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January 12, 2021
Aging Behind Prison Walls: Studies in Trauma and Resilience
Tina Maschi and Keith Morgen
Hosted by Rachel Pagones
The demographics of U.S. prisons are changing, as are demographics outside of them: an increasing share of the population is growing old. The number of people aged 55 and older …
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Education
January 11, 2021
Walking with Strangers
Critical Ethnography and Educational Promise
Barbara Dennis
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Barbara Dennis of Indiana University on her new ethnography, Walking with Strangers: Critical Ethnography and Educational Promise, published in 2020 by Peter Lang …
Food
January 11, 2021
Food Insecurity on Campus
Action and Intervention
Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady
Hosted by Carrie Helms Tippen
The new essay collection Food Insecurity on College Campuses edited by Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady explores the widespread problem of food insecurity among college students and the …
Law
January 4, 2021
The Battle to Stay in America
Immigration's Hidden Front Line
Michael Kagan
Hosted by Jane Richards
The debate over American immigration policy has obsessed politicians and disrupted the lives of millions of people for decades. In The Battle To Stay in America: Immigration's Hidden Front Line (University of Nevada …
Law
December 16, 2020
Weapon of Choice
Fighting Gun Violence While Respecting Gun Rights
Ian Ayres and Fredrick E. Vars
Hosted by Jane Richards
In the United States, gun violence is in a state of national crisis, yet efforts to reform gun regulation face significant political and constitutional barriers. In this innovative book, Ian …
Law
December 11, 2020
Being Sure of Each Other
An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms
Kimberley Brownlee
Hosted by Ian Drake
Kimberley Brownlee, a professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia, has written a monograph addressing her argument in favor a right against social deprivation. In Being Sure of Each …
Science, Technology, and Society
December 9, 2020
What It Means to Be Human
The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics
O. Carter Snead
Hosted by Hope J. Leman
At first glance, the term “expressive individualism” seems benign enough. After all, people throughout the Western world value their personal freedom and the liberty to make crucial life decisions such …
Critical Theory
December 8, 2020
Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration
Ashley E. Lucas
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman
The world of theater performances is often thought of as being composed of wealthy persons who received elite educations at art institutions all so they could be observed by a …
Medicine
December 3, 2020
OD
Naloxone and the Politics of Overdose
Nancy D. Campbell
Hosted by Laura Stark
Reducing harm or shrinking the likelihood of accidental death are remarkably contentions projects—in areas from sex education, to pandemic management, to drug use. Nancy Campbell’s important new book, OD: Naloxone …
Sociology
December 1, 2020
A Detroit Story
Urban Decline and the Rise of Property Informality
Claire Herbert
Hosted by Michael Johnston
Bringing to the fore a wealth of original research, A Detroit Story: Urban Decline and the Rise of Property Informality (University of California Press, 2021) examines how the informal reclamation of abandoned …
Education
November 30, 2020
Digital Divisions
How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era
Matthew H. Rafalow
Hosted by Trevor Mattea
In this episode, I speak with Matt Rafalow, about his book, Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era (University of Chicago Press, 2020). This book provides an …
Sociology
November 27, 2020
Essential Dads
The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering
Jennifer M. Randles
Hosted by Michael Johnston
In Essential Dads: The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering (University of California Press, 2020), sociologist Jennifer Randles shares the stories of more than 60 marginalized men as they sought to …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight
November 27, 2020
Engaged
Designing for Behavior Change
Amy Bucher
Hosted by Dan Hill
In her new book Engaged: Designing for Behavior Change (Rosenfeld Media, 2020), Amy Bucher analyzes both the barriers and levers to achieving behavioral change. Among the barriers are cognitive biases, like a …
Geography
November 23, 2020
Lessons in Environmental Justice
From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter and Idle No More
Michael Mascarenhas
Hosted by Stentor Danielson
Michael Mascarenhas's book Lessons in Environmental Justice: From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter and Idle No More (Sage, 2020) provides an entry point to the field by bringing together …
Economics
November 17, 2020
The Pandemic Information Gap and the Brutal Economics of Covid-19
Joshua Gans
Hosted by Tim Jones
As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March, a self-isolating and easily distracted economist resolved to take himself in hand. "I decided I would do what I was good at …
Architecture
November 16, 2020
The Urban Fix
Resilient Cities in the War Against Climate Change, Heat Islands and Overpopulation
Douglas Kelbaugh
Hosted by Bryan Toepfer
Cities are one of the most significant contributors to global climate change. The rapid speed at which urban centers use large amounts of resources adds to the global crisis and …
Animal Studies
November 13, 2020
The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals
Katja M. Guenther
Hosted by Mark Molloy
Monster is an adult pit bull, muscular and grey, who is impounded in a large animal shelter in Los Angeles. Like many other dogs at the shelter, Monster is associated …
Law
November 12, 2020
Making the Modern Criminal Law
Criminalization and Civil Order
Lindsay Farmer
Hosted by Jane Richards
In his latest book, Professor Lindsay Farmer offers a historical and conceptual analysis of theories of criminalization. The book shows how criminalization is inextricably linked to the making of the …
Law
November 10, 2020
Queering Law and Order
LGBTQ Communities and the Criminal Justice System
Kevin Leo Nadal
Hosted by Nick Pozek
Throughout US history, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people have been pathologized, victimized, and criminalized. Reports of lynching, burning, or murdering of LGBTQ people have been documented for …
African American Studies
November 3, 2020
Contingent Kinship
The Flows and Futures of Adoption in the United States
Kathryn A. Mariner
Hosted by Reighan Gillam
Contingent Kinship: The Flows and Futures of Adoption in the United States (University of California Press, 2019) offers an ethnography of adoption processes in the United States through the inner …
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