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A podcast with sociologically-informed discussion of the news of the day.
This week we talk about the sociology and economics of academic journal publishing, the Elsevier boycott, and whether the journal system as...
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...
We have three segments this episode: We talk with Shannon Golden about Kony 2012. Shannon provides some insight into the situation in Uganda...
Autonomous Cars, more on stadiums and Mayor KJ, and Arturo’s participation in the NorCal AIDS Challenge: Donate here! Other links: Eli...
Topics include the sociology of weather in an M Word state, the Super Bowl, stadiums, and guilt over the state of professional sports. Chris...
After a lengthy break, we’re back! Racism in hockey, Work It, and The Trap are among our topics this episode. Enjoy! Download Improv #...
This week we talk about Occupy Wall Street and other Occupations. Links mentioned in the show: Occupy Wall Street Occupy Minnesota Planet Mo...
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...
After a quick ASA recap from Jesse and Arturo, we talk about the challenges of writing—and academic writing in particular—and wh...
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...
This episode we talk about a recent paper about happiness (via Graphic Sociology) and whether or not happiness studies actually tell us anyt...
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...
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...
Because Arturo is obsessed with Glenn Beck, conversation begins there, but quickly moves to government shutdowns, the way economists approac...
Podcasting and procrastination, nuclear power and scientific knowledge, the problem with high schools, and the situation in Libya. Links: Ne...
We start off talking about Charlie Sheen and celebrity (yeah, sorry), and then transition into a discussion about the iPad and music, and te...
Our first episode recorded in 2011 finds Jesse in Iraq once again and our minds on protest and revolution. Enjoy! Miscellaneous links discus...
Remember that big stink over anthropology and science in December? We invited anthropologist Eric Plemons back on the show to talk about sci...
This episode, we talk about Black Friday mania, Girl Talk, John Stewart, and Wikileaks. Follow along at home: Netflix queues and procrastina...
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...
This week, Eric Plemons joins the conversation and Jose Marichal makes a return visit as well. After introducing the Improv Hotline at 612.2...
This week, John Sides from The Monkey Cage joins us for a discussion about podcasting, blogging, and political blogs. The show is split into...
David Phillippi from Mind of Modernity joins the conversation this week. We kick things off with a discussion of liberal professors and poli...
This week, we have two special guests: Gwen Sharp from Sociological Images and Don Waisanen from ThickCulture. First, we talk about a couple...
Three topics this week*: Arturo talks about his journey into the world of online discussion forums and blog comments Phil Davison, who has a...
This week Jesse, Jon, and Arturo (on location at the Denver airport) talk about What the Tea Party Really Wants by David Brooks and Gail Col...
This week we talk about two articles: What Is It About 20-Somethings? Stop Admitting Ph.D. Students Download and Enjoy!
Jon, Arturo, and Chris are joined by Jose Marichal (of ThickCulture) and Alexandre Enkerli. A wide-ranging discussion ensues, and we tackle...
This episode we talk about ourselves. First, Jon and Arturo gaze at our podcasting navels. We discuss The Society Pages, our plans for Offic...
What deep sociological insights about race, nationalism, and culture can be gleaned from the world of competitive hot dog eating? We try rea...