "1980: America's Pivotal Year" (Rutgers UP, 2022)

41 mins; November 23, 2025

John Bodnar, "Divided by Terror: American Patriotism after 9/11" (UNC Press, 2021)

68 hours 6 mins; November 22, 2025

David Chanoff, "Anthony Benezet: Quaker, Abolitionist, Anti-Racist" (U Georgia Press, 2025)

46 mins; November 22, 2025

Can America Still Lead? Foreign Policy in an Age of Division with Joel Rubin

60 hours 55 mins; November 21, 2025

Simon Appleford, "Drawing Liberalism: Herblock's Political Cartoons in Postwar America" (U Virginia Press, 2023)

56 mins; November 21, 2025

Margaret Grace Myers, "The Fight for Sex Ed: The Century-Long Battle Between Truth and Doctrine" (Beacon Press, 2025)

39 mins; November 21, 2025

Nicholas Buccola, "One Man’s Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle Over an American Ideal" (Princeton UP, 2025)

75 hours 40 mins; November 19, 2025

Emily Winderman, "Back-Alley Abortion: A Rhetorical History (JHU Press, 2025)

32 mins; November 19, 2025

On Democracy and Bullshit with Hélène Landemore

66 hours 15 mins; November 18, 2025

Philip Nash, "Clare Boothe Luce: American Renaissance Woman" (Routledge, 2022)

64 hours 56 mins; November 17, 2025

Lucy Caplan, "Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera" (Harvard UP, 2025)

59 mins; November 15, 2025

Miranda S. Spivack, "Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back" (The New Press, 2025)

44 mins; November 14, 2025

David T. Beito, "FDR: A New Political Life" (Open Universe, 2025)

32 mins; November 07, 2025

Diane T. Feldman, "Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi" (UP of Mississippi, 2025)

65 hours 9 mins; November 06, 2025

House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs Jr.

55 mins; November 06, 2025

Carol Mason, "From the Clinics to the Capitol: How Opposing Abortion Became Insurrectionary" (U California Press, 2025)

57 mins; November 05, 2025

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