Sociologie Podcasts

23h ago23h ago

On Being with Krista Tippett

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New research on how society works

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On Being with Krista Tippett

On Being Studios

7d ago0w ago

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Peabody award-winning conversations to live with. Wisdom to replenish and orient in this wild ride of a time to be alive. A full season of new shows — Emergence — is now here, with On Being's singular mix of spiritual inquiry, science, social healing, and the arts: biomimicry and the science of awe; spiritual contrarianism and social creativity; pause and poetry and more towards stretching into this world ahead with moral imagination and joy. Also: classic, celebrated, beloved conversations ...

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New Books in Sociology

New Books Network

8h ago8h ago

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Interviews with Sociologists about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

Ideas of India

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Ideas of India

Mercatus Center at George Mason University

3h ago3h ago

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Through conversations with top thinkers in the social sciences and beyond, economist Shruti Rajagopalan explores the ideas that will propel India forward.

SAGE Sociology

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SAGE Sociology

SAGE Publications Ltd.

13d ago1w ago

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Welcome to the official free Podcast site from SAGE for Sociology. SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets with principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore.

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New Books in Gender

New Books Network

8h ago8h ago

Daily

Interviews with Scholars of Gender about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Awesome Etiquette

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Awesome Etiquette

The Emily Post Institute

3d ago3d ago

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Hosts Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning answer audience questions about modern etiquette with advice based on consideration, respect, and honesty. Like their great-great-grandmother, Emily Post, Lizzie and Dan look for the reasons behinds the traditional rules to guide their search for the correct behavior in all kinds of contemporary situations. Test your social acumen and join the discussion about civility and decency in today's complex world.

ABA Inside Track

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ABA Inside Track

Robert Parry-Cruwys

1d ago1d ago

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Wish you could do a better job keeping up with peer-reviewed journals? Why not listen to a podcast where behavior analysts discuss a variety of fascinating topics and the research related to them? Now you can spend your extra time thinking of ways to save the world with ABA.

Revolution and Ideology

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Revolution and Ideology

Revolution and Ideology

1M ago4w ago

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A sociologist and historian explore revolutionary theory and history.

Ways & Means

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Ways & Means

Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

1d ago1d ago

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Ways and Means features bright ideas for how to improve human society. The show is produced by the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

Social Science Bites

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Social Science Bites

SAGE Publishing

2M ago7w ago

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Bite-sized interviews with top social scientists

The PolicyViz Podcast

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The PolicyViz Podcast

The PolicyViz Podcast

2d ago2d ago

The Social-Engineer Podcast

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Jon Schwabish | Economist, Data Visualization, and Presentation Specialist

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The Social-Engineer Podcast

Social-Engineer, LLC

3d ago3d ago

New Books in Genocide Studies

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The Social-Engineer Podcast is about humans. Understanding how we interact, communicate and relay information can help us protect, mitigate and understand social engineering attacks

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New Books in Genocide Studies

Marshall Poe

7h ago7h ago

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Interviews with Scholars of Genocide about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/genocide-studies

NASW Social Work Talks

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NASW Social Work Talks

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

2d ago2d ago

Poverty Research & Policy

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NASW Social Work Talks informs, educates and inspires through conversations with experts and exploring issues that social work professionals care about. Brought to you by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).

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Poverty Research & Policy

Institute for Research on Poverty

14d ago1w ago

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

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The Poverty Research & Policy Podcast is produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) and features interviews with researchers about poverty, inequality, and policy in the United States.

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People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

Zachary Elwood

5d ago5d ago

The Measure of Everyday Life

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This is a podcast aimed at better understanding other people, and better understanding ourselves. For details, and to get a premium subscription, see www.behavior-podcast.com. On this podcast, I (Zachary Elwood) talk to people from a wide range of fields about how they understand and make use of human behavior and psychology. I occasionally focus on political polarization (and have written a book on that topic). Popular episodes include: behavioral indicators of healthy & unhealthy relations ...

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The Measure of Everyday Life

WNCU public radio

1d ago1d ago

The Human Show: Innovation through Social Science

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Interested in human behavior and how people think? The Measure of Everyday Life is a weekly interview program featuring innovations in social science and ideas from leading researchers and commentators. Independent Weekly has called the show "unexpected" and "diverse" and says the show "brings big questions to radio." Join host Dr. Brian Southwell (@BrianSouthwell) as he explores the human condition. Episodes air each Sunday night at 6:30 PM in the Raleigh-Durham broadcast market and a podca ...

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The Human Show: Innovation through Social Science

Paul Spain

11d ago1w ago

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If you want to understand how social scientists’ study human behaviour, how industry innovates or want to know more about how they can successfully work together and enhance each other, then you have come to the right place! Join our hosts as they engage with anthropologists, other researchers and industry specialists from all over the world. The discussions will be about their specific work in understanding people and how they apply that understanding to advance industry, scholarship and/or ...

Oddly Influenced

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Oddly Influenced

Brian Marick

7d ago1w ago

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A podcast about how people have applied ideas from outside software to software.

Uncommon Sense

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Uncommon Sense

The Sociological Review

6d ago6d ago

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Our world afresh, through the eyes of sociologists. Brought to you by The Sociological Review, Uncommon Sense is a space for questioning taken-for-granted ideas about society – for imagining better ways of living together and confronting our shared crises. Hosted by Rosie Hancock in Sydney and Alexis Hieu Truong in Ottawa, featuring a different guest each month, Uncommon Sense insists that sociology is for everyone – and that you definitely don’t have to be a sociologist to think like one!

The Sociology Show

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The Sociology Show

Matthew Wilkin

24d ago3w ago

The Sociology of Everything Podcast

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The Sociology show hosted by Matthew Wilkin conducts interviews with a range of different people within the world of Sociology.

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The Sociology of Everything Podcast

Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)

1d ago1d ago

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The Sociology of Everything podcast offers listeners a (sometimes) comedic and accessible look at the wonders of sociology. It is created and hosted by Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss (aka Lou and the Hsu), who presently teach and do research in sociology at the University of South Australia (UniSA). www.sociologypodcast.com

Sociology Staffroom

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Sociology Staffroom

tutor2u Sociology

7d ago1w ago

The Podcast for Social Research

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Join Katie from tutor2u Sociology and our special guests for lively discussion, support and encouragement for all GCSE & A-Level Sociology teachers. The Sociology Staffroom podcast is suitable for every Sociology teacher. Whether you're an Early Career Teacher, have taught for many years, or somewhere in between!

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The Podcast for Social Research

The Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

1M ago4w ago

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From Plato to quantum physics, Walter Benjamin to experimental poetry, Frantz Fanon to the history of political radicalism, The Podcast for Social Research is a crucial part of our mission to forge new, organic paths for intellectual work in the twenty-first century: an ongoing, interdisciplinary series featuring members of the Institute, and occasional guests, conversing about a wide variety of intellectual issues, some perennial, some newly pressing. Each episode centers on a different top ...

The Pulse

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The Pulse

NPR

1d ago1d ago

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Go on an adventure into unexpected corners of the health and science world each week with award-winning host Maiken Scott. The Pulse takes you behind the doors of operating rooms, into the lab with some of the world's foremost scientists, and back in time to explore life-changing innovations. The Pulse delivers stories in ways that matter to you, and answers questions you never knew you had.

Office Hours

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Office Hours

The Society Pages

5y ago5y ago

Posthuman Enterprises presents...

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Conversations about social science

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Posthuman Enterprises presents...

Dr. Alan Marshall in association with the W.A.R. dramatic team.

3d ago3d ago

Digital Sociology Podcast

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International award-winning science fiction series. Previously broadcast on NPR

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Digital Sociology Podcast

Digital Sociology

2y ago2y ago

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Interviews by Chris Till with researchers of all areas of digital culture and society.

Social Work Discoveries

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Social Work Discoveries

Ben Joseph

5M ago23w ago

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A podcast on social work, research, and making the world a better place. Go to swdiscoveries.com for more info.

Aspasia's Garden

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Aspasia's Garden

Allie Jessing

24d ago3w ago

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Welcome to Aspasia’s Garden, a sanctuary for the sensual intellectual. I’m Allie Jessing and together we’ll challenge ourselves to ask the deeper questions and live life with intention. So, make yourself uncomfortable and let’s dive in.

Ask The Professor

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Ask The Professor

Ask The Professor

6d ago6d ago

KunstlerCast - Suburban Sprawl: A Tragic Comedy

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University of Detroit Mercy's broadcast quiz show

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KunstlerCast - Suburban Sprawl: A Tragic Comedy

James Howard Kunstler & Duncan Crary

20d ago2w ago

Transforming Society podcast

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James Howard Kunstler, author of "The Geography of Nowhere" and "The Long Emergency," takes on suburban sprawl, disposable architecture and the end of the cheap oil era each week with program host Duncan Crary.

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Transforming Society podcast

Bristol University Press

6d ago6d ago

Insights with Dick Goldberg

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Brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press, the Transforming Society podcast brings you conversations with our authors around social justice and global social challenges.We get to grips with the story their research tells, with a focus on the specific ways in which it could transform society for the better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Insights with Dick Goldberg

Dick Goldberg

19h ago19h ago

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Public radio and television veteran, Dick Goldberg, interviews experts on a wide variety of topics relating to psychology, sociology and life.

Annex Sociology Podcast

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Annex Sociology Podcast

Queens Podcast Lab

7M ago30w ago

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The Annex is a podcast for academic sociologists. We discuss ideas, news, and research of interest to the academic sociology community.

What's The Point

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What's The Point

FiveThirtyEight, 538, ESPN, Jody Avirgan

6y ago6y ago

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A show about our data age. Each week, Jody Avirgan brings you stories and interviews on how data is changing lives.

BASED Politics

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BASED Politics

Hannah Cox

1d ago1d ago

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How do you know what to think unless you are told? Sadly, most people don’t and are left to rely on biased news sources, political parties, and their social media peers. Libertarian-Conservative Commentator Hannah Cox has had enough. Join her as she works through major issues facing our society and walks listeners back through the root causes of problems. Along the way you’ll learn economics, history, public policy, sociology, and other foundational principles. Learn how to think, instead of ...

RSA Podcasts

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RSA Podcasts

The RSA

21d ago3w ago

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The latest thinking from the world’s leading voices on topics ranging from education, design and creativity, to politics, philosophy and economics. Fresh ideas for better futures from the RSA.

The Belfry Network

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The Belfry Network

The Count

17d ago2w ago

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The Belfry is a gathering place for dark culture and those who find a home within. Here you will discover podcasts, blogs, and videos catering to the darker side of life.

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TrueLife

George Monty

17h ago17h ago

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Aloha, Step into the enigmatic realm of “The TrueLife Podcast : Unveiling Realities,” a mesmerizing scientific podcast that takes you on a mind-bending journey through the uncharted territories of consciousness. Join us as we explore the depths of human awareness, delving into the mysteries of heightened states, language’s intricate influence, and the veiled dimensions that lie beyond. With a psychedelic flair, each episode unravels hidden histories and unveils perplexing enigmas, sparking t ...

The Social Breakdown

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The Social Breakdown

socbreakdown

5M ago21w ago

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The sociology podcast nobody wants, but everybody needs! Come join us as we break down the complex social world one topic at a time using our sociological imagination.

Sociology Project

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Sociology Project

Rachel Waller

2+ y ago2+ y ago

Cemetery Confessions: A Goth Talk Podcast

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Sociology Project

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Cemetery Confessions: A Goth Talk Podcast

Dani Ashes

19d ago2w ago

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The world's number 1 Goth talk podcast! We discuss news related to the goth experience with a different guest each month, exploring the history, music, literature, fashion and community of the culture. We also feature interviews with artists and academics, album, book and movie reviews, debates, drama and more!

Sociology

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Sociology

rilynn preston

4+ y ago4+ y ago

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Kids now V. when we were kids

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Ideas of India

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Vanisha Sharma on the Effects of Internet Expansion in Developing Communities 28:57

3h ago28:57

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On this episode, Shruti speaks with Vanisha Sharma about her research on social media and how it impacts farmers, from their farm expenditures to their battle against pests. Recorded August 31st, 2023. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links. Follow us on X Follow Shruti on X Follow Vanisha on X Click here for the latest Ideas of India e…

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Jamie Bronstein, "The Happiness of the British Working Class" (Stanford UP, 2023) 38:28

8h ago38:28

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For working-class life writers in nineteenth century Britain, happiness was a multifaceted emotion: a concept that could describe experiences of hedonic pleasure, foster and deepen social relationships, drive individuals to self-improvement, and lead them to look back over their lives and evaluate whether they were well-lived. However, not all work…

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C. J. Pascoe, "Nice Is Not Enough: Inequality and the Limits of Kindness at American High" (U California Press, 2023) 56:21

8h ago56:21

56:21

Nice is not enough: Inequality and the Limits of Kindness at American High (University of California Press, 2023) by Dr. C. J. Pascoe is a provocative story of contemporary high school that argues that a shallow culture of kindness can do more lasting harm than good. Based on two years of research, Nice Is Not Enough shares striking dispatches from…

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Jennifer D. Ortegren, "Middle-Class Dharma: Gender, Aspiration, and the Making of Contemporary Hinduism" (Oxford UP, 2023) 40:06

8h ago40:06

40:06

Middle-Class Dharma: Gender, Aspiration, and the Making of Contemporary Hinduism (Oxford UP, 2023) is a contemporary ethnography of class mobility among Hindus in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Focusing on women in Pulan, an emerging middle-class neighborhood of Udaipur, Jennifer D. Ortegren argues that upward class mobility is not just a socio-economi…

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Scott Selberg, "Mediating Alzheimer's: Cognition and Personhood" (U Minnesota Press, 2022) 45:54

8h ago45:54

45:54

With no known cause or cure despite a century of research, Alzheimer's disease is a true medical mystery. In Mediating Alzheimer's: Cognition and Personhood (U Minnesota Press, 2022), Scott Selberg examines the nature of this enduring national health crisis by looking at the disease's relationship to media and representation. He shows how collectiv…

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Jennifer D. Ortegren, "Middle-Class Dharma: Gender, Aspiration, and the Making of Contemporary Hinduism" (Oxford UP, 2023) 40:06

8h ago40:06

40:06

New Books in Genocide Studies

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Kathrin Eitel, "Recycling Infrastructures in Cambodia: Circularity, Waste, and Urban Life in Phnom Penh" (Routledge, 2022) 47:40

8h ago47:40

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Kathrin Eitel's book Recycling Infrastructures in Cambodia: Circularity, Waste, and Urban Life in Phnom Penh (Routledge, 2022) examines the recycling infrastructure in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It considers the circular flows of waste and practices through 'infracycles', maintenance practices that tinker with the social and capitalist order, and postco…

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Katarzyna Person and Johannes-Dieter Steinert, "Przemysłowa Concentration Camp: The Camp, the Children, the Trials" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023) 1:28:47

7h ago1:28:47

1:28:47

Katarzyna Person and Johannes-Dieter Steinert's book Przemysłowa Concentration Camp: The Camp, the Children, the Trials (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023) explores one of the most notorious aspects of the German system of oppression in wartime Poland: the only purpose-built camp for children under the age of 16 years in German-occupied Europe. The camp at …

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Richard Drew Snyder - The Existential Wounds of War 1:40:16

17h ago1:40:16

1:40:16

https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_US I embarked on a personal journey of growth and healing from the psychological and existential wounds of war from my past military service. Along the way, I was coached and guided in discovering many tools for more holistic health, as well as creating existential meaning to help deal with the suff…

Insights with Dick Goldberg

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When the Instrument becomes an Institution: The Lahaina Model 1:16:10

18h ago1:16:10

1:16:10

https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_US https://benjamincgeorge.com/ Today is a free flowing conversation about the emerging world. From the failure of corporate governance to creative destruction & the law of unintended consequences. https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_USBy George Monty

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911: A New Approach When Calls Involve a Mentally Disturbed Person 25:34

20h ago25:34

25:34

Nearly 20% of all 911 calls involve a mentally disturbed person. In the past, all of these calls were responded to by police with little to no mental health training, sometimes ending in tragedy. Recently, there has been a push to create mental health emergency response teams to provide proper support for those in crisis. Dick’s guest, Che Stedman,…

Thinking Allowed

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Guns 28:25

23h ago28:25

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Guns: Laurie Taylor talks to Jennifer Carlson, Professor of Sociology at Arizona State University and author of an in depth study of gun sellers in the US. In 2020 they were on the front line of an unprecedented surge in gun purchasing against a backdrop of pandemic insecurities and political polarisation. Interviewing 50 sellers from four states, …

BASED Politics

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Are conservatives HYPOCRITES for defending Rep. Lauren Boebert's sex scandal? 1:10:20

1d ago1:10:20

1:10:20

Controversial Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is finding herself in hot water after she was caught on film getting handsy with a date in public. Some conservatives are defending her... are they hypocrites or are they right that it's really no big deal? Brad Polumbo & Hannah Cox discuss on this episode of the BASED Politics podcast. Then, they discuss …

The Measure of Everyday Life

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Partnering with People with Intellectual and Developmental Challenges 29:41

1d ago29:41

29:41

People who face challenges from intellectual and developmental disabilities comprise important audiences for many public health communication efforts. What are the best ways to support and work with people in those audiences? On this episode, we talk with communication researchers Molly Lynch, Linda Squiers, and Sidney Holt of RTI International abo…

The Pulse

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Face Recognition and What it Means for our Privacy 41:11

1d ago41:11

41:11

In November of 2019, New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill got a tip that immediately had her on high alert. It was about a secretive tech company called Clearview AI, that claimed to have developed a facial recognition app that could identify people with 99 percent accuracy. The company had apparently scraped billions of images from the intern…

The Sociology of Everything Podcast

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The Social Model of Disability (ft. Caroline Ellison) 41:15

1d ago41:15

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In this episode, Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss look to unpack a chapter in the Disability Studies Reader by the noted disability researcher, Tom Shakespeare. This work considers considers the strengths and limitations of the social model of disability, which powerfully conceptualises disability as a socially constructed phenomenon. In the second half …

Ways & Means

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S8 Episode 6: The Tiny Packaging Tweak That Could Help The Planet 20:10

1d ago20:10

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In this episode: kicking America’s multi-billion-dollar food waste habit. How tons of wasted food contribute to climate change, and how one simple change – better food date labels – just might help make a dent in the problem. This is the sixth episode in our “Climate Change Solutions” series, where we look at research-based ideas to help cool a rap…

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Elyse Semerdjian, "Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide" (Stanford UP, 2023) 1:24:44

1d ago1:24:44

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Foremost among the images of the Armenian Genocide is the specter of tattooed Islamized Armenian women. Blue tribal tattoos that covered face and body signified assimilation into Muslim Bedouin and Kurdish households. Among Armenians, the tattooed survivor was seen as a living ethnomartyr or, alternatively, a national stain, and the bodies of women…

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Lipika Pelham, "Passing: An Alternative History of Identity" (Oxford UP, 2021) 3:14:07

1d ago3:14:07

3:14:07

A slave woman in 1840s America dresses as a white, disabled man to escape to freedom, while a twenty-first-century black rights activist is 'cancelled' for denying her whiteness. A Victorian explorer disguises himself as a Muslim in Arabia's forbidden holy city. A trans man claiming to have been assigned male at birth is exposed and murdered by big…

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Kevin Funk, "Rooted Globalism: Arab–Latin American Business Elites and the Politics of Global Imaginaries" (Indiana UP, 2022) 55:41

1d ago55:41

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Triumphant capitalism has in our time engendered a new global class that lives and works in a borderless world, beyond the reach of national politics or sovereign power. Or has it? In Rooted Globalism: Arab-Latin American Business Elites and the Politics of Global Imaginaries (Indiana University Press, 2022), Kevin Funk challenges the commonsensica…

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Dana Berkowitz et al. ed., "Male Femininities" (NYU Press, 2023) 45:45

1d ago45:45

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Innovative essays that explore how men perform femininity and what femininity looks like without women What counts as “male femininity”? Is it simply men behaving in effeminate ways or is it the absence of masculinity? Male Femininities (NYU Press, 2023) presents a nuanced, critical collection of essays that highlight the extent to which male femin…

New Books in Genocide Studies

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Dana Berkowitz et al. ed., "Male Femininities" (NYU Press, 2023) 45:45

1d ago45:45

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Elyse Semerdjian, "Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide" (Stanford UP, 2023) 1:24:44

1d ago1:24:44

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ABA Inside Track

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Episode 253 - (SUPERVISION) Setting Up Supervision Systems at Work w. Kim Heald 1:29:23

1d ago1:29:23

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This week we’ve got bona-fide ABA business owner and BCBA supervisor, Kim Heald, joining the show to discuss scaling up your supervision systems within your organization. And, if that wasn’t enough, Kim shares a new type of business behavior assessment and gives us our results. Can you guess which one scores the highest in loud-mouthed jerkitude? T…

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Rattled Awake - The Stories that Change Our Life 1:47:03

2d ago1:47:03

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https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_US Over the past 5 years, what is the single biggest event that caused you to change your perspective for the better? https://www.thirdpartyinsights.com/rattled-awake/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lonnee https://virtualsalesblueprint.erikawarfield.com/ https://linktr.ee/ErikaWarfield https://www.link…

NASW Social Work Talks

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EP107: Hip Hop Therapy in the South Bronx 32:43

2d ago32:43

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JC Hall, MSW, LCSW, is a hip hop therapist and school social worker in the South Bronx, New York. He works at a high school there, where he is the Hip Hop Therapy Studio Program Director. JC says that hip hop saved his life. He talks about his mentor, the late Dr. Edgar H. Tyson, and how he turned his love of hip hop and working with youth into a c…

The PolicyViz Podcast

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Maureen Stone tells you all about color in data visualization 47:44

2d ago47:44

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Welcome back to a whole new season of the PolicyViz Podcast! I'm excited to bring you a whole new exciting slate of guests this year covering a huge array of data visualization and data communication strategies, technologies, and techniques. Maureen Stone (Tableau Research) has been involved with Tableau since 2004, when she was asked to design the…

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Takeo Rivera, "Model Minority Masochism: Performing the Cultural Politics of Asian American Masculinity" (Oxford UP, 2022) 1:02:05

2d ago1:02:05

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There are few grand narratives that loom over Asian Americans more than the “model minority.” While many Asian Americanist scholars and activists aim to disprove the model minority as “myth,” author Takeo Rivera instead rethinks the model minority as cultural politics. Rather than disproving the model minority, Rivera instead argues that Asian Amer…

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Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, "Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC's Racial Wealth Gap" (U California Press, 2023) 48:21

2d ago48:21

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This book shows how a century of redlining, disinvestment, and the War on Drugs wreaked devastation on Black people and paved the way for gentrification in Washington, DC. In Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC's Racial Wealth Gap (U California Press, 2023), Tanya Maria Golash-Boza tracks the cycles of state abandonment and punishment that ha…

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Maria Smilios, "The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2023) 41:43

2d ago41:43

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New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nursing shortage. In the pre-antibiotic days when tuberculosis stirred people’s darkest fears, killing one in seven, white nurses at Sea View, New York’s largest municipal hospital, began quitting en masse. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black south…

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Moisés Kopper, "Architectures of Hope: Infrastructural Citizenship and Class Mobility in Brazil's Public Housing" (U Michigan Press, 2022) 50:53

2d ago50:53

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Moisés Kopper's Architectures of Hope: Infrastructural Citizenship and Class Mobility in Brazil's Public Housing (U Michigan Press, 2022) examines how communal idealism, electoral politics, and low-income consumer markets made first-time homeownership a reality for millions of low-income Brazilians over the last ten years. Drawing on a five-year-lo…

Awesome Etiquette

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Episode 471 - Can You Hear Me Now? 53:39

3d ago53:39

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Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on gifts for weddings and vow renewals, making sure someone got your card, the expenses that come with destination weddings, and tipping for rehearsal dinner venues. For Awesome Etiquette Com…

Posthuman Enterprises presents...

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Global Inequality: Are We Really Measuring What We Should Be Measuring? 43:12

3d ago43:12

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In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviewed Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, about different debates surrounding inequality. Ghosh criticizes the flaws in some inequality indicators that are focusing only on measuring how the poor are doing and not on how the ric…

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The Rise and Fall of the Banished Sludgemaker 35:51

3d ago35:51

35:51

Our intrepid philosophers trek the universe in search of happiness. It ends up being a real physical place lying hidden on the other side of a garbage-filled worm hole.By Dr. Alan Marshall in association with the W.A.R. dramatic team.

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Hongwei Bao, "Contemporary Chinese Queer Performance" (Routledge, 2022) 38:16

3d ago38:16

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In Contemporary Chinese Queer Performance (Routledge, 2022), Hongwei Bao analyses queer theatre and performance in contemporary China. Boa documents various forms of queer performance - including music, film, theatre, and political activism - in the first two decades of the twenty first century. In doing so, Bao argues for the importance of perform…