1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast
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1869, Ep. 60 with John Cleese and CUP Director Dean Smith - Professor at Large Part 3
November 15, 2018 16:35 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBThis is the third episode in our special series of audio excerpts from our new book Professor at Large: The Cornell Years by the beloved comedian, actor, producer, and director John Cleese: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?gcoi…0100362950 For nearly twenty years Cleese has held an official position as Professor at Large at Cornell University and has led many talks and lectures on campus on everything from scriptwriting to psychology, religion to hotel management and wine to medicine. Clee...
1869, Ep. 59 with Michael McGandy and Jim Lance, Senior Editors at CUP
November 05, 2018 16:37 - 10 minutes - 13.8 MBThis episode we speak to two of our acquiring editors, Michael McGandy and Jim Lance, who both attended the Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning in Buffalo, New York. Michael is a Senior Editor at Cornell University Press as well as Editorial Director of our trade imprint Three Hills which publishes smart, informative and provocative books about New York State and the Northeast. Michael acquires books in U.S. History, Presidential Studies, New York State, Urban ...
1869, Ep. 58 with Annie Armstrong and Marianne Krasny, co-authors of Communicating Climate Change
November 01, 2018 20:22 - 27 minutes - 38 MBThis episode we speak to Annie Armstrong and Marianne Krasny, co-authors of the new paperback and open access ebook Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators. Annie Armstrong is a PhD Student in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. Marianne Krasny is Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Director of the Civic Ecology Lab at Cornell University. Marianne is the coeditor or coauthor of numerous books, including Urban Environmental Education Review, ...
1869, Ep. 57 with John Cleese and CUP Director Dean Smith - Professor at Large Part 2
October 17, 2018 19:00 - 19 minutes - 26.9 MBThis is the second episode in our special series of audio excerpts from our new book Professor at Large: The Cornell Years by the beloved comedian, actor, producer, and director John Cleese: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?gcoi…0100362950 For nearly twenty years Cleese has held an official position as Professor at Large at Cornell University and has led many talks and lectures on campus on everything from scriptwriting to psychology, religion to hotel management and wine to medicine. Cle...
1869, Ep. 56 with Suzanne Gordon, author of Wounds of War
October 10, 2018 15:47 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBThis episode we welcome award-winning journalist and author Suzanne Gordon, author of the new book Wounds of War: How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation's Veterans. Suzanne is the co-editor of the Culture and Politics of Health Care Work series at Cornell University Press and is the author or co-author of 12 books from Cornell including Nursing against the Odds, Beyond the Checklist, and The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare. We spoke to Suzanne about her new book and the...
1869, Ep. 55 with Susan Eisenberg, author of We'll Call You if We Need You and Stanley's Girl
October 04, 2018 20:02 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MBThis episode we interview poet, author, visual artist, oral historian, and policy analyst Susan Eisenberg. Susan was among the first women in the country to become a journey-level electrician in union construction, and for four decades she has endeavored to understand, frame, convey and advance issues of tradeswomen. Her Cornell books include two published this year - the 20th anniversary edition of her book We’ll Call You If We Need You: Experiences of Women Working Construction, and the poe...
1869, Ep. 54 with John Cleese and CUP Director Dean Smith - Professor at Large Part 1
September 27, 2018 20:22 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBThis episode is the first in a special series of audio excerpts from our new book Professor at Large: The Cornell Years by the beloved comedian, actor, producer, and director John Cleese: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?gcoi=80140100362950 For nearly twenty years Cleese has held an official position as Professor at Large at Cornell University and has led many talks and lectures on campus on everything from scriptwriting to psychology, religion to hotel management and wine to medici...
1869, Ep. 53 on St. Elizabeth Seton w/ Catherine O'Donnell & Sister Betty Ann McNeil
September 13, 2018 13:10 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBAuthor Catherine O'Donnell and special guest Sister Betty Ann McNeil join us to talk about Catherine's new book - Elizabeth Seton: American Saint. Catherine O’Donnell is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and she writes about religion, culture, and politics in early America and the Atlantic World. She is the author of Men of Letters in the Early Republic: Cultivating Forums of Citizenship and the newly published book by Three Hills – Elizabeth Seton: American Saint. ...
Sage Marketing, Episode 5: Sara Henning-Stout
August 31, 2018 14:30 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MBCornell University Press Marketing and Sales Director Martyn Beeny chats with Sara Henning-Stout, Senior Publicist at Princeton University Press, about book publicity and marketing, influencers, authors, and much more in episode 5 of the Sage Marketing podcast.
1869, Ep. 52 with Josh Shifrinson, author of Rising Titans, Falling Giants
August 29, 2018 19:34 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MBAuthor Josh Shifrinson joins us to talk about his new book Rising Titans, Falling Giants: How Great Powers Exploit Power Shifts Josh is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Boston University, where his research focuses on U.S. foreign policy, grand strategy and international security. Previously, he served as Assistant Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University. He has published in International Security, Foreign Affa...
1869, Ep. 51 with Robyn Klingler-Vidra, author of The Venture Capital State
August 23, 2018 13:59 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBAuthor Robyn Klingler-Vidra joins us to talk about her recent book The Venture Capital State: The Silicon Valley Model in East Asia. Robyn Klingler-Vidra is Lecturer in political economy in the Department of International Development at King’s College London. Follow Robyn on Twitter - https://twitter.com/RobynVidra Use code 09POD to save 30% on her new book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140101038220
1869, Ep. 50 with CUP Senior Editor Jim Lance on the 2018 ASA Annual Meeting
August 01, 2018 16:41 - 6 minutes - 9.52 MBCUP Senior Editor Jim Lance joins us to tell us about his upcoming trip to Philadelphia for the 2018 ASA Annual Meeting: http://www.asanet.org/annual-meeting-2018 If you are attending the meeting, please do stop by our table to say hello to Jim and fellow editor Fran Benson, take a look at our new and forthcoming books, and pick up copies of our 2018 Sociology catalog and sampler. (Receive 30% off anything in the catalog by using the promo code 09POD at cornellpress.cornell.edu.) The electr...
1869, Ep. 49 with Suzanne Gordon and Jasper Craven on getting the story right on the VA
July 25, 2018 18:22 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBSuzanne Gordon and Jasper Craven join us to discuss how mainstream journalists can get the story right on the VA health care system. Essential resources for journalists and veterans alike: https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/july-august-2018/unhealthy-skepticism/ https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2298.html https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR800/RR806/RAND_RR806.pdf http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=24915 https://www...
Sage Marketing, Episode 4: Lisa Bayer
July 23, 2018 17:42 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBIn this episode I chat with Director of University of Georgia Press Lisa Bayer about marketing, books, the future of the university press, and much more. Read Lisa's blog on university presses and host institutions: https://ugapress.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/lets-stay-together-a-taxonomy-of-relationships-between-american-university-presses-and-their-host-institutions/ Follow Lisa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisambayer Follow Martyn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartynBeeny
1869, Ep. 48 with Jules Pretty, author of The East Country
July 18, 2018 16:47 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBAuthor Jules Pretty joins us to talk about his recent book The East Country as well as his Manifesto for the Green Mind. Jules Pretty is Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Essex. He is the author of many books, including The Edge of Extinction and This Luminous Coast, both from Comstock Publishing Associates. He is also author of The Earth Only Endures and coeditor of Green Exercise. Visit Jules Pretty's website at julespretty.com and follow him on Twitter at @JulesP...
1869, Ep. 47 Boz Welborne, Aubrey Westfall, and Sarah Tobin on the politics of headscarves in the US
July 03, 2018 14:43 - 21 minutes - 30.2 MBCo-authors Boz Welborne, Aubrey Westfall, and Sarah Tobin join us to talk about their new book The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States. (Fellow co-author Ozge Celik Russell was unable to join the conversation.) Boz Welborne is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Smith College. Aubrey L. Westfall is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Wheaton College. Sarah A. Tobin is a Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Bergen, ...
1869, Episode 46 with CUP Senior Editor Michael McGandy on SHAFR 2018
June 13, 2018 15:52 - 9 minutes - 13.1 MBCUP Senior Editor & Three Hills Editorial Director Michael McGandy joins us to tell us about his upcoming trip to Philadelphia for the 2018 SHAFR Annual Meeting: https://shafr.org/sites/default/files/shafr_18_final.pdf If you are attending the meeting, please do stop by our table to say hello to Michael, take a look at our new and forthcoming books, and pick up copies of our 2018 United States History catalog. (Receive 30% off anything in the catalog by using the promo code 09POD at cornellp...
1869, Episode 45 with Fran Benson, ILR Press Editorial Director
June 11, 2018 19:39 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MBILR Press Editorial Director Fran Benson joins us to tell us about her upcoming trip to the LERA 70th Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland this June 14-17th: https://www.leraweb.org/70th-lera-anl-mtg If you are attending the meeting, please do stop by our table to say hello to Fran, take a look at our new and forthcoming books, and pick up copies of our 2018 ILR Press catalog. (Receive 30% off anything in the catalog by using the promo code 09POD at cornellpress.cornell.edu.) The electroni...
1869, Episode 44 with David Schuyler, author of Embattled River
June 07, 2018 19:44 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MBAuthor David Schuyler joins us to talk about his new book Embattled River: The Hudson and Modern American Environmentalism, and his book talk on June 14th at the Hudson River Valley Institute: http://www.marist.edu/publicaffairs/2018-06-04-hrvi-lecture-david-schuyler.html David Schuyler is Arthur and Katherine Shadek Professor of the Humanities and American Studies, Franklin & Marshall College. Schuyler is author of numerous books, including the award-winning Sanctified Landscape: Writers, A...
1869, Episode 43 with Michael McGandy, CUP Senior Editor & Three Hills Editorial Director
June 07, 2018 15:06 - 9 minutes - 12.8 MBCUP Senior Editor & Three Hills Editorial Director Michael McGandy joins us to tell us about his upcoming trip to Williamsburg, Virginia for the Twenty-Fourth Annual Omohundro Institute Conference. http://oieahc-cf.wm.edu/conferences/ If you are attending the meeting, please do stop by our table to say hello to Michael, take a look at our new and forthcoming books, and pick up copies of our 2018 United States catalog. (Receive 30% off anything in the catalog by using the promo code 09POD at ...
1869, Episode 42 with Eric Zuelow, Series Editor for Histories and Cultures of Tourism
June 06, 2018 18:36 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MBCornell is launching a new series, Histories and Cultures of Tourism, and Series Editor Eric Zuelow joins us to discuss what it is all about. We discuss the history of the field of tourism studies, seminal books in the field and what he and CUP Senior Editor Emily Andrew are looking for in regards to prospective projects. Along the way we also discuss Volkswagen Beetles, Roman graffiti, and Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. To submit a proposal for the series please contact Eric Zuel...
1869, Episode 41 with Martyn Beeny, Marketing Director at Cornell University Press
May 24, 2018 21:45 - 8 minutes - 11.2 MBCUP Marketing Director Martyn Beeny joins us to tell us about his upcoming trip to Book Expo 2018: http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/ If you are at Book Expo this year, please do stop by Booth 3064 and say hello to Martyn, pick up advance copies of our Fall/Winter books (including one by John Cleese), and receive some choice CUP swag.
1869, Episode 40 with Jerry Jenkins, author of Woody Plants of the Northern Forest
May 17, 2018 16:36 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MBAuthor Jerry Jenkins joins us to talk about his two new guides from Comstock Publishing – Woody Plants of the Northern Forest - featured as both a beautiful 10 x 11 Photographic Guide, and also in more portable form as two Quick Guides – weather-resistant double-sided photographic charts that fold out to 26 x 36 inches. Jerry Jenkins directs the Northern Forest Atlas Project and is a researcher for the Wildlife Conservation Society. He is the author of Climate Change in the Adirondacks: The ...
Sage Marketing, Episode 3: Book marketing with Romi Gutierrez
May 10, 2018 15:55 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBHost Martyn Beeny chats with Romi Gutierrez, associate director and director of sales and marketing at University Press of Florida about metadata, metrics, content marketing, influencers, local marketing, successful marketing, and the end of the book review!
1869, Episode 39 with Mahinder Kingra, Editor in Chief at Cornell University Press
May 08, 2018 20:52 - 7 minutes - 10.1 MBCUP Editor in Chief Mahinder Kingra joins us to tell us about his upcoming trip to Kalamazoo for the International Congress on Medieval Studies. If you are attending the meeting, please do stop by our table to say hello to Mahinder, look at our new books, and pick up copies of our 2018 Medieval Studies catalog and sampler. The electronic versions of our catalog and sampler can be viewed via the following links: https://issuu.com/cornelluniversitypress/docs/cor_medieval_studies_2018_mb_issuu...
1869, Episode 38 with Julia Cassaniti, author of Remembering the Present
May 01, 2018 14:15 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MBAuthor Julia Cassaniti joins us to talk about her book, Remembering the Present: Mindfulness in Buddhist Asia. Julia Cassaniti is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Washington State University. Her previous Cornell book, Living Buddhism, won the Stirling Prize for Best Published Work in Psychological Anthropology from the Society for Psychological Anthropology. Use code 09POD to save 30% on her books when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpres...
1869, Episode 37 with Jonathan Karmel, author of Dying to Work
April 24, 2018 21:05 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBAuthor Jonathan Karmel joins us to talk about his book, Dying to Work: Death and Injury in the American Workplace. For more than 30 years Jon has represented workers and labor unions and their benefit funds throughout the midwest in the federal courts and before the NLRB, Department of Labor, and EEOC among others agencies. Jon is a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and is the Union Co-Chair of the Occupational Safety and Health Committee of the American Bar Association. ...
1869, Episode 36 with Tim Wendel, author of Cancer Crossings
April 18, 2018 17:27 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBAuthor Tim Wendel joins us to talk about his book, Cancer Crossings: A Brother, His Doctors, and the Quest for a Cure to Childhood Leukemia. A writer-in-residence at Johns Hopkins University, Tim Wendel is the author of Summer of ’68, Castro’s Curveball, and High Heat, which was an Editor’s Choice selection by The New York Times Book Review. Use code 09POD to save 30% on his book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=801401009...
1869, Episode 35 with Daniel Bessner, author of Democracy in Exile
April 16, 2018 19:15 - 20 minutes - 28 MBAuthor Daniel Bessner joins us to talk about his book, Democrary in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual. Daniel Bessner is the Anne H. H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. Use code 09POD to save 30% on his book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140104396220
1869, Episode 34 with Susan Eisenberg, author of Stanley's Girl & We'll Call You If We Need You
April 09, 2018 13:53 - 21 minutes - 29.3 MBPoet, visual artist, oral historian and licensed electrician Susan Eisenberg joins us to talk about her new collection of poetry, Stanley's Girl. Susan Eisenberg is Resident Artist/Scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center. Visit susaneisenberg.com for more information. Use code 09POD to save 30% on her books when you order direct from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140106652980&fa=author&person_id=846#content
Sage Marketing, Episode 2: Carrie Olivia Adams
April 06, 2018 13:50 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBOn Episode 2, host Martyn Beeny chats with Carrie Olivia Adams, a freelance publicist, about book marketing, the future of publicity, the NY Times and NPR, blurbs, and more.
1869, Episode 33: AAS 2018 recap with SEAP Managing Editor Sarah Grossman
March 28, 2018 15:49 - 18 minutes - 25.6 MBIn this episode we chat with Sarah Grossman, Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) Publications Managing Editor, about her experiences at the recent Association for Asian Studies annual conference in Washington, DC.
1869, Episode 32: Coline Jenkins, President of Elizabeth Cady Stanton Trust
March 27, 2018 20:56 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MBColine Jenkins joins us to discuss her family's, and her own, pioneering work in promoting women's rights. The great, great granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Coline is a legislator, author and television producer. Through the years, she has used her talents to inspire both awareness and pride in women's history.
1869, Episode 31: Julie Chernov Hwang, author of Why Terrorists Quit
March 22, 2018 20:44 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBAuthor Julie Chernov Hwang joins us to talk about her book, Why Terrorists Quit: The Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists. Julie Chernov Hwang is an associate professor of political science and international relations at Goucher College. Use code 09POD to save 30% on her book when you order direct from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100484390
Sage Marketing, Episode 1: Dennis Johnson
March 19, 2018 15:25 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBFirst episode of the new spin-off podcast series, Sage Marketing, in which host Martyn Beeny chats book marketing with Dennis Johnson, co-owner and co-publisher of Melville House.
1869, Episode 30: Danna Agmon, author of A Colonial Affair
February 23, 2018 14:13 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MBAuthor Danna Agmon joins us to talk about her book, A Colonial Affair: Commerce, Conversion, and Scandal in French India, as well as her Twitter Party on February 27. Agmon is Assistant Professor of History and ASPECT at Virginia Tech. Use code 09POD to save 30% on her book when you order direct from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100368870
1869, Episode 29: Darryl Jones, author of The Birds at My Table
February 22, 2018 15:35 - 25 minutes - 34.8 MBAuthor Darryl Jones joins Martyn Beeny to chat about his new book, The Birds at My Table: Why We Feed Wild Birds and Why It Matters.
1869, Episode 28: Book Marketing with Michael Roux
February 21, 2018 13:33 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MBMichael Roux, Marketing and Sales Manager at University of Illinois Press, joins Martyn Beeny to chat about marketing books to the scholarly community and beyond.
1869, Episode 27: Pharmaceutical Drug Prices with Sharon Batt and Fran Quigley
February 06, 2018 16:40 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MBAuthors Sharon Batt and Fran Quigley discuss the cost of medicines in the wake of President Trump's State of the Union address.
1869, Episode 26: Rosemary Sekora and Martyn Beeny
January 30, 2018 18:30 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MBUniversity of Nebraska Press Publicity Manager Rosemary Sekora chats with Martyn Beeny about book marketing, book publicity, and all things connected.
1869, Episode 24: AHA 2018 recap
January 19, 2018 14:21 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBIn this episode we chat with Emily Andrew, Senior Acquisitions Editor, and Bethany Wasik, Assistant Editor, about their experiences at the recent American Historical Association annual conference in Washington DC.
1869, Episode 23: Simon Reich and Peter Dombrowski
January 11, 2018 14:38 - 28 minutes - 38.4 MBAuthors Simon Reich and Peter Dombrowski discuss their new book, The End of Grand Strategy: US Maritime Operations in the Twenty-First Century
1869, Episode 22: Dean Smith
December 18, 2017 18:27 - 23 minutes - 31.6 MBInterview with Dean Smith, director of Cornell University Press, in which he discusses 2017, his personal highlights, as well as those of the Press more generally, and we chat about what's next in scholarly publishing.
1869, Episode 21: AAA17
December 13, 2017 20:36 - 15 minutes - 21 MBConversation with Jim Lance, senior acquisitions editor for anthropology at Cornell University Press, in which we discuss the 2017 American Anthropological Association conference in Washington DC
1869, Episode 20: Erin Rolfs and Martyn Beeny
November 10, 2017 21:11 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBErin Rolfs, assistant director and marketing manager at LSU Press, joins Martyn Beeny, marketing director at Cornell University Press, to chat about book marketing.
1869, Episode 19: Sonya Salamon and Katherine MacTavish
November 08, 2017 21:15 - 17 minutes - 23.6 MBAuthors Sonya Salamon and Katherine MacTavish discuss trailer parks in America and their new book on the same subject.
1869, Episode 18: Sarah Stroup & Wendy Wong
November 03, 2017 12:21 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBAuthors Sarah Stroup and Wendy Wong discuss the impact of international nongovernmental organizations and how they influence the practices of states, corporations, and other NGOs.
1869, Episode 17: Maria Belodubrovskaya
October 30, 2017 13:11 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MBMaria Belodubrovskaya, author of Not According to Plan: Filmmaking under Stalin, and Assistant Professor of Film at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joins the 1869 podcast to chat about the Stalin's vision for a Soviet Hollywood and how it went wrong.
1869, episode 16: Fran Quigley
October 19, 2017 12:38 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MBAuthor Fran Quigley discusses the problems with overpriced medicine and how we can all be a part of the change.
1869, episode 15: Woman Suffrage
September 29, 2017 13:29 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBJohanna Neuman, Susan Goodier, and Karen Pastorello discuss their new books and the centennial of woman suffrage in New York State in this episode of 1869, the Cornell University Press podcast