# recent book (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover recent book. Page: Feed: --- ## [Christian Humanist Profiles Episode 283: Volker Leppin](https://christianhumanisprofiles.castos.com/episodes/christian-humanist-profiles-episode-283-volker-leppin) _2026-08-10 · thechristianhumanist@gmail.com (The Christian Humanists) · Christian Humanist Profiles_ [Listen](https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/2566014/c1e-r2kd7uo0r1wf2kpqk-kp5526d5bpwx-8azayf.mp3) ## [Christian Humanist Profiles 281: Sean Keilen](https://christianhumanisprofiles.castos.com/episodes/christian-humanist-profiles-281-sean-keilen) _2026-08-03 · thechristianhumanist@gmail.com (The Christian Humanists) · Christian Humanist Profiles_ For Americans, in the twenty-first century, the first association between Shakespeare and schools is obvious: we read Shakespeare in school. Whether we’re thinking of the ubiquitous Romeo and Juliet unit in ninth grade, later high-school tragedies, or perhaps even a play or two in college, in our moment the Bard shows up in school, and then some might go and see a play in a theater. In… [Listen](https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/2554333/c1e-7rzk6fvn1kxid6mx6-jpkngd81s79g-fet0ks.mp3) ## [The Best Book Club Picks for August 2026](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/the-best-book-club-picks-for-august) _2026-07-30 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ Plus latest reviews, Theo of Golden discussion, author interview, and more ## [Christian Humanist Profiles Episode 280: Ian Hunter](https://christianhumanisprofiles.castos.com/episodes/christian-humanist-profiles-episode-280-ian-hunter) _2026-07-27 · thechristianhumanist@gmail.com (The Christian Humanists) · Christian Humanist Profiles_ I first learned about Pierre Hadot in a John Milbank book, and ever since I’ve read everything of his that I could get my hands on. Hadot’s revolutionary power resides not in a particular claim or argument but in a method: he investigates Plato and the Stoics and eventually even Wittgenstein as shapers of lives, teachers who lead disciples into new ways of life through philosophical disciplines.… [Listen](https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/2547502/c1e-r2kd7uo4w0gb2kpqk-479xxvxnfj14-edrb2s.mp3) ## [Christian Humanist Profiles Episode 279: Philip Ziegler](https://christianhumanisprofiles.castos.com/episodes/christian-humanist-profiles-episode-279-philip-ziegler) _2026-07-20 · thechristianhumanist@gmail.com (The Christian Humanists) · Christian Humanist Profiles_ I’ve spent a fair bit of my professional life among devils. Dante’s gigantic Satan never was much of a talker, but Marlowe’s Mephistopheles and Goethe’s diminished version of Mephisto never shut up. Milton’s Satan lies so much he convinces himself, and the strange devil who visits Ivan in The Brothers Karamazov remains a logic-chopping favorite. But as much time as I spend with literary devils,… [Listen](https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/2537521/c1e-4o716t86dx7aop1xp-9j2nx9vmfqn1-dvmnav.mp3) ## ["Everybody lives here with me" - Nonhumans in D M Gordon Ecopoetry](https://asleecocast.podbean.com/e/everybody-lives-here-with-me-nonhumans-in-d-m-gordon-ecopoetry/) _2026-07-18 · ASLE EcoCast Podcast_ We sat down with eco poet D. M. Gordon to discuss her new poetry collection Loosestrife for Porcupines! Full of capybaras, horses, porcupines, and countless other nonhuman beings, the poetry collection reflects the verdant area in which Gordon lives, where she is surrounded by "everybody." We are happy to have a poet on after a long stretch of academic (though still wonderful!) texts, putting into… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jiysx4vawv935f8r/D_M_Gordon_Draft7k08a.mp3) ## [Fantastik Italian: Italian/Americans in Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction](https://asleecocast.podbean.com/e/fantastik-italian-italianamericans-in-fantasy-horror-and-science-fiction/) _2026-06-08 · ASLE EcoCast Podcast_ We sat down with the co-editors and one contributor to a new collection: Italian/American Fantastika: Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction from Pinocchio to Star Trek. The text looks at how Italian-Americans and also Italian-Canadians have contributed to some of the most notorious speculative stories in horror, fantasy, and science fiction in ways previously overlooked. The Ecofeminist Fantastika… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/br8bpa8zgxcmswnn/Italiani_fantastika_draft9sjoe.mp3) ## [Hello, Summer Reading Season!](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/hello-summer-reading-season) _2026-05-19 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ The book club summer list you need, plus honest reviews, author Q&A, and more! ## [Climate Influencers: Climate Sustainability in Storytelling with Denise Baden](https://asleecocast.podbean.com/e/climate-influencers-climate-sustainability-in-storytelling-with-denise-baden/) _2026-04-08 · ASLE EcoCast Podcast_ We spoke with Denise Baden to chat about her work as a sustainability professor in a business school. From developing sustainability curriculum, writing theatre to resist doom and gloom environmentalism, or championing characters in popular media that lead sustainable lives, Baden is busy. We discuss her initiatives and what's to come in this month's episode. For more of Denise: Website:… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fztww4zyat7mdqfd/Denise_Baden_Mp3_Draft8qtg7.mp3) ## [Buzzy Spring Book Club Selections](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/buzzy-spring-book-club-selections) _2026-03-31 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ New spring releases, honest reviews, author interview and more ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qPgl1aeBEn8P) _2026-03-31 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [Your 2026 Must-Read Book Club Picks Are Here](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/your-2026-must-read-book-club-picks) _2026-02-25 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ Book Club Worthy Reads, Honest Reviews, & More ## [Contamination in 1970s Science Fiction Films with Matthew Thompson](https://asleecocast.podbean.com/e/contamination-in-1970s-science-fiction-films-with-matthew-thompson/) _2026-02-08 · ASLE EcoCast Podcast_ We sat down with Matthew Thompson to discuss his forthcoming book: On Life Support: Eco-Dystopian Cinema in the Long 1970s. The book charts various environmentalisms in 1970s films, containment vs. contamination, that evolved out of the environmentalist work of the 1960s typified by Rachel Carson and Paul Ehrlich. Thompson's idea of "contamination" jockeys with the conceptual north star of recent… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nrqisgmpxu5c43tf/Matthew_Thompson_Draft_Mp37k4y9.mp3) ## [Christian Humanist Profiles Episode 278: Charles E. Moore](https://christianhumanisprofiles.castos.com/episodes/christian-humanist-profiles-episode-278-charles-e-moore) _2026-01-26 · thechristianhumanist@gmail.com (The Christian Humanists) · Christian Humanist Profiles_ I’ve never been in the same room as Stanley Hauerwas, but he’s been part of my life for thirty years. One of his graduate students taught me philosophy and theology, and I worked as a research assistant for one of his Yale classmates. I’ve read a shelf of his books, and he’s talked with me about a pair of those on this show, and that’s not even to tell the tale of an episode of this show about… [Listen](https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/2338084/c1e-mgk1zu4k3zzhwq84q-mkgwxg2qc4n8-zoa8xz.mp3) ## [Christian Humanist Profiles Episode 277: David Zahl](https://christianhumanisprofiles.castos.com/episodes/christian-humanist-profiles-episode-277-david-zahl) _2026-01-19 · thechristianhumanist@gmail.com (The Christian Humanists) · Christian Humanist Profiles_ The New Testament book of Revelation is light on scenes of battle but never hesitates to announce that God has won a battle. Whether the text implies that a battle never actually happened or just moves the battles so far out of the narrative’s zone of attention that they’re rendered unimportant, Revelation as a narrative never says that the disciples of Jesus don’t need to be killers because God… [Listen](https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/2326462/c1e-x7x83h159j0un79z7-pkwg5x6wspox-pbvesm.mp3) ## [Christian Humanist Profiles Episode 276: Gabriel Said Reynolds](https://christianhumanisprofiles.castos.com/episodes/christian-humanist-profiles-episode-276-gabriel-said-reynolds) _2026-01-12 · thechristianhumanist@gmail.com (The Christian Humanists) · Christian Humanist Profiles_ Stories of spiritual origins often begin as the new way emerges against the dominant traditions of the region. Thus Siddhartha grows up among the Brahmins and Moses among the Egyptians. Joseph Smith and Elijah Muhammad, each in his own way, emerges among American Protestants. But what about the much older, Arabian Muhammad? Many stories of Islam’s rise situate Muhammad among polytheists,… [Listen](https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/2319736/c1e-d1m5osm05oxspdvgd-9jw0jm5qajkg-7n3dtg.mp3) ## [Cows in the Caribbean: Cattle Chat with Chaz and Andrew](https://asleecocast.podbean.com/e/cows-in-the-caribbean-cattle-chat-with-chaz-and-andrew/) _2026-01-06 · ASLE EcoCast Podcast_ This month, we got to speak with Chaz Yingling and Andrew Kettler about their forthcoming book: The Once and the Future Cow. The book's aim is to show an understudied history of the cow not just in the American West, but on the islands in the Caribbean. But recentering the cow also means paying attention not to the typical unilateral framing of human-nonhuman interaction as humans impacting cows,… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/b93un4x9smc6kr2g/Yingling_Kettler_Audio_Draft_631jb.mp3) ## [Focusing on the "Wolf" in Werewolf: EcoGothic with Kaja Franck](https://asleecocast.podbean.com/e/focusing-on-the-wolf-in-werewolf-ecogothic-with-kaja-franck/) _2025-12-05 · ASLE EcoCast Podcast_ Kaja sat down with Lindsay and I this month to discuss how scholars typically focus on the "were" in the term werewolf, but she wants us to bring more focus to the "wolf" aspect. Why are we fascinated by the prospect of becoming a wolf, and why do coyotes captivate us when they come into cities? In her new book, The Ecogothic Werewolf in Literature: Wolves, Woods and Wilderness, she tells us what… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/evs3afu89gvfue6n/Kaja_Franck_Draft64lin.mp3) ## ['Tis the Season for Holiday Reading](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/tis-the-season-for-holiday-reading) _2025-11-26 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ New holiday-themed releases, plus Christmas book club picks, recent reviews, and more ## [Fall Book Club Reads](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/fall-book-club-reads) _2025-11-13 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ Fresh book list just in time for Thanksgiving, plus reviews, an author interview and more ## [Expanding Our Sense of Ecofascism: Everyday Ecofascism with Alex Menrisky](https://asleecocast.podbean.com/e/expanding-our-sense-of-ecofascism-everyday-ecofascism-with-alex-menrisky/) _2025-11-06 · ASLE EcoCast Podcast_ What is ecofascism and who "is" ecofascist or "does" ecofascism? Alex Menrisky walks us through why his new book is titled "Everyday Ecofascism," or the ways that ecofascism is not solely a far-right governmental structure but a genre, a mode of storytelling. This means that ecofascism emerges through not just laws and political leaders but through quotidian acts and utterances by citizens and… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/evxhht2f859ikj9q/Alex_Menrisky_Audio_Draft6sc6t.mp3) ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9sbjuhVfCcDn) _2025-11-06 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [Worshipping the Gas Station: Rethinking Energy with Bart Welling](https://asleecocast.podbean.com/e/worshipping-the-gas-station-rethinking-energy-with-bart-welling/) _2025-10-03 · ASLE EcoCast Podcast_ This month we had a fascinating conversation with Bart Welling, whose presentation at the ASLE Conference this last summer was caught by Lindsay! Bart's research was informed by his own road trip around the country, a month-long, 12,000-mile trip. This chat was particularly special as Bart is still completing his book project, and we aim to have more episodes in the future with more… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/szmj8bxve4iqswji/Bart_Welling_Draft7786l.mp3) ## [Becoming Botanical: Plant Life in Modern Japan](https://asleecocast.podbean.com/e/becoming-botanical-plant-life-in-modern-japan/) _2025-09-05 · ASLE EcoCast Podcast_ This month we sat down with Jon Pitt to discuss his new book "Botanical Imagination: Rethinking Plants in Modern Japan." The book spans Japanese writers and filmmakers from the 1930s to today whose works all ask a similar question: What would it mean for humans to be more like plants? Looking at the ways that this question informed critiques of colonialism and even today immigration in these… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rq66zgjd224369fv/Jon_Pitt_Drafta8qdw.mp3) ## [Defining Disaster, Defining Ecocinema: Taking a Closer Look at Japan with Rachel DiNitto](https://asleecocast.podbean.com/e/defining-disaster-defining-ecocinema-taking-a-closer-look-at-japan-with-rachel-dinitto/) _2025-08-03 · ASLE EcoCast Podcast_ For this month’s episode, we sat down with Rachel DiNitto to discuss the pioneering edited volume Eco-Disasters in Japanese Cinema (2024) and her own chapter in it on "Toxicoscapes." With thematic coverage that ranges from contaminated childhoods, to nuclear anxiety, and all the way to apocalyptic futures, this manuscript both expands the overall definition of “eco-disaster” and focuses in on the… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6c64hkapr5dt7b2k/DiNitto_Episode_Draft97kwa.mp3) ## [Christian Humanist Profiles 275: Nick Sorensen](https://christianhumanisprofiles.castos.com/episodes/christian-humanist-profiles-275-nick-sorensen) _2025-07-28 · thechristianhumanist@gmail.com (The Christian Humanists) · Christian Humanist Profiles_ When teachers complain about the ways that schools evaluate our teaching–and we do so with frequency and enthusiasm–one of the common refrains has to do with the measuring instruments and their inability to account for randomness and adjustment to randomness. Many a hallway story involves a moment when a teacher’s plans became irrelevant and the teacher responded. Sometimes in these stories we… [Listen](https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/2082034/c1e-kjpdgfgg30vf94vj4-mkj04nz0tj5p-fgsay9.mp3) ## [Christian Humanist Profiles 274: Bethany Mannon](https://christianhumanisprofiles.castos.com/episodes/christian-humanist-profiles-274-bethany-mannon) _2025-07-21 · thechristianhumanist@gmail.com (The Christian Humanists) · Christian Humanist Profiles_ Ask six Americans what the adjective or the noun “evangelical” means, and you’ll get as many answers. Ask six historians, and you might get twelve. But what if you ask a rhetorician? We’re going to find out today as Christian Humanist Profiles welcomes Dr. Bethany Ober Mannon to the show to talk about her book I Grew Up in the Church: How American Women Tell Their Stories. Along the way we’ll… [Listen](https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/2082028/c1e-z439rf77vp8fok9wk-ww8zxkm1ir4n-omxctw.mp3) ## [New Summer Reads for Your Beach Bag](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/new-summer-reads-for-your-beach-bag) _2025-07-15 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ New Releases, Video Interview with Bestselling Author Abby Jimenez, Popular Book Club Pick and More ## [Christian Humanist Profiles 273: Joy Vaughan](https://christianhumanisprofiles.castos.com/episodes/christian-humanist-profiles-273-joy-vaughan) _2025-07-14 · thechristianhumanist@gmail.com (The Christian Humanists) · Christian Humanist Profiles_ Most of the world happens when I’m not in the room. That’s been a guiding principle for me as I’ve read and heard about all kinds of things I’ve never seen. I know some folks prefer David Hume’s assumption that anything that doesn’t resemble closely enough what one has witnessed directly is more likely delusion or deception than real testimony, and I know others would just as soon dismiss the… [Listen](https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/2082025/c1e-mgk1zuqq7mkawq84q-v641dkjpsnxq-7wga6n.mp3) ## [Summer Book Club Reads](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/summer-book-club-reads) _2025-04-30 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ 2025 Beach Reads, Recent Book Reviews, Author Q&A, and More ## [Spring Reading Season](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/spring-reading-season) _2025-03-25 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ Broken Country Review, April Book Club Picks, Author Q&A and More ## [New Book Club Selections for Winter Reading](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/new-book-club-selections-for-winter) _2025-01-30 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ February book club recommendations, recent reviews, author Q&A and more ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DGCG6hAnLfRR) _2025-01-30 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [A Look at 2025 Book Club Reads](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/a-look-at-2025-book-club-reads) _2024-12-23 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ Most anticipated 2025 book club books, 2024 favorite reads, festive novels and more ## [Holiday Reading Season](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/holiday-reading-season) _2024-12-12 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ Fun holiday reads, recent book reviews and discussion questions, author Q&A and more ## [New Book Club Reads for Fall](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/new-book-club-reads-for-fall) _2024-10-22 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ Newsletter update, recent book reviews and discussion questions, and more ## [Coming soon](https://bookclubchat.substack.com/p/coming-soon) _2024-09-27 · Heather Caliendo · Book Club Chat_ This is Book Club Chat.