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Public Policy
Politics June 23, 2021

Usual Cruelty

The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System

Alec Karakatsanis

Hosted by Lee Pierce
From an award-winning civil rights lawyer, a profound challenge to our society's normalization of the caging of human beings, and the role of the legal profession in perpetuating it Alec …

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Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work June 22, 2021

Work, Money and Duality

Trading Sex As a Side-Hustle

Raven Bowen

Hosted by Rachel Stuart
Raven Bowen's Work, Money and Duality: Trading Sex As a Side-Hustle (Policy Press, 2021) is a rare and valuable exploration of work duality. It calls on practitioners, policymakers and researchers to …
Cover Story June 22, 2021

No Choice: Why Is It So Hard to Get an Abortion in the South?

A Discussion with Journalist Becca Andrews

Becca Andrews

Hosted by Agata Popeda
Today we are talking with Becca Andrews, a journalist at Mother Jones, where she writes about reproductive rights and gender. The story we discuss is “When Choice is 221 Miles …
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work June 21, 2021

We Too

Essays on Sex Work and Survival

Natalie West and Tina Horn

Hosted by Rachel Stuart
This collection of narrative essays by sex workers presents a crystal-clear rejoinder: there's never been a better time to fight for justice. Responding to the resurgence of the #MeToo movement …
Scholarly Communication June 21, 2021

Get Real

49 Challenges Confronting Higher Education

William G. Tierney

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of William Tierney, University Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California. We talk about his …
Critical Theory June 18, 2021

From Social Harm to Zemiology

A Critical Introduction

Victoria Canning and Steve Tombs

Hosted by Rachel Stuart
Victoria Canning and Steve Tombs' book From Social Harm to Zemiology: A Critical Introduction (Routledge, 2021) outlines key developments in understanding social harm by setting out its historical foundations and the …
Art June 16, 2021

A Restless Art

How Participation Won, and Why it Matters

François Matarasso

Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez
It is almost twenty years since contemporary art took a ‘participation turn’. Now, just about every museum or theatre company has a participation or engagement department. It is nothing short …
Medicine June 11, 2021

American Health Crisis

One Hundred Years of Panic, Planning, and Politics

Martin Halliwell

Hosted by Claire Clark
Despite enormous advances in medical science and public health education over the last century, access to health care remains a dominant issue in American life. U.S. health care is often …
Sociology June 11, 2021

To Fulfill These Rights

Political Struggle Over Affirmative Action and Open Admissions

Amaka Okechukwu

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
In 2014 and 2015, students at dozens of colleges and universities held protests demanding increased representation of Black and Latino students and calling for a campus climate that was less …
Law June 10, 2021

Overcoming Challenges in the Mental Capacity Act 2005

Practical Guidance for Working with Complex Issues

Camillia Kong and Alex Ruck Keene

Hosted by Jane Richards
Overcoming Challenges in the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Practical Guidance for Working with Complex Issues (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019) both delivers on what promises and more: it gives practical and ethical guidance for …
Law June 9, 2021

Men in White Coats

Treatment Under Coercion

George Szmukler

Hosted by Jane Richards
The laws that govern psychiatric treatment under coercion have remain largely unchanged since the eighteenth century. But this is not because of their effectiveness, rather, these laws cling to outdated …
Sociology June 9, 2021

The Puzzle of Prison Order

Why Life Behind Bars Varies Around the World

David Skarbek

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Many people think prisons are all the same-rows of cells filled with violent men who officials rule with an iron fist. Yet, life behind bars varies in incredible ways. In …
Law June 9, 2021

Why Should We Obey the Law?

George Klosko

Hosted by Ian Drake
In his new book Why Should We Obey the Law? (Polity Press, 2018), George Klosko, the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, has provided an …
Sociology June 9, 2021

Tainted Tap

Flint's Journey from Crisis to Recovery

Katrinell M. Davis

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
After a cascade of failures left residents of Flint, Michigan, without a reliable and affordable supply of safe drinking water, citizens spent years demanding action from their city and state …
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work June 8, 2021

Rachel Stuart on the Unmet Health Needs of London Sex Workers

An interview with Rachel Stuart

Rachel Stuart

Hosted by Victoria Holt
Doctors of the World, also known as Médecins du Monde, is an international network of more than 400 programmes across 80 different countries, providing emergency and long term medical care …
Political Science June 7, 2021

Discrimination and Delegation

Explaining State Responses to Refugees

Lamis Elmy Abdelaaty

Hosted by Susan Liebell
States face choices when people forced to leave their states due to persecution or violence seek refuge. They may assert their sovereignty by either granting or denying entry or they …
Critical Theory June 7, 2021

Violent Ignorance

Confronting Racism and Migration Control

Hannah Jones

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Why does ignorance matter? In Violent Ignorance: Confronting Racism and Migration Control (Zed Books, 2021), Hannah Jones, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, thinks through …
Journalism June 4, 2021

Community-Centered Journalism

Engaging People, Exploring Solutions, and Building Trust

Andrea Wenzel

Hosted by Jenna Spinelle
At a time when trust in the media is low and "news deserts" are increasing across the United States, engaged journalism offers a framework for connecting people, community organizations, and news …
Animal Studies June 4, 2021

Animals as Legal Beings

Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders

Maneesha Deckha

Hosted by Akash Ondaatje
In Animals as Legal Beings: Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders (University of Toronto Press, 2021), Maneesha Deckha critically examines how Canadian law and, by extension, other legal orders around the world …
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work June 4, 2021

Organizing for Sex Workers’ Rights in Montréal

Resistance and Advocacy

Francine Tremblay

Hosted by Rachel Stuart
Francine Tremblay's book Organizing for Sex Workers’ Rights in Montréal: Resistance and Advocacy (Lexington Books, 2020) is based on a case study about Stella, l’amie de Maimie a Montréal sex …