https://press.princeton.edu/ The latest ideas from Princeton University Press. en https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/ideas-podcast-how-to-change-a-memory How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist's Quest to Alter the Past is a disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation by one of today’s leading pioneers in the field by Steve Ramirez. Thu, 04/09/2026 - 12:00 https://press.princeton.edu/node/67643 https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/publishing-for-planners-a-new-era-for-island-press As the legendary legacy publisher transitions into a new life phase, publisher Heather Boyer and senior editor Stacy Eisenstark reflect on the past and the future of creating books for planners. Wed, 04/08/2026 - 12:00 https://press.princeton.edu/node/67571 https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/andrew-h-knoll-on-earth-and-life How did the world as we know it—from the soil beneath our feet to the air we breathe and the life that surrounds us—come to be? Geologists have proposed one set of answers while biologists have proposed another. Wed, 04/01/2026 - 12:00 https://press.princeton.edu/node/67246 https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/ideas-in-action-island-press-and-pup Island Press began with a simple idea: knowledge is power—the power to imagine a better future and find ways to get us there. Together Island Press and Princeton University Press are determined to line the path to our resilient future with the books that contain the nutrients we need: ideas and expertise. Wed, 04/01/2026 - 12:00 Christie Henry https://press.princeton.edu/node/67651 https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/ideas-podcast-free-agents-how-evolution-gave-us-free-will Traversing billions of years of evolution, Kevin J. Mitchell tells the remarkable story of how living beings capable of choice arose from lifeless matter. Wed, 04/01/2026 - 12:00 https://press.princeton.edu/node/67642 https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/mark-peterson-on-the-making-and-breaking-of-the-american-constitution Mark Peterson discusses The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History, his provocative new history of America’s constitution and urgent call to action for a nation confronted by challenges its founders could never have imagined. Wed, 03/25/2026 - 12:00 https://press.princeton.edu/node/67574 https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/ideas-podcast-try-to-love-the-questions In Try to Love the Questions: From Debate to Dialogue in Classrooms and Life, Lara Schwartz introduces the fundamental principles of free expression, academic freedom, and academic dialogue, showing how open expression is the engine of social progress, scholarship, and inclusion Tue, 03/24/2026 - 12:00 https://press.princeton.edu/node/67575 https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/leslie-umberger-on-grandma-moses Leslie Umberger is coauthor (along with Randall R. Griffey) of Grandma Moses: A Good Day's Work, a major reexamination of the life, art, and legacy of a self-taught American master. Tue, 03/24/2026 - 12:00 https://press.princeton.edu/node/67551 https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/the-human-or-bat-or-abalone-experience In 1974, philosopher Thomas Nagel published a now-famous paper titled “What is it Like to be a Bat?”. By imagining how another species experiences the world, Nagel hoped to explore the the notion of consciousness itself. Tue, 03/24/2026 - 12:00 Zuk, Marlene https://press.princeton.edu/node/67569 https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/novel-innovations-and-new-spaces-of-possibility In 1901 Greek fishermen diving for sponges discovered a bronze device, long encrusted with sea life, buried in the wreck of an ancient Greek boat. This mechanism is far too sophisticated not to have been preceded by more primitive devices. Wed, 03/18/2026 - 12:00 Erwin, Douglas H. https://press.princeton.edu/node/67403 https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/ideas-podcast-vested-interests By chronicling the long history of Native land dispossession through financial paternalism, Vested Interests reveals the unequal dividends of colonialism in the United States. Mon, 03/16/2026 - 12:00 https://press.princeton.edu/node/67547 https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/einstein-in-all-formats Eric Crahan, Editor in Chief for the Humanities and Social Sciences, reflects on the relationship between the scientific titan and PUP and how some of the technological changes of the last century have helped us steward his work. Thu, 03/12/2026 - 12:00 Eric Crahan https://press.princeton.edu/node/67399