Episodes 72
Avg. Duration 34m
Activity Moderate
Apple Rating 5.0 (9)
Since Jan 2020
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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A podcast devoted to the foundational ideas that inspire thought and action.

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Sociological Life Lessons featuring Christopher Conner

Feb 02, 2026 43m

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…

Christopher R. Matthews on methods, theory, Simone Weil, and more

Nov 21, 2025 1h 19m

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…

Alicia Walker and Arielle Kuperberg on Lessons from BDSM

Oct 10, 2025 42m

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…

Stefano Bloch on thinking about crime

Sep 15, 2025 43m

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…

Daniel Chambliss shares lessons from the Mundanity of Excellence

Jul 23, 2025 29m

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…

Seth Abrutyn reads Daniel Chambliss

Jun 20, 2025 52m

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…

Rahsaan Mahadeo on Denise Ferreira da Silva

Jun 18, 2025 1h 8m

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…

Jon Wynn on writing fiction

May 10, 2025 39m

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…

Daniel Silver on Talcott Parsons

Mar 21, 2025 1h 29m

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…

Neil McLaughlin on Erich Fromm

Jan 16, 2025 46m

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…

Daniel Silver reads Georg Simmel

Nov 17, 2024 1h 19m

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…

Andrea S. Boyles reads Patricia Hill Collins

Sep 12, 2024 1h 15m

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…

William Turner on W.E.B. Du Bois

Aug 17, 2024 51m

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…

Christine Goding-Doty reads Aimé Césaire

Aug 15, 2024 1h 30m

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…

Amanda McMillan Lequieu on Yi-Fu Tuan

Aug 14, 2024 44m

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…

Daniel Silver reads Adam Smith

Aug 10, 2024 55m

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…

Mary Peterson reads Iris Marion Young

Aug 07, 2024 1h 17m

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:…

Jacqui Frost on Max Weber

May 21, 2024 31m

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…

Hannah McCann on Judith Butler

Mar 25, 2024 48m

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…

Ugo Corte on Gary Alan Fine

Mar 13, 2024

In this episode we are joined by Ugo Corte, Professor of Sociology at the University of Stavanger, author of Dangerous Fun: The Social Lives of Big Wave Surfers (2022 University of Chicago Press),…

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