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Sociology Improv

Sociology Improv

A podcast with sociologically-informed discussion of the news of the day.

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Listen to Sociology Improv, a Science & Medicine podcast by Sociology Improv. Stream 30 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episodes

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What the Hellsevier?

This week we talk about the sociology and economics of academic journal publishing, the Elsevier boycott, and whether the journal system as...

55:29Jun 14, 2012

Huffduff This

This episode we start with a discussion of violent protests prompted by a question from a listener (Which is great! Send more!). We then tal...

56:06May 15, 2012

Erotica Friday

We have three segments this episode: We talk with Shannon Golden about Kony 2012. Shannon provides some insight into the situation in Uganda...

1:27:18Apr 6, 2012

He Likes Organic Vegetables

Autonomous Cars, more on stadiums and Mayor KJ, and Arturo’s participation in the NorCal AIDS Challenge: Donate here! Other links: Eli...

Mar 12, 2012

Forced by the Elements

Topics include the sociology of weather in an M Word state, the Super Bowl, stadiums, and guilt over the state of professional sports. Chris...

58:40Feb 16, 2012

Otherwise Occupied

After a lengthy break, we’re back! Racism in hockey, Work It, and The Trap are among our topics this episode. Enjoy! Download Improv #...

Jan 13, 2012

The Fascist Hippie Drum Circle

This week we talk about Occupy Wall Street and other Occupations. Links mentioned in the show: Occupy Wall Street Occupy Minnesota Planet Mo...

49:58Oct 15, 2011

Undrunk

This episode, we fail to talk about Robocop, then we have a discussion about Getting Wasted, and then chat a bit about current political eve...

Sep 21, 2011

The Circle of Life

After a quick ASA recap from Jesse and Arturo, we talk about the challenges of writing—and academic writing in particular—and wh...

Aug 26, 2011

We’ve Got Something You Should Read

Long time, no see. Hope you’re having a nice summer. We’re back with two topics. First, we spend most of the hour talking about...

Aug 16, 2011

We are not happy. We are not cool.

This episode we talk about a recent paper about happiness (via Graphic Sociology) and whether or not happiness studies actually tell us anyt...

57:15Jun 18, 2011

The New Consensi

Two topics this week: First, Arturo jumps off from a recent New Books in Sociology episode to ask whether or not sociology is too set in mak...

1:05:00May 24, 2011

Call Us Princess

Two segments this week: First, Chris gives a shout out to Sociological Images for their post on Push Up Bikini Tops at Abercrombie Kids, whi...

01:23:40Apr 24, 2011

Dr. Jesus

Because Arturo is obsessed with Glenn Beck, conversation begins there, but quickly moves to government shutdowns, the way economists approac...

1:13:06Apr 8, 2011

The Sociology Improv: Part II

Podcasting and procrastination, nuclear power and scientific knowledge, the problem with high schools, and the situation in Libya. Links: Ne...

Mar 26, 2011

The Weak Board of Weakness

We start off talking about Charlie Sheen and celebrity (yeah, sorry), and then transition into a discussion about the iPad and music, and te...

01:26:56Mar 13, 2011

Tyrants

Our first episode recorded in 2011 finds Jesse in Iraq once again and our minds on protest and revolution. Enjoy! Miscellaneous links discus...

55:45Feb 27, 2011

Science

Remember that big stink over anthropology and science in December? We invited anthropologist Eric Plemons back on the show to talk about sci...

51:34Feb 10, 2011

We Are Not DJs

This episode, we talk about Black Friday mania, Girl Talk, John Stewart, and Wikileaks. Follow along at home: Netflix queues and procrastina...

1:13:36Dec 7, 2010

Party in the Back

On October 27, Jeremy Freese taped a laptop to his face and Skyped into the Soc Improv for a discussion of the NRC rankings. After Jeremy le...

59:00Nov 15, 2010

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