Interviews with Psychologists about their New Books
https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/science-technology/psychology/
episode 154: Phillipa Chong, “Inside the Critics’ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times” (Princeton UP, 2020)
How does the world of book reviews work?
episode 99: Sarah Fawn Montgomery, "Quite Mad: An American Pharma Memoir" (Mad Creek Books, 2018)
If you live in America, chances are good you’ve heard the term “mental health crisis” bandied about in the media...
episode 108: Matthew Gutmann, "Are Men Animals? How Modern Masculinity Sells Men Short" (Basic Books, 2019)
Gutmann examines how cultural expectations viewing men as violent and sex driven becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy...
episode 98: Carol Gilligan and Naomi Snider, "Why Does Patriarchy Persist?" (Polity, 2018)
Carol Gilligan and Naomi Snider use psychoanalysis and psychology as frameworks for understanding the vexingly enduring power of this social structure...
episode 64: David Adger, "Language Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power" (Oxford UP, 2019)
Adger brings foundational ideas in the cognitive science of language to a popular audience...
episode 103: K. Linder et al., "Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers" (Stylus Publishing, 2020)
If you’re a grad student facing the ugly reality of finding a tenure-track job, you could easily be forgiven for thinking about a career change...
episode 95: Eleanor Gordon-Smith, "Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our Minds" (PublicAffairs, 2019)
With today's furious political and cultural divisions, it's easy to shake our heads in exasperation at those who disagree with us...
episode 48: Jodie Jackson, “You Are What You Read: Why Changing Your Media Diet Can Change The World” (Unbound, 2019)
Jackson argues that a new type of news consumption leads to feelings of anger and helplessness...
episode 95: Christina Adams, "Camel Crazy" (New World Library, 2019)
Adams' son is on the autistic spectrum, and her love for him becomes a beautiful and passionate engine that ultimately leads her to start a movement that may just transform how we see camels and how we see and treat autism...
episode 94: Nicci Gerrard, "The Last Ocean: A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting" (Penguin, 2019)
Dementia provokes profound moral questions about our society and the meaning of life itself...