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Robert Parish with Jake Uitti, "The Chief: The Story of the Boston Celtics’ Most Enigmatic Icon" (Triumph, 2026)

57 mins; April 03, 2026

Marty Friedman with Jon Wiederhorn, "Dreaming Japanese" (Permuted Press, 2024)

54 mins; April 03, 2026

Chiang Mai 2015

40 mins; April 02, 2026

Melissa Auf der Maur, "Even the Good Girls Will Cry: A '90s Rock Memoir" (DaCapo, 2026)

45 mins; April 02, 2026

Robert Hall, "Building Resilient Futures" (Austin Macauley, 2023)

53 mins; April 01, 2026

Michael Mann Reconsidered: Heat and Collateral

40 mins; April 01, 2026

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, "Everything You Wanted to Know about China*: * But Were Afraid to Ask" (Brixton Ink, 2025)

80 hours 39 mins; March 31, 2026

Michael Allan, "Cinema before the World: The Global Routes of the Lumière Brothers" (Fordham UP, 2026)

35 mins; March 29, 2026

Michael Mann Reconsidered: Ali and The Last of the Mohicans

30 mins; March 27, 2026

Sarah Jaffe, "Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone" (Bold Type Books, 2021)

68 hours 51 mins; March 25, 2026

Alan McDougall, "Dreams and Songs to Sing: A People's History of Liverpool FC from Shankly to Klopp" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

65 hours 41 mins; March 24, 2026

Michael Mann Reconsidered: Ferrari and Manhunter

29 mins; March 22, 2026

Danny Bate, "Why Q Needs U: A History of Our Letters and How We Use Them" (Bonnier Books, 2025)

54 mins; March 21, 2026

Mike Huguenor, "Elvis Is Dead, I'm Still Alive: The Story of Asian Man Records" (Clash, 2026)

52 mins; March 21, 2026

Karima Moyer-Nocchi, "The Epic History of Macaroni and Cheese: From Ancient Rome to Modern America" (Columbia UP, 2026)

74 hours 24 mins; March 20, 2026

Emma Chapman, "Radio Universe: How to Explore Space Without Leaving Earth" (Hachette UK, 2026)

73 hours 20 mins; March 19, 2026

Robert J. Coplan, "The Joy of Solitude: How to Reconnect with Yourself in an Overconnected World" (Simon and Schuster, 2025)

30 mins; March 18, 2026

Michael Mann Reconsidered: Thief and The Insider

28 mins; March 17, 2026

A Star Is Born (1937)

25 mins; March 16, 2026

Eurie Dahn, "Snack" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

43 mins; March 16, 2026

An Evening with Philip Roth: A Conversation with Bernard Avishai, Igor Webb, and Steven Zipperstein

67 hours 3 mins; March 13, 2026

Carlin Wing, "Bounce: Balls, Walls, and Bodies in Games and Play" (MIT Press, 2026)

44 mins; March 11, 2026

Austin McCoy, "Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made" (Atria/One Signal, 2026)

50 mins; March 11, 2026

Dana A. Williams, "Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship" (Amistad, 2025)

50 mins; March 10, 2026

Glen Oglaza, "When I Stories" (Pegasus, 2024)

77 hours 4 mins; March 09, 2026

The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City with Henry Sapoznik

64 hours 26 mins; March 08, 2026

Tamara Kay, "Sesame Street Around the World: Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships" (Oxford UP, 2025)

45 mins; March 07, 2026

Michael James Roberts et al., "Roll and Flow: The Cultural Politics of Skateboarding and Surfing" (San Diego State UP, 2024)

60 hours 59 mins; March 06, 2026

The Vet at the End of the Earth: Adventures with Animals in the South Atlantic

59 mins; March 05, 2026

Rachel Walther, "Born to Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon" (Headpress, 2026)

52 mins; March 05, 2026

Ani DiFranco and Lauren Coyle Rosen, "The Spirit of Ani: Reflections on Spirituality, Feminism, Music, and Freedom" (Akashic Books, 2026)

38 mins; March 03, 2026

Victor Navarro-Remesal, "Zen and Slow Games" (MIT Press, 2026)

37 mins; March 03, 2026

Jieun Kiaer, "Emoji Speak: Communication and Behaviours on Social Media" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

41 mins; March 02, 2026

Joanna Bourke, "Five Evil Women: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker" (Reaktion, 2026)

61 hours 9 mins; March 01, 2026

Michael Glover Smith, "Bob Dylan as Filmmaker: No Time to Think" (McNidder and Grace, 2026)

78 hours 12 mins; February 28, 2026

Clarissa E. Francis, "Black Women's Bodily Autonomy, Sexual Freedom, and Pleasure: Explorations of the Hot Girl Movement" (Routledge, 2025)

66 hours 47 mins; February 28, 2026

Michèle Schaal, "Grrrl Writing: Virginie Despentes's Authorial Politics" (Peter Lang, 2026)

35 mins; February 24, 2026

Ashely Alker, "99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them" (St. Martin's Press, 2026)

40 mins; February 23, 2026

Lynda Nead, "British Blonde: Women, Desire and the Image in Post-War Britain" (Yale UP, 2025)

56 mins; February 22, 2026

Marc Masters, "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape" (UNC Press, 2023)

55 mins; February 22, 2026

Jessica Martin, "Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis: The Rise of the Austerity Celebrity" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

36 mins; February 21, 2026

Santiago Fouz-Hernández, "The Films of Bigas Luna" (Manchester UP, 2025)

73 hours 48 mins; February 20, 2026

The American Mirage: How Reality TV Upholds the Myth of Meritocracy

48 mins; February 19, 2026

David M. Henkin, "Out of the Ballpark: How to Think about Baseball" (Oxford UP, 2026)

63 hours 14 mins; February 18, 2026

Robert P. Kolker and David Wyatt, "The Film Auteur: Angles of Vision" (Routledge, 2026)

55 mins; February 17, 2026

His Girl Friday

27 mins; February 16, 2026

Alexis Lerner, "Post-Soviet Graffiti: Free Speech in Authoritarian States" (U Toronto Press, 2025)

46 mins; February 16, 2026

Paul Rees, "Raised on Radio: Power Ballads, Cocaine and Payola - the AOR Glory Years 1976-1986" (De Capo, 2026)

46 mins; February 14, 2026

Dan Hassler-Forest, "Fast and Furious Franchising: How the Serialized Blockbuster Remade Hollywood" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

49 mins; February 14, 2026

Ian Gittins, "The Cure: A Perfect Dream" (Gemini Books, 2025)

36 mins; February 12, 2026

What Went Wrong with The Night Manager?

23 mins; February 11, 2026

Areum Jeong, "K-Pop Fandom: Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today" (U Michigan Press, 2026)

37 mins; February 10, 2026

Jonathan Wilson, "The Power and the Glory: The History of the World Cup" (Bold Type Books, 2025)

56 mins; February 08, 2026

Bill Kopp, "What's the Big Idea: 30 Great Concept Albums" (Hozac, 2025)

42 mins; February 07, 2026

Robert Guffey, "Hollywood Haunts the World: An Investigation into the Cinema of Occulted Taboos" (Headpress, 2026)

65 hours 13 mins; February 04, 2026

Gaoheng Zhang, "Italian Dumplings and Chinese Pizzas: Transcultural Food Mobilities" (Fordham UP, 2025)

42 mins; January 31, 2026

Mark Gallagher, "Cosmosexuals: Screen Acting, Stardom, and Male Sex Appeal" (U Texas Press, 2025)

70 hours 34 mins; January 30, 2026

163* The Drama of Celebrity with Sharon Marcus (JP)

32 mins; January 29, 2026

Justin L. Mann, "Breaking the World: Black Insecurity and the Horizons of Speculation" (Duke UP, 2026)

105 hours 56 mins; January 29, 2026

Rolando Pujol, "The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana" (Artisan Publishers, 2025)

58 mins; January 29, 2026

Misty L. Heggeness, "Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy" (U California Press, 2026)

45 mins; January 27, 2026

Kay Dickinson, "Fernando: A Song by ABBA" (Duke UP, 2025)

56 mins; January 26, 2026

M. Hinds and J. Silverman, "Johnny Cash International: How and Why Fans Love the Man in Black" (U Iowa Press, 2020)

70 hours 27 mins; January 26, 2026

Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams, "Kubrick: An Odyssey" (Pegasus Books, 2024)

57 mins; January 24, 2026

Is 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple the Most Important Movie of the Year?

31 mins; January 21, 2026

The Friends of Attention, "Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement" (Crown, 2026)

67 hours 40 mins; January 20, 2026

Min Joo Lee, "Finding Mr. Perfect: K-Drama, Pop Culture, Romance, and Race" (Rutgers UP, 2025)

30 mins; January 19, 2026

Christopher Lynch, "Formulating Foster: Stephen C. Foster and the Creation of a National Musical Myth" (Oxford UP, 2025)

61 hours 38 mins; January 19, 2026

The Night Manager Episodes 1—3 Analysis: It Never Ends!

30 mins; January 16, 2026

Johanna Lukate, "(Dis)Entangled: Black Hair, Race, and Identity" (Coronet, 2025)

45 mins; January 16, 2026

Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, "P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance" (Duke UP, 2026)

57 mins; January 14, 2026

Angie Hobbs, "Why Plato Matters Now" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

78 hours 32 mins; January 14, 2026

Peter F. Burns et. al, "Disneyland Politics: How a Medium-Size City and Corporate Giant Coexist" (Temple UP, 2025)

34 mins; January 14, 2026

"Plenty for All: The Art of Rick Fröberg" (Akashic Books, Ltd., 2016)

33 mins; January 11, 2026

Rob Harvilla, "60 Songs That Explain The 90s" (Twelve, 2023)

53 mins; January 10, 2026

Stuart Klawans, "Crooked, But Never Common: The Films of Preston Sturges" (Columbia UP, 2023)

52 mins; January 10, 2026

Barbara Jane Brickman, "Suffering Sappho! Lesbian Camp in American Popular Culture" (Rutgers UP, 2023)

76 hours 3 mins; January 08, 2026

Pluribus Episodes 8 & 9 Analysis: It’s Over!

65 hours 5 mins; January 03, 2026

Scott Feinberg, “The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time” (2023)

55 mins; January 03, 2026

Anna Zeide, "US History in 15 Foods" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

38 mins; December 31, 2025

J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich, "Stanley Kubrick's The Shining" (Taschen, 2023)

56 mins; December 31, 2025

Helle Strandgaard Jensen, "Sesame Street: A Transnational History" (Oxford UP, 2023)

57 mins; December 29, 2025

Kathryn Cornell Dolan, "Breakfast Cereal: A Global History" (Reaktion Books, 2023)

67 hours 58 mins; December 29, 2025

How to Fix Baseball with author Jane Leavy

58 mins; December 27, 2025

Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, "Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist" (Simon and Schuster, 2025)

59 mins; December 27, 2025

Sustainability, Identity, Artisans and Designers

55 mins; December 25, 2025

Pluribus Episodes 6 & 7 Analysis: I Feel Fine!

68 hours 15 mins; December 24, 2025

Thomas Manuel Ortiz, "Why We Struggle to Go Green: Hard Truths about the Clean Energy Transition" (Texas A&M Press, 2025)

45 mins; December 24, 2025

Patrick C. Fleming, "Animating the Victorians: Disney's Literary History" (UP of Mississippi, 2025)

37 mins; December 23, 2025

Hilary Davidson, "A Guide to Regency Dress: from Corsets and Breeches to Bonnets and Muslins" (Yale UP, 2025)

57 mins; December 22, 2025

Jane Eisner, "Carole King: She Made the Earth Move" (Yale UP, 2025)

42 mins; December 21, 2025

Max Brzezinski, "Under Pressure: A Song by David Bowie and Queen" (Duke UP, 2025)

59 mins; December 19, 2025

Jeffrey Kroessler, "Rural County, Urban Borough: A History of Queens" (Rutgers UP, 2025) This

18 mins; December 19, 2025

Lucy Jeffery and Anna Váradi, "Replaying Communism: Trauma and Nostalgia in European Cultural Production" (CEU Press, 2025)

59 mins; December 17, 2025

Amber Day, "Caught in the Crosshairs: Feminist Comedians and the Culture Wars" (Indiana UP, 2025)

49 mins; December 16, 2025

Amber Day, "Caught in the Crosshairs: Feminist Comedians and the Culture Wars" (Indiana UP, 2025)

49 mins; December 16, 2025

Curtis Marez, "Producing Precarity: The Costs of Making TV in Poor Places" (NYU Press, 2025)

52 mins; December 15, 2025

Jerry Moore, "Cat Tales: A History" (Thames & Hudson, 2025)

38 mins; December 14, 2025

Michelle Anya Anjirbag, "Appropriated Tales: Race and the Disney Fairy-Tale Mode" (Wayne State UP, 2025)

63 hours 35 mins; December 14, 2025

Camesia O. Matthews, "The Dental Fitness Advantage: How a Healthy Mouth Enhances Total Body Health and Elevates Performance" (Playbook Scholars, 2025)

47 mins; December 13, 2025

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