Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJames Cummings, "The Everyday Lives of Gay Men in Hainan: Sociality, Space and Time" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023)
Episode 57
The Everyday Lives of Gay Men in Hainan: Sociality, Space and Time (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) by Dr. James Cummings explores the everyday lives of ga…
2 years, 4 months ago
Devrim Adam Yavuz, "Democracy and Capitalism in Turkey: The State, Power, and Big Business" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Episode 248
While a positive correlation between capitalism and democracy has existed in Western Europe and North America, the example of late-industrializing na…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Future of Migration: A Discussion with Hein de Haas
Episode 92
Immigration has become one of the biggest issues in all western democracies. And the debate is so charged it's hard to know who to believe. Which is …
2 years, 4 months ago
Talking to Strangers: A Discussion with Psychotherapist Charlotte Fox Weber
Episode 193
Can the kindness of strangers help with the loneliness crisis? Whether you are a student, staff, or have gone alt-ac, you’ve likely had to move at le…
2 years, 4 months ago
Adrienne E. Strong, "Documenting Death: Maternal Mortality and the Ethics of Care in Tanzania" (U California Press, 2020)
Episode 176
Documenting Death: Maternal Mortality and the Ethics of Care in Tanzania (University of California Press, 2020) is a gripping ethnographic account of…
2 years, 4 months ago
Elise Hu, "Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital" (Dutton, 2023)
Episode 166
In August, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter to complain about how U.S. regulations are holding local sunscreens back compared …
2 years, 4 months ago
Emma Reay, "The Child in Videogames: From the Meek, to the Mighty, to the Monstrous" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023)
Episode 4
Drawing across Games Studies, Childhood Studies, and Children’s Literature Studies, Emma Reay's book The Child in Videogames: From the Meek, to the M…
2 years, 4 months ago
Jenny Trinitapoli, "An Epidemic of Uncertainty: Navigating HIV and Young Adulthood in Malawi" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
Episode 332
A decade-long study of young adulthood in Malawi demonstrates the impact of widespread HIV status uncertainty, laying bare the sociological implicati…
2 years, 4 months ago
Brian Brown and Virginia Kuulei Berndt, "Body Art" (Emerald Publishing, 2023)
Episode 331
Body art, especially tattoos and piercings, has enjoyed an explosion of interest in recent years. However, the response of many health professionals …
2 years, 4 months ago
Laila Shereen Sakr, "Arabic Glitch: Technoculture, Data Bodies, and Archives" (Stanford UP, 2023)
Episode 247
Laila Shereen Sakr's book Arabic Glitch: Technoculture, Data Bodies, and Archives (Stanford UP, 2023) explores an alternative origin story of twenty-…
2 years, 4 months ago