Book Reviews, Interviews, Podcasts & TV Appearances
Book Reviews
- Sastry, Rajiv M. “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America.” Disability & society. (2024): 1–3.
- Berwick, Isabel. “Slouch — office workers, sit up and take note.” Financial Times. July 11, 2024.
- Felsenthal, Daniel. “The Bad Politics of Bad Posture.” The New Republic. August 8, 2024.
- Lanks, Belinda. “‘Slouch’ Review: The Panic Over Posture.” The Wall Street Journal. April 12, 2024.
- Mead, Rebecca. “The Truth Behind the Slouching Epidemic.” The New Yorker. April 8, 2024.
- Piyarali, Shahina. “Book Review: Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America.” Shelf Awareness. February 9, 2024.
- Schaffner, Anna Katharina. “Slouch: Posture pandemic in modern America by Beth Linker | Book review.” TLS. July 17, 2024.
Interviews
- Ansley, Laura. “Are You Sitting Up Straight?” American Historical Association. May 9, 2024.
- Richtel, Matt. “Beth Linker Is Turning Good Posture On Its Head.” The New York Times. April 26, 2024.
- Ruscoe, Glenn. “Interview with a Historian.” history.physio. July 31, 2024.
- Silva, Katelyn. “Beth Linker’s new book explores the science of posture.” Penn Today. May 21, 2024.
- Thomas, Tanisha. “The PA expert pushing back on ‘posture panic.’” Spotlight PA. May 4, 2024.
- “Taylor Swift’s posture-correcting bra costs $185. A posture historian shares why she’s skeptical of ‘one-size-fits-all’ solutions.” The Business Insider. May 24, 2024. Gale General OneFile (accessed July 31, 2024).
- “Your back and neck pain might have nothing to do with your bad posture, a posture historian says.” The Business Insider. May 30, 2024.. Gale General OneFile (accessed July 31, 2024).
Podcasts
- Beversdorf, Laurel, Court, Sarah, and Beth Linker. “Posture Panic Part 3.” Movement Logic. September 25, 2024. Podcast, 1:16:52.
- Boyd, Krys, and Beth Linker. “The Straight Story about Posture Panic.” KERA Think. June 7, 2024. Podcast, 46:08.
- Clovis, Mark, and Beth Linker. “Posturing over Protests and Protesting over Posture.” Produced by Marshall Poe. Science, Technology, and Society: New Books Network. March 21, 2024. Podcast, 31:50.
- Gregg, Cherri, Wolfman-Arent, Avi and Beth Linker. “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America.” Produced by Debbie Bilder. Studio 2. May 3, 2024. Podcast, 50:01.
- Hassenfeld, Noam, and Beth Linker. “Rediscovering America’s War on Bad Posture.” Produced by Byrd Pinkerton. Unexplainable. July 17, 2024. Podcast, 21:26.
- Kabaservice, Geoff, and Beth Linker. “Slouching and the posture panic, with Beth Linker.” Niskanen Center. May 21, 2024.
- Panasevich, Jake, and Beth Linker. “Dr. Beth Linker: Slouch, Posture Panic in America, Posture Science and Misconceptions About Posture.” Yoga With Jake. August 5, 2024. Podcast, 59:29.
- Paskin, Willa, and Dan Kois. “Standing Up for Sitting Down.” Produced by Max Freedman. Slate: Decoder Ringer. July 31, 2024. Podcast, 41:16.
- Pesca, Mike, and Beth Linker. “Posturing over Protests and Protesting over Posture.” Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara. The Gist. May 3, 2024. Podcast, 44:01.
- Pollock, Kelly Therese, and Beth Linker. “American Posture Panic.” Presented and produced by Kelly Therese Pollock. Unsung History. April 15, 2024. Podcast, 47:52.
- Scott, Maiken, and Beth Linker. “Rediscovering America’s War on Bad Posture.” Presented and produced by Maiken Scott. The Pulse. May 3, 2024. Podcast, 48:36.
Radio & TV
- Ferguson, Susie and Beth Linker. “Prof Beth Linker: In defence of slouching.” RNZ. June 7, 2024.
- Manasan, Althea and Beth Linker. “Sore back? Your bad posture may not be to blame after all, experts say.” CBC. June 23, 2024.
- Megarry, Brett, Mackling, Greg, and Beth Linker. “Slouch Interview.” The Start with Brett Megarry and Greg Mackling, CJOB. August 6, 2024.
- Taylor, Laurie, and Beth Linker. “The Politics of the Body.” Thinking Allowed, Radio 4, BBC. Produced by Jayne Egerton. June 11, 2024. Radio, 29:00.
- Won, Grace and Beth Linker. “Beth Linker’s Book ‘Slouch’ Recounts History of ‘Posture Panic.’” KQED. March 25, 2024.
TV Appearance
- Baumgarten, Robin, Potash, Larry and Beth Linker. “America’s slouching epidemic.” Morning News Guests. WGN9. Chicago. June 27, 2024.
Articles/Mentions
- Cowen, Tyler. “What I’ve been reading.” Marginal Revolution. March 26, 2024.
- Glover, Amy. “How Bad Is ‘Bad Posture’ For You, Really?” HuffPost UK, July 22, 2024.
- Piyarali, Shahina. “The Best Books this Week – Science – Slouch.” Shelf Awareness. April 12, 2024.
- Violante, Antonia, and Evan Nesterak. “Behavioral Scientist’s Summer Book List 2024.” Behavioral Scientist. June 5, 2024.
