Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Future of Inequality: A Discussion with Mike Savage
Episode 46
Most people in developed countries think inequality is increasing. And most would also agree that in terms of the global poor, the last 20 years have…
3 years, 2 months ago
Poverty, Race, and Rural Sanitation
Episode 2
Catherine Coleman Flowers, activist, author, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, and MacArthur “genius prize” winne…
3 years, 2 months ago
Matthew Smith, "The First Resort: The History of Social Psychiatry in the United States" (Columbia UP, 2022)
Episode 188
Social psychiatry was a mid-twentieth-century approach to mental health that stressed the prevention of mental illness rather than its treatment. Its…
3 years, 2 months ago
Demeritocracy: Should We Still Believe in Meritocracy?
Episode 9
Total faith in meritocracy leads to the dangerous belief that all social winners and losers are wholly deserving. Instead, we need an economy of grac…
3 years, 2 months ago
Neoliberalism and Higher Education
Episode 15
This episode is a roundtable discussion on the influence of the neoliberal project on higher education. Our guests are Professor Emeritus Frank Fear …
3 years, 2 months ago
21st Century Citizenship: What Does It Mean to be a Citizen in America?
Episode 7
What does it mean to be a citizen in America in 2017?
Guests
Danielle Allen, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and University Professo…3 years, 2 months ago
Bin Xu, "The Culture of Democracy: A Sociological Approach to Civil Society" (Polity Press, 2022)
Episode 267
Against the bleak backdrop of pressing issues in today’s world, civil societies remain vibrant, animated by people’s belief that they should and can …
3 years, 2 months ago
Char Miller, "Natural Consequences: Intimate Essays for a Planet in Peril" (Chin Music, 2022)
Episode 138
A collection of 42 essays meditating on both California’s natural gifts and its natural disasters, Natural Consequences: Intimate Essays for a Planet…
3 years, 2 months ago
Ellen Cassedy, "Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie" (Chicago Review Press, 2022)
Episode 186
Today I talked to Ellen Cassedy about her new book Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie (Chicago Review Press, 20…
3 years, 2 months ago
(In)efficiency: Should Efficiency be a Moral Value?
Episode 4
Efficiency has moved from a technique for measuring machines to a widely held moral value. But at what cost?
Guests
Jennifer Alexander, Associate Prof…3 years, 2 months ago