Radio and PodcastLive Radio & Podcasts

Search Radio and Podcast

Podcasts›New Books in Gender›Valena Beety, "Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity" (New Press, 2026)

Science & Medicine

Valena Beety, "Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity" (New Press, 2026)

New Books in Gender by New Books Network

Aug 4, 202625:49Science & Medicine

A woman miscarries—and is charged with murder. A new mother tests positive for a drug her hospital administered—and loses custody of her newborn. Four women are convicted of horrific crimes against children they never to...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from New Books in Gender.

Erin Maglaquel "Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body" (Astra House, 2026)

Sep 8, 2026 - 55:42

Erin Maglaque's new book Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body (Astra House, 2026), is a work of...

Ketil Slagstad, "Standardizing Sex: A History of Trans Medicine" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

Sep 7, 2026 - 35:34

Standardizing Sex: A History of Trans Medicine (U Chicago Press, 2025) traces the emergence of trans medi...

Sara McDougall, "Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Sep 7, 2026 - 74:08

In the winter of 1472, the city of Dijon, France, became the stage for a remarkable legal drama. On the m...

Leah Kim, "Mom, Unfiltered: Maternal Mental Health and Finding Freedom Through Motherhood (Bloomsbury, 2026)

Sep 5, 2026 - 79:22

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Leah Kim about her powerful book, Mom, Unfiltered: M...

Autumn Lorimer Linford, "Extra! Extra! A History of America's Girl Newsies" (U Nebraska Press, 2026)

Sep 5, 2026 - 37:23

American pop culture loves newsies. The children who bawled out headlines and sold newspapers on city str...

Eran A. Zelnik, "American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, 1750–1850" (JHU Press, 2025)

Aug 31, 2026 - 59:22

A joke is never just a joke—not even in the eighteenth century. In American Laughter, American Fury: Humo...

Catherine Reyes-Housholder, "How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America" (Temple UP, 2026)

Aug 28, 2026 - 60:35

Between 1990 and 2020, women candidates won only 6% of the world’s presidential races. How Women Win Pres...

Diego Galego, "Queering Public Policy: A Disruptive Yet Inclusive Framework for Policymaking" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)

Aug 28, 2026 - 70:15

For years, LGBTQ+ policies worldwide have been crafted based on heteronormative views, needs, and practic...