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July 15 · 49 min
katie gaddini on the christian women of the american right
In this episode we are joined by Dr. Katie Gaddini, who is currently a visiting scholar at Stanford University, and an Associate Professor of Sociology at University College London (UCL). Katie is also a great example of public sociology.
February 2 · 43 min
Sociological Life Lessons featuring Christopher Conner
In this episode we are joined by Chris Conner, Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Missouri-Columbia. Chris discusses his research on the electronic music scene and gay dating apps and life lessons that can be taken from the respective pr...
Nov 21, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min
Christopher R. Matthews on methods, theory, Simone Weil, and more
In this episode we are joined once again by Dr. Christopher R. Matthews from the School of Science and Technology at Nottingham Trent University. In this wide-ranging conversation Christopher discusses the co-production of knowledge,
Oct 10, 2025 · 42 min
Alicia Walker and Arielle Kuperberg on Lessons from BDSM
In this episode we are joined by Alicia M. Walker, Associate Professor of Sociology at Missouri State and Arielle Kuperberg, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Sep 15, 2025 · 43 min
Stefano Bloch on thinking about crime
In this episode we are joined by Stefano Bloch, Associate Professor in the School of Geography & Development at the University of Arizona and author of Going All City: Struggle and Survival in LA’s Graffiti Subculture.
Jul 23, 2025 · 29 min
Daniel Chambliss shares lessons from the Mundanity of Excellence
Daniel Chambliss joins us to discuss The Mundanity of Excellence: An Ethnographic Report on the Stratification of Swimmers, first published in Sociological Theory in 1989. This episode is the debut of a new format in which guests share life lessons tha...
Jun 20, 2025 · 52 min
Seth Abrutyn reads Daniel Chambliss
In this episode, Dr. Seth Abrutyn, Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, co-author of Life under Pressure: The Social Roots of Youth Suicide and What to Do About Them, and 2024 winner of the Lewis A.
Jun 18, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min
Rahsaan Mahadeo on Denise Ferreira da Silva
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Rahsaan Mahadeo, Assistant Professor in African American and African Studies at the University of Minnesota and author of Funk the Clock: Transgressing Time While Young, Perceptive, and Black.
May 10, 2025 · 39 min
Jon Wynn on writing fiction
In this episode we are joined by Jonathan Wynn, Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Jon joins us to discuss The Set Up, his debut work of fiction that both thrills and educates.
Mar 21, 2025 · 1 hr 29 min
Daniel Silver on Talcott Parsons
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Silver, Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Scarborough and author of Scenescapes: how qualities of place shape social life (2020), joins us to discuss and read from Talcott Parsons’ On Institutions and Socia...
Jan 16, 2025 · 46 min
Neil McLaughlin on Erich Fromm
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Neil McLaughlin, Professor of Sociology at McMaster University and author of Erich Fromm and the Global Public Sociology (2023). In our conversation, Neil discusses the rise, fall,
Nov 17, 2024 · 1 hr 19 min
Daniel Silver reads Georg Simmel
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Silver, Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Scarborough and author of Scenescapes: how qualities of place shape social life (2020), joins us to discuss and read from Georg Simmel’s Sociology: Inquiries into t...
Sep 12, 2024 · 1 hr 15 min
Andrea S. Boyles reads Patricia Hill Collins
In this episode, guest hosted by Jabez Turner, Dr. Andrea S. Boyles, Associate Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at Tulane University joins us to read from Patricia Hill Collins’ Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness,
Aug 17, 2024 · 51 min
William Turner on W.E.B. Du Bois
In this episode, Jabez Turner interviews Dr. William Turner, Assistant Professor of African & African-American Studies at SUNY Brockport, about W.E.B. Du Bois. Dr. Turner reflects on the importance of Du Bois in his own intellectual development,
Aug 15, 2024 · 1 hr 30 min
Christine Goding-Doty reads Aimé Césaire
Dr. Christine Goding-Doty, Assistant Professor in Digital Media in the department of Culture and Media at the New School, introduces us to Aimé Césaire and reads from his foundational essay “Discourse on Colonialism” (1950). Follow along HERE. -Kyle-
Aug 14, 2024 · 44 min
Amanda McMillan Lequieu on Yi-Fu Tuan
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Amanda McMillan Lequieu, Associate Professor of Sociology at Drexel University and author of Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making home in the American Rust Belt (2024). Amanda returns to the podcast to discuss founda...
Aug 10, 2024 · 55 min
Daniel Silver reads Adam Smith
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Silver, Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Scarborough and author of Scenescapes: how qualities of place shape social life (2020), joins us to discuss Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of th...
Aug 7, 2024 · 1 hr 17 min
Mary Peterson reads Iris Marion Young
In this episode, we are joined by Mary Peterson, PhD student in philosophy at the University of Hamburg. Mary joins us for a guided reading of Iris Marion Young’s 1980 essay “Throwing like a Girl: A Phenomenology of Feminine Body Comportment Motility...
May 21, 2024 · 31 min
Jacqui Frost on Max Weber
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Jacqui Frost, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Purdue University and Faculty Research Fellow in the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University and a Center Affiliate in the Center for the Study of Relig...
Mar 25, 2024 · 48 min
Hannah McCann on Judith Butler
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Hannah McCann, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne, author of Queering Femininity: Sexuality, Feminism and the Politics of Presentation, and co-author of Queer Theory Now (which we di...

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